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VOL. 42
No. 33
FOUND NEW POLITICAL PARTY!
Headlines
Of The Week
$ A summary of this week's
news of international in-
terest, reviewed for Post
readers.
DEAD
“Alberto Santog-Dumont, who ‘amaz-
ed the world with his airships just
before the turn of the century, died
HOW CANDIDATES
ENDED THIRD WEEK
OF POST'S POLL i
1,000 VOTES CAST
While Wets were increas-
ing their lead in The Dallas
Post unofficial poll this week,
Presidentiai candidates con-
tinued to be objects of a con-
test so close that it was im-
Investigation Demanded Curtis
x 4 wer 8 5 2 : : Roosevelt
3 Ignoring temporary financial diffi- °
culties which have prevented payment
of personal taxes for the last year,
Dallas borough and school district,
Garner
Prohibition
this week in Bello Horizonte, Brazil.
When Santos - Dumont experimented
with flying machines he road on a
bicycle saddle while in the air. = He
won the 10,000-franc Deutsch prize in
1901 by piloting his ‘airship around
the Eiffel tower and back in less than
‘half an hour, :
HIT
WHEAT 3
Through” North ( Dakota, farmers
were organizing a ““hold-for.dollar”
wheat movement th¥s week North Da-
kota’s wheat crop, one-sixth of the
nation’s total, will reach 124,000,000
* pustels; this year. . Farmers declare
they cannot make expenses at present
grain prices and have organized to
boost prices.
FORTUNE 0
When Herbert Hoover retired from
active business in 1914 his personal
fortune was approximately $4,000,000.
Today it has shrunk to $700,000. The
$15,000 salary cut accepted by the Pre-
sident means a reduction of about 13
per sant, in his income. These figur.
es, with an analysis ‘of the losses suf-
fered by Hoover, are reported in an
article in the August issue of “For-
tune.”
VOTE :
“In Philadelphia, “The
conducting a straw vote,
Roosevelt is leading Hoover yi trifle
jess than 4 to 1.
Record” is
reported
SHRINERS
_ Thousands of red-fezzed
took possession of San Francisco this
sweek for the annual convention of the
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the
= Mystic Shrine. Traffic was blocked as
Shriners conducted elaborate and jolly
funeral services for “John Depres-
gion,” born 1928, died 1932.
Shriners
ELECTION
Mrs, Miriam A. (Ma) Ferguson, 47.
year-old grandmother, elected Gover-
nor of Texas in 1924, denied a second
term in 1926 and defeated again in
1930, rolled up a 70,000 plurality in
the eight-cornered gubernatorial elec-
tion in Texas on Saturday and assur.
ed. herself of a place in the runoff
primary August 27. Gov. Ross 8S.
Sterling, who trailed “Ma” Ferguson
in the second primary two years ago
and then defeated her by a large ma-
jority, will be her opponent again this
year. ”
BANDITS
E§uding policemen in several towns
where shots were exchanged, three
pandits who held up and took $660
from First National bank of LaPorte
on. Tuesday are being sought by State
policemen. At Benton, Shickshinny,
Nanticoke, Hanover township, Ashley,
Mt. Top and Mauch Chunk the bandit
car was reported seen on its escape.
THIRD RAIL
On Wednesday, Sophia,
William Casperkowski of Old Forge
teft to pick huckleberries so they could
gell them and get money to help sup-
port their family of seven. At: Rocky
Glen William went swimming and the
girls walked about. Soon William
heard of an accident and ran with
the crowd. He found Sophia, 13, and
Pearl, 5, lying across the Laurel Line
third rail,
Pearl and
electrocuted.
VICE-PRESIDENT
Candidate for the vice-presidency of
the United States in opposition to
John Garner and Charles Curtis, Jam.
es W. Ford of Alabama, Negro Com-
munist, addressed 400 persons at
Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday night.
TURPIN
Congressman C. Murray Turpin, who
has \been a patient in the Naval hos-
pital at Washington since July 11 when
he collapsed in the corridors of the
Capital at Washington, will be able to
leave the hospital ten days
Congressman Turpin is a nominee for
within
re-election this Fall.
TRUCKS
Five buss-loads of
from Wyoming valley went to Harris-
burg on Tuesday to protest against
legislation which would increase li-
cense fees on trucks and decrease le.
gal loads.
truck.owners
Devere Allen, John W. Herring, New
Leaders in the movement to found a liberal “third party” which is to en.
ter the field against the Republican and Democratic parties in the presiden-
tial election of 1936, are shown above in conference during the annual con-
vention of the League for Independent Political Action at
No attempt will be made to enter a national candidate this year. Shown in
the photo are: Paul H. Douglas, University of Chicago; John Dewey, Col-
umbia University, New York City; Oswald Garrison, Villard, New York City;
Cleveland, "Ohio.
York and Howard Y. Williams. +
$4,800 Award - To Former
Superintendent’s
Wife Upheld
In a decision handed down July 14;
the State Superior court deniés an ap.
peal of Kingston township school board
from a $4,800 award made by the State
compensation referee to Mrs. Z. R.
Howeil and daughter, Marjorie, for the
while n pursuit of school duties.
The announcement of the superior
court comes as a climax to months of
litigation during which Kingston town-
ship school board has spent consider.
able money in seeking appeals from
the. original decision of the compen-
sation referee. The first appeal was
before the referee, the second before
the State compensation board, the
third before Iiuzerne county court and
the fourth before the Superior court. In
each instance . “the board’s appeals
were refused. Mrs. Howell was repres
sented by Atty. Roger Dever of Wilk.
es-Barre. Atty, Arthur Turner, solici-
tor, represented Kingston township
school board.
Payment of the award will | probably
be made in monthly installments al.
though the board will have to pay a
bulk payment of more than $1,200 with
interest from the time of the first ap-
peal, which was made about two years
ago. :
(Continued on Page 4)
Superior Court Denies Appeal
On Howell Compensation Claim
death of the late Z. R. Howell, Stupéer-.
i vising principal of Kingston township,
GRANGE PICNIC
TO BE HELD ON
AUGUST 11 AND 12
Annual picnic conducted by the
granges of Luzerne and Colum -
bia counties and’ Luzerne _Coun-
ty Agricultural Extension asso.
ciation will be held on August
11 and 12 at Patterson grove. A
splendid program has been plan-
ned to entertain the crowd-that
is expected to attend.
School Site Is
Bought ht By Board
Kingston Twp. Wp. Dire
Accept Price “Set” By
Owner
FS
At a special meeting of =~ Kingston.
Township school district held Sature
day at Trucksville high school, direc-
tors accepted the “price set by John
Kaschenbach for the site of the new
high school and ordered a check for
$8,750 drawn in favor of Mr. Kaschen.
bach, : :
The district condemned the property
in March and work on construction
was started. Unable to agree with the
owner on a price, the board had view-
ers appointed to appraise the property.
two Dallas families, where housewives
have been unable to pay. ~
notices on two Dallas homes for sale
of household goods to take place on
August 9.
of these families have been out of em.
ployment for more than six months
and in both cases the sales are for
collection of the housewives’ personal
tax.
)pcil and school board, Mr. Gordon said,
through F.' M. Gordon, tax collector,
took action this week toward selling
a portion of the household goods of
This week collector's placed Sates
In both instances the heads
Personal taxes of the husbands
were paid sometime ago.
As a result of the action frequent
criticism of borough officials has been
heard during the past week and there
is considerable sentiment favoring :
demand that officials provide for mova
adequate investigation before taking
drastic action which humiliates worthy
families.
Defending his action in authorizing
the collectors sales. F. M. Gordon
borough tax collector, explained that
he had presented the names of the
two parties with others on the exon-
eration list for approval of the bor.
ough school board and council.
The names were returned by coun-
Political Ring
~ Hands Out J obs
Widespread ST Oniticism "0 f
Discrimination On
Road Projects
—— = wu
Widespread criticism from many
sources is- being directed at Luzerne
county Republican politicians for their
meddling action in dictating who shall
have jobs on State and Federal high.
way construction recently, authorized
for the relief of unemployment,
Not only is local labor being dis. |
criminated against but worthy heads |
of families who have been out of work
for months are being refused jobs in
‘preference to political henchmen from
Wyoming Valley who are transported
to the jobs daily in trucks.
Those who apply for. work at the
place of construction are forced to
make application for jobs through _the
good offices of ward and precinct poli-
ticians connected with the county poli-
tical machine. Not only is this true
in Luzerne county but also in adja-
cent counties where: the county poli.
necessitating either “collection irom. the
delinquents or payment by the ri
collector himself. The
Ed
method of
forcing payment of taxes is employed i
county was forced by Todo Spa.
throughout the county, Mr. Gordon
| said.
Mr. Gordon said he o pas made sev-
eral attempts to collect the taxes of
the two families. A number of de-
liquents who have promised to pay
soon havt been. granted an extended
period the tax collector explained.
No additional levies are, planned, Mr.
Gordon said. ‘Household goods to the
value of $6. 15, with costs of legal ac.
tion, will be sold. Fach of the families
owes $6.15 on personal taxes for Dal-
lag borough on the 1931 duplicate.
Mr. Gordon stressed the fact that
the school board and council are the
final authorities on the collection of
taxes and that those governing bod-
ies. had cancelled the taxes of those
(Continued on Page 4.)
who were believed to be unable to
pay. 5 4
{needy an applicant for a job may be,
tical machine ‘through Connection with
i the Pinchot organization has power to
dictate and control work ‘on highway,
“Recently a contractor working on
a Federal aid highway in Wyoming
Joule to use returns to
ate as any accurate guage
for predicting the outcome ;
here this Fall. &
Strength of anti-Prohibi- -
tionists indicated conclusive-
ly that the Back Mountain
Region is ready to see Repeal
of the 18th Amendment.
Three hundred forty votes 1
were cast this week for Re-
peal, as compared to 140 cast
for Prohibition. /
Roosevelt, Democratic can-
didate for the Presidency
leads Hoover, Republican
‘candidate, by a slim margin
‘of sixty-four votes at the end
of the third week’s balloting.
It was planned originally to con. 3
tinue the poll for two months but
the encouraging response and the un-
expected number of votes cast has in-
dicated that The Post has already se-
cured a representative vote from this
region. ~ So, it has been decided to:
terminate the vote at the end of
next week. : ;
Ballots will be received until Wed.
nesday night at midnight and any
nailed in and postmarked before that
hour will be counted. More than 1,000
votes have been cast in the poll al-
ready, about 500 of them heirs cast
during the last week. | ~
tors to discharge all out of the dis-
trict labor sent in by the political ma-
chine and put local men to work or
lose his contract. While Federal au.
thorities can do this with Federal aid.
jobs they are powerless to act on roads
being built entirely with State funds.
The trick is not a new one but one
payed frequently and regularly in a
‘high handed manner by the Republican
political ‘machine controlling Luzerne
county. . It matters not how worthy or
the most important thing in the eyes
of the politicians ig whether he is a
Republican or a Democrat and. how
many votes he controls and how he
has voted and will vote.
While most of the highway construc-
(Continued on Page 4.) «
In This Gorner —
THE REPUBLICANS
and In
This One
THE DEMOCRATS
The Drift to Hoover
“The tide has been unmistakable.
Chiefly his own achievements,
staunchness
his
in every national crisis,
the swift organization of defense
against each attack upon the coun-
try’s credit, his steady upholding of
sound finance — all these have gain-
ed ‘increasing hold upon the public im.
agination.
“His quiet courage has stood out
strikingly against the confusion of his
opponents in Longress. Each test has
left him stronger, his critics weaker.”
New York Herald-Tribune
“Roosevelt and Garner” would make
an ideal ticket — beer and pork.
—Washington Post
Cannot Afford Doubt
“There is no doubt that there is
the most real and the most earnest
reason for voting for Hoover and Cur-
With a Democrat, any Democrat,
we would have uncertainty the
White House. It would take -us, per-
haps, two years to deterinine the de.
tis.
in
his Cabinet, and his real intentions in
government. We can not afford that
period of doubt and delay when
are in times like these.”
— New York Evening Post (Ind.)
we
“The things they have said against
Hoover are many, but nobody will ac-
cuse him of being a double-crosser,
The way Hoover stuck by Curtis will
stand as a classic exampie of loyalty
in politics. At least two members of
his own cabinet wanted to get the Vice
President's not to mention the
others who were receptive. Hoover
job,
jwas as immovable for Curtis as for
gree of his radiealism, the make-up of |
protection of dry states in a liquor re.
ferendum. The President made a no-
table record at Chicago for steadfast-
ness.” — Topeka Capital
The Man In The White House
“The sound of the gavel had hardly
opened the session of Congress, when
President Hoover began pouring
constructive measures with rapid fire
succession. Practically every worth-
while and sound move to battle de.
pression and restore business had its
origination in the White House.”
— Mt. Clemens (Mich.) Monitor.
Grown With the Years
“The Republican party is presenting
in
for the Presidency a much bigger and |
much better qualified man than it
presented 1928.” City
Times.
in — Kansas
man,
said the first man,
you must be a Republican delegate.
5 TO 4 ON ROOSEVELT
Odds today were 5 to 4
Roosevelt with no takers on the
Hoover end. — Washington Her-
ald July -22 os a a
on
“Yes, Yes.—'Bet that was a mean
old Democrat on the top of the bus
yesterday morning who turned to the |
man on the seat with him and said,
‘Are you going to the Yes Men's con-
vention at the Chicago Stadium next
week ?"
‘Oh, yes, vyes!' replied the
5
‘yes, yes, indeed ves, yes! ‘Say,
“the way you talk
’ a
—Chicago Tribune, (Rep.)
Hoover Reorganization Economy
President Hoover's first move under
the new economy act was to “abolish”
For President
Hoover
Roosevelt
sinceritv and good faith.
CAST YOUR VOTE TODAY
Check Mark Will Indicate Preference
No.4
(The signature of the verson casting the vote is
not necessary but is requested as an assurance of
Fer Vice-President
No names will ‘be used.)
{the Republican convention in Chicago
the executive order the radio division
Last week Roosevelt and Th
who laggetabghind at the first, seks
5 — “tag
counting, were twenty- four = Voves
‘ahead of their Republican opponents.
They had increased their lead only
forty at the end of this week's count-
ing. ; : :
“Hoover and Curtis received 241 vot.
es this week and Roosevelt and Garn-
er received 281. Repeal found 340 ‘ad-
ditional supports ‘and Prohibition re-
ceived 324 votes.
There was an increased number oe
ballots marked “third party.” This
is believed to have been motivated by
newspaper announcements during the
week of efforts to place a third party
in the field.
‘Several ballots were received from
distant points, where former residents
|of Dallas receive The: Post. and were
" {anxious to have their political opinions
crystalized in the unofficial poll.
Every effort is being made by The
| Post to eliminate any ballots that are
signed with fictitious names or in a
spirit of levity ang it is believed that
the results as announced this “week
represent an accurate cross.section of
political opinion in the Back-Mountain
region.
of the Department of ‘Commerce, which
wit its 189 employees, was constituted
the division of field operations of i
Federal Radio Commission.
omy to date, 0. ?
: = Demucrition Clip Sheet.
Net econ-
AN AUSPICIOUS START
Thus far, Governor. Roosevelt has
advanced ‘nothing: specifically which
should give ‘the least. occasion. for
alarm to those who ‘have the business
and financial stability of the country.
near at heart.
Mr. Roosevelt has made an auspici.
ous start with his address, and has
shown that in principle he stands
strongly opposed to economic radical-
ism as an antidote for the depression.
—(N. ¥.) Journal of Commerce
——
of
Mr. Mills’ speech was his utter failure
At
Mills Silent . =
. The really outstanding feature
to mention the prohibition issue.
the secretary was the leading fighter
for the vague and pussyfooting prohi-
bition plank ‘which the convention
adopted. ‘He is regarded as having |
spoken then at the direct request of
When h§ charged
Governor Roosevelt with
President Hoover.
vagueness
last night, he was well aware that
Governor Roosevelt in his acceptance
speech had come out wholeheartedly
for repeal of the Eighteenth Amend.
ment. Yet Mr. Mills, while calling for
courage in facing national problems,
quit cold om the issue last night.
—Providence (R. I.) News-Tribune.
3 [rank Martz’
Gardens Here Win
Praise For Beauty
‘Wyoming Valley Garden |
Glub Tours Dallas 4
And Lake Region
nrdbns in Dallas aid vicinity, re-
cognized as among the most beautiful -
in Northeastern Pennsylvania, were
visited by about forty members
Wyoming Valley Garden club on Wed.
nesday. afternoon under direction. of
Mrs. Edwin Abbott of Luzerne, who
arranged the trip. The club has been
conducting a series of trips to gardens
throughout the county. }
Among those places visited were T
provements have been made; the gar- %
‘den of Mrs. Jerome ‘Marshall, Kunkle
road, where stone ‘house, terraces and
rock gardens blend with the beauty of:
the flowers; A. L.. Stull, where there
is an exceptionally pretty rock garden;
Andrew Hourigan, Mrs. George Carey,
Mrs. Arthur Rinehimer, G. L. Stull,
Dr. Curtis N. Marsh, the Hayfield
I farm of John N. Conyngham, Orchard
Knob farm of Mrs. F. C. Johnson at.
| Lehman, Dr. Sarah 20, Wycoft and w.
A. Weis.
The party enjoyed a Pasket picnic
at Harvey's lake. During te visit to
Hayfield farms, the trip was inter-
rupted for about an hout by the heavy
rain. ; 3
Members of the club were entrusi.
astic in their praise for the beauty and
harmony of the gardens in this vicini-
ty and voted the trip one of the most
pressive taken.
op
farm, where recent im-—— ~_