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e past few weeks have ¢ |
f pace by the American peop: {
he war is practically wa
ck in Axis power by invading
aken the first small steps tov’
Bhirts. On
a dangerous slackening
Signs multiply that we
Having made a slight
forth Africa, and having
d rolling Japan back in
g as though the war is
Indications of this slackenirlg are many. In New York
City a strike of newspaper deliverers and handlers for
several days deprived the city of most of its daily papers.
~ One of the nation’s most prominent industrialists announ-
ced that he had no intention of fighting a war to produce
au uart of milk a day for the Hottentots, or to establish a
i . V. A. on the Danube. And a prominent newspaper col-
~ ® umnist said that we were silly to think of feeding the na-
tions which we reoccupy, when at the same time we are
being rationed ourselves.
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* *
ordinary times, none of these events would be
cause for alarm. But these are 2ot ordinary times. The
only standard by which our acts ¢an be measured today is,
does it help win the war?
The newspaper deliverers’
strike appears to have resulted from a dispute over wages
and a demand for freezing of jobs without regard for war
curtailments; the union demands may or may not have
been reasonable, but strikes do ndt help to win the war.
Our business leaders may hate their private opinions
about the Hottentots, but it cert4inly does not help win
the war to tell our present and pr{spective allies that they
can go hang as soon as the war js over, for all we care.
It is to be hoped that we will hax
vide oceans of milk, if that is
decent, stable, and prosperous pe.
to tell the peoples of occupied rl
enough realism to pro-
ssential to maintain a
e. And it does not help
rope that we'll liberate
®
them, but after that they can stan before we’ll deny our-
selves a second helping of 1
roast b
ef.
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All three of these examples ale straws in an ill wind,
a wind that is blowing too many of ju® back toward bicker-
front.
sion.
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er one.
ing as usual. North Africa was the
nut that is Axis Europe—but we }ave a long way to go
yet. Still unconquered are enemies{ whose power is enor-
© mous, whose ruthlessness is withou
far better than we that their very, ives are at stake.
Nor is the war progressing ax
During the month of Now wa ;
rose only 3%, the smallest percentage rfe siice the begin-
ning of the defense program. The grivity of the man-
power problem has merely been recognied, not solved, by
the recent reorganization of the War Nanpower Commis-
There will be more rationing,
work, more casualties, and more of
war before we can see victory ahead. :
: The months and years to come wi need every bit of
spirit of unity we can muster to pull tfrough. And when
military victory is finally won, that cjes not mean that
we have won the war. Winning the far means winning
~ it so thoroughly, and helping to org
wisely afterwards, that we shall never |
: Those who pursue their speci
less of the national need are not only
and endangering victory itself, but ai
xa prepare the way for World War III
EB BEBE EBB HEEB G
DEDEDE DEDEDE DE DEC DODD.)
first crack in the tough
limit, and who realize
oer war production
re sacrifices, more
the hardships of
ize the world so
ve to fight anoth-
interests regard-
olonging the war
also helping to
be ipa
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By Mgrs, T. M.
B. Hicks, Jr.
Say it with flowers, say it with music, say it with mince-pies. We
have what amounts to an allergy to the flamboyant poinsettia, so we
counteract its red flannel brilliance with dozens and dozens of tiny mince-
pies at Christmas time, making them up well in advance and keeping
them in a cold place to ripen before starting them on their travels.
Each little pie journeys to its
destination in its own shiny little
pan, encased in a cardboard con-
tainer, wrapped gaily with holly
_ paper and red tissue paper, and dec-
and
sleigh bells. This year there were
well over seventy of the toothsome
little morsels. Which in anybody's
language is a lot of pie, considering
that a small pie takes just as much
time, though not as much material
as a large one.
There are always a few pairs of
interested hands to help out in the
‘matter of filling the shells and
crimping the edges, while the chief
cook rolls out the tiny crusts and
painstakingly marks out the Christ-
mas fern with a tablespoon, flank-
ing it with two little slits to let out
the steam.
That hardy perennial, the yarn
5 about the cook who made the scal-
loped edge with her uppers and low-
ers, always gets unpacked from its
summer mothballs along about the
time we start crimping the Christ-
mas pies, but we restrain Tom for-
cibly and hand him a fork dipped
in flour. The assembly line starts
to function.
: One pair of hands fills the pie,
another dots it with jelly and ar-
ranges the extra raisins with geo-
metric precision, a third runs an
expert finger dipped in water
around the edge and applies the
top crust, a fourth welds the top
and bottom crusts together. While
‘the first oven full starts browning,
the second batch of crust is in the
making.
Remembering what happened last
year when we started to grind ap-
ples for the annual mince-meat, we
‘were a little cagy about starting the
ceremony this year. Not that we
are superstitious, of course, that is
no more superstitious than most
people, but we kept remembering
that on December the seventh last
year the first squeal of the meat-
cutter was drowned out by the
radio announcement of the disaster
at Pearl Harbor, and that the fleet
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Ration Board
To Be Enlarged
Six-Man Board Now
Up For Approval
Anna May Wilson of Fernbrook
who recently passed civil service ex-
aminations with a high rating has
been recommended for appointment
as junior clerk in the office of the
Dallas Rationing Board at a salary
of $1260 a year. ’
The names of Austin Snyder, su-
pervising principal of Lehman Town-
ship schools, Clyde N. Lapp, Inter-
national Truck Co., Walter Elston,
Shady Side Deiry, and Howard
Risley, editor, The Dallas Post, have
been forwarded to the OPA for ap-
proval to serve on the local ration-
ing board with Fred M. Kiefer and
F. Gordon Mathers.
Tur Darras Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
.
Vol. 53
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1943
Last Rites
AMERICAN SOLDIERS with bared heads, and a color guard stand outside a church in
Leopoldville, Belgian Congo. They have gathered to attend the funeral of the first American:
nurse to die in service on the African continent, Lieutenant Gertrude Edwin.
Laing Firemen
Will Continue
Nightly Curfew
Peterson Replaces Smith
As Treasurer; All Other
Officers Are Re-Elected
Deciding to stand pat until it had
taken the matter up with Luzerne
County Council of Defense, Dr. Hen-
ry M. Laing Fire Company at its
meeting Monday night refused to
abide by a recent decision of Dallas
Borough Council to abandon thg
nightly 9 o'clock curfew in the in-
terests of National Defense.
Members of the organization took
the position that the regular blow-
ing of the siren at 9 p. m.,every
week night is no more confusing
‘than the long alarm test every Sat-
urday noon, and that greatest con-
fusion comes during air raid tests
when citizens are unable to deter-
mine whether the siren signals an
air raid or a fire.
At a recent meeting of Borough
Council, Clyde N. Lapp, chairman of
Dallas Borough Council of Defense,
presented reasons why the 9 o'clock
curfew should be discontinued for
the duration and Borough Council
voted to have it abandoned. Fire-
men, however, contend that Dallas
Council has no control over the
siren since it is owned by the fire
company and used during air raids
as a public service on the part of
the firemen.
After considerable discussion at
their meeting Monday night the
firemen decided to discuss the whole
matter with the County Council of
Defense. If other communities are
doing away with their curfews, the
firemen said, they are willing to
co-operate and do the same, but
they are not interested in abandon-
ing it to satisfy the whims of those
who are ‘disturbed by its nightly
warnings.
As an alternative it was suggest-
ed that the community purchase its
own air raid sirens and thus elim-
inate all confusion at all times be-
tween fire signals and air raid
alarms.
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Distingui ed Southerners
Are HJ
Ie Il0]
Two Kentuck
welcome visitors
rdinals were
Er the Christmas
holidays at the bird feeding boxes
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mur-
ray of Pioneer avenue. The pair
spent two days in the vicinity of
the Murray home before they took
flight.
The handsome male with his fine
red plummage and crested head was
less timid and nibbled at the feed-
ers while his mate watched him
from a neighboring tree. About the
size of orioles the cardinals are
noted for their rich sweet song
which makes them very popular ‘in
the Southern United States where
they are common.
They are seldom seen in the
North even in summer although
their breeding range is as far north
as Iowa and southern New York
State.
ay Visitors Here
The Murrays have provided bird
feeding boxes about their grounds
and house for many seasons and
although they number scores of
chickadees, © juncos, woodpeckers,
and nuthatches among their daily
callers they have never before en-
tertained such distinguished visi-
tors as the two cardinals.
Over on Overbrook avenue a pair
of Blue Jays have been spending the
winter near Mrs. Georgia Straw’s
feeding boxes and only this week
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rinehimer of
Lehman avenue welcomed a blue
bird to their back yard. Flocks of
robins are wintering in the pine
thickets around Huntsville Reser-
voir. One day this week Nesbitt
Garinger heard a familiar song back
of his home on Machell avenue and
on investigating found a Phoebe
singing its heart out on a twig above
the snow-covered ground.
Four Of Family
In Armed Services
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip W. Straw
of New York City were the guests
of the former’s mother, Mrs. Geor-
gia Straw of Overbrook avenue over
the Christmas holidays.: Phillip will
be inducted into military-service on
January 10, making” the fourth
member of Mrs. Straw’s immediate
family in service. Her son “Bob,”
was stationed at Fort Sheridan, Ill.,
but is now probably overseas. War-
ren, a second mate in the merchant
marine, is now on the high seas,
and Mrs. Straw’s son-in-law, James
L. Wiggmore is a lieutenant com-
mander in the navy.
Supervisors To
Buy Raid Sirens
Township Organizes
Council Of Defense
Dallas Township* Council+ of - De-
fense passed resolutions” requesting
the purchase of fouf air raid sirens
—one by the school board and three
by the supervisors — at a meeting
held Sunday afternoon at the office
of Squire John Q. Yaple in Goss
Manor.
Members of the Council, appoint-
ed by John Anderson, chairman of
the Board of Supervisors, elected
John Yaple, chairman, and Fred M.
Kiefer, secretary, and voted to hold
their meeting on the last Sunday of
every month at 2:30 p. m. in Squire
Yaple’s office. The Council also
unanimously" passed a resolution to
have its headquarters during air
raids in Mr. Yaple’s office because
of its central location in the Town-
ship.
Other members of the Defense
Council are: James Gansel, repre-
senting volunteer police; Arthur
Newman, representing Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire Company; Russell Case
and Herbert Major, representing the
air raid wardens; John Anderson,
Charles Martin and Edward Husted,
supervisors, and Robert Prutzman
and Wilson, Ryman, members-at-
large. :
" The Council hopes to have the
first siren installed at Dallas Town-
ship High School and after giving it
thorough tests for range and sound
carrying qualities, have the three
other sirens installed at DeMuns,
Kunkle and Fernbrook so that there
will be no overlapping and so that
all parts of the township can be
thoroughly covered.
The Board of Supervisors will
meet Monday, January 4, and will
purchase three sirens at that time.
The School Board will purchase its
siren at its meeting on the follow-
ing Tuesday night.
Dallas Township Council of De-
fense is one of several similar Coun-
cils which are being organized
throughout the communities of the
Back Mountain region known as
Zone 9.
Poultry Prices High
Wyoming Valley dealers faced
with a shortage of poultry for the
New Year's market scoured the
Back Mountain region this week
with offerings as high as 32c per
pound for quality birds.
Earl Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Williams of Trucksville was
home from Savannah Air Base for
the Christmas holidays.
Few In Area
Have Had Car
Tires Checked
First Inspection Ends
January 31. — Many
Stations Approved Here
Only a small percentage of Back
Mountain motorists have taken
their cars into official inspection
stations to have their tires checked
and recorded.
Deadline for the first inspection
period is January 31.
A list of official tire stations has
been approved in this area, while
there are several hundred others
throughout the county,
Motorists desiring to go to an
are asked to visit the local head-
quarters for the information.
In order to have tires checked,
motorists must furnish the inspector
with Part B of the mileage rationing
form, which was returned following
the gasoline registration period.
This form will be used for periodical
check-ups and must be carried by
the motorist in his car.
Last week was the last for regis-
tration of persons who have not,
for any reason obtained their War
Rationing Book No. 1, which is now
being used for sugar and coffee.
Every person must possess a No.
1 book to be eligible for Book No. 2,
the all-purpose ration book which
every one will be required to have
to purchase commodities to be add-
ed to the rationing list.
Must Keep Food Records
Chairman Kiefer reminded res-
tauranters, and all institutional
users of sugar, that they must keep
separate records of certain food
commodities served to patrons dur-
ing the month of December, accord-
ing to OPA regulations.
Each owner of an establishment
registered as an institutional user
under the sugar or coffee rationing
regulations, has been furnished with
a list of commodities on which the
OPA is seeking information.
Institutional users are requested
to count the number of persons
served, including those who eat
more than once in each establish-
ment; gross dollar revenue from
service of food and non-alcoholic
beverages; the amount used of each
commodity listed; the amount of
each commodity on hand at the
close of the business.
Appeal Forms For Truckers
Appeal forms for truckers who
have made mistakes in filing for
commercial vehicle mileage rations
will soon be in the hands of local
boards. The appeals may be mailed
to the Scranton office of Defense
Transportation, District. Manager
William H. Boyd has announced.
It has been estimated that more
than 1,000 errors in grants were
made to Luzerne County truckers,
but it will not be necessary for
them to waste tires and gasoline in
going to Scranton to have the mis-
takes rectified as in the past.
Sells Spaniel Pups
Burgess H. A. Smith sold his four
Spaniel puppies during the week be-
fore Christmas and says the demand
was so brisk for puppies that he
could have sold fifteen.
official station nearest their homes, |
No. 1
reaching turmoil.
change the whole course of history.
to keep your perspective.
a=
SUMMARY OF BABSON’S
22nd ANNUAL FORECAST
OF NEW YEAR’S OUTLOOK
1. Total Business: Defense pro-
duction will be up sharply
(plus 50%); non-defense down
sharply (minus 33%), accom-
panied by a drastic standardi-
zation of products.
2. Employment: The above al-
so applies to employment, if
we do not include the armed
forces.
3. Farm Income: Will be up
5% in 1943 over 1942.
4. Dividends and Business
Earnings: © Have passed their
peaks and will be lower in
1943 than in 1942.
5. Labor: There will be prac-
tically no strikes until the end
of the War and wages will
gradually become stabilized.
6. Commodity Prices: Will
strengthen somewhat, especial-
ly the prices of manufactured
goods. Commodity price in-
dexes will indicate far less
than the actual advance.
7. Taxes: Will be felt severely,
especially by the white-collar
group who can expect no pay
increases. :
8. Retail Trade: Will be 12%
off in physical. volume 'in 1943
compared with 1942.
9. High-grade Bonds: Should
decline, but good Stocks should
sell higher.
10. Creeping Inflation: Will con-
tinue throughout 1943.
KH
Babson's Career
Is Colorful One
Millions Are Familiar
With His Forecasts
American business has no more
inspiring personality than Roger W.
Babson, internationally-known bus-
iness commentator and investment
adviser.
his philosophy has been his life-long
insistence on the importance of re-
ligion in business.
Born in 1875, reared in an old-
fashioned atmosphere of hard work
and hustle on a farm in Gloucester,
Mr. Babson went to the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology. Upon
graduating in 1898, he turned in-
stinctively to financial and business
activities.
His exertions, however, under-
mined his health; he contracted tu-
berculosis and he was sent West “as
good as dead!” It was while he was
An outstanding feature of |
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Babson Sees Gains In Character
Far Offsetting Sacrifices And
Losses Of Global War In 19443
Noted Economist Predicts 5% Increase In
Farm Income And Retarded Retail Trade
With Defense Production Up Sharply 50%
Babson Park, Mass., Dec. 31.—Events are moving at breath-taking
speed. Never before has the world been in the midst of such a far-
Within the next hour news might break that will
Nevertheless, it is vitally important
To change your business or investment pro-
gram with every piece of war news
is utmost folly. A good example of
this was portrayed when the United
States opened up a second front in
North Africa. That morning many
thousands of self-appointed com-
mentators were convinced that the
war was going to last at least five
years. Yet by midnight of that
same day these same commentators
could see nothing but a short War
and a quick victory. Let us now,
therefore, confine this Outlook to
probabilities.
Retail Trade
The first quarter of 1943 should
equal the first quarter of 1942; con-
sidering the entire year, a decline of
12% is probable. Just what will
happen depends on two things; first,
upon the quantity of goods; and
second, to what extent consumers
are willing to take substitutes.
Washington talks about 300,000 re-
tailers being put out of business;
but I believe this is entirely un-
necessary. If landlords will be easy
on rents, as sensible ones should be,
practically all retailers can run on
a skeleton force and keep alive un-
til the War is over when business
again should be good.
The hope of America lies not with
big concerns, but with small bus-
inessmen. These small businessmen
must be protected in order to pre-
serve democracy. I go further and
say that the preservation of dem-
ocracy depends on small and so-
called inefficient manufacturers and
retailers to “clutter up’ the eco-
nomic situation. “Large units lead
ultimately to tyranny. As this is
becoming recognized, I think 1943
will see some real help given the
small retailers. Of course, no gen-
eral forecast will apply to all parts
of the country. The industrial and
agricultural sections should hold up
to 1942 figures; but retailers in cer-
tain other sections are bound to
suffer. After paying their tax bill
in 1943, the American people will
have left out of their income $36
billions more than they had after
paying their taxes in 1940. City
restaurants and amusements will
prosper most; while filling stations,
garages, lumber yards, household
appliances and hardware stores will
suffer most.
Commodity Prices and Living Costs
Prices of practically all commodi-
ties are at their low with the excep-
tion of certain ones that are now
imported from India, the Far Fast
and Africa. As we are shipping
loads of men and supplies to these
points, ships may bring back sup-
plies of cocoa, coffee, olive oil, dried
fruits, cork, antimony, lead, mang-
anese, hides and skins, mercury,
molybdenum, zinc and other com-
modities. Throughout 1943 there
will be a continued pressure to
pierce price ceilings. These ceilings
will be kept down fairly well on
goods which the armed forces need.
Thus far the OPA has made no
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Election of officers and organiza-
tion reports for the past year were
interesting features of the annual
Congregation meeting at Huntsville
Christian Church Saturday evening.
Supper was served at 6:30, the bus-
iness meeting followed and the ev-
ening closed with the adult Christ-
mas party and exchanging of gifts.
Church officers elected were: el-
ders, H. J. Major, Harvey Moss and
Milton Culp; trustees, Milton Culp,
H. J. Major, and A. N. Garinger;
deacons, Robert Culp, Charles Els-
ton, Royal Culp, Carlton Hadsel,
Lewis Culp, Oscar Culp, and William
Davis; deaconesses, Mrs. Frances
Culp, Mrs. Jack Roberts; secretary
and treasurer, William Davis, first
assistant, Mrs. Relph Frantz and
second, Jack Culp; Missionary
Treasurer, Mrs. Ralph Frantz; pian-
ist, Mrs. Walter Covert, Jr., assisted
Huntsville Christian Church Names
Officers At Congregation Meeting
by Mrs. Elva Warmouth; auditors,
Mrs. William Eckert and Mrs. Wal-
ter Covert, Jr. ’
Sunday School officers: Adult Su-
perintendent, Elma Major, assisted
by Milton Culp; secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. Maude Major; pianist, Mrs. El-
va Warmouth, assisted by Patricia
Clark; Junior Superintendent, Han-
nah Culp, assisted by Betty Jones;
pianist, Mrs. Walter Covert, assisted
by Patricia Clark.
Ladies’ Aid report showed $111.08
on hand at the beginning of the
year; receipts during the year of
$358.10 and expenses of $375.05,
leaving a balance of $94.13 for the
new year. Missionary Church offer-
ing was reported as being $171.56,
$41.56 more than last year. Thanks-
giving offering as reported amount-
ed~6 $385. The new lot behind the
church purchased for $550 was cor
i paid off.