oo The entre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNA, WALKER BROTHERS A. C. DERR PAUL-M. DUBBS. ............ CECIL A. WALKER i: Issued weekly every Thursday morning. Entered in the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa, as second- class matter, «ooo JAssociate Editor Business Manager TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year..... $3.00 per year..... voveaa df pald In advance «+... not paid in advance The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label bearing your name, All credits are given by a change on the date of label the first issue of each month quest. Watch date on your label after you remit. Matters Jor publication, whether news or advertising, must reach The Centre Democrat office not later than Tuesday noon to insure publication that week. Adver- tising copy received after Tuesday morning must run its chances, All reading notices marked (*) are advertise.nents. Legal notices and all real estate advertisements, 10 cents per line each issue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not no- tifying us, are liable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK NATIONAL EDITORIAL | SSOCIATION SHember_ DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET For Judge of the Supreme Court W. RUSSELL CARR, of Fayette County. For Judge of the Superior Court MICHAEL A. MUSMANNO, of Alleghe=y County. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET For District Attorney WILLIAM W. LITKE, of Bellefonte. For Jury Commissioner JOHN W. CONDO, of Spring Mills EDITORIAL The Japanese want peace in the Pacific United States, and the other will let have the Pacific if the Japan nation The men in Centre county as privates, are the boys making for their country, 1 the Army SRCrifices a Since the Germans have killed so according to Berlin report are fighting in Russia many Russians, we wonder who the Nazis Are you tired of war news? If y go to sicep and forget all about the struggle now gzo- ing on in Europe? If Hitler wins, he will wake you up and. after what has happened won't much to be awake you are, why not you care The declarations of some of the nation's foreign policy are, by their statements and absurd comments, assisting Berlin in an Insidious campaign against the United States. Worse than their deed Is the fact that they avow their patriotism Naturally, the United States will not seek to provoke a war with either Japan or Germany. Just as firmly, we will assert our rights and give assist- ance to nations unjustly attacked, especially in view 0i the fact that by so doing we improve the defenses of the United States and make legs likely our full- fledged participation in warfare. For Berlin and Tokyo to expect the United States to bend over back- ward, in a false pentrality, in order to curry tavor with them while they overrun all our friendly, demo- eratic nations, is for Berlin and Tokyo to ask Wo high a price for their favor. It may not be long before the naval forces of the United States find themselves in actual battle It depends almost exclusively upon Japan, In the At- lantic, of course, the warfare is underway: the only reason it is limited in scope is because Germany has not the naval force to successfully challenge us. In the Far East the Japanese have a navy that they believe, is well adapted to take care of itself against the U. 8. fleet. The probability is that it is more than sixty per cent as strong as the American fleet and, taking into consideration the use of many war- ships in the Atlantic, it is even possible that the Japanese fleet in the Pacific is stronger than our own. In view of the events of this mdnth it is just as well for the people here to look war straight in the face. Once involved there is no way to tell how far we may go. or what factors will be involved. At stake is the right of democratic nations to liye and the privilege of their people to remain free. It is nothing less than the choice between accepting siav- ery As a price for peace or the challenge of the war- mongers ag the price of liberty, [reedom and inde- pendence, SUPPLIES TO RUSSIA Russian resistance to German attacks will de- pend, in the final analysis, upon the amount of as- sistance that the United States and Great Britain are able to give in the way of supplies. Three avenues exist for the delivery of munitions and implements of war: (1) Through Archangel, after a sea voyage around the northern tip of Pin- land and down through the White Sea; (2) through Viadivostok, after a long voyage across the Pacific ocean, which passes through Japanese territorial waters: (3) through Iran, after a long voyage through the Atlantic and either the Mediterranean or the Indian ocean. The first route may be imperilled by the progress of German armies south of Leningrad. The second requires considerable time and may be challenged by Japan, if Tokyo decides to resume its aggression. The third, we understand, is handicapped by lack of railroad facilities through Iran, but already Aus- tralla is shipping locomotives and cars for use in that country. In Great Britain and the United States officials understand the vital importance of prompt shipment of supplies to the Russians, In Washington Presi. dent Roosevelt has announced that everything prom- ised to Russia, for October delivery, will be enroute by the end of the month, In Great Britain Lord Beaverbrook, and other officials, proclaim their in- tention of rushing supplies and indicate that already considerable shipments have been made, We send no receipts unless upon special re- Proprietors | Editor | | | I THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PR. October 30, 1941. THE BRIGHTER SIDE War has been described as international waste, because of the destruction involved in men and ma- terial However, there are going to be by-products in our preparedness program that may in the end prove to be an excellent dividend payer as well as the big- gest fnsurance deal this country has ever known America was startled the other day when Presi. dent Roosevelt made public reports from the War Department to the effect that fifty per cent of the young men drawn for military service were found to be unable to meet the far from exacting specifica tions for soldiers, We have always had the idea that American youth was a picture of health, athletic prowess and strength of all sorts. Yet here on the first test we find that a million youngsters are not up to standard Some of the disabilities are severe and acute, some are trifling. After a preliminary survey it was indicated that some 200000 of these physically unfit lads can be reconditioned within a few weeks. It might be a matter of mere attention by a dentist, a simple operation or a few doses of medicine that is required. In other casey rehabilita- tion might be a matter of months The Army naturally cannot afford to enlist in- valids either present or prospective, Army routine though it puts no impossible burden on trained sol- diers, is far too strenuous for those with physical flaws. A collapse by these involves hospitalization In War Department institutions which in turn demands the services af the orderlies, nurses, ete, so the plan has been adopted to have those slightly deficient treated by their own dentists doctors under the supervision of the Army Medical Boards. The Gov- ernment will pay these private practitioners for the expense ‘involved which is calculated to be far less than what it would be if the Government jtsell undertook the conditioning The final result goes further than the mere curing of the individuals di- rectly concerned, though putting hundreds of thou- sands of young men back into physical shape is in itself no small national asset The disclosure of the huge percentage of ailing people who, in many cases even did not know they were ailing, starts a study of health conditions that will correct this vast amount of physical deficiency the the Belectees examination was that something like 80,000 of them were without the rudimentary education requisite for their ultimate mastering of soldiers duties in this machine age. That mean chools, particularly in those sections from which the greater number of {lliterates come, Somebody will probably be k that a man does not have to Know shoot a The nd- Among other revelations of more these moved to r Greek or higher mathematics to standard for ation are and abst 1s the comment would contrary the ordinary twelve year old pupil what these 80.000 iack gun recruits edu nothing so anced suggest the ol grades has a physique, et is only one of ts of our present effort 1g of * hy -prodiuc their first pur- Carry » bullt to serve hways will later on the and be of to provide factory and tanks and airplane; thousand peacetime othe: I Vian use o for Lhe farmer buildings od Oy product } space wil] for house a indus- i chemical who are to making more power- and devising new 15 of bombers, and pur- he CO experiments { ngs that will be of vast value 0 the future to which we all look forward r abroad and preparedness at home will story The now deve § enerss il explosi deadly weapon materials | ruction uit plane irse of their Ww TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT Ther ty ct 1 the United Ociated stooges re are 0ols of tho wo H sgards to Hitler, and hi { Japan like Lindbergh so strong that no nations can do anything about the to submit to Hitler's program others, like Wheeler United States should happens in the other that If necessary, we should an army and navy big enough 0 whip any le combination of enemies Then there are the congenital Fascists who ad- mire the dictatorial power of the totalitarian regimes and are in favor of a similar system in the United States, with the power to decide questions vested in them and their cohorts t group are individuals that Nazi Germany | combination of matler except They Nye Are wh associated with think that the what Ss sot LOUD The second sch includes those who believe that menaced by the might of the totalitarian regimes, which will be used against us if the present struggle in Europe results in a German: victory This group includes those who would declare war upon Germany and those who favor extending material assistance in the hope that other soldiers will do the fighting and defeat the totalitarian states This last sub-section includes we suspect, a ma- jority of the people of the country, who honestly be- lieve that. while we aresdn Hitler's list, the battle primarily belongs to nations now involved and that we, as a people, are a bit generous with our help and a2 bil courageous to risk the displeasure of the Axis group thi ountry is actualy UU. 8. SHOULD WATCH HITLER The word comes from Washington that the President js convinced that Hitler will not declare war upon the United States, regardiess of phat we do in regards to the war in Europe This conclusion, we think, is sound for the pres- ent, The future may produce a different situation, however, and the reasoning will not be valid Hitler is apt to treat the United States exactly like he treated Russia. As long as it suits his pur- pose he will “lay 10w" and say nothing. At the oppor- fune time, if it comes, he will launch a sudden, un- expected attack It may be safely assumed that the United States has already earned the undying hatred of the Nazi Fuehrer Back of the desperate gamble In attacking Soviet Russia may be the spectre of American sup- plies, tipping the scales of armament in favor of Great Britain 1f Hitler succeeds in whipping Russia, to the point that the Red army ceases fo be an effective fighting force, we suspect that the next German of- fensive will be against the British Isles and that, if this succeeds, the second will be against the United States It will be just as well for the people of the United States to prepare their defenses against the worst that can happen. This will be a combination of Germany, Italy and Japan, with the possible as- sistance of Franco in Spain. The aim will be the conquest of the Western Hemisphere and the division of the rich territorial and monetary spoils that these continents offer. FEAR AN INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC The latest study of influenza leads some phy- sicians to believe that it is not one, but three, dis- eases, which is about what many victims of the mal- ady think, The experts are somewhat afraid of another great “flu” epidemic which may sweep over the na- tion like the scourge that killéd thousands twenty years ago. The experts may be right and, then again, they may be wrong. Anyway, there is no use of wor- ry about it. Scientific study has not yet revealed the exact nature of the disease but we know that medical men of great skill are intensely inferested in the effort to discover the best method of treating it, Without any claim to medical knowledge we bes lieve that the development of improved treatments for pneumonia, in the past few years, will save many “flu” victims, even if there is an epidemic this Win- fer There is no use to despair because medical ex- perts have not yet solved the puzzle of influenza, It is comforting to know that they are working on it and, meanwhile, physicians are better informed about the disease than ever bfffore. I ———— LOUISA’S LETTER Dear Louisa: I have a daughter of marriage - | able age and her best friend is the THE Orrick CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” whom I will call Mrs, Jones, Now Mts, Jones does everything she can to make her daughter popular, She gives dinner parties lets her daugh- Here “Lies” a Husband (By the Smokehouse Poet) my wife never fusses nor grumbles nor frets, | She doesn't swill highballs, nor smoke clgarets; | She don't care a hoot about fashion or style And the greater her trouble, the broader her smile She budgets expenses In careful amounts And never annoys me with household accounts Bhe never goes out, If she wishes to dance She fox-trots around with a broom in her hands She gets my three meals ready right on the dot { her In a kitchen that's spotless, each kettle and pot | 1 Every morning she brings me my pants, freshly pressed Then cooks a hot breakfast while I'm getting dressed And she makes her own clothes and remodbis old hats And keeps my shoes polished and dry-cleans my spats And there's never a word of rebuke, nor a frown When 1 phone her to say T'll be detained in town And she never wakes up and asks where I have been No matter what time I come staggering In If 1 wake with a taste like a rubber eraser She gives me a hug and a kiss and a bracer And tells me one of her Ife's greatest jovs Just to know that I've had a good time with the bow Oh, there's doggoned few wives And still Tewe; Oh | her, ete | All this makes my daughter dis- | satisfied, 8he says that Lucy is al- all the new boys «nd she { daughter) Is sometimes left out be- tell her that in my time boys and not to be roped In by them and I intend to carry out the same policy where ghe is concerned Don’t you think I am right MRS, L. B. T—Ark ANSWER No, Mrs. T., 1 do not think you {are right in this matter, I think that every mother should make th home an attractive place, where eli gible young men oan be entertained by their daughters. When you pro- vide your daughter with a charming background and the opportunity of doing as much for her Jriends as they do for her, you are helping her chances of making a good marriage 100 per cent Times change and the girls of o- day who sit back and walt 0 be hunted up will very likely keep on | waiting without even being found think your friend, Mrs. Jones, is very sensible. Her daughter is hap- pier and she herself will doubtless find more happiness later on by her unselfish and modern attitude LOUISA its perfect a me! quite a husbands such lars a ® & oo Brief But Expressive of Voltur she Here is the notice which Michigan, to duty From: “Chel de Care.” To: “Voyageurs Militaire, Voiture What: “Promenade and Wreck.” When: “Friday Where Arbiters Hall" “How: “Leave it the committee Why You shoula ask that?” Dreas: “Uniform of the day will be chapeaux and smock Note: “The guest speaker will be Rev. Horseapple, Demonstrations | My Dear Louisa will be given Ww show the harmful effects of alocohol on the linlng of the We have always been churchgeing human stomach Who will volunteer dangerous experimend? | people but here of late my husband Company, Hall is very lax about attending. Now it may not do him any barm tp mio church as his ideas of right ang Wrong are aireacy set, so 0 speak But what about the children? They think their daddy is perfect and ry the) understand why they should go if he st home How can 1 handle such a problem MOTHER Neb called membe; Iraverse City Locale 692 October 9, 7p. m.” to for this ® 4 oo 9» Willie Gets Reckless Wille, with powder, reckless goof Blew Pa and Ma clean through the roof The first time.” neighbors sobbed ! “They've been seen together sixteen * 4 oo 0 Troubles of Country Editors (Kansas Beacon) pumpkins in Baptist her Bunday school p hrough CANN in yearn AVS ANSWER No matier what each of ws sonally think of the church sure that all of us realize that world & a much better and piace for us ang our children to I in because of religion. The church stands for the higher ihings for helping those who are sick in heart Jlinols Weekly: or body. and for justice to rich the other day and wanted coples of the And poor alike. No mal t them In spite of the office devil's advice | short of perfection t we ailend or ours, mey fal ideal of the church & ter life {or everyone should have had the comma after | Bae, las ry support, 1 mean not ony A Mother but personal support and it should have] I wonder if your husband has ever stopped to think what kind of a jand this would be without church- es? 1 dare say if he could live in lady who day on Boy A | LO me address circles saked the editor pile "The Effect of We refused the honor as we felt a lack of qualifica- never having smoked on a boy during all our torrid and fumigat- We have smoked on a cracker box, a beer keg, a pickle barrel, a plain hump-backed chair, and our own back step but never on a Poy The fact is, that the average boy is too restless to insure a quiet ing smokrs per- the other Smoking tion to on {eel the saler ing career ve satisfy. An + for gentleman called a week back try a porous plaster instead An editor in a small own in the Indian vacation while a friend explained that the young men went with their girls to attend | as they left, the girls got drunk, girls’ o.d and ge territory took several days society em reading: “T'wo 5 hw church social and as soon Local item: In our last Factory That Was just an error read “Another Pactory jssue we had an article headed by the composilog n exchange says there is a man in North Caroling who has never taken a paper. He has not had a bath in 12 years. He calls at the drug! "°° 1th its resaitant ma- store annually and pays a quarter for an almanac. The butcher charges uch a ind, With A for him 40 cenis a pound for Mver, and when he comes to town he always | ow years, he would be only too glad walks in the middie of the street for some one told him once they charge to lend his presence every Sunda) toll for walking on the sidewalks morning in order to live in a Chris- A mid-west editor runs the following the top of the front page tian land. As you say, children of his paper: “We only print news, we do not make it, If you don’t like | emnulale their parents and the easi- the kind of news we print, don't make What kind" | est way make the children wish to ‘ ”" AW f . arta A northwestern country weekly DoRsts like this: “Stationery printed aliend sam ch a Or Shei Patents at this office continues to give the best of satisfaction Last week we | © ®et the example Dy AWCHEA printed a thousand statements for a man who has since collected a Smay | ‘hemseives. fortune from a dead aunt, Two months ago we sold a young man some paper to use in writing to his sweetheart. A month later we Printed | wedding announcements for them, Last week we printed sale bills for the bride's father. and this week we printed postal cards for the sheriff | who is looking for the whole bunch. Another Young man stole some of our paper for cigarette wrappers and he is dead. By using our station | ery and printing you can oollect old accounts, lel] fortunes, make rain, | change the color of your hair, be successful in business, triumph over | your enemies and get elected to office * & 0 Get OF the Track We print this toast To Betty Hines: She stops the fast males With her grand trunk lines v 9 » Willing But Careful Doctor—“There's no need to worry about your wife | different woman when she gets back from the hospital” Anxious Hubby—"And what if she finds {it out?” * & 4 9 Now She Knows “1 know I'm an old-fashioned mother, but I'd like to know where You said Mrs. S8lowe to her daughter “Of course, darling!” replied the girl, “Last night I had dipner a new boy friend--you don’t know him, but he’s awfully sweet—-gnd we went to several places I don’t suppose you've ever heard of and finished | i up at a funny little night club, but I can’t remember its bame, All right, | Mummy?” “Of course, dear, I just like to know.” * 9% 4 at Yours, LOUISA EALTH YOUR From the Eduactional Committ of the Board of Trustees of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, of which the Centre County Medical Society is a com- | ponent, Quarantine dates back to the lat- ter part of the fourteenth century. Bhips from the East coming 10 Western Europe brought pestilential diseases and were forced to remain some distance from port for forty days. Isolation is often used gynonomo- usly with the word quarantine In both instances there is a restriclion in the movements of one or more individuals for the purpose of pro- | tecting the health of many persons. There is however, a distinction between the quarantine of premises with | and isolation of patients in the home. The adoption of any quar antine regulations can only be jus- H You'll have a i go.” Moses recognized municabie disease patients is as im- What Do You Mean, Hot Weather? portant now as in Biblical times. A Jersey Shore reader sends us the following Contagious disease patients and “Last Tuesday while husking corn 1 thought it was hot I thought it | susceptible contacts should be iso- | was about 96 in the shade until I looked down across the field and saw | lated. i some boys loe skating.” i Hey! Where'd you get your ice? ® oo 0 0 Maybe | The true worth of a man lies about half way between what his wife | thinks of him and what his mother thinks of ham. | * & * 0 , False Impression A man who murdered his wife wag executed in the Slate prison at | Fayetteville, N. C.. his fina] statement being to the effect that while he | had never denied his gulit, he hoped that the chaplain would “4ry” to correct the impression that I was drunk.” a ® oo 4 Who'd of Thought It? : Couple jn Yarmouth, Mass, recently celebrated their seven wedding anniversary, and they attribute their long married lfe to fact that neither ever died. | ® * 0 > He Made It wd (after landing in a tree)—"I was brying to make a new rece Farmer-"You did. You're the first man fore climbing up it.” . ® 9 & 0» Mis-Mated : - . Mike—""That's a’ Phir of stockings you have on, Pat—one red and the other > Pat—“Yes, and I've got another pair like It at home.” to climb down that tree be @ | daughter of one of my best friends | ter have the crowd In whenever she | likes, Is always buying clothes for | | ways asked everywhere and meeLs | (my cause no one is under obligations to | were supposed to hunt up the giris | Query & Answer Column tr - INN E. K. A~What are HL hinges? Ans HL hinges of the 1700'c were cut from theet iron and many were imported, They were called Holy Lord by some, bul were so shaped because this was the best way for a hinge to be made for a corner joint. 1. 7T. H~How many “ands” are there in the Bible? Ans. The word “and” occurs 10684 Umes in the and in the whole Bible, 46227 times C.D. H=Were the Crown Jewels in the British Pavilion at the New York World's Pair replicas or the originals? Ans They were replicas. The originals are kept under strict guard the Jewel House 'n the Tower of London T. M~Who was the [uit American boy to wear a Little Lord Faun- tieroy swit? Ans It Is eald that Lhe author of “Little Lord W. H.-Were ali Ans They were nol, The first commissioned as such in 1022 D. N~Why Is the shamrock Ans Patrick is said to have people the doctrine of the Trinity C. M. J-What physical unfitness? Ans the local draft on New Testament, | In Hodgson Burnett, the was the first victim of the costume used in the war? airplane carrier was the Langley, small son of France: Faunteroy all camel last used to represent Ireland? [<1] ‘ chosen it Yo llusirate to the Irish percentage of draftees were rejected on account of Of the total number of registrants examined by physicians of boards and induction centers, 45 per cent were rejected physical ground: E., D.—~How rmined? Alu According book “You and Heredity Lhe i is fixed at the instant of conception R. D. El Als Ma). Harry have developed one by bulb R. W.Are Ans Despite drastic Umated that approximately sting. In addition, there are Laxica bs M. H. P~Who originated the Salvation Ans Catherine Mumford Booth wile ander of the Balvatlon Army. suggested t) ( for its members and designed the T. 8. A—-What percentage of the Nation age? An The 1840 censw compared with 21 per cent M. H. F~Wha! i Ans It is a form of gondans, and the Gauchos of Argentina. It consists of a rope or line hav- at either end a stone, ball of metal or Jump of handened clay, When swung around the huried at an entangle its legs until the hunter early Is sex dets to the wx of every there an odories L. Bateson reported to crossing th pecies of Jilly private automobile Great Britain? restrictions on gasoline consumption, i is ®s- 1.000000 private automobiles are still oper. about 580.000 commercial vehicles, buses many being used in shows that 27 in 1920 a bolas’ Per by the Paraguay Indians, Pata- ing head by one end and holding it captive ver rest? of a sec of a second about eighl-lentiv eclapsing about one-tenth in ngth E. V. D~How hard Ans A wind nour is a WwW. C. K~When SUNOS Ans He was H. B-~What Arm} “? between an AUrTIcaIe aid Jack fight Bob Fitz- n January 14, 1891 isrgest number of ! Inited States with respect and Camp Banging ch covered the cen and eg knee breeches i neler stock covering Lhe OCWer as HOCKING J A. U~Was Quentin Roosevelt killed in the first World War? Ans Quentin Roosevelt's of down on July 11, 1018, be- German lines at Chambra) buried by German svialors » y 5 military honor C.D } a Was a0 He wa Pia hind with When the world is mad, everyone who keeps wad bas help mankind from irretrievable disaster? Ans These of President Wilson M. H. L.—Do trees cool the air? Ans —The average tree with an eighteen-inch trunk may give off be- tween 200 and 500 gallons of water a day. The drying of the moisture re- leased {rom the jeaves absorbs the heat and lowers the temperatiire under a tree C. M. F~What is reindeer moss? Ans —It is a species of lichen found in great abundance in Arctic lands. Erect. with many branches, it grows w a few inches in height and covers immense acres where it is used as a food for reindeer and other animals E. T. H—~Why is waste paper needed for National defense? Ans —It is the chief raw material used in the manufacture of paper- board boxes in which defense articles are packed and transported W. P—~What is meant by the term “constant torque” as applied to engines? . Ans. —"Torque’” means an even, unbroken fiow of power, “Constant.” of course, emphasizes its continuation. The Saxons wore about their necks a twisted collar of gold in which there was no break, which they called a “torque.” Hence the origin of the expression IL. A~What are the follies of science? Ans —The so-called “seven 10llies of science” are: the quadrature of the circle: the duplication of the cube; trisection of the angle; perpetual motion: transmutation of metals: fixation of mercury: the elixir of lle. T. G~How large is Arlington National Cemetery? Ans It consists of 408 1-30 acres of ground, more than ten miles of surfaced roads, and three miles of sidewalks M. M.—-Why do goldfish open and close their mouths so much? Ans. ~Goldfish frequently come to the surface of the waler ahd open and close their mouths in order to obtain a more plentiful supply of Oxygen. B. R. MIs it correct to use the word gotten? Ans Got is the accepted modern form. L. C. E~How much does a baby elepbant weigh? Ans-—-An elephant calf is generally about three feet high and weighs about 200 pounds at birth. B~Who wiole roti dad § hi contribuied to are the words tified if its objectives are attained. the value of | separating the sick from the well {The necessity for isolation of com- | For Your Own Safety . .. Keep a Checking Account Money in your pocket—Money in your home—is none too secure. Protect your funds. You will have a comfortable feel ing by maintaining a checking account. where your money is safe and your checks are receipts. 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