VOL. 41 loans. ‘a year on automobiles. TELEPHONE YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO THE DALLAS POST Telephone: Dallas 300 8 IF alas Jos More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution i, = DON’T FORGET ~~ The Fireman's f° Clam Bake a Tomorrow THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931. LOCALWOMAN GIVES VIEWS | OF FAR EAST Says China “Appears to be More Fitted for Europeans and Americans Than Japan 5 ~ Recently we had an interesting af- ternoon chat with Mrs. Frank Mur- ray Gibson of Tokyo, Japan, who is spending the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Washburn at their farm at idetown. Mrs. Gibson before her marriage was Miss Martha Wash= burn, physical education instructor at Wyoming Seminary. the representative of the Bethlehem Steel corporation in Japan. : In her conversation, Mrs. Gibson commented freely on American life in Japan and contrasted it with that of Shanghai, China and Manila. Philli- pine” Islands, where her sister Eliza. beth lives. Elizabeth is the wife of Dr. Yeager who is associated with the Rockafeller Foundation in the Islands. Contrary to popular belief Mrs. Gib- son says that life in Shanghai and Manila is more modern for Americans and Europeans than life in Tokyo. The stores and shops in Shanghai are among the best in the Orient and practically all of the shopkeepers and clerks speak English. In Japan very little English is spoken except by ‘young Japanese educated in American or European universities. American movies are shown in Shanghai as well as in Tokyo. In Shanghai the talkies are loud and in English, in Japan they are subdued so that Americans can hardly hear them and on the stage sits a Japanese interpreter who Keeps up a continual chattering in Japanese. To have a telephone in Tokyo is a real asset. The telephone isn't renter but is bought outright for about $1,200 and can be put up for security for There is a Luxury tax of $500. Fords, Pack- ards and French automobiles predomi- nate. No Japanese women drive. Fresh milk is practically unknow” in the Orient, although daily milk de. liveries are made, just as in the Uni ted States. The milk is produced ar: tifically from powdered milk exported from the United States. This milk is made fresh daily in modern dairy plants. : When Mrs. Gibson first went to Ja- pan she decided to do her own mark- eting, Her first day at the market she purchased a chicken and brous™’ it home to the Japanese cook to pre- pare, but when it was prepared founr that it was not. cooked as it should have been. . Upon inquiry sh: found that the cook had used fish grease in which to fry it. Shb- learned that Japanese servants are _jealous of the right to purchase for the household becausé they made petty graft in their purchases. Mer. chandisé purchased by the head of the household never turns out right when cooked by the Japanese s@ Mrs. Gibson soon gave up the idea of do- ing her own marketing. Asked concerning the famous Jav- anese cherry blossom, Japanese earth. quakes and the recent Chinese flood. Mrs. Gibson said the cherry blos- somes are unusually beautiful but that the trees never bear cherries. Earth- quakes are so frequent that the cor- rect hostess is almost disappointed when one does not occur during the visit of a friend. It is estimated + there are 2,000 quakes of varying in. tensity throughout the year in Japan. Just before she left Japan, Mrs. Gib- son said, there were two severe quak- es which so startled her family that fearing total destruction of ther home, all ran from the house. 7 had no conception of what the de- struction must have been in Shang hai by the recent floods sayinig that she had read in press dispatches that the flood waters had reached the Ca- thay Hotel in the heart of the citv where she had stopped, and if that was so practically the whole city must have been inundated. English newspapers in Japan are restricted to little four page sheets giving only the news off International importance they seem to lack all per- sonality or human touch and are al- most as dry reading as the Con- sional Record. Mrs. Gibson will leave with her in- fant son for Tokyo on September 28. Piatt and Vercoe Asked To Withdraw But Refuse Be At a meeting called Tuesday even- ing by Ross Williams, President of the Shavertown Improvement Association at his home Eugene Piatt and Vester Vercoe were asked to withdraw from the Kingston Township ‘School Direc- tor fight, the reason advanced for such a move was called “Politics.” Both men refused to withdraw stating that they believed they could not be- tray the confidence friends had placed in them. Those present were Henry Shaver, George Shaver, Adam Stock, W. H. Stang, Ross Williams, Harold Lloyd, Eugene Piatt ester Ver- Her husband is| FIRE DESTROYS BARN AND CROPS Adam Kozemchak of Hunts- ville is Heavy Loser in Fire Believed of Incendiary Origin Fire, believed to be of incendiary origin, destroyed a large barn owned by Roman Kozemchak of Huntsville at 7:30 a. m. on Wednesday morning. Thirty tons of hay, a large amount of oats, farm machinery and practical- ly all of Mr, Kozemchak's harvested farm crops were desfroyed. The loss was only partially covered by insur- ance, In rescuing his team of horses and cther livestock from the. barn, Mr. Kozemchak narrowly escaped death. As he was leading the team from the barn the fire broke through the upper portions and the upper structure of the barn fell to the floor behind the man and horses. . Dallas and Shavertown fire compan- ies responded to the alarm but lack of water supply and headway .of the fire prevented their material tance. First warning of the fire came early Wednesday morning when children of the Kozemchak family heard a noise in the barn which sounded like ex- ploding firecrackers. Summoning their mother, who also heard the noise and investigated, they found the interior of the barn in flames. During the night Mr. Kozemchak's son had chased a strange man from the barn who had been seeking shel- ter there. The man jumped in an au- tomobile and made his escape. Members of the Kozemchak family believe that the man may have had something to do with the later de- struction of the barn. VILLAGE MAIL DELIVERY NOT YET APPROVED Postal Department Consider- assis- ing Possibilities of Free Delivery in Borough and Parts of Townships Word has been received at the Dal- las postoffice that the efforts of Con-~ gressman C. Murray Turpin and Post- master Ruth Waters to have village delivery service established at Dallas will not be Successful at once, inas- much as it will be necessary to prove to the department that at least 1500 people reside within the territory to be served. : Service will only be established where there are passable sidewalks, named streets, houses numbered, and street lights operated. To make a territory of 1500 residents it will be necessary to include contiguous parts of Dallas Township where there is ample population but which does not have houses numbered, street lights, etc.,, although there are some side- walks. The Postoffice Department has ask- ed that interested local officials state whether it is intended to install street lights, etec., in the territory in which it is desired to establish the mail ser- vice. It therefore appears that the next move in getting the house-to-house mail service, which is much desired, is in the hands of our own local offi- cials. The Postoffice Department has not definitely promised to authorize this service even if requirements are met, but those following the matter are hopeful. PAST GRANDS WILL GATHER AT MILTON ed by Five Past Grands Associations from the counties of Liizerne, Lycom- ing, Schuykill, Columbia and Montour, Northumberland, Union and Snyder will be held at Milton, in the new Masonic Temple on Saturday evening, September 19th. The speaker of the evening will be Hon. Frederick W. Godcharles, former State Librarian of Milton. The address of welcome will be given by Rev. F. L. Coyle of Mil- ton Lodge. There will be brief re- marks by a representative from each of the five Past Grands Associations. Music will be furnished by the Girls Orchestra, from the Sunbury Orphan- age. ‘Selections by a Male Quartette, Reading and a Duet, also other musi- cal numbers. All members going by automobile will be met by a delega- tion of the Boy Scouts of Milton who will direct them to the meeting place and where to park their cars. The Grand Master of Pennsylvanid and other Grand Lodge Officers will be present. The meeting is open to all Odd Fellows. The Committee Officers in charge are John Morris, chairman of Bloomsburg; Edward Ellsworth of Kingston, Secretary and C. D. Som- mers of Milton, Treasurer. Provisions are being made to entertain 2500 Odd coe, Fellows. | chine loves the common people. A joint Odd Fellows Rally sponsor-. Whom the Gods Destroy ‘They First Make Stone An eagle’s eye glance at the history of Luzerne Coun- ty shows that rarely, if ever, have politicians even an ele- mental belief in the common sense of the average citizen. One of the worst sins a politician can commit is to act as if the voters can count up to ten, decide between the quali- fications of two candidates or tell the difference between truth and mudslinging. Some citizens may be fools, some may be fooled, but not all citizens are blind to facts. There is more excitement in the present primary elec- tion than has been evidenced in Luzerne county in years. The big reason is that the ordinary citizen who has gone through two years of depression, wage cuts, banks burst- ing like pop corn and politicians playing squat tag with public office is disgusted when he witnesses the useless and profligate squandering of public funds. - He is tired of looking at beautiful mural paintings of Justice in the county court house, while at the same time a judge at a salary of $12,000 a year is playing politics on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and sits in court on Friday. This same judge this week chose not to sit on the bench in local primary election matters in preference to having a petition for a writ of prohibition fil- ed with the State Supreme court restraining him. He has degraded the bench of Luzerne county by allowing his name to be associated with some of the most notorious characters in Luzerne county without protest. Despite the blinding mustard gas, political speeches and political advertisements that characters are being at- tacked, the decent home loving citizen understands the truth and knows it. Back mountain citizens are intelli- gent. Most of them live here because they want to be near their families and because they want to° give them more advantages, yet last winter more than fifty families had to be fed by charity. Right now the heads of these families can’t get jobs on’county roads unless they pro- mise to vote for machine candidates. That’s how the ma- Instead of wasting the taxpayers’ money on a political three-ring circus and pay-|~ ing high taxes without protest, we might better be able to care for our own needy if the Politicians didn’t have a strangle hold on the county. In the heat of political ballyhoo the politicans have us worked to a fever. Neighbour refuses to speak to neigh- bour and old friends sell us out for a few dollars or the promise of a political job. Former saloon keepers dictate the political fate of the county. Only a few county offices have escaped their control. A former gambler and proprietor of a notorious speakeasy has more to say about political destinies than all the clergymen of the county put together. Citizens have brains! Citizens think! It takes no smart detective work to see why certain community lead- ers bow humbly to the gang control of Luzerne county. "They either hold minor county office, a road job or appoint- ment, or are deceived into thinking they are political fac- tors in the county. In many iinstances they have been open- ly bought or given money to ; ay for votes. Look them over. Are those who are showing the most activity not already a part parcel of the nefarious machine that rules the county. Haven't they sonie personal selfish motive in supporting a machine that is sapping Tespect and decency out of the county? It is this same machine that is doing its utmost to defeat a man of the calibre of Judge McLean so that it can make the next judge a puppet for the Pittston gang. Back mountain citizens have seen ample evidence of the way the county is being administered. The county roads have swarmed with ward heelers, while worthy lo- cal men have been made to go without jobs unless they promised to vote for gang candidates. Despite the fact that one of the judges on the county bench spends most of his energies in building a political organization he has been unable to secure political ap- pointments which have met with public approval. The worst thing about th: gang is that it has mis- lead otherwise intelligent citizéns to lend their names to a machine slate simply because they have been promised the support of the machine at election. Take the present slate. John MacGuffie of West Pitt- ston has an enviable reputation for fair dealing, but John MacGuffie will have little to say about county administra- tion and has had little but rubber stamp duties since he assumed office. It is impossible for him ‘to be free and-aty the same time be a member of the machine. John Maec- Guffie is one of the men who is responsible for the gangs on the county roads and it was John MacGuffie’s clerks who attached their names to discredited petitions for Dr. Lewis Edwards. Dr. Lewis Edwards of Kingston, a beloved citizen of the west side has been duped into lending his name and dignity to the machine. Too many promises have been made by the machine to gain votes to allow Dr. Edwards to have any share in voicing an opinion even if he is elec- ted. Dr. Edwards on his own oath is not a citizen of the United States and in the opinion of the best legal brains of Luzerne county cannot hold office if elected. If Dr. Edwards is elected and disqualified an appointment will have to be made by the governor. So far the machine has dictated these appointments and it will do so again. ~ WORK STARTED ON BANK VAULT To be of Reenforced Con- crete, 21 Inches Thick on Solid Rock Foundation. Construction of the vault in the new First National Bank building on Main street has excited considerable interest this week among spectators who have been watching the progress of the building. The vault is being built on a solid rock foundation with walls of reenfor- ced concrete, twenty-one inches thick. Steel grill work used for reenforce- ment of the walls was placed in posi- tion some days ago and gave specta- tors an idea of the strength of the vault walls. The floor and roof of the vault will be of similar construction makink it one of the strongest Securs ity vaults in the county. The vault is considerably larger thon the one in the old bank building, but will afford double the working capac- ity since all of the bank’s books will be stored in a thoroughly modern and fireproof book vault yet to be con- structed in the back of the new build- ing. The ten-ton Dieboldt security vault door will be placed some time later when the building is nearer comple- tion. To date the contractors are working close to schedule having been Leld up about one day due to the de- lay in arrival of some of the mater- ials. = The reenforced concrete floors of the building will be laid this week. Con- duits for telephones, lighting, ventila- tion and burglar alarm system have already been placed. LUZERNE PLANS BIG DOLLAR DAY Better Business Bureau Sponsors Community Wide Event—Every Merchant to Cooperate Merchants and citizens of Luzerne borough will hold their first annual Community + wide Dollar Day next “[Thurseas. September 17. The big bar- gain ‘day is sponsored by the Better Business Bureau of Luzerne, an organ- ization made up of businessmen and citizens interested in the further de- velopment ‘of the community ag a tusiness and social centre. . Every merchant in Luzerne will co- operate next Saturday in the big Dol- lar Day event by offering special prices on all merchandise. Each store will also have an attractive special bargaifi. priced at $1.00. On Wednesday night the Better Business Bureau has chartered a “| Martz bus and will organize a torch- light parade. The Luzerne Band will occupy the bus and will give con- certs throughout the communities of the west side. Giant bandbills will be distributed calling attention to the bargains which will be offered by Lu- zerne Merchants on the’ following day. The Luzerne Dollar Day is but one of the many features and special events planned by the Better Business Bureau. For several months since its crganization the . Bureau has held weekly meetings and listened to ad- dresses and suggestions from business leaders of other communities. Plans are now underway for the establish- mene of a Community parking ground in Luzerne and the Bureau is also taking a leading part in the fight to have the main highway through the heart of the business sec- tion of the Community. FORESTERS RELATE NEW SNAKE STORY MAY BE PET PYTHON The South Mountains of Pennsyl- vania are notable for two annual pro- ductions. ‘The one is a bumper husk- leberry crop, and the other an almost, but never quite, improbable snake story. Of the latter, the newest to be reported concerns an enormous snake, whose length has been reported by various observers as from ‘seven to twelve feet, which employes on one of the roads now being built on the Mount Alto State Forest claim to have seen. ; The snake is believed to be a , python and is said to have escaped from its owner, who kept it as a pet at his summer home in the mountains near Pen-Mar, Md., Forest rangers report that rarely are native snakes more UTThan hee fest long encountered ir in this region. poisonous pine snakes or black snakes, though an occasional large rattle snake is found. The other poisonous species native to Pennsylvania, the copper-head, rarely exceeds three feet in length. : If not found and killed before cold weather arrives the python is not ex- pected to survive the winter since it is a native of the tropics and would succumb to the rigors of freezing temperatures. ——0 BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wood a son. Sunday, September 6th, at Homepath- ic Hospital. Named Allen Wood. To My. and Mrs. Clinton Brobst a son. Wednesday, September 2nd. To Dr. and Mrs. George K. Swartz, a son, Tuesday, September 8th, at their home, Main street, Dallas, Pa. retained- These are usually the non- RURAL POSTAL CONSOLIDATION REPORT DENIED Department — ~. Service Bote ~ — Dallas, Noxen, Hunlock Creek Routes Extended - Much concern, has been manifeste the last few weeks by residents Sweet Valley and Broadway over persistent rumor that the postoffice at these places were to be consol ted with the Hunlock Creek post fice. A petition signed by some residents of the above places was for- warded to the postoffice department urging that the postoffices at Sw Valley and Broadway be continue at present. It has been learned that no ch 87 is being considered by the postoffice department. Congressman Turpin received a letter from the first assis ant postmaster general, Arch Coleman which reads in part: “The department is not contemplat= ing the discontinuance of Sweet Val= ley or the Broadway postoffice at this time. If anything comes up pretain. ing to the discontinuance of the offig« es mentioned, the statements of the petitioners will be given careful con sideration, and you will be advised, before action is taken.” Residents of North Lake at Sweet ‘| Valley and within a quarter of a, mile of the Sweet Valley post office also pes titioned the department through Cons gressman Turpin to have their i ats delivered to them from the Sweet Vale Re ley post office instead of from Hun lock Creek, some ten wiles distant. He has been notified by the first as- sistant postmaster general that this request has been granted to take ef= fect October 1. The letter from the postmaster general: “My gear Mr. Turpin: i “Further reference is made to you letter of August the thirteenth, with. which you transmitted a petitition of Mrs. Charles Bolen and others for the extension of rural delivery service to ratrons residing at North Lake n Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, so they may be served by rural carrier from Sweet Valley instead of from Hunloc Creek as at preseut’ “I take pleasure in advising that orders will be issued directing the desired changes effective: fr: ee October the first, nineteen “thir one.” The farming districts at nied Meeker and surrounding country satisfied with the rerouting of mail in 1926 and who have since been petitioning, the department, recently 3 renewed their efforts and appealed Congressman Turpin. At his request the postoffice department sent an in- spector on, and these mail routes have been rearranged. Route 2 out of Dallas will be ex- tended 2.9 miles to serve ten families now without convenient service in tl neighborhood of Meeker. AS Route 1 out of Noxen will be e tended 2.8 miles to serve ten families in the neighborhood of Ruggles. Route 1 out of Hunlock’s Creek al- so will be extended and minor cha es made in other routes so that thes people will receive their mail and daily newspapers in the Wornings 1 stead of in the afternoon. KIWANIS MEETS Mt. Greenwood Kiwanis Club at a recent meeting in the Colonial Tea Room, made plans for winter activi- ties. The Club plans an extensive Under Privileged Child Program, with special emphasis on setting up a fund for providing food and clothing for those children in local communities that the depression has placed in nee Father John O'Leary started the fund with $50.00. Dave Morris, cha man of the Minstrel Committee, re- ported that Wood's Male Chorus woul be prepared to give a minstrel under Kiwanis Sponsorship in the middle of October. It was voted to devote the proceeds of the minstrel to the Under Privaleged Child Fund. A Kiwanis Ladies Auxiliary is to be organized on the next Ladies Night, to assist in the Under Privaleged Child Work. MODERNIZE STORE ne gina Work was started this week on t renovation of the Odd Fellows Buil ing op Main street. The front of ¢ store room wihcli TS~Secapied by G. A. Kuehn, druggist, will be complete- ly modernized. New show windows will be installed and the store will be given a thoroughly up-to-date appear- ance. RE i Send Us Your News The Post needs more news items from local communities. There are many towns not represented weekly in this newspaper. If your community does not have a correspondent, won't wou as a matter of community loy- alty make yourself a self-appointed correspondent and send us news items. We'll be glad to get them and they'll all be published if you send them in early. 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