In Greatest Question Bee In History
232 Questions Listed For Farmers To Answer;
‘Dacennial Census Involves Gargantuan Task
under weigh here next April.
000,000 Americans To Take Part
Farmers in this section will be asked to answer 232 questions when
the greatest question bee in history—the 1940 decennial census—gets
A corps of census takers started to gather information from business
places this week, but the real job—the task of questioning 132,000,000
Americans, will not be started until next April, when 120,000 workers
‘will call personally on every family
in the country, ask the questions
and record the replies.
- The census-takers expect to visit
33, 000,000 homes and 7,000,00C
farms. -
There are 26 questions relating to
population that will be asked of
every one. There are 10 supple-
mentary questions that will be put
to one out of every 20. The farm
census will propound 232 questions.
‘The housing census, being taken for
‘the first time, will include 31 in-
quiries.
~ “This year’s census,” says Secre-
tary Hopkins, “falls on the 150th
anniversary of census-taking in
America. It is of unusual signifi-
cance, because it will measure the
social and economic effects of the
‘broad developments of the last de-
“cade.
New Information Sought
“In addition to the usual ques-
ions about age, sex, race, size of
family, nativity and citizenship of
‘the foreign-born, vital new statistics
‘will be developed by questions on-
‘education, mass migration, employ-
‘ment, unemployment, occupation
‘and distribution of wages and sal-
Senator Robert A. Taft
‘Farmers will answer the separate
, agriculture questionnaire concern-
ing crops, their value and acreage,
livestock, value and debts, labor and
“machinery.
‘Here are some of the questions
that will be asked in the population
ensus of all persons 14 years old
d over:
Was this person at work for pay
r profit in private or non-emerg-
cy government work during the
eek of March 24-30, 19407?
how it could be done.
anced. “First,” he said,
mined to balance it now.”
Enswers FDR's Challenge
Hundreds Listed
As Delinquents
Had Paid Taxes
Many Who Have Paid
Were Embarrassed
By Printing Of Names
Luzerne County's greatest tax
sale in 30 years, scheduled to begin
on January 25, when 10,000 parcels
of real estate will be sold because |
the owners have not paid their
1929-30 taxes, has provoked a flood
of errors, confusion and criticism.
Since Dr. Frank M. Pugliese, who
authorized the advertising of the
tax sales one week before the dead-
lin for its publication, retired from
the office of County Treasurer at
| the end of the year, the headaches
% | have been inherited by the new
:| Treasurer, John B. Wallis, Jr.
{i Hundreds of errors in the pub-
Bt Yshed lists have been exposed al-
ready by persons who have gone to
| the court house and showed receipts
to prove that they paid taxes on
properties which the treasurer’s of-
fice advertised for sale.
to be held in May an
jo claims for 1931-32 and 1933-
1 34 taxes. Many of the.parcels to!
be sold this month also have taxes
against them for succeeding years
and purchasers will probably he
required to pay such taxes before
“whose insistence that the| they can secure a clear title. Other-
Podural budget must be balanced Wise, it is likely the same parcels
srovoked from President Roosevelt) will have to be sold again.
1 jocular offer to give Senator Taft
a handsome prize if he could show
Last Sat-!
urday, in a Chicago address, Sena- |
tor Taft, who is a GOP Presidential |
, hopeful, told the nation how he]
thought the budget could be bal- |
“the Pres-
ident of the United States shall wish
to balance it, and must be deter-
Fisher Involves James
Charles Fisher, Philadelphia co-
; umnist, seized upon the fact that
875 properties in Plymouth are to
be sold to take a whack at Gover-
nor Arthur H. James, Plymouth’s
native son. Calling the mass sale of
| taxes, killed by the two previous
Legislatures, inhuman and an at-
tack on the home as an institution,
Mr. Fisher charged that the Repub-
lican Administration’s “frigid logic”
If not, was he at work on, or as-
igned to, public emergency work
‘WPA, NYA, CCC, etc.) during the
same week ? 2
If ne'ther at work nor assigned
to public emergency work was this
person seeking work ?
Number of ‘weeks
939,
Amount of ‘money, wages or sal-
ary received (including commis-
sions) during twelve months end-
ing December 31, 1939.
Drop 17 Million
worked
Harrisburg, Pa.,
County Products
490 Firms Did Business
0£$156,413,100 In" 38
January 10 —
Luzerne County manufactured goods
was a hint of what might be ex-
pected if a Republican President is
elected this year.
Some of the individuals who have |
produced tax receipts to prove that!
although their names were listed
are:
Dallas Borough: John Patryick,
Committee from the Women’s
Auxiliary of Daddow-Isaacs Post,
American Legion, of Dallas, headed
by Mrs. Sylvia Stitzer, is planning
to make Poppy Day this Spring an
important occasion in the Back
Mountain District.
In preparing the public for the
annual sale of the little red flowers,
Mrs. Henry J. Disque, president of
the auxiliary, this week explained
how the money is used. The pop-
2 es are made by wounded veterans
n hospitals and are purchased by
the auxiliary, which pays three
cents for each flower. The money
received for each flower, over three
cents, is donated by the Rehabilita-
Frank Townend Heads
‘Dallas Township GOP Club
The Men’s Republican Club of the
South District of Dallas Township
elected Attorney Frank Townend
president” at its meeting Friday
night at Ken Cobleigh’s.
Other officers: Tom Moore, vice
In addition, municipal bodies are | 1940.
ugust to; t
as delinquents, they have satisfied |
tax claims against their properties:
Albert Erwins, Alex Luchka, Arthur!
Myer, Jacob and Edna Rau, Joseph |
president; Andrew Kozemchak, sec-
retary-treasurer. The club is plan-
ning an ambitious program for
Emphasis will be on local
ure, aiming at development of the
community. All interested persons
from the district are invited to be-
come members and offer sugges-
tions. The next meeting will be
held at Cobleigh’s on February 2,
| concerned over the sales which
T 5 7 are civie affairs of a non-political na-
blood, W. D. Dan, Claude Conklin,
George Swan.
Lake Township: Mrs. W, J. De-
laney, I. G, Jaskutowicz, Anna Lord,
Mamie Llewellyn, Joseph Evans,
Elizabeth Thomas.
Lehman Township: Frank Llancz,
Joseph Elmy, Luther Hummel, Ja-
cob Gossart, Barney Zazetski, Ede
Shickiwski.
Luzerne Borough: Catherine Ly-
ons.
Pringle: Martin Shields, Peter Lu-
gar, Frank Domanski, Arthur Gross,
Andrew Krosnock, Joseph Miller
} Joseph Bibbons, Patrick Donnelly.
S5havegorsj-LiH.
AUXILIARY PREPARES TO ADD
WOUNDED VETS BY POPPY SALE
tion and Child Welfare Fund and to
the Christmas Box Fund. None of
the money is kept for the local unit,
Poppy making has already begun
in veterans’ hospitals throughout
the country, and auxiliaries are
placing their orders. ‘There is no
new poppy story this year,” says
Mrs. George F. Bamsford, national
Poppy chairman. “The auxiliary’s
old poppy story is beautiful in pur-
pose and sentiment. The need for
rehabilitation work among disabled
veterans is ever on the increase.
Each year finds more veterans in
our hospitals, more orphans .in our
schools and more widows to be tak-
en care of.”
Shavertown Company Not
Responsible For Shortage
A water shortage which neces-
sitated postponement of a basket-
ball game at Kingston Township
high school last week was not the
fault of Shavertown Water Com-
pany, Leslie Warhola, manager, ex-
plained this week. His company
does not serve the high school.
A daily newspaper reported that
the game was postponed “at the
suggestion of the Dallas-Shavertown
Water Co.” In denying the tale, Mr,
Warhola repeated that the explo-
sion of the Pioneer Avenue tank
last week has not resulted in any
shortage in the Shavertown sec-
tion. Some parts of the town are
served by other companies, how-
ever.
Briggs-Stratton Motors
1936 CHEVROLET
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Among the supplementary ques-
tions is one asking women if they
~ have been married more than once,
their age at their first marriage and
the number of children born.
There is no. law requiring a per-
son to answer the ‘questions asked
by a census-taker.. ;
Dallas School Board
Will Meet Tonight
The regular meeting of the newly
eorganized Dallas school board will
meet tonight (Friday) at the school.
irectors will discuss the tremen-
dous amount of delinquent taxes
were valued at $156,413,100 in 1938,
as compared with $173,401,700 in
1937, according to figures made
public here by Secretary of Internal
Affairs William S. Livengood, Jr.
Wages and salaries amounting to
$71,004,500 were paid to 68,948
employes in 1938 and $79,109,900 to
168,848 employes in 1937. The num-
ber of establishments
in 1938.
You can control the color
‘due the borough and study steps
collections.
Tas:
reporting
dropped from 490 in 1937 to 477
and
odor of flowers now by coating the
seed with a latex covering contain-
ing the desired dye and perfumes.
So don’t be surprised if you spot a
hich can be taken to secure Teter) rose-red orchid that smells lke a
and T. S, Tudgay, Harry and Mabel |
Aurand, J. B. Schrieber, William
and Anna Smith, Ralph Walp. |
Dallas Township: Anna Dietrick, |
Anna Jacobetz, Primitive Metho-
dist Church, Michael Popwich, An-|
thony Poplowski, Baron Rodermel,
Peter Wilson, Earl Belles, William |
and Margaret Hardiman, John 7]
Pero, Alice Vivian, William Ww. |
Jowe, William Crompton, John and |
Cassie Staskewich, Joseph Sgarlet,
Frank Seleski, Llewellyn Thomas.
Franklin Township: Arthur Mor-
gan, Frank Wyda.
Jackson Township: William Lo-
zier, John Mitchell. Franls
korski, James Rinus.
Kingston Township: Albert Ash,]|
Thomas E. Evans, Francis Young-!
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© REPORT OF CONDITION OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of Dallas, in the State of Pennsylvania, at the close of Business on
December 30, 1939, published in response to call made by Comp-
troller of the Currency, under Section 5211, U. S. Revised Statutes,
ASSETS
Loans and discounts (including $9.74 overdrafts)... . $331,482.04
United States Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed od REL ih 54,000.00
Obligations of States and political “subdivisions. . 82,496.75
Other bonds, notes, and debentures =... 152,092.08
Corporate stocks, including stock of Federal Reserve
banka me ee 4,315.00
Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve bal-
ance, and cash items in process of collection ........ 194,618.80
Bank premises owned $50,000, furniture and fixtures
SOD = as Ce 59,100.00
Rea] estate owned other than bank premises Si 18,962.91
POTAL ASSES aL $897,067.58
LIABILITIES
Demand dopoctts of individuals, partnerships, and
COTPOTAtIONS: 3 deren $188,133.05
Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and
corporafions yc. AL SH 467,671.89
Deposits of United States Government (including -
postal savings) dann ins 5,000.00
Deposits of States and political subdivisions ... . _..... 60,746.22
Other deposits (certified and cashier's checks, ete.) . . 7,350.06
TOTAL DEPOSITS $728, 901.22
Other liabilities ....... ........... 2973.97
TOTAL’ LIABILITIES ......... ios udioridia $731,174.99
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital Stock:
(¢) Common stock, total par $75,000.00 ................... 75,000.00
Surplus 63,000.00
Undivided profits 27,892.59
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS -.... il... $165,892.59
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. $897,067.58
MEMORANDA
Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value):
(a) United States Government obligations, direct ond
guaranteed, pledged to secure deposits and
other liabilities = ................... aa $ 17,000.00
(b) Other assets pledged to secure deposits and lier
liabilities (including notes and bills rediscounted
and securities sold under repurchase agreement 8,000.00
(e) MOTPAL i i ies $ 25,000.00
Secured liabilities:
(a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to
requirements of law i... loa... $ 31,755.49
(d) MOT AY a ol me ii nls $ 31,755.49
State of Pennsylvania, County of Luzerne, ss:
I, W. B. Jeter, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
W. B. JETER,
Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of January, 1940.
J. T. JETER,
Justice of the Peace.
My commission expires first Monday in
January, 1942,
Correct—Attest:
R. L. BRICKEL,
C. A. FRANTZ,
A. C. DEVENS.
Directors.
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