Pare Four The Centre Demacraf, BELLEFONTE, PENNA. Issued weekly every Thursday morning. Entered In the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second-class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION if paid in advance if not pald 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. 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 Tuesday noon to insure publication that week. Adver- tising copy received after Tuesday morning must run its chances. All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements. 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. NATIONAL EDITORIAL SSOCIATION bie orm re CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK EDITORIAL Every community must have unselfish leaders If it is to make progress. Food and gold will rule the world when peace comes, and the United States will have plenty of both. Personally, we are ready to back the judgment of Roosevelt and Churchill as to the strategy of the present war, Centre county will do its part, as it always has, in the defense of the nation and the valor of our sons will not be surpassed Where we made our mistake hefore the war, was in not sending our isolationists to Germany, Italy and Japan—they might have converted the aggres- sors into isolationists. Phoney Americanism: Congressmen, who voted against adequate appropriations for the Army and Navy in 1939, now criticizing officers trying to fight a two-ocean war without adequate supplies, FARM WAGES When 1042 began, farm wages were at their highest level since April, 1930, according to a report of the Department of Agriculture, For those who are “convinced” that there is no farm problem, we call attention to the fact that farm wages averaged $3780 per month, with board, and $47.77, without board. This is approximately the wages that a good workman in industry receives in one week. In view of the fact that more than one-fourth of the population of this country resides on the farms of the nation, this is important, Farm workers are receiving approximately one-fourth as much for their labor as the men and women who leave the farm for industrial employment. Certainly, few Americans can be satisfledq with an economic condition which compels approximately one-fourth of our population and more than one- fourth of our children to get along on an income that is approx‘mately one-fourth of that enjoyed by industrial workers. ALCOHOL AT PEARL HARBOR There has been considerable speculation recently as to whether the success of the Japanese attack on Pear] Harbor was partly or wholly, due to the con- sumption of alcoholic beverages by the officers of the Army and Navy stationed there, The Centre Democrat has refrained from com- menting on this theory, because it had no unbiased facts from which to draw conclusions. Now, however, the facts of the Pear] Harbor incident have been re- vealed by the President-appointed investigating Somimigion, headed by Supreme Court Justice Rob- e We quote from the text of the commission's re- port: “Thorough inquiry disclosed there is no evidence of excessive drinking by any officer of either service on that night (Dec. 6th)” This clears the American officers from the un- founded accusations of excessive drinking. The com- mission also checked upon the commanding officer of each ship: “Of seventy-five vessels of the fleet, of all kinds. forty-nine commanding officers were aboad during the attack, and twenty-two were enroute to their ships, one was on another ship and one was on auth- orized leave, which leaves two for which we are un- able to account.” A The fact that only two of the seventy-five com- manding officers were not on duty is pralseworthy, This is a high degree of efficiency. In reporting on the entire personnel of the Army and Navy on the morning of the attack, this non- partisan commission reaches this conclusion: “When the attack developed on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the officers and enlisted men of both services were present in sufficient number and were in fit condition to perform any duty, Except for a negligible number, the use of Intoxicating lquor on the preceding evening did not affect thelr ef- ficiency.” It is refreshing to note that the American sail- ors and soldiers at Pear] Harbor have been cleared of the charge of “impaired efficiency because of drinking.” The refutation of this carelessly circulated siander is convincing in view of the hard-hitting conclusions of the investigating board which pulled no punches That such a serious allegation was almost ime mediately circulated in this country by individuals and orernizotions, entirely uninformed and without accurnt mes of information, is a reflection, not upon the bre oldlers, sailors, aviators and Marines at Pear]! ITerbor, but upon the “patriots” who bestir themselves upon the homefront WHO BEARS THE REAL BLAME? The misfortunes that have beset the British and other United Nations in the Far East have been used by certain members of Parliament as an excuse for criticizing the government, with allegations of incompetency and undue complacency Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary for Alr, in re. ply, places responsibility for British difficulties upon the shoulders of the “men who refused to vote for the expansion of armaments before the war, the men who said there would be no war” and those who de- nanded that large British forces be sent to Russia and to France in order to form a western front, We call atiention to the statement because the humiliating position in which the United States finds itself today, In the Far Pacific, is due almost entire- ly to the stubborn refusal of members of Congress to vote funds for the Army and Navy before the war This attitude was probably based upon the conclu- sion that nobody would attack the United States and concession to morons with voting argued t the nation should invest its schools, hospitals and instead of and battles! Congressmen and others fault with the leaders of our ¢ amination men will petent in meeting leged “‘brasshats” vioes Of course, the crisis in which the nation finds itself today cannot be relieved by calling attention to this strange attitude of congressmen. Nevertheless it is important that voters In Centre county and everywhere throughout the United States, should understand that their boys face serivee under dan- gerous handicaps refusal of Congress to vote f is for adequate defense represented a power, who money in guns, planes roads may delight in finding rmed forces but an ex- record of various congress- they were {foolish and as incom- of the voting show thi responsibilities as many al- connected with defense the Ser- because of the persistent It is too late to remedy the present situation but it is not altogether hopeless at, when the present war is won, the people of the nation will understand the importance of maintaining adequate forces for the protection of this country and the as- sertion of ou ts throughout the world, If the voters of this ¢ 7, after the preesnt sacrifice, fall for the old hooey and swallow the same dish wash it will only be a question of years before the nation will find itself in another major war to expect APPRAISING THE WAR NEWS careless-thinking American to get the wrong idea of what is taking place in the Far East. Naturally, the newspapers give big head- lines to daring exploits of Americans and radio come mentators play up incidents like the sinking of a Japanese warship by an American bomber, These incidents are welcome, but they should not cause us to misunderstand the relative unimportance of their effect on the far-reaching offensive of Japan, The stirring allied victory in the Strait of Macas- sar is refreshing but it does not obviate the fact that Japanese forces have occupied Dutch Islands more than 3.000 miles from Japan and that the Japanese drive extends almost 4.000 miles from the Bismarcx Archipelago to the western coast of Malaya In much the same fashion we must understand that Russian victories, including the recapture of sig- nificant points, may not represent a decisive result Naturally. the headlines and experts tell us what will happen “if and when” but we must have Sense enough to understand that only the future can reveal the proper perspective of these events Undoubtedly, it {zs encouraging to hear of suc- cesses which contrast brightly with the long record of staggering blows that the enemy has dealt, but we must not permit small-scale victories to blind up to large-scale strategic defeats In other words, Americans should understand that the Allies are desperately attempting to hold positions, the loss of which might possibly prolong the war by years, and to hasten the production of machines and the training of men that must be available to overwhelm the Axis before the world will be safe again. NO “COMPROMISE PEACE” POSSIBLE You can read almost anything about the war, including “verified” accounts of interna] trouble in Germany and “authentic” repetitions of “peace feelers” being put out by Germany. It is just as well for the United Nations to make up their minds to win the present war by force of arms, without regard to weakness in Germany, and tn discount all stories which relate to German yearn. ings for peace on the basis of the 1837 status quo, It may be somewhat difficult for wus to realize that Germany and Japan believe that together they can win the present war The leaders of these na- tions understand the potential resources of their enemies but they are confident that, upon vita] bat- tle areas, they can exert superior force, There is no logic whatever in any comyromise peace between the nations now at War, The aggres- sors have set up a new standard of international conduct and assert the superior rights of their people as compared with other peoples, Neither Germany nor Japan has recognized the restraint of accepted morality because they do not give recognition to the divine personality of mankind, The present struggle can end only in the death of the German and Japanese ideal, or the extinction of free peoples accumstomed to liberty and the ways of democracy. The decision must be complete, final and everlasting. "The winner, whichever side it may be, will dominate the world for hundreds of years and impose upon the vanquished the victors ideas of civilization, including economic, political and soc- ial organizations, It is very easy for a The diet of Americans 100 years] better | in . It aan Jimited in variety and not | process foods. too dais ‘with Health Letter To preserve food implies process. It ig doubtful if enough relrigera-! tion ean ever be supplied to provide for all the need for food storage. the bran and germ from matter that involves much of what the less perishable white endosperm. we call luck. I - ——— | With our present popular diets { more than half of the calories coms lin the form of sugar and patent flour. To secure and maintain good health the remainder of what we eat Refrigeration is the ideal way 10 must be chosen with care. For preservation of national health and development of national strength everyone should have an adequate diet, The intensive effort now being made to popularize nutrition should eventually ald the public in select. ing appropriate diets, DO YOU KNOW Thirty cases of appendicitis in in- | fants under the age of one month have been reported in medical litera ture. - Success, despite the experts, is a milling wheat Et ——————— | | Then 1 take a drap o' whiskey to steady and pull the covers way up. And then I tell Hitler to go to hell” | what you tink? One-two-three stores I go into ) an —— ne OrFrice CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” It’s Mary Again Mary had a little calf, But the calf became a cow; Mary forgot to diet, And she looks just like one now. ® & oo 9 Air Raid Recipe : Scarcely had the ink time to dry on last week's edition of the Office Cat when we received the following from an admiring fan: “Dear Kitty: Just finished reading your suggestion on ‘What to do | in case of an alr raid’ Splendid, but why go to all the fuss laid down | In your rules? Why not take a tp from the old Scotswoman who told what | she did when the 'Jerries’ started bombing? Sez she: “When the alr rald warning sounds, I take the Bible from the shelf and read the Twenty-third Psalm, Then I put on a wee bit of prayer 1y nerves. Then 1 get in bed * ® 0 0 A Co-Maker A lady collecting contributions for the church stopped in to see old Simon W. Hardhbeart but she didn't have much luck. “Sorry, can't give a nickel,” Bimon W. grunted. “But you must give something,” the lady protested “No, owe too much already.” The lady made one more desperate appeal, “That may be true, Mr Hardheart, but you owe God a greater debt than anyone else” Simon W. nodded. “Mebbe so, but he ain't pushing me like my other creditors.” ®* 4 & 9 Tony—Hees-a Worried Buffalo Whats-a Run, Jan, 31 Dear Meester Edeetor I ask-a you, whats-a mat, shees-g no toilet papper any more? Last-a week I come to Bellefoont to buy da grub. My wife she say “Tony don you forget tollet papper’ 1 tell-a her ‘Don you worry, I get him alright’ So -110 tollet papper. I ask-a him ‘why you no got’; he say ‘no can get.’ He say ‘da war shees-a need it.’ 80 Meester Edector, you tell-a me what 1 do. 1 have three keeds and a wile. You pleese-a write Mr. Rosevelt and ask-a him what 1 do with three keeds and a wife and no toliet papper. You pleese-a do this, and be ever muchi-a bliged to me TONY ® © oo 9 Citizen Corn A motorist happened to get a fiat tire directly opposite a steep hill upon which was a flourishing field of corn. On the fence separating the cornfield from the highway, a farmer sat chewing a piece of grass As he changed the tire, the motorist motioned toward the field of corn. “Don’t see how you ever got anything to grow on that steep hill he said The farmer nodded eat on the other side of hill with a gun.” The motorist's eyes “Hell, no,” sald the and spat. “It was a cinch,” he grunted, “I just the road and shot the seeds into the side of the wide the truth?” Is t thal's o« opened hat farmer, ®* & 4 9 nyversation.’ Even Steven Two country editors once lived in the same small town and they abused one another shamefully, One was a great church man, an officer and the one on whom the preacher called for prayer at every meeting The other editor was not a church member and was the most artistic cusser you ever heard His admirers said he could cuss a tune. Times got hard and the pious editor made an appeal to the commun- ity of church-going people not to patronize the man who took the name of the Lord in vain. The next day the other editor said, “My good friend complains about | my cussing. IT know he prays loud and long and often, I know I cuss loud and often. God knows neither one of us means a word of it.” * & & 0» Daffynition PUPPY. A male puppy Is a son of a female dog. A female dog is the dog catcher's main objective A main objective is the dream of a dicta- tor. Therefore dictators are male puppies. And what did we say male puppies were? STEAK. We had steak for dinner cattie. Cattle have cloven hoofs Steak is bee! Beef comes from 80 has the devil The steak tasted just | like that. MISTAKE. A mistake is a bloomer. A bloomer is what a gir] wears What a gir] wears is no man's business, Therefore, when he tr to find out, he makes a mistake—in other words, that’s where he pulls the bloomer. ® & oo 9 Time Marches On {A romantic drama In nine acts) Wedding Day: He—"My own lovely dovie duckyums™ She—"My dar- | ingest darling.’ i One day later: He "'My own darling.” She--"My love" Two days later: He—"Denarest.” Bhe—"Deartie” Three days later: He—"Bweetheart” S8he-—"Dear.” Four days later: He—"Helen.” She—"Dawvid.” Five days later: He—"Madame” She "Sir" Bix days later: He- "Irritable wench.” S8he-—"Horrid thing" Beven days later: He-~"Cat." S8he-"Brute.” Eight days later: He— "Take that" S8he—""Take that.” Nine days later: Silence. ® 4 oo Typographical Error | Recruiting Officer-—"Married or single?” Recruit—"Married.” R. O. "Where were you married?” Recruit—"1 don't know.” R. O~"My God. You don’t know where you were married?” Recruit—"0h, 1 thought you said why." ® 4 4 Help, Police the street the three hold-up men dived into an alley and stopped for breath, “It's a good thing that guy didn't have a five-dollar bill on him,” one of them panted. “He'd a killed all of us.” ® & o& o Description of a Credit Man (By One Whe Isn't) The typical credit man is a man past middle life, spare, wrinkled, in- telligent, cold, passive, noncommittal, with eyes like a codfish polite in contact, but at the same time unresponsive, cool, alm, and damnably composed as a concrete post or a plaster-of-paris ¢ast; a human (7) pet- rification with a heart of feldspar and without charm - or the friendly germ, minus bowels, passions, or a sense of humor, they never reproduce, and dll of them finally go to hell, Usually are named Riley. * 0° oo No Trustin’ "Em Grandma had heard someone say that the mails had been very ir- regular lately. “The males irregular!” she exclaimed. “It was just the in my day--no trustin’ ‘em.” : ® oo 2 Hot Stuff, . First Neighbor—“S8o your mother-in-law’s been her temperature this morning?” Becond Neighbor—“Well, it wouldnt be fair for me to say. She died yesterday” ® & & 0 The Hogs Knew Him Jake—"1s Uncle Lem a lar?” a i WIE a he et thi m in’ time comes he to get to call the hogs for him.” : ® ® 0 9 very sick? What was L] THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. | LOUISA’S LETTER Dear Louisa: { Tama woman of thirty and 1 am {going with a widower of forty-five, {He has three children and I like {them very much, but I wonder how [it will be when I marry their father, | (I am afraid they will not obey me | and they would cause contention, | Would you advise me to marry him | under the circumstances? | UNMARRIED Del | Answer : 1 { If you are in love with the man {and he Is a sensible fellow, I see no | reason why you shouldn't marry him | Just because he has three children (IN admit that you'll have a much {harder job to get along with a {ready-made family than if you had Just one person to live with, | probably the man is worth it The best idea, If the children are {of ‘teen age, is to leave most of the | management of them to the father |=-such as When they go out at night and how late they stay, and the amount of money they spend. This {will eliminate discord { Very often children of that age welcome a woman into the house if they have been having to manage things themselves. They are glad for | someone take charge and put things to rights. Your attitude to- | ward them from the first wil] decide {in great part whether or not they are glad wou have come into the family But a stepmother, to be a suc must have lots of patience and ' b Al to COs love in her heart for her husband’ children LOUIBA Dear Louisa I have a of the housework to do I ean get through very 1 take on wo many ities, such as clubs and {Then 1 get so tired that | ean hard- {ly go. I am afraid that if I refuse invitations now that I won't get any after the baby gels old enough for me want you think DADDY ana well unless outside activ- parties io 10 go again about this problem? YOUNG MOTHER Answer I certainly don't think pay n your keep up with society simply tell your friends the baby is small up parties that days of the week, but that when he gels larger 3 will start back again? A small child needs lots of attention and it pays big dividends faction give it to him then rather than to suffer re- gret in after years However, 1 think young mother needs a change from the same routine day after day, and if T were you I wotlld try to arrange my work so that I could get off To a party or club about once a week In that way you will come in con- tact with other people and ideas and {not get In such a rut. You will have | something else to talk about besides ithe baby and the price of meal But don't keep on going every day just to keep up with the Jones’ That's a big mistake You « come Le “tin 1a tas x } 3 Bald igier on W even a busy LOUISA a ee... AS | SEE IT | Lets tighten our belts n'pull up {our socks, as we stop pickin posies instart heavin rocks Weve give {cause ehough fer them ambishus! { Japs, to take us fer overconfident! | saps. Our big worry is, did we start | soon enuff? after all these years of | {throwin a bluff. Theyve called our! | hand now n' we gotta produce We { hard as cement, n'treacherous hearts that wont be content, ‘til] they put, {all us white folks behind the eight make this a yeller man's! | ball, n' {world «t all. We got no excuses to | yammer “unigair,” We had plenty lof warnin from guys whod been | torpedoes and naval shells on Maj {cant lick them with words of stoopid | jabuse. Them babies has heads as | creases in the summer. EE " February 5, 1942. Query & Answer c olumn M. 8.~~What 1s the longest river in the world? Ans ~-1t is the Missippl-Missourl, which has a length of 4221 miles C. 8~How much later does the moon rise each day? Ans ~The moon's revolution around the earth carries it forward or toward the east, at Such a rate that it gains twelve degrees on lhe sun daily. It therefore rises, crosses the meridian, and sets on an Aver- age of about fifty minutes later each day B. M~How many major naval vessels ls the U. 8. bullding at pres- ent? Ans. ~The reported number of ships bullding as of Dec. 8, 1841, was 16 battleships, 11 aircraft carriers, 54 cruisers, 101 destroyers, 73 submna- rines, W. W.Is sliver used in the manufacture of guns? Ans ~Sliver alloy, 80 per cent sliver and 10 per cent copper, is used in the recoil mechanism of certain types of heavy guns, G. K~Why do rome articles feel colder than others that are ex- posed to the same temperature? Ans It Is a fact of common observation that on a cold day in win- ter a plece of metal feels much colder to the hand than a piece of wood, nothwithstanding the fact that both have the same temperature On the other hand, if the same two bodies have been lying in the hot sun in midsummer, the wood may be handled without discomiort but the metal will be uncomfortably hot. The explanation is in the fact that the metal, being a much better conductor of heat than the wood removes heal {rom the hand much more readily in winter, and imparts heat to the hand much more rapidly in summer, than the wood, which is a relatively poor conductor F. T~What Is the standard weight for Ans ~Fiity pounds C. RI have been told that ahead of New York in fashions Why Ans Jt is Because of the differences in the Bouthern Hemisphere, that the thelr appearance ther: before they are shown in New York G. D~What is the elevation of the Sea Ans The surface of the Bea of Galilee is Mediterranean W. T~Why is a preat Ans ~The word divine M. C~Can you tell me the origin Ans It comes from the Latin word fluid that was Roman empercs F. W.-Oive the total area and populatios large cities besides Tokyo? tal area of of Chosen a bushel] of hickory nuts? Buenos Alres, Argentina is this so? seasons, Buenos Alres being intest modes from Europe make is six months in SIX months of Galilee? 680 feet below that of the singer spoken of as a “diva”? diva” is the feminine of the Italian word “dive,” { of the word ink? encaustum.™ a purple Wriling used by What are other the about 176000 square more than 85000, The total 100.000.0000, about fourths that imainiand) Hon- has five cities of m than a million population each: Kyolo, Na- Osaka, Kobe and Toky whose population exceeds six and one- million miles, and th population Japanese ree. u al island shiu BOYA, half C. M.~When did Secretary candles on his birthday cake? ns ~The number was ci? ican republics and the good-! ar poli his seventicth birthda) eg Oct. 2 signed 0 the Stats i iL L. T~Fred W. Darby the Pederal Wage ana Hou preme Court. What was { the court? Ans—Hanran F. Blone, Chief stice of the U. B tay ox] ™ * ~ itionaiitly of the State Cordell Hull have tweniy-one symbolic of the twenty-one Amer- The cake wag presented on 104], by correspondents as- DC allenged the oonstitutionality of i ase 10 the U. 8, Bu- upheld the consti- law in an unanim pinion. Darby, a sawmill opera- tor of Statesboro, Georgia d to pay time-and- one-half Wo keep 1 accordance with the regula- tions of the i for shipment of lumber In interstate failure for overtime Wage and How commerce P. D~What is the in the United States? Ans —As of January 1, 1941 8 Department of Agriculture re- ported that 2.100000 head of big game had been counted in the 161 na- forests, The count was during the Winter feeding season increase in percentage from 1821 to 1841 is in antelope, now 0) per cent above the 192] figure. Deer have increased 260 per cent, elk per cent, moose 78 per cent. Black bear have made a steady Increase of 50 per cent 8. G—How long have soda fountains been in use? Ans ~The marble fountain was inventeff and patentad by a Boston maker about 1855 An American fountain was exhibiled in 1887 and after the Centennial Expos i Pull 2 in 1876 it became a National institution J. K. D~Does Bedioe's York or New Jersey? Ans —Bedloe's Island belongs to the United States Government is situated In Upper Bay within the bounds of New Jersey A. C~Where wa: the battleship Bismarck sunk and on what date? Ans —The German battelship Bismarck was sunk by British aerial 24, 1941, 400 miles off the French const. ® F. L~What was done with the masterpieces hat were in the Louvre at thé outlyeak of the war? Ans The Louvre was closed on August 26 1838, and its treasures removed [rom Paris or hidden in bomb-proof shelters E. L~Who first used the phrase, “The Lord's Supper?” Ans —8aint Paul gave this nome to the commemorative ordinance instituled by Christ upon the evening preceding His crucifixion. C. C.~When was the island of Sakhalin divided between Russia and Japan? Ans By the Treaty of Portsmouth, 1905 so-Japanese War, that part of the island so Japanese and the area to the north, Russian, J. W~How fast does the earth travel in its orbit? Ans The average speed of the earth in its orbit is eighteen and one-half miles per secofd. The speed is not uniform but veries in 2¢- cordance with the law of areas. If increases slightly in the winter and de- Big on of the National Porests thy » greatest $Iil da Island in New York harbor belong to New but which concluded the Rus- th of 50 degrees N. became Seales? SCORES AGAIN WITH ICE CREAM CHERRY TARTS FEBRUARY'S SEALTESY DESSERT OF THE MONTH there, who iried to tell us what them | | Japs do. But we give em the horse, {laff'’n winnied “pooh pooh™ {nothin but junk. But this here war {shows that junk kin raise heck. The | big question is kin we still save our | neck? Now the answer to that de- | pends upon us, n'even if we did miss there aint no good {the cost, fer all the good | theyve enjoyed in the past, n° aint last, Enuff of that there breed would spell our defeat. That theyre no good fer nothin I neednt repeat. We gotta stop blowin *it cant happen here.” We cant win this war with jazz songs n' a cheer. We lighter n'work twice as hard, so risin run wont set right in our yard, That white man stuffs at an end. From now on more than a myth to defend. defense now a seat away from here on we figger defense willing to sacrifice now so theyll] The | Three thugs held up a Scotchman and after a terrible battle they re- | brass hats had fed us that pushover ZeCs lieved the belligerent man of a nickel—ail he had on him. Dashing down | bunk. They said the Jap navy was’ : | ~ a That's all, folks. The zipper is the undoing of the modern girl. But, on the other hand, it opens up grea} opportunities, eT BGAT AVAILABLE IN A CARTON OF 4 — §0¢ When we first introduced Sealtest Ice Cream Tarts, we simply couldn't keep u with the demand. And now comes an Ice rg Cream Tart—the Cherry Tart. Red luscious cherries glow and sparkle onabase of delicious Sealtest Vanilla Ice Cream. Around a is a dainty scalloping of whipped cream. Don't miss them!
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