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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1933.
“No. 10. |
VOL. 43
Headlines
Of The Week
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BULLISH
‘A summary of this week's
news of international in-
terést, reviewed for Post
readers.
Pt Closed for eleven ‘days during the
national banking holiday, the stock
market opened on Tuesday in a bullish
frame of mind and recorded huge buy-
ing orders which made the high speed
ticker fall behind several times. Led
by government obligations, stocks rose
as much as six points.
RADIO
Simply, and with no effect at ora-
tory, President Roosevelt established
a precedent for president last Sunday
night when he broadcast over a na-
tional network a banking message dir-
ectly to the people of the country.
Several times during his tenure as
Governor of {New York had Roosevelt
used this method of instructing the
. citizens.
SOCIALIST
From Norman Thomas, Socialist
candidate for the Presidency last year,
came this' week praises for President
Roosevelt's handling of the banking
emergency.
QUAKE -
"For twenty years scientists looked
for an earthquake in the Los Angeles
district. Last week the fault in the
ocean floor, 137 miles South of Los
Angeles caused a collapse of the crust,
caused frequent earth tremors that
cost at least 120 lives, thousands of
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injuries and millions of dollars in pro-
perty damage.
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BLUE
Pennsylvania's Blue Laws were safe
for another two years this week. The
Schwartz bill, permitting outdoor
sports on Sundays, failed in the Sen-
"ate, 26 to 24. The House had passed
it overwhelmingly. Dejected liberals
saw little chance of resurrecting the
measure.
‘REST =
Resting in New York City, Herbert
Hoover took long morning walks with
his secretary, spoke to school boys,
patted a horse’s nose, attended the
funeral of French Strother, friend and
literary adviser.
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William . Ramsey, 92, Wilkes-
Barre, oldest of the six surviving
members of Conyngham post, G. A. R,,
celebrated his birthday anniversary at
* his home in Wilkes-Barre this week.
FIRE
A crowd in a theatre at Ahualulco,
. Mexico, sat enrapt this week watch-
ing a motion picture of a fire. Some-
one, spotting sparks from a wire in
the balcony, shouted “Fire”. The
crowd rushed for the narrow exits,
Forty-nine were killed, 125 injured.
DEAD
Dead this week was Louis Frank,
revered = member of Wilkes-Barre
school board, historian, ex-soldier,
pharmacist and cultured gentleman.
JUSTICE
" In Federal court, Judge. Johnson this
week paroled Carlton Manley, guilty
on nine counts of embezzlement; sen-
tenced to Federal Penitentiary for 15
months two vagrants charged with
passing counterfeit coins.
- UNION
The 6-hour day and 5-day week are
vital to America’s recovery, William
Green, president of American Federa-
tion of Labor, told 600 representatives
of Northeastern Pennsylvania's labor
crafts at Wilkes-Barre this week. He
deplored wage cutting, child labor,
faulty banking and predicted a return
to prosperity. >
NAZIS
More firmly entrenched than ever
were Chancellor Hitler's German Nazis
and their allies, the Nationalists, this
week as a result of a wholesale turn-
over of municipal an. communal of-
fice-holders in Prussia, comprising
two-thirds of Germany. .
PIUS
For the first time in nearly three
years, Pope Pius presided over a corn-
sistory this week and created six new
cardinals, one from this country, one
from Canada, the others in Europe.
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ZANGARA
Sentenced to die for
Mayor Anton Cermak
his killing of
of Chicago,
Guiseppe Zangara awaited the date of |
execution at the Florida prison farm
this week.
Auxiliary To Meet
Dr.
will
21. at
The Iadies’ Augyiliary of the
Henry M. Laing fire company,
meet Tuesday evening, March
the home of Mrs. Clyde Vietch, Mill
street, Dallas, at eight o'clock. All
members of the auxiliary are urged to
attend.
ren A ere
ROAST PORK SUPPER
The men and young men's classes
of Centermoreland M. E. Church Sun-
day School will hold a roast pork din-
y on Wednesday evening, March 22.
ev. Norman Clemens, pastor, King-
M. E. Church will deliver the af-
dinner address.
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One boy and one girl
are they’ll be the ones wh
Every grade school s
pete.
to the offices of The Post
writes the best letter and
mits the best letter.
All letters will be publishe
Boys And Girls! Enter This Easter
Contest And Win Free Movie Tickets
free tickets to the movies next week and the chances
this week and follow out the instructions in the Dal-
las Post - Rotary Club Letter Contest.
Contestants must write in ink not more than
150 words on the subject “Why I Like to go to The
Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt” and submit the letter
night, March 20, at 6 o’clock.
There will be two prizes, one for the boy who
Each will receive two tickets.
will be announced in next week’s issue.
in Dallas is going to win
o get right down to work
tudent is eligible to com-
not laden, than Monday
one for the girl who sub-
d in The Post and winners
cal Thespians Score
Tremendous Success
With “Circus Solly;” Firemen Gratificd
Pomona Grange
Names Officers
A. W. Rice, Master Is Guest;
Next Meeting On
June 10.
Pomona Grange, No. 44, P. of ‘H.,
of Luzerne and lower Wyoming coun-
ties met with Mountain Grange at
Carverton, filling its large hall on Sat-
urday, March 11.
A. W. Rice, ' Master of Pomona, pre-
sided. After a business meeting,
George Schuler of Berks County in-
stalled Pomona Officers at a public
| meeting.
Afternoon session entertainment was
furnished by Sullivan County Pomona, |
Master. B. F. Martin of Dushore and
Mrs. Ruth Robbins of Muncy, lectur-
er. A very interesting and entertain-
ing program was furnished, and the
Hill Traveling Gavel was presented-by
the Sullivan County Master of Pomo-
na, No. 44, Master.
On May 3, Luzerne county Pomona
will carry ther savel ‘Wyoming
county at Lacyville,
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Girl Scouts Mark
21st Anniversary
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Have Birthday Cake At Cele-
bration In High
School
Girl Scouts of Dallas celebrated the
twenty-first birthday anniversary of
the organization Tuesday night in
Dallas borough high school. Mothers
of the girls were guests.
One of the features of the program
was the cutting of a large birthday
anniversary cake on which there were
twenty-one candles representing the
years the Girl Scout organization has
been in existance. A Since there are
twenty-one girls in the olcal troop
each scout .was given the honor of
lighting one of the candles.
The meeting was called to order by
Mrs. Eugene lLazarus, captain of the
troop. This was followed with open-
ing exercises given by one of the pa-
trols.
+ Alice Davies, a member of the troop,
eave a talk on the founding of the
Girl Scout organization.
This was followed by an exhibition
in which the eirls displaved the han-
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Lecturer To Give
| Iustrated Talk
Prof. Timothy Drake To
Tell Of Visit To
Oberammergau
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Professor Timothy Drake will give
lan illustrated lecture on the Passion
{play at the evening service at Dallas
{M. E. Church on Sunday night. Prof. ]
| Drake has attended the famous pas- |
sion play at Oberammergau on four |
different occas and his address
will be illustrated with 150 beautiful
pictures of the Celebrated passion
play. Ty
The most recent performance of the |
play was given in 1930. Oberammer-
gau is a small village in the extreme
south of Germany and here once every
ten years the play is produced.
The play represents the crucifixion
and ascension of Jesus. It takes place
each Sunday during the summer on a
large wooden stage open to the sky,
and it usually lasts eight hours. The
performance was originally undertak-
en in fullfillment of a vow made in
1633 by the villagers, who thereby ex-
pressed their gratitude for the cessa-
tion of an epidemic of the plague.
At the morning service of the church
Dr. F. D. Hartsock will preach the
sermon. The services for the day have
been designated as Neighbor's Day.
The quarterly conference of the
church will be held at the parsonage
next Wednesday evening at 8. Rev.
ions
i played by Glenmore Eipper,
Crowds Applaud Skilful
Performance; Goodly
Sum Realized
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Before an audience that filled Dallas
borough high school auditorium to ca-
pacity, Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com-
pany last Thursday night presented
its musical comedy, Circus Solly.
Staged and directed by Miss Helen
Potter of the Frederick B. Ingram pro-
duction company, the play moved
along smoothly and rapidly. Little
more than a week had been used for
rehearsals and the dispatch with
which the play was produced spoke
highly of the ability of the director
and diligence of the cast.
The first act had its opening
McGinty” 9 Bort shop oR the morn-
ing “of circus ‘day. Mrs. G. K. Swartz,
playing the part of a cigar counter
1girl in McGinty's barber shop, carried
her part well as did Mrs. Harold Rood
in the part of Jane Brown a candy
girl. Ralph Rood, as Hickory Bender,
the town constible, got the laughs of
the audience with his make-up and
comedy parts. McGinty, the town bai’
ber ‘and producer of patent lotions,
was ‘played by Arthur Franklin who
appeared a bit nervous at times, but
carried his part well. Circus Solly,
was not a
strong part for a leading character
and Mr. Eipper had some difficulty in
maintaining the love interest although
he did as well as anybody could be
expected to dos in such a weak role.
The same might be said of Bud Berry,
a circus slicker, played by William
Thomas. Mr. Thomas did valient work
with probably the longest part in the
show but the part was dull and unin-
teresting and lacked a single good line
on which he might have capitalized.
Lettie Lee as Widow Willow at-
tempted to inject her own jovial per-
sonality into the part and with one or
two witty thrusts at local persons lif-
ted, the part out of mediocrity. Tina,
a, circus girl, and one of the shortest
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Band To Plave
At Easter Egg
Hunt April 15
Easter Bunny To Help Ro-
tarians Plan For
Li Hunt
IN TEREST KEEN
Plans are moving forward rapidly
sored by Dallas Rotary club to be
held, weather permitting, Saturday,
April 15, at Fernbrook Park, V. A.
Shindle, general chairman of the hunt
thas announced that arrangements have
been made to have a band on hand
to furnish music. He also announces
that the awards will be more numer-
ous than ever before and that there
will be a great increase in the num-
ber of eggs hidden.
These two announcements have stir-
red the interest of all boys and girls
in this region with the result that they
are waiting impatiently and eager for
the great day to arrive.
Beside the thousands of
aster eggs that will be hidden
throughout the park, behind trees,
under stones, back of bushes and in
jevery nook and cranny, there "will al-
so be special beautifully colored eggs
which will entitle the finders to one
of the many special prizes to be award-
ed in each one of the age classes.
Children taking part in the hunt
will be divided into three age groups
as follows; Tiny Tots up to first grade
in school; Intermediate up to sixth
grade, and an older, boys and girls
group.
regular
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No Danger Of
Epidemic Here
Kingston Township Schools
Open After Holiday;
Cases Few
Kingston township schools reopen-
ed on Tuesday morning after being
closed since Friday due to an out-
‘break of Scarlet Fever. At a meet-
ing of the boardmembers together
with Dr. G. BE. Howell, of Trucksviile
it was decided to close them. Dr. F.
W. Davison, County Medical Inspec-
tor receiyed word of the closing and
met with the Directors last Saturday
night where he explained that it was
not. necessary to close schools here as
there was no serious outbreak. Health
Officer Elmer Kerr, also was present
at the meeting and he explained that
the eases in- the township are very
mild and that there is no reason for
fear for a serious outbreak, He asks
that parents and children show-
ing symptoms of being ill, are asked
to get a family physician and have
the sickness diagnosed. In several
cases where scarlet fever has been
found, the parents resorted to home
treatment *and the officer was not no-
tified until it was too late to prevent
the spread of the disease. Up to the
time this was written there were but
9 cases in the township, all being mild
as follows:
John Gallagher, Main sticet, whose
daughter, Jean, aged 5 is ill with the
fever, K. G. Laycock, Perrin avenue,
two cases; Harold Cooke, Pioneer av-
enue, Bissell, Mt. Airy Road; W. R.
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First Team
Elston, (Lehman)
Matuskowitz (Dallas Bor.)
Hislop, (Dallas Twp.)
Woolbert, (Kingston Twp.)
Capt. (Dallas Bor.)
Right
Labar, Left
First Team
Fedor, (Dallas Boro.)
Oney, (Laketon)
Kinsman, Capt., (Lehman)
Parrish (L.ehman)
Lanico, (Dallas Twp.)
Searfoss, (Lehman)
Right
All teams were selected on the bas-
is of individual ability,
attitude toward coach and teammates,
| and the player's value to the team in
general. Each coach made a first and
second choice for each position. Two
points were allowed for a first choice,
and one point for a second choice.
This method is probably the most hon-
est and accurate one, and is used uni-
versally in selecting all-star teams.
The All Conference boy’s team are
representative of all the schools in the
League, but Lehman and Laketon have
a strangle-hold on both the first and
second of the girls’ teams.
Elston, of Lehman, was the only
man mentioned most frequently by the
coaches for the right forward posi-
tion. He received 11 points out of a
possible 12. Matuskowitz, of Dallas
Borough, nosed out Schuler, Kingston
township, by two points to cinch the
left forward berth.
Dr. Lott will preside,
There was a wide divergence of
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Position
Left Forward
“Center
Right Guard
Position
Right Forward
Left Forward
Center
‘Side Center
Left Guard
Coaches Help Post Select All-Conference
Scholastic Basketball Team For 1932-1933
“ The All- Conference Teams of the Bi- -County Schotzetic
League for the 1932-33 basketball year “as compiled by
questionnaires sent by The Dallas Post to the individual
coaches is announced as follows:
All-Conference Boys’ Team
Second Team
Schuler, Capt., (King.
Halowich, (Laketon)
Lavelle, (Dallas Bor.)
Deater, (Laketon)
MacMillian, (Beaumont)
Forward T.)
Guard
All- Conference Girls’ Team
Second Team
Halowich, (Laketon)
Lyons, (Lehman)
Smith, (Laketon)
E. Culp, (Dallas Boro.)
Allen, Capt. (Laketon)
Deater, (Laketon)
Guard
opinion among the coaches as to the
temperament, man who was best fitted to warrant
| the center position. Hislop, Dallas
[township, because of his ability to get
| the tip-off from the other centers of
, the League, and because he was a
| food pivot man, edged out Lavelle by
one point and was named as center.
‘Woolbert, Kingston township, led a
field of eight candidates by a wide
margin for the position of right guard.
Labar, Dallas borough, was ‘the
coaches -choice for left guard, and be-
cause of his natural leadership, and
thorough, instinctive knowledge of the
game, was awarded the captaincy of
the All-Conference Team.
Girls’ Team
As for the girls’ teams, the stand-
ings speak for themselves. Lancio,
Fedor, and Culp were the only candi-
dates not of Lehman or Laketon fo
break into the select All- Conference
circle,
for the annual Easter Egg Hunt spon-,
HEAVY DEPOSITS LOCALLY INDICATE CONFIDENCE
IN METHODS EMPLOYED TO MEET BANKING CRISIS
Sheep Near Here
Attacked By Dogs
Damage Estimated At $500;
Five Killed On
Payne Farm
Dogs killed five sheep on the W. T.
Payne farm in Dallas township on
Saturday night. Three of the yews
had five lambs with them and two of
those killed would have had lambs
within a few days. Although all of
the sheep were not dead when dis-
covered; some of them were so injur-
ed that they had to be killed,
Within recent months killer dogs
have destroyed sheep in Dallas town-
ship, Dallas borough and lower Wy-
oming county to the extent of about
$500. damage. In a number of in-
stances dogs have been killed after
each attack on flocks.
Among the flocks that have suffered
from attacks of dogs are those belong-
ing to Melvin Mosier and his broth-
er; W. T. Payne, Sterling Machell and
W. H. Conyngham. There have been
several attacks on the sheep in the
‘W. T. Payne flock and in one instance
pigs were killed.
Since the continued destruction of
dogs suspected of taking part in the
attacks does not prevent repetition of
the damage, residents of Dallas town-
ship are preparing a petition to the
department of agriculture to have all
dogs quarantined in Dallas township.
This means that all dogs will have to
be kept in leash or will be shot when
found running loose even when wear-
ing 1933 license tags.
On Sunday officer Leonard O'Kane
killed a mongrel police dog belonging
ship. When found the dog was cov-
ered with blood and had ‘other sus-
| picious markings which lead to the
{belief that it was one’of those respon-
sible for the killing of the Payne
sheep,
The dead sheep were appraised at
$10, apiece. This amount will be paid
from the dog tax fund to the owner
of the sheep. A further allowance is
also made the owner for disposal of
the carcasses.
Sheep Kile dogs apparently have
no interest in their-prey as food but
carry on their attacks be&tguSe of a
blood lust to kill. The greatest aa
age is done by police dogs and mon-
grel police dogs.
Laketon Trounces
Borough Quintet
Alert
League Leaders At
Friday . Game
Overconfident, and playing a slip-
shod game, Dallas borough High
School basketball team lost to Lake
township High School at Laketon, last
Friday, by a score of 25 to 23.
Deater, Elias, and Halowich, all of
Laketon, were the outstanding players
on the floor; Deater was in almost
every play, being largely responsible
for Laketon’s victory.
In the fourth quarter it seemed that
a Dallas rally would succeed, but it
was effectually and promptly snipped
in the bud by the alert and close
guarding of the Laketon team.
The game was witnessed by a size-
able contingent of Kingston township
fans. who came to see Laketon push
Kingston township into a tie with
Dallas borough, providing, of course
that Kingston township defeats Dallas
township tonight at the Meridian hall.
Laketon Vanquishes Dallas Girls
Taking the Dallas girls basketball
team into its stride, L.aketon feminine
basketball aggregation handed its bor-
ough neighbors a 36 to 19 defeat. The
Dallas forwards could not elude the
tenacious guards, while the TLaketon
forwards, Onev and Halowich, put
their team in the victory column with
clever floorwork and accurate shoot-
ing.
DALLAS TWP. P. T. A.
MEETS MONDAY NIGHT
A special program has been arrang-
ed for the monthly meeting of Dallas
township Parent-Teacher Association
at its meeting in the township school
building next Monday night at 7:30.
Jack Horner, secretary of the Boy's
Y. M. C. A, Wilkes-Barre will be the
speaker. Boys in the vocational de-
partment of the school, coached by
Donald Kester, will give a play, “Red
Beard, The Pirate.”
Those taking part in the production
will be; Melvin Mosier, ‘Arthur Kiefer,
Robert Hislop, George ‘Shultz, Frank
Edwards, Allen Montross, Joseph
Huntsinger, and Charles Girton.
A spelling contest to select the
school champion will be held among
pupils from the fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth grades.
A duet will be given by Beatrice and
Bertha Reilly.
To Celebrate Anniversary
Guests and members numbering
from seventy-five to one hundred are
expected to attend the Sixth Anniver-
sary meeting of Dallas Rotary Club to
be held Thursday night, April 6, in
Colonial Tea Room, Fernbrook. Special
music has been arranged for the af-
fair and there will also be an out- of-
town speaker. ;
to Steven Morichak of Dallas town- |
Lake Team Upsets
‘less seriously injured
Resumption Of Business :
Marked By Return of
. Confidence
First National Bank of Dallas re-
ported an extremely busy day Wed-
nesday, the first day that institution
had been open for regular business
since the National Bank holiday de-
clared by President Roosevelt.
Deposits far exceeded withdrawals
as they have done for many years and
were far in excess of the usual de-
posits on regular banking days. In
order to take care of the additional
business the bank employed extra help
and clerks worked late in the day to
complete the day’s banking records. :
Officials reported that gold deposits
amounting to about $500 were receiv-
ed. About half of this. amount was in
coin and the remainder in gold certi-
ficates. Commenting on the gold de-
posits, W. B. Jeter, cashier, said the
bank seldom receives any volume Of
gold during the daily transactions and
the gold deposits on Wednesday came
as somewhat of a surprise. On Thurs-
day the bank received one old style $50
gold certificate, >
That the people of Dallas and sur-
rounding territory have confidence in
their local bank and had confidence
prior to the banking holiday is shown
by the record of deposits during the
past three months. In December av-
erage deposits were $354,000. In Janu-
ary they were $360,000 and during
February they stood at $370,000. ue
Mr. Jeter said there are very few =
changes in regular banking proceedure
now than there were before the bank-
ing holiday. The major changes are
that records must be kebt of gold and
gold certificate transactions and all
gold must be segregated. The other
change is that withdrawals may be
somewhat curtailer if bank Officials
think that the money being withdrawn
is being withdrawn for hoarding or
through fear rather than for commer-
cial purposes. Where there is any
doubt the person withdrawing will be
required to give an affidavit showing
for what purpose the money is to be
used, :
County Situation Dn
Throughout Luzerne county this
week as banks were opened according :
to the schedule outlined by President
Roosevelt, deposits exceeded with-
drawals. Bank officials expressed
themselves as gratified with the con.
fidence displayed by depositors and re-
ported that the resumption of normal
business had been accomplished quiwi-
ly and without unusual happenings.
Large quantities of gold certificates
were returned to Luzerne county bank-
ing institutions, many of them of the
old, large-sized type, which, evident-
ly, had been taken from hiding as a
patriotic gesture toward helping the;
country out of its financial crisis.
There were a number of amusing in-
cidents attendant to the end of the
ankihg holiday and many inspiring
examples of loyalty to President
Roosevelt. ‘One banker estimated at
least $25,000 has been removed from
safety deposit vaults and deposited oI -
Wednesday. ¢ A
At one bank a young man asked for
“gold seals” for his money. Question-
ing uncovered the information that the
young man understood his money was 3
worthless unless it had a gold seal on
it. :
All banks were prepared for enlers” :
gencies but no complaints or unusual
requests were received and the holi-
day ended with surprisingly little con-
fusion. It is believed President Roose-
velt's simple address by radio on Sun-
day night helped considerably to es-
tablish the confidence which was di
rlayed on the opening days.
Girl Victim Of x !
Auto Accident
Wesley Moore Posts Bond;
Injured Man Is
Recovering
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Celia McCartin, aged 21, of Bdwards-
ville was injured fatally and her com-
anion William Wherry of Trucksville
early Sunday
morning “when they were run down
in front of Hillside Inn at Hillside
by an automobile driven by Wesley
Moore of Dallas.
Miss McCartin suffered a fractured
skull and multiple head, body and leg
injuries which resulted in her death at
12:20 a. m., Sunday in Nesbitt West
Side hospital. Wherry ig still in that
institution where he will recover,
Wherry and Miss McCartin had just
left Hillside Inn to cross the Lauzerne-
Trucksville highway on their way to
board a car of the Wilkes-Barre trac-
tion company at the Hillside station.
They had a clear view in both direc-
tions of the highway and there was
no other car approaching except the
Moore machine. They apparently be-
came dazed by the headlights and de-
liberately stepped in ‘front of the on-
coming motor car.
Harold Iloyd, Kingston township
constable, said he was rounding the
curve west of the Huntsville intersec-
tion when he heard the crash. When
he reached the scene he said he found
the man and woman sprawled on the
highway. He said Moore's automobile
was disabled with the radiator pushed
back over the engine, :
Constable Lloyd had the man and
woman placed “in his automobite and
taken to the hospital while he remain-
ed on duty to direct traffic. Later he
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