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4. Sanitary sewage disposal systems
5. A centralized police force.
between those that now exist
8. Construction of more sidevralks.
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. Centralization of local police protection.
6. A consolidated high school eventually, and better co-operation
7. Complete elimination of politics from local school affairs.
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~ WASHINGTON
PARADE
By
RAY JOHNSON
and
WALTER PIERCE
7
Washington, D. C.—There’s an
ncient and honorable question here
- the Capitol. It’s “What do the peo-
e think?” Years ago a cynical pol
an gave the succinct answer, They
tl’ It may have been true then
it may be true today but cer”
inly the people have opinions—de-
nite opinions—as one of the big
aper chains found out when it
its inquiring reporters on Con-
titution Day to ask the public,
Vhat does the constitution mean to
"he answers were astounding in
uniformity. Nine out of ten
never read it or any part of it.
en out of ten didn’t think it
seven thought it wouldn't hurt to
hange it ‘some’.
nearly all it seemed a strange,
risacred screed not unlike a totem
ole or a hair of the beard of Mo-
met with which it was better not
per unless it interferred with
he ‘good’ of the people.
at’s the 1937 viewpoint of the
ment whose preamble reads, in
art, ‘We, the people of the United
tes, in order to form a more per-
union, establish justice, ....pro-
the general welfare...”
\t present political Washington is
more interested in finding out
public’s opinion on the Justice
inions vary, but the most logical
goes something like this—The klan is
supposed to be, in the mind of the
ublic, chiefly Anti-Jewish and Anti-
Catholic. To the White Protestant
voter membership may be a sign of
degeneracy or a badge of honor—ac-
cording to the individual point of
ew. But the Jews and Catholics
re very largely concentrated in the
big cities where the Klan and its ac
jes are as remote and as unim-
rtant as an Indian ghost dance.
he supposed fierce resentment is
ostly in newspaper headlines. The
eal pressure for ‘something to be
ne about it” will come, if it comes,
m the smaller places where the
lan issue is a living thing.
It was natural enough for Amer-
cans with financial interests in China
protest the embargo against the
shipment of munitions in govern:
‘ment—owned vessels and the order
Americans to evacuate Chinese
ory but the real uproar has been
d by those thousands of citizens
ho never saw a Chinese except in
aundry, who know nothing of the
ce Celestial Kingdom but what
ey have read in Pearl Buck’s books.
ut who nevertheless are always
with sympathy for the under
They are always .ready to send
fleet and land the marines. But
Sar the State Department has had
no rush of applications for passports
to China so that the protesters can
o there and fight themselves.
| (From the famous radio program
“The Coldbergs™)
#The only onewho
understands impres-
WHEN JOHN BARLEYCORN DRIVES
John Barleycorn causes a high percentage of
our 38,000 annual traffic deaths.
A report from the Caalifornia Department of
Motor Vehicles shows a condition that exists in
many states. California experienced 2,838 traffic
deaths last year. Of these, about 21 per cent in-
volved drivers and pedestrians who were known to
have been drinking. It is reasonable to assume that
liquor was a factor in a much greater proportion,
as it is often impossible legally to prove mild in-
toxication.
No lethal weapon ever invented by man is more
potenially deadly than a mixture of alcohol and
gasoline. Medical tests have proven that as little
as two or three ounces of liquor will seriously im-
pair a drivers reflexes—even though he may ap-
pear to be sober in all respects—and at the same
time give him an influx of Dutch courage that re-
sults in inexcusable recklessness. By the same token,
drinking pedestrians, their sense of caution dim-
med, unknowingly take the chances that breed death
and injury.
There is no excuse for a driver taking the
wheel of his car after drinking. Here is a case
where the law must be adamant, and must be ex-
yught to be ‘scrapped! but six of the’
Ku Klux Klan affair. Consider-
erted ruthlessly, impartially and immediately. It
[is a notorious fact that in many communities pro-
isecuting and police officials are lax abeut the drinker
iat the wheel, and are only too willing to reduce
a charge of drunken driving to the less important
charge of recklessness, if a little “pull” is exerted.
The sole consequence of such a policy is to make
these drivers believe they can get away with it—
and they repeat the offense at the first opportunity.
Drunken driving can be handled by adequate
laws, which impose fines, jail terms, and license re-
vocation on offenders, coupled with aggressive
police and prosecution work. When a fifth of the
traffic fatalities in a representative state are known
to be the result of liquor, it's time to crack down.
A NEW OUTLOOK
Recent war activities have served to illustrate
an epochal change in the attitude of some of the
major powers toward their interests in foreign
countries.
The’ United States is gradually adopting the
view that in case of hostilities abroad, we will
evacuate the citizens who wish it and those who
EDITORIALS
a far cry from the day when the United States
“would go to almost any extremity to protect our
foreign investments.
Various newspaper polls indicate that this new
policy is overwhelmingly favored by the bulk of
citizens.
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ASA E. LEWIS
Asa E. Lewis is dead and his greatest memor-
ial is in the hearts of the scores—perhaps hundreds
—of persons who had benefitted by his wise coun-
sel.
Asa Lewis was well qualified to give advice.
Starting as a farm boy, he had built his own life
so well that when he died the outstanding men of
his community and Wyoming Valley joined in the
mourning for him. He made his own life a notable
success by strict standards, and it is not remarkable
that the advice he gave to young men and women
worked for them, too.
There were those who misunderstood Mr.
Lewis because he was, above everything else, a
Mind. Few people, perhaps, knew to what scholarly
heights Mr. Lewis had climbed. Few people could
accompany him to the rare realms of knowledge
with which he was familiar.
His passing is a tragic thing, because it robs
this community of a man who, under any condi-
tions, in any age, by any standards, would have
been a worthy citizen.
THE TUNKHANNOCK FAIR
The news from Tunkhannock concerning the
last fair is not too encouraging and from where we
sit it appears that the good people of Tunkhannock
must renovate their fair or it will go the way of
Dallas’s long-extinct exposition.
The chief criticism of the Wyoming County
fair seems to be that the events were either not
good enough or not advertised enough to attract
crowds anywhere neargthe size of those which flock-
ed to Tunkhannock in the past. We are not part
ticularly alarmed by the charge that unscrupulous
sharpers “took in” the townsfolk. The best way for
the people of Tunkhannock to outsmart the sharp-
ers is to ignore them.
But we have always looked upon the Tunk-
hannock fair as an institution which has a great
many loyal supporters in the vicinity of Dallas and
remain must take their own chaances. This marks so we are alarmed when prominent Tunkhannock
folk become pessimistic over the future of the fair.
We believe the chief weakness of the Tunk-
hannock organization is its promotion, and we would
suggest that any plans for “streamlining” the Wyo-
ming County exposition include provisions for more
aggressive advertising through billboards, circulars,
publicity, newspapers, radio and word of mouth.
The Tunkhannock Fair seems to be notably
lacking in the element of showmanship this year.
That may have been one explanation for the dis-
appointing crowds.
At any rate, whatever the directors of the
Tunkhannock Fair decide to do they may feel sure
that the people in the vicinity of Dallas are in-
tensely interested in the success of the fair and
that, given any encouragement, they will continué
to give it their loyal patronage.
MORE ABOUT A THIRD PARTY
The possibility that labor will put a ticket in
the field in 1940 grows greater.
Major occurrence was John L. Lewis’ Sept
ember 3 radio speech in which he strongly rebuked
the President for his attitude in the steel strike.
Key sentence of the address: “It ill behooves one
who has supped at labor’s-table, and who has been
sheltered in labor’s house to curse with equal fer-
vor and fine impartiality both labor and its adver-
saries when ¢hey become locked in deadly battle.”
The obvious reference was to the President’s “A
plague on both your houses” remark.
Feeling is that Mr. Lewis believes the cause
of militant labor will get nowhere with the estab-
lished parties, must create a party itself. Labor
leaders want to get the farmers in with them.
Wellington said: “When one begins to turn in
bed it is time to turn out.” Time to get out and
get another blanket these first chilly nights.
Price cutting is not salesmanship. Neither is
lowering your standards to make “a hit” with
another. “ wii
- fat
Next to honor, courage is the greatest human
quality. Next to the destroyer of honor, the most
despicable person is he who supplants another's
courageous living with fear.
en. >
It is always safe to get out your little salt
shaker when listening to a recital of the other fel
‘ low’s achievements or miseries.
- So far during all the hullabaloo a-
bout Justice Black no public commen-
tator has missed any of the punning
opportunities offered by the black
robes of the Supreme Court, the
white sheets of the K. K. K., and
the decisions which judges must make
between black and white.
* % *
Freddy Bartholomew wants more
RIVES
MATTHEWS
I like in chiffon, not in tweed.
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An Associated Press report from
Shanghai said: “William Allen Ste-
wart, formerly of Philadelphia, Pa.,
died today of heart disease. Friends
said his death was hastened by worry
over the destruction of his Hot Spot
cafe in the Hongkew district.
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There’s only one rhyme for Miss
Frances Farmer,
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To put aside for a brainy day.
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In case you can’t guess, it’s
language fifteen years ago probably
could not be published, but fifteen
years from now it won't be “Can you
cook?” but “Can you read a ther-
mometer?”
* * *®
Many are tested, but few are
signed ?
For Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone
With The Wind.”
wom ®
Maybe it’s Freudian, or maybe it’s
just wish-fulfillment, but a gal I
know rhymes anaconda (a boa con-
strictor) with Henry Fonda.
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My sister-in-law, for whom wed-
ding bells will ring shortly, is being
given a novel shower, a tool shower.
My sister’s sister-in-law, who is now
a Mrs. Borden of Fall River, could
not have been given such an affair.
What if somebody had presented her
with an ax?
* *3 .#
Wider than the Caverns at Luray
Is the smile of Martha Raye.
* * >
Betty Smith, the not so venerable
dean of our High School, spent a
month of her vacation this summer
working in a Manhattan department
store just to get some first-hand (or
first-foot) evidence she can now pass
on as vocational guidance to her pu-
pils. She says it’s footwork that
counts in a store where the clerks
can't sit down.
Gracie Allen, bless her heart,
“ sionist art ,is the i
one that draws ti.
Is that horse before that cart.
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Curing the Legion's visit, a Times
@
(Tuesday) to do honor to the Ame-
rican Legion Day in New York.”
Some of them, to do greater honor
to the mighty Legion, boarded up all
their windows.
ple” was nota best-seller. It was
Philadelphia, the ‘city of Brotherly
Love.”
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lovely Swede,
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In New York the other day my advertisement read: “These Fifth A gob of gobs is Robert Taylor— . charmer.
wife, a personable wench, was accos: Avenue stores, Bergdorf Goodman, A girl in every port-hole sailor! i
ted by a Legionnaire somewhat the Bonwit Teller, De Pinna, Gunther, * kx 0% ; : It would take a Strangler Lewis
worse for wear. He hailed her with Haeckel, McCutcheon, Saks Fifth Last week the papers listed only to sweep a Garbo or a Jean Muir off
this query: “Can you cook?” What Avenue, Revillon Freses, Tailored one city where Dale Carnegie’s “How their feet. Bill Davidson, however,
he might have used in the way of Woman, will be closed tomorrow to Win Friends and Influence Peo. possesses. the largest dogs in Holly-
wood, which may explain why he
stands up before the camera so of-
ten. He can ‘take it.
* * * i
Up at West Point dramatically in-
clined cadets have decided they would
like to produce “The Woman,” a
current Broadway hit with a cast of
forty—all women. If they take their
parts seriously, they won’t mind their
starched celibacy. All of the wo-
men in “The Woman” can be des
cribed by a classification which never
produces a blush at a dog show.
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Here's some advice for Bobby
Breen: :
Kids like you should be heard, not
seen.
SR
Walter Winchell is sick and tired
and is taking a vacation from broad-
casting and columning, which is very
tough on Broadway yokels who de-
pend on him for sequins with which
to stud the mud they sling at the
people who are sick and tired of Mr.
Walter Winchell.
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Advice to a tourist: Hugo Black
where you came from.
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The President’s transcontinental
trek to test his popularity should
prove he's still tops with Buzzie and
Sistie.
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One of Mussolini's sons has arriv-
ed to study Hollywood technique.
Maybe while he’s here he'll be able
to figure out why shots of his Old
Man generally bring down the house.
RAL DS ANN,
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New York, N. Y.—After twenty
years they come back to Broadway
Si Lean sunbrowned lads in khaki
return in the Legion's Blue and Gold
IH With silver trimmings........ the
silver in their hair............ For they're
fat and forty now........ But time has
not slowed ‘em up........ For the Roar-
ing Forties of the Legion made the
Broadway Forties roar........ Up and
down from Forty-second Street they
made the stem their playground day
and night........ Times Square traffic
stopped........ Store fronts boarded to
stand the pressure of the tight-pack-
ed crowd........ Bands blaring........ Baby
cannon booming........ Even high-hat
Fifth Avenue shuts up shop for the
big parade........ A dozen hours of the
marching men and women........ From
every state........Famous
And buck privates........ Giddy uni-
forms and i
daughters of the Legion........ Home-
town Belles cavorting as they lead the
bands........ Nurses........ Legion wives
as All the women marveously uni-
form in one respect at least............
Colorful smartly-dressed hair....Bud-
Buddy hunts the beauty shops..........
experts have a show to tell them how
its done........ And this old beauty
hound slipped in to see the Clairol
revue........ A show within a show......
That tops anything the nightspots
have to offer........ Arthur Boran, the
mimic from The March of Time......
Toetapper Roy Adler of ‘Babes In
Armeli 5 Jack Wallace, hill-billy
singer from Wisconsin........ Jean Mor-
an, topnotch violinist........ Hal Bren-
net, crooner........ And singing worth
perking the ears for by the Leach
Sisters, Thelma White, Dorothy Dee
a While Dorothea Lawrence is a
Metropolitan Opera Troupe all day
by herself........ Orlando—Squeezing a
topper in kiddie singing in Elsie
Silvers........ And just so nobody will
forget it’s a beauty show—Mary Ann
Carr from ‘The Show Is On’ and
Annette Guerlain of the nightclubs....
....Leonora Brusco—a dancer with
something new........ The negro imita-
tions of Teddy Kopelman........ and
Margaret Livingstone with the voice
you don't forget.......Remember the
NAMEs........ ‘Cause you'll see em all
in lights........ Yep, the Legion had
plenty to look at and listen to........
And it gave New York full measure
in return........ And this column’s own
choice for the best costumes in the
parade—The Seminole Indian Dress
of the Fort Lauderdale Florida Post
seth The most colorful state....Con-
necticut........ The best band, gosh! -all
of ‘em.....s.. And the most amazing
sight—the two million, count ’em,
New Yorkers who lined the Avenue
and stayed there—some of ’em—
from before dawn until’ long after
midnight....And the-saddest thought
— that next year when the men who
fought in 61 to '65 hold their joint
reunion at Gettysburg........ Yank and
Johnny Reb together for the first
time—they’ll muster few more than
a hundred........ And once ‘they. march-
ed a hundred thousand strong as the
Legion does today.
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