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Vol. 48
THE DALLAS POST,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1938
No. 51
POST
SCRIPTS
GOD
BLESS
us
.EVERY
ONE
Our guest columnist this week, a
writer of some note, is welcome for
several reasons. First, he relieves us
of a duty during a busy time, so busy,
in fact that this column has been
missing from its accustomed spot for
two weeks now. Secondly, his contri-
bution excells anything we might
write. And, thirdly, the piece of his
we are to print is particularly approp-
riate to this time of the year.
Writing is merely one of the accom-
plishments of our able guest. By vo-
cation, he was a physician, but he
found time, too, for painting and his
portrait of the Virgin is said to be
among the finest portrayals of that
subject. You may be familiar with the
picture of him as a youthful artist,
holding in his hand one of his paint-
ings. In brief, writing a life of Christ
was merely one, if the most significant
and permanent, of the man’s accomp-
lishments. His name, you may have
surmised, is Luke.
Luke was not the first man to re-
cord the life of the Man from Naza-
reth. Both Mark and Matthew wrote
their Gospels before him. But Doctor
Luke's version has always been our
favorite. perhaps because he stressed
the manly qualities of the teacher he
adored. Luke revealed a Jesus intense-
ly human and lovable, a wise and gen-
erous and forgiving preacher who went
up and down a murdered land bring-
ing comfort to the dejected and cour-
age to the weak, a man who could suf4 i
fer pain and know despair.
Luke was certain Christianity was
more than a new religion for the Jews.
He wanted to prove that the new phil-
osophy he and Paul preached was for
all men, and so he portrayed Jesus
as ministering, not merely to the Gal-
ileans and the Judeans, but also to the
despised Samaritans. He wrote with
great simplicity and. deep sincerity.
‘“Forasmuch as many has taken in
hand to set forth in order a declara-
tion of those things which are most
surely believed among us,” he began,
“it seemed good to me also, having had
perfect understanding of all things
from the very first, to write . . , that
thou mightest know the certainty of
those things wherein thou hast been
instructed.”
And then he went on, and this is the
strange story he told:
* *
And it came to pass in those days,
that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed.
And all went to be taxed, every one
into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Gal-
ilee, out of the city of Nazareth into-
Judea, unto the city of David, which
is called Bethiehem; (because he was
one of the house and lineage of Da-
vid:)
To be taxed with Mary his espoused
wife, being great with child.
And so it was, that, while they were
there, the days were accomplished
that she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her first-
born son, and wrapped him in swad-
dling clothes, and laid him in a man-
ger; because there was no room for
them in the inn.
And there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping |
watch over their flock by might,
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came
upon them, and the glory of the Lord
shone round about them,
were sore afraid,
And the angel said unto them, Fear
(Continued on page 4)
What's Ahead
In 1939?
For the eighteenth consecutive
year, Roger Babson risks his
reputation by forecasting what
the New Year has in store for
wages, jobs, prices and business.
His predictions have always
turned out 85-95 per cent cor-
rect. Remember, for 1938 he fore-
cast: ‘Resumption of recovery”
and “No war in Europe”. What
about 1939. Will business re-
covery continue, or does a new
tailspin lie ahead? Watch for
Babson’s Forecast in The Dallas
Post.
and they |
; Furope’s
HOPE HELL
Europe’s Restless
Year Keeps County |
Prothonotary Busy
Record Number Of Appeals
For Naturalization
Are Filed
ONLY 26 ARE JEWISH
From 19 nations of restless Europe
—from Hitler's Germany, from Mus-
solini’s taly, from all the tight, tense
little countries beyond the Atlantic—
came 1,120 aliens to stand during the
vear now ending in the office of the
Prothonotary of Luzerne County and
ask for citizenship in the United
States of America.
That was more than had applied for
citizenship in the county in any year
since - immigraticn guolas were set,
nearly a century ago; double the num-
ber wlio filed last year It may be the
largest number since the prothono-
tary’s office was opened in 1789.
Surprisingly enough, only 26 were
Catholic, Hebrew and Protestant ref-
ugees from the German Reich. Twen-
ty-five of the applicants , some from
Germany, Czechoslovakia and old Aus-
tria and a few from other countries,
were of Jewish faith. In view of the
exodus of Jews from Europe, it might
have been expected that more than a
mere 2 per cent would reach Luzerne
County.
Many of the aliens were from
#11- treated minority groups
=o SCOL CRF we one country as their
native land but another nation as their
government. For example, there were
only 290 Poles applying, but 321 per-
iv
sons renounced allegiance to Poland, |
the 31 mnon-Poles apparently being
members of subject races within Po-
land’s post-World War boundaries.
They're Staying In Ireland ’
Eire, which, when it was Irelans,
saw almost ‘as many people leave for
the New World as were born on the
Ould Sod in a year, has the only quota
unfilled. Only 18 persons from Eire
sought citizenship, a fact which may
attest to the satisfaction of Irishmen
with their new status, and which sup-
ports statements that Eire has ac-
complished more in two years than
any other nation| has in the last cen-
| States who,
tury.
Another significant development is
{ the unusually large number of repa-
| triates, ex-citizens of the United
having returned to the
Old Country, have changed their minds
and are now seeking U. S. citizenship
again,
The nationalities of applicants, as
listed by Phillip Forte, chief of the
Naturalization Bureau at the Pro-
thonotary’s office, follows:
Polish, 290; Repatriates, 231; Ital-
ian, 166; Slovak, 113; Lithuanian, 52;
English, 46; Welsh, 34; Russian, 31;
German, 26; Hebrew, 25; Ukranian,
21; Irish, 18; Scotch, 16; Magyar, 10;
| Spanish, 10; Ruthenian, 6; Portugese,
b; Jugo-Slav, 5; Greek, 4; Slovene, 4;
French, 4; Scandinavian, 3; Croatian,
2; Dutch, 1; Montenegran, 1.
Second Xmas Funeral
For Martin Family
This will be the second time the
Christmas of Mr, and Mrs, John Mar-
tin and family has been marred by
death.
About 13 years ago a son died sud-
denly a few days before Christmas. Tt
was on the amniversary of his death
that Margaret disappeared:
POLICE SPREAD NET FOR HER MURDERER
ow
Winsome Margaret Martin, 19-year-old Kingston girl whose
body was discovered in isolated Keelersburg Creek, 12 miles from
Dallas, on Wednesday.
FOR SPEEDY CAPTURE OF MURDERER
Latest Clues Spur
Search For Slayer
Discovery Of Margaret Martin’s Body Opens New Channels
Of Investigation To Police; Trapper Finds Corpse
In Creek 12 Miles From Dallas
HAD NOT BEEN ABUSED BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED
Spurred on by the discovery of new clues, police of eight states joined
yesterday in a determined quest for
Martin,
19-year-old Kingston Sunday School teacher,
the trail of the slayer of Margaret
whose body was
found at Keelersburg, 12 miles from Dallas, late Wednesday afternoon.
Virtually without tangible clues since Miss Martin's disappearance last
Saturday morning, police agreed that the tragic discovery of her naked,
mutilated body, jammed into a burlap
sack and hidden in the icy waters of
remote Keelersburg Creek, had opened a number of new channels for in-
MOTHER’S: WISH IS FOR
FUNERAL SERVICES ON
? EVE OF LORD’S BIRTH
Margaret Martin will be laid to
rest tomorrow, the day before
Christmas, in accordance with the
wish of her mother.
“As a girl who lived as a true
child of God,” she said, “I would
like the funeral to be on the eve
of the birthday of the Saviour.”
Services will be held from the
home, 43 Covert Street, Kingston,
at 9, followed by a requiem mass
at St. Ignatius Church, Kingston.
Interment will be in the parish
cemetery.
Court En Banc Divides In
Awarding Victory To James
A split decision by Luzerne County’s court en banc this week gave
Governor-elect Arthur H. James victory in this, his home county,
votes, but Democratic leaders, who persist Charles Alvin Jones carried the
county,
With two
senting, the
appeal of De
the election
aocratic judges dis-
banc quashed an
against action of
voiding the re-
turns from ncts, one in
Wilkes -Barr: in Hazleton.
The = decisic natched a
county mai Charles
Alvin Jones handed
it to Judge
Three judd kK, D~m-
ocrat, and "A, Val-
entine, Re: 3 Blec-
i tion Boar ~aturns
from twe 1d had
been charged. ¢ judg-
es, Thomas Farre! McDon-
ald, the latter ee, filed
dissenting
The d=e he first compli-
cated chaprte izgle which be-
gan the day after election and may
not he ended 11 Superior Court
has heard st returns gave
Jones a n ismissal of
the two lulent returns,
both fron sratic districts,
put Judge lead.
"The re ave been sent
to Harr inus the signa-
ture of , Democratic mi-
Dear Santa: We Te
Got A Basketball Title?
Save It For Austin
Snyder
Even in these disillusioned times, a
good many folks figure that Santa
Clause has something up his sleeve for
them, even if it’s not exactly in the
bag.
Although a check-up
master Joe Polacky hasn't revealed
how many people from this section
wrote letters to the Old Gent, several
well-known characters have tossed
wishes to the four winds and, natural-
ly enough, to The Post.
In the Letters to Santa Clause De-
partment, which is conducted in all
faith, the notations range from the
sublime to the ridiculous, with a
with Post-
smattering of wishes in between.
have decided to take the case to the Superior Court,
nority member of the Election Board,
now stand as follows:
For Governor: James, 97,5650; Jones,
97,281: For U. S. Senator: Earle, 99,-
653; Davis, 96,302; For Congress:
Flannery, 99,004; Yeosock, 94,281,
Release Man Arrested
Early In Martin Case
A 23-year-old Wilkes-Barre man
who was arrested early this week on
suspicion of having been involved in
the Margaret Martin case has been re-
leased for lack of evidence, it was an-
nounced at Wyoming Barracks yes-
terday.
Meanwhile, State police were en-
deavoring to check the stories of three
unidentified girls who said they had
been interviewed by a man who had
obtained their names from a state un-
employment office ostensibly to offer
them stenographic positions, but who
had finally suggested a life of crime.
The girls did not report their ex-
perience until the disappearance of
Miss Martin. The Martin case was
the motive for a number of extraordi-
nary stories this week about girls who
had narrowly escaped a fate similar to
hers,
by 269 !
Charge ‘Chisellers’
Accepted $308,000
Issue Warrants For 4,000
County Residents On
Relief
A sweeping clean-up of relief chis-
elers in Luzerne County was launched
this week as the Department of Wel-
fare served the first of an estimated
4.000 warrants upon persons who are
charged with having accepted about
$308,000 illegally.
A score of persons were given hear-
ings before Alderman Frank B. Brown
and Alderman Miles Barber at Wilkes-
Barre on Tuesday. Several were com-
mitted to the county jail in default of
bail. A number, who agreed to make
restitution, were held under bond un-
til they carry out their promise.
The first batch of warrants were for
58 persons who were charged with
having “chiseled” $6,848.16 from the
State Department of Public Assistance.
Some of them were persons who ac-
cepted checks for relatives who had
died. Others accepted checks after they
had moved from the State. Many
were accepting relief funds after se-
curing employment.
RUMOR IS DENIED
A story in wide circulation last
night that a Kingston man had been
arrested as the suspected slayer of
Margaret Martin was denied by the
State Police. Wyoming Barracks was
swamped with queries about such ru-
mors, the policemen said.
Them We'd Turn These Over To You
Take 7 of Harvey's Lake.
After liv of a hermit bach-
elor for ight years, Eric has
bought 3 of land and is now
building a a two-story dwelling.
And all E 1s now is a wife. File
that in the :blime department.
George E ster and Pete Oberst,
who have exchanging socks at
Pete's barber shop on Main Street
gince last summer, each want two
pairs of socks for Christmas. And
that goes under miscellany.
Dallas Police Chief Walter J. Cov-
ert, who isn't such a far cry from
Santa Claus himself, wants a mice,
new ’39 automobile more than any
thing he can think of. “There's notn-
ing like a new car for crime detec-
tion,” says Mr. Covert, who is waiting
for the wave to strike.
Speaking of Police Chiefs, there's
always Chief Ira C. Stevenson of the
Harvey's Lake force. “If I had a nice
new airplane, I could fly over the Sa-
hara Desert,” says the Chief Steven-
son intimated that he feels sure there
is something on the other side of the
desert well. worth the time and trouble.
Phil Cheney, affable restaurant
manager and a busy man, claims he
wants anything at-all. That comes
under the Anything At All department,
which is the least disappointing one of
all.
Back to Harvey's Lake again and
Squire Ralph Davis who desires a nice
Japanese back scratcher and a new
cage—for his pet wildcat, of course.
He feels it will pep up the pcor bob-
cat, which haa just gotten around to
enjoy basking in the sun when winter
descended.
Don Grose wants some mental telep-
To Sauire Davis For
Give That Back Scratcher |
His Wildcat |
athy equipment. “Nobody ever tells
me anything,” claims Don, who has
missed the last three games of the
Dallas A. C.
Coach J, Austin Snyder of Lehman
Township High would like another in-
terscholastic basketball title in his
stocking, but so would the other four
coaches, so things are kind of dead-
locked.
‘Walter Hicks, football coach of
Kingston Township High, wants a
recipe for taking off that extra ten
pounds without dieting, as does John
Hayden, -Dallas night club proprietor,
uscd to be quite an athlete in his day.
P vestigation.
There was a pronounced feeling
among police officials that the new
angles to the case will result in the
capture of the murderer, perhaps
within the next few days.
After an all-night inquiry at
Tunkhannock, police were able to re-
construct the manner in which the
winsome brunette was murdered. It
was established definitely that she
had not been touched before the
slayer strangled her. One theory was
that the girl, who left home to keep
an appointment with a prospective
employer, had been induced to ac-
company her slayer to his “office”.
On the way, the murderer may have
sensed that Margaret would not sub-
mit to his designs. Perhaps he de-
cided then to kill her,
Death Came Quickly
She died quickly and easily. Her
mouth was not compressed, as it
‘would have been if she had struggled,
nor agape, as it would have been if
she were frightened. There was no
stare in her eyes. Aside from the fin-
ger prints on her throat and an abra-
sion over one eye, perhaps suffered
when she bumped against some part
of the automobile, there were no marks
upon her body before death. i
There were slashes across the ab-
domen and the legs, apparently in-
flicted when the cold-blooded slayer
tried to dismember the body. Failing,
he forced the body into a heavy po-
tato sack by pushing the head be-
tween the knees and tied the bundle
with sash cord,
Avthorities believe death came to
Miss Martin with merciful quickness.
She was probably unconscious one
minute after the fingers closed on her
throat and dead within three minutes.
They feel sure she was murdered last
Saturday.
One job which confronted police
vesterday was to find the girl's cloth-
ing. Sixty men, recruited by the Dis-
trict Attorney’s office, were scouring
the territory in Northmoereland
Township, about Keelersburg, yester-
day, under the direction of Chief of
Detectives Richard Powell. They were
interested particularly in searching the
isolated summer cabins on Keeler
Mountain, close by the Susquehanna
River.
Slayer Left Valuable Clues
The burlap sack and the sash cord
also may become vital links in the net
which will capture the slayer. Twe
| rings Miss Martin was wearing, one a
(Continued on Page 8)
(Hllustrated by Terry Kilburn, as Tiny Tim n
“A Christmas Carol’)