A GREAT STORY! A TRAGIC LESSON! DON’T MISS IT ON PAGE 10 6 Give Early | ; | h I) | | | Keep In Touch To The Fire Company's c d d S : 0 S i With Your Friends On Drive For Funds! : olf The Social Page od More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution $ VOL. 46 DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1936. Vi No. 29 Babies In Post’s Contest Await Signal To Start| $100 Cash Prize And Engraved Silver Loving Cup Awaits Child Selected Regent Of B Spirited Merchants abyland; Group Of Public- Join In Unique Plan ALL CHILDREN SIX YEARS OR UNDER INVITED -By THE BABY CONTEST EDITOR ~ { They're on their mark! They're set! And today they’ll toddle away from the starting line, their bright eyes fixed on the big silver loving cup and the $100 cash prize which awaits the winner in this sections first Baby Contest. . For tomorrow The Post and the merchants who are helping to make the $500 worth of prizes possible will launch their campaign to select the Regent of Babyland, the most popular baby in The Post’s territory. Already a few early entrants are on the field, shaking their rattles impa- tiently and gurgling their irritation bec ause they can’t start immediately. A POST SCRIPTS FILLER FOR A HEAT WAVE By this time most of our readers must know that the dusty personal ex- periences we resurrect oceasionally are pretty flimsy substitutes for the strict- ly local sidelights which are supposed to occupy this space. We believe any- one who has lived through the latest heat wave will understand why ideas for a column would be scarce this week. It was probably the mental tor- ture of trying to conjure something that would be worth putting down that reminded us of the time we tried to help a crazy man-find his long-lost family, and sent us rooting through old papers to find his: story, truly one of ‘the ‘most. interesting manuscripts we ever received. ‘This, then; is his column, not ours. He was sitting at our typewriter one day when we came into. the office, a slim youth with ‘unusually. blue eyes and wavy blond hair which *curled back from his high, wide forehead, the picture, we decided .immediately, of a poet. : He was demented. That dawned up- on us gradually as he explained why he was. sitting there pecking at our typewriter with his index fingers. He had come to a newspaper because he believed that if we printed the story he was writing it might help him to find the family from which he had been separated some years before. We listened to that, and we gathered, too, that he had recently. been in the Navy. He had filled one page of copy and, with a vague realization that we were involving ourself in something extremely unusual, we accepted his in- vitation to take it and read it. Later we went to a library and looked up other things that had supposedly been written by lunatics. In most of them we found the same morose quality—a mood which, we suspect, no sane per- son can capture. Because we have never read anything quite like this Lunatic’s tale we have kept it, exactly as he wrote it. SO This is what he had written: “I WILL TELL YOU MY STORY, THE STORY THAT NEVER BEEN TOLD - BEFORE. THE BEGINNING WAS THAT DAY. WHEN I WAS NOT AWAKE, “The Year of 1910. was when I was tooking away from my mother. and then was put in the care of the county commissions for support my stepfath- er was the cause of the toruble making. the toruble. he said to my mother if you dont get read of them childrens of your I will. no said mother there are my childrens and you are not going to do anything with them. well said the stepfather I am going away and if I find them little rats here when I come back I take them and leave them in to some woods. THE RETRUN BACK “mother still kelp her word. Herbert. Harry. Helen. and kate. the childrens were that was not to be with their mother when there stepfaher ave. here returned the toruble maker, sneaken up the back steps drunken and raveing every body was to sleep. (Continued on Page 8.) 3 How To Enter The success of any race depends greatly upon the number of entries. We're anxious to have a good starting list in this one. That should be easy, because the only requirement for en- or under. And any baby—rich or poor, fat or slender, girl or boy, from Dallas or in any of its neighboring communi- ties as far as Noxen and Beaumont and Luzerne and Lehman will have an equal chance to take one of the fif- teen cash prizes. It’s easy to enter a baby’s name in the contest. One way is to fill in the Entry Blank in the advertisement on Page 7, and mail it to the Baby Con- test Editor, The Post, or, better yet, bring it personally to the Contest Head- quarers, The staff at that office will be happy to explain details of the contest and advise entrants on how to roll up votes earlv. Here's one suggestion. Get started try is that the child be six years of age|| FARLEY’S MATCH? One of the most-photographed young men in the country these days is John D. M. Hamilton of Topeka, Kan., new chairman of the Republican National Committee. In contrast to his sober-minded pre- decessors, Mr. Hamilton has en- tered into the campaign with the same restless vigor he displayed in securing the G. O. P. nom- ination, for Governor Landon. He matches Jim Farley in wildly en- | thusiastic predictions of victory for this Fall. Plans Move Along For Legion Affair Notable List Of Entries Is Assured For Horse Show Next Month Plans for the American Legion i Horse Show and Field Day to be held early. There is no definite time when | at John Robinson’s farm the last week entries are stopped because a baby in August or first in September were, can enter the contest at any time, but given added impetus this week with the But Diough DEATH-DEALING SPELL unwelcome spectre—drought. of forest fires. has been the driest within memory. Fires Underground The unprecedented lack of rain has las Fire Tower, which scans neighbor- Ing mountains day and night for con- flagrations. Four fires have been re- ported in the last week. One blaze, on the mountain at Birch Grove, near Harry Harter’s burned for three days, although it only consumed about a half-acre of forest. The ground is so dry the fire travelled deep into the earth to smoulder. E. W. Whispell, towerman, yester- day made an urgent plea for extreme caution in the woods. Henry, M. Laing Fire Co. extin- guished a slight brush fire near the site of the old car barn.on Wednesday evening. About fifty men and boys helped to extinguish the blaze. Water Supply Adequate Dallas-Shavertown Water Co. as- sured consumers this week that the water supply will be adequate if it is not wasted. An official said rain is needed badly and the most strict mea- sures for conservation of the supply have been adopted. He particularly warned consumers that the use of a hose will not be permitted. Consumers. complained vigorously early in the week when the company shut off its Spencer and Sylvius wells during the night -hours, but officials Cool Breezes Blow Heat Wave Away This section’s most severe heat wave in all recorded history departed this week on the wings of light, cool breezes, leaving in its seared wake another : Rain—promised since last Monday—held stubbornly off while stunted crops suffered, well levels sank dangerously low, domestic water consumers | heard appeals to conserve the supply and tinder-dry woods raised the menace Luzerne County Agricultural Extension Association reported this season forced constant vigilance at the Dal-! dairy, | eatens Crop Loss SPREADS SEARED WAKE linsisted the move was necessary. There | were also frequent complaints of low | pressure and an inadequate service in homes in the higher sections of the | borough. Early in the week the company made efforts to secure an auxiliary well and approached Dallas Township School Board, which has its own water sup- uly. The company refused, however, to pay the $10-a-day rent which the [township school district asked for the use of its well for a week, It was intimated yesterday, though, that the company is about to close negotiations with W. C. Shepherd for the use of his large well. Crops Feel Drought Farmers in this section will suffer a terrific loss unless rains fall soon. This year will go down in history as one of the most arid spells this section ever suffered, J. D. Hutchison, county farm agent, predicted yesterday. He pointed out that only local showers have been felt since the heavy rains in March and as a result crops are with- ering, growth has been stunted and prices are rising. Pastures are drying up and aairy- men have the problem of determining what to feed their animals to take the place of pasture. Poultry feed has tak- en a $10 jump in two weeks and bran and middlings for dairy feed have in- creased in prices $12 to $15. Because of the expense of feeding (Continued on Page 8.) the babies that begin to garner votes in the first week will have an early advantage. How: Toe Vote Everyone can vote—whether they are parents of a baby entered or not. In fact, most of the votes will be cast, probably, by friends of the different babies: s 4% 4 The voting tickets have been distri- buted to 12 merchants and business men in this section. If the stores where you shop have no votes suggest that they communicate with The Post to learn how they may distribute votes. “’A's-the contest starts, these business places have votes to distribute: Gre- lgory’s Clothing = Store, ‘Schindeler’s Bakery, Kuehn’s Drug Store, The Ec- onomy Store, B. & B. Supply Co., De- vens Milling Co., C. A. Frantz, Add Woolbert’s Auto Service, Williams’ Five-Ten, to One Dallar Store, Wool- pbert’'s Market, Evans Pharmacy, and Arch Jackson, grocer. ‘When you buy anything at any of these places ask for your baby contest votes, Write the name of your favorite contestant on the ticket and deposit the votes in the ballot box located in the Baby Contest Office. The votes will be counted each Monday and the standings reported in the Post. The first list of contestants will ap- pear in The Post next week and pic- tures of the babies will be printed starting the following week. List Of Prizes The list of prizes in the Baby Con- test follows: First $100 in Cash and a beautiful silver loving cup engraved with the baby’s name. Second Prize i. « cose hindi $50.00 TRITd: PrIZe oe aics sive sisls sins oie 25.00 Fourth Prize. ..........desehs, 15.00 THELH PrIZ0r vivo evieiis sie onish isis bles 10.00 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and F0th Prizes o.5 aa seed slates 5.00 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Prizes .... «diet dadlen iss 2.50 A special fund of $262.50 has been set aside to pay commissions and awards other than these prizes. rn fn Qn Farm Hours The old saying, “a farmer’s work is never done,” should now be amended to read in the past tense. A survey of 250 farms in four typical farming communities reveals that, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, the average far- mer apportions his day as follows: Field work, 7.8 hours; chores, 1.5 hours. sleep, 8.2 hours; leisure, 4.2 ‘hours; meals, 2.3 hours. DOG-KILLINGS LA THREATENED SHAVERTOWN FOLKS D TO MAN WHO A mysterious man who has been warning Shavertown dog-owners that he intends to shoot their pets apparently carried out his threat this week for two announcement by. the general commit- ” tee that some of the best horses from orp Wyoming Valley, Hazleton and Scran- LAKE TOWNSHIP TRACT AMONG THOSE APPROVED ton will compete. Co-operation of] Pe BY STATE GAME BOARD Pennsylvania State Police, ‘American Legion Drum Corps and an American Legion Band were algo assured, At the meeting of Post 672 on Wed- nesday night Major Manley of the United States Army outlined plans for the various riding and jumping events and the general routine of the show which will include exhibitions by the famed State Police horsemen from Troop B at Wyoming, pulling and Wooded tracts totalling more than 4,386 acres in Ross, Lake and Fairmount Townships have been approved ‘for purchase by/ th Board:»of Game -Commissio at Harrisburg for use as:State Game Lands. : The acreage is part of a total of 39,235.9 acres of land approved for G. 0. P. Opens Local Campaign At Rally Republican Aight This Year Compared Tq Lincoln’s In 1858 The opening gun in Luzerne County's 1936 Presidential campaign was fired at Lehman High School on Tuesday night when the National Republican Borough Firemen Start Drive For Cash Donations Substitute Direct Appeal For Annual Late Summer Carnival APPEAL FOR SUPPORT { Varying from its annual custom of { conducting a carnival each Summer to raise money for maintenance, Dr. Hen-~ ry M. Laing Fire Co. yesterday launched a direct appeal to citizens of Dallas Borough and Dallas Township for cash contributions. firemen will abandon their money- raising events throughout the year and, instead, come directly to the people ance a year forthe money that is need- ed to operate the voluntéer company. It is believed that the current experi ment will be a much more dignified way to finance the company and will {win wide public indorsement. Volunteer workers have received subscription cards which they will fill in- and distribute to subscribers to the maintenance fund. A record of the gifts will be kept and acknowledged in The Post. { Service Record Bright In the past the fire company has de- pended for revenue on its profit from carnivals, dances, shows, suppers, ete. A. great part of the responsibil&y for such affairs, has been earried by a small, loyal group of workers. Some- times, after paying expenses, the net profit has scarcely been worth the hard work, A great many citizens who recognize their responsibility to the volunteer |company, which has always been fi- nanced by voluntary public aid, have expressed their preference for the di- rect cash contribution, rather than spending money for something: from which the firemen receive only a mod- est percentage. His The company's .record of service to the two communities -is bright and merits the appreciation of the citizen~ ry. In the past ten years the Laing Fire Company has fought approximately 1135 fires. Some of these, of course, v small brush fires, but many were 8 ous blazes and as far as can be dete] mined the amount of property: save is somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000. This does. not include the sav ing of properties which were near the fires and which might have been con- sumed by flames had the first blaze not If the new plan is successful, the team work by local draft horses, ex- hibitions by at least three American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps and music by an American Legion Band. Major Manley, who is an outstanding horseman and a former member of the American Polo team, was enthusiastic in his belief that the show will be one of the most successful ever held in this region and that it will become an an- nual affair. Sgt. Cooke, Commander of the Twelfth District of the Legion pro- mised the co-operation of the posts of the District and was also enthusias- tic in his belief in the success of the show. M. J. Brown, general chairman, and John Robinson, assistant chair- man, have prepared a list of committee members to take care of publicity, ad- vertising, entries, entertainment and other features necessary to the pro- motion of a successful show. Head-on Collision At Lake Injures 7 Bail For Driver Placed At $1,000 After Alderson Crash Seven persons were injured, none of them seriously, when an automobile driven by a Dunmore auto dealer swerved across the center of the road- way near the Alderson Saw Mill, Har- vey’'s Lake, and crashed head-on into a car carrying six persons, Wednesday. Chief of Police Ira C. ‘Stevenson, Harvey's Lake, reports an examina- tion after the accident by Dr. H. A. Brown of Lehman indicated Scandone was intoxicated. Scandone was treated first at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital and then given a hearing before Squire R. A. Davis of Alderson, who fixed the bail at $1,000. In default of the bail, Scandone was taken to Luzerne County Prison but complained upon arriving there that he was injured. Chief Stevenson took him to General Hospital for the night and X-rays were to be taken yester- { purchase by the board at a recent meeting. The purchases will bring the total of State game lands to more than 500,000 acres. Board Anxiously Awaits Decision Report Has It Judge Fine’s Ruling To Be Handed Down Soon Judge John S. Fine’s decision on the complaint of a group of Dallas tax- payers that the new budget of the Borough School Board is ‘illegal, ex- cessive, extravagant, and uncalled for” probably will be handed down today or tomorrow. Although there was no official veri- fication, it was reported about town yesterday that the decision is about ready and can be expected at any time. Since late in May, when Stanley Doll and other taxpayers asked Judge Fine for an injunction to restrain the borough school board from proceeding with its 1936 duplicate, the board has been bound by a temporary order which has made it two weeks late with its duplicate. The final testimony on the case was heard late in June. Two other suits supported by embittered minority groups of taxpayers have already been decided in favor of the school board. Local Men Among “Hunger Marchers” Storm Senate And Demand Funds For State’s 600,-" 000 Un mployed Nine local son ros EE them active in affairs of the { ployed League of Luzerne County, joined the “Hun- ger March” which descended on Har- risburg this week and broke the long deadlock over relief funds. The marchers stormed the Senate on Monday night, threatening to stay at the Capitol until the legislators, start- Builders of Luzerne County. held the been extinguished promptly. first of a series of political rallies to! Organized in 1926, the company has be held in various parts of the county, raised about $15,000 for its equipment between now and November. |and maintenance. Approximately $8,000 Vigorous attacks upon the New Deal of that amount was publicly subscribed and optimistic predictions of victory at the time the fire truck was pur- this Fall for Landon and Knox featured chased. The balance has been raised the spirited addresses . by prominent since through carnivals: and other af- local and Wiyoming Valley Republicans. | f2irs sponsored by the firemen. Lloyd E. Meyer, president of the coun- | Costs About $700 Yearly i: ie: i The annual maintenance of the com- Willets, pastor ‘of. Lehman: M. 5,220 averages about $700: This ifn Church, invoked divine blessing. {cludes such items as insurance of all’ % : : ‘kinds on the truck, as required by _A review of the Republican Conven- |jaw, chemicals, raincoats, rubber boots, tion at Cleveland last month was given {gasoline, oil, tires, repairs, parts, re- by Attorney Frank P. Slattery, Jr. He placement of hose, stationery, postage, was the first speaker to emphasize that gs yearly salary for the secretary, $15 conditions today are similar to that at per month salary for a janitor for the valuable dogs both licensed, were wounded, and angry residents of the section are expected to take action toward punishing a man suspected of the shooting. A handsome black and white husky, | same man accosted Harry Harding and ing the eleventh week of their special session, provided adequate relief funds for Pennsylvania's 600,000 unemployed. day. The car which Scandone’s automobile the time of Abraham Lincoln's elec- | tion. He compared the ‘farmer from | Illinois” in 1858 with the “farmer from Kansas” in 1936. “If Landon belongs to the horse and buggy days” Slattery said “we should all take a ride in his buggy.” Reese D. Hughes, who attended the Democratic Convention in Philadel- phia as a visitor, observed the radio listeners received a mistaken impres- | sion as to the enthusiasm and crowds. He said a general confusion character- ized the convention. Frank Davenport attacked govern- ment waste and inefficiency, aiming his remarks particularly at PWIA pro- jects in the county. Mr. Meyer ex- plained the work of the Republican Builders and appealed to voters of all parties to join in the crusade to block the New Deal. Zubrod To Referee Bob Zubrod, Y. M. C. A. swimming instructor at Wilkes-Barre, will be referee at the water carnival to be held Sunday afternoon at Harvey's Lake. winter months, ete. The comna=n- naid its debts and has a hank halance of $400 in the building “und account-and $100 in the general! fund account. All money raised mn ceneral operating expenses will be add A ed to a fund which will be used even- tually to acquire a building lot and erect a community hall. There should be little difficulty in raising a sizable amount. Henry M. Laing Fire Company served a direct i population of 5,300 persons and assists other fire companies covering an ad- ditional population of 6,500 persons, The campaign was started yesterday and will continue until late in August when the Ladies’ Auxiliary will serve a Victory Dinner to climax the drive. The auxiliary has been a valuable as- set to the local company always and has been responsible for a good part of the money raised. It works with its brother-organization in every civic project and has an alert and vig- orous organization of its own. In connection with the current cam- paign for funds, the committee In charge of the drive last night issued (Continued on Page 8.) There's a decided air of expectancy in Shavertown where Mrs. W. L. Tracy ture star son, Lee, who is somewhere racing toward Hawaii. Only once since Lee sailed out of Santa Monica, Cal, harbor on July 4 TRACY EXPECTED TO REACH HAWAII, GOAL IN REGATTA, THIS WEEK-END these days about the little white hog awaits news of her famous moving q in the Pacific aboard his yacht, Ad have been delayed by low winds. The cinema star and his crew will stay on the islands for about ten days ar~ass of the amount needed for © “Wimpy”, owned by Carrie McKeever, was shot Monday morning about 7:30 and a large calibre bullet was extract- warned him. The stranger refused to give his name or cite his authority and struck was driven by Frank Shiner, 27, Lloyd's Lane, Wilkes-Barre. Shiner and three of his passengers, Susan | Demanding $100,000,000, the marchers | jammed the galleries and milled out- olulu has Mrs. Tracy heard from him. |and return along a leisurely route, tak- Last Sunday she received a telegram |ing about three weeks for the zasy which had been relayed to her from the | pace. Sometime later this summer Mrs. [ol the annual 2,000 mile race to Hon- ed from its hip. The dog is expected to Mr. Harding, after asking if his dog recover, A police dog owned by a fam- had done any damage and receiving no ily on (Holly Street also was shot. answer, assured the man he would The man who wounded the dogs is Punish him if the Harding dog were believed to have been the same one who |Shot. has warned several residents of the Dog-lovers in Shavertown were in- section that he intends to kill their |censed by the strange shootings and dogs. Some time ago he warned Mrs. | were endeavoring to discover who was McKeever and she offered to pay for responsible. They said they would have [Richards, 25, Kingston, Mrs. Zaka Al- side, booing the Senators who had re- bert 36, Wilkes-Barre, and Theresa [fused to approve Governor Earle’s tax Shiner 9, Kingston, were treated at pill. Early Tuesday morning the Sen- Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Two other [ate compromised on an appropriation passengers, Peter George, 16, Wilkes- [of $45,000,000. 3arre and Mary Decker, Wilkes-Barre, | mhe local men who went to Earris- were treated at Homeopathic Hospital. |burg to take part in the storming of Patrolman Thomas Curl and Fred [the Senate were Herbert Lahr, Russell Swanson of the Harvey's Lake Police (Lahr, Ted Hughes, R. Hest, H. Jones, West Coast by one of her son’s friends. 1It reported that the regatta had reached the half-way mark. It did not report the positions of the twenty-two sailboats in the race. Mr. Tracy, his captain, his cook, his radio operator and his crew of three friends are expected to reach Honolu- I= the end of the race, after about a Tracy will make another trip to Holly- wood, where Lee is one of the most popular stars in the film colony. Mrs. Tracy's excitement over the |race is almost equalled by the interest (of people throughout this | have a deep respec [star's charmin | wins or no any damage her dog, which seldom [the man arrested and punished if they [force helped to investigate the acci- |A. Alling Horace Hall, Mr, Myrick and fifteen-day sail. That would bring them | ovation hy runs loose, had done. Last Sunday the ‘could secure evidence against him. | dent. ! Morris King. to the islands on Sunday, unless they J movie § Sal
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