» Editorially Speaking: ROOSEVELT It is our hunch that President Roosevelt really wants a third term. Until the Jackson Day dinners we were willing to be- lieve that the President’s silence was nothing but good polit- ical strategy. So long as he withheld his decision, he was in a strong position to compromise and thereby unite his party behind any candidate he decided to indorse. His continued refusal to game, and the unrepressed enthusiasm of his Brain Trusters seems to us to leave only one velt’s strange silence is the result of his indecision concern- ing the possible reaction of the public toward a precedent- shattering bid for the third term he wants. : And if the Democratic candidate for President is Frank- lin Delano Roosevelt, the Republican nominee will be Thomas E. Dewey. Among the Republicans who have been | mentioned so far—Vandenberg, James, Taft, Hoover and all | the rest—Dewey alone has the positive qualities to match Mr. Roosevelt's vote-getting ability. Without Dewey, it is difficult to see how the Republicans can carry New York State. And if that party does not carry VS. DEWEY Tue DALLES MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION end the national guessing conclusion. President Roose- New York, victory will be almost impossible. The most often expressed criticism of Dewey is that he is too young. A man of 37 is not a child. Alexander Hamil- | ton was Secretary of the Treasury at 32; Napoleon was | crowned Emperor of France at 35; William Pitt the Younger | became Prime Minister of England, and a darned good one, at 24. Besides, half of the men and women who will be vot- ing this Fall are 37 or younger. A contest between Roosevelt and Dewey would be a lovely one, brimming with color and of American politics, for Dewey, make no mistake, is a vote- getter, as well as a crusader. v elected District Attorney in Manhattan has to be a shrewd And Dewey came within 60,000 votes of beat- ing Herbert H. Lehman for Governor of New York last year. Lehman, himself a superior vote-getter, had been accustomed to pluralities of 400,000, 800,000 and such. Dewey is broad-minded, forward-looking, clear-thinking, constructive, cautious and uncompromising. Best of all, he is a fighting liberal, bearing the indorsement of no less a G. O. P. progressive than William Allen White of the cru- sading Emporia (Kansas) Gazette. If our neighbor, Arthur H. James, decides to postpone his presidential aspirations, we know of no one who would better revitalize the Republi- can party and lead it to triumph than Tom Dewey. campaigner. oratory and the fanciest kind Any Republican who gets Third Coupon In This Week's Post Subscribers Can Acquire 5-Volume Set For 98¢ For the third successive week, The Post prints today a Good Will Coupon and for the first time read- ers who have been clipping the coupons weekly can acquire—for the sensationally low price of 98c— the five-volume ‘History of the World” which is advertised on Page 6. The books are bound in blue im- itation leather finished on the back in red and gilt. The type is large and readable and on a long-lasting, attractive paper. 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Relief Disbursements Up $30,000 In Luzerne Co. _ Direct relief disbursements in Luzerne County during the week ending last Friday totalled $112,- 635.90 compared with $82,708.30 paid during the corresponding week of 1939 according to State Treasury Department. F. Clair Ross, Treasurer of Penn- sylvania, said tonight that the above figures represent checks payable to 14,997 cases, families or individuals on direct relief for the current week, and 10,419 checks for the same per- iod one year ago. Payments are shown below for the current week together with the number of checks and payments made last week and one year ago in the County of Luzerne. Wk, ending 1/19/40 $112,635.90 14,997 checks 112/40 117,577.00 15,595 checks 1/20|39 82,708.30 10,419 checks They Saved (?) The Ban There was only one way to save John Barnes’ sawmill at Blain when it caught fire, neighbors figured, and that was to tear it apart. And tear it apart they did, leaving the flames confined to a 20-foot slab of wood. Now all they have to do is put it together again. Scouts Selling Cookies With other Girl Scouts through- out the country, scouts in this sec- tion are planning to sell cookies to raise funds. The scouts will visit local homes to take orders. } POST SCRIPTS We'd like to have you meet a friend of ours, a fellow called Flint Baker, who's just back from Mars. Put down that degravitation rod, Flint, and Tieet = ok. We ran across Flint the other night, on a magazine stand. We were looking for another guy, called Superman. As a mater of fact, we! may as well say Something nice about him, first. We're no dope. We want no arguments with any- body who can jump over ten-story buildings and crush steel in his bare hands. Not us! . Superman is supreme in the comic book field, but he is by no means alone. There were 30 books of comics in the stand where we found Flint. In one volume called, | with grim irony, “Fun Comics”, we i encountered a charming character | called “The Spectre,” who, like good i old Supe, has sworn to ‘stamp out crime and to enforce justice. . Whereas Superman leaps into the air and pulls down airplanes, The Spectre engages in such weird {practices as becoming invisible, i walking through walls and ‘“deli- vering death with a glance”. Gosh! It's a gallant company, these ! reckless, rollicking defenders of the | weak. Sometime you must meet ! Planet Payson, and have him tell you about the time he helped the hawkmen clean up the evil forces of Buzzlark. Or coax Spurt Ham- mond, the planet flyer, to tell you how he brought back the radiatron- ite from Venus in the year 40,000. And if they can’t make your blood race, get Buzz Crandall of the space patrol to spin you a yarn about the crab men of Neptune. For our money, though, it’s Flint Baker. How Flint escaped the foot- ball scouts from Pitt we don’t know. His bulging shoulders con- stantly theaten to burst the tight- fitting jersey he wears tucked into a nether garment which looks like abbreviated bathing trunks. Flint and his brethren get along with very little clothing, as do the lovely girls who invariably accompany them on their hair-raising adven- 'Demunds Couple | Vol. 50 FRIDAY, JANUARY, 26, 1940 CIVIC PROGRAM FOR 1940 oo 1. More community spirit in the i) Dallas area. : 2. A concrete highway from Dallas to Tunkhannock. OST |= protection. 4. Better fire protection and lower insurance rates. No. 4| 5. More sidewalks. Found Overcome By Coal Gas Harry Howell, Dallas, Saves Parents’ Life: Condition Is Serious Mr. and Mrs. N. Whitney Howell of Demunds Road, East Dallas, had a narrow escape from death yesterday morning when they were overcome by coal gas. They were discovered by their ‘son, Harry Howell, of Main Street, Dallas, when he paid a visit at noon to the home where they live alone. Finding the door locked and get- ting no response to his knocking, Mr. Howell broke in and found his parents in their bedroom, uncon- cious. He called Dr. G. K. Swartz of Dallas. Mrs. Howell is 81 and Mr. Howell is 83. Their condition was still se- rious last night. WPA Supervisors Confer InDallas Delegates From Eight Counties Convene Here Supervisors of WPA educational and recreational work from eight Northeastern Pennsylvania counties held a program planning confer- ence yesterday at College Miseri- cordia and heard vital addresses by! important speakers. : The principal address was dgliver- ed by Dr. Frank P. Maguire, State director of the Professional and Service Division of WPA. Other speakers were Major E. L. Manning, State supervisor of recreation for WPA, and Robert M. FitzGerald, manager of this area. Prof. M. J. Costello, who heads education-recre- ation projects in this section, pre- sided. Sessions were held at 9 and 1. During the luncheon hour, the vis- iting educators made a tour of the college. Sales Postponed For Thirty Days Ructioneer’'s Hammer Halted By Court Action The auctioneer’s hammer was lit- erally halted in mid-air this week for about 3,000 persons in Dallas and vicinity whose properties were scheduled to have been sold for de- linquent 1929 and 1930 taxes yes- | terday at the court house. In response to numerous petitions for a delay, the court én-barc.post- poned the sales until February 28. In making the postponement effec- tive, however, the judges explained that there will be “no more stays.” About 10,000 properties in the county were scheduled to be sold. Since the list was advertised a month ago, hundreds of delinquents have made payments, the total amounting to as much as $10,000 in a day. The actual petition upon which the court acted was submitted by County Treasurer John B. Wallis, who asked for the delay because “of widespread economic and busi- ness depression and the usual un- employment incident thereto.” Officers To Be Named By Lehman Republicans Lehman Township Men’s Repub- lican Club will meet on Tuesday at the I. O. O. F. Hall in Lehman to elect officers. All interested persons will be welcome. son, Beaumont; Mrs. Floyd Dendler, Noxen; Rev. Thomas Kline, Center- moreland; Mrs. Andrew Geich, Falls, | tures. Flint’s flame is a comely lass who answers to the name of Mimi and she manages with a wardrobe which consists of a sort of chemise which is constantly threatening to rip somewhere, a possibility which keeps the audience in a state of tense expectancy. Research has] proved, however, that the veil-like! garment which stands between the publisher and the postal laws has the tensile strength of drop-forged steel. ata Flint and Mimi are on Mars, pack- ing for a well-earned trip home when Princess Viga, as shapely a wench as ever flung a come-hither glance at an Earthling, bursts in with the news that some monster is throwing his weight about. “This trip to our earth will be postponed,” says Flint, manfully. “I ghall stay to fight this thing.” So here comes this monster, which could stand on Main Street and knock the top off of the Harvey fire tower. It grabs a couple of Rummage Sale Today The Ladies” Auxiliary of Hunts- i plaining that he is too busy with his James’ Bid For Presidency Powered By Colorful Texan Mysterious Colonel Estes Plays Odd Political Role (Special to The Post) Harrisburg, January 25— At the Farm Show last week thousands of visitors were fingering little pocket pieces which bore the legend “Arthur H. James for President.” Even Governor James pro- fessed innocence as to their origin. Somebody had given him one. they were scattered all over the asking “Does this mean that Arthur James is a candidate for the Presidency?” Busy with his quarrel with the WPA, Governor James said nothing about national politics. In the past, he has shush- ed talk of a Presidential boom, ex- job at Harrisburg. But behind the scenes the “James- or-President’” movement is gain- ing momentum, largely because of the energy, literary talents and salesmanship of a colorful Texas oil operator and publisher by the name of Carl Lewis Estes. Until 1936 Colonel Estes was practically unknown in Pennsyl- By the week’s end, | state, and again people were |: for the Republican nomination |: At the inauguration of Governc: James (extreme right) Colone Estes, the colorful Texas Democra vho wants to make James a Re sublican President, had a place o honor (extreme left) on the flag Iraped flatform. sania. In that year—as “M: 3rown’’—he came here to write ma terial for the Alf Landon campaig: n -1938—as “Colonel English—h ame back to serve on the Jame strategy board. Colonel Estes was involved i three Gubernatorial elections in tha “Former Democrat Seeks Vengeance On New Deal year. His candidate lost in Texas but he had a finger in Governor Stassen’s victory in Minnesota and he provided many a punch line and quantities of shrewd advice to help Governor James win in Pennsyl- vania. Bitter Towards New Deal Until the Roosevelt Administra- tion, Estes had been a Democrat. He recalls that in Commerce, Tex., as a kid, he hated Republicans. His antipathy was colored, no doubt, by the fact that “Dime” Estes, as he was called because that coin was the only one he seemed to know, was odd-jobs boy around a post office presided over by a Re- publican, Estes split with the New Dealers over the issue of government re- gulation of private industry. His dander up, the thundering Colonel swore he would “run the New Deal out of the country with a nickel ball bat and a 15-cent buggy whip”. Estes has a reputation for pung- ent expression. In Texas they re- call his answer to a railroad com- mission which had ordered opera- tors to curb production. “We won't obey this order,” the irascible Mr. | Estes promised, “and we ‘don’t care (Continued on Page 8) Rotary Backing James’ Job Drive Sound Movies Will Be Shown Here Feb. 7 A mass meeting to stimulate local interest in Gasegnor Arthur H. VISITING CLERGYMAN James’ Job Mobil zation Campaign will be held in Dallas Borough High School on Wednesday night, Feb- | ruary 7, under the sponsorship of | Greater Dallas Rotary Club, which | this week threw its support whole- | heartedly behind the movement. An important person from Harris- burg will be the principal speaker and sound motion pictures, de- monstrationg how individuals can co-operate in the Job Mobilization emphasis will be placed upon the emphasis wil lbe placed upon the part which can be played by home- owners in renovizing their proper- ties and thus providing work for unemployed. Col. E. G. Smith of Wilkes-Barre, chairman of the Luzerne County committee, 1s expected-4e be among the distinguished guests. The Rot- ary committee which is planning the affair has as members Attorney Peter Jurchak, C. L. Albert, Dr. Robert Bodycomb, Warren Taylor and M. E. Kuchta. Mrs. Granville Snowden, Mrs, Henry Disque and Mrs. Charles Whitesell are also on the committee, representing wo- men’s organizations. Toby Arm-! Campaign, will be shown. Particular | strong, president of the Junior | Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Rotarians on the purposes of the drive at their meeting last Thursday night. Additional Patrons For PTA Production Mrs Frank Ferry, president of the Dallas Borough Parent-Teacher As- sociation, has announced the fol- lowing ‘names to be .added to the list of patrons for the PTA play which was given last week: Mr. and Mrs. George Ayre, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lapp, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Legrand, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hal- lock, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lee and Mr. and Mrs. John Durbin. { | | ville Christian Church will continue its rummage sale on Main Street, Luzerne, today (Friday). f "turn in the money to Ralph Rood. Persons who have not made their returns on tickets are requested to Special Services Rev. R. A. Kelly . who will conduct a two- weeks’ series of revival meet- ings at Trucksville Free Metho- dist Church, where Rev. H. D. Olver is pastor, beginning Mon- day night. A former comptrol- ler, bank cashier and general manager of a large brokerage firm, Rev. Mr. Kelly, who lives in Pittsburgh, will preach every evening except Saturday. To Begin Monday Pittsburgh Evangelist At Trucksville Revival A two-week revival campaign will be started next Monday night at Trucksville Free Methodist Church, where Rev. H. D. Olver, is pastor, with Rev. R. A. Kelly," Pittsburgh evangelist, as the guest; preacher. Rev. Mr. Kelly will be assisted by Rev. Mr. Olver and by Hugh Lucas, soloist and song leader who is con- cluding a series of meetings at the Dallas Free Methodist Church. Ser- vices will be held nightly at 7:45, except on Saturday. Sunday ser- vices will be at 11 a, m. and 7:30 P.M. Even The Punctuation Is Home Talent In This Play When Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Co. of Dallas decides to stage a home talent show, it means exactly that. The firemen’s annual production, which will go into rehearsal within a week or so, will be home-made from beginning to end. Local peo- ple will be responsible for the idea, the plot, the dialogue, the direction, the casting, the acting, the promo- tion and the production. A month ago the play commit- tee, headed by Calvin McHose, as- signed the job of writing a play to Fred M. Kiefer and Howell E. Rees. (Continued on Page 8) This week their melodramatic opus, “West of the Pecos”, lacked only a few finishing touches. For director, the committee chose Mrs. Harold Rood, who was formerly a professional director with the New England Producing Co. and who has guided three fire company produc- tions to success. She is preparing to select members of the cast of 40 or more, all of whom will be local people, A meeting of Mr. McHose's com- mittee will be held within the next week to decide upon a date and place for the production. The play will be unique in that the roles have been tailored to fit local actors and actresses. Collect- ing suggestions from other members of the committee, the authors had a part of their cast before the first line was written, and patterned their characters after real-life per- sons in Dallas, transporting them, however, to Sundown, an incorrig- ible cow town west of the Pecos River, Texas, where the action, set in the 1870’s, takes place. Besides Mr. McHose, members of the committee are Leslie Warhola, Arthur Dungey, Henry Peterson, Harry Ohlman, John Q. Yaple, H. A. _{John Sullivan, Sam Spaciana, Fay Regan, Mrs. James Gallagher, Mrs. List Committees For Annual Event Supper Next Wednesday | St. Therese's Sponsors The annual pork and sauekraut supper of St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown, will be served by the women of the parish next Wednes- day evening from 5:30 to 8. Rev. Harold Durkin is pastor and Rev. Eugene Frank Is assistant pas- tor. Committee chairmen: Mrs. Jacob Laux, supper; Mrs. Jacob Gabel, kitchen; Attorney Herman Sieber, reservations; Andrew Fisher, games; E, J. Staub, door; Mrs. Jacob Beline, publicity. Solicitors: Mrs. Warren Feacham, Miss Elizabeth Keating, Mesdames Thomas Johes, Joseph Regan, Fran- cis Youngblood, Grant Shaner, Nel- son Shaver, Willard Parsons, Fay Williams, Miss Lucille O’Konsky, Mesdames Herbert Lohman, Thomas Wysnewski, W. Arthur Blewett, Harry Blessing, Lyman Williams, Chester Dodd, Jacob Gable, Frank Anstett, Peter Gallagher, Joseph Bailey. Kitchen and service committee: ‘Williams, Mesdames Edward Staub, Albert Klump, John Girvan, Teddy Yop, Raymond Jones, Ambrose Miller, Thomas Kepner, Frank Anstett Grant Shaner, Frank Michaels, Pauline Palashek, Mar- garet Yedenick, A. Stash, John Ur- ban, Thomas Barry, Peter Oberst, Thomas Wysnewski, Joseph Wallo, Joseph Donachie, Fay Williams, J. Prushko, J. Culvert, Herbert Loh- man, James O’Boyle, Wrobleski, John Estock, Mary Kamor, Kistler, Sedler, Thomas Jones, David Klinges. Table committee: Mrs. Joseph Andrew Fisher, Mrs. Joseph Bailey, Eleanor Regan, Mrs. Tubridy, Mrs. Jacob Beline, Mrs. Sedler, Lucille O’Konsky, Mildred Beline, Anna Spaciana, Mrs. Martin Bilbow, Betty Bilbow, Mrs, Kamor, Agatha Kamor, Mrs. Frances Gavigan, Mrs. Fran- cis Youngblood, Mrs. Dobinick, Helen Staub, Geraldine Staub, Mrs. Thomas Jones, Margaret Ford, Mrs. Culvert, Mrs. Puterbaugh, Mrs. Nel- son Shaver, Pauline Shaver, Betty Kepner, Eleanor Staub, Dorothy Staub, Mrs. Helfrich, Florence Hel- frich, Victoria Hudak, Marie Hudak, Isabel Hudak, Mrs. James O’Boyle, Eleanor Prushko, Mrs. Blazes, Kath- erine O’Boyle, Wilma Estock. Floor and arrangements: Andrew P. Fisher, Joseph Nawrotowicz, Charles Layaou, John M. Polochek, Andrew Polochek, Joseph Palochek, H. J. Seiber, Raymond Laux, An- drew Stosh, David Klinges, Frank Michaels. Kiwanis Club Minstrels Postponed To March 1 The Minstrel Show to be spon- sored by Mt. Greenwood Kiwanis Club, originally scheduled to have been held on February 22 and 23, will be held instead on Thursday and Friday nights, February 29 and Smith, James Besecker, Mr. Kiefer and Mr. Rees. March 1. It will be for the benefit Council To Get WPA Estimates On Sidewalk Cost Federal Aid Would Cut Owners Share To About 15¢ Per Square Foot A plan by which property owners in Dallas Borough could have concrete sidewalks constructed at an approximate cost of 15 cents a square foot, through a borough-wide WPA project, will be submitted to council at its meeting on Wed- nesday night, February 7. At the same time J. A. Quinn, WPA engineer, will ex- plain to council how it can have street signs erected on con- crete posts similar to those adopted by Kingston Borough several years ago. The major portion of the cost of laying concrete sidewalks would be borne by the Federal government, which would pay for labor and su- pervision. Materials would have to be supplied by the borough. When Hazleton sponsored an am- bitious sidewalk project a list was made of all persons who wished to - have work done on their sidewalks. When the project was approved, the property owners made a down pay- ment of 10c a square foot for the amount of sidewalk they desired to have laid. When the sidewalks were completed, the city forwarded bills to the property owners, giving credit for the down payment and making a charge for the additional 5 cents a square foot required. The custom of assessing property owners for sidewalks is not unusual, and the cost is generally much high- er than the figure estimated by the WPA. As a matter of fact, in most | communities property owners are assessed for a share of the cost of paving the street before their prop- erties. Dallas Borough has always assumed the entire cost. Dallas Ladies” Rid Will Serve Turkey Supper The Ladies’ Aid Society of Dallas Methodist Church will serve a tur- key supper on Friday, February 2, at the church, beginning at 5 p. m. The following committees have been appointed: Publicity, Mrs. William Niemeyer; dining room and decorations, Mrs. William Baker, Mrs. William Niemeyer, Mrs. James Oliver; Kitchen, Mrs. Marvin Scott; Mrs. Arthur Thomas, Mrs. Burt Lewis, Mrs. Corey Gordon, Mrs. Eu- gene Fiske, Mrs. Arthur Dungey; solicitors, Mrs. Stanley Davies, Titg Laverne Race, Mrs. Elizabeth Nie- meyer, Mrs. Thomas Himm, Mrs. Machell Hildebrant, Mrs. John Frantz, Mrs. Arthur Thomas and Mrs. Arthur Parrish. Proceeds will be used for the church budget. Men of the church will have charge of tickets, under the direction of Rev Francis Freeman. __ - AT Wyoming County Opens March Of Dimes Drive Mrs. Lillian Auvil of Noxen, Wyo- ming County chairman of the March of Dimes campaign to raise money to fight infantile paralysis, has com- mittees working in a number of communities throughout the coun- ty. Some of the chairmen in lower Wyoming County are Thomas J. Wright, Eaton Township; Earl John- Jennings Resigns Job James J. Jennings, local news- paperman and former conductor of the “Morning Musings” column in The Record, has resigned as head of the information service in the State’s “Unemployment Compensa- tion Division to accept another job. DON’T LOOK FOR FLAMES; FIREMEN WILL BE TRYING THEIR NEW ALARM SYSTEM Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Co. will conduct a series of siren tests on Saturday afternoon, experimenting with the new alarm system which is being perfected. Residents of Dallas and members of the company are forewarned that the alarms between 1 and 5:30 will be tests, and not genuine fire calls. The revised alarm system fol- lows: One, Main and Hunts- ville Streets; two, fire out; three, Parrish Heights; four, Machell Avenue and Lehman Street; five, house call; 12, Claude Street; 13, Country Club; 14, Kunkle; 21, Hay’s Corners and Idetown; 23, Fern- brook; 24, Pioneer Avenue and Overbrook Heights; 31, Payne's Farm; 82, Huntsville; 34, John- son’s Farm; 41, Col. Dorrance Reynolds Farm. of underprivileged children, ~~
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