gs Dallas oot AAA EAL A © Established 1889 : Published by THE DALLAS POST, INE Publication Office 1pm Avenue, Dallas, Panpsylvania EH . Risley..Mng. Editor and Treas. to the great subusban and agricultural district of the Greater West Side, gomprising Dallas and twenty-seven { surrounding communities. A _ Subscripeion, $2.00 Per Year. (Payable in Advance) ~ THE DALLAS POST PROGRAM The Dallas Post will lend its sup- and offers the use of its columns $0 all projects which will help this ~ pommunity and the great rural-subur- ban territory which it serves to at- the ' following major improve- ments: \ A free library located in the Dal- las region. . Better and adequate street light- ing in Trucksville, Shavertown, ~ Fernbrook and Dallas. ~ Sanitary sewage disposal system for Dallas. - Closer cooperation between Dal- las borough’ and surrounding townships. Consolidated high schools and better cooperation between those that now exist. The appointment of a shade tree commission to supervise the pro- tection and see to the planting of shade trees along the streets of Dallas, Shavertown, Trucksville ‘and Fernbrook. ~The formation of a Back Moun- 4ain Club made np of business men and homeowners interested in ‘the development of local insti- tutions, the organization of new © ones and the development of a community consciousness in Dal- las, Trucksville, Shavertown and Fernbrook. ‘A modern concrete highway lead- ing from Dallas and connecting the Sullivan Trail at Tunkhan- nock. The elimination of petty politics from Dallas borough council and all school boards in the region covered by The Dallas Post. And all other projects which help to make the Back Mountain sec- ~~ tion a better place to live in. ~~ “TAWZA SOBS IN CHAIR” “TAWZA SOBS IN CHAIR”—with these blatant headlines a Wilkes-Barre newspaper announced othe electrocu- tion at Western Penitentiary of Frank Tawza, dual slayer of Thomas Kros- koskey, chief of police of Luzerne Borough, and A.. J. Kaufer, Plains merchant. For weeks prior to Tawza’s march to. the death chair other Wilkes-Barre «newspapers played up in emotional headlines and sob stories the intimate 1 details of Tawza’s life as he awaited death. Crime makes good stories; death makes better ones; approaching elec- trocution of a murderer makes the ‘best stories. One Wilkes-Barre newspaper, fol- Towing the usual method’ of giving the readers what they want, played up every detail of the electrocution and then in an excellent editorial called attention to its readers that they, like Tawza, were murderers. Tt 1s an unfortunate situation in the world and in America. that capital punishment plays a part in ‘the laws of - society. It is a vestige of medieval times, a hang-over of the days of barbarism. “An eye for an eye, "a tooth for a tooth.” Alive or desd, Tawza is no less the criminal. ‘Society, as the State, has taken Tawza' s life. It is an ‘easy way out, an easy way of passing the buck. ~ But society has not solved the prob-| Jem of crime nor will it~ solve it if every murderer ends his career in he electric chair. “ociety must eliminate the causes of erie before it cures the effects. So long as large families are bred ana seared in poverty and ignorance, so. long as slums exist, so long, as in some localities, the sneak thief, bool- ~ Jegger, town bully and pickpocket are looked upon as heroes; so long as passion and greed play a part in human emotions, there will be crim- mals and murderers. Capital punishment removes one criminal ‘at a time, while our great cities and slums breed them by the thousands each year. Jow then shall we control crime? For the present, at least, capital punishment i is perhaps necessary. But no method of crime control can be effective until it becomes a method of crime prevention; until it eliminates the tremendous waste of life and money which emanates from crime. - Crime prevention and not punish ment for crime, is the place where society must begin to solve its prob- lem. The elimination of politics and the appointment of trained men in the. study and treatment of criminals would do much toward working out | an effective method of crime preven- tion. Speedy, unhampered justice, the careful observation of the first ~ offender, the elimination of ignorance through the establishment’ of proper schools for delinquent children, the ~ prevention of = unrestricted breeding ¥ An independent newspaper devoted common-sense SAnovations would go a long way toward the elimination of | crime. If society would uke as sane and scientific an outlook * toward the breeding, training, care and protection of its children as it takes toward the breeding and care of its prize horses and pigs, crime would soon play a much smaller place in the live of hun-| dreds of Americans. SUN BATHING. ; Sun is still the friend of the young —and the old—and while we don’t hear quite so much about the im- portance of being as brown as a berry this Summer, still most of the ad- ‘herents to the healthful benefits of old sol’s companionship are doing a good deal of talking about sun bathing. In fact most of the fashion maga- zines talk equally about water and sun bathing, and the children are being taken into great consideration in the matter of “sun suits.” Some- times. the whole sun suit is made of a highly translucent, porous and ab- sorbent material, like durened cot- ton. Sometimes the shirt (usually backless) is of translucency, while the trunks or skirt are of wool. AN HONEST ADMISSION “What are we going to do when the timber all plays out,” has been Bh question that has been exercising the minds of thoughful people for a good many years. The timber line has moved further and further West and South. The answer seems to come from a source that cannot be disputed. “Substitutes” says the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, “‘are grow- ing in favor while lumber is declining in favor. The substitutes that are used for the betterment of acoustics and insulation and which are made principally from waste sugarcane have lightened the problems of builders and eased the minds of the public, which finds that such materials together with cement, brick and stone help to solve many building problems. Radio Topics FULFILLMENT There is a curious old chap that hangs around the various hroadcasting stations. Grey-haired, with water blue eyes, and a broken nose, he resembles an ex-pug, long past his prime. Xe is obsessed with only ome idea— that through the tremendous power of the radio he will be able to get his mess- age to the world. A message of peace- of abstinence from strife. He intended to give his own life. his experiences as an example. Of course, they cannot let him have even a second on the air. And there he sits in the waiting rooms day after day. When an offical appears he begs for a chance to broad- cast his message that will redeem the world from sin ana impurity. Some- times it is only an office boy or a page he has for an audience. The other day a more kind hearted studio 'manager took pity on the old fellow. He took him to an empty studlo, carefully disconnected the “mike” and then got an announcer to announce the old boy. For two and three quarters hours he gave his to the world and then went home—at last happy and contented. “message” The Amos ‘n’ Andy influence is now affecting the textile industry. Recently, several mills in Gastonia, N. C. grant- ed an unusual request in changing the ork hours so that the operatives {conta get home in tiime to hear the pair. DID YOU KNOW— That Georgie Hicks, newest N.B.C. announcer, keeps a dummy mike be- side his bed to practice with! That Rudy Vallee’s newest contract ‘calls for a salary of $22,000 a week? That Will Rogers never met the an- nouncery David Ross or the orchestra leader, Freddie Rich, 8f his radio hour until he broadcasted from the New York studios of C.B.S. recently? OUTDOOR ROMANCE GREAT SPECTACLE Spectacle, rousing action, tense suspense, compelling romance, all combine to make “The Light of West- ern Stars,” with Richard Arlen, great entertainment. Like “The Virginian,” it is a master outdoor picture, filmed on authentic locations with every de- by unfit parents and -a host of other tail true to the historic background: on which its characters act.” “The Light | of Western Stars” will’ show "at the [Aga theater on July=8 and 9. This picture is the first Zane Grey [stirs to be filmed with dialog. In it, the he-man heroes and danger-defying women of the West step from the pages of the famous novel, act their | gripping drama, and talk. Imagine |the great Zane Grey pictures, “The | Wanderer of the Wasteland” and others, with the true-to-life characters | speanife the Zane Grey lines. “The | Light of Western Stars” is the grip- ‘ping story of the west in which the (last desperate stand of banded otut- lawry on the American frontier . is authentically pictured. [This Week by ARTHUR BRISBANE Providence Provides Two Great Corpses ‘Cradle Training Time to Advertise : "The kindness of Providence Supplies us with things when we Dead. them. ; The ravens fed Elijah. After the Napoleonic wars, Europe, heavily in debt, faced long poverty. Then came steam power, debts were paid, prosperity was great. Kings and nobles in steel armor en- joyed leading miserable peasants to war. The latter were left dead, the nobles in thelr armor “rode back. Then gun powder and bullets went through the armor, nobles and kings went home, wars became less frequent. Among “sad words of tongue or: pen” the mews includes Mr. Hoover's order that has sent gall the wine ‘glasses in the White House to be stored in a government warehouse. On White House sideboards and pantry shelves, the great American fce water glass will reign supreme. However, nothing lasts forever. The fact that ane administration is dry does not mean that others shall eter- nally lack “cakes and ale.” Other Presidents, other ideas and other glasses. Mohammed forbade wine. ~ Kemal approves it. ’ , TE King Gearge and Queen Mary joined with others recently, celebrating the end of geventeen years work that has restored St. Paul’s Cathedral in Lon- don to a safe condition. The fine old building is worth sav- Ing. And in its vault, under heavy ‘stone monuments, lie what is left of two bodies more important to the modern British Empire than any other two. : They are Wellington and Nelson, not far apart, resting in solemn half darkness. .The story is still current that Nel- gon was buried hurriedly because it was necessary. When shot down on his flagship, he was put into a cask of rum, at sea, to preserve his corpse from decay, as was customary with important dead sailors. And other sailors are said to have drunk the rum through a hole in the barrel, leaving the Admiral without protec- tian, or preservation. The stary is not proved. Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt says: ®Character building begins in the cradle.” Parents should train children from their babyhood. An old English horse trainer asked: “When should I begin training my colt,” and told that the colt was three wee! - old, .said “You have lost the three most important weeks.” Children should be trained with kindness and explanation, never with whipping or other brutality, from babyhood. But don’t waste too much time cor- ' recting and nagging concerning faults that the child will outgrow with time; and not otherwise. In his story a newspaper reporter said, “The birth of a boy made Lind- bergh’s biggest dream come true.” The birth of a girl might have made a bigger dream come true. First, an older sister is a good in- fluence on younger brothers. Second, girls, not boys, inherit the genius of the father. But the Lindbergh baby boy will inherit through his mother the talent .of his grandfather, Dwight W. Mor- row, and that is worth having. Scientists tell you: “Acquired char- acteristics are not inherited.” They are wrong. If acquired characteristics were not inherited we should all still be cave. men. The Lindbergh baby, inheriting fiy- ing on both sides, will fiy naturally. Galton’s studies In heredity prove that girl babies inherit thelr fathers’ powers. And the four-months-old baby girl belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as Hitchcock, Jr., proves it also. If you lend her one finger, she seizes it and pulls herseH straight up in her crib. She gets that from her father’s polo right hand. Inheriting the finan- cial ability of the Mellon family through her mother, she ought to be well equipped. B These are dull days, and energetic days for advertising. The Turtle ran while the Rabbit was asleep, and won. The wise advertiser builds his busi- ness while others indulge in “false economy” naps. Mr. Dave Lewis, advertising man- ager of a leading automobile company, has, framed on his office wall, the re- ply of the champion “hog caller,” asked how he won the competition: - “You must have appeal as well as power in your voice. You must make the hog believe that you have some- thing for him.” : In modern business, you must not only make the hog believe that you have something for him, you must really have something for him. Mr. Adolph S. Ochs, back fram Eu- rope fears “We do not appreciate the geriousness of the feeling of irritation against the United States throughout all Europe.” Well informed Americans know that Europeans hate this country first, because they owe us money. The bor- rower never loves the lender. (® 1930. King Features’ Syndicate, Inc.) DALLAS POST, | “Clorine,” said Clorine’s mistress, PRAY, Yt 1930 FONE X Ta Sor EE a] LAUGH IF YOU CARE TO By Russell Weaver MUST HAVE KNOWN HER Lady—You naughty boy. I never heard such language since the day I was born. L Boy—Yes, I suppose there was a good deal of Swearing the day yon were born. HIS LOOK—OUT “Ive heard about your hard luck, and I'm terribly sorry.” ; “’Deed, ma'am, Ah aint had no hahd luck.” “ Why—wasn’t your husband killed in a railroad accident yesterday?” “Oh, yes, 'ma’am—but dat’s his hahd luck—not mine.” i TWAS EVER THUS He—Don’t you think, honey, it- would be -a lot nicer if I turned the light out? She—I dont know but I'm willing to try it. Go ahead, you'll find the light switch upstairs in papa’s room. LET ‘THERE BE LIGHT Johnson: “So you gave up trying to teach your wife to drive the car?” Williams? “Yes, when I told her to release her clutch she let go of the steering wheel.” WHO IS SHE Freshman, “Gee, I'd like to meet that swell—looking girl ‘Who is she ,anyway?”’ - Soph: “Oh, she belongs to the Nod- ding Club.” Freshman: Soph: over there. “What's that?” “Nodding doing.” SHORTENING “your suit needs shortening.” “I gesh I better shwin out for schum Crisco.” WATCH YOUR FINGERS He kissed her scarlet lips, He could not help but linger, And when his hig caressed her hair, A cootie bit his. finger: POOR DAD A young man was calling on his sweetheart one night. “Lucy,” he said, “I. have tickets’ for‘ The’ Old-Soak’.” “Oh, Charley, that's too bad,” said two = FE TTR crowd and sock me i aquatic antics that cause me to gaze i An Atlantic voyage attracts a col Lucy. “Papa is not feeling well to- night.” SI 5 CHORDS Prof. Wood. “were those ‘chords from Chopin?” 5 : Student, “No, they were" Horsey, bars.” PROOF and neither had She, recounting their experiences abroad. “And Asia! Japan—all of them. And most of all China, the celestial kindom! How. 1} loved it!” She held her ground. “And the .'pagodas-—did you see them?” “Did I see them?” She Towleroad her nose. them.” ZAMINATION | BAD LANDS 0.0. MEI NEW YORK—About three months ago I mentioned in this column inei- dentally, and, 1 suppose, a little air ily, 1 was going to Europe. Things held me up and I kept hanging around New York. Friends were tolerant at first. Too bad and all that. But I be came uncomfortable. When I entered a room people grew suddenly silent. 1 heard whispers along the street and if I am not mistaken many be came indignant and* began to point. | expected any day for some one to step out of the in the jaw, mum: bling: “So you won't go to Eu rope!” Finally 1 collect ed my wife and dog and, emblazoned with French sticlzers, taxied to the pier, and here we are on a palatial steamer, bogging through a rather placid sea, although now and then there are a few agile line apprehensively at the life preserver. But there was really no sense in crossing the ocean again. I've crossed it sixteen times and there is no par- ticular reason for being in Europe. 1 don’t drink and 1.don’t care for foreign cooking. The only possible excuse for being here is that I talked out of turn. A failing of mine. 1 am. wondering if that is.not why thousands go abroad. They talk big and have to make good. There is, for instance that piratical custom of handling hand luggage at the New York docks. It required the services of two brigands to carry 8 portfolio and a typewriter from the taxi to an escalator. From then on until they reached my cabin four dif ferent men had to be tipped. The variegated crowd of passengers on an ocean liner are at first intensely interesting. Romance, glamour and the flush of excitement are bound up with them. But familiarity brings the inevitable contempt. Within a few days your own little circle has formed | and all the rest become mere persons. agin Being a rather meticulous person my pearl: gray hat was carefully wrapped in a towel before casting off in New York. My wife reminded me just now, and I thought a shade sar castically, the ocean was rarely if ever dusty. lection of types as distinct as a first “year. . . . \ SVERYDAY Filnew YORK NTYRE ing of Belmont or a Ziegfeld premiere. ‘There are few places so auspicious for strutting as a ship’s salon, smoker or promenade deck. There is invariably the art dealer whose coat lapel is threaded with the red of French honors. Also the glacial lady with heavily kohled eyes and bright nails who becomes “the mystery woman.” In the bar will always be found a tweedy and monocled fellow who only lifts his face from what must be an absorbing book long enough to say “Cheerie Reggie” or ‘“Howdjudu Trevor” to some passing acquaintance. He sips tea all day long and you can have my stock in him—at panic prices. LE HAVRE.—The Normandy coast as usual was misty with a thin drizzle when the boys and girls ended the six-day buggy ride and began to disembark. Le Havre, despite a heavy mistral, at 6 a. m. was busting. It is a seaport and “a big ship was in.” Custom inspection is casual. Women with mustaches do most of it. Under the great landing shed the dinky continental train with its pea- nut stand whistle | was waiting. Tour ists have heard much of the brigand- age of porters at Havre and Cher- bourg. A single porter carried all our hand luggage from the ship to the train compartment and bestowed a gracious “Merci, Monsieur!” His tip was 15 francs — or 60 cents. It is interesting to watch a group, of passengers glare at each other when they take their places in the com- partment of a con- Icvariably they seem tinental train. ready to fly at each other's throats. But after they ride awhile they find they want to play pat-a-cake and not kill each other at all. Some of the greatest and most enduring friend- ships of travelers have hegun in these haphazard meetings. Short shavings: Will Mahoney loses five pounds after each perform- ance. . . But gains it back ‘over night. . A Nassau street stationer has made a fortune bootlegging European lug- gage labels for four-flushers. . . The dude ranches were a big flop this Andrew Mellon reads three New York columnists daily. Add Particular Peaple:. Sir Joseph Duveen, art connoisseur, carries his own sheets and pillow cases wherever be goes. night at the Metropolitan, the oe | "° 2" oso weyaugnt sundtoate, Inc eT ; | “A CHOCLATE ADDRESS” | struggling there have fixed me far Two nights and fifty cents ago, a|above his power of cure. The world | ihe brought forth to my table two | so dedicated .can long endure. We ae met — the doctor; and I — on the b¢d | {of war. He has come to excavate 2 portion of those sundaes, so that this] boy might live. It is althogether fitt- he can- i cavate, he cannot consecrate, But in a larger sense, he cannot oi bs | in will little note, nor long remember | cnocorate sundaes, conceived in choco- [rat I say here, but I cannot forget He had never been outside England, late and ice cream and dedicated to) what those sundaes did for me. but both weére | cause me much trouble. | ‘Now I am engaged in a great civ tat sundaes are very dangerous. It Ah! wonderful Asiat | war, testing whether my stomach o|is rather for me to be here telling you Never shall I forget Turkey ; India, any other stomach so filled up and [far from the honored dead (who have It is for me yet living, to tell you died from sundaes). Itake increased devotion to that cause which they gave me; and that I here highly resolve that those dead shall not have died that this nation, under God shall the truth told them and that those sundaes of the people, vain and have “My dear, I had dinner with | cavate, he cannot conserate, he' can | for the people, shall ‘perish from ibe Rot cure this, for the brave sindaes | earth. y a AO
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