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VOL. 46 DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1936.
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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