Editorially Speaking: Tue QuestioN WE CouLDN'T ANSWER People have a way of asking questions which we can’t answer because the authority to answer rests with someone else. Such a question came to us this week. It should have been addressed to the volunteer fire departments in the Dallas section, and so we are passing it on to them. “Why,” a public-spirited always so difficult to locate a alarm is sounded? Sometimes the blaze if they're not near a telephone. Why couldn’t the fire companies out here adopt a system of signals which would disclose the location of the fire, at least the general direction, or enlighten people a little beyond the mere fact that something is burning ?”’ It’s a good question. When we submitted it yesterday, to the chief of one of the local fire departments he agreed that it was a good one. We pass it on now to the fireme: of Harvey's Lake, Dallas, Trucksville and Shavertowr volunteers all—and count our especially timely suggestion in M. Laing Company is taking a new lease on life and show- ing a praiseworthy earnestness about improving its protec- tion. . It would seem easy enough to decide upon a simple alarm system. One blast of the siren might mean “house call—no fire’ and be reserved for meeting nights. ’. Other numbers might give, not only the general location of the blaze, but other ififorma- tion, i. e., “grass fire”, “call out of town”, etc. toots generally mean “fire out’ Moreover, it should contribute to the solution of a pro- blem which has always annoyed firemen and the/local tele- phone company. As soon as the fire equipment rolls, curious citizens besiege the telephone exchange with requests for information. Frequent announcement that the location of the fire will be given only to members of the fire company has scarcely stifled the eagerness of the citizenry to know what is burning and where. An alarm system should elimin- ate a good many of such calls, leaving the lines open for emergency calls. As we explained, it is not within our province to answer our friend’s question, but we believe it deserves some gentleman asked us, “is it Yur Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION fire in this section after the |V even the firemen can’t find 0 FRIDAY, JANUARY, 5, 1940 ae vIC PROGRAM FOR 1. More community spirit "= Dallas area. : 2. A concrete highway from Dallas to Tunkhannock. 8. Centralization of police and fire protection. 4. Better fire protection and lower insurance rates. : No. 1} 5. More sidewalks. bwnsend Plan ¥ains Following In Dallas Area Group Headed By Doll Boasts 100 Members; To Found Second Club Encouraged by assurances that the Townsend Plan will reach the floor of the United State Senate at its next ses- sion, Townsend Club No. 1 of Dallas, spearhead in the lo- cal drive to arouse interest in the highly-controversial plan, is preparing to capitalize on | the gains it has made in the | last six months. To an extent surprising to those who have been wunin- formed, Dr. Francis E. Town- send’s scheme to provide pen- sions for retired elderly per- sons through a tax on the na- tion’s business has been winning strong support throughout the Dal- / duty done. It should be 4 Dallas, where the Dr. Hen, Two discussion at the next meeting of the four volunteer fire companies in this section. Then we would like to give him the answer—in a headline story announcing which of the * local companies has taken the lead in adopting a simple, informative system of alarms. las ‘area and at its meeting. next Tuesday night Townsend Club No. 1 of Dallas will discuss plans for or- ganizing a second club in this sec- tion. Since its inception in 1934, the plan has had a staunch following POST SCRIPTS The following document was dis- covered among a litter of confetti, empty bottles and badly-broken resolutions early last Sunday and submitted to The Post’s “Lost and Found Department” in the hopég that it would come eventually into the hands of the proper persons. If the Executor mentioned reads, this, he may claim the document by presenting himself at the offices of The Post, with proper identifica- tion. The document: “I Nineteen Hundred and Thirty | Nine, being of sound and disposing | mind and memory, do hereby make | and publish this, my last will and | testament, in order, as_iusify as 1) OW hOW-T0 distribute my interest! and holdings to those who survive me. | “That part of my estate which is known as Time, having been mine | merely for life, and being irre- | ~vocable and non-transferable, is no | longer at my disposal; but except | / for thjis possession all else in the | wold I now proceed to devise and bequeath: | “Item: To young men, I bequeath | and devise ambition, courage and | onesty; to young women, charm, sensitivity and honor; to those who are no longer children, I bequeath | emory, that they may constantly live their youth over again and again; and to my most beloved friends, the old ones, I leave the contentment of old age, the respect of their children, and the blessing | of wisdom, to be theirs, in entirety, | until they fall asleep. “Item: The lust for power I be- | queath to Adolf Hitler and Joseph | Stalin, with the assurance -that it| will, eventually, cause them as much misery as they have created for | | me. “Item: My holidays, I bequeath ! and devise as follows: To patriots, I give Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays; to all small boys, Inde- pendence Day; to warriors, Memor- | ial Day; to humorous columnists | and the Presidents of the United States, share and share alike, ! Thanksgiving Day; to John L. Lewis and William Green, Labor Day; to all children, Christmas; to bibulous folk, New Year's Eve. “Item: I bequeath to the United States of America what is left of democracy and I charge this lega- tee with the preservation and per- fection of democracy until such time as it will be safe elsewhere in the world. “Item: The Rome-Berlin axis, slightly fractured, I bequeath to Be- nito Mussolini, with the suggestion that he hang it in plain sight as a warning against future embarras- sing entanglements, “Item: The stars, all leafy bowers and the music of the waltz I leave to lovers, together with anything else which falls with the eminent domain of romance. “Item: All Saturdays during the school term and the entire months of July and August I bequeath to (Continued on Page 8) children, subject to certain privi- among elderly persons in this sec- tion, but the support was never crystallized until last Spring, when a small group organized a club, The membership now is just a few short of 100 and the meetings every other Tuesday night draw about 30 per- sons. The officers who have led the campaign to enlist local people in Dr. Townsend's campaign to make his plan a law are Stanley Doll, president, P. P, Vosburg, vice-pres- ident; William Myers, treasurer, and Jesse Franklin, secretary. Would Pension Elderly Far from being a pension pro- gram the Townsend Plan has been broadened in recent years to in- clude many economic factors which were not a part of it originally. Basically, according to the local club, it provides for retirement of the estimated 10,000 persons in the United tSates who are now 60 years of age er nlder. A transaction ta of 2 per 1d be levi. a37ann L business in the natig®~“"ine receipts New Bus Schedule Brings Protest Change Slights Families Along Upper Road A new bus schedule, which leaves the Mt. Greenwood section without service on Sundays and holidays, brought protests from residents of that area this week, particularly Iromy