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All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. NATIONAL €DITORIAL SSOCIATION U8 Tumi CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK EDITORIAL The most important matter before the American peop fight against inflation le today is the —————— If one cannot shoot at the enemy, Lake Congressional war strategy a pot-shot at the President that the wealth of the United States on a ber r Ickes says Secretary Ickes say thunk it? capita basis, amounts to $89,000. Who would have Germany may not win the war but it ainst The aerial offensive ag made Bi- will reduce the number of Allied casualties when the soldiers rope. Officials point out that a bombing raid against some American city is not impossible, That leads us to suggest that a few raids would do the home-fronters some good —————————— We can hardly grasp the reasoning of those who insist that they maintain their standard of living, untouched by War when so many Americans are working at a bloody business of $50 a month ————————— There are any number of Americans who are worried lest this nation has “trouble with Russia” after the present war is over Well, for the present, the war against the Axis is enough to engage our attention. The Russians are helping us beat the Axis in Europe and the Red Army has made a major contribution to the overthrow of the Nazis, Let's be thank. ful for the favors that we incidentally receive. The Russians had to fight for their existence, just like we had to fight for ours, when attacked by the Japs in the Pacific and by the Axis in Europe. On July 1st the so-called pay-as-you-go tax law went into effect and, we regret to report, despite the hokum about simplifying tax pro- cedure, the average American faces a “vast amount of calculation of complicated rules” {f we may quote a metropolitan newspaper's headline It would be nice if some of the advocates of the Ruml plan, who advised us glowingly of the advantages of the system, would now come forward with explicit instructions that would be intelligible to the average man and woman. “Very probably there will be heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and elsewhere before the leaves of autumn fall” says Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and he ought to know. The British leader also took occasion to repeat, probably for the ears of American listeners, that should Japan still stand when Germany and Italy are toppled, “every man, every ship and every airplane in the King's service that can le moved to the Pacific” will be sent there to fight “as many years as are needed to make the Japanese in their turn submit or bite the dust.” WHO REPRESENTS THEM? In his message to Congress vetoing the anti-subsidy legislation, President Roosevelt called attention to the fact that “more than 4.000- 000 families have not had an increase of more than five per cent in their income during the last eighteen months.” He said the legislation ignores “the millions of salaried, white-collar workers—the school teachers, the clergymen, the State, county and city officials, the policemen, the firemen, the clerks—whose salaries have re- mained low but whose standards are being cruelly and inequitably slash- ed by higher food prices. Well, who represents these classes? Congress, acting under pressure of organized groups, shows no interest in their welfare, The classes themselves, for some strange reason, seem utterly unable to organize to protect themselves in the game of pressure politics, CONVOYS BEAT U-BOATS The German Admiralty admits that the U-boats sunk only 107, 000 tons of shipping in June, which compares with a claim of 851,000 tons in March. This may be taken as an official admission that the U-boat campaign in the Atlantic has been beaten despite the alarm that almost swept some Americans into the abyss of despair in the early part of the year, When Germany launched her attacks against the United States, in the early months of 1942, we lost nearly 450 valuable cargo carriers. The worst months were May, June and July, when American ships to the number of 207 were sunk by German raiders. This loss was occasioned solely because we did not have sufficient es- cort vessels, The fact is abundantly proved by the experience of the Navy which, in the same three months, escorted 11,125 ships under con- voy with a loss of only five vessels, NITTANY LITTLE Jersey Shore, and the former's bro- | ther visited Sunday at the Margaret | Dullen home. Edward Dullen, son of Mrs. Mabel Dullen of Beech Creek, has enlisted in the U. 8. Navy. PERMISSION REFUSED Pennsylvania Railroad Company to close its station at Welkert, Union county. The commission condemned the practice of diverting freight to another station. Owners of summer homes in the section would be de- prived of transportation if the ap- plication were granted. THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. | A BOY DIED LAST NIGHT — July 15; 1943. Ex Libris ««. By William Sharp | J | “A boy died last night, It doesn't | make much difference now about his name. The important thing is that | he dled, In poignant and awful lone- | liness out somewhere on a {000 miles from home “ ‘Missing In action’ read an ob- | |scure line in this morning's com- munique. That was all. Now he lies (there, crumpled beside the twisted wreckage that yesterday was his’ (ship, riding high in the sunlit hea- vens. The fine head and the shining {face and the broad shoulders remain only in a picture that looks out upon a quiet living-room on a shaded street an eternity away “Last night, in those agonizing hours of unspeakable isolation, he went through a thousand deaths without the one thing that might have helped a little—the sound of a familiar voice, the pat of a [friendly hand, Many people died last night In thelr bed at home, surrounded by those who cared. Last night he died In utter desolation, in an un- imaginable loneliness “The pain was terrible enough. But then there had to be that dreadful burden of thought in those endless last hours. Mom and Pop. The flow. ers blooming again In the back yard The good old rooster in the drive- way. That last sweetheart Kiss at the station. Those dances last summer That half-finished letter in his blouse. All those plans for the fu- ture, Buddies back at the field, 5000 miles across the water, wondering Couldn't somebody find him, please? The wracking pain again all this But it just like under- “Too much for you really happened last night that I could stand It, if they would just grind deep into their thinking the stark, terrible reality of it, every pelly selfish Interest would be swept away They would sacrifice anything and everything just to make themselves worthy of that boy They would hasten to forge an instrument of re- venge that would wipe the earth the traffickers In war “If peopie who have basked prospered and walked secure in a land that has felt no more than the shock of a Fourth of July firecrack- er since 1885 would understand about this boy, they would wait no longer for Government promulgations and the urging of rallies. There would be No one left to think any more about what the war might do to his mere personal interest tomorrow or the next day People would rise that their Government thing make them walk feed commonest fare, black take away every last penny of | render uncertain every commonplace comfort and easy security, just to avenge that boy “He died last night, sou see [There's no way to get around that” people only f ram and up and demand take any- needed exactly everything them the ut every city rofit HEALTH AND BEAUTY SUPERSENSITIVENESS “My cousin Sue is coming to visit me this week. [ dread having her around. She ig 30 supersensitive that 1 am on pins all the time for fear of offending her Supersensitive people are extreme- ly selfish. They are thinking only of themselves, consequently we never know whether some action on our part will] be misconstrued or not These people interpret everything that is said or done only in relation to themselves If vou remark that you do not like stingy people, they are apt to blink back at you in a volley of protests, assuring you that they are not stingy and expatiate to you on their gener- ous deeds If you relate an amusing story, you may shortly thereafter find the | supersensitive in a corner weeping, ‘because in her warped mind you are making fun of her You feel that you must include ther in every plan, no matter how | poorly she may fit into the particular scheme of things. If she is invited and goes along, everybody Who ‘knows her feels cramped for fear of her pouts or protests In order to conciliate her, you are {eternally explaining that you meant ‘no harm. You use up a lot of ner- vous energy to keep the machinery oiled and running without creaks ‘and groans when the supersensitive person ls about. ! We realize that the supersensitive lones have never fully grown up. They 'seem to have no control over their |emotions, They are jealous, envious | ‘and critical. Unhappy creatures that | ithey are, they are to be pitied. i The brave and unselfish do not nurse even their real sufferings nor | afflictions. They try to rise above them, They do not make others mis- erable by dwelling on painful, un- pleasant subjects i When a child, I knew a young woman whose back had been broken | during a cyclone. She never walked | again. Her room was the rendezvous for the youth of the community.! They loved to gather about her bed | and listen to the stories that she told | them. To her they went with their sor- rows or their problems, 8he oOuld | comfort them and find a way out of their dilemmas. When she died, her little daughter spoke to the mem- bers of the family who were weeping and told them not t o cry, that imamma could walk for now she had often told her that would be the case land she believed her. What a contrast between such a’ character and the supersensitive, JANET BLAIR MARRIED Janet Blair, brunette film actress of Altoona, and Sgt. Louis Bush were Married Monday, according to announcement by Miss Blair's studio in Hollywood. The couple met four years ago when she was a singer and he was a planist with the late Hal Kemp's orchestra. Miss Blair's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred B, Lafferty of Altoona attended the wedding. Waste | {Of sand, out In a starless silence 10,- | ISAK DINESEN, AUTHOR OF "SEVEN GOTHIC TALES' "OUT OF AFRICA’ AND'WINTER'S TALES" IS THE ONLY WRITER TO HAVE HAD ALL HER WORKS CHOSEN § BY THE BOOA-OF-} THE-MONTH CLUS. A BATTING AVERAGE OF 1000 PERCENT... | THE PEN NAME USED BY THE AUTHOR IS HER OWN FATHER'S NAME «oe BOTH SHE AND HER FATHER LIVED FOR YEARS WITH PRIMITIVE SAVAGES ~~~ HERSELF AS THE OWNER OF A COFFEE FARM IN AFRICA, HER FATHER AS A HUNTER AND TRAPPER WITH THE PAWNEE INDIANS IN MINNESOTA see BY ISAK DINESE Is BOOK -OF “THE-MONTH-CLUB SELECTION & H. W.-Can w« Ans Years 60 I me how old birds get to be? robin, ParTro Averrge length blackbird Crow 8S. PIs the » Of three the wren is 5. sparrow, § Years. 12; pigeon quall, 1 goose 50 wan and eagle, 100 Kiska he 1 to United Stats Ans —Kiska is nearer to Siberia and Tokyo DK. F—~Wa: ndrews buried In Iceland? Ans The bodies of Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews and the " " 4 who died with him in the crasii of their airplane on May 3 were buried in the American section of a cemetery at Reykjavik IL. MeD.—How m Ans The Bible went into the Ark wi SONS New Testament the number is Slated as eight souls M. D. P~What is the literal meaning of the wi Ans Literally it means “ltlle war” M. E S—~Was “Goodbye, Mr Chips” originally published as a short story? » Ans James Hilton was cofhmissioned by the editor of the British Weekly to write a long short stary for a special supplement. The result was “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” which he completed in four days in t Aleutian Islands nearer to Russia and Japan thar than to the United States General 13 others the capital any people were with Noah on the Ark? relates BOTA seventh that NGS wiver in the chapler of Genesis th hig » ¢ and his wile and his md queria? x T. E S.~How often do dogs shed their hair? Als shedding in dog: M. G.—What portion of Texas has been suggested as Ans state of DL D~Who u Ans —1It was conceived by Dr. Schuyler 8, Wheeler, who in 1882 placed a fan or propeller on the shaft of an electric motor, In 1904 the Frankiin Institute awarded him the John Scott Medal for this Invention T. R. D~What state has the highest percentage of sm¥ers? Ans According to a recent survey of the 17 stateg which pay taxes on cigarets, conducted by the Pederation of Tax Examiners, Connecticut dwellers smoke about #9 packs per capita per year 0. D. L--When did President Roosevelt sign and when was the first registration day? Ans —The act was signed Sept. 16, 1960, and the first registrants wee required 0 appear at their local draft boards on Oct, 16 F. N~What was the first U8 warship sunk by the this war? Ang The Reuben James, a destroyer torpedoed and sunk west of Ice land while on convoy duty, Oct. 30 194] M. T.~How can the flae of the President of identified? Ans It consists of a bronge reproduction of the President's seal, placed upon a blue background, flanked by white stars in each corner A. G~~What is the longest solar day of the year? Ans December 23 C. IL. B~What age and educational qualifications eligibility to the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps? Ans.—Any woman who £2 an American citizen, 21 to 44 years of age (inclusive), having had two years of high school education is eligible, Mar- riage is no bar, if there are no dependents and no children under 14 W, M.—What is the meaning of leit motif? Ans-~In music, the term applied in some forms of composition to distinctive passages or phrases associated with certain prominent ideas, situations or characteristics in the work. Wagner, in his musical dramas, carried the idea of the motif to its highest development, F. M.—If you are writing, sewing, drawing, etc., over which shoulder should lamplight come? Ans Left, if you are right-handed; the opposite if you are left handed. In that way, you avoid the shadow of your hand on your work, 8. K.~Which side of a rug cushion should be placed next to the rug? Ans If the cushion is smooth on one side, with a design on the other, place the smooth side next to the rug, the patterned side next to the floor, Keep the rug cushion clean == you keep your rug; vacuuming is a good method. C. 0. R—What color is real chinchilla fur? Ans The color varies greatly, Some skins are mixed shades of light and dark ash color; others are yellow and silver. Some are light brown, And occasionally one is seen that is almost white. The color apparently varies with season and habitat, B. H-What is leaf lard? Ans—~It is the lard taken from the fat surrounding the kidneys of swine, It is natural for dogs 10 shed their hair twice a year Excessive is generally due to some skin trouble a separate state? The delta of the Rio Grande which has s land ares larger than the Delaware wented the electric fan? the Selective Bervice Act, enemy during the United States be are required for ————— the Beautiful;” Doxology; Benedic- tion. -. RURAL LIFE SERVICE HELD AT STORMSTOWN A Rural Life Bervice was held in ». If you are dissatisfied with your the Stormstown M. E. church June 27, with Rev. Messina, of the Wesley Foundation as pastor. The Agricul ture and Home Ecnomics 4-H Clubs were present in a body and staged the following program for the eve ning service: Organ prelude: Spangled Banner.” pledge to flag; call to worship; scripture reading Responsively! “Faith of Our Fath- ers,” prayer; duet, “Drifting: brief talk on 4-H Club work; song “H-H Will 8hine;” 4-H Creed; solo, “Plow- ing.” 4-H Pledge; duet, “Follow the Gleam” offering; song, “In the Gar. den.” sermon by Rev. Messiia; talk, “What Is 4-H.” by Miss Helen But- ler; instrumental music, “America, march, “Star coffe ration you can do one of (wo pe things: Join the Navy or visit Bra- wil, | LOUISA’S | LETTER { Dear Loulsa I wn engaged 0 a boy In the army and we are planning to get married when he comes home, He bs | saving up his money for that time | and 1 am 0 begin work this month I have the choice of two jobs one Is In a business which will im- prove ag 1 learn more about it and will be a permanent one if 1 want IL. The pay Is good, but not anything like as much as 1 can draw on the other Job, The drawbacks of job No 2 are that 1 have to travel long and It is a seven day a week job. It will automatically stop as soon as the war Is over. However, as | am plan- ning Ww stop work when | get mar- ried, the last should hardly be class. ed us a drawback What would you do? Make a whole lot of money to have for a home by working very hard, or take things easier and do with less? ENGAGED Connecticut Answer Unless It 1s absolutely necessary for people WO Work seven days 8 week I never advis 8. A Person can just so long and the toll It health and compensated for CArns Another thing you seem 0 forget is this: That our plans do not al- ways work out as we expect them to, and things might be very different after the war from what you think The boy you love not oome back, or iM he may not be able WO make Jobs may be BUR oe 80 IL eels far Is Job case hould Ld them WwW do such a Job takes of certainly the extra dollars stand nerves i not by he may AOS, 1 fn UVIng and hard Wo find Dest bel by sensible to it in Ww me that your that of sane and which some | ' you need it a has ulure LOUISA Dear Louisa My has about 1 gel a penny Ww spend iusbiand everything Oo be Duy consulted I don’t Isn't it ridicu- lous for a grown woman to be treat. like years old? All my lends jaugh at me behind my back about my hulband being afraid tw trust me with a dime 1 am a good manager and run my well there not the ex. cuse that 1 would throw money away foolishly If 1 was allowed any Ww spend. Although I love my husband 1 am seriously thinking of leaving him and geting my Job back Al least 1 could buy a chocolate soda of hose without having Ww like B Or ed she s len fr 134 house »O is old Or a pair ' Sit up and beg far It pet Ong 3€ WIFE Alabama Aluwer Your husband must think that he is lving in the jong ago, when a woman had to stay married octice the knot was tied, no matter how big a lemon her paitner turned out to be Most men are fairer today in their dealings with their wives and real ize that her job Is just as necessary 10 the welfare and happiness of the family as is his. If she is happy and contented, her job should be done Just that much betier but let g wife get the idea that she in getting a raw deal from her man everybody suffers I can’t say that 1 should blame you for leaving a man who is so nig- gardly Perhaps he will make a change for the betler if he realizes that you intend to go Good luck LOUISA and No R— FARM CALENDAR Timely Reminders From The Penn. sylvania State College School of Agriculture Bees Are War Workers—The lowly bee is helping the war effort. Bees pollinate fruit and field crops and thus help to Increase much needed food and feed. Their service here may be more valuable than the hon. ey and wax they produce, point out apiculturists of the Pennsylvania State College Keep Good lLayers—Hens that have reached the end of their use- fulness as egg producers should be marketed promptly if they are in good flesh. Poultry specialists of the Pennsylvania State College say that {only profitable birds should be kept! {in the flock. Péed is too scarce and | valuable to waste it on loafers. | Finish Bark Peeling—Hurry wp the peeling of pulpwood bark. Ex. | tension foresters of the Pennsylvania State College remind that from now | jon the bark will be tighter and hard. jer to remove. Finish the job of bark [peeling now while it is possible to laccomplish more work for the time expended. | Help With Farm Work—Women and girls can help on farms ‘and thus relieve the critical shortage of {farm labor, say Penn State mrs (gency farm labor superivsors, | 'body heeds food and the farms THE Orrice CAT “A Little Nonsense Now snd Then, Is Helished by the Wisest Men" — Ode to Our Spare Tire Here lies the carcass of one we admire, | Aflectionately known in the past as a tire’ We've bust ‘im and cussed ‘ln, and when he was flac We'd feed lin with air from an oxygen vat We'd ride ‘in and chide "un, and read on lm Wo Then plaster his bruises with patches and glue When weary and worn we would give ‘im a boot But he just kept on rolling, and still remained mute He never complained as he carried his load, Although you would think he would someday expioGe Hit chaos and hardships have Just gone Lo prove That, though he's grown older, he's still in the groove We suffer and cry for the WUrealment we've givin For now he's woith more than the rest of us bvin Yet though he is stringy, he's wielding more power And we Jove the old fellow-—-becCause he it OUrs » » » The Supreme Sacrifice Voice of Bhip's Captain (through tube Theres a submarine about Can you speed her up a bir? Ave, I'll get another two knots out of her if 1 nave Mac Chie! Enginee: WO burn whiskey » » » A Reminder The Reverend George Washington Hepzibah told his deacons that he wanted every member of his colored flock to be present Sunday mah ovaheoat, Al's gonna burn dey ears Gown gulity.” Sumbody don stole Ennybody ain‘t present is The reverend started off on “Thou Bhali Not Bteal “Thou Bhajt Not really them to a crisp. Suddenly, a lull, and then he 0 one of the sweetest sermons he had ever preached. His Bock Deacon Brown went back and asked the reverend why he his overcoat Member about dat “Thou when Ah got down Wo Gat wile AL ‘membered Where Wis Mone preached burning Everyone there—even dOWn w with a Kill changed 1! left puzzied 80 sUGaenly sbout Thon the bang changed someone Sealing Member about cat Shalt Not Kil'?" replied Commandment "Sout Overcoat wuz i Bhalt Not Steal? reverend, “Well coveling thy neighbors man » » Attention of All Eyes i taleigh, N C News and Ouserver was attired In & 50ft Dlie Boe Ld society item from of the Uridegroom flour Sensational Mrs R--v- dress which mother fell 10 Lhe All Quiet at the Front sit here and do nothing but look at you lor- » ou 1 beginning tw think, Wo » » I'm . that's what On First Motion In one of the towns of the Pacific coast a distinct earthquake SHoCK was felt recently and when the municipal building rocked perceptibly the city fathers jeft without bothering about the usugl for- malities The clerk, a man of minutes Lone On then In session was hard put to give his he evolved this masterpiece the council] adjourned » rules and regulations Finally City 1 the proper motion of t wll he The Shouting Kind Mary walked up 10 the bank clerk's Window aha gic I would lige buy sothe traveler's checks The clerk asked What denomination Mary replied. “Methodist tw please? » \d » Ole Was Disgusted p Ole. the night porter, was testifying before the jury after the big bank robbery “You say thundered the attorney, “that at midnight you were cleaning the office, and eight masked men brushed past you and went into the vault room with revolvers drawn? ‘Yah,"” sald Ole Well, what did you do then? Aye put down my mop.’ Yes bul then what did you do? Vell, Ave say to myself, dis bane haluva Way to run > 3-4 o Dang A Fisherman's Lament 1 just heard of a good fishing hole, And my thoughts have began to riot, And they are dodblasting Icke’s soul Cause he won't give me gas 10 jist go and try it 3 f% We'll Try This Sometime An old friend dropped in this week to tell us that he swallowed & button the other night by mistake for a sleeping tablet and he passed 2 restful night » Ain't It So? Rip Van Winkle couldn't have slept twenty Years in these times Somebody would be waking him up every thirty minutes or so to pay taxes * * » Daff vnitions A male puppy is & son of a female dog. A female dog is the dog catch. er's main objective. A main objective is the dream of a dictator. There- fore. dictators arc male puppies. And what did we say male puppies were? : & % That's Different Rastus was telling his minister that he had “got religion.” “Dat's fine, brothah; but is you sure that y0' is goinin’ to lay side sin?” asked the minister, “Yessuh, Ah's done it already.” “An’ is you gwine to pay up all yo detas?” “Wait a minute, pahson. You ain't talking religion now, you is talking * » * oo 9 Contentment ; “Hey!” said Satan to the new arrival. “You act as though you Owned this place” “1 do.” said the newcomer, “my wife just gave it to me.” % » That's all, folks. Believe it or not, the chief cause of all our divoroes is matrimony. “SCAT.” Fink and family from Franklin, spent the Fourth at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Walk PORT MATILDA (R. D. 1) The Bible school which Rev. Gor- have to product it. Here is a chante (86H held in the Hannah Methodist for real servioe, | Plant Cover Crops—More and Close. There was a nice turnout as| {more each year Pennsylvania farm. there were about 75 young people on ers are planting cover crops to re. the roll {duce soil erosion, conserve plant fi ol i pe i
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