Dallas. munity institution. tising rates on request. “Congress shall make mo law. speech or of Press"—The Constitution of the United States. The Dallas Post is a youthful, liberal, aggressive weekly, dedicated to the highest ideals of the journalistic tradition and concerned prim- arily with the development of the rich rural-suburban area about It strives constantly to be more than a newspaper, a com- Subscription, $2.00 per Year, payable in advance. ers who send us changes of address are requested to include both new and old addresses with the notice of change. abridging the freedom of - Subscrib- Adver- ‘HowarRD W. RISLEY s - HoweLL E. REES X THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1937 More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution The DallasPost * Established 1889 A LIBERAL, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY FripAY MORNING AT THE DALLAS PosT PLANT, LEHMAN AVENUE, DALLAS, PA., By THE DaLLAs Post, INC. General Manager Managing Editor 5. A centralized police force. between those that now exist. 8. Construction of more sidewalks. THE POST'S CIVIC PROGRAM 1. A modern concrete highway leading from Dallas and connect- ing with the Sullivan Trail at Tunkhannock. 2. A greater development of community consciousness among residents of Dallas, Trucksville, Shavertown and Fernbrook. ; 3. A free library located in the Dallas Region. 4. Sanitary sewage disposal systems for local towns. 2 i 6. A consolidated high school eventually, and better co-operation 7. Complete elimination of politics from local school affairs. POST SCRIPTS (Continued from Page 1.) —— estate which wiped out those abuses. No, the crying need is not to prevent newspapers from printing So much news. It is, rather, for a greater energy on the part of newspapers to reach into every phase of human existence to report the things that effect people “and help them to live better lives. ~~ Censorship—whether it is tried by ‘a dictator, a public official or a group of professional men—only damages the censor in the end God help the world on the day the newspapers have to accede to every demand to squash a story. .God help the world on the day the searching “white light of publicity ceases to play upon the people who hold our wel- fare and our lives in their hands. When you see an automobile whiz by bearing Pennsylvania license tags ~ 1JNO1, the numbers are just that to “a patrolman, they are a pair of “ones” to an “automobile poker” player, but ‘to the employees of the Bureau of ~ Motor Vehicles this jumble of letters and numerals signifies tag number - 3,672,101. To Secretary of Revenue John B. Kelly, Pennsylvania motor vehicle li- cense tags 1JNO1 represents the high water mark of registration of passen- “ger motor vehicles in 1936. _ One reason why Pennsylvania uses such a complex system of figures and letters is to save space. For instance, the plates numbered INJO1l were twelve inches long and weighed one pound. Had the State used a set pumbered 1,672,101, instead, each plate would have been almost half a yard long and the set would have weighed a pound and a half. - It would have cost thirteen cents to ‘mail 1,672,101, and it would have tak- en more steel, etc. Mr. Kelly says the Bureau is pre- pared to issue a total of 2,699,999 rivate passenger car licenses within the severe limitations of a maximum of five units per license plate. # The plates fall intc three. groups: Straight numerical numbers from 10,- 000 up to 99,999, numbers containing single letters, and numbers contain- ing double letters. If you want a numerical plate, you must present yourself to the office of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles at Harrisburg and IY for your plates across the coun- T, . If you want to sit down sometime and figure out the numerical rank of your own license plate you can do it this way. When the Bureau reaches its 99,999th plate, it begins using the ~~ Jetter A so that it won’t be forced into six numbers. of A100 is equivalent to 100,000 plus 100 or 100,100. When the series reach- es A9939X, equivalent to 109,999, the ; top is reached again and the letter B is placed in the first position. After ~ B9999 (119,999) comes C. This pro- cess is continued, using the succes- sive letters of the alphabet, with the exception of I, 0, Q, T, W and X, ‘which are not used on private pas- - senger car plates. one letter to the next adds 10,000 to the numerical value of the license number. Then, after Z is passed, the process ond position and subsequently in the third, fourth and fifth position. The top number in this group is 9999Z and now the letter Z has attained a nu- merical value of 1,090,000. Thus, the ‘number 9999Z is equivalent to 1,090,- 000, plus 9,999 or 1,099,999. ~~ The system next passes (are you still with us?) to the double-letter ~ group which treats double letters the same as single letters in the preced- ing group. The group starts with AA 4n first position with a numerical val- “me of 1,100,000 and ends with the plate number 999ZZ, equivalent nu- merically to 2,699,999. Get it? Now, with all this clearly ‘in your ‘mind, you can tell all your friends how ‘to read their license plates. Good night, kiddies. re ete C. W. HOFFMAN Born In Germany, Fernbrook Baker ~ Once Was Employed On Cunard Lines, Had Full Career : Charles Williatn Hoffman, 55, Fern- brook, well known German baker, died Wednesday morning, ending a busy ¥ 2 youth, and made thirty-eight trips from England to New York, eight from England to Africa, and two trips from England to Australia. He came to this country about 28 years ago amd had worked at many leading bakeries. From 1920 to 1934 he conducted his own bakery in Shav- ertown. Failing health compelled him ~ to retire two years ago. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mata, Charles W., > Jr, and Mary Ann, all at home; brothers and sisters, Ernest and Frantz Hoxman, Mrs. Meta Enz and Mrs. Elizabeth Konrad, all of Ger- “many. > 2 Funeral services will be held Satur day at 2, from St. Paul's Lutheran ‘Church, Shavertown, with Rev, G. El- son Ruff and Rev. W. A. E. Schewe ciating. Interment will be in Ever- Cemetery, Shavertown, is repeated, using the alphabet in sec- The license number. Each shift from | "day is whether or not George VI will : “Skillful With Tongue and Pen” It was in the prelude to “Tales of a Wayside Inn” that Henry Longfellow referred to the preacher who was “skilful alike with tongue and pen”. He might almost have been referring to Rev. G. Elson Ruff, who is about to leave this community for a larger charge at Schuylkill Haven. For Rev. Mr. Ruff, besides possessing all of those qualifications which make a good Lutheran minister, is also a newspaperman of some ability. It is probably not known generally that he has worked beside crack reporters on major assignments, contributing articles which were noteworthy for their keen analy- sis and fresh slant. Because he is popular and because his work at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church has paralleled that con- gregation’s growth, his parishioners regret his leav- ing. They know, though, that he has refused other offers before, and they know, too, that he has earned the right to the broader cpportunities for service which will come with his new charge. And so they are willing to see him go, with the feeling that they will share with him to some extent his successes in his new field. The character of Rev. Mr. Ruff's work so far assures an even greater success as his career pro- gresses. Unquestionably, he will be heard from in the future. No farewell to G. Elson Ruff would be complete without some reference to the fine spirit of his con- gregation, a spirit which, he would be the first to admit, has helped him greatly in his work here. Rev. Mr. Ruff carries with him the best wishes of hundreds of folk from this section who have a deep respect for his ideals and his accomplishments. Who Pays For Strikes? The great majority of American workers attend to their own affairs, strive for the fullest possible pay envelope and are happy to live in a country in which they have helped to develop the highest living stand- -ard in the world. But ‘occasionally groups of Amer- ican workmen are persuaded to go on strike. What happens then? Who pays for strikes? First of all, the investors pay. They may lose divid- ends; their plant may lose contracts to a competitor; their investment is jeapordized. But usually, the investor has other sources of income and manages to get along reasonably well. Secondly, the community where a strike occurs pays. The earning power of those who make up the community is reduced and therefore consuming power is cut down. The grocer, the butcher, the baker, the doctor, the motion picture manager, gas stations and every other form of local business suf- fers in a strike. Thirdly, relatives of the strikers pay. Often they have to pull in their belts another notch to help the fellows who are running short. And then the wives EDITORIALS and children of the strikers pay—not only in reduced food and clothing and opportunity but they pay the heavy mental costs of worry and fear. They fear prolonged poverty. They worry over debts. They fear the physical consequences of violence so often resorted to by strikers. And, finally, the strikers themselves pay the heavi- est bill of all. They Jose time. Pay envelopes vanish. Hatreds are engendered and often the job itself is lost. Time lost in a strike may not be made up in a year’s work. It is a fair question to ask: “Is a strike worth the price?” Or isn’t peaceful discussion of employes and employer the better way? After listening to a news reel audience howl at the way John L. Lewis wiggles his over-hanging eye- brows we know one mannerism he will have to correct if he expects to be a candidate for President in 1940. Ignace Jan Paderewski ‘Do you remember the day when you came to my office in Washington to ask the Navy's aid for the Polish soldiers in Liberia? You were an exiled patriot without a country. One year later you and I were in Paris, you the head of a new old nation. May you live long to appreciate to the full the love and respect of your fellow democrats in every part of the world. Your old friend Franklin- D. Roosevelt” In 1928, Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed this greeting to Ignace Jan Paderewski on the tenth an- niversary of the Independence of Poland. It is more than the tribute of American statesman to the great Polish patriot whose grandeur of concept and per- suasive diplomacy made him as outstanding a figure in the political history of the World War as his musi- cal genius established him as the pre-eminent pianist of his epoch. It is the warm, understanding salute of one lover of humanity to another. Today the situation is once more reversed—Pader- ewski has retired to Switzerland. Roosevelt heads a nation. This month, the eighteenth anniversary of Paderewski’s appointment as first Premier of United Poland, friends and the public are again. paying homage to that great personality, Ignace Jan Pader- ewski, pianist and public servant. Because the men and women of his race contributed much to the development of this section, The Post is glad to add its editorial voice to the praise. The president’s statement that the Supreme Court should keep in step with the excutive and legislative branches of the government raises perplexing pro- blems. The trouble with having the Supreme Court follow the election returns is that the public changes its mind so often. Results Of Speed Study Women drive faster than men in summer but slower in winter. This is one of the interesting conclusions reached! in a study of vehicle speeds on Connecticut high- | the ways reported this week by Wyoming Valley Motor | Club. “Women drivers formed a much larger percentage | of the total during the summer months than in the colder weather.” Norman Johnstone, secretary of the club, says: “The report showed that during the w- Mrs. Eudora Lamoreaux : ah Is Called By Death . F \ Mrs. Eudora Lamoreaux Besteder, ; widow of Everett Besteder, who was for years an employe of the Conyngaam Estate at Hillside, died last Saturday ; - night/at her home, Main Street, Truck- SE ville ie The funer was held Monday from with services in charge of Rev. H. M. Savacool, pastor of Truck- jsville M. E. Church. Interment was in ‘Fern Knoll Cemetery, Dallas. | Surviving are two daughters, Miss Pauline Besteder, at home, and Mrs. | William White of White's Ferry; three | sisters, Mrs. Henry Johnson, Luzerne; | Mrs, Eugene Davenport, Plymouth, and ter months less than ten per cent of the cars were Mrs. W. D. Morgan, Fernbrook; a operated by women, but during the summer more than Prother, Ira Lamoreaux, Chase, and a seventeen per cent were driven by women. “It was found that during the summer women | grandchildren | sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank Lamoreaux, | Trucksville. There are also three and several nieces and drivers maintained an average speed of 39.8 miles nepsews suriving. per hour, or six-tenths of a mile per hour faster than | postmaster’s Daughter men. During the winter, the men’s average speed, was 43 m. p. h. compared with the women’s average | of 41.9. “Other conclusions drawn from the special speedy | study included: Drivers with passengers drive more slowly than those who are traveling alone; out-of | -state cars show higher average speed than domestic vehicles; fast drivers generally have a worse accident | ie record than slow drivers; speeds decline gradually Noxen Helps FDR during the day and fall off sharply after nightfall.” Monuments To Neglect The warden of Alcatraz prison said in a recent birthday to raise funds to fight infan- Helps In Flood Zone | Mrs. Lewis Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kirkendall of Dal- las, is in the Cincinnati flood zone and, according to word received by Mr. and Mrs. Kirkendall this week, is working with the Red Cross relief forces. S x: Lor 2 Fight Paralysis Co-operating in the nation-wide ob- = | servance of President Roosevelt's EL address that the finest prisons we can build are only tile paralysis, citizens of Noxen will monuments to neglected youth. Imagine the career of some hardened criminal.’ | have a series of money-making events. |A tea and card party and a moving picture show have already been held. There was probably a day in his life when some little On Saturday night there will be a thing could turn him either to the crooked path or the straight way. or newspaper, or to see what was doing on the play- ground, or to go down town and hunt up the street | gang. Perhaps the parents had failed to provide any book that was both good and integesting. joy ride, perhaps. They did so, they enjoyed a hilar- ious evening, and no one discovered them. The next time they took a car they sold it for money. the monument of neglected youth. It is cheaper to give youth what it needs than to allow it to take what it thinks it wants. member that here in Dallas. Too many girls, it is said, want to go on the stage. Their chances for getting enough to eat are better if they merely go on the kitchen floor. They say that only second-termers can afford to make wise-cracks in the White House. The President’s recent jibe at “the ambassador from Maine” has the nation already holding its sides because of what he’s likely to say the next time executive business concerns the Virgin islands. oo Mrs. Alan Cambell (Dorothy Parker) is herself responsible for the news that RIVES MATTHEWS long favored by her mother-in-law, Queen Mary. Sagi l A relative (by divorce) of the royal family is going to law because a wo- man said he was paid to give Wally up. Mr. Simpson apparently wants to prove that the woman always pays. OE By this time our new envoys to Russia, Joseph R. and Marjorie Close she’s anticipating a- blessed event. Hutton Davies (General Foods) have Here’s a wager the forty-year-old poet- ess won't chant: “The Campbells are coming, tra la, tra lal!” —C— Her flower-sending friends will fill her room with gypsophila (the Victor- ian gardener's word for baby’s breath) and her book-sending friends can be a beaver. grow a beard. So far, there are no authoritative reports establishing the present king has what it takes to sprout Mrs. HITTING BOTH WAYS Next thing you know, in this age of streamlining, we are likely to hear that Stanley Baldwin has advised Queen Elizabeth to adopt the hat styles arrived at their diplomatic outpost with all their luggage, which included, you may remember, a two-year supply of frozen cream, twenty-five electric re- frigerators, a whole flock of bath tubs, barrels of mineral water, and sacks of rock salt for making ice-cream. —— counted upon to exhaust the present edition of “Life Begins at Forty’. nO When Elaine Barrie obtains her di- vorce from John Barrymore, she should call herself Mrs. Finnegan (Off Again- On Again) Barrymore. A calla for Caliban! Sr, Now that Trotsky is staying with Diego ‘de Riviera, it’s about time the orthodox ‘Marxists give John D. Rock- erfeller, Jr., his devilish due for refus- ing to display the Mexicans murals. At least the oil ‘tycoon seems to know his proletarian art. ; —0— Princess Juliana of Holland lost no time on her honeymoon breaking her consort in. Newshawks in Poland re- reported that she was teaching Prince Bernard to ski. Next comes jumping through hoops, and learning to sit“np%s< straight in a gilded coach. pin on When the royal Dutch lovers’ quar- rel, Bernard can be expected to say: “That’s a lot of Orange pulp-”” Where- upon Juliana can make a crack at his family with “I'll take none of your Lippe!” ; : —0— In England, if we are to believe the cables, one of the burning issues of the _ I am sorry that Stalin was too busy to meet them when they arrived. I wanted him’ to don ‘a pith helmet, in- sect netting and shorts and greet them in the Soviet snow with: “Dr. Living- stone, I believe?” in, Speaking of Russia, I know of no one who yet commented on the fact that the Treasury Department chose to publish last year's income of $15,000 a-year-and-up men during the ‘week in which ‘good Russians celebrate their Christmas. Sinister, isn’t it? —o__. Well, the old Roosevelt weather- luck ‘didn’t hold out last week. From all accounts, it rained cats and dogs all around Capitol Hill, which may be an omen of what the President may ex- pect from that quarter from now on. — Seems to me, FDR better join: the SPC. A. —0L. At any rate, coincident with the sec- ond term’s advent came a note of cheer from t h e Merrill Woodenware Co. o f Merrill, Wisconsin. Their tooth pick business is booming, which may not mean a‘chicken in every pot (the G. O. P. campaign promise in 1928) but it does mean tarter in every tooth. That's sumpin’ these days. Perhaps he was hesitating at tile paralysis epidemic, some moment, whether to go home and read a book [funds last year. Perhaps had been ill several weeks. no one had planned SO that a boy could find a real game on the playground. So the youth drifted down Survived by eleven children: to the gang. Someone suggested taking a car for a From there the path led on to prison, to! Let us re- ance in Turner & Straley’'s Hall Noen, which once suffered an infan- also raised —_———————— MRS. VERA BAER | Mrs. Vera Baer, 65, wife of W. U. | Baer, died on Sunday night at her home, Center /Hill Road, Dallas, She Besides her husband, Mrs. Baer is Mrs. Aubrey Randall and Harry Baer, King- ston; Mrs. Thomas Sutton, Laketon- » Mrs. Everett-Wilson, Fernbrook; Mrs. ; | Reed Barber, Mrs. Walter Barber, Xx | Miners Mills; John Baer, Hunlock Creek; Viola, Myrtle, Mable and Russ- ell Baer, all at home; two sisters, Mrs. | Budd Mills, Union Center, N. Y., and | Mrs. Lynn Burd, Pond Hill. There are also nine grandchildren surviving. tl ee ne CONRAD C. HILBERT x Conrad C. Hilbert, 86, Beaumont, died Wednesday at the home of his |dauchter, Mrs. Maude Scovell, 116 W. | Pettebone Street, Forty Fort. He ‘was one of the oldest residents of Wiyoming County and had been living with his daughter While being treated at a hospital. Mr. Hilbert was born in Beaumont, July 25, 1850, and had lived there all his life, playing a leading part in community affairs. He is survibed by two daughters, Mrs. Scovell, Forty Fort, and Mrs. Ruth Mowry, Beau- mont; five sons, Charles, Eugene, Lawrence and Harry, of Beaumont, and Alpha, Bethlehem. There are also 27 grandchildren. Mrs, Hilbert died twelve years ago. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 from the Scovell home with further services at 2 in the Union Church, Beaumont. Interment will be in Beaumont Cemetery. oak ve Ci Laketon MRS MARIE OBERST CORRESPONDENT The members of the Laketon Luth- eran Church and friends gave a fare- well dinner in the church basement on New Year's eve for Rev. George Elson Ruff and wife and eight chil- dren. Rev. Ruff is resigning the pas- Hd torate of the Laketon Lutheran church ! and we regret his leaving us very i much, as he has served us faithfully : during the past eleven years, during { all kinds of weather, Mrs. Jane Cunningham of Arch Street, Wilkes-Barre, is visiting Mrs. eh Marie ‘Oberst this week. : =r Sy Mrs. Hugh Templeton ‘is ‘visiting x Bs friends in Wilkes-Barre today. : Mrs. James Pehlam ‘spent Tuesday i in Wilkes-Barre, Orange ; HARRIET R. DYMOND 4 CORRESPONDENT y Robert Snyder has returned home after spending a few days at Harris- burg. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Welsh, Frances: Dymond and Sheldon Gay were the: guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sick- ler on Saturday evening. The Home Guards held their month- : ly meeting at the home of Eudora Berlin, Saturday. 3 Miss Esther Whitlock was the after- noon guest of Mrs. Sara Furgeson, Mrs. Charles Hessler spent the week end with relatives at Moosic. : Mrs. ‘Morris Welsh was the guest of Mrs. Leslie Dymond on Tuesday. / & a o
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