‘Prominent part and should be taken The Post Are Interesting _ Instructive, Profitabic Can You Name Any Successful Store That Doesn’t: Advertise? 7 VOL. 43 DALLAS | PA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, , 1938. Musical Comedy Sponsored ~ Will Have Cast of 100 With Special Costumes and Scenery Plans for a musical comedy, “Cir- cus Solly” the largest ever presented in Dallas, =a, special meeting of Dr. Henry M. were made Monday night at Laing fire company when members of the producing company met with fire ip company committees to discuss the project. ! £ Coaching the cast which will in- clude about one hundred members in the chorus beside the lead parts will be done by members of the staff of the producing company. One feature of the comedy will be the use of about $5,000 worth of costumes and scen- ery brought here by the Frederick B. Ingram company. Committees ‘of the fire company in conjunction with the directors are urging that all ‘persons interested in the production get in touch with them for try-outs and casting of parts. As now planned the Fire company hopes to have the comedy ready for staging about March 8. : : Cast of Characters 3 A ‘resume of the leading characters, “and parts to be filled follows: Jane Brown: ‘Who sells home made © candy. A prominent part and should be taken by clever girl between 18 and 30. Solly. Has several songs. Circus Solly: First appears as a cir- Plays opposite to Circus cus clown and later in street clothes. ~ by man who can play opposite Jane Brown. Has several songs and plays : “opposite to Bud Berry. * Betty Wood: a girl of same type. A friend of Jane's and Has opposite several songs and plays to Bud ' Berry. "Bud Berry: A “slicker” the circus and is always who follows ready ' to consider any plan for a little ‘easy ] money.” Has several songs and plays opposite to Betty. $ McGinty: The town barber who dis- covers a new fountain of youth in cap-i gule form. A good comedy part of middle aged man. Widow Willow: whose husband, long since A grass widow departed, seems to have forgotten to return. The Widow, however, has designs on McGinty. Should be played by woman of middle age. Hickory Bender: The town con-sti- : bule, who hates circuses and all that goes with them. A good ‘small town character” comedy part of a man about 65. . Simon Rotosky: A Jewish ‘balloon vender, with the circus. Ex- comedy cellent comedy part having several songs With Annie and chorus girls. Annie: Who is a town character. A maid servant who aspires to own a circus balloon and to be a “swell” : Has lines of the show, falls in love manicurist. feminine comedy with the ballon vender and has several songs. * girl with the circus. A Should be A small but important part. Tina; played by girl between 18 and 25. Local Man Is Struck By Car 2 } Taken To Hospital To Be Treated For Hip Injuries Norman Smith, laborer, of East Dallas, street car 57, a was struck by a Dallas on Monda night when he stumbled in the path of the oncoming trolley. William Hufford, attempted to stop the car but it was impossible to prevent the accident. Mr. Smith was taken to Nesbitt hos- pital at Kingston suffering from a crushed hip and head lacerations. The - accident occurred between Dallas and The motorman, Production d By Fire Company Headlines Of The Week % JAPAN Japan drafted this week an ulti- matum demanding withdrawal of Chinese troops from Jehol province and then passed the biggest budget in Japanese history to give its army and navy full strength to enforce its demands. A summary of this week's news of international in- terest, reviewed for Post readers. REPEAL Dripping wet States throughout the country were racing this week to see which would be first to ratify the Constitutional amendment to repeal the 18th Amendment. Leaders pre- dicted twenty States will ratify, four- teen are favorable to ratification and fourteen are doubtful. Thirteen States can defeat the amendment. * hb = BONUS Digging into the options of the National City Co., a committee of United States Senators learned this week that Charles E .Mitchell, chair- Lan of the board of the National City | Bank received a total bonus of $3,- 500,000 in addition to his salary dur- ing 1927, 1928 and 1929. /® ® ® ALICE On the heels of Eva le Gallienne’s great success in New York with “Alice in Wonderland” came news this week that Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, wants Mary Pickford to enact the role of “Alice” in a mov- ie version in which ail the characters besides the title role will be portrayed by animated, colored cartoons. J * ® DOG Blinded by flames when chemicals exploded in a shack at the rear of his business quarters, George Howell, New Yerk, groped for an exit. He felt his dog, Peggy, a shepherd, grasping his fingers. Peggy pulled him to a win- dow, leaped out, barked loudly. How- ell toppled tnrough the opening to safety. DEFIANT. Sentenced to eighty years sonment for his attempt to murder Franklin D. Roosevelt and others, Guiseppe Zangara commented: “It makes no difference. Eighty years or hundred years. “I do two-three years.” ® ® ® impri- HONORS Honoring ambassadors from foreign countries spoke over the radio on Wednesday. se RATES New low rates to Washington, D. C., for. the inauguration next week were being announced this week by railroad and bus companies. . . ¢ CONFERENCE From all parts of Pennsylvania came social workers this week to at- tend the Pennsylvania Conference on Social Welfare in Wilkes-Barre. Fac- tors which have ridden on the de- pression to bring social executives new worries were discussed thorough- ly. DEAD Z Dead this week were Corbett, colorful heavyweight prize-fighter; Dowager Duchesse = de la Rouchefoucauld, American woman who dazzled Parris society for many vears; Jennie sixty-year-old “Gentleman Jim” Jacobs, booking agent, whose position as one of the few woman theatrical promo- ters brought recog- nition. her world-wide BOMB Post office authorities ton, D. C., this week found a tiny bomb in a package addressed to Pre- sident-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, * * = at Washing- MUSIC 3 William® H. Woodin, former Berwick man who was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President-Elect Roosevelt this week has a world-wide reputation, for his ability as an in- dustrialist, But it is not so well known that his musical compositions appear on the racks of leading sym- phony orchestras. Most recent work is his new suite, “Covered Wagon,” a modern, realistic composition fea- tured last Sunday night by Manhat- Shaver's Mills. concert. George Washington, five! tan Symphony Orchestra in its radio | No Solution For Mystery Shocks Here Investigation Fails Disclose Source Of Concussions /- Investigati Toughout this sec- tion yesterday failed to uncover any explanation for the three deep con- cussions which startled Dallas and vicinity late Wednesday night. Though the detonation was heard most distinctly in Shavertown and Dallas, reports were received that per- song residing in Wyoming Valley had also heard the mysterious noises. In Dallas thé shocks were heard at 11:15, A249 and 11:58. The last was rtd the most severe and it shook fises and rattled windows. Tele- To ore thorough yught no solution. ".s far as could be learned, no dynamiting on any of eral. road projects under way in section and none of the other ru- red esplunations for the detona- search yesterday there cussions had Hi connection with explosion and fire which blew out showed that the Pittston blast place at 10:20, much earlier than concussions felt locally. ne explanation ‘was that the re- s might have been from dynamite off by persons attempting to raise at some body of water near here no verification for this story eould secured. : Need For Chains The combination of no chains and a slippery road fFesulted in fatal acci- its involving sixty motor vehicles ot vear, according to the division of ety, Department of Revenue. addition, 3084 vehicles operating on slippery roads: without chains were in non-fatal injury accidents and 2371 In the | Tentative Plans Announced For Annual al Ege Hunt More Children. a Tenuiol To Take Part Than “ Ever Before Saturday, April 14, has been set as the date for the annual Childrens’ Easter Egg hunt, sponsored by Dallas Rotary club. Iast year, because Of an early Easter, the hunt was elimi- nated, and Easter baskets were dis- tributed to needy families in its stead. This year, however, the hunt will be resumed. Plans already formulated at this early date, indicate that the hunt this year will be the biggest ever held. In the past the hunt has been grad- ually taken on the aspect of a com- munity hunt with local merchants and civic organizations cooperating. Al- though originally sponsored .and fin- anced by Dallas Rotary club, there has been a growing desire on the part of many in the community to enter into the spirit of the affair. Up until 1931 Rotary Club stood all of the expense which usually ran in the neighborhood of $50 to $75. In the past, even with this expense, there have never been enough eggs for all the children who took part in the hunt. In 1931 Rotary Club offered, accep- ted and shared in the fun of putting on the hunt With other members of the community. Many persons con- tributed prizes and offered their as- sistance in coloring and fying East- er Eggs. | Tentative plans will include “the di- ‘vision of children entering the hunt into three age groups. The first group is for tiny tots up to first grade pupils; the second group is “for youngsters up to and including sixth grade; the third group is for older boys and girls. ‘No prizes will be awarded this year, as in the past, to the contestants find- ing the largest number of eggs. In previous this has been the cause of some difficulty, some older children in accidents in which only properg’ damage was reported. being so greedy as to take eggs from (Contineud on Page 4.) Conference Fight Tightens Lehman And Dallas Twp. Wins Kingston Township A n d Dallas Tied For Confer- ence, Lead Several upsets marked the basket- ball games last Friday night. Leh- man toppled Dallas from the Con- ference leadership into a tie with Kingston township, and Laketon bow- ed to Dallas township. Kingston township defeated Beau- moni by the score of 25 to 14. No individual player starred, but the Kingston boys showed a decided im- provement. Laketorr Loses to Dallas Township Playing in the role of 'Jack,- the giant killer, Dallas township upset the Laketon squad 23 to 16. Laketon played without the services of a few of ity regulars, but the township team |must be given due credit for their ‘feat. Dallas Loses to Lehman Fighting desperately to keep its place ;in the Conference sun, Lehman high ¥ school basketbell team handed Dallas borough H. S. its first ferende defeat of the curent season. at Lehman Friday. read 22 to 20. [It was the aggressive guarding com- bined jwith fast pasips attack of the Lehmgnites that won the game for them. Time after time they virtuelly stole the all from Dallas, and at no i stage {of the game could Dallas solve | the mjan-for-man defense that TLeh- | man hjad set for them. Incidentaly, it is thej first time this year that this type off defense has worked success- | fully ajoainst Dallas. s went into the second half 10 to 8, but its offense was the tightening Lehman The final score leadin¥ cripplegl defense tain th Lehm say the by and it was unable to main- e advantage. an partisians wtnt wild as they characteristic and determined Dallas {rally fall short by two points of tying the score, and realized that their tejam was actually defeating the hithertdd undefeated Conference lead- ers, Lehman had made its come- back g¢od, and impressively so. Lavelfe, ILabar, and Matuskowitz were ofutstanding in their play for Dallas, while Elston, the fast right forward{ of Lehman, starred both on the defénse and offense. Lehman Girls Win ~ A undefeated girls basketball The con- |. Fruit Growers Hold Meeting Local Growers Will Speak At Craverton Meeting ssi. Annual Fruit Growers Meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, February 28th A. M,, each day. The first days pro- gram will be conducted in the Car- verton Grange Hall and the following day in the Briggsville Reformed Church. Topics for the first days program are as follows: — Orchard Fertilization and Cover Crops, Arthur Gay, Orange. Storage — George Berlew, Dallas, R. D. Marketing of U-Li-Kum Apples — W. E. Schoonover, Dallas, R. D. Disease & Insect Control — John T. Lord, Wyoming; Nelson H. Lewis, Pittston, R. D. Apples By-Products = Nonman Lewis, Exeter. Varieties Adaptable to County Conditions — E. D. Shickshinny, R. D. All Fruit Growers are invited to at- tend thest meetings, Luzerne Sutliff, FRUIT GROWERS TO MEET NEXT WEEK The meet- ings are scheduled for Tuesday, ¥eb- 28th, and Wednesday, March The first day's program will be- Annual Fruit Growers’ ruary 1st. conducted in the Carverton Grange hall and the one the following day in the Briggsville Reformed Church. The topics to he discussed by local growers will be announced later in the week, through this paper. $1200 SAVING A saving of more than $1200 in printing is announced by the Depart- ment of Public Instruction. Informa- tion on classification of public secon- dary schools and accredited private secondary schools, previously given in two separate bulletins, is combined in the new annual Pennsylvania educa- tional directory. The directory for 1933 is now in press and soon will be [Contineud on Page 4.) available for distribution. and Wednesday, March 1st, at 10:00! Township Taxpayer Issues R s Group eport On Expense Local Family Saw Zangara Attempt Murder B. P. Stroh, manager of the local office of the Commonwealth Telephone Co., and who has been spending sev- eral weeks in Florida, writes that he was right on the firig line in Miami’ the night Guiseppe Zangara took pot shots at President-elect Roosevelt and: ended up by wounding fiye other people. : Mr. Stroh says he stood about fif- ty feet from the gunman when the first shot was fired. Almost imme- diately after the first shot he heard the other shots and saw Mayor Cer- mak of Chicago topple over. With Mr. and Mrs. Stroh in Florida are Mrs. Stroh’s sister, Miss Ella Ells- worth of Shavertown and Dr. Weston of Jamestown, N. Y. Job List Shows Varied Ability | State Employment Offices Help 41,000 To Find : “wPogitionsg Nearly every known occupation is’ listed in the 302,835 applications for jobs received during 1932 by the four- teen State employment bureaus of the Department of Labor and Indus- try. 5 In the clerical and professional group, 28,213 men and 17,773 women registered for jobs. They included such professions as bank examiners, undertakers, doctors for plants and /metallurgists women were hostesses, nurses. . Among the beauticians, tea-room dietitions and ~ graduate Some of the unusual applica- tions listed women paper-hangers and women draftsmen. More than 2100 farm workers sought employment through the State offices. Not all of these could be termed ‘farm “hands” since many had reco w#§ Highly spte- ialized training in agricultural col- leges plus years of practical experi- ence, i > There was a 500 per cent. increase over 1931 in the number of building mechanics - seeking jobs. More than 40,000 building trades workers regis- | tered in 1932. The manufacturing group took in 40,316 men and 1483 women, In the transportation field about 4800 men and less than 200 women sought employment. They included railroad workers truck drivers, tele- phone operators, chauffers, ‘and sten- ographers in railroads and other Hans. portation offices. Twenty-one hundred miners regis- tered. Hotel and restaurant workers numbered 4900 men and more than 4100 women. Men in the selling field outnumbered the women more than two to one with 3100 men and about 1500 women. Twenty-eight thousand semiskilled men workers and 32,000 women reg- istered. The largest classification was that of unskilled labor which claimed about 63,000 men and 65,000 women. The casual and unclassified workers num- bered more than 14,500 men and near- ly 8000 women. These were day workers. During 1932, 41,054 persons received some employment through the offices in Allentown, Altoona, Erie, Harris- burg, Johnstown, Lancaster, Oil City, | New Castle, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, | Reading, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. largely | Girl Scouts Have Chance At Camp Novel Savings Plan Announ- ced For Girls Here Two weeks at Camp Onawandah next summer is within the reach of every Girl Scout who starts to save her dimes now, it was announced by Miss Emerald Harper, director of Wy- oming Valley Girl Scout Council, through a novel savings plan which will become operative ahout eFebru- 20th, \ Small green books containing 140 stamps are being printed for distri- bution among the Girl Scouts, with the name of each girl on her book. The stamps can be bought for ten cents each and if the scout buys all the stamps in the book she will have $14, or the expense of camp for a per- iod of two weeks. If half the stamps are purchased, she can spend one week at Onawandah. (Contineud on Page 2.) ary industrial | Due Taxes pat To $30,000 The committee selected by tax pay- ers of Dallas Township at a tax pay- ers’ meeting at the Dallas township high school, February 2nd hag inves- tigated taxation in this township; where the money comes from, where it is spent and where economies can be effected, and has drafted the follow- ing report: Thirty and one-half per cent pay none. This has been the case for th last three years. If all the taxes were collected; all the taxes could be re duced. No effort to force pagent has. been made. Here is the situation for 1932: - Total taxes (School, Road and Po Taxes) or $41,228.00 15,057. 00 56, 280. presumably be greater, | penditures are not greater, “the. on the payers will be greater, appears to be the chief problem fronting you. the power to rectify all their aie their organization. About 1200 per. sons in Dallas township who sh id pay taxes are -not doing y sent. i lowing economies have ‘been accom plished. In the schools: The tax collector's compensation was reduced 20 per cent, a reduced 99.9 per cent, Cost of transportation for children reduced 40 per cent. Janitor’s compensation reduced’ 4 per cent, ~ : 3 Reductions effecting a total sa ing: to the township on the above items © $5,800.00. Teachers salaries in the year 1932 totaled $15,461.22. ‘The teachers salaries for the year ending July 1933 will be approximately the” same as for the year 1932. In the Road Department: > Supervisor’ S compensation (fixed by the township auditor) has been re- duced 40 per cent to $3.00 per day, ni saving of $700. 00 per vear, : mately. v2 Additional saving in this depart- ment of $1,850.00 might be effected if the supervisors, who are authorized by law to fix the rate they pay fo labor, were willing to pay what the farmers in the township pay for simi- lar work. But the supervisor's have not seen fit to do this. They are pay ing 40 cents per hour instead of the prevailing rate of 30 cents. As each supervisor employs chiefly members 0 ; his own_family, self- interest, appears to stan¢ in the way of Sonor: to i the tax payers to the extent of $1, 850. 00 per year. 2 : The compensation of the Overseers of the Poor has been reduced to 25 per cent to $3.00 per day. TE ‘We find little to complain of in this department but recommend that the 5 secretary and treasurer's fee (combin. ed) should not exceed two per cent of the money paid out, not including money borrowed and repaid. Afte 3 this reduction the secretary and trea surer’s compensation would * be the’ same as that now paid by the road supervisors and would effect a sa ing of about $115.00 per year. Your attention is called to the Qebt incurred to complete our excellent Township High School” building, the unpaid balance of which is at pre- sent $50,500.00 and has. continued un- paid for six years. By May of this year unpaid taxes for 1932 and 1933 will amount to something over $30, 000.00. Those who «lo pay taxes ; have this debt to shoulder in, additio to their current taxes unless a con- siderable part of the delinquent $30, 000.00 is collected and paid on the school debt. Delinquent taxes if col lected could almost pay this debt. “There appears to be considerable sentiment in the township that prop erty on which taxes have not been paid should be sold for taxes and th large sum of money collected from the delinquents, by forceful methods if necessary, in order to maintain, fo the benefit of all, the schools -and roads and poor benefits as at present. Neglect to do this will put a premium on non-payment of taxes and redu the number who do pay to a Dp int approxi-
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