Y THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1934 The Dallas Post, ESTABLISHED 1889 TELEPHONE DALLAS 300 - A LIBERAL, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER / PULISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING AT THE DALLAS POST PLANT LEHMAN AVENUE, DALLAS, PA. Re = BY THE [DALLAS POST INC. HOWARD RISLEY HOWELL REES ORE Re Ena Managing Editor TRUMAN STEWART .. Mechanical Superintendent The Dallas Post is on sale at the local news stands. Subscription price by | mail $2.00 payable in advance. Single copies five cents each. ° i Entered as second-class matter at the Dallas Post-office. + Members American Press Association; Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ i Assceiation; Circulation Audit Bureau; Wilkes- Barre-Wyoming Valley Cham- her of Commerce. \ : THE DALLAS POST is a youthful weekly rural-suburban newspaper, owned, edited and operated by young men interested in the development of the _great rural-suburban region of Luzerne County and in the attainment of the! highest ideals of journalism. Thirty-one surrounding communities contribute | weekly articles to THE POST and have an interest in its editorial policies. THE POST is truly “more than a newspaper, it is a community institution.” : Congress shall make no law * * abridging the freedom of speech, or of | Press.—From the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Subscription, $2.00 Per Year (Payable in Advance) MEMBER WE DO OUR PART ; THE DALLAS POST PROGRAM THE DALLAS POST Will lend its support and offers the use of its solumns to all projects which will help this community and the great rural- suburban territory which it serves to attain the following major improve : ments: be 1. Construction of more sidewalks for the. "protection of pedestrians in Kingston township and Dallas. 2. A free library located in the Dallas reaion. 3. Better and adequate street lighting in Trucksville, Shavertown, Fern- brook and Dallas. 4. Sanitary sewage disposal system for Dallas. hi 5. Closer co-operation between Dallas borough and surrounding town- ships. | | | General Manager | nave become anathema, “a tale told by Residents of Monroe Township ‘Sunday, April 8, saw a long string of on glittering, luxuriously upholstered motor cars, driven by well - dressed people, who were accompanied by others ‘equally well apparelled, moving at a snail’s pace on the road between Tunk- hannock and Dallas and frequently halted for long periods, due to their [inability to negotiate the highway or lon account of the way being blocked [by some car or cars being fast in the mud, : | Clothing was soiled, tempers frayed jand cars damaged in the effort to ex- |tricate themselves from the slough. These motorists had contributed to the building and maintainance of this road through various forms of taxes | imposed by the political powa"s of the state, county and government. | There were no warning signs at {either end of the road, stating that the | road was in a dangerous condition or [that they must travel at their own | risk. No thought for their safety or jconvenience, yet certain’ taxes were paid before they commodity purchasd. Next consider the business man and [the land holder along this right of way. {They realize that the revenue appor- tioned to any section is in proportion to the taxes derived therefrom; yet, seeing the heavy traffic over this road in proportion to other routes, perma- nently surfaced, m y: \ HERE'S YOUR PENNY. The Governor ' Kind Sir: I have just received an official com- munication frem the Grand Lodge 3 the Rosicrucian Order, Rosicrucian | {Bas San Jose, California, consisting an appointment as a rezistrar for | on district, for the Rose-Croix Uni- versity, The estahlishment of this | university, and the. purpose for which tit is founded, and the fact that there are members ‘of the organization a news value. I hesitate to trespass on the valuable space of the Dallas Post, but you have | jreen so kind in the past in publishing | articles of this nature and therefore I | would indeed appreciate vour kindness But when Dr. Wirt believes that the man who upset the by the publication of the enclose: 1{Now it is celebrated in every state in {pri ief article. Anticipating in advance that will be so kind, I wish to thank you, with all best wishes for. Peace Pro- | found. _ Sincerely, Edward Tischler, F. R. C. | A university, which has, as its ideal, the reconciliation of religion and seci- ience by uniting spiritual concepts with | | tory has been founded by the Rosicru- cian ‘Order, A. M.. O.-R.C,, sectarian fraternity with Supreme Temple at San Jose, California. ARETE ELAINE EERE RARE EEE EER ARENT RRNA ERNE RRR R NA RNa POET'S CORNER | ARREARS EO NNN R EAR ERAN RENNES RRR NRA AT | { EDITORS NOTE: The following | poem, written: by Robert Lewis, a senior at Dallas High School, is in- spired by Robert Burns’ widely-known poem, “To a Louse, On Seeing One On A Lady's Bonnet.” TO A POET ON SEEING ONE FROM A LADY'S BONNET (With ) Burns) {Ye nas { Wha lil i "Bout bugs like me! i F’en cat, they say, may luik at king, Sae why at ladies no a flea? | Ye're s'posed tae gang tae Kirk: tae pray i; | But ve would this most holy day,— Thy fancy —75 In sic a deilis sinfu’ way By daffy verses noo profane. {where pomp an’ glory canna gang, gl creep my cheerfu’ way alang, An’ bravely i IT dinna yet a pairson wrang By simply crawlin | {T wish that Es ow queer in words and acts folk be When ance alone; | For things are kenned by lice like me | That. by the “world are ' never] | known. | The ‘deeds o’ men are aft pretonce ally those affecting infants, is vitally connected with this [Trained tricks, which they only com: mence I’ sight o’ men; An’ folk wha claim tae Aft o’ life’s problems hae common sense nae ken, and thus remove them before they come into being literally | So, poet, dinna ridicule; [Ye measure but by human rule. Canna ye see | | The it judgin’ man is but a fool | Wha, aft misjudges e’en a flea? [Tm pairched up here atop 0’ airth, Provokin’ folk tae silent mairth ‘Wha, mauna show it. I"n ’joyin’ life for a’ I'm wairth Ye loony poet! Ye’er scribblin’ lines aboot a flea Who vat may come tae dine aff ye! R. B. Lewis you the material revelations of the a) a non- | > thru their hair. | humans whyles might see | jot acres lie idle and unproductive is an Says I have just issued the and Bird Day Arbor Day is a fine chance for those | of us who are interested in conser tion—in our forests—in our wild life— Spring Arbor | = { Proclamation. | There are revolutionary theories in Washi ngton, too. (this district, is undoubtedly of some |t0 try to interest”everyone—child and | rown-up. alike—in our national tage of natural resources. Arbor Day heri- Tree Day. It was [started 60 years ago in Nebraska—out of the longing for the sight' of trees that comes to men on the prairies. means {the Union, Pennsylvania didn’t get around to an | lofficial Arbor Day until 1885 — but it | lhas been celebrated regularly since | that time. 3 : | We still have a lot of trees in Penn- | Isylvania—but the glorious “Zorosty of | white pine, hemlock and white o ak | {that once covered mountain and valley | lare mostly gone. | It is our task and duty to give more | [thought and more action toward re- | Inewing those forests and toward pro- | [tecting and saving what we have l The value of forests in (eH {floods and destructive soil is pully | established. And the great need for | | lumber still exists in. this machine | jo re, | 3ut, besides these practical values, | a, can mean something in Amman] values that no- man-rnade garden can | |mean. It is a degply inspiring thing to | { stand in a towering grove of trees and | hink of the mysterious processes ‘by | whieh such plants have come into | being. I have a feeling about forests | taat I cannot put into words. And TI | am not the only. We need mo and | better forests. But nature cannot | the work alone, especially when it has to work against man’s destructive: 5, | and carelessness | { d most important thing | we: must do i top fore A are mak I gress in the lirect Nothing T know of is sadder than th blackened stumps of a f st that was once cool The work of tion Corps ilian Conserva- | ith a nw r ‘of | vil ation projects— | is 20 to be of tre. 1iendous help in | inot only putting out, but in preventing | i g | { fires. ! l | | But besides preventing and putting’ 5 ut fire e have to plant trees if our | rer’ to be restored. | Tn the past 34 years a total of 43 mil- lion tre were planted in vte | forests. That means there now 85,000 ¢ lacres of thrifty plantations in the | State forests. But that is a rather small | acreage when you consider that the! [total acreage of State forests is 1,647 | 582 acres—and it ought to be more, | Tree planting on Arbor Day by thou- sands of our school children means | | much more than the actual benefit] from these plantings. It gives our children—and perhaps gome grown- | ups, “too—a practical lesson in con- | Iservation \ | If anyone should ever question the! (practicability of children planting, |Trees, remember to tell them that the | "school children of Switzerland helped] {plant many of the forests that are now | | {among the most famous in the world. { | The wonderful Pennsylvania, original forests of | are gone. But many of them can he renewed, | They must be | renewed To let hundreds of thousands | economic crime. J and green, [| the Cix AVIATION by CAelefr US NR, AMER. iq) \AETLELA i LITTLE AMERICA Jeane Wt Bye ot Hk i All Snugged Down! I'MTLE AMERICA, ANTARC ~~ PICA, Apri} 9 (Via Mackay Radio) And now Admiral Byrd 18 out there, 123 miles away In 0is 9 x 13 x ( feet high shack under the snow, on his terrible, lonely vigil of more than six months and we are all packed down comfortably for the long Antarctic winter here at little America. The fierce South Polar almost upon us. Already looked at the thermometer and found the figures ‘69 below zero” staring at us. We have only about four hours a day of sunlight. Yes terday the darkness. came at one . o'clock in the af i winter i8 we have er E— ternoon after one of these amazing Antarctic sunsets - simply incom parable for beau ty. On April 19 the sun will dis ippear completely and the leader of ———————— this expedition **. will be out there - H. Czegka that hut all Expedition winter, tor tour Supply Officer months of which he witli be in total darkness, with only candles tor light. And outside | his hut will rage the most violent weather known on this globe — blinding blizzards, wind screaming man, from sun-kissed Braw: ley, Calif.,, is tinkering with the electric generators so 1 can get these stories out to you people in the club better. Kenneth Rawson, our young Chicago navigator, is re. pairing and adjusting his instru ments. The archeologist, : l.ewisohn, of New York, one of our 13 scientists, is snapping every: thing in sight with a camera. Lin: wood Miller, ot' Highland Park, Ill, official sail. maker, is repairing our wind proofs. radio Cambridge, l.eRoy Clark, from Mass., and his pal, Stephenson Corey, from Winchester, Mass., arg digging boxes of food and clothing out of the snow and parking them properly. . One of the boys from New Zealand, Bernard lemming, is constructing a big new snow melter tor our drinking and cooking water. Francis Dane, of Lexington, Mass. has the sweet job of cutting up seals for dog food, while hig buddy, Altonso Carbone, of Cambridge, Mass., our cook. works until mid- night, every night, baking ' our bread, and the rest of the time cooking our other food. Bill Me- Cormack, of Lansdowne, Pa., pilot ot our Kellett Autogyro, is trying to keep that trusty and valuable machine from being buried com- pletely in the snow. 1 am as busy as a hee preparing orange colored at 150 miles an nour- and 80 to 90 [tanks of Tydol gasoline and Veedol degrees below zero. It is one of|motor oil for the automotive cam- the most~amazing feats ever at |paign beginning next October tempted. | am praying for him,|against the mysteries of this that he will not get a sprained |strange land and, in between, our ankle or—well, any of the other regular jobs, Comdr. Noville, Capt. terrible things that could happen |Iinnes-Taylor and 1 are constantly to him. We expect to be in touch |w orilig to dig our swell new hut with him by radio at ail times. Here we have plenty to do pre- paring for the great exploits we hope to accomplish from next Octo ber to February. There is a never ending variety of work going on daily. Albert Eilifsen, ot Tromsoe, Norway, is building" new dog sledges. Vernon Boyd, of Turtle Creek, Pa. is installing a wind- driven generator on top of a sixty: foot tower (and he’ll have lots of wind to run it). Dr. Poulter, of Dunedin, N. Z., our leader here, is working all the time, mostly mak- ing cosmic ray observations. Wil: liam C. Haines, our meteorologist from Washington, D. C., is con- structing a weather !observatory. Dr. Louis Potaka, our new New Zealand doctor, is arranging the gick bay (which is sailor-man talk ror hospital). Ed Moody, of Tam- worth, N. H., is making dog harness. Finn Ronne, from Pittsburgh, is showing his Norwegian skill in mending skiis, (which I've learned to pronounce *sheez”). Clay Bailey, out of the snow. No monotony, no heavy time on our hands. Lots of exercise, lots of health, Not a sickness germ within 2300 miles of us. It’s a great life, no fooling! Just got a radio from the club secretary that he has received a new supply of the beautiful big working maps which the club is sending, free, with -membership cards, to everybody who joins the club, for which there is. no charge whatever. To join one of the world’s most interesting organiza- tions, without obligation ‘of any kind, simply send stamped, self- addressed envelope to C. A. Abele, Jr., president, Little America Avia- tion and Exploration Club, Hotel Lexington, New York, N, ¥Y., and your membership card and map will be sent you promptly. Be sure you write your name and address plainly as | understand a number of eur letters sent out to prospec: tive members have been retired to us marked “not found”. Walter. : 5 { } i I } { } }