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' SPEED
rd
A
Kaye Don, English speed king, had
established a new world’s record of
119 miles an hour with his Miss Eng-
land III. By all odds, he was to have
no trouble in defeating Gar Wood,
American racer, in the competition for
the famous Harmsworth trophy. With-
out even testing the course on Lake
St. ‘Clair, near Detroit, Wood won the
first heat handily when the Miss Eng-
jand developed motor trouble. In the
second heat, Don’s big boat failed to
perform again and: it was towed to
the boatwell while Wood proceeded
along the course at a leisurely 60 m.
p. h. to wn the heat and retain the
trophy. :
COOLIDGE
Calvin Coolidge did not attend the
ceremonies at which Herbert Hoover
accepted the nomination for reelec-
tion as president. There were rumors
that Coolidge was not whole-hearted-
ly behind the program. Silent Cal re-
{Council Dros
A
Police Chief;
Hires
Borough Takes Over Two
New Streets At Impor- =
tant Meeting.
Hears Sewage Complaints
With an attendance of spectators
breaking all records, Dallas borough
council in meeting Tuesday night dis-
missed Elwood Elston, borough police
officer by a 4 to 3 vote, and elected
Leonard O'Kane, high copistasie, in hi
place. Elston has beenjchief o
for about a year and O!
ed as uniformed officer during the
summer months. y
The police situation was discussed
very directly. Councilman Franklin
when asked for his report as chair-
man of the public safety committee,
referred’ council to Burgess Ander-
son. President Kunkle questioned
Mr. Anderson as to the hours during
which Chief of Police Elwood Elston
had been scheduled to perform his
duties. Mr. ‘Anderson answered that
he himself had arranged that the
chief should work from 4:00 p. m.,,
until midnight. Testimonies of dis-
satisfaction with Officer Elston’s work
followed. On motion of Parrish, se-
O’Kane
RESTORING THE VOICE TO THE MUTE
culties of the mute.
que.
tual changes.
At the Phonetical Laboratory of the Hamburg University, Linguistic
Scientists are making vast strides in their attempts to overcome the diffi-
They consider the human language nothing but techni-
The institution is under the dir ection of Prof. Panconcelli-Calzia, who’
is well-known for his work n this field. The Professor is here photographing
the larynx with a camera constructed by himself in order to establish even-
Dallas Borough School Board
To Pay Teacher’s Back Salaries
Wormley Reelected As
Teacher — Prof. Uber
Anonymo s Letters
UH. DALLAS PUST, DALLAS, PA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1932.
Mild Breezes
Presage Fall
Election Gale
Local Groups Clear Decks
For Political Action
- Interest Slow
Few County Contests
(This is the first of a series of
articles which will inform Post
readers of political developments
in Luzerne county during the two
- months before the election)
Dearth of county contests this Fall
has made local interest in the election
dependent to- a large extent on the
moves of State and National groups
but the ripples of activity which flow-
ed through Luzerne county political
circles this week were evidence of the
first gentle breezes presaging the Big
Election Wind.
While opposing factions of county
politicians will have their annual tilts,
all contests will hinge to' a great ex-
tent on the Presidential)campaign and
ordinary party lines may be twisted
and changed by sentiment towards
Herbert Hoover and Governor Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt.
If, as straw votes and unofficial
polls have indicated, Roosevelt will
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Wyoming County
Fair Schedules
Big Circus Acts
Fruit, Flower and Vegetable
Exhibits Will Be Largest
In History:
September 13—14—15—16
One of the largest fruit exhibits
ever staged by it will be presented by
this year's Wyoming County Fair,
Tunkhannock, September 13 to 16, H.
A. Holmes, superintendent of the fruit
department announces. It will be one
of the leading education features of
the fair.
The back-bone of the fruit show
will be furnished by the apple show.
All of the many varieties of apples
commonly raised in this part of the
state will be exhibited, in quantity.
There will be additional exhibits of
pears, plums, peaches, and grapes of
leading varieties. This part of the
fruit show will be restricted almost
entirely to plate exhibits, while the
apples will be exhibited in displays
of ten, varieties of fifteen, commer-
cially packed hoxes, etc. :
Another outstanding educational
feature of the fair will be the displays
mained silent. This week, in a copy-
righted article he sold to Saturdsv Ewv-
ening Post, Mr. Coolidge spoke, at so
much per word. At great length,
Journalist Coolidge indorsed President
Hoover's candidacy, declared “the saf-
conded by Schmoll, the question of Makes Suggestion
_|dismissal was put before council. On
a call vote, dismissal carried four to
three, Franklin, Garrahan and Hilde-
brant voting no.
carry Luzerne county this year as Gov-
ernor Alfred E. Smith did four years
ago, there is danger ahead for Repub-
lican candidates who, ordinarily, would
have no difficulty in being elected but
| Stir Bpard’s Lre
Dallas borough school board at its School Enrél SERIA A
meeting on Tuesday . night voted to | All Rec de” In Dallas
pay off all teacher's back salaries and | Township
‘approved action of the teachers com-
of vegetables, in charge of Eugene
Schlatter, superintendent. Special
emphasis is to be given the potato
show, for which a long list of prizes .
has been set aside. All of the leading
ety of the country lies in the success
of the principles of the Republican
Party.”
SUICIDE
Because his wife is glamorous, plat-
~inum-blonde Jean Harlow, motion pic-
~ mentioning
Bat
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election.
ture star, Paul Bern's suicide in his
Hollywood home this week attracted
more than ordinary nterest. Bern, a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer director,
found in his bedroom, dead from a
bullet wound. His wife was at her
mother’s. Note, addressed to “Dear-
est Dear,” pleading forgiveness and
the “comedy” of “last
Bight! was found. beside sa. picture of
Miss Harlow.
was
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MAYORS
Succeeding Mayor
Joseph Vincent McKe
ly Scot, took over the joh of bei = Ma-
yor of New York City this week and
made a sensational start while Walk-
er. prepared to seek vindication by re-
One of McKee's first moves
was to cut his salary from $40,000 to
$25,000 and to save $50,000 by voting
to accept a printing contract with a
firm which had not previously been
recognized.
ECLIPSE
: Though many of the photographs of
the total eclipse were destroyed by the
haze before the sun, scientists have
been working diligently over notes and
pictures, this week announced much
new knowledge had been gained. Most
important were the discoveries about
the cononay showing how much of the
sunlight is reflected and how much is
absorbed and then radiated, determin-
ing the polarization of the plans of
light of the corona and establishing the
correct colors of the corona.
PROBLEM
Repeating his demand for
sory job insurance and drastic action
to relieve unemployment. William
Green, president of the American Fed-
compul-
eration of Labor, this week predicted
that unemployment during the com-
ing winter will present an appalling
problem,
BANDITS
On Labor Day, Judge Andrew B.
Smith, Susquehanna county, sentenced
two men charged with holding up the
Laporte bank to ten to twenty years
each in Eastern Penitentiary. Judge
Smith presided in the absence of
Judge Charles Terry, who has been ill.
JAUNT
Everything is in readiness for Gov-
ernor Roosevelt's 18,000 mile jaunt
through the West in behalf of his can-
didacy for the presidency.
the major speeches of the Democratic
campaign will be’ made on the tour.
Three of
LANDSLIDE
Landslide of major proportions on
the east side of the Culebra Cut in the
Panama canal this week threatened to
block ship movements between the At-
jantic and Pacific oceans. _
Immediately after the . dismissal of
| Elston, O'Kane was elected to fill the
| position.
| Although police matters .took up the
\major part of the meeting and were
ithe attraction for the large number of
spectators, other matters
were brought to the attention of coun-
cil.
Complaints regarding the ‘dumping |
of open sewage into Toby'sf creek and
its tributaries were heard {5 pacer
to Dallas Board of Health.*
Action taken on complaints
that vacant, weed-grown lots between
Norton and Lehman avenues and Nor-
ton and Machell aveneus are a menace
to hay ‘Téver Victits, Owners of the
lots will be requested to cut the weeds
in accordance with a borough ordin-
important
was
ecting Church and
Ca
St. Petersburg S32 20K
Many Luzerne County
Tourists
(SPECIAL TO THE POST)
By John Bodwick
St.
social and sporting events
Petersburg’s calendar of smart
the
comin gseason is more extensive and
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elaborate than ever before and will at-
tract many Luzerne County people.
Charity Balls dinner
dances will be held through the sea-
and dazzling
son at the smarter institutions, while
tournaments for every known tourist
sport will be held through the long
winter months.
Luzerne County's colony of winter
visitors is expected to reach larger
proportions this season with the pre-
low rates in effect at all ho-
tels and apartments, and low prices
for commodities and entertainment.
Most of the Keystone residents who
visited St. Petersburg last season will
return this Fall or in the early Win-
ter.
vailing
Those who were here last sea-
included Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Guernsey, of Trucksville; Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey E. Lyons, Wilkes-Barre; M. A.
Templeton, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward
G. Watkins, Parsons.
From Kingston were Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Hendrickson, Northampton St.,;
J. Clifford Hendrickson, Northampton
St.,; Mr. and Mrs.
Wright Ave.,; Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Kuhn ,Ridge Ave.; Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
McLane, South Dorrance St.; Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Parsons, Northampton
St.; « Calvi Perrin, Wyoming Ave.;
Mr. and Mrs. Ben N. Pettebone, Wal-
nut St.; Miss Harriett Royer and G.
F. Royer, Wyoming Ave.
Others from Luzerne County were:
| Eugene Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Denn and Mrs. J. W. James of Ply-
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son
Alonzo Jones,
vittee in cooperation with Kingston
township in the exchange of teachers.
The latter action ‘is the first move
of its kind between school districts of
the region to cut down expenses |
through cooperatton in the hiring of
teachers. M#Ss Catherine Taylor of
the borotigh faculty will teach art two |
idays of the week in Kingston town-
Ship schools and Miss Anderson of the
Kingston township faculty will teach
music two ‘days of the week in the
borough schools.
Prof. Uber, recently elected princi-
pal of borough schools, was present
at the meeting and made a number of
suggestions with ‘regard to the ar-
rangement of schedules for the coming
year. On his suggestion discontinu-
ance of the shops in the manual train-
ing department was approved
French was dropped from the foreign
g department.
and
Plain” geometry
hedule.
thus bringing about a saving in heat
and electricity.
Borough schools will open Monday,
September 12- w,ith all grades report-
ing at 8:30 instead of nine as in pre-
vious years.
Prof. Donald Wormley was reelected
jas coach and teacher at a salary of
$140 a month or a decrease of $35 a
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Dallas
present
township
Tuesday
All . members of
tschool board were
morning at the high school building to
greet new students and assist bus
{drivers in getting started on the new
schedules arranged this year.
During recent months members of
the school board and State depart-
Lent of Education in Harrisburg have
received a number of anonymous let-
ters from a supposed School Bus Im-
provement association in Dallas town-
ship criticising the school board and
bus drivers concerning the number
and condition of school busses.
Upon, investigation the board has
beer. unable "to find the identity of
the letter writers and letters mailed |
to the Bus Improvement association by
the Stite Department of Education
have been returned to Harrisburg
“not found.”
of Education has notified
Dallas township school board that no
therefore
rs from anonymous cranks
: : . AINE
service is inadequate or wunsatisfac-
tory. The present system of school
transportation in the township meets
all State requirements and is consider-
ed one of the best in this region.
Six busses are being used this year |
instead of eight as last year. Fewer
busses are being used because of a
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A wild police dog which robbed
about eighty chickens from the farm
of Ira Frantz, near DeMun’s Corners,
escaped the bullets of a number of
skilled shots until Nelson Ace, aged
74, Mr. Frantz’ father-in-law, went out
after the marauder and laid her low
with two well-placed shots that any
youthful marksman would have a dif-
ficult time equalling.
For two months the dog robbed
chickens to carry to her eight pup-
pies in the woods nearby. Twenty-
four bullets were fired at the canine
bandit. About a week ago, Mr. Ace
74-YEAR-OLD MARKSMAN GETS
WILD DOG WHEN OTHERS
decided to have a shot at the dog Hite
self. He waited in an orchard until he
saw the dog slink past. The first
bullet plumped into the dog's heart,
the second struck her behind the ear.
Either one would have ended her car-
eer. ;
Of the twenty-four bullets aimed at
the dog, only one, it was discovered,
bad been near its mark. That ball haa
lodged in the tail of the dog,
inches from the body. The puppies
were taken care of by Chief of Police
Parkinson, of Wyoming. Attempts to
find the owner of the dog failed.
The prevalent opinion in many parts
of the country that forest fires reduce
the number of snakes particularly rat-
tlers, is not borne out by the experi-
ence of District Forester Paul Mulford
of the Tioga State Forest District,
with headquarters at Wellsboro.
Mulford reports that two men and a
woman killed 126 rattlesnakes in one
,9ay on an area in Bradford county year” said Mulford,
near Satterlee Run on a tract of tim-
FOREST FIRES FAIL
TO KILL RATTLERS
ber land that burned over last year.
Rangers in charge of State Forest
road and trail building crews in the
north tier counties report that the men
often average one rattler a day. A
State Forest road worker in Tioga
county, recently killed one which, al-
though only eighteen inches long, had
seven rattlers and a button.
“Judging from thir small size this
“the rattlers are
|apparenty feeling the depression also.”
The State Department
fart
several
will lose strength this year because of
the increased Democratic following.
In this classification falls one of Lu-
zerne. county's most interesting
tests, that between Congressman C.
Murray Turpin and John J. Casey, son
of the late Congressman Casey. Dr.
Turpin has the Republican nomina-
tion. Mr. Casey will carry the Demo-
cratic standard.
Under other circumstances, Dr. Tur-
con-
pin, with the questionable support of
the Fine group, would have slight dif-
ficulty. This year, with the chance of
a heavy Democratic vote, Dr. Turpin
faces a strenuous campaign. Popular,
active in behalf of veterans, a-recent
convert to the wet forces, Dr, Turpin
will have the disadvantage of being on
the side of the Presidential candidate
who stands a good chance of coming
off second best in Luzerne county.
To ‘add to the troubles of the form-
er prothonotary, movement has been
‘started to make the contest a three—
cornered one by forming a “dry” party
to be supported by church groups and
W. C. T. U. One prominent man from |
ountain region has been
County Treasurer Receives
Supply Of Licenses
For Sportsmen
County Treasurer of Luzerne coun-
ty has been furnished a supply of
| pinting licenses for the 1932 season.
And everyone going afield, with or
without a gun or dog, to pursue, take
kill any sort of game animal or
bird whatsoever must have such a
hunting license with him, except
that a bona fide farmer may hunt on
the land on which he resides, and on
the lands adjoining and immediately
connected with his land, without a li-
cense — if he has the owner's express
consent.
This exception also applies to the
or
former's immediate family residing on
the land, and to those regularly in his
employ residing on the land and as-
sisting in its cultivation, but not even
to children whose permanent and le-
gal residence is ellsewhere, nor to help
lemployed only from time to time, and
{not residing on the land and regular-
ly assisting in its cultivation.
Even in hunting unprotected ‘game
!(such as groundhogs) a license is re-
'quired. Snakes are the only things
{which may be killed without a license.
The hunting license will cost two
dollars this year, as usual, and must
be purchased by every person intendi-
ling to hunt. The metal tag must be
{displayed in the proper location on
[the back ‘and the license paper prop-
lerly signed. Failure to comply with
provisions of this act will subject the
offender to the payment of penalties
| reserihed by law
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kinds of vegetables grown in Penn-
sylvania will be exhibited. :
One of the big attractions of the
fair this year will be its flower show
Potted plants, and cut flowers of in-
numerable variety, will be i
That there is ever-growing interes
in the raising of the oid- rn
tlowers will be proved by the many
exhibits of all those varieties o0sso-
ciated always with grandmother's
garden. The flower and flower de-
sign department is in charge of Super-
intendent Eugene Schlatter, :
*“We have worked out one of the
best educational and, entertainment.
said President John C. Bowman,
the fair.
ofa
“Every part of the big pro-
gram has been given careful study,
and we feel sure that visitors will
enjoy their visits to the fair more
than ever before. We urge every per-
son in th county to attend the fair,
and enjoy what we have arranged for :
the public.”
A study of the fair’s premium list
reveals that there are cash prizes for
exhibits of 4-H Club work, all kinds
of poultry, sheep, swine, horses, cattle - :
3 other kinds of livestock. Ex«
ever
compete
st horses
for th I
fair. Already
retary of the fair, ann C
are fifty-two horses entered,
before in the history of the fair have
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Celebrates 82nd Birthday
Sadr Van Campen of this place,
celebrated his 82nd birthday annivery
sary last Thursday. Mrs. Clara Beard
sley a, sister-in-law, prepared dinner,
Mr. Van Campen receved birthday
tives.
Among the dinner guests was his
sister, Mrs. Mary M. Van Campen, of
Stroudsburg,
birthday anniversary on August 15,
1932,
Mr. Van Campen was born in Mon-~ :
roe County, on September 1, 1850.
Last November he and Mrs. Van
Campen celebrated their 60th wedding
On February 19, 1932,
Mrs. Van Campen died.
anniversary.
: There were seven children by. his.
marriage; William, who died several
vears ago, Fred of Wyoming; Edward,
of Dallas; Jacob, of New York; Her-
man, of Shavertown: Mrs.
Smith, of Wilkes-Barre and Mrs. Ruth
Travis of Shavertown.
Mr.
best of health, Daily he removes the
Margaret
en rarer
Van Campen is enjoying the
mail from the local post office to the
mail traing
programs ever presented by the fair,” =
greetings from many friends and rela- -
ho celebrated her 92nd