POST ADVERTISERS KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T SELL THEM IF YOU DON’T TELL THEM @he Moilas Post More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution LI IN EXTRA COPIES OF THE FIRST IN- STALLMENTS OF “WORLDS COL- DE” MAY BE SECURED BY CALL- G AT THE OFFICE OF THE POST. DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1934. No. 45 SCRIPTS UNCANNY DEMOCRATS NEXT YEAR MACHINE DALLAS .' Pennsylvania could have saved a great deal of money on Tuesday had she just taken Tom Heffernon’s predic-, tions from his political column in The Independent last Sunday and made them the official returns, ~ As a political prophet, Mr. “non, the editor of Wyoming Valley's lone Sunday newspaper, has always ‘had an enviable reputation, but it is doubtful that he ever predicted with such uncanny accuracy as he did this time. We passed our copy of The In- dependent on to someone so we are _ unable to quote Mr. Heffernon’s pre- dictions. We know, however, that, even to the details of county returns, those predictions were amazingly ac- curate. On his totals for the State, on his prediction of the Allegheney County, vote, on his guess of an 8,000 Republi- can majority for Luzerne County, in fact in practically all of his compre- hensive analysis of the prospects Mr. Heffernon was correct, We don’t know if Mr. clairvoyant but we shall most certain- ly take his word for political predic- tions from now on. Mr. Heffernon, incidentally, deserves | to wield great influence in the State's new Democratic set-up. He has our whole-hearted congratulations. Oi A political observer in Dallas points out that the Democratic gain in the borough was not se great when com- pared with the vote which local Demo- crats gave to Al Smith in 1928. At that time Smith received seventy- nine votes in the borough, There were eighty-nine Democratic votes last Tuesday. The Democratic registration here, we understand, is about seventy. On Tuesday one Republican wanted to wager that there would be no more than fifty Democratic votes in the bor- ough. Heffer- —_—— * - almost before the dust of Tuesday's avalanche had settled, there is talk of the election next year. That will be an interesting one, par- ticularly in the light of the advances made in the county by Democrats. Luzerne County will elect next year three county commissioners, one. from | the minority party, of course; a dis- trict attorney, a sheriff, ‘a county ~ treasurer, a register of wills, a recorder of deeds, a coroner, and a Surveyor. For some years the county’s branch of the State Republican machine has had little trouble in holding control of | the important offices. Several compli- cations next year will change the com- plexion of the contests. Will the county Republican organiza- | tion, stripped of most of its Federal and State patronage, be able to swing | the election. The Republican majority in Luzerne County on Tuesday seems to have been somewhere between 38,000 to 9,500. Na- | turally, some of those votes will be ' 1ost to the Republicans when the Dem- ocrats begin to distribute jobs. #t is probable that some 1,400 men work for the State sometime during the year and generally those men sup- port the party which gave them work: In the past the Republican party has benefited by their support. The Demo- cratic party is now entitled to similar retribution Ome thing ig important. If the Re- publican party expects to retain control of county offices next year it must completely forget old prejudices and make the county organization one which includes and satisfies all Pe- publican factions. —— Next year’s election will be interest- ing, too, for Dallas. The terms of four councilmen, Warden Kunkle, Elmer Parrish, Clyde Vietch, and Grant Sha- ner, expire. Eugene Lazarus will end his appointed term as school director and Lewis LeGrand's term as auditor will expire. Leonard O'’Kane’s present term as constable will also come to an end. Tt is unlikely that the Democrats could gain enough .strength here to gain any offices, unless some of their) candidates might win the Republican nomination, too, but the battle for Re-y publican nominations is always a bit- ter one. —— There are many in this community who have lost a good friend in the passing of D. P. Honeywell. He was a man whose counsel was sought on ‘many matters and he gave it without ostentation. There were among those who crowded the house and stood on the porches at the funeral, men who owed much of their well being and success to the kindly advice and assis- tance given them by D. P. Honeywell. There were others among them who ‘had known him as friend and neigh- __ bor through a lifetime of association and still others who had known him a shorter time but who had come to love and admire him. On aericultural matters he was an authority. His wide reading and pric- tical experience plus a keen insight in- to farm problems made him one whose word on such matters carried weight and respect. ‘The Post joins with the community in extending its sympathy to his wid- ow, to his son, Jack and to his two Heffernon is | - grandchildren, Helen, and Jessie, ‘Boulder Dam ‘Gullets’ in Place “Full speed ahead” is the wur | d at Boulder Dam, where construc- tion crews are driving forward work on the massive federal hydro- electric project. Here are shown newly-installed giant intake towers, into which waters of the Colorado will flow, to be converted into electric power for surrounding states. Sillworth Wets Overcome Lead Of Dyys In Lehman And Idetown i ‘Towhship Rejects s Local Of Option By 2 Votes. Gverwhelming opposition in the Lake Silkworth region defeated Lehman Township’s local option movement on Tuesday, despite the strong showing made by the drys in the Lehman and Idetown sections of the township. In thé two dry districts local option received a majority of eighty-eight ago and the rivalry between the teams | King. but the Silkworth voters polled enough votes in opposition to overcome votes, that lead and defeat the issue by two Vv One hundred ninety-eight votes were cast for local option and were cast in opposition to it. otes. 200 votes Protest Abandoned Shortly after the result had been determined on Tuesday night it was in- timated that the®audinlity of the vote might be contested but yesterday te { leaders reported a question concerning the qualifications of certain voters had been settled satisfactorily and that no request for investigation would be made, The vote by districts follows: Yes 61 39 100 200 No 74 117 North (Idetown Middle (Lehman) South (Silkworth) Total It will be impossible for hip to vote again on the local option ssue for four years. Many lgnore Issue A number of voters in the township were uninformed of the question which appeared on the machines or had no inclination to vote. The votes cast on the local option issue were far less than the total number of votes tallied. The movement had its inception in the Idetown area when complaints were made concerning several estab- lishments. There are no licensed es- tablishments in the center of Lehman and it was in that territory that the drys made their greatest showing. 198 Lake Silkworth, which voted 10-to-1 | against local option, is primarily a |summer resort and it has several hotels which own liquor licenses. German’s Bread Sold Here By Neal Henry Neal D. Henry. has been appointed representative for German's Better Bread in the Back Mountain Section and reports an increasing demand for the product of the modern Forty Fort bakery. Mr, Henry is widely known in this section. He is the son of a former clergyman here. His territory includes Trucksville, Sweet Valley, Dallas, Har- vey's Lake, aad the surrounding terri- tory. Men Of Town To Meet At Church Tonight The recently-organized Men's Broth- erhood of Dallas will meet at the M. E. Church tonight (Friday) at 7:45. Rev. G. Elston Ruff, a splendid speaker and pastor of the Shavertown Lutheran Church, will talk, All men of the town, particularly the young men, are invited to attend. LOCAL GIRL SINGS WITH CHAPEL CHOIR AT BUKE UNIVERSITY Elizabeth Hess of Dallas is a member of the Duke University Chapel Choir of Durham, North Carolina, : The choir, gonsisting of 150 voic~ es, will broadcast from the Duke University chgpel at 11 o’clock next Sunday morning. Each member of the choir has been selected. from the men’s or women’s glee club, after individual auditions. It is considered an hon- or to be selected for membership in the choir. . 10'| the town- | | ‘School Directors O. K. FERA Plan Dallas Board To Permit | Use Of Building For | | Program | The n em: 1 education pro- gram winch Will be carried on here during the next five months under supervision was approved by | Dallas Borough School Board at its ime > on Monday night and per- {mission was given to furnish room, | heat, and facilities for the adult edu- | cation classes. | State having as members Dr. Eugene Lazarus, and was appointed to in- | A committee G. K. Schwartz, {Calvin McHose vestigate {a similar plan for schools, The reports of the secretary and the | |treasurer were accepted. Three notes, | | totalling $7,000, were renewed for three (months. Bills amounting to $145.92 | were ordered paid. will be rented to Dallas Woman's Club for the night of November 16 for its card party. Dallas M. E. Church will rent the high school for a bazaar on December 6 and 7. Tax Collector Arthur Dungey’s list of exonerations was. accepted. J. E. Roberts presided. All members wep present except H. J Disque. | school the nursing service offered in | The auditorium of the high school | CRISPEL SISTERS TO BE HEARD FROM WGY § ON SATURDAY NIGHT The Crispel Sisters, four youth- ghters' of. Rev. and, Mrs. F. ‘rispel, who once served as pas- tor at the Maple Grove and Car- verton M. E Churches, will sing on the General Electric Hour from Station WGY on Saturday night at 7. Many parishioners and {friends here will remember the girls, Car- mel. Geraldine, Lula, and Joy Cris- pel. They sing and play instrumental music and have been heard on a number of occasions over Binghamton, and WESG, EI y Rev. Mr. Crispel is serving now at ri Back Mountain Holds To G. O. P. As Dems Advance - DEMOCR ATS MAKE BIG GAINS HERE BUT REPUBLICAN Unity Among Republican Fa State And Nation Are Democracy’s magnificent day. sylvania were piling up Democratic plu the Mt. Vision = and church of the Oneonta District. { Grid Game Feature - Of Homecoming id Kingston Township stim To Sponsor Annual Program | Saturday { | | | | Alumni of Kingston Township will | |celebrate a Homecoming Day |day afternoon in conjunction with the {annual football game between Dallas | Borough High School and the King | Township team. on Satur- gston | | | | | . | The township has one of ‘the teams that has represented the [in a. light, best | school years, gation is determined to revenge the 6-0 defeat last year at the hands of t fast ag; which he| borough. The township team defeated [Dallas Township, 20 to 6, a few weeks | | which will intense. clash on Saturday will pe Arrangements are being made to ac- | 1 comodate the largest crowd to attend | ai local game in years, Parking space | will be available for motorists Cap- | able o Zicials will have charge rd game, which will start at 2:30. Parents of Kingston Township play- ers will be guests of honor. They have been requested to call at the office of the high school on the afternoon of the game for their tickets. The Alumni Association will sponsor | a surprise program in conjunction with | the celebration. A parade will b | at 1:45 from the front of the building, The com of ttee in charge of the af- | {fair has as members, Willard Woolbert, | Fred Finney, | Lewis, Daniel {Doug dle, Howard Isaacs. Mrs. Samuel Woolbert of Shavertown recently received word that her nephew Carl Is 5, son of William Isaacs, for- | merly of Dallas but now of Youngs- town, Ohio, is: slated for All-American | honors as Tacklé on the University of North Carolina football team. Isaacs [played on the varsity the last three Years, and Coach “Hunk” Anderson, former Notre Dame coach, stated re- |cently that he is one of the best tackles [that he has ever seen and that he is rated as the best Zackle in the Southern Conference. Isaacs is studying aero- nautical engineering. He was an out- standing member of the football team throughout his high school career hav- ing played on the famous undefeated |team of 1930. Young Isaacs is also a nephew of Tax collector John Isaacs of Kunkle and Henry Isaacs of Shaver- town. Cease, Palmer | LE Eck, ) and | Richard Ri ichards, Karl aa QUESTION CARRIED BY MAJ eight votes. Construction of the much- needed Dallas Township Voters App $25,000 Bond Issue For School Although it was carried by only a slender margin in the upper districts, the $25,000 bond issue for a new school at Dallas Township received two-so- one support in the South District on Tuesday and won by a majority of thirty- rove MAJORITY OF 38 VOTES addition will begin in the Spring and will be ready for occupancy in next® Fall, directors report. Crowded condi- tions in the present building motivated the appeal to the voters. The movement for the addition was ’ lbegun about a year ago and consider- |able controversy marked its progress. | Opposition was based on the likelihood |of a, burdensome tax increase. Under the plan proposed by the directors the |icsue will be financed inexpensively |over a long period. Opposition was most effective in the North District of the township where a tie vote, 41 to 41 resulted. In the Middle District, the bond issue won by only 3 votes, the tally being 59 to 56. Greatest support for the question came from the South District, the new- ly created polling area. There sixty- six persons approved the issue and thirty-one voters opposed it. At present, in the Dallas Township School, all classrooms except one are filled to capacity. If the issue had been defeated it would have been nec- essary to send some pupils to neigh- boring schools. - APOLOGY Because of the unusu- al demand for space and the volume of work pro- duced this week at the plant of The Dallas Post it is necessary to omit the third installment of “When Worlds Collide”. The publishers regret the interruption of the serial but, despite the fact that the story is al- ready in type, it was im- possible to find space for it this week. | Dallas Boro., | Dallas | King. | Dallas | Dallas | Dallas tidal wave against the Back Mountain Section’s traditional BULWARK STANDS ctions In Dallas Responsible For Good Showing Made Here While Other Parts Of Rolling Up Tremendous Vote For Administration. ONLY DISTURBANCE OF ELECTION DAY AT NOXEN pounded relentlessly but in vain G. O. P. breakwater on Tues- While the nation was ratifving the New Deal and other sections of Penn=- ralities, Dallas, Kingston Township, and | Dallas Township were giving the Republican candidates a three-to-one lead. For only one thing could local Democrats give thanks, | 500 supporters in the three local municipalities. The New Deal and That was four times the num- ber of Democrats who voted in the primaries last Spring. A few more than 2,000 votes were were recorded last spring. | Election | Returns Governor Schnader Earle 171 228 So. Dist Dallas Boro., No. Dist, 3 120 78 167 34 21 | 87 Twp, Middle Twp., No. Dist, Twp., So. Dist, Dallas | Dallas 96 170 30 344 382 58 King. Twp., NW. Dist Twp., SW. Dist. King. Twp., NE. Dist. Total 1548 iy 8 U. S. Senator Reed 169 229 527 Dallas Boro., So. Dist. Dallas Boro. No. Dist. | Datias Twp., Middle Dallas Twp., Ne. Dist. Dallas Twp., So. Dist. 118 82 169 351 393 59 ing, Twp., NW. Dist. Twp., SW. Dist. King Twp., NE. Dist. ~ 1570 Congressman Casey 29 Turpin 173 230 | Dallas Da So. Dist. No. Dist. Boro., Boro., 2 llas 53 | Middle North South 123 80 177 Twp, Twp., Dallas Twp., NW. SW. NE. Dist. Dist. Dist. 355 40: 63 r Twp.; g. Twp., . Twp., Total 1603 Representative Shortz So. Dist. 172 No. Dist, 236 Pawloski 28 47 Dallas Dallas Boro , Boro., 119 78 174 Dallas Twp., Middle Twp., No. Dist, Dallas Twp., So. Dist. \ 351 395 71 1596 King. Twp., NW. Dist, King, Twp., SW. Dist. King. Twp., NE. Dist, Total Schools To Accept Fund-Raising Plan Instead of asking pupils of schools to purchase the little Tuberculosis Christ- mas Seals this year, leaders of the movement will ask that schools spon- sor special programs during Thanks- giving week to encourage small dona- tions to the fund from school children, Mrs. Melvin Mosier will have charge of the programs in Dallas Township and has started plans for the special observance. tn Go Cobleigh And Devens Dealers For Harry E. Harry HE. Colliery at Swoyerville has selected The Post for a series of ad- vertisements on coal. The first ad- vertisement appears this week. Cobleigh Bros, at Shavertown and the Devens Milling Co. at Dallas are dealers for the Superior Coal of the colliery in this section. Harold Wagner Is Recovering At Home Harold Wagner has returned from the hospital to his home on Lehman Avenue and is recovering rapidly from his recent illness. ‘| publicans here was due largely 9 | Guffey, also cast in the three towns, 600 more . than 5 G. 0. P_ Unity | The singular showing made by Re- to the unity effected between rival G. O. P. factions several weeks ago. For the | first time in some years the Old Guard | leaders had joined with the County [Fine Machine standard-bearers behind [the same candidates. . Congressman C. Murray Turpin, the [Republican candidate who defeated Dr. | John Casey, polled the highest vote in this section. His votes exceeded those of any other candidate. Willard G. Shortz, the Republican Representative to the State Legisla~ ture, had the second highest nuraber a Back Mountain vote8, defeating 2 | Felix Pawloski, the Democratic nom- |inee. Mr, Shortz represents the Sixth | Legislative District, of which Dallas |and vicinity are a part. The tremendous Republican plurali- ties granted by local voters was in | sharp contrast to the pathetic showing made by the Grand Old Party in many other sections of the state and nation, * Democratic Gains Tremendous gains for Democrats in this section were evident in all local returns. In Dallas Borough last Spring, for example, there were thirty Democratic votes. On Tuesday there were three times that many. The Democratic advance was parti~ cularly noticeable in Kingston Town- ship. Last Spring about, seventy Dem-= ocratic votes were cast. Op Tuesday Democratic candidates received 296 votes in the three Kingston Township districts. Dallas Township, too, saw a Demo- cratic gain, typical of the general movement in behalf of the New Deal, Only twenty-five Democrats voted at Dallas Township in the primaries. This, week there were 142 Democratic bailots | cast, gn tate Candidates George H. Earle new Democra- | tic governor, received 527 votes in the = [three local districts, as compared to the * 1,548 which William Schnader, the dée= | feated candidate, received. Joseph F. elected on the face of State-wide unofficial returns, received |only a small vote here, as did the other Democratic candidates. Blow To Fine The Democratic victory was a severe: blow to the Fine Machine, which re=- ceived a great part of its strength from its influence with the Republican State Machine, The County Republican forces will attempt a come-back next year in the elections for county commissioner and other Luzerne County offices. Although Judge Fine's forces un- doubtedly will lose ‘State patronage, the Republican organization still cone trols county offices and jobs. Prohibition Candidate. Despite the fact that he had made no organized campaign, Rev. Judson Bail- ey of Carverton, a Methodist preacher well known here, received a number of Lvotes. Fist fights and minor disturbances marked the election day enthusiasm of party workers at Noxen where the Democratic ticket rolled up a two to one advantage over Republican candi- dates and gave Elmer Dietrich, Demo- cratic candidate, for Congress the fin- est vote of any district in his home county, It was the first time in many vears that an election disturbance has occur¢d in Noxen and the only one where it was necessary to call the State Yolice to settle matters. the DIETRICH SCORES DECISIVE VICTORY AGAINST McFADDEN Louis T. MacFadden, the Re- publican bad boy of Congress and , long-time representative from the district which ‘includes Columbia, Susquehanna, Bradford, Wyoming, Sullivan, Pike, Montour, and Wayne Counties, was defeated de- ‘cisively in Tuesday's election by Elmer Dietrich, Democratic nom- inee. Mr. Dietrich a well-known Tunk: hannock resident, has many friends throughout the Back Mountain Section and in Wyoming Valley. He conducted a whirlwind cam- paign and his victory was one of the most sensational in the State. 3
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