THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. a The Centre democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNA. PAUL M. DUBBS.....covcnrsrnsess Associate Editor UECIL A. WALKER. .....cvvvsv0s0. Business Manager <> Issued weekly every Thursday morning. Entered in the postofMce at Bellefonte, Pa, as second-class matter, TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION if pald in advance if not paid In advance The date your subscription expires is plainly printed sn 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 ta chances, All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements. Legal notices and all real estate advertisements, 10 sents per line each issue, Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not no- tifying us, are liable for same All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise firected. C— NATIONAL €DITORIAL SSOCIATION fie SVeomber_. CIRCULATION OVER 7.000 COPIES EACH WEEK | Baked Bread During | | Heat of Battle The coming anniversary of the! Battle of Gettysburg brings to atten itlon a little-known story of a Penn- gylvania woman who “stayed at her post.” State Department {merce research reveals | | She was 18-year-old Josephine | Miller, who lived in & little one-story {house along the Emmitsburg road. | {During the battle a steady column | of smoke poured from the chimney | of her house and now and then [snatches of a song drifted through {the open windows to the ears of 80] « (diers marching past | General J. B. Carr, of the Union Army, stopped to lssue a warning to whoever was in the house to flee to |safety. Josephine Miller ignored the warning to wait until the batch of {bread in the oven was done, Then {she noticed how hungry the men looked so she decided to stay on and [bake bread until her supplies were exhausted. She baked batch after batch handing out the bread to sol diers regardless of the uniform they wore She not only fed them but tied wound Eventually she up thelr fled When the battle bodies were removed from what was left of the little dwelling Jennie Wade, another woman--th Cin ceased. seventeen Gettysburg mity was only vililan ca three da battle rick house which s a museum. She, t baking bread for hungry soldiers during the din of battle, was killed when a bul let ploughed throug her she Wit in ‘ tov tthe Ho h a door striking kneading dough cornet of nm down ¢ trav in the ro tf In RB TAY aL ; LOUISA’S LETTER EDITORIAL to net some variety into his the fron kK 8 ROINK week will be sper rd DRmmo Grandpappy Jenkins says he vacation this year The first ing chair and the second in the ——— RATHER DISGRACEFUL The recent flurry of rumors relating the WAACs reflects the ahammar mide of Arnertenn Tie, wih the public generally sitting back and apparently willing kind of nonsense .. 'The members of the WAACs are not at all saints, good, on the average, as any group of American pute planned immorality to the women, now serving to betray sinister thoughts altogether connected vith innocence The prompt! denial convince the fringe of others. Intelligent American fortunately. there is n picion rock - tn it porch acK Vi Lo to listen lo any bist they are as women. To im- their country, | other not £4 RVOrY T not mors by officials will willing believe evi] lieve the rotien charges but some minds of ignorance and ation ever to of Un- iS. Oe 0 WAY TO SELL SURPLUS SUPPLIES Congress is already giving some attention to the problem of disnos- ing of the vast suiplus of war materials that will be left on hand when the war ends The House has passed, to the Senate, & measure that would set up a commission to st the situation and recommend a suitable plan for the sale of the stuff that the nation will no longer need It is estimated that there will be about $50,000.000.000 worth of sur- plus material for the bargain counter. It ia essential that some wise plan be made for its sale, without giving it away to those who want to buy it cheaply There will be ships, plants, goods, and varied equipment If It is rushed on the market the buyers will take it at their own terms, It is up to Congress Lo see that this does not happen but there is no clear indica. tion yet as to what Congress intends to do about the mater and RATION BOARDS If the OPA decides to decentralize responsibility in rationing and price control. some changes in local boards may result, Local boards have not had the heavy responsibilities of the Food Control Committees in England. Over there all of the detailed work of the rationing pro- gram. such as licensing, enforcing orders and giving out ration books falls on the committee Local board: here are made up of volunteers, and in the main re- ceive applications and issue books under specific instructions, They have no policy-making powers. They have been subject to lots of com- plaints by persons objecting to the rationing program Under the British system members of the Food Committees are ap- pointed for one year by local amthorities and are under the supervision of a divisional food officer. Committees are made up of representatives of consumers and the retail food trades, a majority being consumers, The short term allowed members is to permit both dealers and con- summers to express approval of their acts. They may be reappointed if their work has been satisfactory. INVASION A VAST UNDERTAKING The invasion of the continent of Europe is not a picnic expedition and should not be confused with the relatively simple transportation of troops and supplies to France during the last war Conditions are far different from those that existed when the first A. E F. landed in a friendly France, where much of the supplies that they required were on hand. In this war, the invaders, when they land, will have to carry everything they need with them Some idea of the extent of this task is given by Raymond Danniell, who estimates that the invasion of Europe will coincide with a Russian offensive and perhaps an expedition from England against the Channel ports. He believes that at least 1.500.000 men will be required. To move 1500000 soldiers will require 500 to 600 trains for person- nel, 200 freight trains for medical supplies, food and other impedi- menta It will take 1,890,000 packing cases for shipment of equipment and 121.800 ten-tom trucks to move them, If three-ton trucks are used 416.- 500 will be required. At the dockside, it will be necessary to have ap- proximately 700 10,000-ton ships. The mere recital on these figures indicates the tremendous problem and explains why it will require some time to assemble the men, ac- cumuiate the supplies and provide the necessary transportation. Every detail of the flow of men, munitions and supplies across the water must be worked out many weeks before the undertaking begins and, regardless of any interference, there must be no let-up in the movement of men and materials. A————— r— we - r————————— SAVE BREEDER COCKERELS {can be saved from the same flocks FOR USE IN 1944 SEASON from which the pullets are select- ied, and standard types--vigorous, With the active demand for poul- fast-feathering, heavy-fleshed cock- there are tendencies for erels--should be saved as breeders. ers to sell all their cock- Many cockerels start mating at 5 to — have them about 8 months old when ‘they are put in hatching FE. dn Ject their 1944 breeder cockerels ow, without a programm of progressive ex- Cockerels for breeders generally | pansion. . No business ever became great Residents of me Do ve my away problem to from nplications? BESS ..Florids inderstand how discouraged get over home situation and 1 know that just such circom-! are the I TS viX: oe your stanofs as stirronumnd You CRS rpe of wird fonlis marrying the first boy who comes along and asks them only find out thet they are in 8 WOrse mess then. than ‘hey were before Marriage to a boy you know noth ing about who make enon port enough risk that you are that is almost such a marriage to be a fadlure if things unbearable home, the this tn get a job away from your home town and live where you a ceriain degree of peace and happiness: Perhaps youn his responsibility if you are not there to do it for him If he had been of in ard one does not to sug st not gh you is when in a Oertain you love with | reason for nt nt ' B® 0H wor | ia ww to do ia ran Nave father shoulder and education be your duty bv how disagreeable {i seemed is no na girl giving advantages to stand no matter but OTIS mn h lazy home otstsel « st good «for - ng fo take over his raens But dont make the horrible mis- take of trying to escape from your situation by marriage There is nothing more unbearable marriage and if Mr should come along after tied yourself yp to the wrong man vour worries of today would seem as naught compared to what they would be then Goned than lovelies: Right have 3 evry luck LOUISA cairns sais MI in m———— VARY WAYSE OF SERVING TO MAKE VEGETABLES CLICK Vegetables, as po] as they are for everyone, become slightly uninter- esting if siways served in the same way, reminds Miss Helen 8. Butler, home economics extension represen- tative of Centre county All vegetables can be dressed up differently when they appear on the dinner table. Herbs, sauces and other seasonings add a new flavor to any vegetable Fresh asparagus is pretty as a pic. ture when served steaming hot, sea soned with melted butter or holland. aise sauce. When cooked in milk it retains most of its Juscious green color. On the cold side, asparagus salad served with a tart Prench dressing and a sprinkling of hard cooked egg is enough to whet any- ione's appetite, | String beans fresh from the gar. den are tasty and different when seasoned with butter in which chop- !pexi onions or chives have beet cook - ed. A sprig of basil, summer savory, |aweet marjoram, or sage gives cook | ied string beans a delightful flavor {Usually two or three leaves of the therb may be enough. i | As for greens, such as spinach, try | | serving with a mustard or a sweet | {sour sauce. Or a spinach souffle may | (hit the spot | Most vegetables are good served {with a cream sauce to which a little | {chopped parsley has been added. In | i | most. cases the small amount of wat- | Men In keeping their herds in full ensiling it. the vegetables were | Production this year, according to! A complete report of experiments {cooked can be used for part of the Dr. 8 I Bechdel, professor of dairy in grass and legume silage making production at the Pennsylvania State | is given in Bulletin 444, just publish . 6 months of age, but it is better 10 the food value remains in this cook- | COleRe. who has suggested substi- | ed ling Hau nd ’ : {tute preservatives for storing silage. | the ig pens. | Ww liquid and there's no need to jer in which {liquid in the cream sauce. Bome of | {pour it down the drain. A ——————— of Com | g¥ | meal to each ton of alfalfa as it is when there was Centre county awny | Stored, he advises. This makes it un- | from home, appreciate The Centre | CCCS*ary lo use Democrat. [Puch as molasses - I — By... «++ By William Sharp Ex Libris THE U.S. IS THE ONLY NATION USING BLIMPS FOR SUBMARINE PATROL — BECAUSE THE U.S. OWNS ALL THE HELIUM IN THE WORLD...! 3 go A AS > a BY NAVY FLIERS ARE BOUND IN LEAD... TO SINK EASILY WHEN ENDANGERED sees AIRCRAFT CARRIERS { is NOW CARRY THEIR OWN | SNOW PLOWS TO KEEP THEIR. DECKS CLEAR IN ¥ WINTER WEATHER. « THE NAVY HAS WINGS fy FLETCHER PRATT | Query » & Answer Column AWA meal r charge” ants that is in addition to the worlt's greatest raliroad center? the world's raliroad The oty is server by raliroads and 14 awiteliing and terminal companies Between 3000 and 4000 passenger and {reight trains enter or leave the city dally FA ' greatest center 21 Class much should a baby gain In weight during his first KR How ORY Ans. A baby should treble hig birth weight at one year of age BE ¥V.When d ride? An On January Washington, DD. © « He started at 2.40 a A Theodore Roosevelt make his famous long horseback 13. 1900 Theodore Roosevelt rode Dorseback from Warrenton, Ve g distance of 104 miles m. and returned the ming reek 84 p ire and at same GRY relays of horses F. B. L—From whal Ary Vodka is comm and rarely from barkey R. J. Cols it absolutely tea bali? s vodka made? nly made from rye, but sometimes from potatoes necessary that the skater boil before being DOtirend over a An ter must be kept at a rapid bubbling boil before in order that the tightly twist the maximum favor over the tea ball will 8 NOCOREATs leaves produce TN WW oper S.—Are drought ulin to any particular parts of 19 hie At major crop failures | T. L.~-Pleas the deriviation of the word carat Ans It is from the Arabic word qirat, meaning a bean or In ancient times the seeds of the coral and carob trees were used as ous which were described as being of so many qgirats’ Records of many kinds that nearly every show severe droughts causing ive occurred over part of the word give derived weed weights for prec stones beans weight” K. A. R-—How much An or salary does Mussolini receive? The official salary of Premier Mussolini is $5250 a year N. G. E~~Who painted 5: national Mother's Day poster of 10437 Ang McClelland Barclay. The theme is Remember Mother Bravest soldier of them all B. E. M—How many languages are spoken in Mexico? Ans More than 60 languages and dialects are spoken in Mexien W. T—How long have soy beans been known? Ans The earliest writien record of soy beans was made in 3838 B. C by a Chinese emperor J. C. K~How long did it take Wendell] Willkie to make his recent trip around the world? Ans Mr. Willkie says in his book “One World,” that it took 40 days, 30 of which were spent on the ground interviewing people and making inspections. The trip was made in a converted Consolidated bomber Oper. ated by United States Army officers, and the distance covered was 31.000 miles E. W. H—When was the island of Wake occupied by States? Ans Wake wag formally annexed on January 17, 1899 by an expedi- tion led by Commander Edward D. Tausig of the U. 8 8 Bennington The American Flag was hoisted and a salute of 21 guns fired J.T. 0-Did Alexander Graham Bell believe in aviation for warfare? Ans .In 1808. Alexander Graham Bell sald: “The nation that secires control of the air will ultimately control the world ™ 0. A. B—-What was the first literary manuscript which was type- written? Ans.—The first typewritten manuscript was of “om Sawyer” by Mark Twain in 1875. D. PWhat is the equivalent in avoirdupois pounds of a stone, used in England in giving the weights of persons? Ans Fourteen pounds. The stone has been a common measure of weight in Northwestern Eure. E. E~What is the seating capacity of Denver's Theater of the Rock. the United i fen? AnsThe amphitheater seats 10.000 persons. G. C.~What kind of an animal is a koala? Ans—It resembles the child's teddy bear Koalas live in Australia and are not seen in zoological gardens because their diet is restricted to the foliage of certain species of eucalyptus or gum trees, and becacse there are strict regulations prohibiting their export, M. C. W~Which runs faster. a whippet dog or a thoroughbred horse? Ans ~The whippet ean run faster in short sprints but the horse can beat him in distance races, ALFALFA SILAGE IN acid. Another method of making DAIRY COW'S DIET good alfalfa silage is to wilt the green material in the swath to Alfalfa sliage again will ald dairy. around 60 per cent moisture before by the College, Add 200 pounds of corn-and-cob Who remembers the good old days plenty of meat? - # Victory Gardens ate having a hard Chickens, : - Africa Cursed With | Poor Farming || |” - ————— “One of the curses of Africa is the | | burdensome, wasteful and destrue- | itive methods of agriculture which {prevall” Dr. George W. Carpenter |of Baratoga Springs, N. Y., a mis- | (slonary of the American Baptist | | Foreign Mission Boclety who spent | several years in the Belgian Congo, | {declared in a General Electric For- | | um address recently | | This condition of agriculture, Dr | Carpenter sald, “is reflected in the | state of the people, for Africa, with | an area greater than that of the United States, Europe, China and Indian together, supports only 140 million people: and many of them are chronically undernourished “One of the major problems of the continent is, therefore, the improve - ment of agricultural methods, and Hke most other problems this js bas- leally a question of mass education of the people.” Because over large parts of the continent the taetse fly. earrier of the dreaded nagana or sleeping sick - ness, has made stock -breeding im - possible, Africans are left with no significant share in the economic scheme of domestic agriculture, ac cording to Dr. Carpenter i He sald a substitute has been found in some places in the produc. tion of crops for sale and export. “Of these the most impoftant is cocoa, which brings an aggregate return of many million dollars a year to the farmers of the Gold Coast and Ni- geria where it grows best and is most easily brought to market,” Dr. Car- penter pointed out However, he continued com production Is beginning to run into difficulties Too much forest cover has been cut off, so that the plantations shade and are be. coming scorched: pests are appear ing yield is declining crude harvesting methods result in poor and sometimes unsalable products careless cultivation is resulting in soil impoverishment and serious ero- sion. African farmers, untrained in business methods, often pledge not only the crop. but the farm itself for loans to meet the expense of a marriage feast or a tribal eeremony so that more and more land passes into the hands of absentee Jandiords irresponsible hired managers ™ diMcuities arisen In with hemp and for sale Yen 00. Inrk ana and Similiar have other eotton ® areas other or nr rowy rather than } Dr. Carpenter said Furthermore, } large numbers Africans have been for. cibly wonsessed of thelr anosstral ands to make way for European farms, mines, and other conoessions with the result that far too many people are crowded into the limited reserves that are left and the land there is grossly overburdened Too many animals graze unchecked. they eat the grass down 0 the very roots and give it no chance to grow again: erosion sets in ang still for. ther reduces the productive land available. and the reserves become progressively poorer vear by year” in years the governments and Christian missions, working to- gether hegur attack this problem. sooording to Dr Carpen- “Neither agency would get very far without the other. but together they form team.” he said Generally the government, work. ing through its agricultural depart- ment undertakes the broad plan- ning and the basic research. It es- tablishes experiment stations, and makes provision for the training and employment of a limited number of African field agents It is abie also to co-ordinate measures of public health, sanitation, quarantine, mar- keting arrangements and other broad-scale planning with those di- rectly concerned with agricultural betierment The missions, throughout most of frica. are the major force in edu- caling the people” Dr. Carpenter declared. “It is they who have lived among the people, learned their languages, seen; and {elt their needs and gained their confidence. Mission teachers man the thotisands of ele- mentary schools in African villages, and the curriculum includes not only the four Ra—reading, writing, arith. metic and religion—but all kinds of practical teaching on health, home itfe. housing sanitation. child care, foods and cooking, better crops, bet- ter poultry, and whatever else may help the people and the community "These teachers, who reach not only the children but community with whatever they have to offer that may be helpful, are ‘thus the natural channel already provided for the dissemination of ‘any program of agriculturz] better- ‘ment that may be planned ™ - Favorite Dishes From Quaker Cook Books o asserted ot ois recent have to ter an effective Modernized versions of old-time | Ot several action pictures if possible” recipes of the Quakers Including such delicious dishes as July vege- table pie, green thromerty and frat |leather. Look for these wartime re- [cipes in the July 4th issue of The American Weekly, the big magazine distributed with the Baltimore SBun- | {day American. Order from your jo- | (cal dealer. i i Boys Helps Farmer | etter | have not heard them yet I would love to know what in the hell is the the whoie | dhs daa June 24, 1943. ——— i INE Orrick CAT “A Little Nonsenne Now snd Thea, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” News on the Home Front CHARLOTTE, N. C.-—The draft board here received the following “1 have wrote the board two or three times for my paper and 1 metter. 1 wish you would hurry and send for me to stand my examina - tion for my hand is burning to shute a gun. Have you lost my wreckord or class eard, please, 1 am looking to hear it soon TAMPA, KANS Earl Crandall Funeral’ Leaving for the army hung a sign on his filling station: “Closed Until Hitler's IRVINGTON, N. J -Mrs. Irving Moeller, digne store lunch counter employe, put down her purse while she made a sandwich The purse dis- appeared. She put down the sandwich to look for the purse. The sand. wich disappeared. A woman customer put down a bag of oysters to heip search for the purse, The oysters disappeared DENVER, COLO Inductee candidate John the missus how he was going to dish it out to the draw than any Jap I'll ever meet” he told her, reaching for the 7s, tol in his hip pocket. "Just watch me draw Trigger action beat the draw by a hairline and out went the seat of Mr. Ellington's pants. His induction was delayed, pending the healing of the bullet wound Ellington was showing the Japs. “I'm aster on » > Double Test Don't you cut yourself pretty » Visitor often with that straight-edge razor?” Mountaineer "Naw' 1 beer ain't cut mysel! neither time * five I shavin' nigh on to year now and Chance Missed John. dear” sald Mrs. Smith, “such an odd thing happened today The clock fell off the wall, and {f it had fallen a moment sooner it would have hit mother.” I always sald that clock was slow * gruntad Mr. Smith A Tip to Landladies This window is quite small LJ Prospective Roome: It wouldn't be musth good in AD CIMETRENCH Landlody—"There ain't goin are cash in advance” 10 be any emergency. mister My terms » Another War On A car containing a wedding party was seen driving streels In a nears town other morning. Inscribed back were the words Result of Careless Talk ” » - through in chalk On the » w w Signs of the Times It all started when the barber put up a sign which read: “Heir Ye! Ye!” Then the butcher lettered on window “Meat You Here Finally, the pervice station owner tacked a sign over his now idie 30s- oline pumps with the message, “Sure we'll Ww the war No fas-wak about it’ And across the street his competitor with equal empty tanks ed his approval with “His gas good as mine” Halr Wis + Jak an banner. Be is * » A “Spirited” Challenge There was on old fellow in the mountains of north Aldbams who kept his jug in the hole of a log He would 20 down at sundown to take a swig of mountain dew mountain dew that had never known the humil- ation of a government! revenue stamp He drank the liquid concoction as it came fresh from the heart of the oon, and he glowed One evening while he was letting the good liguor trickle down his throat he felt something touch his foot. He looked down and saw a DI rattiesnake oniled ready to strike The oid fellow took another swig of the corn, swept that snake with his eyes “Strike, dern you. strike: you will never find me better prepared!” * and in defiance he » # * Your Government Savs: Don't abscond with your buddy's blonde: Bave your dough and buy a bond Just when your bond begins to pay, She'll be getting old and gray * * Sub-Normal A cavalry rookie was trying fo recover {rom his first mounted anil “To the devil with this horse business.” he complained to an oid cavalry sergeant, “I think I'll transfer to the infantry” “You'll get used to it after a while.” the sergeant said patiently “The average cavalryman has a tender spot in his heart for his horse” The rookie massaged the affected parts. “That may be true” he sighed, “but judging from where 1 hurt, 1 must be beiow the average” * = High Dive An Army fiver on furlough was being bored by an inquisitive civil- fan “Lieutenant.” he asked. “is it always fatal if a chute fails to Open until within two hundred feet of the ground?” ‘Not always,” the flyer said, “I received this siight limp from fall- ing nearly 30.000 feet. When my plane was shot out-of control by 21 Jap Zeros, 1 bailed out. My first chute was burned by a tracer bullet and the second failed to open. so I plunged to earth at terrific speed. “1 was headed straight for a well The farmer saw me coming and jerked the cover aside just in time 1 dove feet first into.the 200-foot well with such force 1 created a whirlpool which threw Water all over the fifty-acre field “1 was caught in the whirlpool as it ascended and thrown out of the well. carried a quarter of a mile and landed on a hay stack. I §ot this limp shding off the stack ™ * Important Assignment A youthful war correspondent saw his first action in Africa ang was much impressed by the bravery of the American soldiers there “Our magnificent troops forged forward in the face of bitier opposi- * * | thon, as & Protecting Jehovah brooded over them from a distant moun- his editor. tain pinnacle.” he called to ; “Never mind the war—interview Jehovah. The editor wired back: I ———— * = = Banging the Stork Question—" "What did the Mother Cannonball say to the Daddy Csn- nonball? Answer—"Darling, we're going to have a B. B” *: = » Thoughts of a Hero Refreshing after heavy hero stuff being passed around, is Admiral | Halsey's summing up of a moment in a fighter's life: “During the Solo- Fourteen Lewisburg High School men's engagement, when the shrapnel and the splinters flew, 1 dropped boys came to the rescue of E. R. Beck | flat on the deck with one helmet on my head and two on my behind. {of near Lewisburg recently, when he and thought: this is what it's like to be a hero” was quarantined with scarlet fever, and planted 20,000 tomato plants on his farm. He had explained his dif- | ficulties to the Farm Labor Board ! and shortly afterwards the youlhs appeared, ready for work. 1 with these them according to simple press directions, CE * 2» Vital Statistic “Where did 1 come from?” asked the little rosebud. “Why, the sialk brought you." answered the rose.
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