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Editorially Speaking
Our Arms Effort
Criticism of this nation’s arms effort continues to
mount.
According to one of the latest surveys, it will be
another year before our military production rivals that of
England. Inasmuch as we have three times the population
of Britain, and have many times the resources of all kinds;
it is apparent that we are still a long, long way from any-
thing resembling an ‘all out” armament program.
In some quarters it is believed that our actual produc-
tion ‘may be greater than official announcements indicate
—that, in other words, the
extent of our arms output is
‘being deliberately played down as a matter of policy.
Whether this is true or not, however, a great many au-
‘thorities are convinced that
some radical changes must be
effected before this nation’s “arsenal of democracy’ dream
is even partially realized.
There are three definite factions involved in the defense
program. Number one is the government. Here there has
been an excessive overlapping of activity. There has been
too much divided responsibility. Some of the more extreme
New Dealers, according to informed critics, have put their
ideological ambitions ahead
pense of military productio
touted experts wha have bee
of anything else, at the ex-
n. A number of the much-
n given key jobs, have proven
failures. And the age-old vices of bureaucracy—slothful-
‘ness and lack of initiative—have been retarding elements.
The second factor is industry. By and large, it has re-
sponded well to the demands
important segments, consciously or otherwise,
of the emergency. But certain
seem to
have been unwilling or unable to abandon the “business as
usual’ idea. This segment of
industry, in the opinion of its
critics, has been too cautious, too fearful of losing profits.
That has delayed the harsh
changeover from a peacetime
to a wartime basis of operation.
The third factor is labor. Here, again, an important seg-
ment has put personal power and profit ahead of the needs
of the nation. Strikes in defense industries have cost the
country millions of man-days of work. They have pre-
vented the manufacture of unknown quantities of planes,
tanks and other weapons of war. In these days, a strike
carried on by a few workers
duction in a hundred plants.
in a vital plant, can stop pro-
A late example is the strike in
a plant which produces transmissions for motor vehicles.
That brought the production of trucks, tanks, jeep cars
and other motorized equipment to a standstill. This partic-
ular strike was purely a ju
tween A. F. of L. and the C. I.
risdictional disagreement be-
0.
It is reported that the President is considering a tre-
mendous “victory drive” involving the spending of $50,-
000,000,000 a year. Some of
the more level-headed friends
of labor are telling it that continued strikes will result in
disaster for the trade-union
movement. There are rumors
to the effect that production of heavy consumer goods,
such as motor cars, may come to a virtual stop inside a few
months. What will come of all this remains to be seen. In
any case, it is plain that the tempo of America’s war ef-
fort must be tremendously accelerated if we are to produce
the goods which the beleaguered Allies abroad must have
if Hitler is to be stopped.
FROM
PILLAR TO POST
By Mgzs. T. M. B. Hicks, JR.
The youth’ of the nation nowadays seems to be singularly lacking in
imagination.
October thirty-first with misgiving,
Time was when a householder viewed" the approach of
preparing for the festival by nailing
down everything of a portable nature and lifting the front gate from its
hinges to provide for it a safe harborage in the woodshed. All small out-
buildings were inspected with a
view to their ability to withstand
a siege, and the family cow was
locked in for the night with greater
attention to detail than usual. No-
‘body even hoped to get off with a
mere soaped window or a handful
of beans on the front steps.
A tick-tack on the window was
one of the lesser annoyances. A
small boy could attach the tick-tack
noiselessly, then stealthily retreat to
a safe distance and manipulate the
string from behind the lilac bush.
One such youth climbed to the roof
and straddled the ridgepole by the
chimney, blissfully pulling the string
that worked the tick-tack while the
farmer beneath swore loudly. Un-
fortunately it had not occurred to
him that his victim might be a poor
enough sports man to follow the
string. Careful diagnosis of the di-
rection of the taut string furnished
the clue, a ladder was swiftly and
silently erected at the back of /the
house, and the perpetrator was
caught redhanded in the act and
his pants warmed before he knew
that vengeance was upon him.
The unpopular lady of the neigh-
borhood, the one who did not al-
low little boys to cross her lawn and
who scolded shrilly when the in-
evitable can was attached to her
dog’s tail, or when her cat was
urged up a tree by whispered, “Sic
’em, Tiger,” might well tremble on
Hallowe'en. For her was reserved
the squash that was a little beyond
its prime, a squash which could be
relied upon to explode with a far-
reaching splash when dropped upon
her front porch.
The farmer whose wagon was
taken apart in the dark of the
moon, laboriously and in utter si-
lence, and who found it mounted
upon the ridgepole of his barn the
next morning when he went to milk
his cows, was not usually much sur-
prised, though he never became
hardened to the horrid shock. He
always hoped that this time the
young hellions of the neighborhood
would concentrate upon the farm
down the road. There was seldom
time to take apart and reassemble
two wagons between midnight and
dawn, to say nothing of the labor
involved in getting the parts to the
roof. This token of affection was
usually reserved for the farmer who
in the boys’ opinion rated it the
highest. He always had plenty of
help in getting the wagon down, be-
cause half-grown boys with singu-
larly innocent faces and guileless
expressions just happened to be
hanging over the fence in the chilly
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F. Budd Schooley
Addresses Club
Brotherhood Hears Talk
On Community Building
Dr. F. Budd Schooley was guest
speaker at the meeting of the Broth-
erhood of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church at Shavertown Monday eve-
ning. Dr. Schooley spoke on the pro-
posed community building for the
Back Mountain area.
Opening scripture and prayer
were led by Rev. Herbert E. Frank-
fort. Thomas E. Hontz was made
chairman of the committee of a sup-
per to be served in the near future.
Moving pictures of the United Lu-
theran Publication House in Phila-
delphia were shown. Present were:
Stanley Davis, Fred Malkemes, Wil-
lard Lozo, Leroy Stock, O, T. Wil-
liams, Howard Woolbert, Dr. F. B.
Schooley, Irvin C. Davis, Samuel
Woolbert, Thomas E., Hontz, Theo-
dore Hinkle, George Adler, William
Evans, Walter McMichael, E. F.
Ittig and Rev. H. E. Frankfort.
Republicans Meet
At Marty Walsh's
Over 140 Turn Out
To Hear Candidates
A group of approximately one
hundred and forty men enjoyed a
delicious dinner, joined in group
singing, led by Herman Kern, and
enthusiastically received the many
speakers at the banquet of the
Men’s Republican Club of the South
District of Dallas Township at Marty
Walsh’s on Friday evening.
Albert L. Jones was toastmaster
and introduced the honored guests.
The principal speaker of the even-
ing was Atty. Frank Slattery, Jr.
Others who spoke were Judge An-
drew Hourigan, Thomas M. Lewis,
Robert M. Miller, Henry Dietrich
and Michael Yeosock, and many
more were called on to make im-
promptu remarks.
Much credit for the success of the
evening is given to Arthur Newman,
who was chairman of the largest
event ever sponsored hy the club.
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Trae Darras Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY
INSTITUTION
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1941
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No. 44
markings and numerals on all homes
in Dallas, Shavertown, and Trueksville.
which will train men and women in
national defense measures.
Dallas Borough.
lic recreational facilities servimg the
entire back Mountain area,
THE POST WANTS:
Permanent and legible street
Emphasis locally on activities
The installation of fire plugs in
A community building, and pub-
Centralization of police protec-
in the Dallas area.
More sidewalks.
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Mid-Westerners No Longer
Isolationists Says
McHenry
Want Wages Pegged As
Well As Farm Prices
Farmers in the great agricultural
regions of the middle west are no
longer isolationist minded according
to Lloyd A. McHenry who has just
returned after spending a month at
his former home in Kansas.
Mr. McHenry contrasted this with
the opinion he held some ‘months
ago when on a similar trip he found
most middle westerners ‘dead set
against participation in internat-
ional affairs.” The middle westerner,
today is pretty much behind the
President’s foreign policy,” Mr. Mc-
Henry believes, “although few of
them want to see another Ameri-
can Expeditionary Force. They are
disgusted with Lindbergh, Senator
Wheeler and the Isolationist bloc
in Congress.”
“These mid-west farmers think
for themselves,” said Mr. McHenry,
“they are predominantly Republi-
can and they voted against Roose-
velt in the last presidential election
so their change in attitude toward
the European war comes not from
blind prejudice or the support of
a popular president but because of
a changed attitude of mind.”
“They believe the United States
should take its rightful place in
world leadership. They are for all-
out aid to England, but they have
doubts about the quality of British
leadership and statesmanship. They
can “not understand how a sup-
posed great empire like the British
could have been caught so unpre-
pared to face world events.”
“Perhaps the mid-westerner has
changed his attitude because he sees
the evidences of America’s vast mil-
itary preparedness near at hand.
The area made up of the corners
of the states of Kansas, Missouri
and Oklahoma is being turned into
a great armament center, far away
from either seaboard and protected
against bombardment from the air.
Kansas alone is rapidly becoming the
center of aircraft production—and
the middle west is no longer isolated
from the rest of the country by
great distances.”
If the mid-western farmer ‘has
changed his attitudes toward
American foreign policy, he has also
taken a determined stand against
further intrusion of his rights by
labor unions. He is disgusted with
defense strikes, and although he
fears unrestricted inflation and re-
members with serious concern the
aftermath of uncontrolled farm
prices at the close of the World
War, he will submit to no pegging
of farm prices until wages are also
pegged. He sees his sons called to
military service at low wages, he
finds it increasingly difficult to ob-
tain farm labor and he sees the war
effort sabotaged by selfish unions.
While he had little sympathy with
labor he would not hesitate to have
his representatives join up with the
labor bloc in Congress to throttle
any attempt to fix farm prices and
wages so lofig as labor is allowed
to go “scot free.”
Generally the farmer is pleased
with returning prosperity due
largely to the defense effort and ex-
port of farm products to the allies.
He does not want to see farm prices
go so high as in the World War.
His memories of the aftermath of
those prices that put many farmers
out of business are still too keen to
be forgotten. He is deeply concerned
about the mounting national debt
and discusses it more freely and
with more understanding than east-
erners. We can only meet it, he be-
lieves, by payment from England
for lease-lend materials. Since Eng-
land sells the products of our farms
to her own people he thinks she
in turn can pay the United States
for them. Not now perhaps, but la-
ter and if not in money, then by
some sort of union and effort be-
tween the United States and Eng-
land in the matter of world leader-
ship. The mid-westerner believes in
the United States above all else. He
believes in the ability of the United
States to take its rightful place. If
we are going to save the world—
then why can’t we shoulder the re-
sponsibility of keeping it safe after
the war is over.
Pranksters Warned Not
To Molest Dynamite
Hallowe'en pranksters have been
warned by Stephen Apalosky, fore-
man of the W. P. A. project on
Spring street, not to molest the
work shanty where project supplies
are housed. Mr. Apalosky said there
are two boxes of dynamite and two
boxes of blasting caps stored in the
shanty.
On three mornings this week
work on the project has been de-
layed while workers retreived their
out-house which had been up set
by pranksters celebrating Hallo-
we’en prematurely.
Defense Bond
Sales Decrease
Dallas Postoffice Urges
itizens To Buy More
Sales of defense savings stamps
and defense bonds at the Dallas
Postoffice are not breaking any fi-
nancial records and in fact have
fallen off rather than increased dur-
ing the past few months, accord-
ing to Postmaster Joseph Polacky.
Highest sales in the past two
years were in July 1940 when
$7,500 worth of bonds were sold.
Since that time the highest sales
were in June 1941 when $337 worth
of bonds were sold. Lowest sales
were in March, 95750, with April!
and May running close seconds with
sales of $56.25 for each month. Sec-
ond high sales of the year were in
August, $225. Sales for September
tapered to $131.25. There were no
sales during January and February.
The Postmaster urges thrifty citi-
zens to buy Defense stamps. They
can be purchased in low denomina-
tions and later turned in on Defense
Bonds.
Four Raccoo Released
Locally By A
S. K. Weigel, State Game pro-
tector received four raccoons this
week which he released in Fair-
mount Township. The ’coons were
trapped near Honesdale and ship-
ped into this county where they are
less plentiful than in other sections
of the State.
Arriving at the Lehigh Valley
station in a big box, the little ani-
mals had A. L. Culbert, agent,
guessing for a while. In all of his
years handling railway shipments
he had never seen a live 'coon be-
fore. Although they were his guests
overnight he was hesitant to strike
up more than a passing acquaint-
ance.
Mr. Weigel who has been game
protector in this area since October
1938, recently moved from Kingston
to a new home on Overbrook ave-
nue, Dallas Township. He predicts
a good hunting season this year
with birds and ring neck pheasants
more plentiful than last year and
with rabbits bountiful.
Old Hickory Gun Club
Hoe Down Attracts Many
Between 350 and 400 people at-
tended the Old Hickory Hoe Down
at Dallas Township High School aud-
itorium on Wednesday night. Enter-
tainment was provided by Herman
Kern, Jane Williams and the Prich-
ard Trio. Pat Finley's Old Time or-
chestra furnished music for danc-
ing. Peter D, Clark, Sixth District
chairman of the Republican Party,
spoke briefly.
Crowded Paper
Because of a crowded newspaper
due to a large volume of political
advertising much late copy arriving
in our office after Wednesday noon
has had to be held out of this issue
of The Post. Also a number of an-
nouncements, usually classed as ad-
vertising by most newspapers but
run free by The Post, have had
to be left out.
Will Sell Soup
Members of the J, A. B. Class of
Dallas Methodist Church will start
selling soup, Thursday, November 6.
This year the ladies will sell soup
one week and pasties the next. Pro-
ceeds are used to buy coal for the
church. Orders can be phoned to
the parsonage.
Noxen Workers
Win Election
ow Bargaining
gent For Tannery Men
A short-lived three-hour strike
this week over a pair of canvas
gloves cost workers at the J. K.
Mosser plant in Noxen between
$300 and $400 in lost time. The
strike, one of the sporadic disputes
that have arisen since the Internat-
ional Fur and Leather Workers or-
ganized the big Noxen plant, came
when a worker asked the company
for another pair of canvas
and was refused them.
gloves
The company furnishes one pair
of gloves a week to each employee
in the roller department, When the
worker asked for a second pair
within the week he was told that
the company could not furnish
them. This stopped all work in the
plant until Union and company of-
ficials could iron out the problem.
After months of organization ef-
forts the C. I. O. won its way into
the J. K. Mosser Tannery, a branch
of Armour and Company, ‘last
Thursday when workers voted 193
to 29 to grant the International Fur
and Leather Workers sole collective
bargaining rights. Practically all
workers cast ballots in the election
which was held in Sportsmen’s Hall
at Noxen and as soon as results
were known the town was given
over to a parade and celebration of
jubilant workers.
Early in the year a committee
was organized and eventually a pe-
tition went to the Labor Relations
Loard for an election to determine
the right of the men to organize
and establish their affiliations,
The election was ordered and the
question was whether the tannery
workers should establish a unit of
the C. I. O. with collective bargain-
ing powers or continue without a
union. Prior to the election George
Pershing, organizer for District 4,
Western New York and Pennsyl-
vania and Harry Millstone, general
organizer of all other Armour Tan-
neries, pointed out the benefits to
be derived under C. I. O. supervis-
ion.
Among the objectives for which
the union is expected to work are
an increase in hourly pay, a closed
shop, and weekly pay in cash. The
Mosser Company now pays every
two weeks by check.
Officials of the local union are
Holden Newell, president; Jacob
Miner, secretary and Elmer Dy-
mond, treasurer.
Township Group
Offers Prizes
$200 For Best Essay
On Local Government
Students in local schools will be
given an opportunity to compete for
cash prizes for the best essay of
1,500 words or less on the subject:
“The Importance of Home Rule and
Local Government.”
The contest is sponsored by the
Second Class Township Association
of Pennsylvania. First prize will be
$200; second prize $100 and there
will be eight other prizes ranging
from $20 to $50. The contest will be
open to all high school students,
Essays should be forwarded to H.
A. Thomson, secretary, Drexel Hill,
Pa., on or before January 1, 1942.
Essays should be typed double
spaced on one side of the sheet only.
The Second Class Township As-
sociation is composed of supervisors,
school directors, auditors and solici-
tors of second class townships of the
State. The Luzerne County branch
has as its officers: Fred Seeley,
president, Salem township; Mrs. E.
V. Harrison, secretary, Fairmount
township and Osborne Hoover, vice
president, Salem township.
Atty. Don Coughlin
Bppointed Solicitor
Atty. Donald Coughlin has been
appointed solicitor of Dallas Town-
ship School District to succeed Atty.
John H. Thain. Atty, Coughlin is
solicitor for the supervisors
of Kingston, Jackson and Fairmount
Townships as well as special counsel
for the Department of Justice and
has charge of all highway claims
in this area.
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Youngsters From Two High Schools
Will March On Main Street At 6:45
School Bands Will Furnish Music; ¢
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Free Cider And Doughnuts For All
There will be no “blackout” of fun and frolic tcnight when 600
youngsters invade Dallas to take part in the first annual Hallowe'en
parade under the joint sponsorship ‘of Dallas Borough and Township
Parent-Teacher Associations.
Pupils in all grades from the first to Senior year in high school from
Dallas Township and Dallas Borough school have beerr invited to enter
the parade and compete for many
generous prizes contributed by local
citizens. There will also be prizes for the best conceived Jack-O-Lanterns.
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“OH DADDY,” LEHMAN BAND
COLLECTS $10 WHEN IT
MEETS WEDDING PARTY
Lehman High School Band is
$10 richer than it was Tuesday
morning when it went to
Wilkes-Barre to play in the
Community Welfare Federation
Parade, It all came about as the
band, marching around the
square, met an automobile
loaded with a joyous wedding
party. Some one in the party
offered $10 if the band would
play “Daddy.” It responded to
the delight of everybody, even
playing a couple of extra bars
of the popular song. And the
best man laid oi: the drum—10
bucks.
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Norm:n Smith
Made A Major
Huntsville
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erdeen, Md.
Norman W. Smith of Huntsville,
former coach of athletics at Wyom-
ing Seminary, now_stationed at Ab-
erdeen (Md.) Proving Grounds as
head of the Morale Department has
received a promotion to the rank of
Major in the United States Army.
Commenting on the promotion in
its issue of October 22, The Flaming
Bomb, tabloid newspaper of the
Ordnance Department had the fol-
lowing to say:
Congratulations, Major!
Captain Norman W. Smith,
head of the Ordnance Training
Center Morale Department, re-
ceived a promotion to the rank
of Major in the Army of the
United States, last Thursday af-
ternoon, Major C. A. Newcomb,
Staff Judge Advocate, adminis-
tered the oath of office to Ma-
jor Smith.
Major Smith is an advisor to
THE FLAMING BOMB. He is
one of the most popular officers
among the enlisted men. He has
promoted athletics .and enter-
tainment for the soldiers and
many times has received praise
from the Third Corps Area
headquarters, which has al-
ready labeled the OTC Morale
Department as the best in the
Area,
The entire Editorial Staff of
THE FLAMING BOMB, for
every enlisted man at the OTC,
extends their sincere congrat-
ulations to Major Smith.
Lehman Boxer
Wins By K. 0.
Comes Back Fast
After Poor Start
Tommy Dropshinski, after being
knocked out last week came back
on Monday night to steal the show
with the best boxing he has ever
done in Newark. Dropshinski was
cheered for a good five minutes af-
ter the fight by a big crowd.
After being knocked down for
the count of two in the first round,
Tommy came back fighting to win
the hearts of the fans. It was the
punchingest bout on the card.
His opponent, Don Sandham, 149,
of Bayonne had Tommy down in the
first round, the bell coming at the
count of two. In the second and
third the ‘two boys slugged away
with the former Lehman boy land-
ing the heavier blows. In the fourth
Dropshinski had his opponent out
on his feet and Sandham finally col-
lapsed for a ten count.
® The youngsters’ parents, too, can
enter the parade if they choose—
but there will be no awards for
adults. Dallas Township and Bor-
ough school bands will provide mu-
sic and there will be confetti and
noisemakers aplenty to make the
event long remembered.
Line of March
Marchers will assemble at Sunset
Hall opposite Warden Cemetery at
6:45 where they will form in ‘line
under the direction of James Be-
secker and members of the Ameri-
can Legion, Shortly, thereafter, the
parade, headed by Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire truck and the Dallas
Township High School Band, will
move over Lake street to Main
where it will pass the judges’ stand
in front of Oliver's Garage. Final
division of the parade will be led
by Dallas High School Band. At the
Huntsville street intersection with
Main, the parade will countermarch
past the reviewing stand to Church
sireet, thence through Cliver’s
Used Car lot to Lake thence slong
Main street and up Huntsville
street’to Dallas High school auditor-
ium where prizes will be awarded
and refreshments served.
The judges will select the most
original costume, the best dressed
boy and girl, and the best group of
two or more marchers as the par-
ade passes the reviewing stand but
the decisions will not be announced
until later in the high school audi-
torium. A first prize of $2.00 and a
second prize of $1 will be awarded
in each classification and there will
also be a number of consolation
prizes of candy.
Prizes For Jack-O-Lanterns
In addition to costume awards
there will be a first prize of $2.00
and a second of $1.00 for the best
Jack-O-Lantern made from a pump-
kin. All Jack-O-Lanterns should be
marked with a tag on which the
owners name is written and left ,
on exhibit at Oliver's Garage before
the parade starts. Owners can ob-
tain their Jack-O-Lanterns after the
parade.
Those who will act as judges are:
Mrs. Fred Hughey, Mildred Devens,
Arthur Newman, Mrs. Russell Case,
Peter Jurchak and Raymond E.
Kuhnert from Dallas Township, and
T. M. Williammee, Mrs. Joseph
Schmerer, C. A. Frantz, Mrs, Stanley
Davies, Joseph MacVeigh, Mrs. Wil-
liam T. Nichols for Dallas Borough.
Many Donations
The program at the high school
auditorium will be informal. Dur-
ing and after refreshments, bands
of both high schools will furnish the
music with the party breaking up
at about 9 o'clock. Women of Dr.
Henry M. Laing Fire Company will
have charge of serving, Acme Mar-
ket has donated 40 dozens of dough-
nuts and Joseph Schmerer and
Spauldings’s Bakery 10 dozens each.
Fairlawn Stores have donated candy
and the H. A. Whiteman Paper
Company is providing 600 paper
cups. Howard Risley is furnishing
two barrels of sweet cider. Daniel
Waters and Mrs. George Norton are
providing several bushels of apples.
Posters advertising the parade were
made by Mrs. Antoinette Mason.
Those giving cash contributions
include: Elmer Parrish, Mrs, Eugene
Lazarus, Oswald Griffith, L. L.
Richardson, Dr. F. Budd Schooley,
Robert Roberts, Mrs. Wesley Himm-
ler, Harry Ohlman, Henry Peterson,
Peter Clark, Mrs. Machell Hilde-
brant, Russell Honeywell, Herbert
Smith, John Durbin, Herbert Lundy,
Zigmond Harmon, Mr. and Mrs.
John Williams, Peter Jurchak, Mrs.
Frank Dormer, Mr, and Mrs. Ralph
Brickel, Mr. and Mrs. M, J. Brown,
Albert Jones, Wilson Ryman and
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Chamberlain.
In the event of rain, the parade
will be held next Monday night at
the same time over the same route.