Page Four THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. January 8, 1942, In the rush of more important events, the people of the United States have, to some extent, overlooked the action of Mexico and other Central American countries in coming to the support of this country n the present world crisis, It is Interesting to ob- serve that Mexico recently severed diplomatic rela- tions with Rumania, Bulgaria and Hungary and that the Foreign Ministry, in its announcement, sald that the action taken because these countries had declared war on the United Slates, Noi, many years ugo it was the common belief among many respons sible officials of this country that, in the event of war, Japan would promptly establish bases on the west coast Mexico and it wag believed possible thet the Mexicans might passively permit such ac. tion against the United States, This opinion flourish« ed during the strained diplomatic relations which existed between the United States and Mexico but today, thanks to an enlightened policy of forbear- ance, the United] States Is happy to be able to count Mexico among its good friends and to rely upon the to ist In the necessary steps to protect v from being used by the enemies of {os The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNA, was of WALKER BROTHERS A. C. DERR.. PAUL M. DUBBS CECIL A. WALKER Proprietors Editor | Associate Editor | Mexican . Business Manager Jexice AQ \ a Bs NS BRAVE AMERICANS DIE niment of a special board of Inquiry Issued weekly every Thursday morning to inve the Japanese attack upon Pearl Har- ’" wit ! 1A - nsibilit { Entered in the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa bo: } Ie Dom: et y Yue Hl ois 101 second-class matter, , SUEBR other any in- as ol negligence that quiries The isting closes attack: tools Would it be too much U« some inquiry into the causes for thus tragic situation, which also exist. ed at Guam? The people of the United States, the most powerful nation on earth, find thelr defenders pounded to pleces by superior Japanese forces throughout the Pacific area. They may wonder why Certainly, it is absurd that a country as power- the United States seems so helpless in come 8 Ji e attacks, Qur defenses could have been secure and so powerful to discourage Japan from the treacherous assault wt claimed the ives of nearly 3,000 officers and men at Pearl Harbor, be ra May fewer TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year. if pald in advance $2.00 per year if not paid in advance than 400 Marines, in re- upon Wake Island, dis. force, entirely inadequate to meet poorly provided with fighting i braver: ol Japanes that thi: was ni nasault ther expect The date your subscription expires is plainly printed nn the label bearing your name. All credits are given by a change on the date of label the first issue of each | month, We send no receipts unless upon special re- | quest. (Watch date on your label after you remit, Matters for publication, whether news or advertising, must reach The Centre Democrat office not later than | i Tuesday noon to insure publication that week. Adver-| ful as tising copy received after Tuesday morning must run | Patti its chances. All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements. Legal notices and all real estate advertisements, 10 me pu Why not officl cents per line each issue. sbathy of a great 2 Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not no-| rensing danger? Wh not discover the sources of tifying us, are liable for same. | the strongly organized pacifist sentiment that All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise strangely affected Congressmen when they were ask- directed. ed to vote for an increased Navy, improved nd defenses and a modernization of our Army? It would not be out of order juire into the past record of our own Congressman, “Jimmie” VanZandt, which should show whether he was supporting our soldiers and marines, or letting them down, when important res Cam Congress i ese thing We, by pine ir as tu inquire lo the strange he face of steadily in- ir in ) isin to inqu NATIONAL €DITORIAL [41355 ASSOCIATION CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK EDITORIAL ASU up in the peop The peace fas) hich woul lishman in Eng The man may not Know good citizen During 1¢ Monday followi a month uf ican buying | pounds of sugar } on for every Live y feed us Amer r Wa y anticipated jeans, anot fi hoard. A small groug shortage of sugar bo ip large supplies, they would not have to suffer with their fellow- Americans if a shortage shoukl come. To us, this group of hoarders was not only unpatriotic in the at- tempt to escape its share of sacrifices but also out of harmony with the American Qougnt w a s0 that ht Pp Alr Cor Hed +1 ) RUBBER ' WE NEEI soirit pirit at a ri: the at maj The Firs with $1,083285 in | ly voted to invest pastor of the church expiai war, eventually we can buy building. But if the American 1orm of government cannot survive this crisis, we won's need churches or cigans.” Evidently, the Rev. C. B. Atkinson and h congregation have gotten over the idea that life and business in the United States can proceed as normal. ly. Apparently, they understand that the time has come for all Americans to support the Government in its fight against the enemies of freedom and what we consider to be the proper religion Baptist church of building and organ fund, recent. The the new + i defense bonds “If we win ae money in tween thi v that ng val, are indefen- travel 2651 Pacific route Guam make miles further Even this atiacks : al an organ and build a to ern South is not safe from Jap- y OLSeIvVers oe- is 80 so vulnerable woul be y great in hauls from to the United States as to be im- ute 3 nnese long ww United States is dependent on the Far East for most of the vitally needed imports which are not produced in the United States, The United States is dependent on this part of the world for rubber, tin, quinine, vegetable olls, hemp, mangan- ese, bauxite, chrome, and other materials. Only fools declare the United States to be self-suffic- lent. Perhaps it will be possible for ships loaded with the muck needed rubber from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies to reach the United Btateg by way of the Indian Ocean instead of the Pacific, It is unlikely that heavy Jap ships could operate in this area, and thus U. 8, Destroyers would serve as adequate protection to convoys crossing the In- dian Ocean. On reaching Africa these rubber and other Far Eastern supplies could connect with the present U. 8.-to-Egypt supply line which is already patrolled. For this plan to work it would probably be necessary for the U. 8. Pacific Fleet to be based at | Singapore, in which position it could keep the Japanese Navy at home. The war comes closer home to millions of Amer- icans with the order prohibiting the sale of auto- mobile tires to almost everybody, While the United States has acquired a stockpile of crude rubber Ww meet basic war needs for more than a year, there is not enough for unrestricted civilian consumption. Meanwhile, the Japanese have apparently gained control of certain Malayan acres on which Ameri. can-owned plantations are situated and their naval superiority in the Far East threatens the supply lines that connect us with ninety-five per cent of the crude rubber supply. It is interested {o observe, In connection with this situation, that if the defenders of the Far East apply tiie “scorched earth policy” to the rubber plantations it will require between ten and fifteen years to again provide sufficient crude rubber for the normal needs of the world, This might mean, according to P. W. Litchfield, executive of a rubber company, that our way of life might be changed as a result of the war. i Health Letter What is a healthful climate? | Individuals react to cold and heat Probably right where you are liv- | quite differently. , unless you are a chronic in-| A climate favorable for one may valid. be detrimental to another A healthful climate is in| However, the human body has which all of the body organs and creat gifts of adaptability and can tissues are kept evenly at work withstand hot, cold, dry, wet, high A climate with constant moderate! ,n4 1ow climates. ¥aHations 1s ine host for preserving | DO YOU KNOW took the Germans six years to equip eral good health, The best climate for an invalid, Women who have borne eight or and train such an army.” however, depends on the particular | more children experience three times s condition from which he suffers. the maternal death rate in subse- | - In cases of tuberculosis of the Guent deliveries, and twice the stil-| RECOMMENDS FOUR pulmonary type a cool sunny climate birth death rate of women who have | POINTS FOR PEACE | is better than a tropical one hag sewer children. i So-called health resorts, where i SL AL i i the temperatures range from 55 to NATION MUST PROTECT { Four recommendations fundamen- | 70 degrees, may be fine for delicate, | INDUSTRIAL MANPOWER | ‘4! for the next peace were made to- | convalescent or elderly persons, | { day by Dr. Kent Forster, instructor | h enervating climates gradual. | mv . » _ |in history at the Pennsylvania State | Sue L The nation’s vast mineral resour- | College and author of “The Failures | ly rob the healthy, virile person of ces will be of no value in winning | muich of his strength. | the war unless we protect the man- jot Peace, 3 book just published by | In warm moist climates strength | power to mine and process the min- the American Council on Public Af- | is lost and digestive troubles occur. | erals, according to Dean Edward | 8 Wadhington. In moist cold climates perspira- | Steidle of the School of Mineral In-| The recommendations were: (1) tion is checked and rheumatic and dustries at the Pennsylvania State | eliminate any attempt to establish joint disorders are common. | College. | war guilt, a useless procedure which Statistical records bear out these | “Wise use of steel, coal, and pe- | Would merely give rise to continued contentions, i | troleum will mean victory or de- resentments: (2) eliminate repara- In southern states, there is more | feat,” he explained. “The United tons: (3) avoid the economic bal- | indalence and digestive trouble. | States can produce 50 per cent more | kanization of Europe; and (4) pro-! in New England states bordering steel than the combined axis coun. Vide a place for the Japanese, Cer. | on the Atisniie, Liars is a vast tries, as much coal, and about 4 ans, and Italians In the peace amount of rheuma . | times as much petroluem.” | plans, Gouty and rheumatic people need| In order to make the proper use “Although military victory is our a dry soll and a warm dry cilmate. lof our natural resources, however, immediate aim, we must be sure Altitudes affect health, too, and skilled labor must not be wasted, thal the next peace does not contain ons with heart disorders should Dean Steidle pointed out. He ur- the germs of futile conflict as the high altitudes, ged the deferment of technical men ' last peace did,” Dr, Forster declared, | { i i in industry and those being trained | in technical schools, and recom- | mended a uniform national proce- dure for draft boards, under legal control. so that the flow of mineral | | products may be uninterrupted. | “Millions of fighting men will re- quire tens of millions of workers to supply the sinews of war,” he said. | “We cannot be the arsenal of dem- ocracy and at the same time prov- | (erly equip and train armed forces | | of four million in a short time, It | | one | “Hella!” | Just tell him Herr Hitler wants him on the phone.” | “Now, that's why I called you | with anguish written plainly on his features. | me pay your fare?” ed THE Orrick CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” LOUISA’S LETTER Dear Louisa Please tell me what a girl twenty years old two young men Year younger to do I am going with who are both one than I am, The ane I love most lives a reckless Ife and will drink. He even drinks when he | takes me out places, Otherwise he is very nice to me and has proved more than once that he loves me. 1 love him dearly and feel that I can never | love anyone else, but I am worried over his reckless living Now, the other man also nice to me, geldom drinks and never when he takes me out, He says he can never love anyone elge and that he would rather die than hear of me {marrying anyone ¢lse, While 1 do not love him, I can hardly bear the thoughts of wrecking hi life by marrying the man 1 love. I know I will have to give ip one or Lhe other, but I feel that if I give up the man I love and marry the man 1 like, my life will be wrecked for- ever, Won't please help me? WORRIED > HITLER'S TALK TO HELL Adolf Hitler called the Devil up on the telephone one day; The girl at the central listened to all they Tiad to say. she heard Herr Hitler's voice, “Is Old Man Batan home? The Devil sald “Hello” to Adolf, and Adolf sald, “How are you? I'm running here a hell on earth, so tell me what to do.” “What can I do?” the Devil sald, “I once helped Kaiser Bill; If there's anything 1 can do to help you, sure I will." Said Hitler: “Now, you listen and I ‘will try to tell The way that I am running on earth a modern hell” “I've saved for this for many years, and I've started on a spree That will be a modern bender—you leave it all toc me.” “My army went through friends and foe, shooting men and women down We tore up all the country and blew up all the towns.” 18 very “My submarines are devils, They go sneaking thru the waters and sink a why you should see them fight hip at sight “1 was running things to suit me till a year or so 240, When a man named Franklin Roosevelt wrole me to ‘go slow “He sald ‘0 me ‘dear Hitler' we don't want to make you sore, 80 be sure to tell your Uboats to sink our boats no more.” “1 did not listen to him, and he'll soon be chasing me With a million Yankee soldiers from thelr homes across the seas.” 1 want advice Irom you I know that you would tell me it I ought to do.” “My dear Adolf,” sald Beelzebub, “there's little for me to tell For the Yanks will make it hotter than I can for you in hell “I've been a mean old Devil, but not half as mean as you And the minute that you get here, I'll give my job to you “I'll be ready for your coming and I'll keep the fires bright, And I'll have your room all ready when the Yanks begin to fight ‘For the boys in khaki will get you, I have noliTing more to tell; “Hang up your phone and get your hat, and meet me here jn hell” Written by Miss Barbara Brown, New Hampshire ® & oo 0 Slightly Mixed A printer on a mid-western paper went out and got “pickled” one day and in making up the forms got a political ad and a medicine ad mixed This is the result: “I wish to announce to the voters of Athens county that for 21 years I was afflicted by asthma and lumbago on the Democratic ticket and will appreciate the support of several different doctors at the polls next Tuesday. “I was born with severe headaches and spinal trouble and have lived in this county all my life. I have been a hard working man and thought or woman we marry there was no cure for me until I heard of the office of county commissioner 5 dismal affa for which my doctor has urged me to run. I am 45 years of age and had : » YOUng 14 teeth extracted (o see if it would help me in my fight necessity for you I have never held political office but have been troubled with ner- vousness and hand-shaking so feel that I am well qualified. If elected I to serve without medical attention and carry out the duties of the office as best I can without fear or loss of appetite 5 { appendicitis last month and you Virginia Satan, for 1st what Alnyer: You will MArryY a man who such a reckless life love him dearly. Ix you will be content to wear last year's walt up night alter for the stumbling step of the man who 18 supposed to lor you, welch your children do without the luxuries and medical care that your neighbors’ children enjoy and grow old before your time from work and worry, If he refuses to reform bhe- fore marriage, it is a ten to one shot that he will not do so afterw As man like a good chance but if ye iy do not love him you will be doing him more harm than good by marry. ing him. Marriage lasts time and if we have no taste for the man life becomes certainly be foolish to drinks and lives even ud n't go aller coat niga you Go 0 unless mMArryving and hat Ustening * care to the ¢ Te a Ong Ving immediacy BIGHT am promise was operated on for feel that I am s that wil be required of me, I have gained 40 pounds the last few months and feel like a new man possit for me to see all the voters, I feel that 1 owe icine and hope they will giv 2 {ree trial of my former Lrg l say this has been | if H s fry y cured ubles and ¢ 4 4 ¢ Them's Our Sentiments We agree with “Bugs” Bear when he says h our trousers in the as soon as we take r war caught us wit ret There's no doubt that hop. But ©! He « we Halior . * 4 0 Vicious Things fir ¥ ov YhiOde y finall where he stumbies =ro Wife up A big crash of giass Henry Teaching you, Henry?” No answer Henry, what in the world are you doing?” oldfia} * & oo 0 Reverse English who lived in Great Britain two girls with their kr with a sigh bench--—well 1 right where ® & oo 9 Must Have Been Bad A contractor approached a cigar counter and said, “I usually smoke that brand in the can ‘And that's a god place to smoke the counter pipes That Ye £3 oonseguer the solution I AWAY suc. will probably find Sureis not to Dare at me Wo pal nl vn Ang you NOE that t tair + two LORE I's fas ved each it each of Tupled + said “That park painted it are has ¥ n tier AVY Deel We MT yea you' Ie IMaginary em, replied the sweet thing be- hind * & 0 0 Hard to Recognize The striptease dancer met a drunk at a party. The drunk ignored her. “Do you know who I am?” she sald to the drunk, “Naw.” said the drunk. The stripper dropped her shoulder straps “Now do you know who I am?” she sald “Naw.” said the drunk. 8he loosened the topsall and weighed anchor, “Deo you know y2t?" she asked “Naw.” Bhe threw her shoes in the corner, fiddled about and came up with only a small patch of white cloth withal. “Now?” she sald “Sure,” sald the drunk. SEE IT “Floyd Gibbons.” i “ » oo © | In a Bad Way This here's a Scene: A crowded bus. Everybody standing. A young lady is vainly fer which John Doe had lost his groping in her purse to pay her fare. A young man is standing beside her love. This Kitchin stove was made {of iron. It took a awful jot of firin. | 8ix scuttle fulls of coal a day, John | hadda lug a good long way, to feed {that irom monster's maw, John's nerves Nn’ temper Was Wore aw, | Them ashes too took lotsa time and | home comfort wasent worth a dime. { Nif it got a little cold, John's home | work got stepped up twofolf, The | griddles was all warped n° wore ® & oO o | Each time a meal was cooked John | 1941's Biggest Lie Sate, THAL SVE aB ed A hoa a in es, N° made lop S uck- Here's the tallest story told by a member of the Bellefonte Liars! wheat cakes, Quite desperate John Club: | made a vow, he'd junk that blas “In the land of Un.udilla a native accidentally spilled a bottle of hair | stove n’ how, He'd git hisselfl a stove tonic into a stream. The fish immediately developed long beards, With | with class, That fancy Kind that beards, they needed barbers, Thereafter, fishermen caught them at Will | burned with gas. There'd be no ash- by setting up a barber pole on the bank, with a copy of the Police Gazette ' es coal er dust, No iron pot {° warp | handy, and yelling “next.” In’ rust. No ole stove pipe t' clean un’ eee | shine. From now on home life would A Hot Sou vib eg 5 hak be Pat and Mike were crossing a field when a bull came charging down | ¥ith Elee. © he seen that iron mon- upon them. Mike shimmied up the only tree in sigot and Pat jumped in | ster go, To the junk yard of a guy a hole nearby. The bull jumped over the hole and Pat jumped out. The | ned Mo. In them there days junk wall Suktied: shy him, and charged. Pat jumped in and the bull Jumped | puziness boomed, n' prices fer ole : : , Johns gtove was bou This continued until finally the furious Mike bawleqd down to Pat ag | TOR HOOT, J iron fer oo umped out, “You damn fool, stay in the hole or we'll never get home.” | 0 80 them Japs could make bombs Pat jumped in as the bull charged and when he jumped out again | .. gone fer raisin nineteen kinds he yelled frantically to mike, “You're a damn fool yourself, There's 8lo hells. That old stove John Doe bear in this hole! | sent away, might well come back to | | him some day, To sock him when he | faint a lookin, n' end his worries about cookin. Fer by now folks, you | surely know, John lives in ole San Fran-cis-co. i Young Man—"Pardon me, Miss, but may I pay your fare?” Young Lady--"8ir." Young Man—"1 beg your pardon again, young lady, but won't you let Young Lady—“Why, I don't even khow you, and anyway, I'll have this purse open in a minute” Continued groping. Young Man-—"T really must insist upon paying your fare. You've un- buiioned my suspenders three times.” he § ® & 0 0 A Gone Cat John and George, small sons of a Baptist minister, after listening to one of their father's sermons, decided that they must baptize their family of cats, The kittens made no objections. One by one they were put in a big tub of water. But when it came to the mother cat, she rebelled —and fought—and seratched-—unti! at last John remarked, “Just sprinkle her, George, and let her go to H-«e!” * oo 0 Still Green Boss"'You are 20 minutes late again. Don't you know what time start work at this factory?” New Employe—~"No, sir; they're always at it when I get here.” ® © » 9 Just as We Thought “Why should I bother to say my prayers on Sunday night, Mother?” atked a North Ward youngster. “The Lord must be tired after hearing so many church programs all day.” ® © 0 9 That's all, folks. Our toast: A Jappy New Year. oo Fractures Arm in Fall Elwood Reeder, 21, of Lock Haven, was admitted to the Centre County Hospital dispensary, New Year's Day, for treatment of a fractured forearm suffered in a fall down a !stairway at the Brockerhoff Hotel. | | He was discharged from the institu- tion after receiving treatment, i -~ i Astute observers in the United) States scent a revived appreciation | of character and some signs that the dollar mark may not represent unquestioned success. we A ~"8CAT." | tale about a stove, | Query & Answer Column — J An R. place? Ans The longe and costlies trike fa gan September 1, 1825, and was settled February 12, 1026. 1t lasted 64 days, involved 158.000 workers 5 of $200 000.000 Lo the Operators and $188.600.000 in wages estimated at $1,000.000.000 8. B. T~What cards’ Ans ~The still | used In a gems N. M.--Of what mans wore during ! C ~Please give The Pasa When satiny cant ating al the a stadium biggest ier ) ( dic the t i caused a J The total loss | | ye Fi ’ cul y i tH I | pack in en wo packs of carcs are y made that CGer- An paper Cloth mu SUlls worn in 8. C. T~Is the Ans The ri: level, but slightly rises a little a K. O~Wha A. R? A common bucket 4 4 and Iriace nerf act ls perfectly D Al T the proj spinning vin tionary period H. P. R--Wha! } Eye? Ans Companions G L~What Ans It ticed at Ing prag Hawalan Ans It purple on VOICI) i biossom the walls of and » here a1 13.000 feet in 1 1828 the ¢ 1630, 10,000 in the world O. R. L-Was t eCre 7 Ans or mas Edison L. W, M—Wha “Era of Good Feeling? } Th party wr ary Th Is your child a “cold catcher”? Don’t let your children suffer unne discomfort from colds. Get them back to school as quickly as pos sible. axTiPHLOGISTINE Will help you do it. 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