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VOL. 43
~ THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8,1933.
School Boards
Name Officers
For Next Year
Recently Elected Members
Present Certificates
And Take Offices
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ELECTIONS QUIET
John E. Roberts was elected presi-
dent of Dallas Borough School Board
at its reorganization meeting on Mon-
day night. Ralph Brickel was retained
as treasurer and Jz F. DBesecker as
‘Secretary.
H. J. Disque, who assumed duties as
a newly ‘elected director, was elected
vice-president, Harry Pittman also
was inducted into office for his first
term.
Kinaston Township
Earl Newhart was named president
of the Kingston Township School
Board and Howard Appleton, a new
member, named vice-president
Wilbur Nichols for
secretary and A. L., Turner for gsolici-
tor. ' Besides Mr. Appleton George
Prater assumed duties a newly
elected director.
The board has announced the follow -
ing committees for the year: Financi-
al, Hay, Prater and Appleton; property,
Prater, Appleton and Nichols; budget
Nichols, Appleton and Hay; teachers,
every member of the board; transpor-
tation, Appleton, Prater and Nichols;
supplies, Hay, Newhart and Appleton;
gthietics, Hay, Prater and Newhart.
Dallas Township
Because of the death of Mrs. Adam
Kiefer, president of the Dallas Town-
ship board, the reorganization meeting
of that board was postponed.
Still Is Raided
At Harvey’s Lake
was
as
A still, having a capacity of fifteen
gallons, was confiscated with five gal-
lons of moonshine and two barrels of
_ mash by Chief of Police Ira Stevens
of Harvey's Lake when he executed a
~ search warrant on the property of
Benjamin Stonaitis, who resides in
Ruggles Hollow, near the picnic
grounds. The chief was assisted by
Officers Fred Swanson.
The equipment was located in the
cellar of the Stonaitis home and the
owner was there at the time of the
raid, Stonaitis was arraigned before
Justice of the Peace R. A. Davis and
~ + pleaded guilty to a charge of manu-
_ facturing, according to Chief Stevent.
He posted $1,000 bail for court.
Smee)
Granges Hold
Joint Session
Pomona, No. 44, Meets
With Jackson For
Dinner
Pomona Grange, No. 44, met with
Jackson Grange, on Saturday, Novem-
ber 25, with Worthy Master ‘A. W.
Rice presiding. The meeting, which
was well-attended, was served by the
ladies of Jackson grange and was fol-
lowed by a roast pork dinner.
The afternoon meeting began at 2
with Lecturer Hontz in charge of @ahe
program, which included entertain-
ment, music, discussion and fun. An
address by Rev. E. J. Waterstripe of
Sweet Valley was given. Rev, George
L. Sweet of Maple Grove, a former
member of Lackawanna ‘County
Grange, spoke also. Other programs
were: Vocal sola by Donald Dodson;
selections by the Ladies’ Chorus of
TL.ehman: music by Muhlenburg String
Orchestra; violin solo, Ronald Dodson
of Bloomingdale; talk on interior
home decoration by Miss MacMeekin
of Wilkes-Barre; duet, Mrs. F. R.
Searfoss and Miss Jennie Major.
The entertainment in the evening in-
cluded a reading by Mrs. Ray Gregory;
a playlet, “Sally Mander” or “Why
The Wash Was not Out On Time"; re-
citation, Mrs. F. R. Searfoss; playlet,
“Women Without An Occupation”.
Jackson Grange, having initiated the
largest number of new members, was
given a kanner. The following mem-
bers were received into the fifth de-
gree: Mr. and Mrs. George Smith,
Harold Rice, Helen Rice and Jean Hil-
bert.
Local 1 Victors
Seek District
Championship
P. T. A. Dramatic Group
Will Enter District Finals
At Benton Tonight
4 IN COMPETITION
Successful in the local preliminaries
and in the Luzerne County tournament,
the dramatic group from Dallas Town-
ship Parent-Teacher Association, with
a group from Bloomingdale Grange,
will go to Benton tonight to meet the
winners in the Columbia County tour-
nament.
The competition in the Benton High
School tonight will be for the purpose
of selecting a rural play group which
will represent this disteict in the
State-wide tournament to be held in
{January in conjunction with the State
Farm Products Show at Harrisburg.
If the Dallas Township group is Vic-
torious tonight it will have an oppor-
tunity to compete for the State cham-
pionsliip.
Interest is keen in the tournament
and the four groups which will com-
pete have been rehearsing stadily and
conscientiously, The Columbia County
tournament was won by groups from
Orangeville Methodist Church, presid-
ing “Home’ Sweet Home’, and the Ber-
wick irange, presenting “In Doubt
Abov’. Daisy”. :
The local grcup will present “Not
Quite Such A Goose”, which won for
it the county victory.
Judges tonight will be Miss Alice
Johnston of Bloomsburg; Daniel Daviis
of Wilkes-Barre, and N. C. Dale of
Montrose. The public has been invited
to support the local group. A nominal
admission will be charged to cover
expenses. )
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Educational Picture
Shown At Local School
‘The Gift of Montezuma,” an educa-
tional and industrial sound motion
picture dealing with the growing and
harvesting of Cocoa Beans in the Tro-
pics, their transportation to the Unit-
ed States ‘and their subsequent manu-
facture into Chocolate products, was
shown Wednesday in Dallas borough
high school auditorium.
The picture was taken by Don Mal-
kemes a former classmate and friend
of Prof. Calvin McHose and who is
now in the employ _ of the Famous
| Players-Lasky corporation.
‘Mother Of Local
‘Man Passes Away
Mrs. Sullivan’s Death In
Texas Third In Family
With A Year
Mrs. Mary E. Sullivan, formerly of
347 Charles Street, Luzerne, mother of
John L. Sullivan of Dallas, died in
Corpus Christi, Texas, on Monday
night.
Mrs. Sullivan’s death was the third
within a year for the family. Her son,
Rev. Joseph E. Sullivan, was killed in
an automobile accident last January,
and another son, Gerald Sullivan, a
twin brother of the priest, died at his
home in Kingston last April. The
shock of the two deaths is believed to
have contributed to the mother's
passing. rt
She had been visiting for the past
month in Corpus Christi with a daugh-
ter, Miss Gussie Sullivan. Formerly
she had kept house for Rev. Father
Sullivan but after his death in Texas
had returned to this section to reside
with her daughter, Mrs. John M. Hay-
den of 347 Charles Street, Luzerne.
Mrs. Sullivan was born in Scranton,
her maiden name having been Mary E.
Sheridan. Since childhood she had re-
sided in Wyoming Valley. Her hus-
band, Daniel L. Sullivan was foreman
of Harry E. Colliery at Swoyerville for
many years. He died about thirty
years. ago.
Surviving are the following children:
John L. Sullivan, Dallas; Mrs. Thomas
Healy, Dallas; Francis Sullivan, Cor-
pus Christi; Daniel I. Sullivan, Tor-
onto, Canada: Mrs. John Hayden of
Luzerne, and Gussie Sullivan of Cor-
pus Christi,
The remains will be brought to Lu-
zerne for interment. Services will be
held at St. Ignatius Church, Kingston,
BEAR AND DEER FALL BEFORE
ATTACKS OF LOCAL NIMRODS
Although weather, for the most
part, was unfavorable for pleasant
hunting, hunters from Dallas vicinity
succeeded in bagging share, or
© more, of the game kills reported since
the opening of deer season last Friday.
Chief of Police Ira Stevenson of
Harvey's Lake brought down a 200-
pound bear while hunting on Summer |
Hill, near Mehoopany: With Mr.
Stevenson's party were Justice of the
Peace R. A. Davis, his son, “Elwood,
Olin Weber, George Smith and George
Armitage.
Maintaining his reputation as one of |
the best woodsmen in this section,
Ray Goodwi nof Lake Silkworth
brought down a 14-point, 218-pound
buck on Dutch Mountain, Sullivan
County, He was accompanied by his
son, Carl, and Herbert Pearson.
Albert Bush of Shavertowm, garage
proprietor, killed a six-point buck
while hunting at Meadow Run on the
their
Other
Russell
first day of the hunting season.
members of the party were
{Cease, Ira and Lloyd Cease.
Lloyd Myers, Bert Stitzer and Clar-
nce Rosser also returned with a large
deer on tae opening day. -
Arhtur Brown of Shavertown killed
a six-point buck, weighing 175 pounds,
in the Poconos.
e
He was accompanied
Ib y his brother, William.
| James Lare, Luzerne
|other successful hunter.
| Corey Foss of Sweet Valley was one
|of the successful hunters on the first
iday. He shot a seven-point buck
jweighing 200 pounds, at Bear Creek.
| Oscar Gregory of Trucksville got a
|7-point buck this week in Pike Coun-
|ty. With them were Stanley Gregory,
William Gregory, Robert Gregory, Le-
[wis Roushey, Harold Zooks and Walter
| Hicks. :
grocer, was an-
First Team
Matuskowitz, Dallas Borough
Lavelle, Dallas Borough
Brown, Kingston Township
Brace, Dallas Borough
Yorks, Kingston Township
Schuler, Kingston Township
Belas, Dallas Township
Ww.
C. LaBar, Dallas Borough, Capt.
Disque, Dallas Borough
Riddle, Kingston Township
R. Disque, Dallas Borough \
All Back Mountain Inter-Scholastic Teams
Pos.
L.
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L. G.
BR
R.
“R.
R. E. Newberry,
Q.
R.
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F.B.
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Second Team
E. Besteder, Dallas Borough
Webb, Kingston Township
J. LaBar, Dallas Borough
Winter,
Girvan, Dallas Township
Jeter,
Lehman
G.
T. Dallas Borough
"Kingston Township
Smith, Capt.,
C. Hislop, Dallas Township
B.
H.
Kingston Twp.
Piatt, Kingston Township
Elston, Lehman
Football Coaches Name
All-Conference Players
Borough’s Squad
Township Cinched Lead
Position For Locals
Dallas borough high school football
team in winning its Thanksgiving Day
Mrs. Adam Kiefer
“Called By Death
Wife Of Former Official Of
Woolworth Company Was
Beloved Widely
The funeral services for Mrs. Adam
. Kiefer, at the
family Dallas,
early Saturday morning, was held on
Tuesday afternoon at 2, with interment
P who passed away
home at Shrineview,
in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Although she had been subject to
heart attacks for some time, Mrs.
Kiefer had not been considered in
serious condition until last week and
her death was marked by a profound
sense of regret among hundreds of
persons throughout this region.
Aside from the years she spent with
her husband in New York City, Mrs.
Kiefer had lived in Wyoming Valley or
this section all her life. fler husband
was one of the associates of F. M.
Kirby in his chain store system and
later held a responsible position with
Woolworth,
Mr. and Mrs. Kiefer were married in
1896 and were the parents of two chil-
dren, Lois Kiefer Wolfe, whose tragic
death a few years ago in an automo-
bile accident was a severe blow to
many; and Fred Morgan Kiefer of
Shrineview. There are also two grand-
children, Nancy Wolfe and Lois
Kiefer.
Mrs. Kiefer had always been devout-
ly interested in charity work and was
a leader in the social circles in which
she moved. Her death is. a cause for
profound - Sorrow among those who
were associated with her in the many
worthy movements in which she was
associated.
She was a member of the First Re-
formed Church of Wilkes-Barre. Rev.
Homer S. May, pastor of that church,
officiated at the funeral services, as-
sisted by Rev. C. W, Walck of Sun-
bury.
The pall bearers were Dr. Fred
Kroll, Wilkes-Barre; C. R. Schultz,
Jay Smith, Harry Bowkley and Char-
les Rudolph, Kingston; George Greg-
son, Dallas.
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Shavertown Assured
Of Basketball Team
The Shavertown franchise in the
Rural Basketball League was secured
this week by Edward Preston and
plans have been started for the organ-
ization of a team to represent Shaver-
todn ‘in the - League. The franchise
had been open for several weeks and
it was feared that Shavertown would
not be represented with other local
communities in the 1933-34 circuit.
Man, Missing 3
Days, Was Dead
James A. Ruppert Dies Ini
Farmhouse At Dallas -
Township 4
The body of a Seventy five- year oid
man who had been missing from his
home in Wilkes-Barre since ‘Saturday
was discovered in his farmhouse at
Dallas Township this week, :
The victim was James A. Ruppert,
343 High Street, "Wilkes-Barre, who
had left his home in Wilkes-Barre on
Saturday. When he failed to return
this week, his family became alarmed
and upon investigating discovered the
body. Mr. Ruppert had died of a heart
attack while sitting in a chair,
Chief of Police Leonard O’Kane and
Coronor Luther XKniffen were sum-
moned and upon arriving at the farm-
house found Mr. Ruppert’s dog main-
taining a faithful vigil beside the
body. It was necessary to shoot the
dog before the officers could approach
the body, they reported.
Mr. Ruppert had been a life-long
resident of Wilkes-Barre and was en-
gaged in the general hauling business
for many years. He was a member of
Bennett Memorial Church and was
highly esteemed.
Surviving are his wife, Helen, and
the following children: Victor, home;
Clarence, Mrs. Susan Taylor and Mrs.
Howard Schooley, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs.
Paul Evans, Dallas; Mrs. Anthony
Ritts, Hazelton: Ralph Stivers,
Wikis 's-Barre; three brothers, Samuel,
Wilkes-Barre; Grant and, Elmer,
Ringtown, 3
The funeral will be held this after-
moon at 2 from Kniffen's Funeral Par-
lors! in Wilkes-Barre. It will be
private. Interment will be in Ever-
green Cemetery.
D. H. Evans Was Well
Known In This Section
Daniel H. Evans, 89, father of Wil-
liam H. Evans of Shavertown and a
colorful figure of the old West, died
early Monday morning at his home in
Ashley of pneumonia. Mr. Evans was
the grandfather of Sheldon T. Evans,
Shavertown druggist, and was well
known throughout this region. 1
Born in Pottsville, he had gone first
to New York and later to California,
where he became acquainted with
Buffalo Bill and became noted as an
expert marksman. He had a number of
thrilling experiences in the West and
on one occasion he tramped for 450
miles from gold mine to gold mine. His
food supply exhausted, he lived on
berries for several days.
Prohibition Scrapp
ed, But Repeal
Brings Little Of Old Time Spirit
John Barleycorn came back last Tuesday after a fourteen year vacation
but he was only a ghost of his former self.
Compared with the rousing welcome this section gave the retarn of legal
beer, the calmness which marked the death of Prohibition was a popgun in a
beer, the calmness which marked the
death of Prohibition was as a popgun
in a windstorm.
Recognized throughout the East as
one of the wettest spots, even during
Prohibition, Luzerne County’s only ex-
citement was provoked by the high
prices of those beverages available.
The end of the long, dry (?) spell
was “celebrated” locally by a re-
strained and numerically weak dele-
gation which, on the basis of available
statistics, did little to bring on the
dreaded “morning after” effects,
“Ah” said one bartender “We've got
a, soberer, nicer class of people than
ever before”. “Not one bit of trouble
all night” said -another., ‘I didn’t see
one drunk all night. People are going
to be more sensible about their drink-
ing. I see that already.”
The high prices. were explained this
way “This whiskey has been in storage
for as much as twenty years. During
that time 50 per cent of it has evapora-
ted and during those same years. we
paid storage costs on it; paid guards to
protect it and paid insurance premi-
ums.”
Luzerne County will have fifteen li-
quor stores, three of them in. Wilkes-
Barre, when the State goes into the li-
quor business on January 2.
That announcement from Harrisburg
this week irritated Philadelphia, be-
cause that city, with a population five
times as great as that = of Luzerne
County’s will have only ten stores.
It was
stores is tentative
probable revision and additions.
Changes in conditions between now
and the time the first stores are set in
and is subject to
operation may
list.
announced that the list of"
game with Dallas township team 18 to
0 cinched the Back Mountain Region
championship. The football team
played ten games, winning five and
losing five.
In its own class the borough squad
won eight games and dropped two
contests, earning a percentage of .714.
The following teams were played (not
a conference. defeat was suffered
‘throughout the season):
Dallas
0
18
12
25
Opponents
38
9
0
6
19
28
19
13
0
0
123
In its own class the borough team
garnered 69 first downs to 33 of its
opponents, and it scored 80 points as
against its opponent’s 38 points, a re-
cord of which it can justly be proud.
Radios Tribute ;
To Mrs. Tracy
Walter Winchell Springs
. Again To Defense
Of Lee
Walter Winchell,, Broadway: colum-
nist, paid a gracious tribute to Mrs. W.
L. Tracy of Shavertown, mother of Lee
Tracy, motion picture star, over the
radio last Sunday might. * -
He spoke of a kindly message ho re-
ceived from Mrs. Tracey on the. proead.
ing Sunday night when Winchell, -
his gossip broadcast, had staunchly i
fended Lee Tracy's actions in the con-
troversy which began when the Mexi-
can government charged the actor had
insulted a parading group .of govern-
ment cadets,
Besides thanking Mrs. Tracy, Win-
chell read a telegram from Lee, in
which the motion picture star said, in
effect, that his difficulties had almost
been worth while because . they had
shown him who were his true friends.
It became definite this, week that
Tracy will make at least one more
picture in Hollywood at a salary
greater than was given him by Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer, which cencelled the
contract of Tracy after the Mexican
episode.
Trespasser Held
After Shooting
Larksville Man Alleged To
Have Fired At Jackson
"Township Farmer
Luzerne
Lehman
St. Cecelia
Tunkhannock
W. Wyoming
Swoyerville
Meyers
Factoryville
Kingston Township ;
Dallas Township
John Corshalla, aged 22, of Larks-
ville is being held under $1,000 bail as
the result of charges filed with Squire
John Yaple by William Berlin, a
farmer, of Jackson township.
Corshalla js said to have shot Berlin
in the back with a shotgun when the
latter ordered him to leave his prop-
erty whieh was posted against hunting.
In a fit of anger ‘Corshalla fired at
FIRST CIVIL WORKS
PROJECT FOR DALLAS
APPROVED BY BOARD
The Civil Works Board at
Harrisburg this week approved
the construction of an 18-foot
roadway on Cemetery Street,
Dallas, 450 feet, from Rice Street
to Foster Avenue, including a
stone bridge, as the first of the
borough’s share in the Civil
Works appropriation for the
county. It is expected about
twenty men will be employed on
the project.
Hopes for employing over 100
men during the next three
months in Kingston Township
will be realized if presenj plans
for community projects under
the Civil Works plan are carried
put successfully.
| Berlin who was some- distance away;
five of the leaden pellets landed in
Berlin Corshalla is said to have
When arrested by Officer Leonard
O’Kane on a warrent sworn out by
Berlin’s Corshalla, is said to have
broken down eompletely, weeping and
saying that he wished he hadn’t been
so quick on the trigger.
Finishes At Top
Thanksgiving Victory Over|
Grid Stars Honored With
Positions On Mythical
Back-Mountain Teams
TEAMS REPRESENTED
In co-operation with The Dallas
Post, coaches of football teams which
were included In the mythical Back
Mountain Inter-scholastic Conference
this week elected twenty-two ou
first and second all-conference teams,
Questionairres were sent to Coach
Walter Hicks of Kingston Township,
Coach Donald Kester, Dallas Township,
Coach Lester Squier, Lehman, and
Coach Homer Nelson of Dallas Bor:
ough. The Post desires to express
gratitude to these men for their co-
operation and to compliment them on
having given this section one of its
finest and most spirited football sea=
sons in many years.
The name of players who were
awarded positions on the All-Co;
ference Team are listed in the box 1
the next column.
C. LaBar received four of six vot:
for captain, and was awarded three o
six votes for the most valuable playe
of. the (Conference.
The coaches spoke as almost ‘one
man in the selection of the first te
With very few exceptions each man
was so outstanding in his position ‘as
to merit immediate selecton. :
The teams selected would be fast, i
alert, aggressive, and smart footbal
machines. The line especially af
tackle and end is exceptionally strong,
while the backfield would make ‘any
coach smile,
In voting for a player the coaches
gave reasons for their choice. They
are in brief as follows:
Matuskowitz: Accurate tiokler: gets
down under punts, drives plays in
and has a diagnostic sense of, op «
ent’s plays.
Lavelle: ‘A. consistent and aggressi
player, Moves in to the play inst
of waiting at the line of ' scrimma;
Good defensive man.
Brown: A reliable guard Good at
opening up the line. Opponents found
it tough going against him.
Brace: Good passer; heady, ste Vi
player; excellent offensive man, rangy
a bulwark on the defensive.
Yorks: A hard worker, stead
accurate and hard tackler; in on
most every play; good interferenc
man. iE
Schuler: Smashing type of pl
wrought havoc with opponent's
and secondary, consistently
through to nab ball-carrier. :
Belas: Small but troublesome: dead-
ly tackler; has knack of eluding inte:
ference and spilling ball-carrier.
W. Disque: The best and harde
tackler in the Conference; runs ball
well; good line plunger; punts W
and passes accurately; cool.
C. Labar: Shifty; excellent proken=
field runner; follows interference, and
picks hole in the line intuitively ch:
sen as captain and most valuable pla;
er because of natural leadership, ‘even
temperment; and knowledge of game.
Riddle: Fast, dependable; good fi
a touchdown almost every game;
hably the best pass receiver in - th
Conference. y
R. Disque: Hard line plunger: good
punter and blocker; ‘a bear on the d
fensive.
Other candidates who received vote
are: Loveland, Ryman, Kingston town-
ship; Calking, Disque, Rusiloski Leh
man; R. Hislop an Matikutus of Dal
las Borough.
Metzgar of Kingston towhahip.
doubtedly. would have received an
Conference rating, but because of in:
juries he was out of a numbe!
games and was therefore slivihle 0.
consideration. J
The teams selected are as represen
tative of the football ability in
Back Mountain Region as can be de
termined. Dallas borough placed -
men on the first team. Kingston town-
ship has four men and Dallas To
ship is represented by Belas at en
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BOY INJURED
Norman Shannon of Noxen, R. D.
1, suffered a fracture of the right
last Monday night when his automobil
overturned near Harvey's Lake on the
road to Noxen.
| Nesbitt Memorial Hospital,
Value of personal property of resi-
dents of Dallas Borough, Dallas Town-
ship and Kingston Township increased
$343,712 in 1933 over the preceding
vear, the report of John A. Parry, di-
rector of the Personal Property De-
CHURCH SPONSORS
OYSTER SUPPER
‘The Sunday School Classes of the E.
Dallas M. E. Church will give an
Oyster Supper, Friday evening in the
parlors of the church. After the sup-
per the Memorial Sunday School class
will present “A Good Girl In The Kit-
chen.” This play was entered in the
Rural Plays Contest recently. ‘Ad-
compel revision of the!
mission will be fifteen cents for chil-
dren, and twenty-five cents for adults.
partment of Luzerne County, shows.
In Dallas Borough, the total valua-
tion for the present year is $300, 136.
The total value of personal property
for 1932 was $182,877. Dallas Township
personal property is valued as $496,027
as compared to $437,568 in 1932. In
Kingston Township the valuation for
1933 is $728,968. In 1932 it was $560,974.
The total valuation for the county is
$88,650,892, which is subject to a tax of
four mills on “the dollar, The total
value of personal property for the year
was $68,107,901.
The same taxables who returned a
valuation of $68,107,907 for 1932 re-
turned a valuation of $54,158,865 for
1933, showing a loss in valuation of
$13,951,042, This loss was due to the
PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUATION
lower market values on stocks an
bonds, along with foreclosures, of
mortgages.
ables this year /who filed returns
covered stocks, bonds and inter
bearing accounts amounting to $34
494,027, which brings the total for this
year to $88,650,892.
The total number of persons 21 yea. S
of age or over residing in Luzerne
County and subject to file,a person
property return is 201,345, and return
forms were mailed. to each one Oo
those persons. Those making retur
amounted to 190,911, leaving 11,026
cases in which mails was returne
because of change of residence, deat
or removal from the county.
Of the’190,911 who-received return
forms, returns were made by 161,408
leaving 28,911 who failed to file. Those
who failed to file returns are subject
to a penalty, an estimated assessme
or both. . :
standing players to positions on ‘the: on