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VOL. 44 3
DALLAS, PA.,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1934.
No. 43
POST
SCRIPTS
STUDENT
DEER
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GAME
BODY
Or
A young man from this community,
a product of the local high school, a
good student, and a good athlete left
this fall to continue his studies in a
~ school of higher learning. It has been
suggested by a number of citizens that
a little money might make the path for
this youngster a little brighter.
Through his own efforts he has saved
enough to pay a part of his way
through school. Now comes a sugges-
tion from Chief of Police Leonard
O’Kane that a benefit football game be
arranged between two teams of old-
time football players in this commu-
nity and the proceeds sent to this boy
to help him in his struggle for a
higher education. We think the idea
a good one, and we'd like to hear
some other suggestions or ways in
which financial assistance can be giv-
«<n this boy *
ps
Last Friday while on his way, K home
for lunch Frank Garrahan couldn’t be-
lieve his eyes when he saw a fine big
buck deer bouncing across the road
near the Methodist church. It was a
real deer all right and it didn’t stand
still a minute while in Dallas. Where
it came from and where it went no one
seems to know. Last year a doe deer
visited Dallas and spent several minu-
tes under an apple tree on the ridge
back of Captain Booth’s home on Leh-
man avenue. Twenty years agd it
would have been an unheard of thing
to see a deer so close to this commu-
nity. At that time deer were on the
wane in Pennsylvania and there was
fear of their complete destruction.
‘Wise ‘conservation methods have madd
. ‘deer a common sight once more in
Pennsylvania and put this state in the
forefront of the states of ‘the union in
the number of deer in its woods and
fields.
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Among the mysterious symbols and
terms which have gradually come into’
common usage among newspapermen
there is one which has motivated a
great amount of research in the last
ten or fifteen years. It is the symbol
“30” which a newspaperman uses at
the end of his story to signify that it
is ended.
‘We have heard at least eight dif-
ferent explanations of the origin of the
use of the number. One of the most
logical is that in the days when news-
paper stories were written by hand, in-
stead of on typewriters, a period was
indicated by “x”, the end of a para-|
graph by “xx”, and the end of a story
by the sign “xxx”, Roman for “30”. |
Another explanation is that “30” has
a peculiar East Indian origin. In Ben-
gali, “80” means “farewell” or “I quit”.
An English officer in Calcutta used the
figures at the end of a letter he sent
to the East India Company in 1758 and
the company, using the figures in their
publication, made them “30” by mis-
take.
There is a tale, too, that the symbol
came into existence because, during a
major disaster somewhere, the infor-
mation was wired to the outside world
by a telegrapher whose number was
“30” and who remained at his key and
met death after his assistants had
fled.
The most ancient explanation goes
all the way back to the 30 magistrates
appointed by Sparta over Athens at
the termination of the Peloponnesian
‘War. They were called the “30 ty-
rants” and were overthrown after one
_ year’s reign. The end of the sway of
the tyrants was heralded with a spirit
of gladness and the numerals “30”.
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For several weeks now we have been
amusing ourselves with a variety of
the “Do You Know?’ game. We've
been trying to find out just how much
‘the lingo of the newspaper has become
a part of the layman's speech.
Newspapermen and printers have a
long list of words and phrases which
mean one thing to them and an entirely |
different thing to someone who is a
stranger to the methods and equipment
of a publishing plant.
The fact that any piece of writing,
from a 2-line mote to a sixX-colmun
article, is considered by the reporter as
a “story” seems to be known generally
now but many other term$ common to
the newspaper office are given amus-
ing definitions. /
For example, a “jump story” iS one
which, for lack of space, must be con-
tinued to another page. Various per-
sons questioned said the “jump story”
is “exaggerated news”, ‘astounding
news”, or “unexpected happenings
which can be turned into news before
the rival paper gets them.”
A “bulldog”, the first edition of a
newspaper, was called “a determined
reporter” by one person questioned.
Another defined it as “hanging on to a
gtory” and a third said it meant “to
rewrite a story”.
The gem of all our answers, however
came from a worhan who naively ex-
plained that she had spent three years
at a school of journalism and “guessed”
she could answer all the questions. She
|Garinger
{Lacy Williams, Miss Lillian F. Rood,
| common property and responsibility of
Monster G. O.
To Be
County Leaders To Sound
Keynotes Of Republican
Campaign
CROWD EXPECTED
An old-fashioned patriotic political
rally will be held on Monday night at
8 in the Dallas High School Building
under sponsorship of local Republican
leaders.
Outstanding G. O. P. standard-bear-
ers from Luzerne County will be
among the speakers and an entertain-
ing program will follow addresses.
Among the speakers will be District
Attorney Thomas H. Lewis, Ralph
Morris, State councilor of Jr. O., U. A.
M.; Mrs, J. B. Davenport, vice-chair-
man, Luzerne County Republican Com-
mittee, and Referee Asa E. Lewis, of
the Workman’s Compensation Bureau.
Edgar Bauer, widely known as a
magician, will be one of the chief en-
tertainers and Roger Howell will be
the soloist and song leader. Warhola’s
orchestra will play during the program
and later will play for dancing.
Cider and doughnuts will be the re-
freshments.
Peter D. Clark, chairman of the ral-
ly, expects a capacity crowd in res-
ponse to the general invitation. Every-
one will be welcome.
Booster Day For
Team On Saturday
Double - Header Arranged
For Local Football
Fans
Be Held
P. Rally
Big Frame Up
In Washington
Framed in leaves and steel,
the towering Washington monu-
ment presents an unusual ape
pearance, its outlines blurred by
steel scaffolding, as the job of
Saturday will be Booster Day for the
Dallas High School football team.
In addition to the ’varsity contest
between the local high school team and
the team from Nescopeck High School
there will be g preliminary tilt between
two teams made up of seventh, eighth,
and ninth © mee pupils of Dallas
achools; {
So far, Dallas High School's team
has had a discouraging season and to-
day’s program is to be as much a
testimonial of community support as
it is a means to aid the school athletic
council financially,
The regular 'Varsity line-up is an-,
nounced in a page advertisement in
this week’s Post,
The line-up. of young gridders who
will make their debut at 1:30 follows:
Minnesota: Penn State:
Shaver Snyder:
Race Monk
E. Ide McCullough
Jones Gould
Rugg¥s . Drake
Furneaux (Capt.) I Poliski
Davies ‘W. Brown
Henson Culp
Dix (Capt.)
E. Bronw
Tutak
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Veitch
Brace
Local Musicians In
Concert At Mossville
A concert willa be given in the
Mossville M. E. Church on Saturday
night, October 27, by Mrs. Beatrice
Miss Dorothy Smith, Ralph Smith, and
Al Milliner-Camp. ’
gettireg its face lifted makes
progress. It took workmen a
month to erect the steel frame
for the mammoth repair job. pa
$45,000 Fire Ruins
Old Car Barn Here
Believe Tramps Started
Early Morning
Blaze
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Flames levetled the old car barn
along the Wilkes-Barre Railway Corp-
tracks at /Dallas early Wednesday
morning, causing a'loss which was
estimated by traetion company officials
to be $45,0000
Firemen from Henry M. Laing Co.
responded to an alarm at 6 and pumped
water from Toby's Creek. They were |
assisted for a while by a squad of
traction company men. William Huf-
ford, motorman on an early street car,
discovered the blaze and summoned the
local firemen.
The building was about thirty years
old. Nine cars were stored in it.
About two weeks ago, six snow sweep-
ers and electric shovels were removed
from the barn to the Westmoor car
barn to be prepared for winter service,
Here Monday
Monthly
Available If
Claim Is Made
Appropriation Is Made
But Response Here
Is Slow
ACTION URGED
Six hundred dollars a month is avail-
able for employing capable instructors
from the Back Mountain to direct the
new emergency education program here
this winter but unless some plan to
claim the appropriation and sponsor
the program locally is made within a
week that money will go to another
district.
At a meeting at Luzerne on Wednes-
day night, Eugene Lazarus, a member
of Dallas school board, was the only
representative of this section present
and he has urged that some local group,
probably the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, act immediately to secure the ap-
propriation.
If plans to carry out the program in
District 5, which includes the terri-
tory from Luzerne back, are made
promptly it is probable six men or wo-
men from this region will secure posi-
tions for the winter months,
The program will function under the
State Work Division and will start
next month. Its purpose will be to de-
velop a social, recreational, and educa-
tional program that meets the needs
of the communities and gives employ-
ment to’ workers who have qualifica-
‘tions and the ability to develop such a
|community program.
| An advisory council has been formed
‘and its immediate objective is to de-
termine the extent to which the various
communities desire to participate and
for this purpose it has delegated to its
individual members the responsibility
of forming local committees for related
groups of communities throughout the
county. Whenever possible, these com-
Imittees will consist of a school dir-
ector or member of council from each
volitical. subdivision in the group,
i Through these committees each com-=
!munity will be given an opportunity to
express its desire to participate and
arrange the details incident to the
submission of the projects. .
Any local group which is interested
in contacting officials to assure Dallas
of its share of the money may secure
more information from H. H. Upde-
grove, county supervisor, whose office
is at 33 Kast Northampton Street,
Wilkes-Barre, or from Eugene Laza-
rus,
If the money is not claimed by this
section it will be used in other parts
of the county.
Harold Wagner May
Undergo Operation
$600
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Harold Wagner is quite seriously ill
at his home on Lehman avenue and if
no improvement is shown in his con-
dition within the day physicians are of
‘the opinion that he will have to under-
go a major operation for stone in the
kidney. Mr. Wagner has been ill for
« week having been taken with a
severe attack of pain on Friday last.
His many friends in this region hope
that he will not have to undergo a sur-
gical operation and that his recovery
will be speedy.
Practical Matter To Be
Settled By Each
Community
The civie possession of properties is
one of the oldest theories of govern-
ment,
Originally, the development and ex-
ploitation of natural resources was
unknown Water could be taken from
the springs and rivers, heat came from
the wood which could be gathered just
outside the cave, and the oil whichrwas
the by-product of the animals the pri-
mitive man slew for food and clothing
provided his flickering light after dark- |
ness. Everything was there for the
taking.
Land was held in common by the
clan and changed hands only when
enemies won it by force. Monogamy
did not exist and, to a large extent,
even women and children were the
the tribe.
Gradually, man began to appreciate |
the value of tools and implements.
When he had searched for the mater-
ials and manufactured his weapons and
tools he felt that he, and he alone,
should have the use of them. Then
agriculture came and man protested
which he had labored long and hard.
Property became largely personal and
private.
But urban civilization was forced to
acquire certain properties which were
necessary to economic and military
success. The civic possession of
streets, bridges, ferries, parks, and
sewage systems were well-nigh indis-
guessed wrong, for she had 11 correct
answer sout of the 25 sought,
“Add” ‘on a story means that it is to
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pensable to urban life. Only rarely in
history have such properties been own-
ed privately. ;
Ancient Rome had a surprisingly ef-
Current Sentiment For Municipal Ownership In Dallas
Has Background Which Had It’s Germ In Earliest History
Two weeks ago Dallas Taxpayers
Association decided to present the
question of municipal ownership of
the local water company before the
borough council.
Because of the interest in the
suggestion, The Post is presenting
these articles on municipal owner-
ship in an effort to explain its
principles and methods.
The Post is impartial in its views
on the subject and is not present-
ing these articles in favor of either
side,
ficient municipally-owned sewage sys-
tem.
treme later attempted by experimental
groups in many parts of the
These theories existed for many years,
and, in 1872, they became part and par-
| cel of the present day orthodox theory |
of socialism as by Karl
Marx.
In America the tremendous natural
resources
opened the way for profitable develop-
ment and exploitation. There were
expounded
| tremendous stakes for the intelligent, management. As a result, in this coun-
lagainst the distribution of crops upon |
aggressive, honest promcier and =p
ulator. The swift, surprising growth of
industry saw the development of im-
mense privately-owned public utilities.
The privilege of securing franchises
for supplying water, light, or transpor-
tation to urban communities. was
eagerly sought. The franchise carried
with it the creation of a virtual mono-
poly and it presented, if unrestrained,
the opportunity for maintaining extor-
tionate rates for service,
Frequently corruption entered into
the plan and at one time such inJustic-
After the Crucifixion of Jesus. |
| His disciples founded a community in
[which all property was common, an ex- [ytilities probably
world |
Municipal Ownership Of
Properties Ancient
Theory
|
|
|
es were a flagrant evil in America po-
litical life, an evil which was remedied
largely by the creation of State bodies,
|such as the Public Service Commission,
[to exercise some control over utilities.
In some cities, such as Philadelphia
jand New York City, transportation
| systems were constructed and owned
by the cities and leased to private
| management. In Philadelphia, the P.
|R. T. operated all street cars, subway
| trains, taxicabs, and airplane routes in
ithe city.
The evils of private ownership were
by no means general. The majority of
were operated fairly
tand with a keen appreciation of their
responsibilities But public opinion
[turned strongly toward municipal own-
| ership of utilities,
Municipal ownership might have
been more popular today had it not
| been discovered early that the conduct
|of such properties by city governments
! . .
to this there was the general American |
{ preference for private initiative and
try today municipal ownership is bit-
iterly debated by two opposing groups.
| Furope has taken the theory more
seriously. Public pawnshops, munic pa
orchestras, opera houses, etc, ure
common in Europe.
In America great attention has been
given to parks, libraries, and to public
playgrounds and to such government-
owned businesses as the United Stafes
mail. In a number of towns experi-
ments have been made with municipal-
ly-owned power or water plants and
i
Stoll Kidnaping
Suspect
The safe return of Mrs. Berry
V. Stoll, Louisville, Ky., society
woman, to her home after pay-
ment of $50,000 ransom to the
kidnaper, precipitated an inten-
sive manhunt throughout mid-
western states for the suspected
abductor, Thomas H. Robinson,
Jr., above, former inmate of
Tennessee asylums for the in-
sane. Robinson fled from Indian-
apolis, Ind., after receiving the
ransom money, federal agents
say. t
Some Beat-Thirty
Six Square Miles
Biggest Rural District
Keeps Lake Cops
Busy
Ira Stevenson, who was reappointed
chief of Police of Lake and Lehman
Townships this week, may not have the
biggest police force in the state but,
with the possible exception of Pitts-
burgh and Philadelphia, he and his
single assistant cover the largest terri-<
tory.
Chief Stevenson and his motorcycle
patrolman, Fred Swanson represent the
law, twenty-four hours of the day, ini
a, territory which includes thirty-six.
square miles. Do they envy the city
cop who has only two or three blocks
to cover eight hours of the day?
Mr. Stevenson was reappointed at a
salary of $175 a month and Mr. Swan-.
son was named as a full-time officer
for the winter. Chief Stevenson has
been chief at the Lake since 1931, suc-
ceeding Capt. John Ruth, who was kill-\
ed while attempting to arrest a mur-
derer, Stevenson has done some fine
work during his tenure of office. He
was formerly a State policeman.
Good Job
Clyde Lapp has cleared a section of
the hill fronting his residence on
Machell Avenue and has planted sever-
al varieties of spruce trees. The plots
once a tangle of underbrush and a fire
trap, has been improved considerably
by Mr. Lapp’s efforts.
Dies;
Mrs. Gordon
Community Grieves
Had Been Resident Of
This Section#or
76 Yeats
Mrs. Alice J. Gordon, 76, a highly
esteemed and respected resident of this
section all her life, died last Friday at
her family home in West Dallas She
had been ill since March but her death
came as a severe shock to her hundreds
of friends throughout this section.
Funeral services were held from the
home on Tuesday afternoon at 2, with/|
Rev. Lynn Brown of Lehman M. HE.
Church officiating, Interment was in
the Idetown Cemetery. Pallbearers
were Willard Diltz, Robert Chesney,
Joshua, Ferry, Merle Shaver, Kirt Mc-
and the rapid development wags frequently unsatisfactory. Added |Carty, and Carl Anderson.
Mrs. Gordon was the daughter of
Horace and Hannah Spencer, old resi-
dents of this section. She hag lived
in Dallas Township during the entire
span of her life. She was a splendid
Christian “voman, a fine mother, and a
£200 eighbor.
Her husband, John Gordon, died
about ten years ago. Mrs. Gordon was
a devout member of the Idetown M, 6 E.
Church,
Surviving are a son, Corey H. Gor-
don of Dallas; and two daughters,
Helen and Hazel, at home; also 'a
grandson, Paul Gordon and a great-
granddaughter, Janet Gordon; and a
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sister, Mrs. Julia: Spencer of Idetown.
Democrats Gain
But G. O.P. Will
Be On Top Here
For Dietrich’s
Candidacy
CONTEST NEAR END
The Back Mountain Section gives
every evidence of holding to its rock-
ribbed Republican traditions this Fall
but the Democratic vote here will pro-
bably be the largest ever polled by that
party. “
Because of the absence of local con-
tests, interest in the election to be
held November 6 is still dormant, ex-
cept in Dallas Township where a $25,-
000 bond issue is to be voted upon. The
number of votes cast probably will be
less than the 1,700 counted in Dallas
Borough, Dallas Township, and King-
ston Township last Spring but | the
number of Democratic votes will be
many more than the 125 cast by that
party’s followers here in May.
Back Mountain communities gave
Senator Reed tremendous pluralities
last May at the primaries and it is
likely that he will have most of that
support next month, despite the efforts
being made here in behalf of Joseph F'
Guffey, the Democratic nominee, Guf-
fy’s greatest gains here will be among
those voters who chose Reed as a pro=
test against his opponent, Governor
Pinchot, and Pinchot’s alignment with
the candidate for governor, William A.
Schnader may harm the Attorney Gen-
eral’s candidacy here.
The Democratic gains in this sec-
tion are due largely to the growing
popularity of George H. Earle, the
Democratic candidate for Governor. Be-
cause of strong political connections,
Schnader will receive the majority of
the Back Mountain votes, however, al-
though strong Democratic sentiment
in other rarts of the county may car-
ry Luzerne County for the Democrats.
Congressman C. Murray Turpin is
assured a good majority in this sec-
tion, although it is reported that his
strength in many other sections of the
county rests entirely with the support
of the County G. O. P. machine and,
that, lacking that support, “he might
easily lose to his Democratic opponent,
Dr. John Casey.
Willard G. Shortz, the present Rep-
resentative of the Sixth Legislative
District, of which Dallas and the Back
Mountain area is a part, has both
Democratic and Republican nomina-
tions,
A
Dietrich Gains
Tremendous gains have been made
in Wyoming County by the Democrats,
largely because of the whole-hearted
support being given by members of all
parties to the candidacy of Elmer E.
Dietrich, who seeks election as Con-
gressman. Mr. Dietrich’s opponent is
jLouis T McFadden.
Throughout the Fifteenth District,
Mr. Dietrich has made great gains dur-
{ing the last month and the enthusiasm
for his candidacy which is general
i throughout Wyoming County has
Ispread to other counties in the district
which formerly were McFadden’s
strongholds.
State=Wide Battle
As the end of the campaign’ ap-
proached this week, candidates for
state offices redoubled their efforts to
climax what will be Pennsylvania's
hottest gubernatorial election in years.
Particularly because it will be. an-
other test for the “New Deal”, - the
state is being watched by political ob-
servers throughout the nation.
In the eyes of the rest of the coun-
try, Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial elec-
tion is more than a contest between
Democratic and Republican candidates.
In an address this week, George
Earle, the Democratic candidate for
governor and former United: States
minister to Austria, said: “Pennsylvan-
fa is going to vote for or against Presi-
dent Roosevelt's program on November
6. Let us be perfectly clear about that.
The Democratic Party is for his pro-
gram. The Republican party is against
it, Which will you have?
“President Roosevelt has been in of-
fice 19 months. In that time he has
started one of the greatest social and
humanitarian reconstruction projects
this nation has ever seen. We call it
the New Deal. It is designed to bring
about economic recovery by raising la-
bor’s wage through minimum scales, by
establishing maximum work hours to
decrease unemployment, by priming
the pump with emergency federal ex-
penditures. Some critics say it cost
too much. I say that anything that
brings us out of the chaos of depres-
sion cannot cost too much. TI say that
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REPUBLICAN LILY
STILL BLOOMING,
DESPITE N. R. A.
There’s a good omen for Repub-
licans at the home of Mrs. O. L.
Harvey 142 Franklin Street, Dallas.
A lily plant which began bloom-
ing early in August is still going
strong.
It has bloomed constantly for
nearly three months now, each.of
its three -or four stalks having
four of five blossoms continually.
The lily is classified, officially, as
the Republican lily. Even the NRA
hasn't stopped it from blooming
overtime,
The plant won first prize at the
Trucksville flower show several
months ago.
Wyoming County Strong =