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Singapore Is On Our Street
As time passes it becomes more and more difficult to
write a sane editorial.
‘We envy the radio commentators
who still retaining their poise have the courage to express
their disgust with our slothful war effort in biting words
and caustic inflections.
They and our foreign correspon-
dents have for long been the voices crying in the wilder-
ness against the indifference and selfishness of an Amer-
ica gone soft. Yet, we would not listen.
Led by a patronizing, self-interested administration that
talked big of accomplishments and victory on order, but
lacked the firm hand to discipline, our nation in its war
efforts, we now find ourselves without adequate spiritual
or physical preparation for the tragedy into which we have
stumbled. This is no longer the private war of a one-man -
government. Now it’s ours to win or lose.
Witness our wanton carelessness in the destruction of
the great troop transport Normandie where men were
permitted to work with no other recommendation than
that of a union. Witness the indifference to fire hazards,
the apathy, greed and suspicion that have played their part
better than Nazi agents. These are nothing more than at-
tributes of our national consciousness. Witness our toler-
ance to Union demands for closed shops with defense pro-
duction stymied while our soldiers cry for planes and more
planes.
Witness our 40-hour week while sailors stand
watch 24-hours a day at regular pay. Witness our silly
shifty Congress arguing over fan dancers while every citi-
zen pleads to do his bit. Witness a national capital flooded
with bogus experts and bound in the snaring red tape of
New Deal opportunists. Witness a nation of isolationists
damning England’s lack of power at Singapore and for-
getting that the Pacific was our sphere after the Atlantic
charter. Witness a war and navy department that censors
the bad and throws us misleading sops of naval victories
and MacArthur's doomed resistance, Witness our national
leaders who underestimate the patriotism of Americans.
We can take the bad news, let them censor Washington's
folly. Witness a nation that refuses to recognize that it
CAN be licked—if not abroad, then at home—while it
hoards sugar and purchases bootleg tires. :
Is it any wonder sane editorials are no longer possible ?
Is it any wonder that fathers and mothers toss in their
sleep knowing full well that our cleanest and most stal-
wart youth will die and pay the price because we have re-
fused to stop our own as well as world dictators?
FROM.
PILLAR TO POST
By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
The Girl Scout scenery, constructed of mattress boxes and painted with
an unbelievable quantity of four-hour enamel, is stacked carefully against
the wall to dry. Out comes the ivory slipper-satin, and the pinking shears,
together with the pattern, and the material is spread carefully upon the
dining-room table. There is a breathless moment when the shears first bite
into the lovely shimmering stuff,
followed by the realization that in
the last analysis a wedding dress is
nothing more nor less than a cos-
tume, and that hundreds of cos-
,tumes have been planned and cut
,on the same dining-room table.
Clean papers are spread on the
sewing-room floor, and the less
complicated seams finished off in
short order to make way for the
tricky business of fitting the bodice
and gathering the voluminous skirt.
A horrible moment of realization
that the delicate little points which
are intended to cover the backs of
the hands with becoming modesty
are extending down over the palms
instead, A few architectural chang-
es, involving the cutting-off of the
misplaced points, and the grafting-
on of tiny cuffs with tke points
properiy placed in front. A long
zipper under the arm, a hem, and
she custume is wrapped mm a sheet,
The satin is too heavy to wrinkle.
It lies in state on he sewing-room
.abie, with all nearpy chairs pushed
well back to discourage inquisitive
cats.
An emphatic ring at the doorbell,
followed by two more impatient
buzzes. A suave colored man bear-
ing a jeweler's box and extending
a’ blank for signature. Another hur-
ried trip downstairs to welcome in
an express package from Seattle.
' Chickens boiling in a big kettle.
Wonder what we'll do with all the
chicken broth. Celery and cabbage
chopped fine, pimentos ditto. Cooled
chickens cut into small pieces for
salad, along with the inevitable
three pounds of veal.
A drive through the freezing rain
to the photographer’s, the veil and
satin dress under one arm, still
wrapped in the sheet, The bride's
consternation upon discovering that
she has forgotten to bring her white
satin slippers, and that she must
therefore conceal her ankle socks
and scuffed brown brogues demure-
ly under the hem of her bridal at-
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STAR TRUMPETER LOSES
A FRONT TOOTH IN HARD
FOUGHT BASKETBALL GAME
Tragedy stalked Lehman High
School Band this week, for Lan-
ora Parks, star trumpeter of
the band has lost a front tooth
—knocked out during a basket-
ball game. Trumpeters, as all
whistling small boys know, need
good front teeth to follow their
profession. Some skillful den-
tist is going to have a critical
patient and fifty members of
Lehman Band anxiously watch-
ing the outcome of his handi-
craft if Lanora is to have a new
tooth that will enable her to
play as well as ever. Joseph
D. Clouser, director of the
Band, believes the accident will
not handicap Lanora and that
a new front tooth—even if it
is artificial—will put her back
in the Band after a little prac-
tice.
Dallas Club Completes
Plans For Dinner Dance
Committees are completing plans
for the Dallas Woman's Club din-
ner dance which will be held at
Hotel Redington Saturday night
February 21. Mrs. Fredericka Bres-
lin is chairman and Mrs. S. R.
Schooley and Mrs. Alice Derr are
co-chairman of the affair. Others in
charge are: reservations, Mesdames
Elinor Minnis, Grace Richardson,
Leah Richards, Daniel Richards,
Jack Sheehan, Clinton Ide, Lloyd
Hughey, James Coates, Joseph Bail-
ey; table, Mesdames Granville Sow-
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den, Nettie Adams, Algie Woolbert, |
Marion Whitney, Jule Ide,
Tue DaLras Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
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Vol. 52
Woman's Club
Elects Mrs. Eck
New President
Mrs. Fred Eck was elected presi-
dent of the Dallas Woman's Club at
their meeting in Shavertown Hose
House Wednesday evening. Other
officers chosen were: first vice pres-
ident, Mrs. Harold Shiber; second
vice president, Mrs. Kenneth Oliver;
recording secretary, Mrs. George
Stolarick;
Mrs.: Clarence Adams;
Mrs. W. H. Derolf.
Business consisted of voting to |
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ner dance to be held at Hotel Red- |
buy another Defense Bond at $100
and discussion. of plans for the din-
ington, February 21. Remainder of
the evening was spent playing cards.
Present were: Mesdames Alfred
Bronson, James Huston, Ross Lew-
in, William Thomas, Carl Land-
messer, Albert Antonaitis, Brooke
Arnold, Wesley Moore, Thomas
Cease, Rodney Ingram, Harold Don-
nelly, Bruce Williams, Albert Drash-
er, Ray Malkemes, Bernard Whitney,
Edgar Nulton, Lenore Honeywell,
John Miles, John Durbin, Howard
Woolbert, Philip Cheney, Herbert
Lundy, Fred Eck, Thomas Robinson,
Charles W. Lee, Kenneth Oliver,
Charles Whitesell, Milford Shaver,
Henry Busch, Daniel Richards, Wil-
liam Bonn, Norton Montross Jr., Al-
va Eggleston, Morris Johnson, Lloyd
Hughey, Clinton Ide, Vernon Minnis,
Jack Sheehan, W. H. Derolf, Ray
Shaffer, Jack Hazeltine, Malcolm
Nelson, Rodman Derr, Glen Case,
Robert Breslin, Jack Jones, Albert
Bryden, L. L. Richardson, Byron
Starr, Harold Shiber, Clarence Ad-
ams, Malcolm Borthwick Edwa,rd
Hartman, Robert Hessler, J. B.
Garreau, John Yaple, Homer Palt-
ridge, Joseph Elicker, Arthur Cul-
ver, Granville Sowden, S. R. School-
ey, Thomas Landon, Wilson Maury,
Charles Jones, Ted Hinkle, D. A.
Sutch, Della Thompson, Robert
Bodycomb, Niles White, Sheldon
Fahringer; Misses Gertrude Wilson,
Mildred Devens, Rhoda Veitch, Mir-
iam Thompson, Marcia Mekeel, Leah
Richards, Dorothy Weaver, Hilda
Staub and Josephine Stem.
Dallas Band
Plans Concert
Joseph MacVeigh Gives
$100 To Uniform Fund
Dallas High School Band appeared
for the first time in its new uni-
forms at the meeting of Fourth
Class District Teachers’ Association
in Dallas High School Auditorium
on Monday evening.
The band played five numbers,
The Marine Hymn, Sunbeam, Repaz
March, As the Caissons Go Rolling
Along and Our Director.
Robert Henderson, director, is
making preparations for a spring
concert to be given April 17. A mat-
inee for school children will be
given on April 16.
At a recent meeting of the Band
Parents’ Association a gift of $100
from Joseph MacVeigh was acknowl-
edged, and the association express-
ed its gratitude to James Oliver and
Harold Titman for generaus gifts.
The association plans the purchase
of a new base horn and piccolo,
since neither of these instruments
are owned by the band and the
base horn will be lost at graduation
this spring.
A grim note was struck when it
Alice | was revealed that Dick and Alden
Borthwick and Miss Hilda Staub; |I.eGrand lost their uniforms during
hall, Esther Nelson; entertainment, (the fire which gutted their home.
Miss Dorothy Weaver and Mary
Jackson; publicity, Edna Whitesell.
Recovery Of Submerged Truck
Ruins Ice Harvest At Sunset
Little the worse for its icy bath
in Harvey's Lake last Friday, Wil-
liam Casterline had his Chevrolet
dump truck back on the road Sat-
urday night clearing Lake Township
highways of snow.
William and his father, George
Casterline, were cutting ice 150 feet
from shore at Sunset early Friday
morning when the truck broke
through the ice and plunged into
the water of Harvey's Lake. The
storm of Thursday had deposited a
heavy blanket of snow on the ice
and Mr. Casterline was using the
truck on which a snow plow was
mounted to scrape the snow from
the 14 inch ice.
The truck, partly loaded with
ashes for traction and pushing a
heavy weight of snow, was too much
for the ice which suddenly cracked
and let the machine slide backward
into twenty feet of water. Casterline
opened the cab door and jumped
to safety, but retrieving the truck
proved an engineering job that re-
quired the best efforts of a large
group of men until 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. It was accomplished by
cutting a channel and attaching
cables to trucks on shore that inch-
ed the partially submerged truck
back to safety. Later Mr. Casterline
completely overhauled the engine
and drained it of water.
Recovery operations ruined the
better part of the ice in the Sun-
set section so that the Casterlines
had to move their equipment to
Warden Place on Monday to com-
plete their ice harvest. They are
storing 900 tons this season and
have the latest equipment includ-
ing power saws, truck loaders and
other facilities to harvest the big
crop.
The association has sufficient re-
maining material to complete all
band vests and has been assisted by
Mrs. Phil Ritter in cutting out shirts
and vests.
P-T-A Cancels
Monthly Session
Defense Classes And
Registration Intervene
Because of the school holiday on
Monday, Registration Day, which
will require the services of many
teachers and because other teach-
ers and parents will attend civil de-
fense classes Monday evening, there
will be no meeting of Dallas Bor-
ough - Parent-Teacher Association
this month.
In its place an executive commit-
tee meeting will be held at the home
of Henry W. Peterson, president, on
Monday night at 8. All parents who
can be present are urged to attend
this short business session when the
program for the balance of the as-
sociation year will be planned.
corresponding secretary, |
treasurer, !
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1942.
It's Their Turn This Time
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German prisoners, taken in the recent Allied reconquest of Eastern Libya, are put to work behind the Allied
lines to build new roads and repair the towns and fortifications which were destroyed in the fighting. The men
who guard them are Poles—members of the Polish Middle Eastern force which took such an important part in
the drive to Benghazi. These men have families and friends back in Poland whose lot, under German rule, has
been one of starvation, disease and forced labor—yet military discipline forbids the Polish soldiers from show-
ing the! pleasure they must be feeling at making the Germans work for them for a change.
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markings and numerals on all homes
in Dalles, Shavertown, and Trucksville,
which will train men and women in
national defense measures.
Dallas Borough.
lic recreational facilities serving the
entire Back Mountain area.
Dallas Township
High School
Is Proud Of Sons In Service
~ Dale Warmouth, Compiling Class Records,
Finds Many Boys Are In The Air Corps
By DALE WARMOUTH
Dallas Township High School
Many Dallas Township boys are doing their bit for their country by
serving in America’s armed forces.
calling for Township boys.
are proud of ;these: boys and their
worthy of mention. Several have
already seen action. Brief biogra-
phies follow:
William Snyder: son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Snyder, Claude street,
Dallas, Class of 1940. Bill was in
feature roles in both Junior and
Senior plays while in school. He
played two years of varsity football.
After graduating he took a short
course at Casey Jones School of
Aeronautics. Before the war began
he was stationed at Will Rogers
Field, Oklahoma City, Okla. He is
a mechanic and is ranked as a First
Class Private. As this is written he
has been transferred to Savannah,
Georgia.
Keats Poad: son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Poad, Demunds Road. Second
Lieutenant Poad graduated in 1936.
He played 3 years of varsity foot-
ball, captaining the team. He was
also captain of the basketball team
and played baseball. He was class
president and valedictorian. After
graduation from Penn State, he en-
tered the Army.in 1940. Of late he
has ferried bombers to Africa in the
capacity of nayigator. He has been
stationed at Langley Field, Virginia,
and at Chicopee Falls, Mass.
William Glen Knecht: son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Bnecht, Dallas. Class
of 1941. Glen #layed two years of
varsity footballHe is, like the ma-
jority of the: fellows, in the Air
Force. Glen is aiP. F. C. and is sta-
tioned at Boise "Air Base, Idaho.
The Austin Brothers: especially
worthy of mention are the three
Austin brothers, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Austin, Dallas. All
three are graduates of Dallas Town-
ship; all three were three-letter
men in athletics, football, baseball
and basketball,
Staff Sergeant Leon: class of
1936. He is serving as instructor at’
Sheppard Field, Texas. Leon, like
all the brothers, is in the Air Corps.
Sergeant Chester: class of 1937.
“Chet” is located with the Ferry
Command, Long Beach, California.
P. F. C. Gordon: class of 1938.
Gordon is stationed at Lasey Field,
Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Edwin Lumley: son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Lumley, Demunds. Eddie
graduated in 3%; he played two
years of varsity football. He is now
a sergeant and works with office
staff at Orlanddy Florida. He is in
the Air Corps.
James Hummell: son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Hummell, Claude street,
Dallas. Jim is a sergeant and does
official work and he serves in the air
corps. He acted as football manager
and played on the varsity in his
senior year.
Charles Girton: son of Mrs. Anna
Girton, Bloomsburg, formerly of
Overbrook avenue, Fernbrook. His
father, the late Maurice Girton was
principal of Dallas Township until
his death. Charlie played football
and baseball, and graduated as val-
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The Army has long been a popular
Almost all of them entered the service
before the United States declared war on the Axis.
Parents and friends
records, scholastic and military, are
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SELECTIVE SERVICE
REGISTRATIO “DAY FACTS
at are the registration
hours? 7 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Where are the registration
places? At local board offices
and other places designated in
the various communities by the:
local boards. In the Back Moun-
tain area: Board No. 1 at Dal-
las Borough High School; Board
No. 5 at Lehman High School.
Who must register ? All men
who were born on or after Feb-
ruary 17, 1897, and on or before
December 31, 1921—unless they
already have registered or un-
less they are in the armed
forces of the nation.
Is there any penalty for fail-
ing to register? Yes. Five
years’ imprisonment and a fine
of $10,000 is the maximum
penalty for violation of the Se-
lective Training and Service
Act of 1940.
Bull And Eleven
Cows Burned To
Death At Vernon
Late Afternoon Fire
Destroys Big Barn On
William Payne Farm
Fire late yestérday afternoon de-
stroyed the mammoth cow and grain
barn, several machinery sheds and
damaged two silos on the farm own-
ed by W. T. Payne on the Vernon-
Beaumont road in Wyoming County.
Five of sixteen cows in the barn
were saved but eleven cows and a
valuable bull were burned to death
and a number of pieces of farm
equipment housed in the barn de-
stroyed.
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Flames were discovered shortly
before 5 p. m. and valient efforts of
farm hands and volunteer fire fight-
ers were unavailing in combatting
the blaze. A stiff breeze fanned the
flames away from other outbuild-
ings, and the home, 200 feet away,
of George Rogers, the farm man-
ager.
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company
responded to the alarm telephoned
by Hilda Rogers, daughter of the
manager, who ran a mile to the
nearest telephone in the Joseph
Faux home in Vernon. Slippery con-
dition of the highways and the dis-
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Rickenback To
Hold Services
Lake Placid Man Will
Preach At F. M. Church
Rev. Charles Rickenback of Lake
Placid, N. Y., will speak at a series
of services con-
ducted in the
Dallas Free
Methodist
Church every
evening, except
Saturday, at
7:45 from Sun-
day, February 15
to Sunday,
March 1. Rev.
Rickenback
from Philadel-
phia where he
has been preach-
ing at the Wiley
Mission a n d
broadcasting his
sermons. Th e
3 public is cordial-
ly invited to attend these services.
While Rev. Rickenback is here,
the Young People’s meeting will be
held at 7 o'clock Sunday evenings.
Rev. Albert Reining is pastor of the
Free Methodist Church,
Noxen Workers
Get Pay Boost
$7,000 Ia-Back Wages
Distributed Wednesday
Pay increases retroactive to No-
vember 1, 1941 and totaling more
than $7,000 were distributed to em-
ployes of Armour Leather Company
at Noxen on Wednesday.
The wages represent an increase
in the minimum hourly rates to 68c
for all employes. Men who had been
receiving 6lc an hour were in-
creased 7c an hour and those re-
ceiving 60c were increased 8c.
The payments were in line with
an agreement with the Fur and
Leather Workers that all increases
in wages after November 1 would
be retroactive. No contract agree-
ment with the union has yet been
signed.
The big plant at Noxen is busy
on war orders for heavy leather
and much of its present output is
being sent to Russia.
comes to Dallas’
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,
Canner Wants
2,000 Tons Of
Local Tomatoes
Growers Will Meet
His Representative
At Township School
Efforts to increase the cash in-
come of farmers through a survey
conducted last year to have a re-
liable canner locate in Dallas, will
bear fruit at a meeting of farmers
Wednesday night in Dallas Township
High School Auditorium to discuss
the possible acreage that can be de-
voted to tomatoes this year within
an eight mile radius of Dallas.
| Through its efforts to contact a
| canner
after completion of last
year’s survey, Luzerne County Agri-
cultural Association through its
County Agent, James Hutchison has
found a very good prospect who is
| considering the purchase here of
350 to 400 acres of late tomatoes
for canning purposes. All tomatoes
| will be hauled to Dallas and graded
before shipment to a nearby can-
nery by truck.
A production man from the can-
nery and Mr. Hutchison will be
present at Wednesday's meeting to
take the matter up in detail with all
farmers. Those who returned the
survey cards will be given prefer-
ence.
After the meeting a preliminary
survey will be conducted within a
week or ten days and contracts
made with the growers providing
contracts now pending between the
government and the canner are
completed by that time.
In discussing the forthcoming
meeting Mr. Hutchison said that the
canner is one of the most reliable
in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and
is especially anxious to tap this ter-
ritory because of its convenient lo-
cation and quality of tomatoes. He
also said large government contracts
make this expansion possible. Mr.
Hutchison said minimum require-
ments from the area will be 2,000
tons of tomatoes: and no contracts
will be made with farmers for less
than two acres. tries ON
He expressed a belief that this
area can grow as fine a crop as any
section of the State and said that
the Extension Association will assist
the farmers in obtaining the best
cultural methods known.
The ten year average for tomatoes
in Pennsylvania, he said, was 5%
tons to the acre, but this average
was increased to six tons in 1940
and to 8 to 10 tons in 1941. De-
pending on cultural methods, local
growers should, he thinks, obtain
from 10 to 20 tons to the acre.
Twelve Luzerne County growers last
year had more than ten tons to the
acre and one grower in the Conyng-
ham Valley had 20 19-100 tons to
the acre. There were 612 Pennsyl-
vania growers last year who har-
vested ten tons to the acre, the
highest yield being that of IL. J.
Bender of Lehigh County with 25
32-100 tons to the acre.
Mr. Hutchison expressed the opin-
ion that this is an opportunity no
local grower should miss and that
all farmers should attend the meet-
ing. He was enthusiastic in his out-
look for the season ahead and said
that he had long looked for an op-
portunity to increase the cash in-
come of Dallas area growers. “This
is our chance to prove that the
fertile soil of the Back Mountain Re-
gion can produce not only some of
the finest crops of tomatoes in the
State but a cash income that will
put many farmers on their feet.”
Will Observe World Day
Of Prayer At Shavertown
Union services in observance of
the World Day of Prayer will be
held at Shavertown Methodist
Church, Friday afternoon, February
20, with ministers from Dallas, Al-
derson, Carverton, Lehman, Trucks-
ville and Shavertown taking part.
The World Day of Prayer is observed
every year throughout the world by
churches of all denominations and
members of all congregations
throughout the Back Mountain re-
gion are invited to attend.
Bus Service In Dallas Will
Be Extended To Larger Area
Vastly improved bus service for
Dallas with extended routes includ-
ing the Goss Manor and Parrish
Heights section are being planned
by Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley
Auto Bus Company to take effect as
soon as the Pennsylvania Public
Service Commission, approves appli-
cations for the lengthened routes.
While officials of the company
were reticent to make any state-
ment until schedules are finally
worked out and approved by the
commission, it was intimated that
additional busses will be added to
take care of the extended service
and to meet the requirements of in-
creasing passenger traffic brought
about by national defense automo-
bile restrictions and tire rationing.
For several weeks/ past there has
been a marked intrease in the use
of busses by commuters who for-
merly drove théir own automobiles
but who have“eut-doWwn on their
use since new Federal regulations
have gone in effect.
Tentative routes include Lake
street to Center Hill Road and
thence to Goss Manor. The Parrish
Heights route will extend up Hunts-
ville Road to the Heights and will
include Lehman Avenue and Norton
or Machell avenues on the return
trip.