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~~ The Dallas Post,
ESTABLISHED 1889
: “TELEPHONE DALLAS 300
A LIBERAL, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
"PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
AT THE DALLAS POST PLANT
LEHMAN AVENUE, DALLAS, PA.
at i T INC,
- HOWARD RISLEY
HOWELL E. REES
RUSSELL WEAVER :
~~ SPECIAL REPRESENTATIV
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~ swned, edited and operated by young men interested in the development of the
‘great rural-suburban region of Luzerne County and in the attainment of the
“nighest ideals of journalism. Thirty-one surrounding communities contribute
2 weekly Srticies to THE POST and have an interest in its editorial policies.
4B POST is truly “more than a newspaper, it is a community institution.”
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Fl THE DALLAS POST PROGRAM -
. THE DALLAS POST Will lend its support and offers the use of its
golumns to all projects which will help this community and the great ruraf-
suburban territory which it serves to attain the following major improve-
ments: :
et Municipal lighting plant.
A free library located in the Dallas region.
Better and adequate street lighting in Trucksville, Shavertown, Fern-
‘and Dallas. 2
Sanitary sewage disposal system for Dallas. 7. ;
Closer co-operation between Dallas borough and surrounding town-
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The 1933 football season in the Back Mountain re-
gion has ended and the bark of signals will not be heard
: : for another ten months. In those ten
months will be ample time to plan for an
organized scholastic football league in
this section next Fall.
School officials in this section are
| reported as being favorable to the creation of such a league
‘and it is suggested that the first steps be taken while the
problems which would present themselves next Fall are
~ fresh in the minds of those officials.
In Wyoming valley football games attract large crowds
and create great interest because the teams participate in
either of the two scholastic leagues. In this section, a
3 football association would stimulate the players to greater
effort, raise the standards of the game appeal to the public
‘and stimulate sportsmanship.
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FOOTBALL
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In boom times extravagant government is a luxury we
can’t afford. : : :
= In normal times it is a drag on in-
dustry and the individual, acting as a
barrier to progress that would other-
wise be achieved.
* In depressed times, it is one of
the greatest obstacles we must hurdle in the work of re-.
covery — an obstacle creating more unemployment, more
‘mortgage foreclosures, more business failures, a deeper
depression. : ZL 2
Soon Congress will again convene. It will have before
it many bills, most of which will deal with the problems of
depression. It will have as its duty the advancement of a
recovery which has already started. There is no way it
could be of greater service to us all than to reduce the cost
of government. :
"It can do that without in the least harming the real,
the necessary functions of government. It can eliminate
useless and duplicating bureaus, archaic commissions,
purposeless departments within departments. It can cut
millions from the budget. Doing that would not only help
relieve the tax burden — it would set a sorely-needed ex-
ample to states and municipalities, which cost us a great
“deal more than does the government at Washington.
Efficiency, economy, service — those are the ‘watch-
words of progressive businesses now. They must likewise’
be the watchwords of government, in all its branches.
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EFFICIENCY —
~ ECONOMY —
SERVICE
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The United States stands in an enviable position to
take leadership among the nations of the world in the
= matter of world disarmament. There
~~ WAR DEBTS has been much discussion of late con-
~~ AND : cerning the payment of war debts owed
WORLD PEACE the United States by foreign powers.
: Hardly one American out of one hun-
dred knows what it is all about or the implication invol-
ved. As many famed economists are lined up with those
in favor of cancellation as there are taking the opposing
view demanding payment of repudiation.
~~ There is a simple solution to the whole war debt prob-
lem that every American can understand whether he is a
student of economics or not. This solution, if followed by
the United States, will stamp this country immediately as
the leading proponent of World Peace in the world.
This, it seems to us, is the solution. Let the United
States say to debtor nations. “Reduce your armaments.
Divert the cash which you have been putting into this ma-
chinery of war into a part-payment on your war debts.”
With the reduction in the armaments of debtor nations, the
United States can then reduce its own armaments to. the
‘point where the money formerly spent for war supplies can
absorb the amount of the war debt which foreign nations
cannot pay. If this plan is followed out taxes of Ameri-
cans will not be increased. In like manner taxes of Euro-
pean nations will not be increased but will remain the same
because of the national savings in the reduction of arma-
ments. :
Mechanical Superintendent |
ES—American Press Association, 225 West |
Publish- |
THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1932.
~The Burden
Economists, diplomats, bankers can puzzle over the
war debt situation from now until doomsday and they will
find no simpler and no better method of relieving the pre-
sent economic unrest with its constant threat of war. The
United States, without sacrificing a cent or increasing its
taxation, can again take its place as the leading power for
peace in a world that has long looked to us for concrete re-
sults from the ideals that led us into wars to end wars.”
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In the world of fiction, as in so many other matters,
the United States is the leader among nations.
This applies not only to writing
of a more or less “highbrow” tinge,
but aisc tc what is termed the litera-
turé* of escape.
—call it action, western, aviation, or
what you will — that takes us out of the humdrum affairs
of daily life into a more rarified air of adventure, romance
and mystery. ;
Such a literature, reaching as it does a remarkably
high percentage of our population, has an undeniably
strong effect on the life of the country. In days of de-
pression its value is especially noticeable — it clears the
brain, banishes worries for a time, prepares us to better
face our own little realities. It is probably the cheapest
possible form of entertainment — for ten or twenty-flve
cents we can buy enough of it to while away an entire
evening. A few hours of “escape’” are often of inestimable
benefit.
American magazines of all kinds are immeasurabl
superior to those published abroad. The products of Am-
erican authors are much sought after in all the English
speaking countries. Our writers help cure our mental ills
exactly as our doctors solve the problems of health.
THE
LITERATURE
OF “ESCAPE”
It requires a rather vivia imagination to see any parti-
cular danger to morals in dances as they are conducted in
: the majority of high schools today
TO DANCE Kingston township school board,
OR NOT THAT'S however, finds itself in a quandary
THE QUESTION over the question of allowing the au
: ditorium of the township’s new school
to be used for school dances.
Because they are like young people of every age anc
clime, because they are young, the students of Kingston
township will dance. The duty of adults is to provide a
suitable atmosphere and sympathetic chaperones.
Kingston township school board, we believe, will be
wise in barring from its property any dances which are
promoted for profit only or by groups which have no asso-
ciation with the school.
It is the board’s duty, however, to provide for the
students a clear wholesome atmosphere in which the
young people may group together for carefully conducted
informal dances.
and if Relief is now being received
Name of Agency.
In all projects the necessary mater-
ials, machinery, and supervision must
be guaranteed by Municipalities in ad-
persons to be employed
Dear Sir:—
The Luzerne County Emergency Re- | vance. All
lief Board has already announced its | will be selected by the Luzerne Coun-
readiness to .start work relief. To this|ty Emergency Relief Board from its
‘end we are requesting Municipalities | Registration Lists, but these persons
to secbmit to us in writing projects of | Will be taken from the Municipalities
Public. Work within their own juris-|in which the work is to be done. The
tion:
Character of Project.
| the going rate of wages in the respec
Number of Man days required. | tive Municipalities
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Number of Needy Unemployed
their territories.
in| Yours truly,
Harold Wright
[Name, Address and Previous Vaca- Executive Director.
That is the literature
tion of Needy unemployed Person
ENTS pen
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| Centermoreland. Youth
i Cites Experiences
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|
City about 10 p. m. I was tired and
[went to bed early, so did not see the
| boat dock. In the morning, when we
left Panama, we saw a submarine and
the ocean liner California, besides sev-
eral Army and mail planes. There
were planes of all descriptions down
here, We also saw several different
large birds do their tricks on the wat-
er and in the air. It is mountainous
down here and many isiands, which
down
We
made good time yesterfay and today,
but are still 2571
water. I would like to come
here and explore some of them.
miles from . San
Francisco. Today we. stopped at
Corinto, Nicaragua. We dropped an-
chor out in the bay while nine Mar-
ines, that are stationed at Corinto,
came out in a launch with mail and
took other mail ashore. There are a
number of volcanoes along the coast
which were worth while seeing, al-
though it wasn’t very clear.
Aug. 31. — Right after dinner and
a bath. There isn’t much to tell only
that I am feeling fine. The . Pacific
is a calm ocean.
Sept. 4th. — Just another day and
this part of our trip will be ended?
The thermometer dropped to 66 to-
day, so it's pretty nice for traveling.
San Francisco is a beautiful sight
at night, with all the shore lights and
the ferny boats lit up, sailing across
the bay. They look like street cars.
We had to get up at four in the morn-
ing ‘in order to have breakfast and
prepare for inspection before we dock-
ed. I got up at 3 o'clock tnd got
cleaned up in orded to avoid the rush
on the bath room. When we dock-
we boarded a couple of tug boats, and
came out here to the Island of Fort
McDowell, and it's the kind of an is-
land I like. It’s about five miles from
the mainland and all mountains. The
barracks are down near sea level, The
island
around.
Last night a friend of mine from
Maine and myself walked about half
is about five or seven miles
highest peek which is about a thou-
our trip.
the Golden Gate, and
beautiful.
it was
The, clouds were below the
peak and sure looked nice and soft.
About thrte miles away we could see
the fog blowing over the mountains on
another island and down into a val-
ley.fi It looked like a great waterfali.
At meal time here it makes us feel
just like we were at home. All the
food is set out in dishes, instead of,
the regular cafeteria style of eating.
| When we first got here we had to go
| through a, physical inspection and
| hear a couple of lectures and then
sure
were assigned to our barracks, wherd
| sod. too. I didn't get sick on the
trip so I think I did
good. This morning we had drill for
{ three hours and it sure felt good.
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SIFTINGS
BARNEY STROUD
A MONGREL DOG
EFFICIENT POOR
DIRECTOR
THE POSTOFFICE
POLITICS: =
THE STAFF ;
cosinmnnmnnna[s)
Esme tc
We are going to miss “Barney”
Stroud with his familiar pipe, slouch
mail each day between the
Valley
“Barney” didn’t hold the biggest job
in Dallas but he took it seriously and"
Lehigh:
handled it just as efficiently as those
who handle bigger jobs. At whatever Ao
time we met him he had a cheerful :
word to pass the time of day. We a
were shocked to hear of his sudden |
bassing and we're going to miss him, SE
We never ‘owned a thoroughbred as
dog. Don’t know as we want to. The:
nearest we ever came to it was a i
hound and when she had pups two of :
grels. We got rid of the hounds and
the one mongrel but it was a different
story with the last mongrel. Nobody
| wanted him, so he just stayed around
and we fed him although no one gave
him‘ much attention until last winter
when he found that when we dis- =
appeared for any length of time he
could find us at the Post. From then
on he” visited the Post every day rid-_
ing home with us at noon on the run-'
ning board of the automobile. Then
came a stormy Sunday when we didn't Y
visit the Post until late in the after-
noon, The snow must have been two
arrived at the
There in the middle of the
sidewalk in a hollowed out place in
the snow was the mongrel. He had
been waiting there in the storm six
hours for us. All of his previous
daily trips to the Post had not im- -
pressed us. But right then and there
it sunk into our consciousness that
here was a really loyal friend. We
have ‘a lot of human Acquaintances
that we like to call friends, but we
have only one that will wait six hours
for us in a heavy snowstorm. He
won't be able to read this little tri-
bute but he knows without our tell-
ing him what we think of one plain
feet deep when we
building.
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are mountain *peaksWpoke—out of “the hongrel dog
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A. few days ago we were talking
with a man who has much to do with.
relief work for the needy in Luzerne
county. In the course of his conver-
sation he paid fine tribute to Arthur
Rainey who is one of the local poor:
directors. He said: “Of the many poor:
directors in Luzerne county with.
whom I'come in contact, none is bet-
ter fitted nor does his job so well as
your man Rainey out there at Dallas.”
For a long time we have suspected
that ‘that Arthur Rainey was doing a
good “job for the needy in these dis-
tressing times. It was nice to hear
that comment about a fellow towns-
man from an expert in relief of needy
families. to
Fark
There seems to be a lot of comment
about the postmastership in Dallas.
Many believe that it will change with
the change in federal management
from Republican to Democratic, It
has always seemed to us that the lo-
cal pestoffice was ably handled. We
can’t see where we will get any ser-
vice with some one else there. After
all that’s the only good reason for
any change. We don’t know of any :
one who needs the work any more
than the present postmistress, and we
don’t think those who are talking so
much about change do either. Of
course we get out of patience with the
local’ management once in awhile, {
such as the time when one of the
clerks wouldn't trade us three three
cent stamps and a one for a ten cent
stamp. But I .guess they get out of
patience with us once in a while, too.
A number of people still carry the
diction giving the following informa- | labor will be paid for by State Emer-| we fixed our bunks and got cleaned |
| gency Relief Food Orders — based on | up. A fresh water bath felt mighty
opinion that the Post was a supporter
sand feet, and let me tell you it’s just| of the Democratic candidate during
the kind of exercise we needed after|the recent campaign and that we pre-
We saw the sun set over| dicted the election of Roosevelt in our
last issue before the election. Nothing
could be further from the real facts,
much as we would like to stamd up
and say we were on the side of the
winner, Prior to the election the three
of us who write editorials could come;
to no definite common ground upon
which The Post could support any one
of the candidates to the exclusion of
the others. So, each one of us:decided
to write an editorial on our favorite.
Mr. Rees, who is a Socialist wrote the |
Socialistic editorial. We wrote the
Republican side and Miss . Wallace
wrote the Democratic. The Demo-
crats being more aggressive than the
Republicans purchased a full page ad
in the last issue before the election
and that is how we happened to win.
the reputation of being on. the side of ;
the winner.
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hat and raincoat, as ‘he carried thes
station and the postoffice,
them were hounds and two were mon-