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~ THE DALLAS $OST PROGRAM
THE DALLAS POST will lend its support and offers the use of
columns to all projects which will help this community and the great rural-
suburban territory which it serves to attain the following major improve-
ments: : ~
1. Construction of more sidewalks for the protection of ‘pedestrians in
Kingston township and Dallas.
2. A free library located in the Dallas region.
. 3. Better and adequate street lighting
F 'nbrook and Dallas.
4. Sanitary sewaae disposal system for Dallas.
+E, Closer co-operation between Dallas borough and surrounding townships.
Sli Consolidated high schools and better co-operation between those that’
now exist.
7. Adequate waten supply for fire protection.
8. The formation of a Bick Mountain Club made up of business men and
home owners interested in the development of a community consciousness in
Dallas, Trucksville, Shavertown and Fernbrook.
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While Dallas borough is pointing with pide at its per-
manent system of good streets, a different condition exists
In Kingston township where harassed taxpayers are up in
arms over the apparent neglect of their roads.
~ Many township home owners fail to see any humor in
the situation of a community with ample
road taxes but without good roads and
- TAXPAYERS without any plan for the construction of
TAKE HEED permanent streets.
/ Along this line Kingston township
: might well take a page from the history of road construc-
tion in Dallas. Although some township citizens might not
be willing to admit that anything constructive can come out
of the borough, results speak louder than prejudices, so that
‘despite all arguments to the contrary Dallas can now point
to a system of streets that makes those of Kingston town-
ship look almost medieval. ; -
~~ Construction of permanently good streets in Dallas has
‘not been brought about by magic. The first move taken by
borough council was to lay down a definite plan for road
improvement. The second step in the program was ad-
herence to a definite policy of permanently improving a
number of streets each year. There was no attempt to
make all the roads permanent during any one year.
Perhaps the biggest factor in continuance of this po-
licy was the appointment of a competent road builder in
~ charge of all street construction with politics and favori-
tism relegated to the background.
With this policy in effect the borough has been able to
‘realize concrete results from the assistance of CWA and re-
lief workers and can point to at least three streets that
have been put in excellent condition by the borough road
department in co-operation with these agencies. Because
of lack of supervision and political motives, other com-
munities hereabouts have been disappointed with the re-
sults of CWA co-operation and the expenditure of large
sums of money.
~~ As soon as Kingston township comes to a realization
that road building is a highly specialized. work requiring
expert supervision, clear planning and a far reaching pro-
gram to provide for future road construction it will begin
to get honest results for the money it is now expending on
a politically ridden hit-and-miss system of street improve-
: ment. =
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in Trucksville. Shavertown,
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~The tremendous increase in the number of arrests for
drunken driving is no surprise to those persons who were
; ‘acquainted with police procedure in pre-Repeal days. Hun-
dreds of motorists who should have lost their licenses then
for driving while intoxicated were let off with a “reckless
driving” charge by sympathetic policemen.
~ But it is surprising that there has not been a more firm
~ and intelligent handling of the drunken driver problem since
Repeal.
A recent survey by the American Automobile Associa-
tion - showed that the penalties through
THE PROBLEM the country vary from a fine of one cent
~ OF DRUNKEN to a fine of $5,000. Jail sentences as light
DRIVERS as one day can be handed down in some
: states while others demand five ‘years.
Suspension or revocation of driving permits is mandatory
~ for first offenses in thirty-one states.
Thanks to the Safety Responsibility Law in Pennsyl-
vania the law provides measures for dealing sternly with
intoxicated drivers. While the relative importance of driv-
: ing while drunk has probably been exaggerated as a factor
in the mounting toll of highway accidents it is nevertheless
“a factor and one over which we must and can secure a great-
er measure of control by providing and enforcing more uni-
form, adequate, reasonable, and rigid penalties.
~The penalties under the laws of many states are wholly
inadequate and ineffective in practice. In other states the
penalties are so severe that convictions are difficult to se-
cure. A number of communities have laws which conflict
with State laws.
: Until a reasonable standard for the treatment of this
class of highway offender is furnished we may continue to
expect a mounting toll of unpunished offenses and accidents.
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‘I American:
Protection for All
Destroyed Illusions
Coal Oil Johnny
©, Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
By ED HOWE
I AM a man ‘of peace, but, when the
provocation is sufficient, believe in
a fight; even in shooting.
Robberies of banks have become so
common that in many towns alarm
systems have been installed to sum-
mon, on occasion, citizens with arms
in their hands. I am cheered frequent-
ly of late by hearing of bank robbers
being shot down in the streets.
It is not for the greatest good of the
greatest number that an armed loafer,
with murder in his heart, should de-
mand money belonging to industrious
citizens. The majority of men do not
approve of such methods, therefore are .
aot only within their rights in stopping
such outlawry, but are to be highly
commended. An occasional man lying
dead in the street, if discovered in vi-
-olence, is as fine an exhibition of mor-
ality as assisting the unfortunate.
I believe congress has violently as-
saulted the rights of conservative citi-
zens who represent the majority. Our
country, our homes, our places of busi-
ness, are as clearly entitled to protec-
tion as banks. Measures sufficiently
vigorous to be effective should be re-
sorted to in protecting them.
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A writer in a Baltimore paper says
the trouble with Americans now is,
they are suffering from the destruction
of their old illusion of superiority and
infallibility. Having been blown com-
pletely out of our serene confidence
that one of us conld lick thirty-seven
Frenchmen, it was inevitable that we
should begin to doubt that we can lick |
any Frenchman at all. We have been
suddenly and frightfully convinced
that we are no better than so many
foreigners, whereas, for a hundred
years, we have been assuring our-
selves that foreigners are low and
feeble fellows. What wonder, then,
that we have Fallon far into the
dumps?
Americans were rtuinally in posses-
sion of a virgin continent, which they
exploited with unprecedented speed,
and making many mistakes on the
way. The resultant colossal wealth
naturally gave us the impression that
our business acumen was prodigious.
Everything conspired to maintain us
in the opinion that the American is
in all respects the most potent man
who walks the earth.
Then came the crash of matter and
the wreck of worlds in 1929. Sudden-
ly it was revealed to us that some of
the most awe-inspiring figures in the
American business world were in re-
ality appalling chumps; that many po-
1itical demigods really knew no more
about statecraft than the average bhar-
ber does about geometry, and “that
there is, with-possible exceptions that
may be counted on the fingers of one
hand, not a really competent interna-
tional banker in Wall Street. The
country swarms with smart young
salesmen, but the wise old heads in
the business world are few in number,
and far, indeed, from being in control.
Naturally, our first reaction was a
stunned bewilderment that swiftly
passed into paralyzing fear, and every-
body bawling absurdly for help.
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No figure in history has impressed
me more than a man called Coal Oil
Johnny. He was a fool fellow living
in average American fashion in Penn-
sylvania. Oil was found on a piece
of wornout land he had fallen heir
to. Taxes had not been paid in years,
but the final limit had not been
reached, and redemption was possible.
The oil discovery made Johnny rich,
and he at once moved to New York,
where he became the most reckless
spender the world had up to that time
known. Because of his unexampled
folly, he became one of the world’s
most famous men. iy
One morning he awoke to find him-
self stripped, forsaken and forgotten,
except that we say now he was the.
greatest fool in all history.
I don’t know about that. Have not
many millions been equally foolish all
over the world in the past dozen years?
The men who loaned billions abroad in
the first years of the war: was even
Coal Oil Johnny equally reckless or
foolish? Look at the appropriations
of congress in the past dozen years:
were the financial operations of Coal
Qil Johnny worse?
Instead of noble monuments to Wil-
son, Harding, Hoover, Borah, Norris,
Brookhart, or the La Follette boy, I
think there should be erected monu-
ments of a disheveled, dissipated, care-
less man, and labeled: “A Typical
Hon. Coal Oil Johnny, of
Pennsylvania. Remember what a fool
he was, and try to be wiser.”
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I have long observed that when I
have behaved reasonably well yester-
day, it is easier to behave reasonably
well today. If I neglect to perform
a natural duty today, it is doubly trou-
blesome tomorrow. )
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In the long contest between poor
and rich men, the rich call fewest hard
names. Whoever heard the rich speak
ill of the poor? Yet the rich might
throw rocks, if they desired; the poor
actually have many bad habits. . . .
When we argue wa speak grandly of
the principle of the thing we fight about,
and seem to have decided the under
dog has the most principle on his side.
. + + The rich are great cowards.
As a poor man I have accused many
rich men of strutting offensively when
actually they were sneaking through
life too humbly.
Howe About:
Poets’ Corner
SOMEONE FROM HOME
She welcomed me
hands,
And eyes that smiled through tears—
I was the first old friend from home
She'd seen in twenty years!
‘Someone from home,” she said, and
sighed; 3
“Oh, you could never know
How good it is to have you here!
I miss my old friends so!”
We talked about our yesterdays—
About the folks we knew
Long years ago; we talked about
The things we used to do.
Her heart still’ clung to memories
Of days when life was glad;
But oh, how lcnely she had grown,
How desolate and sad!
The time for parting eame too soon:
She plead with me to stay;
Someone from home gave her more joy.
Than words could ever say . . .
And I shall cherish through the years
The brave and wistful smile
‘With which she thanked me—just be-
cause
I talked with her awhile,
—By Lawrence Hawthorne
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THOUGHTS OF FATHER
Some day I know I'll have to quit
‘With many tasks unfinished.
And in my chair I'll have to sit,
With wit and strength diminished.
And someone, who is now a Lad,
Without one care or fetter,
Will take the place that T have had,
And likely fill it better!
And this is true of every man,
Whatever be his station.
With work half-done, with untried plan
We'll meet our destination.
And, Lad of mine, may you, from me,
Acquire no touch of my flaws—
So that the world, in you, may see
A better man than I was!
—By Charles S. Kinnison
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—Jackson-
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reakes and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reakes
and children spent part of last week
at Atlantic City, and Camden, New
Jersey.
Mrs. Dana Rice and Evelyn and
Caroline Rice spent an evening re-
cently at the home of Mrs. Sadie Ro-
|gers at Huntsville.
Marjorie Smith has returned after
visiting June Kester of Kingston.
Jackson S. S held their picnic in el
{returned to: her
ya week with Helen Splitt.
(family, attended
|Pine Grove on Wednesday.
Charlotte Goldsmith of Demunds has |
Home after spending
Mr, and Mrs. Dennis Bonning atten-
ded the funeral of- a relative
Stroudsburg; on Tuesday. :
Mr. and Mrs. Irving
P. M. Church at Nanticoke at Benton,
on Wednesday of last week.
Little Louise shouldice entertained
a number of friends on Friday. The
occasion being her 6th birthday anni-
versary.
Third Rat Bite
Bitten by a rat as she lay in her
crib, last week, Evelyn Repsher, one-
vear old daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Repsher of Skinner's Eddy, suffered an
infection which made her removal to
a hospital necessary. Twice on pre-
vious occasions the youngster had been
bitten by rats, but parents believed she
had only scratched herself when they
found blood on her. The third time,
however, the baby aroused them and
parents going to her aid saw the rat
slink away.
Arrest Increase
An increase of 31.68 per cent in the
number of arrests for drunkenness
over the United States in the first
three months of 1934 as compared with
the same period of 1933 has been re-
ported by the Research and Educa-
tional department of the ¥ethodist
Episcopal church. >
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Mr. Garner Confesses
New York.—John M. Garner admits
that the job of being Vice President of
the United States is unimportant.
Writing in the American Magazine,
Garner calls the Vice Presidency “a
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jfifth wheel job—the spare ire on our
national automobile.”
“There is little more than routine to
ithe job,” he writes, “and little enough
of that It is a virtually obscure post.
I don’t get much mail. I® mever see
any job hunters.”
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LITTLE AMERICA, ANTARCTI-
CA, August 12 (via Mackay Ra-
dio) :—At last Admiral Byrd has
been reached. I've just heard it
over the radio from Amory Waite.
I'll tell you all about the details in
the next story.
You know, rubber turns brittle in
extremely cold temperatures, loses
its elasticity and breaks. That's the
main trouble that overtook our sec-
ond tractor expedition to get Ad-
miral Byrd out of his lonely hut 123
miles away. Dr. Poulter, Pete De
mas and Amory Waite were making
splendid progress in the little
French tractor 23 miles south of
here, after they had dug one huge
sledge load of food and supplies out
of a 90-foot deep 4&revasse into
which it had fallen, with Demas’
skill alone saving the tractor and
its crew from a similar fate. Then
the fan belt broke. And so did the
new one they put in. And so did an-
other. Then the clutch got out of
kilter and the generator went
wrong. So Dr. Poulter realized it
was impossible to go on. They left
there the two sledge loads of 300
gallons of gasoline, 20 gallons of
oil, food and camping equipment for
our third tractor to pick up on its
journey through the darkness,
which was started on Friday.
Bernard Skinner, of Winthrop,
Me., Demas, who comes from Wash-
ington, D. C.,, and I worked night
and day for three days on the trac-
tors. When I get home I expect to
be a real automotive expert. You
should be here when one of these
tractor rescue trips is on! Until the
party passes the dangerous pres-
sure ridges they talk with us every
hour, after that every four hours.
No matter what we are doing here
Two of my bosses, Harold I. June, great aviator (left), and
Stevenson Corey, supply officer.
come in and hang over the opera:
tor's shoulder waiting for the latest
report. The performance of every
type of gasoline engine under these
terrible 'weather conditions has
been simply remarkable.
Everybody here continues in good
health and spirits. | now weigh 139
pounds, a gain of 16 pounds since
leaving New York. I started to grow
a beard but it was of such a disap-
pointing nature that 1 am now shav-
ing every day—with an electric
razor. Dr, Potaka, our doctor from
New Zealand, makes a detailed
monthly physical examination and
says that apparently the Antarctic
is doing us all good. The average
gain in weight is 3% pounds per
man. Walter Lewisohn, Jr., of New
York, our archeologist, however,
has gone way beyond that. He has
gained 14 pounds. The freedom
from colds is miraculous, especially
80 because the men expose them-
selves carelessly. Many times they
rush out of quarters which register
70 ‘degrees into frigid tunnels regis-
tering 60 degrees below zero in or-
der to get to the mess hall or do an
errand, most of the time without
stopping to put on coats or helmets.
It’s a wonder we aren’t all laid up
with penumonia but the absence of
germs down here lets us get off
scot free.
The club is still open to member-
)ship, without cost, and a big free
working map of Antarctica and
membership card will be sent to
anybody interested in aviation and
adventure who writes me at the
American headquarters. Send clear-
ly self-addressed, stamped envelope
to Arthur Abele, Jr. President, Lit-
tle America Aviation and Explora-
tion Club, Hotel Lexington, 48th
Street and Lexington Avenue, New
|we all stop when these messages
York, N. Y.