VOL. 4“
hi proposed Luzerne by-pass
between Kingston and the road to Dal-
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Finance Problem
~ Big Handicap To
Luzerne By- -Pass
Committee Moves To Secure
Definite Figures On
Cost
LUZERNE PROTESTS
. Faced withthe problem of reducing
“costs to a point where they will come
nearer to available finances, the com-
mittee which is working to secure. the
as a link
las from: Luzerne this week moved to-
o tative state, would have the highway |
~ ward securing definite costs and was
considering several alternate plans.
Ome of those plans, as yet in a ten-
constructed along ‘the right-of-way of
‘Wilkes-Barre Railroad Corp., that
company to abandon’ its street car line
in favor of busses for transportation
between Dallas and Wilkes-Barre.
~ County officials met with members of |
~ the committee supporting the by-pass
project last Friday at the home of
Senator Andrew J. Sordoni at Harvey's
~ Lake. The commissioners stressed the
- county's inability to finance the pro-
ject now because of other indebtnéss
but expressed their willingness to co-
operate in the plans.
. Authority was designated to differ-
ent members of the group who will re-
“port on detailed costs, on damages, on
the possibility of securing C. W. A.
funds and on other alternate plans
¢ suggested at the conference.
. It is expected that the committee
will eventually ask the State to relo-
cate the highway as the first step.
“Once the relocation is accomplished the
‘desired funds will be sought from the:
State and the County or. from .the
Federal Government. .. Wilkes-Barre
~ Railway Co. may then be approached
to determine if its right-of-way can be
‘purchased. :
© ‘Opposition Appears
Business men -of Luzerne, fearinz
that thé by-pass: would harm their
‘businesses by directing ‘traffic .along
the outskirts of the: borough- instead of
a
“— persons from the lower
ston and, Wilkes- Barre than the pro-.
through its Main Street as at present,
“appealed to Samuel, S: Lewis, Secretary
of Pennsylvania Department of High-’
ways this week, protesting against. the
by- -pass plan.
The Luzerne ‘merchants protested
that™ constriction of "thé by-pass
would cost twice as much as the im-
provement of the main thighway
through Luzerne. They argted that
Bennett ‘Streét can be widened from
34 to 40 feet and that other traffic
‘bottle-necks cdn be eliminated simi-
larly. The route they suggest, how-
“ever, would be considerably longer for
end of King-
posed by-pass.
The by-pass was planned originally
because it ‘eliminated the congested
bottle-neck passage through Luzerne
Borough and because it shortened the
distance between Dallas and Wilkes-
Barre.
Those who attended the meeting at
‘Senator Sordoni’s last Friday were:
~ John A. MacGuffie and Dr. Lewis Ed-
wards, County Commissioners; Charles
‘IL. Albert, Peter Jurchak, R. L. Cough-
and Senator
lin, Luzerne County solicitor; Robert
IL. Williams, eounty engineer; Norman
Johnstone, secretary, Wyoming Valley
Motor Club; R. J. Harper, State High-
‘way Department; J. P. Potter, Wilkes-
Barre Railway Corp.; William H.
Conyngham; Harden Coon, Arthur L.
Stull, Albert Stull, J. Albert Bolender,
Sordoni.
~The following letter was adopted to
Send to Samuel S. Lewis, chief of the
highway department at Harrisburg, as
well as to Senators Andrew J. Sordoni
and Laning Harvey:
“Luzerne Borough
Association at a regular
Friday, February 9, 1934, directed me
to file formal protest with you and
with Senators Sordoni and Harvey to
the proposed plan to build a. by-pass
road around Luzerne Borough:
“1, Because such a road is unneces-
sary. :
2
road.
“3. Because the present route from
Wyoming avenue, Kingston, over Ben-
nett street, can be widened and re-
paved at less than half the cost of the
proposed new road. This road is now
highway route 115.
“4, That repaving of Bennett street
~ and Main street in Luzerne Borough,
with ‘the removal of certain hazardous
cornérs,offering at least as much con-
venience to through traffic as the by-
Business Men's
meeting on
Because of the cost of such a
_. pass road suggested.
“The Business Men's Association un-
tstands that your department has
ns and figures on the cost of im-
jving Bennett and Main Streets as
11 as for the construction of the by-
pass road. We suggest that your de-
~ partment sulrmit to the Business Men's
Association the figures on the cost
of’ the two projects at once.”
MILDER WEATHER
A RETURNS AS SUN
SENDS WARM RAYS
Temperatures mild in contrast
to the zero marks which havg
been registered during the past
few days prevailed yesterday £s.
the sun blazed forth to send thie
. mercury above freezing for the
. first time this week.
For three days preceding the
| temperature had threatened to
3 each the record-breaking low
arks of last weck, dropping
elow zero several times,
ntinued cold weather with
possibility of snow is pre-
fed by the weather bureau.
The Dall ws Jost.
More Than A Newspapet, A Community Institution
get
Advertising in The Post is a safe bet.
Ask our
a roomful of furniture. .
advertisers. One woman sold
Another man
S an average Of one customer a .
week from a one-inch ad. Last week a
local store was unable to meet the
demand for a food product advertised.
THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS PA,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1934
continuous months on the job.
over again.
DO YOU KNOW
Photograph, Canadian National Railways
HAT one of the biggest paint jobs in the world is that of protecting
the superstructure of the Quebec bridge from deterioration?
year 7500 gallons ‘of paint are sprayed on this bridge by specially |
designed air brushes operated by a force of 35 men who work for five
The bridge, part of which is shown
above, is 2830 feet long, and three coats of paint have to be applied, one
each year for three years by which time the job has to be started alt
Every |
::Denounecing® the propaganda and
during. times of :war and scoffing at such slogans as “war to end war”
Fred ;M. Sellers; pastor of Shavertown M. E. Church “and former member of
the English Air Corps. delivered a stirring plea for peace ‘among all ‘nations
before ‘a small audience in Dallas M. B, Church on Monday night.
PASTOR, EX-WORLD WAR AVIATOR,
GIVES STIRRING PLEA FOR PEACE
"Rev. F. M. Sellers Relates Experiences In France
belligerent countries
,. Rev.
lies: spread by
.To drive his points home, _Rev.®
Mr. Sellers illustrated his talk “with
incidents from his own war experience
when as an English pilot he raided
edemy lines ‘and was later shot down
and taken -prisoner in German terri-
tory. Without Se or dramatics
he told of the dea‘h of his observer on
air with German Fokkers and of his
fatal erash into a ruined building with
German planes swooping low above
pumping machine gun bullets into the
ruined plane to make certain of the
death of the pilot.
Seriously injured in' \ the Th. Rev.
Mr. Sellers told of his later experiences
in a German hospital and of the kind-
nes with which the German surgeon
treated him. Then came his experien-
ces in a German hospital where as a
patient he suffered the mental torment
of an aerial bombardment by English
bombing planes. Although these planes
were seeking to destroy an enemy de-
pot a mile away they nevertheless tore
both ends out of the hospital.
At this point Rev. Mr. Sellers took
occasion to say that the destruction of
the hospital was not planned or intend-
ed but that bombs have a way of land-
ing where they are not supposed to.
Likewise stories of Germans bombing
hospitals are untrue as were the
stories of Geérman atrocities against
women and children. Most of these
stories were manufactured lies to stir
hatred and increase recruiting.
He recounted incidents of other
kindnesses shown him by German sol-
diers one of whom shared his food
with the prisoner and another who
might have shot him as he attempted
to escape from prison but who chose
to spare life rather than take it.
In concluding his address, Rev. Sel-
lers paid tribute to the idealism of
such ‘men as Woodrow Wilson and be-
rated the selfish tactics of such men
as Lloyd George and Georges Clemen-
ceau and American politicians in ar-
riving at the peace terms of ‘the war
[to end war”, He quoted Abraham Lin-
lcoln, saying there must be “malice
toward none and charity toward all” if
wars are to cease. Citizens of all na-
tions must learn that they must think
before they rush blindly into war
shouting the manufactured slogans of
diplomats and munition manufacturers
which lead only to death and destruc-
tion with no permanent good. achieved.
that last trip, o a “dog fight” in they
14 New Contagious
_ Cases This Month
Scarlet Fever - Leads; Kerr
~ Warns’ ‘Against Measles
.—" Epidemic
Fourteen new cases of Sarlet fever,
chicken pox and whooping cough
which have been reported to Elmer
Kerr, district health officer, since Feb-
ruary 1 are evidence of the necessity
for vigilance on the part of parents!
locally if the dangerous prevalence of
contagion is to be curbed, Mr, Kerr
said this week.
The spread of contagious diseases
is general, Mr. Kerr reports, and au-
thorities are of the opinion that this
year will have an ynusually large num-
ber of children’s diseases. In some
|parts of the East severe epidemics of
jmeasles are reported and Mr. Kerr is
anxious that parents guard against any
appearance of the epidemic here.
Cases which have been reported
since February 1 are in the homes of
the following:
Whooping Cough, home of Lee Hier,
Shavertown; hone of Al Major, Sha-
vertown.
Chicken Pox, home of Howard Ed-
wards, Shavertown: home of Edward
Gregory, Trucksville; home of Oscar
Spile, Hillside; home of Lloyd Pur-
cell, Trucksville.
Scarlet Fever, home of Edward Mec-
Carty, West Nanticoke; home of Al-
bert Swithers, Hunlock’s Creek; home
of John Adams, Cease’s Mills, (two
cases); home of Albert Briggs, Cease’s
Mills; home of Theodore Allabaugh,
Avondale; home of Wesley Diamond,
Orange; home of David Walp, Fair-
mount Springs; home of Howard
Spencer, Exeter township.
Meeting Postponed
The Meeting of Dallas Borough
Taxpayers’ Association which was
scheduled to have bee. held on Mon-
day night was postponed until Wed-
nesday night, February 21.
Lee Tracy, Shavertown’s Contrib
tion to motion picture stardom, is in
the enviable position of teaching
Hollywood a lesson.
Motion picture magazines, Holly-
wood gossip columns and grapevine
‘reports fron the movie capital are
{unanimous in their opinion’ that Lee
{Tracy is teasing the movie magnates
because of the «cold shoulders they
turned toward him after his: Mexican
episode several months ago. g
When Mexico heaped abuse on the
local film star after his alleged insults
to the parading cadets in the now-
famous balcony scene, Metro-Goldwya-
Mayer cancelled Tracy's film contract |
and left the likable young star high
and dry without a job.
As the true accounts of the affair
HOLLYWOOD WANTS LEE BACK IN
PICTURES BUT STAR TAKES TIME
[madebox, stimulated by the sensational
success which had met his latest pic-
ture, “Miss Lonelyhearts”, but Lee,
accepting the advice of close friends
who had stood staunchly by, decided to
wait,
Among the most popular defenders
of Lee Tracy has been Walter Win-
ichell who has a kind word for the “bad
boy of Hollywood” at frequent inter-
(vals in his radio period or his news-
(paper column.
Tracy is as popular as, or more pop-
ular than, ever. How soon he will take
up his career where it was so rudely
enterrupeed is a matter of conjecture.
As it stands, Hollywood wants, him,
{Broadway wants him, and the fans,
from Maine to California, want him.
And perhaps when Lee Tracy comes
began to minimize the seriousness “of 'home to visit his mother at Shaver-
Tracy's offense, Hollywood began to town the next time he will be accom-
regret its snap judgment and make panied by Isabel Jewel, motion picture
overtures to the local star. : star who, rumor ras it, will soon be
‘Offers began pouring. into’ Tracy's Mrs, Lee Tracy. i
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| a project, although affording the bor-
Council Turns
Down Borough
~ Park Proposal
4
Winters Is Acquitted
On Manslaughter Charge
Rejects McHenry’s Plan As
Too Expensive For
Dallas
LOCAL OBSERVERS °
! “SEE ASTRONOMICAL
He RARITY IN SKIES
ROAD COMPLAINTS Persons watching™ “thé sunset
: from “Dallas “and vicinity on
Wednesday night saw. one: of the :
rarest of astronomical phenom-
ena in what scientists call a
“paihdlion”; more . conmonly --
known as a “sun dog’. 3
The “sun dog” appears in close
proximity to .the blazing sun: and
creates an illusion of two -suns
' Setting, an extraordinary sight
and one whichronce filled people
*with awe and frequently. super-
stitious terror."
The ‘“parhelion” is . a bright
spot formed in the fleecy clouds
by ice crystals in the air with a
luminous display of prismatic
colors. ‘
Borough Council. at its meeting on |
Tuesday night turned down the pro- |
posal: of L. A. McHenry to give the!
borough an athletic field if local au-|
thorities would have it graded and
purchase $1,400 worth of nearby lots on
the Goss Manor plot. |
Council felt that the expense of such
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Pct.
1.000 |
.800
.400
.400 !
SoM ro ao E
ough with an adequate athletic field in
a good. location, was too great for it to
bear at this time. There was also, some |
doubt as to whether grading of the lot |
could be done through Civil Works
Administration as it was the opinion
of some of the councilmen that such
work would cost in the neighborhood !
of $16,000. S h
With the rejection of this offer com- Q
pleted and settled, Mrs. Ray Shiber ap- C ool uintets
peared before council to enter formal |
complain against the condition of | End First Half
Centre Hill road. She said that the
section of the road maintained by | Laketon Has St Safe L.ead As
Dallas Borough was in good condition |
but that section maintained by Dallas | Teams Enter Home
Township was in bad condition. She Stretch
asked that something be done to have | a
the township live up to its ggreement ; : z
Boe ont a dion nes Ly he i. sotelastic saskethull sive
the borough was obviously living up tol of their season this week with Lake-
its agreement by keeping its section of | ‘ton leading, Dallas Township’ sécond,
the road in a good state of repair. ‘and Lehman, Kingston Township and:
Mrs. Shiber expressed the opinion of | Dallas Borough tied for third place.:
‘nany residents who live in the bor-| y,yeton’s lead was ‘safe all through
ough along the road which the town- |jtg game “with Beaumont last Friday
ship promised to maintain, This sec- Inight, ‘the Harvey's Lake five winning
tion is an easier ome to keep in era lits fifth consecutive contest, 49 to 12.
than the one taken over by" pod Dallas Borough defeated Lehman,
borough and it is the opinion of i {23 to 20, in one of the close games of
residents that the township is neglect- [the Season dnd stepped ip a notch into.
ing its duty to the extent that the road jts tie for third: place. Dallas was lead-
willbe returned to Luzerne County | ing at the’ half but Lehman’ tied the
court when the-constables make their |g ore. in tHe last quarter: A. basket by
retyrns in March. LaBagr -and a foul shot gave the bor-
lcugh its’ three- point lead shortly pefote
Jr. 0. U. A. ML Raising the Fone —— :
: allas Township aited a one-point
Fins For School Flag [victory over’ wns Township, £150
3 had: been favored: to’ win? The . score
! ‘was 19-18.
Dallas Council, No. 281, JT. 0. U. A.
M., will sponsor a dance tomorrow | The scores for th, «frls’ games were
night, (Saturday), in the Dallas Bor-
ough High Séhool Auditorium to raise 510% TONRSLD IL, Dates wasting
funds to purchase a flag for the pole ‘qo 0 duled: this eek Tas:
in iFfontTof the high school. Laketon at Lehman; Beaumont wat
Terry's Orchestra, one of the out- Kingston Township and Dallas Town-
standing musical aggregations of this Yoni. at Dallas Borough.
section, will provide music for round | Teague standing follows
and square dances. William Cobleigh | Team
will he caller. {Laketon
The Council will conduct dances | | Dallas Township
every” Saturday night and because of {Lehman J
the popularity of these affairs in the Kingston Towaship
{past it is expected that a large crowd | {Dallas Boro ough
will be present. [Beaumont
TRIBUTE TO “THE LOST SISTER”
between Peru and Marion, Indiana, close by the banks of the
Mississinewa, is an historic spot which has nearly as much interest for per-
sons from Wyoming Valley as it has for natives of the region, who have
guarded its treasures and preserved its significance for posterity.
There, surrounded by a score of mementoes and markers, is the grave of
Francis Slocum, whose romantic and dramatic story is one of the most thrilling
echoes of Wyoming Valley's past.
Stolen fron her home in Wyoming:
Valley by Delaware Indians on Nov-
ember 2, 1778, Francis Slocum came to
love her Indian friends so much that
when she was located by her family
fifty-nine years later she refused to
leave her crude home, even for a visit
to the home of her childhood.
The White Rose Of The Miamis
they called her. Two widely separated
communities perpetuate her memory.
Children laugh and play today at the
Frances Slocum Playground at North
Pennsylvania Avenue and Scott Street
where once stood the home of Jonathan
and Ruth Tripp Slocum, parents of
The Lost Sister Of Wyoming, In front
of the Wyoming Historical and Geo?
logical Society relatives of the girl
have erected a memorial tablet which
tells, briefly, her story. And her last
home, in Indiana, where chieftains and
warriors came to see The White Rose,
is being marked by the residents of
that section, who recently designated
the thirty-mile highway from Peru to
Marion as “Frances Slocum Trail”.
‘When Frances Slocum’s brothers
and sister located her in Indiana they
found her thoroughly accustomed to
the life of the Indiang and recognized
as a queen by the Redmen.
She told them th: story of her
adoption by Tuck Horse and his wife
who named the little white girl Wele-
tawash. As she travelled about with
her new parents, through Pennsylvania
Ohio, Niagara, Detroit and Indiana,
the memories of her own family grew
dimmer and dimmer. She was at
Kekionga when Harnar and St. Clair
were defeated. She saw the victorious
Indians return with scalps and plunder
many times. She saw General Wayne
begin his victorious campaign against
the Indians and was among the squaws
and children who fled to safety. 3
Her first marriage was to a Dela-
ware, ‘but she lived with him only a
short time. She married She-po-con-
ah, a Miami Indian chief, later and her
name was changed to Maconaguah,
Little Bear Woman. When her hus-
band became old, they moved to the
spot which is marked today. They
had two sons and. two daughters, but
the sons died young.
When her family found her, Frances
Slocum was living as the head of a
Half-way
Gates Funeral
This Afternoon
Obsequies For Widely Known.
Resident To Be Held
At 2
The funeral of Chester
73, a resident of Dallas for
fifty years, who died Tuesday night
following a brief illness, will be held
this afteraoon at 2 with services in
charge of Rev. Francis Freeman of
Dallas M. E. Church.l Interment wil
be in Forty Fort cemetery.
Mr. Gates was a familiar figure in
Dallas and nearby communties. In his
younger days he was engaged in the
lumber business and later alternately
served as postal tnail carrier from the
Dallas post office, manager of the Ry-
man water company and for a number
of years worked in the Ryman store.
He served one term as school director
of Dallas borough.
He was a man of gentle personality
and was known and loved by old and
young alike.
Surviving are his wife, Mary; a
daughter, Mrs. Winifred Thomas of
Dallas: a brother, Livingstone Gates of
Chase, and two sisters, Mrs. Lydia
Learch and Mrs. William: Warren of
Peckville.
Gates, aged
the past
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Henry M.
Laing Fire Co. will hold its monthly
megting at the hose house on Tuesday
evening, February 20, at 8 o’clock.
There will be election of officers and
refreshments will be served.
I —..
Township P. T. A.
Dallas Township Parent - Teacher
Association will hold its monthly meet-
ing’ } night, February 19, at
7 45, in the high school. Pupils from
the fourth, fifth and Sixth grades will
present a minstrel. Juniors will serve
family, which inciuded her daughter,
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refreshments. All are invited to at-
tend. er
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% I returned Wednesday afternoon.
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Lehman; 30,” Dallas Borough, 6; King= |
.000 |
Twp. Freed In Silick
Death
QUICK VERDICT
Clare Winters, former Dallas Town-
ship constable,
[Charge of manxslaughter by a verdict
The
jury took only fifteen minutes and one
{ballot to reach that verdict.
l.. Winters’ ‘had = been
fatally assaulting Steve Silick as the
jelimax of a quarrel at Michael Haz-
Paskrs” at Fernbrook on the aftérnoon
vember 7, 1933. Silick died in
| Nesbitt: Memorial Hospital “four days
after the quarrel in which Winters and
|Silick had figured.
The original charge of murder was
withdrawn by the Commonwealth
early in the trial and the jury was
instructed to determine only whether
or not the defendant was guilty of
manslaughter.
Winters’ wife and child were in
court when the verdict was read, as
were many of his friends from this
section. When he was acquitted, Win-
ters shook hands with all the jurors
and left, a free man.
Mr. Winters has lived
Township for five years.
. First Day
~A large crowd, including many resi-
of the defendant, attended the opening
of: ‘the trial. ".
members: Oliver
‘Fort; TH." W. Danks, TrucKsville;
Matthwe . F. Farrell,” 'Wilkes:Barre;
David Engler, Rice ‘Township; Charles
Bradbury, ‘Avoca; John P. P lips,
Hazleton; John Walters, - ‘Wilkes-Barra
John Wolfinger, Ross , Township; Har-
ry L. ‘Knies,’ “Hazleton: * Harry W.
Montz, Kingston; William: A, Hewaivh
of Wilkes-Barre.
, Clauss,. Forty
der verdict, based, its charges on thé
allegations that Winters, intoxicated,
‘had fatally injured Slick by striking
him with steel knuckles and a black-
Jack and then running over ‘him with
an automobile; ?
The prosecution, represented by As-~
sistant District Attorneys Felix Bolo-
wicz and John ‘H.: Dando ‘and Attorney
iM. H. Salsburg, attempted .to, recon-
struct the case to prove that Winters
had ‘engdged “in ‘an argument with
Silick in Hazlinski's and that the ar-
gument was climaxed in front of that
establishment when Winters struck,
first with steel knuckles and then with
a black-jack.
Dr. FT. T. Wenner described the in-
juries sustained as a fractured skull,
ana head.
Second Day. -
‘When Attorneys Roscoe B. Smith
and Lorrie Holcomb, counsel for the
defense, opened their case on Tuesday
morning they said they proposed to
prove that Winters had carried no
“black-jack” or other weapon and that
the victim had suffered his injuries
when he fell from the running board
of Winters’ automobile after it had
been started. The defense also indica-
ted that it would attempt to prove that
quarrel.
Walter Lewin of Fernbrook testified
that he saw Silick jump on the running
board of Winters’ automobile as it was
starting, that he saw Silick strike at
Winters and then topple to the ground
his face striking the running board or
fender as he fell, He said Winters
did not carry a club and that when he
returned several minutes later “his
left eye was swollen and his lip wa$
(Bleeding, :
John ' Morris, William Dawkins,
Philip Knell, Joseph Randall, = John
Chappel, Glen Ross, William Anderson,
;Leroy Weidow, William Reese and
{Ziby Huey also testified in support. of
the argument that Silick had been the
aggressor.
Russell Spencer said he saw Silick
striking at the defendant and , that
Silick’s brother, George, had intimated
at the time that Silick was at fault. «
Mrs. Frank Martz of Plymouth, who
(Continued on Page 3.)
re et ere
To Continue Tests
The United States Civil
Commission has announced that an
open competitive examination will be
held to fill the position of postmaster
at Shavertown. The commission an-
nounced the date for assembling of
competitors will be stated on the ad-
mission cards sent to applicants after
the date for the close of receipts of
applications March 2.
{Former Constable Of Dallas
MAPS OF ANTARCTIC
READY FOR MEMBERS
OF THE POST'S CLUB
The Post received this week a
limited supply of maps of the,
South Polar regions for distri-
bution to - members or persons
who want to become members of
The Little America Aviation and
Exploration Club.
Any persons desiring one Of.
these maps or a membership
card may secure them at Tha
Post without assuming any
obligation.
The maps enable a reader of
The Post to follow the adven-
tures of the club’s president,
iral Byrd at the South Pole
/and whose dispatches to The 5
£ Post appear weekly on Page 2;
Captain Abele, who is with Ad- |
was acquitted - on a
charged with)
in Dallas 5
dents of this section whe were friends
The jury selected had as -
* The Commonwealth, seeking’ a “Hiur- :
\
400 1a) broken jaw and wounds on the face TT
Silick had been the aggressor in the
Servics