Page Fouf The Centre Aemocrat, | BELLEFONTE, PENNA, - —————— WALKER BROTHERS A. C. DERR PAUL M. DUBBS CECIL A. WALKFR Editor Associate Editor Issued weekly every Thursday morning. Entered in the ~nstoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as secon class matter, TERMS OF S8UBSCRIPTION $150 per year if paid in advance $2.00 per year if not paid in advance 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 sénd 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 alter 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 iE Sn CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK Democratic State and District Ticket Judge of the Supreme Court GROVER C LADNER, of Philadelphia County Judge of the Superior Court MICHAEL A. MUSMANNO, of Allegheny County Governor F. CLAIR ROSS, of Butler Lieutenant Governor ELMER KILROY, of Philadelphia Secretary of Internal Affairs WARREN HESS, of Reading Congress- At-Large INEZ B. PEEL, of Allegheny County Congress—23rd District HARRY E. DIEHL. of Blair County State Senator HOWARD J. THOMPSON, of Curwensville General Assembly JAMES R. RILEY, of Osceola Mills, R. D State Committeeman DR. FRANK K. WHITE, of Philipsburg County Chairman RUSBE™LL, J SPANGLER, of Blanchard Vice Chairman MAUDE E. MILLER, of Penna. Furnace EDITORIAL American industry is really going to town with guns, planes, tanks and ships Buy War Bonds and support the men who are defending the nation with their lives What kind of a war would be waging if nobody else was fighting Japan, Germany and Italy About a vear from now some automobilists will begin to understand the wisdom of driving slowly to conserve tires Don't worry too much about the fate of religion It has taken more on the chin in the past than it will have to take in the future The Supreme Court is to be congratulated upon its decision that freedom of speech is not a right to be used in violation of reasonable regulations American aircralt output is nearing the 5.000 monthly goal of the President, and the goal of 135.- 000 planes for 1943 will undoubtedly be reached. The long discussion in Congress as to base pay of privates ended last week when the Senate adopted the House-favored $50. A well deserved boost for the boys in service Army planes formerly marked by a red vircle wing insignia, will hereafter show a white star with- in a circle. The change has been made to avold con- fusion with Japanese planes which are marked with an orange-red circle Talk of peace is probably intelligent at this, but what is most important is our winning the right to dictate the terms There must be no peacé of ven- geance, just for the sake of expressing hatred but there must be no peace of silly sentimentalism, re- leasing the aggressors from the consequences of their free-booting. = Ever wonder just how much of a bargain the white man made in purchasing Manhattan Island from the Indians for $24 Well, it was a pretty good one, it seems, for the New York tax commission has put Manhattan's assessed value for next year at 87. 864.078 941. Red men are welcome to figure out the percentage for themselves. Probably the most troublesome item in the pub- He mind is the sinking of ships along the coast, but this is offset, to some extent, by reports that the United States and Great Britain are working upon sweeping plans for an intensified campaign against submarines. In this country, the House Naval Af- fairs Committee recently expressed its confidence in the Navy and the conduct of anti-submarine warfare, pointing out that “in the past few weeks, the sub. marine has largely withdrawn from our Eastern Seaboard and is operating farther at sea.” Proprietora Business Manager PRAT EO—— Yo HOW LONG THE WAR One of the favorite indoor sports of the Ameri- can people, at this time, seems to revolve around predictions as to the length of the present war, This Is a harmless pastime if it does not lead to public dissatisfaction with measures that are necessary to Insure victory of the United Nations, Almost any street-corner strategist can explain why the war will end In the next twelve months, but no loyal American will expect responsible officials to gamble the fate of this nation on such a long-shot The outlook for victory is bright for the United Nations but nothing has happened so far to warrant the belief that the war Is about over, Most predic- tions along this line are based upon what may hap- pen and the soothsayers often forget to Include In their data certain unfortunate developments that may prolong the struggle for years Certainly, competent military and naval experts forsee a long war. The officials of Great Britain and the United States have not, as yet, indicated any opinion. Current plans and expenditures are based uvon mammoth preparations for a world-wide battle which may be decided in 1944 or 1046 It Is perfectly natural for the people of this country to take pride in the rapid mobilization of our resources for total war. Naturally, we are pleased by favorable events but we must not let them oblit- erate our reasoning faculties, A study of the map of Europe and the Far East, with a keen eye upon Axis gains, will reveal the full extent of the progress made by our enemies We should not lose sight of the possibility that China or Russia will be beaten into submission. We must not overlook the capacity of the Axis Powers in Europe fight a prolonged lefensive struggk even if they lose the power of Initiative seek only the chance to win a negotiated peace through the war-weariness the peoples of the United Na- tions The significant for Americans that this became Involved in war a little more than six months ago when it was an amateur fighter. Ag it us in Germany and Japan, two of the greatest professional war-makers of his- tory. They were tho pared, with al] re mobilized for a fast-sir r type Of war In the time that has el we Pear] Harbor United States ha con- with the Pow - Facing the Great Britain immediate responded in _— 9 other to and of fact to remember is nation ®iln we nave oughly pre SOUrces { ipsed si formed prodigies in of war-making ituation confronted but with people nave and sults will have the finish the Job resist the per nection development ors Same that summer 1840 industry y and our of less danger whol apieal the arted endeavor re time manpower Ww Cxiven we are beginning equipment and enemy « weet sj a people, 1 powerful » speed with which we wherever the So will end and ontinues to the war to be world La when le our efforts the i's greatest non about in bulld the w jest navy t-equipped army will length of the strug- and be » a direct bearing upon the the Government, as civil. h the successful prose. exert tremendous in- it will take s to conquer the The we will have much to do ution ipport Eive RNs wit fluence upon the time ARK Tre: BOASTING OF CRUELTY Tales of are visiting not be dismissed as which the Germans f Ceecho-Slovakia can- For In. barbarm pon the : anti. propaganda stance, our Knowledge th 5 killing of Reinhard Heyd: have been shot Is based announcement Prague children have upon the men in uted, while been deported and world at Prague women and village reduced through wo and another in been exe th fie one to ruin reached stations The Germans aren't attempting to conceal such cruelty. They are boasting it. They think, no doubt, that the terrible penalties which have been carried out in and near Prague will discourage other from risking consequences of oppression Id War §t ip eR, of Lhe ch was made of reports true. some manufactured this war there is no ap- stories the The Cer. than mu some In up about bar capable hich are crueler heartless execution of hundreds of Czechs with ASSAS emphasizes the glaring contrast of Crecho-Slovakia and Germans, Germany Moravia a protector. A protectorate is p between a strong nation one wherein the former undertakes from hostile invasion or other i aggression, In reality, the smaller nation Is usually most in need of protection against the powerful neighbor who assumes the role of its pro- tector. Ironically, the bestial Heydrich, whose cruel- ties became such that Czech patriots killed him well knowing that bitter reprisals would be exacted, protector” of the Ceechs — Williams. no established the y of Heydrich he actual rel connection situation ationship Bohemia 5 h § 8 Domi calls to the and ate, wit} peton defined as an to A WER protect the latter { i four 5 orm of n held the tile of Bun port JAP STRENGTH IN PLANES AND MEN There is considerable speculation as to the mili. strength of Japan. For years. Tokvo has been vigilant in maintaining secrecy as to preparations for war tary especially Recently. a Chinese General told Guenther Stein, a Christian Science Monitor correspondent, at Chungking, that Japan has about 6000 Army and Navy planes, of which only 3000 are first-line air- craft About 1000 are engaged op different fronts in the Pacific, from New Guinea to Burma. Some 400 are in China, concentrating their attacks on poten- tial airfields. About 800 planes are in Manchuria for use possibly against the Soviet Union and an- other 800 are held in reserve in Japan and Formosa Japan's production is estimated at not more than 750 engines and allowing for the replacement of worn-out motors, the monthly output of new aircraft is estimated at about 300 Discussing the present distribution of the Jap- anese Army, the Chinese General estimated that 800.000 soldiers are in China, 450,000 in the Southwest Pacific, 700000 in Manchuria, 200000 in Japan and Formosa and about 300,000 under training. The Chinese strategist seemed to think that Japan is beginning to feel a lack of manpower. These, in his opinion amount to one-third of Jap- an’'s mobilization strength. He estimated that about 400.000 Japanese soldiers were killed in the fighting in China and about one-third of the 1.200.000 wound. ed bave been permanently disabled. Pessimists in the United Btates will do well to consider the story of Floyd Corson New Hampshire farmer, who recently enlisted in the Navy, leaving his sons to operate his farm for the duration. Mr. Corson says that when he was “down and out” the Farm Security Administration helped him to get back to his feet by lending him enough money to buy a team of horses a few tools some feed and fertilizer. “I'm anxious to get in there and add my bit,” he says, “and 1 will consider it a privilege to go wherever I am sent.” The simple truth is that we are fighting this war in self-defense. The war requires no other justi- fication. We would be fighting, just as hard. if we had a monarchy or a communist republic. We have been brutally attacked by a combination of rapacious and greedy enemies; naturally we seek to protect our own and safeguard our future by defeating Brave men die only once. but they are lust as dead as the cownrds. Drive slow and the probability is that will be driving longer, dip THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. THE Orricre CA “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisnest Men” pe </ Farewell—and Hello One of the doughboys sent to Ireland Is said to home to his sweetheart nave written this Silver threads among the black Darling I am coming back Now that Europe's peace appears I'll be back In seven years * & 9 Kidding a Kidder We just heard of a certain drug store clerk who kiddingly told a girl whose eves were troubling her, that he could cure the ailment in both by merely kissing her eyelids. Later a Iriend of the girl dropped in and asked the clerk if the happening were true, to which he replied. “1 can cure anything.” And he was stumped when the young lady told him she had corns * ¢ 0 Those Priority Blues of chiselers remind ws Honest men don't stand no chance, each passing finds them With bigger pat thelr Live And MCASON hes on pant The Priority Board reminds us There will be no cloth next fall unless we're very careful We shall have no panty * oo 9 It Might, At That profound the fire And at all Willie 0 heaven in of Pointing halo the government studied with interest picture of Elijah Rolng a chariot exclaimed spare Hire.” to tw above the prophet's head, he Oh will get him-—he's got a * 4 Nothing Like Being Exact secretary daddy for An to su bus man had adetal]l ar uddenly The female exactnes It seems her bi letter unmailed Ness a Dassion boss died very and left importan siness it the secretary added th lowing exj 8 lanatory Before mailing he » below her employer's signature Since writing I have died * oo 9 But Still True radio annour the above then And asking g mighty daughter ace, sald | ood comes through nirtesy & verheard About 2:30 A. M, idewalk il 0 8 on the climb this wal * ¢ 0 Childish Innocence Hit tle woman bent o The “Oh Baby old You The Bray cherub in the cradle look h you could vou * oo He Should always ver the 0 s0 sweel, 1 eould eat vou Aen’ } A gentleman shoul helping himself from d Ask a adv: Nis cigaretle case ® oo We'll Have to Check This We hear that this year’s bathing suits a girl from being tanned where she ought t« ® ¢ 0 Life's Darkest Moment Yes” sald the old man, “I have had some terrible but none stands out over the years like one that came to me a boy ™ ‘And “When 1 was a bos covered it a revival oh are barely ] i 8 de #10 [) mer ig } Oo Keed disappointments when 1 was what was 117" asked a bystan 1 crawled u meeting * 4 » Sound The Alarm do something for me quick My Was Patient degrees Physician fire engine I'm Doctor temperature is 130 Gracious only your case is beyond me. You'd better send for a physician ™ * 4 Another Case of Scotch A Bootch farmer, walking down the road his nose and causing it to bleed profusely He his pocket, held 11 to his nose, and ran madly into the accident ward, he accosted a nurse and Inguired any blood for a transfusion today?” * & 9 Whatta Dish {From The Newton, Kas, Journal) Add one pound of candied pineapple. Bake in tin pants (pang) that have been lined with brown paper and buttered’ * & 0 Business as Usual Business seems fo be progressing better than usual, in spite of the war, for on the front door of a drug store in a small mid-western town there hangs a sign: “Do not disturb while pinochle game ix in progress” This brings up the old yarn abou! a justioe of the peace who ran a bar and a court in one at his store iy Langtry, Texas A passenger from a pausing train ran into the thirst emporium sand ordered a beer. He lald down a 10-dollar bill but there Whs no ction He shouted and yelled Finally the old justice came up and gave him a cold bottle He rang up the ten-spot “You don’t mean to tell me beer is ten dollars a bottle here” said the irate passenger. “No, sir” said the old law-dispenser “The beers | 8 quarter, but you have been fined $0.75 for contempt of the court 1 was holding in the back room when you interrupted.” * ¢ 9» His Alibi For Overleave i The following was sent in by a seaman as an excuse for slaying away from his ship longer than allowed To Commanding Officer: On May 7 1 left the ship on ten days leave at my brother's farm in Cobblerock, Ark i On May 10 my brother's barn burned down all except the brick silo | which was damaged at the top by a bolt of lightning which started the I fire. i On May 11 he decided to repair the silo right away because he had i to get his crop in it, I was going to help him. | I vigged a barrel hoist to the top of the silo so that the necessary | bricks could be hoisted to the top of the silo where the repair work was | going on. Then we hauled up several hundred brick. This later turned out to be too many bricks, After my brother got all the brick work repaired there was still a lot | o brick at the top of the sllo on the working platform we had built. I said T would take it all down below, 80 I climbed down the ladder and hauled the barrel all the way up. Then I secured the line with sort of a slip knot so I could undo it easier later. Then 1 climbed back up the ladder and piled bricks into the barrel {until it was full A slipped and fell, striking jerked his bandana from to the hospital Dashing Do you need brick down. However, I found the barrel of brick heavier than I was but by that time I was so far up I thought it would be safer to hang on, hung on. 1 was going pretty fast at the top and bumped my head. My fingers also got pinched in the pulley block. However at the same time the barrel hit the ground and the bottom fell out of it, letting all the brick out. 1 was then heavier than the barrel and started down again, 1 got burned on the ieg by the other rope and I went down until I met the aster than before and took the skip off my the pile of bricks because at that of the line and the barrel The doctor wouldn't let me start back to the ship until May 16, which ‘t think is too much under the truly, Dees Keoses, + and got “Sin” Claire That's all, folks. Did hear about the guy who asked for Ethyl Gy Tv ; we BOAT." 1 | om R_. A ——————— LOUISA’S LETTER Dear Louisa: I have been going with a boy for several months but I am not sure 1 love him. In fact, I think I would | 80 back to another boy 1 was engaged to before 1 started with this one We had a silly quarrel but we are {both sorry about it now But I hate to hurt this other boy {1 don't know what he will do and {1 am afrald he might hurt himself {if T break up with him. He has | threatened to do 80. What must | do? L. D-Vt Answer If you are sure you love the first boy, there Is only one thing for vou to do, and that is to tell No. 2 exactly how you feel and that you would be | doing him a great deal more harm by marrying him when you cared for someone else than you would by | breaking up with him. A wife who doesn’t love her husband with all of her heart is no satisfaction to her. self or to him Neither of them will be happy. And if No. 2 is lonally weak that he jury to himself if you break up with him you will well rid him Imagine a husband who brought up suicide every time he was thwarted! But are you sure vou love one of them enough to marry The mere fact between the wonder downs 50 emot threatens in he of either him? that yo dally two of them makes me There are so many and in marriage that the only thing that makes it beautiful feeling that life is nothing person. If feel that the fact that he mas ups the without this one you Way the army on have to go to wv will deci at all Dear Louisa Would “thank To reply Answer Thank you might add that belt funaed o massed ing there enjoved the lesson and body, etc LOUISA A I am afraid there § can do about | 4 will probably not much you your friend dating the like ting she other girl him she him wher really likes she really doesn op MIMOnNe OMe RINNE LOUIBA Dear Louisa I am a farmer parents staving on th good n I have for three 3 ennk [4 arid ales s RNG RISO is fond of outde have asked her several times to marry me and the answer she gives me is not now but to keep on asking her She is very 28 and is single if pretty about ¢ loves me she savs, 1 y reason why she should Will you advise me WORRIED--Md sh ns Re not marry what Answer I cant don't an me in do ad reason for her re- fusal, either She is cert Is and it would be much Arrange- ment for you both than the present set-up You not say anyone else lived in the house with you or not. 1f not. your housekeeper is likely to be talked about no mat- ter how well conducts herself Why don't you tell her that you are tired of her stalling and 4 if she doesnt marry you start ooking around for a wife, as you are not getiing any younger. LOUISA - — AS I SEE IT My good friend Homer said today that he was feelin mighty gay; sinoe Ickes rationed gasoline, a move for which he's mighty keen You see poor Homer has a car, that carried him on travels far, to where he didn’t want to go, but went because his wife said s0. On Sunday morn she'd make him rise, at five a. m while other guys, could lie abed and sweetly snooze; he had to take that weekly cruise, out where the tral- fic jams and jerks, and Sunday “driver” menace lurks: fo bash up fenders left and right, dash quickly out of sight. Bach Sun- day in sunshine or rain, that week- ly trip with all its pain, out to the {in-laws must be run, But Homer's igrief had just begun. For Sunday was the in-law's day, to pile in that Chevrolet, and drive for miles with lout end, while Homer's back with {pain did bend. For many years he's {hauled that crew, and wishe#l they | lived in Timbucktoo, Ten cars this {poor guy had worn out, just haulin ity loves vou BIIe Peally loves you old enough a better did whether she vou I climbed back down ths ladder. Then I untied the line to let the 4s jn.laws about. Now Sunday is a | restful day. since Ickes took the gas and when the barrel started down, I started up. I thought of letting 20, sway The funnies Homer reads with | i gest, He likes Pas Bon In-law the {terned, 74d Homer's gay and unoon- ‘cerned, He does on this gas ration (item, Lopes it will stay ad infinitum, RHEUMATIC — ~r PAIN &ui Are Usually Relieved With Luebert’s Ka No Mor Capsules NEURALGIC 8 Paine, also Rheumatio imple Headache, Neurslgis and Nerve F. L~~Where is the largest pri Ans The Government largest in the world M. B.-~Who was Ans Al the age Academy “the sublime A. B.-8hould Ans Poultry at their destination called the “mt of fifteen eniliad™ for EE packed authorities say with a Ved wed rive lower grades than Ss. ( nD Ha 8 year? those pad A there ever been Approximate MELD T. R. L—~Wha! Ans Scholars Semitic tongue the Jews during Testament and the gospel of St maje 8. E. G--What Ans A Kilowatt power used 101 B is aie used in at Ang the B £ meant 1000 by a watt Oe Printing Office at Victoy he much Matthew nting plant in the world? Washington, D, C.. is th lime child?” Hugo was called by the Frenc wan then writing excellent verse with the small or large end down? small of Or that eggs packed smaller number end down seconds an ith Lhe IATRe an estimate of how many peopie move This was and 8 and spoken t Fragme ritten originally abvion 3 of the O were Ww kilowatt-hour? A kilowatt-hor a kilowatt Soldiers of Production - , —-s * PLT a Rana TS Tk America's “soldiers of production.” men and women working In the plants of American industry, have their uniforms, too. Some uniforms woin by G-E workers on vital production jobs are shown below, 5 and then: I. Not a gas mask, but a special nose mask to guard his breathing, is worn by this spray painter at his job in one of the General Electric plants, 2. Like a man from Mars, the “cold room™ research man is » strange sight as he tests ayplane instruments for high-altitude per. formance in a G-E laboratory. i : # 3. Frankenstein? No, just another | GB worker. His job is sandblasting { big turbine castings for Uncle Sam's ships at one of the General Electric plants. 4. The helmet he wears is to protect him from light! The rays from a welder's arc could cause blindness if he did not wear this strange headgear, _—" * - General Electric believes that its first duty asa good citizen is to be a good soldier. 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