The Dallas Post, ESTABLISHED 1889 he ~~ TELEPHONE DALLAS 300 er A LIBERAL, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER = \AT THE DALLAS POST PLANT So EAE LEHMAN AVENUE, DALLAS, PA. RA BY THE DALLAS POST INC, a Managing “Editor .... Advertising Manager Mechanical Superintendent e Doles Post is on sols a local news stands. Subscription price by 2.00 payable in advance. .Single copies five cents each. ‘Entered as second- class matter at the Dallas Post-office. ! Members American Press Association; Pennsylvania Newspaper Publish+ ssociation; Circulation Audit Bureau; Wilkes Barre:Wyoming Valley SES ~ Pubhahed by ; THE DALLAS POST, INC. He DALLAS POST 1s a youll, weekly rural- suburban newspaper, ruralsuburban region of Luzerne County and in the attainment of ‘the ideals of - journalism. Thirty-one surrounding communities contribute ly articles to THE POST and have an interest in its editorial policies. POST is truly “more than'a newspaper, it is a community institution.” ongress shall make, no law ¥ # * abridging the freedom of speech, or of ==Erom the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. ~ Subscription, $2.00 Per Yeor (Payable in Advance) ‘THE DALLAS POST PROGRAM : : » fumns to all projects which will help this community and the great rurat- rban territory which it _serves to attain the following major improve: Better and adequate street lighting in Trucksville, Shavertown, Fern- and Dallas. ke Sanitary sewage disposal system for Dallas. e owners interested in the development of a community consciousness in las, Trucksville, Shavertown and Fernbrook. { . A modern concrete highway leading from Dallas and connecting the The year, one the day on the American people give thought to those ) gave their lives for the preservation of the nation, it is especially appro- z : _ priate to remember the patriots who died during ¥ the Revolution while battling with General Washington for the independence of the Ameri- In no way could Memorial day be better observed than in fs devoting it to - For example. 4 no count of American dead has come down to us from so important an engagement as the action at Princeton, which enabled shington to clear the British out of New Jersey. The best authority on e subject contents’ himself with reporting he British loss as more than one in red, and the American loss “much less.” "One historic fact does sharply stand out, however, as to patriot losses battle. That is, when Washington himself reports them, they are accur- enough, and their smallness indicates with what enonomy of men he mplished his epoch-making results. For example, he himself records at in the siege of Yorktown, the action. that decided the Revolution, there ere but twenty-three, of his officers and men killed. At King’s Mountain, another pivotal engagement, the British loss was severe, but again the patri- ots lost but few. The battle of Trenton, to fight which Washington made his famous crossing of the Delaware, and which saved the patriot cause from going on the rocks of public apathy, was bought at the cheapest. price of all. wo patriot soldiers were killed, and three officers wounded — one of these ‘was Lieutenant James Monroe, afterwards President of the United States. Military experts say Washington had a force of 39,500 but he never had these gathered together at any time one time, owing to lapses and over- lappings of enlistments, and at critical times his forces sank to 3,000. The most accurate count possible today, covering the number of ‘patriots actu- ally shot and killed in battle, fiixes their number at 4,044. ~ Again the Revolutionary army could make no effort to mark the burial places of the dead, as in the modern military practice, and the sacred places where these heroes lie will never be known. Almost the only known graves of Revolutianary soldiers are those who survived the war and were buried n private burial grounds. \ Nothing remains, therefore, of those who gave their lives in the making of the United States except the memory of their heroism. It is the greater “reason why on Memorial Day, in this year of tribute to George Washington, the United States should give a thought to these self-giving men who died | : that their country might live. Mental lapses are a far more important cause of automobile accidents ‘than is commonly believed. While the reports of accidents may give physi- 2 cal -eauses, such as reckless driving, wrong side of the road, cutting in, etc., those may only be symptoms of a disturbed mental state, asserts Dr. H. J. Stack of the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, who says: “Extreme hry or worry causing intense preoccupation, fatigue, ela- aliolol or other narcotics may be behind an accident. tal conditions are within our control.” lon: = as preventatives: Many of these men- He suggests the following precau- - Take a short rest or let someone else drive the car when you have been a dion for a long period at night. 2 Be especially alert when hurrying to work so that you can keep our ir mind on your driving. - 3, The best place for the confirmed back-seat driver is at home, 4. Don’t day dream driving a car or crossing the street. - 5. Control your temper. If the traffic officers calls you down, probably vou deserve it, _ 6. If you have a superiority complex, forget it when you get behind the steering wheel, ; i 7. Don’t become a speed maniac, = This mental disorder is serious al d contagious, A serious accident seems to be the only cure for its vic- PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING A 7 ! . DALLAS POST Will lend its support and offers the use of its Copyrighted 1932 N OTE: of Satan urging you to commit some deed at which your conscience rebel- ti Have you succumbed to this ur- ging? Have you ever thought about the solace you would receive in shar- ing your confidence with another hu- man being? The consolation you would derive by this confidence far reaching.and would perhaps be the fluences which ‘have fastened themsel- ves upon you. Perhaps a childish prank has influenced’ your whole life. It is the desire of ‘this column to help those so afflicted to gain an equilibrium and mental freedom which will help them to establish their self- respect and restore them to the rank and file of law abiding citizens. : By: . Virginia de’ Leon, My Dear Miss de'Leon: I am a ‘young man and am holding a position as cashier in Bank. I support my widowed Hotter and a small brother of twelve. Last week my brother got into some real trouble and it has taken every cent 1I have saved to get him out of the difficulty. Mother knows nothing about it, as she has heart trouble. What I would appreciate is vour advice about my brother. He is supposed to be at. tending grade school, “but half the time, I find, he has been absent from his classes. I shall appreciate any suggestion which you may offer, that will help me in my most difficult position. HW. Ww, Dear H. W. ‘W.: I'm afraid you will be offended when I state that in trying to be a father and a big brother in one, you may posibly have been partial to the big brother role. Locate your Boy Scout Master and explain your position to him. Urge your brother to become in- terested in this splendid organization. Try to lead your brother through his formative years, and do not adopt the role of “Boss.” Take your brother fishing and show him the thril and |{wholesomeness of the great out of {doors. Plan for your mutual futures responsibilties in your future building. he is profitably employed while not in school. — In this way alone, true manhood may unfold, and in receiving. your small brother into your heart and leading instead of driving will you truly reap the fruits of your endeav- ors. N. U.S. Might Have Been A Monarchy George Washiington Refused Crown And Reprimanded Sponsors of “King Plan.” de’Leon. Few Americans know that our* coun- try today might be a monarchy but for an act of nobility performed by George Washington on May 22, 1782 The officers of the Revolutionary Army had implored Washington to assume royal power, place himself at their head, and rule the country as a king. On May 22, a century and a half ago, General Washington refused this in- vitation in patriotic terms so strong that the idea was dropped. This in- formation comes from the United Stat- es George Washington Commission. We know {of kingship, surrounding Bicentennial that he refused the offer but the circumstances that dramatic moment in our history, known chiefly to scholars, need be recalled to the everyday Am- erican, that he may form a still clear- er conception of the nobility of Wash- ington’s character. This incident, which constitutes one of the critical moments in the destiny of America, occurred while Washington and the Continental Army were en- camped at Newburgh, on the Hudson. The surrender of Cornwallis had vir- tually ended the Revolution, but nomi- nally hostilities were still in effect, and Washington was determined to hold the army together against any sur- prise renewal of the war. As usual his ‘| soldiers were poorly clothed and fed, and Congress was deeply in arrears in their pay. By then the war had drag- ged on for seven long years. The strug- gle had cost many of Washington's of- ficers the loss of their personal for- tunes, and the entire enlisted force faced a future of want on being re- leased to civil life. Discontent rose to dangerous inten- sity in. all ranks. At length, Colonel T.ewis Nicola, a respected character on friendly terms with the Commander in Chief, spoke for the officers as a Have you ever heard ‘the whispering | is | means. of destroying the ‘patanic in-if .ithe government of the country, ‘the army behind him, and rule it as a and let him share certain constructive Check upon his associates and see that. £8 HN 2 439 ; 53 2 a Ln ATE] 3, A RE OR ar an . \ TL ] ees 3 i 1 2 body when he addressed to Washing- ton a veiled proposal that he take over with king. The late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, in his biography of Washington, states that on this occasion Washington was as truly tempted as Caesar, with an | offer to make himself king or peror. The stroke, morever, would have been easy of accomplishment. The colonies were all beggared by the war. Their governments were slack and weak. The Revolutionary army was the one cohesive, national power in the land. To a man the soldiers wor- | 1 em- | { of the nation. As near this stage of America’s history, was the country to becoming a monarchy. And yet it was a great distance away. To George Washington the temptation of kingship was no tempta- tion at all. On the contrary he put it aside with far greater and more sin- cere indignation than did Caesar wave aside the laurel crown. In a letter whose every word should be implanted in the mind of every school child in America, he declined N rebuked the man who made it. ing on May 1782, he said: “Sir,—With a mixture of great sur- prise and astonishment, I have read Vicola’s offer and Ww rit- DD with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my persual. Be assured, Sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has painful sensations, than your informa- tion of there being such ideas existing in the army, as you have expressed, and I must view with abhorrence and reprehend with severity. “I am at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given given me more encouragement to an address, which to me seems big with the greatest mis- chiefs that can befall my Country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes more disagreeable. Let me. conjure you, then, if you have any regard for your Country, concern for yourself or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind, and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.” Mmgl are HIGH MOTOR TAXATION IS POLITICAL ISSUE IN AT LEAST TWO STATES Growing resentment against the repeated raids on the pocketbooks of car owners has resulted in high motor taxes being made a political issue in several states. In Ohio, David E. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, U. S. Navy, and a candidate for of the state, has protested against a diversion of any of the monies collected from gasoline taxes to any other purpose than that of road building. He is also opposed to any increase - in the state gasoline tax. Can- didates for other offices in the state have Governor also declared themselves to be opposed to additional motor taxes. In Florida, J. Tom Watson, Tampa at torney, who is seeking the Democratic namination for Governor, has announced a plan whereby the seven-cent gasoline tax can, and should be, reduced to four cents. shipped Washington, and with their aid he could have taken over control | as that, at | "YOUNG AMERICA" Produced as alFox Picture $8 Frank Borzage production | Copyright, 1932 Fox Synopsis of Preceding Chapters Art Simpson, an orphan, is paroled to the care of Mrs. Doray when his aunt refuses to accept responsibility for him after he has been arrested and placed on trial in juvenile court. The arrest came about from his entering a drug store with his pal, Nutty, to steal some medicine that the latter’s grandmother, very ill, needed. One of the conditions of the ‘parole is that he does not talk or mingle with Nutty. After a week in the Doray home, Nutty’s grandmother’ comes to him one night after the Doray’s had left the House for the evening, and tells him that Nutty is very ill and keeps calling for Art.’ De- spite his promise to Mrs. Doray not to leave the house, Art goes with Mrs. Beam- ish, at the same time taking some of Mrs. Doray’s money to get a doctor for his friend. Nutty dies, and Art, returning home heartbroken, hears the Dorays quarreling over his delinquence. Resolved not to jeopardize the domestic happiness of the pair, he enters the house, de- nounces thém, and runs away. Chapter VI Di first act after Art’s depart- ure was to phone the police sta- tion and tell them to pick the boy up. Despite Art's conduct of the night before, Mrs. Doray worried no little over his welfare. At breakfast the next morning, the doorbell rang. Opening the door, Mrs. Doray was greeted by the postman. “Good morning, Mrs. Doray,” he said. “Too bad about that little Nutty Beam- ish, wasn’t it?” “Why, what about him,” she asked. ‘Ain't you heard,” he replied. I thought sure Art would tell you. He was right there with the boy when he died.” “Died? Nutty Beamish dead?” “Yep, last night. Pneumonia,” the postman as he departed. Doray heard this converastion. When his wife returned to the breakfast room, he avoided her gaze in ‘embarrassment. He felt very uncomfortable as he saw tears come to her eyes. said “How ashamed we should be,” she said. ‘Oh, when I think of it. The poor boy. He'd just left his pal who died, and you and I — oh — That's why he took the money. To give it to Mrs. Beamish, and now I know why he acted the way he did when he came home, He must have heard us quarrel- ing about him. He knew he.stood be- tween us, and he wanted to make me think he was unworthy.” That night, about ten-thirty, Art slow- ly walked towards Doray’s drug store. As he approached the:store he noticed a night light burning within. At the curb outside stood two cars.one of them which he recognized as Doray’s. As he drew up to the store, he gave a quick Jook around and then stepped up and looked in the front door. What he saw going on inside froze him with fear. Doray, besides the cash register, stood with his hands up, his back to the two men. One of them covered him with a gun. The other was busy rifling the cash drawer and emptying the contents into a satchel. The man with the guns, at a signal from his companion, suddenly turned one of them about in his hands and struck Doray a hard blow across the back of his head. As Doray’s body slumped to the floor, the two men turned about quickly and ran for the front door. Art, scared to death, seemed rooted to the spot in fear. As the door opened and the two men came out, Art started to run, One of the men, seeing him, grabbed him by the arm. “Hey, wait a minute,” he asked. “How long you been here?” Art gulped nervously. of minutes.” .The two men looked at one another. “Just a couple Film Corporation them. They exchanged a grim nod. “Come on kid, we're going for a ride,” commanded the cne holding the boy. “Please, mister,” want to go.” “Sure you do. With this; to the car. front ‘seat with the driver, The othér man quickly jumped into the back seat and the car started off. As the car picked up speed it passed | Officer Weems, who was walking his ! beat. He turned and- looked at the speeding car, then continued on his way. When he reached the drug store he noticed the door was open. Walking in, he looked around and called. There was no answer. Weems continued on his way upto the counter and nearly stum- bled over Doray’s, prostrate body. He quickly dragged the man around to the counter and in a few seconds succeeded in reviving him. Doray told him of the holdup and the slugging. “I bet them was the two fellows I just saw goin’ away from here in a car,” ventured Weems. “My car's outside,” cried Doray. “Come on, Weems, we'll see if we can | get them.” wg kk A ‘few minutes later Dosay and | Weems, traveling at break-neck speed, spotted the bandit car.. The crook in the back seat of the latter car, continu- ally peering around to see if they were being pursued, noticed the lights of the car following them and traveling at the same speed they were going. “Looks like someone’s after us,” he cried to his companion as he watched the lights of the pursuing car gradually draw nearer. “It’s that druggist we slugged, and he’s got a copper with him,” he again shouted as the car creeped up on them. “There's only one thing to do then,’ cried the driver, looking at Art. “Can you drive, kid.” “Sure,” replied the boy. “Then grab hold of the wheel and slide over,” commanded the driver. Art did as he was told while the man .climb- ed back over the front seat and joined | his companion. The two men drew automatics from their pockets. Art, looking into the rear vision mirror, saw the men take careful aim. Art, looking desperately to the left and right, noticed a high bank about fifty yards ahead on the left side of the road. There was only | one thing he could do, and he did it. Yanking the wheel as hard as he could, the car went off the road and piled into the bank, overturning. . * * * Weems and Doray spotted the two unconscious bandidts lying besides the wrecked car and quickly put the hand- cuffs on themi As Doray maneuvered | Weem’s flashlight about the wreck he saw Art, lying uncoascious on the ground. He instantly recognized him as he lifted the boy up. Art feebly opened his eyes. Seeing | Doray, he whispered: “They were going to shoot you. They made me drive. So I wrecked the car.” He then lapsed back into unconsciousness. LR In the dining room of the Doray house the next night, Art occupied the chair of honor. At the table also sat Mr. and Mrs. Doray and Mrs. Beamish. Doray, holding a newspaper, was read- ing aloud. “As the aftermath of the heroic deed, he read, “Mr. Doray announces that he is planning to adopt Art Simpson.” With this he slipped the paper down and beamed proudly at Art. cried Art. “I don’t We'll drop you off." the two men dragged him on Ai Here was a witness who might identify The motion picture made from this ere END). Post Serial will be shown at Kingston theatre on Monday and Tues sday, Juae 6 and 7. Art was hurled into the ! ake 1
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