A POST AD INEXPENSIVE AND IT PAYS IS FOR ATTRACTIVE POLITICAL CARDS CALL DALLAS 300 VOL. 43 \ eadlines Of The Week § HH 3 news of international hs terest, reviewed for Post readers. ‘ CARNERA Booked to fight Jack Renault, old- time Northwestern Mounted Police- man, Primo ‘Carnera, world’s heavy- weight champion boxer, ambled in- stead through two two-round bouts with his sparring partners, tickled a big crowd at Kingston Armory. HOOEY In New York to finance his new pa- per. American Progress. Senator Huey Long of Louisiana declared President Roosevelt had ‘stolen his thunder.” “The trouble is” said Huey’ ‘“Roose- _ welt hasn't taken all of my ideas: just part of them. I'm about 100 wards ahead of him. We're on th~ same road. but I'm here and he's there.” WEB Held in a web woven by two spiders, an eight-inch snake was fighting a los- ing battle this week against its ad- wversaries. The snake, weakened from lack of food and its struggles, was found in the web in a private garden at Harvey, IIL PRINCE Married last week, Princess don Ca- ravita, formerly Janet Snowden, heir- ess to oil millions, parted from her Princely husband on Tuesday, the fifth day of their mariage. “If I married him for spite, not for love. I surely did as foolish an act as a girl could do. - I'm hegrtbroken with grief,” CREDIT As a means of helping business con- cerns forced to increase payrolls be- cause of th NRA, Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administrator. this week moved to pump credit into business channels through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Federal Reserve System, ro 170 RATTLESNAKE In Ireland, from which St. Patrick is reputed to have chased the snakes, a new product was displayed this week, canned rattlesnake from Amer- ica. Exhibited at the Dublin Herse Show, the meat puzzled Irishmen, who guessed it was salmon. LAST NIGHT At the Venice Ship Club in Venice, © Cal, where Jean Malin, 25, famous female impersonator was closing an engagement, an electric sign blinked: “Last Night Of Jean Malin.” After his program, Malin drove away, accident- ally backed his automobile off a pier into the sea, was drowned. MEDAL From President von Hindenburg of Germany, Dr. William Francis Beer, Salt Lake City, this week received the German Red Cross Medal because he performed 300 successful operations on interned Germans during the War. [He was, the first U. S. citizen to be deco-\ rated by Germany for wartime ser- vices. $500,000 Colyumist Walter Winchell was da- maged to the extent of $500,000 when he was struck and felled by Al Jolson, mammy-singer, in Hollywood last month. Winchell entered suit for that amount this week. FRIENDS To four friends who paid a $500 re- pair bill for him after he cracked up in Chickawha, Okla. while preparing for his round-the-world flight, Flyer ‘Wiley Post gave checks for twice that sum. BOOK A best-seller this week was Mellon's Millions, a biography of Andrew Wil- liam Mellon, one-time Secretary of the Treasurer. Said Mr, Mellon, indignant- ly, “I have tried to read ... Mellon's Millions. It attributes to me and to other members of my family a fortune of such fantastic and imaginary pro- portions as to be senseless...” HONOR Back at Orbatello, whence it had set out last month, General's Balbo’s Ita- lian Armada, feted by Mussolini, the King and the populace, expressed only one wish. Said the General: “I hope that as recompense for what we have accomplished, you will some day honor us by asking for our lives for Italy.” CANDIDATE ‘ Eighty years old, “General” Jacob Sechler Coxey, who led the famed army of unemployed to Washington in 1894. will seek the Republican nom- nation for U. S. Senator from his home in Massillion, O. “At 80, I'm just begin- ning” said he. He is now mayor of Massillion, HEALTH Fearful for General Johnson's health President Roosevelt had to command him to get a night's sleep when he flew to Hyde Park fortnight ago. Gen- eral Johnson, despite two months of the hardest work, was beginning to get his second wind, but his eyes were swollen by lack of sleep, his temper was running short, he was nervous. The fatherly New York Times advised him to “ease up a bit.” REPEAL With only 14 more states needed to ratify the twenty-fifth or Repealing Amendment. possibility that the Eigh- teenth Amendment will be voted out af the Constitution within the next 78 days was voiced this week. Missouri swung into the repeal column last Sa- turday, Texas will vote next Saturday. Rain-Swollen Stream Takes Child’s Life Kunkle Residents Search -For Body of Nancy Shupp, Aged 2 FALLS FROM BRID Late last night Yikes or Goumte re- sidents were searchit® Tor the body of Nancy Shupp. aged 2. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shupp of Kunkle. who is believed to have been drowned in the swollen waters of a creek which | flows’ near her home. The little girl. with several compan- ions, were playing near the stream. a tributary of Harvey's Lake, yesterday afternoon about 3 when. according to reports. she slipped from a narrow bridge across it and toppled into the swift waters. An alarm was sounded and friends of the family immediately began searching for the body. Nets were thrown across the creek. which is nor- mally quite shallow. and a constant watch was kept. Dallas Shares In State School Fund Deduction Made For Fail- “ure To Pay Retire- ment Quota Though it was announced that the amount due the State for the bor- ough’s share of the teacher's retire- ment fund had been deducted from that amount sent the borough under the Edmond’s Act this week. local officials of Dallas School Board be- lieved there has beet some misunder- standing at Harrisburg, James Besecker, secretary of the lo- cal school ‘board. said he_believed the State made a mistake in figuring the amount of the local board's share in the State fund because. although the State announced it had made a deduc- tion, the , amount received here was more than it has been in the past. He has written to Harrisburg to re- quest an explanation. Amounts due school district in Lu- zerne county were announced this week. Deductions were made on the accounts of ‘Avoca, Pittston, Sugar Notch and Warrior Run. According to the State Law, the teachers pay one-half toward the re- tirement fund, the State and district pay one-quarter each. The amount Dallas Borough received was $3,226.86. Dallas Township received $3,972.16 and Kingston Township received $8,578.65. Amounts due other communities in this section are: Hunlock Township........ $1,867.90 Lake. Township........... 3,452.50 Lehman Township........ 3,749.80 Returns Fugitives Nine fugatives from justice were ordered ‘returned to other states in July on requisitions from their gover- nors, while eight fugatives were brought back for trial on requisitions issued by this State, records in the commission bureau, Department of State show. MRS. W. L. TRACY AMONG CELEBRITIES AT WORLD PREMIERE Although” her son. Lee Tracy, was absent. Mrs. W. L. Tracy of Shavertown was among the celebrities who attended the world premiere of “Dinner at Eight” at the Astor Theatre in New York City on Wednesday night and was among those who spoke briefly during the radio description of the gala event. Along with Major Bowes. James Dunn. Lou Holtz. Helen Hayes. Tallulah Bankhead, Cliff Edwards and other stars of -stage and screen the local wo- man expressed brieflv her plea- sure at being present at the spectacultr event and regret that her son, Lee, was unable to at- tend. Mr. Tracy was one of the stars of “Dinner at Eight.” Play Tournament To Be Held Soon Dallas Groups Invited To Enter In State- Wide Contest reimet 7 Sufficient replies have been received from interested rural groups to war- rant going ahead with plans for the Annual Luzerne County Rural One- Act Play Contest, EE to Hutchinson. ; Luzerne is one of the 42 Pe 8) vania counties that are prepa ring participate in a state-wide elimination leading up to the finals which are held | sylvania Farm Show, Last year approximately 250 com- munities and 1,500 individuals were entered in this impressive demonstra- tion of rural talent, and indications point to an even larger participation this year. Groups that have taken Sart in pre- vious years point out that while- there is real enjoyment for participants and spectators, yet of even greater Im- portance is that this experience is a real step in education. It teaches some of the fundamentals in community leadership and illustrates the value of developing local community enter- prises. Most of the player groups are using first-rate plays; some of them selecting classic vehicles usually at- tempted only by experienced amateurs. This enterprise is under the general guidance of the Luzerne County Agri- cultural Extention Association and is one phase of the program in rural re- creation. The Extention Association will fur- nish more detailed information to any organization representative or inte- rested individual on request to their office at Rear 84 Scott St, Wilkes- Barre, Pa. Delinquent Taxes Are Being Paid Harold Wagner. who is a member of the delinquent tax committee of Dallas Borough Taxpayers’ association. announces that more than $1.009. in delinquent borough taxes has been paid in at the County Commissioner's office at Luzerne County Court house - this amount more than $400 in delin- quent taxes has been paid in during the past two weeks by two taxpayers making a total of about $1400 paid in since the first of June. 4 State Fairs p ‘With 47 exhibitions on the preliminary list, September easily qualifies as the “fair month in Pennsylvania, according to the State Department of Agri- culture. The locations and tentative dates for the fairs during the month have been reported to the Department as follows: «esse Stoneboro town and who was one of the engineers ‘|Conyngham township water case, dis- in January as a feature of the Penl:imaing use since the first of June. In addition to!) my or New Wells Would Assure Adequate Water Supply C. L. Hartwell Analyzes Water Situation For Taxpayers’ Group” as can secure an adequate water supply for household consumption. fire protection and sewage disposal only through the construction of a nearby reservoir and drillimg of new wells is the opinion of C. L. Hartwell. engineer, who addressed the meeting of Dallas Taxpayers’ Association on Monday night in the high school audtiorium. Mr Hartwell. whose home is Shaver- appointed bv the court in the recent cussed the water situation here at length taking into account the present water supply. tonographv of the region and the needs of the present and fu- ture.- He was introduced bv Cant. C. N. Booth at whose invitation he attended tis meeting. which was attended by local citizens and many from sur- rounding communities who are inte- rested in’ an adequate and pure water supply. Present Sources Present sources for Dallas borough. said Mr. Hartwell. are wells and re- ervoirs, There are three main wells Spencer and Parrish. the ‘proper attentio- these wells can furnish a pure supply of water, | (but under no condition are they ade- | use and fire piotection. The water gd throughout Dallas include. Some which were laid as lon time. According to government figures the average life of a water main is | about thirty years. Population Needs ‘According to the 1930 census Dallas had a population of 1.188 persons. Wa- ter companies figure that an everage of fortv gallons of water a day is the requirement of every person for do- mestic comsumotion only. This means that Dallas must have 48.000 gallons of water a dav. Any n'an for the im- prove~ant of the water supply should be taken isto account the needs of the that time. accordiaz to ~overmental | figures, Dallas will have ~- estimated population of 2.800. because of the ra- pidly erow nature of the community | the ponulation will pr~*-blv be far in excess of this figure and the need for a =reater water --—pply will be much greater than it is todav In order to receive anv reduction in fire insurance rates a community the size of Dallas must have a reservoir capable of fur- nishing 1.000 gallons a minute for a five hour fire. before the underwriters will recognize it. This means a storage with a capacity of 300.000 gallons. Available ‘Sources of Supply Because of the elevation of Dallas the possibilities of piping water from nearby lakes or reservoirs are remote and expensive. The sea level of Dallas is higher than Huntsville, Harvey's Lake and Ryman’s Pond. North Mountain is the nearest place where a reservoir can be constructed to run water into Dallas by gravity. Since the distance is about ten miles the cost of such a project would be prohibitive. The quantity of water about Dallas as well ‘as the quality is very good and additional wells can be drilled and re- servoirs constructed at moderate ex- pense. : Suggested Solution Mr. Hartwell believes that the so- lution to the present water situation lies in the deveropement of new wells in the immediate region of Dallas with installation of pumps and the con- struction of a storage reservoir in the Parrish section of the borough. Bring- ing into play his experience with the Conyngham township water situation, Mr. Hartwell said that township con- structed a 100,000 gallon storage re- servoir at a cost of $5.600. He believes a storage reservoir which would meet the needs of Dallas would cost about $12.000. Construction of such a reser- voir with replacement of certain water mains and drilling of additional wells with the installation of pumps would furnish Dallas with an adequate and pure water supply for vears to come. eneral Discussion talk a committee of women who had recently visited the ‘Spencer well re- ported that they found the reservoir in anything but a sanitary condition. They reported disagreeable odors ema- nating from it and the general sur- roundings dirty and poorly kept. The belief was also expressed that the water supply was responsible for the illness and attacks . of dysentery among. children of the community dur- ing recent weeks. Priest Returns To Tunkhannock Wilkes-Barre Monsignor Celebrates Mass In Home Town Monsignor J. J. Kowalewski, pastor of St. Mary’s Polish church in Wilkes- Barre, who came to this country fifty vears ago and celebrated his first mass twenty-five years ago, went back to Tunkhannock, his adopted home town, this week to be welcomed by Catholics and non-Catholics. Monsign- or Kowalewski is the only person from Tunkhannock ever to become a Reman Catholic priest. Even the 800 chairs on the grounds in front of the Blessed Virgin Church were not enough and about 200 per- sons stood during the celebration of the mass and sermon. Speakers ex- tolled the ambition and accomplish- MEYTCeT «+ +visis ss vrnensainassase SLONCDOLO +. ever vtnrnsasines «Sept. 1, 2, and 4 JerferBOn ©. canis seni sn ieaies Brooksville. i vc ease Sept. 4-9 Montgomery vevassssnsssosss Halve i adie vets sa intaiein Sept. 4-9 Schuykill ..vvevesninveeiens, Pottsville vv. viii sivas Sept. 4-7 MeRKean i Sica see vires Smethford vi divine +s Sept. 4-7 Bedford Ts ahaa ie et tate Bedford i. . 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I quate to furnish water for domestic |P s forty tw W community for the next thirty vears by {° At the conclusion of Mr.Hartwell’s | WEEK’S RAINFALL AVERAGES GREATER THAQJ INCH DAILY The. rainfall in this section had passed the five inch mark at noon yesterday and was still pouring down. Obe Skeling and Leonard Ide, - who keep a record at the Hunts- ville filter plant. reported that 5.08 inches of rain had fallen when the record was taken ves- terday morning. The readings taken at the plant follows: a—t Monday ..... .8 inches Tuesdav ..... 1.28 inches Wednesday ..1.95 inches Thurs. (a.m.) 1.05 inches Public Service Man Will Speak Tuesday Possibilities, for the solution of the water situation in Dallas borough and surrounding communities, will be dis-. cussed by Engineer Curry of the Penn- Sylvania Public Service Commission Tuesday night at a meeting of Dallas | Borough Taxpayers’ association in the High school auditorium. The meeting for Monday night has been postponed to Tuesday night so that all may have s= opportunity to hear Mr. Curry. Borough council has been invited to be present. and delega- tions for Dallas township. Shavertown Improvement Association and Trucks- ille invitations to be is likewise mvited situation = and unusual fury which rode Eastward early this week on the wings of an ocean gale left Wyoming Valley Back Mountain Region drenched last night after four days of almost constant downpour. came reports of hardships caused b: the most severe rain of the vear and one of the heaviest remembered » local persons. Streams overflowed the: banks to flood highways and meadow: train and street cars were running be- hind schedule. corn and late oat crops were damaged and wet roads pre- sented a problem for motorists. [samme may find difficult to Sry Th Four-Day Rain ~~ Drenches Back Mountain Area Creeks Overflow, Trains Late, Crops Damaged, Roads Hazardous RECORD RAINFALL A rainstorm of tropical proportions thoroughly From every section of the county _. Though damage throughout this sec tion was great there was somethin for which to be thankful in the fact that the storm had spent most of its fury before it reached this far inland. Preceded by general warnings the gale lashed wildly along the seacoast fro New England to Hatteras. leavin eightymile wind which was respon- sible for the majority of the damage exhausted itself before it reached here. Crops in this vicinity were spar: reater damage because of this lack o: serious damage to local hit in many cases the rain woul ficial, be bencs wnpour and to the late oats. which two vears by ti new mains and € time little has been done in: improvements to the water cent to keep it in operatio —_— Thieves Drink Beer: ‘Steal Collection Thieves who could in prosperous times rely upon -some degree of spe- cialization in their chosen field. have been forced by economic conditions to branch out in other fields relying on {their versality to eke out a pre- carious existence in their chosen line of endeavor. Evidence of this was brought out this week when, somebody stole the colection at the Methodist church; later the saras-ewidne they broke in a building on the Adelman property. where firemen have. been storing merchandise left over from their carnival, and drank up a case of | beer as well as taking several boxes reels. No doubt about it. Dallas thieves reels. Nn doubt about it. Dallas thieves are clever. List Firms Under NRA On Honor Roll Although many business firms have enroller under the Blue Eagle of NRA. all of them are not vet published on the bulletin boards in local postoffices. These will be published as soon as re- turns are received from Washington ! by the local postoffices. Members of NRA in this region are: Dallas. First National Bank, The Grand Un- ion Company. American Stors. Atlan- tic & Pacific Stores, Devens Milling Company, The Dallas Post, John Isaacs, Anthony Farber, Gerald Frantz, Public Dog Kennels, C. A. Frantz, Mrs. P. J. Ritter, G. A. A. Kuehn, Robert Mooore. Dallas Thrift and Loan. Meri- ian Restaurant, Fred J. Eck, Alfred Ray. ET Shavertown Evergreen Cemetery Association. irent yesterday as it tore at bridges and washed tion -master mobile, The’ car | be rescued later : caped unharmed. Sixty children from Home for Friendless Children, their ten. chaperones and guides. wi brought through here from 'Noxen thi morning after flood waters of Bow Creek had: swept dangerously: close to the house owned by A. L. Stull of i derson and in which the children we vacationing. ; The chaperones. became alarmed on Wednesday night when the house was first threatened. Arrangements. were made early yesterday to hive children taken to Wilkes- “Barre freight train which was ready to I Noxen. Toby's Creek, Yisually of harmless porportions. became a minature loose banks and swept over its b. into adieining lowlands. At Fernb. the creek had overflowed into the fi Luzerne several acres of lowland covered with muddv water. ~~ The overflow from Bowman's | at Noxen made ‘it impossible for morning train to use the Bowm; Creek branch and it was routed alo the main line. A train from Noxe which started from this side of the washout. carried passengers 0 Wilkes-Barre yesterday morning. Mai from Wilkes-Barre. usually here a Ou 9 a. m. was several hours late ) day morning and was brought here by truck. Highways were especially treache near Kunkle. At many other there were miniature floods to h can motorists. ing shortly before eight causing con- siderable excitement. The wire, a 1 of Luzerne County Gas & Electric iy was repaired promptly and service a Gosert’s Store. Lewis Button. Shaver- town Company, S. J. Woolbert, Bush's Garage, H. H. Patton, H. L. Still, Cob- leigh Brothers, Herbert Hill, Atlantic & Pacific Stores, American Stores, Herman S. Van Campen. Board Announces School Registration Registration of first grade pupils who woll attend - Dallas borough schools during the next term will be held Tuesday afternoon. August 29 at 4 p. m. at the high school building. Parents are requested to enroll their children at that time and to present certificates of successful vacination for all first grade children who plan to en- roll. The 1933-34 school term will start September 5 at 8:30 a. m. The advance registration day has been set this year for first grade studénts so’ that there will be no delay on the opening. day and so .that there will be more time to discuss problems with parents. restored. fay Majority of the cellars in Dallas and vicinity were flooded and property da- mage as a result was believed to ha been heavy. Scores of minor automobile accidents occured along the main highway but no serious crashes or persona, juries were reported. At Towanda four persons narrows escaped death when the sedan which they were riding was maroor on the highway when Towanda C suddenly overflowed. One of the occu- pants reached higher ground hut & were forced to, cling to the top o sedan until rescuers ‘could reach i State Highway Department employ: ees remained on duty all night read: to clear local routes of landslides. Tae were called to clear East End High- way at Hairpin Curve. near Wilke Barre, and the route between Hunlock Creek and Shickshinny., where stone: and dirt slid from the mountainside No serious slides were reported Dallas but cataracts of rainwaf which tumbled down .slopes along main highway between Luzerne and Dellas carried a constant threat fo motorists below. Luzerne County, one of the most mountainous areas in Pennsylvania and once one of the most heavily tim- bered, now has only eleven acres of forest owned by the State, with only two counties, Clarion and Forest, rank- ing below Luzerne. The figure does not apply to wooded areas but to those sections which have been held or acquired by the State. Potter County leads with more than a ranks second, Lycoming, third. Recent acquisitions of woodlands Once Great, County 8 Forest quarter-million acres. Clinton County | have brought the area of the - sylvania State Forests up to 1,64¢ first purchase in 1897. “The pr ac Beye has been ecquired during the thirty-six years at an avera ih of $2.43 per acre. The max price allowed by State law is 310 acre. Some of the State holdings in ne counties follow: ‘ Lackawanna, Sullivan, 38,885; zerne, 11 acres. 5,274; Pike, Wyoming, 1, w TM; L
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