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Vol. 48
THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1938
No. 47
REASON
] playing praiseworthy
_ candidates.
POST _ |
SCRIPTS
oDDS
~~ AND
° ENDS i
OF THE ;
WEEK
BANNER
And any time no they can take
down the “Arthur James For Gover- |
banner which is still waving |
nor’ !
Main Street. Judge
proudly above
James, in case someone missed the |
news, was elected on November 8.
~ SIMILE
Patrolman Fred Swanson at Har- |
vey’s Lake describes the devilishness of |
Squire Ralph Davis's newly-captured
wildcat by explaining that it is “as
mean as a Nazi.”
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AMERICA i |
In Plymouth, Mass. where the first |
Thanksgiving was held 317 years ago, |
Rev, Carl Knudsen, pastor of thel
Church of the Pilgrimage, has shade)
his answer to anti-semitism in Ger-
many by inviting Rabbi Samuel F.
Friedman of Beth Jacob Synagogue to,
preach at the union service of
Plymouth Council of Churches.
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A prominent Democrat who is dis-/|
sportsmanship
following his defeat on Nov. 8 is of
the opinion that no one was more sur-
prised on Wednesday morning, No-
vember 9, than the State Democratic
«7 would have bet my life that we
were going to be elected,” he told a
friend. “We promised more, we had a
better chance than ever of fulfilling
our promises, there was more en-
thusiasm at the parades and the ral-
lies and we talked to bigger crowds
than ever before.” He sighed. “I've
just reaized that all during the cam-
paign I was making speeches to WPA
workers.”
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SINGERS
We propose that the Rotary Club
give a public concert this winter un-
der the direction of their genial ac-
companist and song leader, the inim- |
“Hiney” Kleinkauf. The Ro-
tarians preface their meetings on
Thursday evening with that lusty
brand of musical (?) expression which
is an inevitable part of any Iuncheon-
club program. The local Rotary
Club does itself especially proud, as
you can easily prove by dropping into
the Tally Ho any Thursday night about
6:30. We are unable to identify the
talented vocalists whose voices soar
above their brethren, adding their own
icable
Governor-Elect James Meets
Retiring Governor of Texas
3)
Judge
James,
he met,
returns,
Allred Preparing To Become Judge
As James Prepares To Resign
Both ran for Governor this year,
a. Republican,
Allred, a Democrat, was defeated,
{
From Bench
Arthur H. James of Plymouth and
Gov, James V. Allred of Austin, Tex., met this
week and had a lot in common.
Judge
was elected. Governor
On January 17, James will step out as judge |
of the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
same date Allred will become an ex-governox
and will move into a Federal judgeship.
On the
James and Col. Carl Estes, his host, who op-
posed Allred in the Texas primaries, visited the
Governor
Dallas and then expected to go to “some place
on the Mexican border.”
ably will return home next week,
at Austin, stopped at Loredo and
Judge James prob-
He will bring with him a white racoon which
he will present to the Philadelphia zoo.
captured the
estate at Mineola, Texas. '
/
‘coon while at Colonel Estes’
In telephone calls to his family in Plymouth,
Judge James reported he is enjoying thoroughly
his rest after the strain of campaigning.
has been fishing, gunning and boating, he said,
and has had a warm welcome from everyone
He
Although foregoing official business until he
Judge James sent back to Pennsyl-
vania a telegram assuring WPA workers that
they need expect no political reprisals as a
result of the Republican victory on November 8.
improvements to the composer's score,
but we could never mistake “Hiney’s” !ygisterous salute, with all kinds
on ‘the noise makers, taking time off for re-
As one of the reportorial}e..shments in the Woolbert parlor.
reverberating bass chords
piano.
brotherhood we used to attend quite a
few banquets and we mever discovered
anyone who could compete with
“Hiney” for transforming a group of
staid and dignified business men into
a bunch of hysterical yodelers. We
recommend that you get a load of
“Hiney”’ and his Rotary grand opera.
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HUNTER
Once a year we go hunting. We get
a license and sew it carefully on the
back of our old leather coat. We un-
earth our gun, wipe off the grease,
shine it up, aim it about the room a
few times and listen critically to the
smooth click of the trigger. We take
our dog out in the back yard and give
him a few test commands. We fill
our pockets with shells and then we
go out in the woods. We have never
shot anything on any of, these annual
excursions.
Actually, the kill is a very
part of the ritual of hunting now. No
one can convince us that this grmy of
hunters which pours into the woods
each November goes solely for the ex-
citement of blasting the life out of
some sad-eyed deer or comic-looking
rabbit. You can’t kid us. We've seen
them, sitting around a fireplace in
their stocking-feet, puffing at an odor-
iferous pipe and matching tall tales.
That's the best part of hunting.
We're satisfied if we don’t shoot the
gun. There's a kick in just the feel of
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POST PUBLISHES ONE
DAY EARLY IN ORDER
TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY
The Post was printed on Wed-
nesday afternoon this week, one
day earlier than usual, in order to
observe Thanksgiving Day. As
usual, it carries a Friday date-
line and’ is being distributed to
subscribers and customers on
Friday.
As a result of the change in
publication day, The Post does not
carry late news, such as the re-
sult of the Kingston Township-
Lehman Township championship
football game. That news will be
reported in next week’s issue,
Gang War Turns
Out To Be Just
A ‘Skimmelton’
Bursts of gun fire and the eerie
wail of a siren tumbled Dallas out of
a sound sleep about midnight Monday.
Lights went on and windows went up
along Main Street. It was, sleepy-
eyed citizens supposed, either another
Martian invasion or the end of the
world.
In reality, however, all the sound ef-
fects were iN verb anions fel Ha bois
terous ‘“skimmelton” at the Center
Hill Road home of Add Woolbert, Jr,
and his new bride. An old Pennsyl-
vania Dutch custom, the “skimmelton”
is’ becoming common around Dallas,
and this one was about the liveliest of
the year. I
Called out to” extinguish a myster-
ious blaze ip” the Woolbert yard, the
fire truck #gdded much to the general
hue and Avouiooets friends and
well wisherS 6f*fhe newlyweds gave a
of
Dynamite was set off, bottoms were
pounded out of tin pans, and a live
skunk, through the courtesy of Dean
Ide, took his bow before the festive
group.
Republicans Plan
A'Victory Dinner
A Victory Dinner will be held inthe
Kunkle Community Hall on December
13 by the Fernbrook “James for Gov-
ernor” Club. The Ladies’ Aid of the
|Glen View P. M. Church and Bast
Dallas M. E. Church will prepare the
meal and the proceeds will be turned
over to both organizations. The pub-
lic is invited. *
REVIVAL MEETINGS
The old-fashioned revival services
will continue at the Trucksville Free
Methodist Church each evening at
7:30 except Saturday.
Guild And Dailies
Still Deadlocked
Strikers Report Progress
In Conference With
Independent
The American Newspaper Guild,
which yesterday passed the 55th day
of its strike against four Wilkes-Barre
newspapers, reported headway in its
negotiations with the Sunday Inde-
pendent. } :
Meanwhile, the three daily newspa-
pers refuse to/negotiate until the ques-
| tion of “juriddictional rights” has been
settled. Representatives of the three
newspapers, the-Guild-and the Amer-
jcan Federation of Office Workers,
nic. in Philadelphia last Friday in an
effort to determine which union has
the right to represent business and
advertising office employes but no de-
cision was announced.
A spokesman for the National Re-
lations Board said it will take six
months to solve the ‘jurisdictionai
rights” problem unless strikers and
publishers come to some agreement
themselves.
Inquest In Death
Of Seven Awaited
To Fix Blame For Tragedy
Which Took Lives Of
Crippled Boys
The responsibility for the death of
seven crippled boys and an automobile
driver who drowned when their car
fell in a mine cave-in in Wilkes-
Barre Township last Saturday morn-
held by Dr, I. C. Morgan, county cor-
oner, next week—probably on Thurs-
day. ;
' The inquest, originally scheduled for
/last Tuesday night, was postponed to
permit Dr. Morgan’s staff to accumu-
late more evidence and complete its
search for witnesses. Several eye-wit-
nesses have been discovred, Dr, Mor-
gan said. H has not decided where
the inquest will be held.
Wilkes-Barre Township officials,
who had a low barrier of ashes thrown
up about the hole after it caved in
last March, and Glen Alden Coal Co.,
which owns workings beneath the
cave-in, emphatically have denied re-
sponsibility for the tragedy, which oc-
curred when Willard McIntosh, 22,
Wilkes-Barre, chauffeur for Wyoming
Valley Crippled Children’s Association,
drove too close to the edge of the
water-filled hole.
Heavy rains had undermined the
surface about the cave-in and McIn-
tosh’s car, carrying seven crippled boys
to treatment at Kirby Health Center.
slid into the water with the soft earth.
The twisted automobile, with its mud-
soaked bodies, was pulled from the
water after about four hours grapp-
ling by a Jersey Central Railroad
crane.
He |
ing will be fixed at an inquest to be.
Local Leaders See
Improved Business
With Inauguration
Expect Upswing To Be Aided
By Policies Of James’
Administration
FEELING OPTIMISTIC
With figasten] recovery gaining
ground in many sections of the state,
an optimistic outlook was expressed
this week by a number of local bus-
inessmen and a Chamber of Com-
merce official.
A slow but stable rise in business
conditions is generally predicted be-
cause of the belief that the new Re-
publican Administration’ will provide
a sound base for commercial and in-
dustrial improvement. Favorable leg-
islation and more equitable taxation
will give business here impetus to-
wards recovery, local businessmen be-
lieve. %
“There' musi#be some basis for a
definite bugifiess increase,” said Fred
Eck, attafhe of the First National
Bank of Ballas. “The sudden splurge
of last year ” very largely to
optimism alone. When the enthusiasm
of the businessmen petered out, the
market fell and the bottom dropped
out of the boom.”
Sees Substantial Gain
“We are coming out of the recession
gradually. The results of the election
affected the market considerably for
a short time, but the real rise is com-
ing slowly as confidence picks up. I
believe a slow but substantial gain
will be built.”
T. M, B. Hicks, Jr., Industrial Com-
missioner of Wilkes-Barre-Wyoming
Valley Chamber of Commerce, said re-
covery will be reflected by the corp-
orations and bigger business units.
“Possessing confidence in the new
administration and feeling encouraged
that there will be a return to conserv-
ative ‘government, corporations will
invest more and expand more. Corp-
orate tax growth caused a certain
am7.gnt of migration. If the admin-
istration modifies taxation and modi-
fies restrictive legislation, it will hold
several industries in Pennsylvania and
encourage several others to come in.”
New Industries Coming
Several important industrial deals
in the Wyoming Valley were delayed
until the results of the election were
learned, and are now coming to a
head. The new industries coming to
this section in view of the new admin-
istration will offer more industrial
employment and cut down the relief
situation:”
“Business men, however, are likely
to expect too much from the James
administration. A great deal of gov-
ernment expenses are necessary things,
such as relief, and those necessities
will not disappear over night. More
equitable taxation may be brought
about, but it will be difficult to cut
down on the taxation totals.”
“Business men of Pennsylvania have
a right to expect sound and construc-
tive government from James, but not
miracles.”
“I don’t know how much of an in-
crease in business the new year will
see, but I do know that we all are
feeling better about it,” said John
Wiliams, proprietor of the Dallas 5
and 10 cent store, “Business will pick
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Termed a “splendid showing” by
Chairman E. B. Mulligan, Jr. the an-
nual Welfare Federation drive for
total contributions amounting to $310,-
117. That is less than $50,000 short
of the goal and Federation officials
are pleased with the results in consid-
eration of the unfavorable conditions
under which the campaign was con-
ducted.
“In spite of the lack of the usual
publicity and the inability of a num-
ber of groups to contribute their usual
amount, the drive has run only 8 per-
“cent behind ‘that of last year,” said
Seward C. Simons, Federation director.
“Although the drive is officially end-
ed, more contributions are expected
which should swell ‘the fund consider-
ably within the next few weeks.”
The best showing was made by so-
licitors in the West Side municipali-
ties, a district including Dallag and
the surrounding territory, Under the
direction of Mrs. G. Guthrie Marvin,
96.5 per cent of the West Side quota
was reached.
During the past two weeks, the Dal-
las district team, working under Mrs.
funds was closed Tuesday night with}
Drive Ends Short of Quota
But Federation Is Pleased
George Gregson of Shrine View, has
raised over $800, bringing the total in
this section to $1412.65. The Back
Mountain quota was $1,725. Lehman
Township High School, contributing
125.6 per cent of its quota, led all the
other schools included in the drive.
H. Austin Snyder, supervising princi-
pal, was commended highly for the
school’s showing. Y
Fifteen out of the forty-eight teams
exceeded their quotas, and on the
West Side six teams collected better
than 95 per cent. Several drive col-
onels reported Tuesday that they had
not finished their canvasses, and some
of the larger pledges had not been
collected.
“Regretting that the full amount of
the quota was not obtained by the
closing meeting of the drive, we feel
that a splendid showing was made by
the organization and the community.
We are confident that the amount will
be materially increased by late con-
tributions,” said Mr. Simons. “In
spite of the drive results, we hope
that the 32 agencies of the Welfare
Federation can function during the
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William Higging of Dallas and H.
|B. Freeman, Luzerne jeweler, are
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Borough.
a special meeting for tonight (Friday)
Consumers Join To Demand Better
Water Service; Council Announces
Special Meeting To Hear Protests
ANGRY CITIZENS CALL FOR PROMPT ACTION
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Decisive Action Expected To Assure Better Service To
Consumers In Hill Sections Of Town; School
Suspended On Monday For Lack Of Water
A serious shortage of water in the hill section of Dallas—coming on the
heels of frequent interruptions of service in the last few months—provoked
consumers to join this week’ in a vigorous demand for official action to end
—once and for all—the problem of an adequate supply of water for Dallas
in the borough building to hear pro-
tests and decide what action can be taken to assure satisfactory service for
consumers.
COUNCIL IS EXPECTED
TO ELECT NEW CHIEF
AT MEETING TONIGHT
Aside from its annou
tion of taking some ach
lieve the serious water |
in Dallas, Dallas Borough Counc
is expected to name a new chief
of police tonight.
The position has been vacant
since the death of Chief Leonard
O’Kane about a month ago. A
flood of “applications have been
filed with the councilmen,
Chief O’Kane also was high con-
stable in Dallas Borough and some
action will have to be taken to
elect a successor to that office. '
Outcome In County
Rests With Court
James Will Win If Judges
Uphold Commissioners’
Action
An appeal to the court en banc to
prevent Luzerne County Commission-
ers from ruling out the entire vote
from two districts will be made by
Attorney. Daniel Flood, representing
the Democratic County Committee this
(Friday) morning.
The voting pre€incts involved ' are
District of Haz
been charged. Upon e court’s de-
cision rests the outcome of the elec-
tion in Luzerne County.
With the two districts included in
the returns, Judge James loses his
home county. But if the court upholds
the Board of Elections ‘in dismissing
the vote, Judge James will win in the |
county. Both districts involved Went
heavily for Charles Alvin Jones, Dem-
ocratic candidate for Governor.
The Commissioners have requested
District Attorney Leon Schwartz to
bring criminal prosecution against
election officials in the two precincts.
Two Local Men Plan
planning a ten-day visit to the King
Ranch in the Rio Grande Valley of
Texas. Both men plan to renew ac-
quaintances they made at the King
Ranch when they visited in Texas in
1934. They will leave for Texas soon
after the first of the year.
William Powell, 66,
Dies At Hunlocks
e
Was Driver Boss For Gle
Alden Coal Go. For | :
27 Years
William Powell, 66, died at the home
of his sister, Mrs.- Charles Kirby, Hun-
lock Creek, Tuesday night of pneu- |
moni.a. The funeral will be held from
the Kirby home at 2 Saturday, with
Rev. Mr. Snyder, pastor of Roaring
Brook Baptist Church, officiating.
Mr. Powell lived in Edwardsville un-
til about 14 years ago when he moved
to the home of his sister. He was a
driver boss and captain of the First
Aid team of Glen Alden Coal Co., for
27 years. He had been scoutmaster
of the Edwardsville troop 'of Boy
Scouts and was active in affairs of
the LL. 0-0. F., the Ir. O. U. A.-M,
and the P. O. S. of A. of Plymouth |
He was a man of high character and’
was held in great esteem. Surviving
coming year without serious curtail-
ment of funds.”
‘Visit Along Rio Grande
are a sister, Mrs. Charles Kirby, and
Thomas Powell of Nanticoke.
Sia
Criticism of the service to consum-
ers in the higher sections of town has
been mounting for some months. Last
summer a group from the Parrish
Heights section filed a protest with
the Public Utility Commission and an’
investigator came here and interview-
ed some consumers. The complaint
is still hanging fire.
“Service was interrupted over a wide
area last Sunday when a pump at
Hay’s Corners broke down. Work-
men repaired that promptly but on
Monday a main broke and service was
interrupted again. The break was
discovered and repaired Monday after-
noon. On Tuesday morning full ser-
vice was restored but the unusual de-
mand, after the two-day scarcity,
Wr
if
taxed the capacity of pumps and re-
serve supplies. The situation was much
improved by Tuesday evening.
Flood Of Complaints
| The officers of the water company
, As a result of widespread complaints, Dallas Borough Council called Cage
were deluged with complaints. Many A
persons called The Post, which took
an active part in the campaign for
improvements four years ago, and urg-
ed this newspaper to demand decisive
action.
One man who has a well on his
property but who leases it to the util-
ity was without water. Another irate
citizen complained that he had com-
pany for dinner and his wife was un-
able to get enough water to cook the
vegetables, Housewives were irate be-
cause they had to postpone their Mon-
day morning washing.
When the service was interrupted
on Monday classes were suspended at
Dallas High School. It was the third.
suspension because of lack of water
in the last two months. ;
At the last meeting of the school
board the directors authorized John
WT" Jeter, a member of the board, to
determine the cost of sinking a well
at the school to supply water inde-
pendently of the local water company.
Problem 40 Years Old
W. C. Shepherd, building counsellor,
was among the most vigorous com-
plainants. “We've been living with his
problem for more than 40 years,” he
said, “I rented a home here in 1896
and there was trouble about an ade-
quate supply of water then. I built
a home in 1905 and we were still talk-
ing#about improving the situation. Al-
ways we have ended right where we
started. I think if we work together
and seriously on this problem we can
solve it permamently right now.”
ter,” said Peter Clark, councilman.
“We've, gone along with the company
every time we could and given them
every encouragement we knew. Now
the situation is so bad we cannot ig-
nore its seriousness. We must find
a way to give the people of Dallas an
adequate water supply.”
‘What steps will be taken remains a
matter of conjecture until tonight. Tt
is likely a new complaint will be filed
with the Pubic Utility Commission, to-
gether with a request for prompt ac-
tion to assure immediate relief,
In 1935, when ‘inadequate service
provoked a complaint similar to this
week’s the Public Utility Commission
heard testimony from local consum-
ers and as a result ordered the water
company to carry out a five-point im-
provement program, including the con-
struction of a 70,000-gallon standpipe
.1on the Machell Avenue Hill.
Promised Adequate Service
Later the company filed a request
for increased rates with the Public
Utility Commission and when Dallas
Business Men's Association protested
that the rates were exhorbitant the
company compromised on a lower rate
of increase. At that time ‘the Busi-
ness Men’s Association was given as-
surance that the new rates would
guarantee adequate service to all parts
of Dallas.
A few months ago, when complaints
mounted, the company added two sec-
tions to the tank on Davenport Street
and made several other improvements.
The suggestion that the water com-
pany be purchased by a local group or
by the borough was heard frequentiy
this week. Municipal ownership has
been suggested several times in the
past but has never been considered
!very seriously.
“We've been very fair in this mat-
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