4 Page roy The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNA, PAUL M. DUBBS.....c.coessesesesa. Associate Editor > Issued weekly every Thursday morning. Entered in the postoffce at Bellefonte, Pa., as second-class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $150 per year..............if pald in advance $2.00 per year..........1f not paid in advance — MEFICAN REISS SSOCIATION The date your subscription expires is plainly printed pn 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- guest. 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 €DITORIAL SSOCIATION Slamber.. CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK EDITORIAL TWICE AS MANY WARSHIPS The strength of the Navy in combatant ships has been doubled since the first of the year, according to Secretary Frank Knox, who re- ports that 419 warships have been added to the fleet This does not include auxiliaries, mine, It includes forty aircraft carriers of all ty] converted merchantmen. Apparently it counts escorts and around forty submarines. What else is in the 1.000000 tons of warships can be guessed but some battleships, cruisers and destroyers have certainly been added to the fleet, which has lost twenty-one warships since January 1st These, says Mr. Knox, will be replaced by additional ships that will be de- livered between now and the first of the year. : patrol and landing craft e some of them being more than 200 destroyer. GERMANS THREATS ARE IDLE German officials threaten to “pay England back" with interest and double interest and their boastings may ease the strain on Germans who have suffered under the terrific aerial blows that have blasted the Reich, It is interesting to spectiate upon the methods that the Nazis can use to get the British. Rocket guns are mentioned with intimation that they will be set up in France for a long-range bombardment of the British There is always the prospect that the Germans will resort to poison gas and the threat cannot be dismissed. The Nazi leaders are apt to become desperate and lose their reasoning under the impact of losing the war they thought they had won, While poison gas can undoubtedly injure the British there is noth- ing in it for the Nazis because overwhelming aerial superiority will en- able the United Nations to dump it on German soil faster than the Luft- wafle can deposit it anywhere else. Like earlier storfes of secret weapons there is probably little or nothing to the Nazi threats, If the Germans could get a new weapon they would use it, of course, They have not failed to employ every technique of terror in the past and they would not shrink now. The fact that no such terrible weapon is being used by the Naa is the best possible proof that no such weapon exists. BOMBING OF BERLIN APPALLING The bombing of Berlin is appalling if you think behind the news reports and realize the impossibility of dropping thousands of tons of high explosives upon a densely populated place without killing women, children and other non-combatants, Even dispatches from London indicate that the British people ex- press sorrow over the suffering of helpless people in the enemy capital The London folks know what a bombing. does and. they have seen and smelt the flesh of burned persons. How, then, is it that free peoples throughout the world approve and applaud the hideous slaughter that visits. German cities? Is it merely that they seek revenge for the horrors that are perpetrated upon the in- nocent victims of Nazi aggression earlier in the war? We think not. The only justification of the bombing offensive against the Germans is that it is necessary to win the war and to pre- vent the Germans from creating an aerial machine to repeat the earlier campaign of terror that was inaugurated into modern warfare by the Axis militarists. Either the German cities must be bombed unmercifully or we must sit idly by and permit the Nazi feaders to plan new devilment against our Allied peoples. 1t is strictly a case of bomb first or get bombed later, and the] Brin are proving to the world that they can dish it out as well as The United States, we should understand, is not absolved of the killing of non-combatant people when our planes drop their heavy bombs, It is a matter of regret but, also; of necessity. The ‘enemy asked for it and they are getting it. It is up to them to say when they have had ——————————————————— NN a ’ ithe a ) LOUISA’'S LETTER Dear Loulsa: I love a boy and he loves me, so he says, I had been going with him and then he quit and didn't come back for two weekends. Afterwards I saw him at a meeting and treat- ed him kind of coldly because he broke those dales. Now I see him every day and he doesn't have a girl friend. 1 know from the way he aets, he wants to come back but {friendship back? BLUE EYES-—Caro. Answer: I can’t blame you for treating him coldly after breaking two dates with You and not giving any explanation for his absence. Of course, he may | thave had a very good reason for not coming but it does seem that he could have, at least, written you a tcard. It might have been better to give him a chance to explain before you acted as you did. I think it would be very simple, | if you see him every day and ore really anxious to make up with him, to speak to him and ask RNim why {he did not come to see you when he! said he would—that 1s, if you really think he is 50 shy. On the other hand, I find that a great many girls think that boys are in love with them when they are not I have never seen a boy, who was really in love, who was too timid to let the girl know about it. Your friend may be tired of coming to see you so regularly and may think he was getting too involved. It is possible that he was afraid your friendship was becoming too serious. Lots of girls run off thelr boy friends by becoming too possessive to soon. Good luck, LOUISA Dear Louisa: My husband is at camp and I am undecided whether to join him or not. My husband is not an officer and we have a baby six months old It is very hard for us to be apart but when I stay in my home town my living expenses are very low and my Mother helps with the baby My hisband can usually get home every Saturday night. What would you advise me to do WIFE-—Okla Answer Stay where you are, I know it is ‘awfully hard to be separated from your husband but at least you can see him once a week, and under very good circumstances To begin with, if you should move near the camp, you would find it very hard to get rooms and the rents are terribly high. On a privates pay 1 dont see how you could possibly manage. Lots of girls who follow their husbands to camp get jobs to help out with expenses but, in your! case, that would be impossible as you would have the baby to care for as | well as your home | Perhaps your mother will keep the {baby for a few days, so that you can | visit him every once In a while LOUISA. — ————— — ———— HEALTH AND BEAUTY The Chinese have been warning the Allies that the Japanese have been starting plagues in China by ying low and dropping deadly dis- ease germs. Por example, in an ar- ticle published in a medical journal, it Is stated by Dr. Robert Lim, head {of the Chinese Red Cross and the army training services that this is the case. { Said Dr. Lim, “I do not expect Americans, British and others to be- lieve that the Japs are resorting to bacteriological warfare today: as { they did not believe for a long time! | the stiries that the Japs were using gas in China.” However, there are some Ameri- cans who believe these reports. Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general U. 8. public health service, warned re- cently that the enemy has planned and, in his opinion, will use bacterio- logical warfare wherever possible. | Such tactics, he sald, could be as ‘ deadly as mustard gas or explosives. | There was an outbreak of bubonic plague in Changteh, China, which was attributed to Jap fliers who {dropped infected fleas in that city, { The city was raided by a single low- {flying Japanese plane. It scattered | rice grains mixed with cotton rags. i Samples saved for examination were | found to be swarming with the bacilli | of bubonic plague {| In less than a week a number of | people developed the plague. All {Who took it died within 36 hours. | Autopsies confirmed the diagnosis. { "There had been no plague in i Changteh for five hundred years, | more than ten generations, and the i nearest epidemic region is more than five hundred miles distant. The victims were not transients or ref- ugees but residents. This horrible outbreak was stopped by a sudden sala spell which set in shortly there- after.” This is not the only instance timt has happened in China, A similar mysterious raid occur- ed to attract rats. Bure enough in a veek, the plague broke out. Other out-breaks occur red where the fleas had been scat- tered. Cold weather came UHR i can't face to ask me. Will you please | tell me how to go about getting his | December 9, 1943, _, REAL ESTATE THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. PET fyi : , JT Bok umn Query & Answer Column || °c ansres Ans~It is a thousand millions. The American equivalent is a billion Centre County Commissioners, to L. N. O.—In what vear was the Merchant Marine of the United|A. C. Confer, of Bpring Mills, tract States equal to that of the British Empire? [in Penn Twp. $18, Ans ~The merchant tonnage of the United States in 1860 was great-| Robert F. Pecht, et ux, to M. Irene er than that of Great Britain and nearly equal to that of the Britlsn Workman, of Mingoville, tract in Empire. | Walker Twp., $1. I. B., N~How many fingerprints of criminals are there in the De-| John Lipke, to Mrs partment of Justice? {of Philipsburg, tract in Ans. —Of the 65 million sets of fingerprints in the archives of the $1 F.B.I almost six million are those of criminals, | John Lipke, H. G. M.—What is a binnacle? Ans A binnacle is a framework or case on the deck of a ship, in front of the steerman, and also in various other positions, containing a nautical compass, and fitted with lights by which the compass can be pe read at night. P. N. E~What city is known us the Queen of the West? Ans. Bret Harte in “Chicago” referred to the city as “Queen of the | West! by some enchanter taught, to lift the glory of Aladdin's court” | J. W. H~Why is the expression half mast used so often when it should be half staff? Ans.—The use of the term half mast in preference to half stafy is undoubtedly due to the fact that it was originally a nautical observance, Captain Smith's Seaman's Grammar as early as 1627 makes reference to the flying of a flag at half mast as a sign of mourning. H, L.-Do butterflies have a fragrance? Ans. ~—~Many specimens are without odor, while others have g frag- rance resembling that of grass, jasmine syringa, migonette, orange blossoms or balsam L. D~How many people languages? Ans ~The English language is spoken by 270,000,000 people; German {by 78.047.000; Japanese by 97,700,000, L, W.=The strategic metal taken by the Nazig Norway was recently bombed by planes of the U. 8. Air Force? Ans Molybdenum, used In hardening steel. J. R~To what untry has Russia pledged ald? Ans.—Beligum; leds have promised to help restore her pendence C. 8.~What aircraft Ans ~The Bataan Adena Hein, to Mr: (burg, $1 John Lipke, to Mr | Ida R. Holmes, to Paul 8 {mus, et ux, of Oak Hall, Marion Twp. $1 ©. Hamil] Batl mer C. Harpster, tract In College Twp W. Henry Ennis, et Viehdorfer, of Bnow Bumside Twp. $100 Mary Hassinger Marsh ence Pierce Bixler, et ux burg, tract in Philipsburg Citizens’ Bullding sociation, to Charl bar. of Osceola Mill Twp., $400 Andrew J : Walter R. Eberhart, et ux fonte, tract in Spring ” Goorge W. Bmith, et ux, Rider, et ux, of Bellefonte tract in Bpring Twp. §1 Tracey Elizabeth Poust William H. Noll, et i Twp. tract In Spring ° Harry F. Hubler, exec: William B. Musser, et Mills, R. D. 2, tract in $1005 John K. Swartz, bm liam Reakes, et u tract In gate, et ux, 0 El- of Ferguson Twp $1 ux Shoe il Ira B tract of Pi $2 sweet speak the English, German and Japanos Shivery source of what from } 74 [4 onquere ad « the was recently commissioned? ed in the Delaware River, J. C. D~What is the best oil to use in oiling a watch? Ans ~Milham in his “Time and Timekeepers” says that oll considered the best, and that taken from the jaw of a particular species of porpoise, known as the black fish, is considered the very best, A small drop is more than enough to oll an entire watch. R. 8. N~What was the greatest cavalry battle of the Civil War? fought by cavalry exclusively was that of 1864. It took place between Gordonsvil 13.000 men were engaged trees Calter iauncho fix} La Ans ~The greatest battle Trevillan, Va. June 11 and 12 and Louisa Courthouse and about J. W, E~What can Ix wintertime? Ans ~The Bureau of Plant Industry says whitewashing and a then wrapping with burlap is a good plan for the protection of trees It WIHigh is especially in winter when much of their food is show covered that AWp rabbits attack the bark of trees N. B. S.—~In what year did the most strikes occur? Ans. An sli-time peak 1881 was recorded in when 4740 strikes occurred ing 18608621 workers, L. BWhat does the Army use in jungle areas to purify Ans The War Department that csicium hypochloride is the Army for this purpose in all areas L. B—What Is the cost of starting and stopping a passenger train? lor Ans The cost has rom 84 cents to $2.80, W. B. CIs Jose! alin a large man? Ans —8talln is described being of average J. C. B—How far can a bomber travel without Ans The Civil Aeronautics Administration says that a bomber with a range of 10.000 miles could go 48 hours without refueling if it main. tained a speed of 200 miles per hour done to from rabbits in the protect that sifice the year 1837 ° involy water? Says used by been estimated at cri Rs height and weight, refueling? barger Twp, $50 Ira G Fire Co. « 51 Snow Shoe Twp Celia Brungart, man _ et al Miles Twp Mary E E. Hazel in Haines a x 1a ol W. B. E~Atl what age do wisdom teeth appear? Ans They may be cut anywhere between the ages of 12 to 40. About 40 per cent of the people never have them Bt all W. G. N.—~What amount of money is paid out daily as life insurance? Ans The Institute of Life Insurance reports that American families received $6.582000 a day in life insurance payments in 1942, ! D. L~=What is the Plimsoll mark? Ans This is a mark painting on the side of a vessel designating tie depth to which the vessel] may under the maritime laws, be loaded in different bodies of water durine various seasons of the year. M. D~What is derivation of the surmame Jones? Ans.-~It derives from the Christian name John which is of Hebrew origin and means, “"Orace of the Lord” C. H~What is the religion of China? Ans China has all the important religions of the world but none of its own. Confuciamism and Taoism are considered by the Chinese not as religions, but as political philosophies and teachings. Buddhism wa introduced from India and has the most followers, though its influence is declining. Mohammedans have more than 42000 mosques end 48.000 - 000 members, There are 2.624.166 Catholicy and 618.600 Protestants C. C. N~Pilease quote the proverb which mentions the four thing: from which there i8 no recall Ans —The Arab proverb is as follows: For four things recall, the spoien word, the arrow sped from the bow, fale, and time that is past G. C~When was the Vatican City established? Ans—The papal state known as Vatican City was founded as the re- sult of the Lateran treaty, signed February 11, 1920, between the repre. sentatives of the Pope and the representatives of the King of Italy, It was signed by the King May 27 and became effective June 7 by exchange of ratification of the Vatican. All powers, executive, legislative and ju- dicial are vested in the Supreme Pontiff, The State of Vatican City has (an area of 1087 acres. L. E. M~Why is the yardarm of a ship called by this name? Ans-~The name recalls the fact that the yard was measured by the arm of King Henry I of England. M. C. F.—Please compare the present size of Turkey with one of our states Ans.—Turke? is only a little larger than Texas. 000 more people than the State of New York. 8. C. C.—How many words did Chief Justice White's will contain? Ans Often quoted as a classic example of brevity, this will contained Fe 31 words. Calvin Coolidgs's will was even shorter, worded as follows: Not unmindful of my son John, I give all my estate both real and person. | al to my wife Grace Coolidgs, in fee simple.” Other wills ran to hundreds |2ik, of Philipsburg, tract in Philips. jot words like those of Napoleon and Florence Nightingale. (burg; $8150 N. E. G~How much fat should there Be in the diet? | Carrie B. Hibshman by attorney- | Ans—Scientists state that human beings Have become accustomed to | 'D-Tact, 10 Roy Buck, et ux, of War- diets in which the fat content provides about 25 orie intake. Fats require a longer me for digestion than carbonhydrates Or proteins and for this reason delay the feeling of hunger, A. M.—~What is the smallest State capital? How To Stop Worm Trouble To coax infested birds back into i Ans Carson City, the capitol] of Nevada, with a population of only | 1aying condition and prevent others 81 i G tract In Chares of Rebersburg, $! 81 the Port Matilda Centre W. L. Weaver, tract in Port v $320 3 County Commissioners et ux, of Tavior Twi Matilda, 8125 Rothrock, to James § 1 Le 5 a af Bellefonte, tract Ceorge Gray, of ux Bellefonte, $1 Merryman o , of Aaronsburg Twp... $430 there is tv J. Warren Bower, by executors, to the march of James H. Musser, ef ux of Aarons- burg, tract in Haines Twp. $20 Harvey 8 al, to M. Stein Philipsburg: First National] Bank of Philips- burg. to Rosalie M. Sicin, of Philips. burg tract in Rush Twp; $1 8. Alice Betz, el al. to Whiterock Quarries, of Bellefonte, tract in Marion Twp; $3,000 Fidelity Trust Company, sell W. Adamitz et ux. of State Col- lege, tract in State College: $25,000 John Gallagher, et al. to James D Gallagher, et al. of Milesburg, tract in Milesburg: $1 Herbert 8. Schenck, ef ux, to Her. {bert 8. Schenck, et ux, of Howard, tract in Howard Twp; $1 Harold G. Bell, et al, to Mary Du- H Haine: lice Jame: wer tract in > Ruse to It has about 3.000, | 2478. SCOTIA (By H. M. Williams) Of all the deer hunting'in this sec- tion the past week and the amount of hunters we have seen 5 id ————=. | considered wise to give the flock a | has made a good job of building his | reliable and effective treatment to {house and has it winter set in. He has moved into it intestinal tract. Frequent and it looks very attractive. Henry ing of litter, thorough disinfecting ‘is one of those fellows deer shot in this section, one by! Willlam Saxion, Jr. and one by John Ghaner, Of course this in- cludes the writer who, with all the rest in this vicinity, have been out (hunting with her father, Jiinogh every day, bus Shen We 8 Afar a nice sized buck Peterman, of Cherry Street, shot an it. At the Sid of the ay ve will Ele Dot in I ey o give you a list of names of all hunt ers who did shoot deer. The Remley Bible class held their Christmas party at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Lutz. The Lutz family live at the former William Furst property, there being twenty members present. The next meeting will be held on January 6th at the of Mr. and Mrs. John Meek of Btate College. the danger of reinfestation. WOMAN KILLS BUCK . i *hilipsburg Wanda Fran- | | ze, of Philipsburg, tract in Philips Olga Krehs, | of Philipsburg, tract in Rush Twp. | Hiron .} per cent of the total cal. 1107s Mark, tract in State College: | {from going out to production, it is finished before remove the worms that are in the chang- | when he of the poultry house, and the addi- | in the starts something he always finishes tion of sand or gravel around the! woods, we have heard of only two!it. We will have to congratulate him | bouse will go a Jong way in reducing | Mrs. Louise Koch of Milton, while | THE Orrice CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” Twinkle, twinkle, little star, Grandpa In a speedy car; Opened the throttle a bit too far, Music by the G. A. R > & # Jehoshophat—You're Drafted Board Clerk—"What's your name?” “My father took one look at me and sald ‘Great Jumpin’ Draft Draftee Jehoshophat Clerk—"G. J Draftes “Well ramblin’ aro | Clerk Dra mothe 17th of Februar lerk Twenty-—approximately No. 1 tion: Cau mice (lwo) they are gentle of birth?” My ther Jehoshophat, Place I'm | from pillar not quite sure and motlier were to post and ‘Born between pillar and post, Age?” October it hadn't other 1 Wie morn fine i been my {other and 1 was born on the I'd be twenty aking in to each ing weren't spe in Now prepare | Intelligence Test animals because one) they catch they are afraid of dogs. QUICK or three? ey qu are useful (three jeh it, which is correct, one, two of fact, cats ain They're 4 mocking nelerst INGETEL a matler Once 1 had a Wo ic and ying Ww find enlist once who said you said and cowdn't swimn (wo) dive to the r back and float until help came?” no a nver o scramble out I'm Lying to find Ennd 43a ” Or 00d UWIAND-- oshopiiat , amt Here's ane How man? , gp ving riddle ‘em in a day and a half ICK. One, tv 2 half » QU 0 ou cant urn me war, 1 got 10 go- Cran ho BLISKES To himself or not $23 $1rese O Wen ured It Out. when a He Fig ; there minding my own bus. 5. Bo maybe 1 tell him i this guy says, ‘How mome more drinks, 80 a Olte 10 eal?” i cheese in the kitchen 1 good looking girl get married, and nouse {or den and Sad you Very Sud mless ITI ibe iv but Arniy consent {io “but 1 will marry me not marry of rv. ears, thre: months, and a bbed the sald the maiden Kindly it west and after 67 » ill and died = So u barns fellow went « sugaeniy ye ane * * Experienced the following advertisement, quote: Has been in one before.” Unguot & # Men Who Won't Be There. fnth operly indoctrinated Japanese father, “we Know T rho say American air- Nippon {bs je when we hear that thelr We ki do we not? Bul, my son, when we not wl vou see the bombs that can- wel the flames that cannot start forget the truth and » water pails and buc Otherwise we shall yat is not there, Do you understand? % 3» Spoke Too Soon. bef re PAPEr APPears The Little said the p not true oe truth el uni 10% there, en ' fart sang Res £ out just the company Was CiSmiseed : step two paces forward.” half a dozen men the regimental band, J a Je Now then, vou six mugs gel busy and CRIT) top floor of the officers’ quarier: & » He Should Be. Wise~cracking Husband (returning home to find his of his barber)—"Hello, Pete, am I next?” * * » Left in Doubt. ‘ de lion and de lamb done laid down L wile in the anns Rastus—"D book says dat togedder.” Rufus—-"Yowsah. Dat's right de lamb ecber gol up again.” * No One to Stop Him. A young city girl was vacationing in the couniry ang became Irignd- Ivy with a farmer boy, One evening as they were strolling across a meadow, they saw a cow and a calf rubbing noses in the acveptod bovine fashion. “Ah,” said the boy to his fair companion, “that sight makes me want to do the same.” “Well.” replied the disinterested girl, “why don’t you? Its’ your cow.” * = » A Hard Man | IL was a small country hotel where a newly arrived traveling sales- man was holding forth “I'll bet anyone five Collars,” he said, “that I have the hardest hame of anyone in this room.” An old farmer in the background shifted his feet to 3 warmer part of the heater. “Ye will will ye?” he drawied. “Well, T11 take ye on. I'll bet ye ten agin your five that my name] beat yours™ “Done.” cried the salesman, “I've got the hardest name in the coun- try. My nmine is Stone.” The old man took a chew of his tobacco. “Mine,” he said, “is Harder™ Could Have Been Either A soldier recently returned from North Africa was telling a girl friend of his experiences. i “Off in the distance,” ion it.” “What was it?” she asked. “It was so far away we couldn't tell whether it was a zebra or a ser geant.” = Every community can do a lot for] Soldiers returning from overseas itself if it has the - service RO but I nebber did see where it says dat LJ » be said, “we saw a strange animal with stripes 3 > J. M. KEICHLINE INSURANCE AGENCY One of the Oldest EDW. Temple Court in Centre Jenies County
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