from another correspondent, who
united.
Since war was declared I
We have dilly-dallied in the
past, or so many folk say, but
every man and woman in this
country now seems determined
to go on fighting until Hitler-
ism is stamped out.
Personally, I believe that Mr.
Chamberlain was justified in the
steps he took to prevent war last
year. We may have lost prestige
abroad for not intervening sooner
in an endeavor to stop Naziism’s
mad march for European or even
world domination. But anyone who
thinks that lack of action in the
past indicates lack of unity in the
present is gravely mistaken.
Strangely enough, everybody
knows what they think we are
fighting for. :
Ask nine men out of 10.why Bri-
tain has gone to war and you'll get
the answer, ‘Dammit, man, we said
we would if Hitler messed about
with Poland.”
Even the most pacifist among us
feel that there is justification for
fighting now, and that the only
satisfactory ending will be the end
of Naziism. We don’t want the
wiping out of Germany. I don’t
know what the Government wants,
but I do know that the man-in-the-
street would be delighted to learn
that there had been a bloodless
revolution in Germany, and that a
democratic government had been
set up and desired peace with Eng-
land, France and Poland.
The sooner the war finishes, the
better, but the only whistle that
will sound “time” is the end of
Naziism in Germany.
Migration To “Safe” Areas
As far as those people who live
away from the big towns in Eng-
land are concerned, the only way
in which the war has affected them
so far is that many of the young
men have left. Those of us who
live in such towns have been in-
undated with women and children
from the danger zones, who have
been billeted on practically all the
amilies in what are known as
“safe” areas.
The wireless programmes are
even worse and duller than they
were before (B. B. C. programmes
‘are characterized by conservatism,
propriety and a determination never
to swerve from the printed pro-
gramme for any reason whatsoever.
When the war ends we shan’t hear
of it over the radio until the next
news bulletin. No event could be
important enough to interrupt a
chamber music concert or Children’s
Hour!) and our newspapers are
thinner.
Petrol is rationed, but we can
still run our cars. No lights are al-
lowed to shine from any house, but
we still have normal electricity sup-
plies. Cinema hours have been re-
stricted, but we can still go to the
pictures. Things have been inter-
fered with very little.
Everybody has been
penalty except the difficulty of get-
ting another if it is lost. Even if
a light shines at night, the police
give several polite requests for it to
be obscured, and it is only when
those are ignored that a fine fol-
lows.
Air Raid Precautions are conduct-
ed by a voluntary service. Classes in
fire fighting, first aid, anti-gas
work and so on have been going on
- for-over a year now and people at-
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yland To Fight Until NaziismIs
nded, Post's Correspondent Writes
“Only Whistle That Will Sound ‘Time’ Will Be
The End Of Hitler In Germany,” Serth Declares
(Last week The Post published a letter from an English editor
who lives in one of the “vulnerable” areas.
This week our letter is
writes from a “safe” area and de-
scribes how the war has affected his neighbors.)
By GEOFFREY W. SERTH
You are bound to read a great deal of news biased by
propaganda, just as we do over here in England, but there is
one fact of which you can be certain—the British are absolutely
have spoken to scores, perhaps
hundreds of people, and I have heard no one do other than
endorse the Government’s action.
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UNUSED TICKETS FOR
WORLD’S SERIES ARE
DEPOSITED AT BANK
Among the oddest deposits
ever made at First National
Bank of Dallas were the two
World’s Series baseball game
tickets denacited to the account
of a local man this week.
It happened this way. The
gentleman who made the de-
posit, a baseball fan, bought
a block of three $5.50 reserved
seat tickets to those games of
the series which were sched-
uled to have been played in
New York. He used one, and
was left with the other two
when the Yankees ended the
series after four games.
On the back of the tickets,
which were redeemable, was a
notice promising that they
would be honored at their face
value at any branch of Manu-
facturers Trust Co in New York.
The gentleman was preparing
to return the tickets to the box
office for his money when an
attache of the bank suggested
that he deposit them, exactly as
he would a check. It worked,
too.
tended voluntarily. The majority
of citizens didn’t bother to attend at
all, but just left things “to those
with more time than I've got”. Some
A. R. P. workers have given up their
normal jobs and are working whole
time now. Others are working sev-
eral hours a day for nothing, and
doing their ordinary jobs as well.
Lots of people are doing nothing
at all, except to hang curtains over
their windows. Families with a cer-
tain minimum income have been
supplied with corrugated iron bomb-
proof shelters, free of charge. Those
YOUNGBLOOD HOPES HUNTERS
WILL SPARE PET SQUIRRELS
Life-Long Resident
Dies At Age 0f 71
A life-long resident of this sec-
tion, Henry J. Derby, 71} of Har-
vey's Lake, died on Saturday even-
ing at the home of his {daughter,
Mrs. John Reese, Parsons. i”
He was buried on Wednesday
afternoon, with services at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Elmer Kerr,
Alderson, and later at the Laketon
Lutheran Church. Rev. John Al-
bright, pastor of the church, of-
ficiated. Interment was in Kocher
Cemetery.
Mr. Derby was born at Marsh
Creek, between Evans Falls and
Beaumont. For a number of years
he lived in Noxen and was employed
in the tannery there. He had been
a resident of Harvey's Lake for
more than 20 years.
About three years ago he suffer-
ed a stroke and his health had
failed since. He went to his daugh-
ter’'s home at Parson’s about two
months ago.
Mr. Derby was a member of the
Lutheran Church and the Junior
Mechanics of Noxen.
Surviving are his widow, Bertha,
and the following children, Mrs.
John Reese; Mrs. Elmer Kerr, and
Mrs. David Deater.
with bigger incomes were expected
to provide their own shelters. I
don’t know many who have both-
ered to do anything at all in the
matter. In some towns, public
shelters have been provided for
those who are in the streets at the
time of an air raid.
Populace Not Alarmed
All that may make it seem as if
we are totally unprepared. But that
is not so. What I do hope it indi-
cates is that the populace is not
alarmed and is taking ‘things quiet-
ly. We believe that what voluntary
workers there are will work far
harder than if they had been com-
pelled to do the job, and will get
as much work done as twice as
many men working under compul-
sion.
The introduction of conscription
into this country came as a bit of
| shock, but there is little resentment
| against it really. After all, ordinary
education is compulsory, boys and
girls have to go to school for a cer-
tain number of years. How much
will it hurt them to have to go to
camp for half a year.
True, they may have to learn
about war (a relic of barbarism and
futility that should have disappeared
ages ago) but the physical training
the lads get will do them far more
good physically than a familiarity
with war will harm them mentally.
r
Fred Youngblood of Norton Ave-
nue, hopes the two grey squirrels
who have been making friends in
his neighborhood will be spared by
hunters when the season opens
next month.
The squirrels have become so
trusting in recent weeks that they
spend a good part of their time on
the Youngblood’s porch and have
even, on occasion, picked up cour-
age enough to enter the house and
take nuts placed on the living room
carpet.
Both squirrels seem to know Mrs.
Youngblood’s voice and will come
when she calls, although others try
in vain to coax them down. Mr.
Youngblood isn’t sure where there
nest is but he’s worried lest some
thoughtless hunter kill the two pets
this fall.
Jurchak To Tell
PTA About FHA
Montrose Violinist To
Play Here Monday
The working of the FHA and the
opportunities it offers to persons
who long for their own homes will
be discussed by Attorney Peter
Jurchak at the Ooctober meeting of
(Jurchak at the October meeting of
sociation in the high school on Mon-
day night at 8.
Attorney Jurchak has been a lea-
rder in stimulating construction in
the Dallas area and has played an
important part ‘in developing the
attractive Goss Manor development.
The program will include selec-
tions by Prof. J. Wesley Gavitt of
Montrose, violinist, and by an en-
semble of local persons directed by
Professor Gavitt. Mrs. Lola Pitt-
man Johnson will sing. Pupils from
Mrs. Louise Colwell’s room will re-
cite poetry and display pictures
they have drawn.
The attendance at the last meeting !
was fine, and Mrs. Mary Ferry, !
president, has asked all those par-
ents to be present again and bring
friends.
Township Seniors
Name Officers For Year |
Bruce McDermott has been elect-
ed president of the Senior Class of
{ Dallas Township. Other officers |
i elected by the graduating class are: |
Burton Bonnell, vice-president; Lot- |
tie Bryzsky, secretary, and Elva |
Knecht, treasurer.
D. Of A. Meeting
Mt. Vale Council, Daughters of
America, will meet tonight (Friday)
in the LI. O. O. F. Hall.
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COUNTY
Methodist Churches
Create New Conference
The funds, titles and valuables of
Methodist churches in this section
were transferred this week from the
Wyoming Conference of the M. E.
Church to the new “Wyoming Con-
ference of the United Methodist
Church.”
More than 1,000 pastors and lay-
men from the conference met at
Endicott, N. Y., on Tuesday, legis-
lated the old conference out of ex-
istence and immediately created the
new conference, which has the
same boundaries. It was part of
the general reorganization uniting
the Methodist Episcopal, the Meth-
odist Protestant and the Methodist
Church, South.
Lutherans To Attend
Sunday School Institute
The 24the annual Sunday School |
Institute of the upper district of
Wilkes-Barre Conference, Lutheran
Church, will be held at St. Peter's
Church, Pittston, on Saturday, Octo-
ber 14, with sessions at 2 and 7:30
p. m.
Weevils Damage
Stored Grains
Should Fumigate Before
Cold Weather Arrives
By JAMES D. HUTCHISON
Agent, Luzerne County Agricultural
Extension Association
Several species of insects cause
considerable damage to stored
grains and mill products. Most of
the damage is done by the larvae
or weevils. Not only does the pres-
ence of the weevils result in the de-
truction of the grain, but they may
also cause it to heat. When se-
verely damaged by weevils, grain
and milled products may be unfit
for food.
To control grain weevils, atten-
tion must be given to a few basic
principles. « Storage places must be
kept clean of scattered grains and
dust in which the insects may breed.
Bins must be tightly built. Early
threshing is advisable. It is best
to keep the grain out of mows.
The insects can be killed by fumi-
gation, and this is a step that must
be taken before cold weather to be
| accomplished successfully. The stor-
‘age temperature must be at or
‘above 70 degrees F. Carbon bisul-
fido is the most effective fumigant
for farm purposes. Substitute mater-
ials generally depend on the pro-
portion of carbon bilsulfide in the
combination for their effectiveness.
Carbon bisulfido is a liquid that
forms a gas heavier than air. The
fumes will go to the bottom of the
bin. Mr. Hutchison warns that car-
bon bisulfido is explosive and must
be ‘kept away from open lights of
all kinds. He suggests using three
pounds for each 100 bushels of
grain, placing it in shallow tins on
Mrs. LoomisIs
103 Years Old . z
Tunkhannock Matriarch
Heads Five Generations
Mrs. Hannah Sheldon Loomis of
Tunkhannock, who was born in
1836, is a leading candidate for the
title of Pennsylvania’s oldest resi-
dent.
Mrs. Loomis quietly celebrated
her 103rd birthday anniversary last
Saturday. One of her near rivals is
Archie Campbell, Sr., of Philadel-
phia, who was 101 years old on
Sunday.
Mrs. Loomis was born in Lyman-
ville, the daughter of Nathaniel and
Elvira Sheldon and was educated in
the Lymanville public school and at
Wyoming Seminary. In 1859 she
married H. Porter Loomis, who died
in 1917.
Two of Mrs. Loomis’ children are
dead. She lives with the third,
Mrs. Virginia Leighton of Tunk-
hannock. She has four grandchil-
dren, several great grandchildren,
and one great great grandson.
Still active, Mrs. Loomis is cheer-
ful, despite her frequent sieges of
bad health. She no longer follows
current events as keenly as she
once did but she enjoys her friends
and received many felicitations on
her anniversary.
top of the grain. Three or four con-
tainers placed to distribute the gas
evenly usually will be sufficient.
Bins must be airtight.
Further information on the con-
trol of grain weevils may be ob-
tained from the Luzerne County
Agricultural Extension Association,
204 Post Office Building, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa.
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