a Br baloney dollars” ~. crime, Governor James Rolph, DEPART attracting. * hs. wife to save his life. AT LAST WE'RE ON OUR WAY! AMERICA MOVES ~ More Than A Nessa, A Community Institution 7 ost, | 7 GIVE THE NEW DEAL A SQUARE DEAL 1 VOL. 43 Headlines Of The Week A summary of this week's news of international in- terest, reviewed for Post readers. GOLD ‘When Al ‘Smith flat-footedly opposed ‘President Roosevelt's monetary plan with an editorial in which he said he ‘was ‘for gold dollars as against he could not have foreseen the potent enemies he was First, Senator Borah ridi- culed Smith's lack of a better plan, then Father (Charles Coughlin, radio priest, told his listeners that Smith was ‘content to squint toward the fu- ture with his face turned toward the! past.” * v * LYNCHERS Like most Americans who considered the lynching of the Brooke Hart kid- nappers fair punishment for their Jr., of California, in whose state the kidnap- ‘ping and lynching took place, approved. He considered the lynching “a fine lesson to the nation”, promised blanket pardons for the lynchers, if they are identified. : . * a Bound for Washington after delving “jnto the complexities of Wyoming Val- © ley’s mine labor troubles, the govern- ment’s fact-finding commission wearily ‘left Wilkes-Barre on Monday night. They will report their investigation of grievances, then return for more facts. a . DEATH Unlike Thurmond and Holmes, who - were mob-lynched for their murderous tendencies, Anthony Tetrosky and Frank Stabinski, who climaxed their criminal careers with the murder of Mary Malinowski at Wilkes-Barre a year ago, still lived this week. Under sentence to die in the. electric chair, they were refused a new trial by the Supreme Court, planned a petition to the Governor for a respite. GERMS A thief stole a physician's kit bag from an automobile at Glen Cove, L. L, on Monday. Within thirty minutes, Dr. George Zuccalo, owner of the bag, le notified police that it contained mil- lions of deadly typhoid germs, enough to plunge an entire county into an epidemic. An alarm was broadcast asking the thief to destroy the bag immediately. [ ° * MINERS Thirty-five thousand unemployed ‘miners must be absorbed by other in- dustries if future strikes and flare-ups are to be eliminated locally, said Howard Strong, secretary of Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce, this week. The industry, which once em- ployed 170,000 workers; Dow supplies work for half that Suber. . WORK & To make good news travel summons to work for men who will have jobs on the numerous Civic Works projects throughout this region were delivered to 410 homes in Wilkes- Barre by city policemen. So 410 men, who would not have received the order until late afternoon, were able to 80 to work early in the morning. * CONFESSION. In an on-again, off-again, on-again investigation, police investigating the murder of Rheta Wynekoop at Chicago first heard Dr. Alice Wynekoop, 62, Rheta’s mother-in-law, confess, then heard Mrs. Wynekoop's son, Rheta's husband, insist that he had been the murderer, then heard Dr. Wynekoop repudiate her confession. The State moved swiftly to prosecute the doctor and her son. 3 ss 8s @ SPIDER Experimenting with the poison of the “black widow” which kills rats, mice, guinea pigs, Professor Allan W. Blair 33, permitted a spider to bite his tittle finger. A sharp pain shot through his hand, spread to his shoul- der; violent abdominal cramps doubled him up, gasping with pain, Professor Blair insisted on having his heart action recorded before he would allow Two days in the hospital gave him time to reflect on the "Black Widow's” virulency. . * * AVIATORS ° Five months ago two French avia- tors, Gate and Constant-Bree, flying along the West African coast, vanished. When Portuguese soldiers searched the interior, Pilot Gate's wife accompani- ed them, returned this week with the horrid news that black cannibals had caught, butchered cooked and eaten the men in a drunken orgy. faster, | THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1; 1933. PTA Cot Wins Victory In Play Tournament Here To Represent County In District Contest At Benton, Dec. 8. TWO SELECTED The. dramatic group representing Dallas Township Parent-Teacher As- sociation in the Luzerne County Rural Play Tournament at Trucksville High School on Tuesday night was one of the two entries selected to represent’ the county in the district contests in the high school at Benton on Friday night, December 9. The PTA group, with the group from the Bloomingdale Grange, was selected after a series of preliminary tournaments in which about ten groups from all over Luzerne County had competed. At the competition at Ben- ton, judges will select the winner to represent the Northeastern District in the State tournament at Harrisburg next Januay. rd Members of the cast of the play “Not Quite Such A Goose,” which won first place for the 'local group are: Mrs. Loretta Cooke, Mrs. Bell; Willard Lauderbach, Albert Bell; Mary Jane Stahlman, Sylvia Bell; Walter Lewin, Philip Flick; Marie Woolbert, Hazel Henderson, The Bloomingdale Grange presented “D 298” with the following cast: Rus- sell ‘Culvers, Billy; Mrs. Paul Crockett, May; Mrs. Arthur Seward, Miss Pratt; Richard Sutliff, Mr. Ebbs. The Kingston High School orchestra played and several members of the dramatic groups entertained. Russell Culvers and Mrs. Paul Crockett played a guitar selection and Little Miss Carr ‘gave a tap dance. ; _ Other groups competing: Memorial Class of the M. E. Church at East Dallas presenting “Good Girl in the Kitchen.” Blanche Love, “Yennie Yenson;” Rozilla Carlin, “Mrs. Jen- nings;” Beatrice Ross, “Julia Jennings” Beulah Brace “Josie Jennings”; Helen Bush, “Samanthy Jones”. Hazel Hilde- brandt, “Mandy White”; Freda Hugh- vy, “Mrs, Smith.” Huntington Grange, presenting “Sunset”. R. B. Ridall as “Mr. Rivers”; Carleton Ridall, “Lawrence. Leigh"; Alexander Ridall, “Azariah ‘Stodd;” Ethel, Line, ‘Aunt Drusilla;” Mrs. Ethel Dinger, = “Lois Rivers;” Doris Norman, “Joan Jasper.” The climax in the preliminaries were reached last Friday night when the winners in the (North District was sel- ected. The PTA group and the entry from Bast Dallas Church were tied for the honors so both competed wat the finals in Trucksville on Tuesday night. BOROUGH'S ATHLETES HOLD DANCE TONIGHT Dallas Athletic Association will spon- sor an informal dance to be held in the borough high school auditorium to- night. Music will be furnished by Terry's Orchestra, and ‘it is expected that a large crowd will be present. Proceeds of the dance will be applied to a fund from which expenses of the Athletic Association will be paid. EDDINGER SCORES AS 109th POLO PLAYER st co, Adolph Eddinger of Kingston Town- ship is one of the mainsprings of the 109th Field Artillery polo team which will begin its regular season soon. In the preliminary games which have been played by the squad, [Mr. Eddinger has won a reputation for his hard and clever riding. i ni il Old Resident Dies : / Mrs. Mary Woolbert, aged 73,-dt6d at the home of her daughtef, Mrs, Frank Garrahan, on Wednesday morn- ing, Funeral services will be on Fri- day afternoon at 2 with interment in Warden Cemetery. Mrs, Josephine Risley / Passes Away At Savro Mrs. Josephine Risley, 85, mother of W. B. Risley of Dallas, passed away at her home at Sayre on Monday at 1:30 after a lingering illness, Mrs. Risley was beloved by a number of persons throughout this section who knew her. Mr, and Mrs. Risley, accompanied by their son, Howard Risley, attended the funeral services yesterday at Sayre. LOWER STREET CAR RATE TO BE EFFECTIVE ON DECEMBER 15th The reduction in the cash street car rate between Wilkes-Barre and Dallas will become <effective December 15, it was announced this week. Through the rezoning of the route between Dallas and Wilkes-Barre, street car riders will pay only twenty- four cents cash fare, instead of the thirty-two cent fare in ‘effect now. The price for tickets will be the same, twenty cents, and tickets will be placed on sale at convenient locations, The reduction follows the Public Service Commission's approval of the petition filed by Wilkes-Barre Railway Corp., asking for permission to lower Ei Sali the fare on this branch. The reduction is a victory for the Dallas Borough Taxpayers’ Association, which sponsor- ed the movement for a lower rate, ' Although the mew zones give Dallas residents the benefit of a lower fare, the rezoning does not reduce the fare paid by Shavertown residents riding into the city and it is expected a lower rate will be sought by that group. Officials of the local taxpayers’ group expressed their gratefulness to J. B. Potter, general manager of the trac- tion company, for the cooperation he gave ‘in satisfying the demands of the local group. SRR LE Ga py aE 15,000 GO BACK TO SCHOOL DESKS AS RESULT OF NRA Return to schools of approxi- mately 15,000 boys and girls be- cause of NRA codes barring children under 16 from industry has been accomplished in Penn- sylvania with.a minimum of dif- ficulty, Dr. James N. Rule, su- perintendent ‘of Public Instruc- tion, reported this week. Since the opening of schools in ‘September these children, who otherwise would have been working and attending school only about eight hours a week, are in schools on full time. The additional teaching bur- den has been absorbed mostly by those formerly engaged in con- tinuation work. Irem Clubhouse’ Sports Expected Te Bring - Hundreds Here During Next Three Months a Instead of closing its Clie at the end of the golf season, Irem Coun- try Club has announced that the club- house here will remain open during the winter for members of the Temple, their families and friends. Tobogganing, coasting, skiing and skating will be available when weather permits and it is expected the club will be a center for the lovers of winter sports. The clubhouse, as during the other seasons, will be available for dinners, luncheons, bridge and other social functions. Preparations for the holiday season are under way with either a dance or cards after midnight on Chistmas’ Eve, as well as entertainment, dinner and dancing on New Year's Eve. Firemen Ask For Citizen’s Help Meet $200 Equipment Note By Dec. 16 tim Notified by Hamburg Bank & Trust Co. of Hamburg, Pa., that the note for $200 on new equipment, due on Decem- ber 16, must be met, members of Trucksville Volunteer Fire Company this week asked for immediate pay- ment of pledges from as many citizens as are able. The amount can be raised, the fires men believe, if those who have not paid their $4 pledges will do so. Cards were mailed last May to each owner and tenant of a home in the fire dis- trict, asking for a donation of $4, pay- able in $1 installments on May 1, Au- 1gust 1, November 1, and February 1. To date, less than one-half have made payments and inasmuch as the third payment is now due, the fire company requests all those who have received these cards to make their payments to a solicitor when he calis or at Leonard's Store, Carverton Road, before Friday, December 15. The fire company needs the help of the citizens’ particularly now in order to meet the payments and it is ex- pected there will be a united response to the plea. Open All Winter Trucksville “Company Must Tracy, Back In ~ Hollywood, Gets 14 Stage Offers Local Picture Star Sure Of Job Despite Loss Of MGM Contract DEFENDED BY FRIENDS Lee Tracy of Shavertown whose five year contract with Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer was cancelled last week was a result of Tracy’s now famous Mexican window ledge episode, will have no difficulty finding a new job. : - Fourteen offers to return to the stage and two motion picture contracts have already been tendered to the former local star, it was reported on good au- thority this week. Variety, theatrical newspaper, quoted: Tracy as declaring he has received the fourteen stage: offers, but none from another film concern, but Mrs. W. L, Tracy of Shavertown, mother of the star, said she had received word that Lec had received two _motion picture ‘offers. Tracy returned to Hollywood this week insisting that the incident which drew the ire of Mexican officials was a great msunderstanding. It was understood in Hollywood that MGM’s action was an invocation of the Hay’s morality clause and although Will Hays has taken no stand in the matter it is understood that he sanc- tioned. MGM’s move against Tracy, whose contract had three more yearly options. S The Mexican incident played havoc with the staff and cast on “Viva Villa” the picture Tracy was making, Dir- ectors were, changed, Donald Cook replaced Donald Reed and Dorothy Burgess will go in for Mona Maris. After considering Leo Carrilo, Charles Butterworth, Stuart Erwin, Wallace Ford and Lynn Overman for Tracy's role, Only members of the cast to re- main were Wallace Beery and Irving Pichel. : Screen Actors’ Guild will not inter- fere in the aftermath of the Tracy case. ii pe After eulogizing the production as a splendid one, Mexican newspapers did a sudden about-face this week and lambasted “Viva Villa,” asserting it in- sults the country, Within the last three years seven Hollywood made pictures, can authorities, with some of the films banned. Among these are: “Under a Texas Moon,” “Girl of the Rio”, “Strangers May Kiss”, “Gay Caballero” “Straners May Kiss”, “Gay Cabellero”, “Broken Wing”, “Woman I Stole”, “Kid From Spain”, “Lasco of the Rio Grande” and “In Old Mexico”. All players on location with Tracy are defending the actor. Prominent friends in the motion at ture and stage world came to Tracy's defense and criticized Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer for cancelling the five-year con- tract it had with the former Shaver- town boy. y Among these was Walter Winchell, Broadway gossip columnist, who re- minded M-G-M that “we all misbehave sometime or other”. He hazarded the prediction “that the picture com- pany will lose more financially than will Mr. Tracy through the cancelling of the contract. Films of Tracy's latest picture, ‘Viva Villa”, were reported destroyed in an airplane crash near the Mexican border. Tracy had been in Mexico com- pleting the picture when the .charges that he had Jinsulted the government by appearing on a balcony semi-nude to watch a parade were lodged against him, . and two, shorts have aroused the ire of Mexi- ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM TO BE IN POST NEXT WEEK The all-conference team sel-~ ‘ected by coaches of thig section will be announced in The Dallas Post next week. : Because of the holiday, + The: Post was printed on Wednesday afternoon this week, before the important Thanksgiving games, and it was impossible therefore to include reports = of those games. Summaries of the Thanksgiv- ing games and of the season’s victories and highlights will ap- pear 'in next week's Post. A Church Schools Of District To Meet B. A. McGarvey Speaker At Conference At: Shavertown All church schools of Dallas District are expected to be represented at the conference to be held on December 4th at 4:15 in Bhavertown ‘Methodist Bpis- copal Church. The conference will be addressed by B. A. McGarvey, State superintendent and field representative of the Penn- sylvania State Sabbath School Associ- ation. The theme will be “What Ts It All About”. A supper will be: serv ed in the evening. After the supper, Thos will be a mass meeting for all members of the Dallas District. Mr. McGarvey will speak again on the Subject “The Chal lenge of Life.” A Young Peoples’ Conference of the Dallas District Sunday School Associa- tion will be held in Shavertown M. E. ‘church on December 5, ‘beginning at 4:15. Rev. Narman Clemens, pastor of Kingston M. E. church, and Rew. F. M. Sellers, pastor of the Shavertown church, will speak at the evening ser- vice. His subject will be “Adventur. ing In Co-operation. tee QI Qe. Lake Taxpayers. Lake Township Taxpayers’ Associa- tion will meet in the Loyalville School House on December 7 at 8:30. All members are urged to be present and new members will be welcome. Reorganization Of Board Next ] Monday New School | Directors Will Assume Duties; Officers To Be Elected Henry Disque and Harry Pittman, who were elected members: of Dallas School Board at the general election this month, will assume their duties on the board at the regular reorganiza- tion meeting next Monday ‘night. Mr. Disque and Mr. Pittman will re- place Mrs. A. C. Culbert and John Durbin, who will retire... Mr. Durbin months ago: In accord with the yearly sepeadle, the board, after accepting the election certificates of Mr. Disque and Mr. Pittman, will elect a president and vice-president. Later, committees for the year wlli be appointed. Repair Right-of-Way Traction company employes have cheer. Therd is mo need to examine For these reasons, and for the begun. Ed CR SER a ob Thanksgiving, 1933 America gave thanks yesterday with a new ring of sincerity and For the last three years there has been an element of hesitancy - and bitterness about America’s Thanksgiving. The smile was forced; it was like whistling to keep up our courage. . But yesterday, America gave thanks honestly and sincerely. During the first part of the year, she had faced a test such as she had encountered only once or twice in her 157 years. That she came safely through it, and that we approach the end of this year with a confidence that the gravest dangers have been avoided, is an inspiring tribute to the inherent strength of this nation and its institutions. The worst depression and financial crisis in living memory has been safely weathered. The Ship of State, manned by citizens who now have the courage and confidence for the suprme effort, is off on its course again, with all sails swelling in the breeze. the confusing statistics to know that millions have returned to work, that fewer people are starving, that wages and prices have increased, that production is stepping up, that business failures are decreasing. : fact that we have been capable of fighting through the conditions which marked the last three years, America was truly grateful yesterday. May God, in his infinite wisdom, help us to carry on in the same spirit of sincerity and gratefulness the task that has been so well been engaged for several weeks in strengthening and improving the right- of-way between Luzerne and Hillside, along Toby's Creek. Tons of earth Lhave been removed from one side and placed along the bank of the creek and- the tracks are now in excellent comn- dition and safe from almost any pos- sible hazard. Schools Open Monday Schools throughout this section end- ed their session on Wednesday with special Thanksgiving exercises and closed for the holiday. Classes will be resumed on Monday. Rehearse Minstrel — The recently organized dramatic club of St. Therese’s parish will meet next Monday night to select members of the cast of the minstrel, “Jinny’s 82nd Birthday,” which will be given soon. Trials have been held for several weeks under the direction of Bernard McNelis. diately. Other . {have started their projects and unless a great share of the amount granted |cil a comprehensive plan for insuring was appointed to fill a vacancy Several : ee Immediate ag Use Of Federal | Funds By Dall: by Dallas Borough Council and School Board if some share of the $2,000,000 alloted for Federal Civic Work pro jects in Luzerne County is to be. re tion at its meeting on ition night. Differentiating between the Public Works - Commission, which allows an outright grant of only thirty per cent. and the temporary Civic Works Pro- gram, which offers payment for all la bor and materials used by municipa ties, Henry Disque, president of the Taxpayers’ Association, explained that any applications for the Civie Works ¥ money must be made so the work is completed before February 15, when the temporary groups will again be dissolved by the larger Public ‘Works Commission, Because of the clement of tine ‘he. said, it is necessary that plans for the work and applications be made imme- communities already council and school board act quickly ; to Luzerne County will have been taken by more aggressive towns, Dallas Borough Council already has applied for Public Works money to pave Cemetery Street but there are a number of other projects in the bor- jlough that can be completed before February 15 and for which the ‘borough may apply for funds to cover the en- tire cost.: 30 & AeA The association iso] authorized Vi A. Shindel, chairman of the committee on the water supply question, to co | plete the investigation and survey pge paratory to presenting to Dallas coun- an adequate water supply in case of fire. Mr. Shindel's committee will d termine the saving to borough Prope’ ty owners as a result of decreases in fire insurance as well as the number and location of the plugs and the cost to the borough. 7 TE Indignant complaints were received regarding the direct dispaeal of sewage into Toby's Creek within the borough limits and the association moved to ask council for some temporary mea sures to prevent the hazard to health which results from the unsanitary 2 practice. k Christmas Dance Season’s Climax Women’s Club P Planning For Initial Yuletide Affair On Friday, Dec. 29. One of the most outstanding events of the Christmas social season will b the initial uletide dance to be spon sored by Dallas Women’s Club on Fri day, December 29, in the Dallas Higl School Auditorium. Jean Turner is general chairman, as- sisted by Thelma Wilson, Verna Welch, Angeline Diamond, Mary Btahiman and. Kathryn Shindel. Elaborate plans have been made fol decorations. The ceilings and walls will be draped with midnight blue ma, terial, having silver crescents and stars as trimmings. The orchestra “will play in a red brick house ‘to be constr ucte i on the stage, Dancing will’ be from 8:30 to 1. The music will be furnished by Ralph Paul's orchestra. Reservations can made by telephoning Dallas 171. fl fo JAW PIERCED BY BULLET Junior Misson, son of Harley Misson of Main Street, was accidentally sho when a bullet from a .22 calibre ri in the hands of Paul Redmond pierce his jaw, Misson was bound for home whe several boys who had been hunting called to him. As he approached the group, the gun was discharged acci- dentally. The bullet pierced Misso: lower jaw; causing the loss ~ of tw teeth. = - Merle Anderson took the boy to the office of Dr, Fleming where he was treated. In accord with The Post's editorial last week urging the construction of a sidewalk along the highway between Dallas and the junction of Pioneer Avenue and the state highway, Philip H. Dewey, Pennsylvania Secretary of Internal Affairs, “this week asked that’ some of the Federal relief money for public works be used for sidewalk construction throughout the State. Secretary Dewey addressed Eric H. Biddle, Federal Civic Works AZ ‘minis: trator for Pennsylvania, explaining that during several sessions of the Legislature in recent years, efforts have been made to procure appr opria- | tions for the construction of such Past called. srcocial atteniion-is ularly ‘hazardous to pedestrians, thers" are a number of rural roads through- jout thig section where the safety of pedestrians would be assured through the adoption of Mr. Lewis’ S Suggestion, % SIDEWALKS ALONG HIGHW AYS p> /_ NEEDED SAYS STATE OFF ICER walks for the safety of pedestrians The proposals have been dropped a each session, The invitation of the administrato for suggestions prompted Secretary Dewey to revive the proposal in the hope that the Federal moneys to be advanced could be used promoting ) highways and in the congested areas. in part i safety along the mail ‘Although the highway to which The pat
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