ik ly Sp eaking : = Lest We Forget It must ever be borne in mind during these days of yvernment that in the last analysis the unspectacular ing of private citizens in private industry is what is g to win the war. The people who are accomplishing production miracles are not on the public payroll. They are the men wha get the coal and metals out of our mines and the timber and food out of the mountains and from the land. They are the men who get the oil out “of the ground, refine it to produce the cannon ball power required in modern war. They are the men who keep the assembly lines rolling. They are the millions of American workmen and business men po prise. without whom not a wheel ~ would turn. They are the soul and the spirit of free enter- In peacetime their energies were devoted to producing a better civilization. Today their energies are devoted to producing for war. Why? Because free enterprise and political liberty have been threatened by military aggres- sion. enterprise. To save our political liberty we must save free We must save the right of a man to hold a job or operate a business without paying tribute to any- one, either in votes or money. Some bureaucrats would like to impress the idea upon the people that a combination of political genius and public authority are the mainspring of the war effort: that in- dustry was a hopeless shambles of squabbling business men until the guiding light of regimentation came to their rescue. Nothing could be further from the truth. The government and our military forces now need the products of industry, just as in peacetime the public needed them. Consumer demand for more and better products was not followed by any claim that consumers created those products. Similarly, merely because military necessity requires the government to demand more and better machines of war, it certainly does not follow that government is the producer. It is not. And if the proper function of either government or industry becomes con- fused in the public mind, it bodes ill for the future of America. End “Feather Bed” Loafing ~The majority of American citizens will say “Amen” ~ to the following quotation from a New York Times editor- ial. “The quickest way to increase manpower is to in- crease the national working week to an average of not less than 48 hours. What even counts more than man-hours as such is the total productivity of labor within those hours. We must end the feather-bed practices built up by the unions, the make-work, We the unnecessary jobs. must increase the efficiency of labor, management and or- ganization. These are some of the things we must do ~ before resorting to compulsory labor service, with the tre- mendous problems this presents.” : Specifically, examples of ‘“feather-bed” practices re- ferred to by the Times, are rules and practices that limit production, such as extremely short hauls between division points on railroads which, under present contracts, consti- tute a full day's work for the train crew, the limitation of ~ soft coal miners to 35 hours per week, and the restrictions on most effective utilization of labor in the construction field in building trades contracts, which require the serv- ices of three or four men to do a job one could do more quickly alone. - There is no use in longer trying to dodge the fact that the length of the work week and rules and regulations ‘that restrict maximum individual output, are today the heart ot thé manpower pioblem.: : When most individuals in the land, and when every soldier in uniform has given up his normal living stan- dards for the duration to help win the war, it is indecent, to say the least, for any group in this nation to use its power to try to maintain pre-war privileges and “feather- bed non-production’ at the and the taxpaying public. expense of our armed forces FROM. ~ PILLAR TO POST By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. Along about this time of the year it is difficult to realize that the real depth of winter is still before us. The calendar shows a grudging but everlengthening daylight, though reckoned by wartime, seven A. M. is still the middle of the night. \ With long-distance weather forecasting out of the picture for the * duration, on account of the aid and comfort it might give those little yellow men in the South Pacific to ‘know that Wyoming Valley is due for a cold snap, the classic goose- bone will once more come into its own as a reliable method of fore- casting changes in temperature and. humidity. By next fall, people will be checking up on squirrels to see how many nuts they are frugally salting away for the winter, and examining the length of fur on the common or garden rabbit. There is a man out in Oregon who forecasts coming events by means of chicken innards, but that seems like carrying a good thing too far. Judging from the way this winter has started, whether we may expect ‘violets or icebergs in February is anybody’s guess. A sub-zero spell before the actual calendar date set for the beginning of winter, inevitably complicated by an acute shortage of coal and fuel oil, a thaw, a freezing drizzle, a steady downpour, and finally a ~ flood, seems to portend something i extra special in the way of weather for the remainder of the winter. When the Susquehanna goes on a rampage, and valley dwellers are singing prayerfully, “River, stay ~~ away from my door,” residents of the Back Mountain area doubtless settle back with a feeling of smug complacence, secure in their knowl- edge that no amount of high water can disturb their tranquility. Hill-dwellers do their evening - chores and leave the barn to the cattle, confident that both barn and cattle will be found in the same (Continued on Page Eight) . Shaver Praises Holiday Spotters Volunteers Served Three-Hour Watches Chief Observer Paul Shaver, Dad- Post of the Aircraft Warning Service, has extended his dow-Isaacs thanks to observers who remained at their stations on December 24 and Christmas Day. 5 A few days before the holidays, Mr. Shaver posted the following no- “We need help on December 24 and 25. tice on the bulletin board: Please help the observers by stand- ing watch for a few hours each. Sign your name below and be at the post on time.” Mr. Shaver was delighted with the response, The three hour watches on those two days: Jim Waters, Billy Waters, C. A. Stookey, Jack Comer, Jack Nel- son, Joseph Adametz, Atlee Kocher, Clyde Veitch, John Durbin, Jim Huston, Z. E. Garinger, Frank Fer- ry, Dennis Ferry, Stephen J. Tkach, Stephen J. Tkach Jr., and John Honeywell. following observers stood Jim and Billy Waters stood two watches, the first from 6 p. m. to 9 'p. m. on December 24 and the sec- ond from 4 p. m. to'6 p. m. on Christmas Day. The Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Vol. 53 FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1943 No. 2 Gas Shortage Hounds School League Teams New Rationing Order May Seriously Affect Crowds And Players WHERE THEY PLAY TONIGHT Laketon at Lehman Dallas Twp. at Harter Kingston Twp. at Dallas Uncertain whether they will be able to finish any of their schedules because of the effects of gasoline ra- tioning on their own transportation and that of their followers, teams of the Back Mountain Basket Ball League will open their season to- night with games at Lehman, Dallas Borough and Harter High Schools. Deprived first of transportation by school bus under an order from the State Department of Education, fol- lowers of the teams in each school volunteered to provide transporta- tion in privately owned vehicles, but this week’s order of the OPA bar- ring gasoline for all motorists park- ed at athletic events dampened the ardor of even the most stout-heart- ed fan. In order to forestall any excuses connected with transportation, offi- cials of the league have ruled that any team failing to put in an ap- pearance at a scheduled contest will forfeit the game. : Team supporters at Dallas Town- ship, Kingston Township and Dallas Borough say that they can walk to contests among those schools if necessary but they may have dif- ficulty meeting schedules at Lehman and Harter. Dallas Borough Dallas Borough with three cham- pionship teams to its credit in the past three years will enter its con- test with Kingston Township tonight with only two veteran’s—Bob Moore (Continued on Page Five) Denmark Native Dies Thursday Titanic Survivor Was World War I Veteran Barne G. Tribler, seaman and ad- venturer, died Thursday, December 31, at the age of forty-nine at his home overlooking Huntsville Reser- voir. Mr Tribler, born in Copen- hagen, Denmark, had visited prac- tically every point of interest on the globe. At the age of fifteen he went to sea as a deck boy on a cargo vessel. He had served as a cook in a Ca- nadian lumber camp and for a group of big game hunters in Africa. He was cabin boy on the Titanic when it sank, but was rescued. He saved a Scotch girl's life himself that day. He was with the American fighting forces in World War IL Following the Armistice he mar- ried Celesta Moore of Kingston and made his home there, where he was a trucker and, later, owned and op- erated a restaurant. Six years ago he retired and moved to his present home. Early this summer, he re- turned to work at the A. C. & F. Plant, where he was employed until his death. He is survived by his wife, a son, Jack of the Army Air Corps, and a daughter, Margaret, who is employ- ed in the Kingston National Bank. Reverend R.. W. Lyon was in charge of the services held Sunday afternoon at 2 from the home. Har- ry Edwards, James Nelson, James Harrison, Bruce Myers, George Lam- oreaux and Leon Bodie were pall bearers. Flower carriers were Wal- ter Chamberlain, Hary Randall, Howard Ridway, Murray Fiske, and George Llyod. Interment was in the Mt. Greenwood Cemetery with mil- itary services by the Luzerne Post of the American Legion. Cannery Officials And Growers Will Discuss 1943 Tomato Acreage Hutchison Arranges Mass Meeting At Dallas Township High School In a renewed effort to interest local farmers in growing canning tomatoes for the armed forces as well as to provide a supplemental cash crop in this area, representative of the Chef Boy-ar-dee Packing Company of Milton and James Hutchison, county agent, will discuss 1943 contracts with local growers Friday evening, January 15, at 7:30 in Dallas Township High School. The Chef Boy-ar-dee Company, one of the largest in the country, holds tremendous contracts with the United States Government for can- ned tomato juice for the army, navy and United Nations. It is the same firm that attempted unsuccessfully to obtain 350 acres of canning to- matoes in this area last year after County Agent Hutchison had in- vestigated several patches and in- terested the most likely ones in the possibilities of this area as a source of supply. Last year after a thorough can- vass of all farmers, Mr. Hutchison was able to contract 300 acres of the 350 which the Chef Boy-ar-dee Company desired. While a final ef- fort was being made here to round up an additional 50 acres, growers in the Milton area pledged them- selves to grow the needed acreage making it unnecessary for Chef Boy- ar-dee to depend on this area for any of its supply. Altogether growers in the vicinity of the big plant at Milton devoted 2,500 acres to tomatoes, but even this vast acreage will not be enough to meet the demand this year, and Chef Boy-ar-dee officials are look- ing toward the Dallas area for 500 acres—150 acres more than their minimum requirements last year. Hutchison Favors Plan Discussing the latest move to in- terest growers, County Agent Hutch- ison said: “I can’t understand the apparent -indifference of this area to tomatoes as a cash crop. All around us farmers have jumped at the opportunity to increase their to- mato acreage. ~ Our. own area is better suited for this crop than many of the areas where they are now being grown and where acreage devoted to them is being increased yearly. I have no doubt that once local farmers become interested and learn what they can do, this area will make an ideal central location for the establishment of a packing plant. “Last year farmers in Conyngham Valley and the Briggsville area grew 300 acres for a Bloomsburg packing company. All of them want to in- crease their acreage this year— so tomatoes must be a profitable crop.” Mr. Hutchison went on to say that farmers in the Dallas area have grown tomatoes for the green- wrapped market successfully for years, but with increased transpor- tation problems, it may not be pos- (Continued on Page Five) HAROLD E. FLACK . ‘among the many new mem- bers sworn into office this week when the General Assembly con- vened in Harrisburg was Harold E. Flack of Saginaw Avenue, Dallas, who is representative in the Legisla- ture from the Sixth District. Ten Selectees Are Called Up Group Will Leave On January 14th Among 62 men called for their pre-induction physical examinations by Draft Board No. 1 of Wyoming are ten from the Back Mountain area. If they pass their physical ex- aminations they will leave for the Army induction center on January 14. They are: Harry Henry Metzgar, Pioneer avenue, Shavertown, — a transfer from Bridgeport, Conn. draft board; Frank Kocher, Dallas R. D.; Edgar Charlse Hoffman, Clear- view Terrace, Trucksville; George Allen, R.:D. 1, Dallas; Del- bert Ell, Shaver Avenue, Shaver- town; Nick Fitzko, R. D. 4, Dallas; Charles Sheldon Fitzgerald, R. D. 3, Dallas; Lloyd R. Garinger, R. D. 2, Alderson; Raymond L. Pritchard, E. Center street, Shavertown and David Charles Evans, Center street, Shavertown, now of Kingston. Stork Greets Dr. Brown Again On New Year's Day Following a custom of many years standing, the Stork greeted Dr. H. A. Brown of Lehman again this year on New Year's Day. The old’ fellow—hale and hearty, kept his appointment with the doctor at Nesbitt Hospital where he stopped off for a moment while delivering a baby daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shouldice of Jackson. Albert | DALLAS GIRL STUMPS QUIZ KIDS WITH SEVERAL WHISTLED TUNES Stella Cummings, 33 Lake Street, Dallas, has been awarded a portable radio by the sponsors of the QUIZ KIDS program, for a question used on the program, Sunday, December 27th. Her question, read by Joe Kelly, was; “Stella Cummings of Dallas, Penna., says that song writers are always wondering about something or other. ‘ll whistle some of this wonderment to you, and you tell me in each case what it is the song writer was wondering about.” The first song was “I Wonder What's Become Of Sally” by Ager, but none of the Kids was able to name it. Then Joe Kelly whistled “Star Dust,” which Margaret Mer- rich, 14, was able to identify, but she was unable to tell axactly what the author was dreaming about. The lyrics of the song infer that the composer was wondering about a past romance. The third part of the question was “I Wonder Who's Kiss- ing Her Now,” which Harve Fisch- man, 12, not only identified correct- ly, but sang the words in a some- what abashed voice. QUIZ KIDS goes on the air every Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. (CWT) over the Blue Network. College Boy Is Back Curly-headed Van Dyke Tiers, a favorite since the Quiz Kids show first went on the air, was back with his old pals last Sunday. At 15, Van is one of the youngest students eer to enter the Universi- | | ty of Chicago. He is making the same remarkable grades that he did in the Chicago public schools and it is expected he will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree when he is only 17. He is majoring in chem- istry. Van, the first college Quiz Kid, sat next to a second-grader, Joel Kup- perman, age 6. He and Joel have something in common besides excep- tional gray matter. They both have trouble with their voices: Van's voice is changing and it often cracks in the middle of a sentence— Joel has a babyish lisp. Gerard Darrow, 10 the nature whiz, mentioned on the air that he wanted an alligator. The Darrow apartment in Chicago is crawling with them. Listeners already have sent him 7. Gerard got love birds for Christ- mas and calls them: “Bill” and “Coo.” New Year Resolutions Joe Kelly asked the kids their resolutions to remedy their sins of the past year. This is what he got: Harve Fischman, 12: “I'm going to run errands for older women whose sons have gone to war. Also, I'm not going to throw any more spit balls.” Serious Feed Shortage May Cut Farmers’ War Production Record Dealers Are Unable To Obtain Fixed Formulas Needed For High Production Feed dealers throughout the Back Mountain Region, and for that matter throughout Luzerne County and northeastern Pennsylvania, are faced with the most severe shortage of dairy, poultry and other general purpose feeds in their history. Not within the memory of the oldest dealer has there been a time when their stocks were so low or so many County Growers Can Boost Their Net Cash Income A&P Expert Says Group Marketing Is The Solution Luzerne County’s 2,386 farm op- erators can increase their cash in- come as much as $142,000 a year on fruits, nuts and vegetables alone by working with retailers in devel- oping group marketing programs, it was estimated today by a leading distributor of Pennsylvania crops. “With approximately 90 farmers in this county and more than 17,000 farmers throughout Pennsylvania using farm marketing cooperatives to streamline wartime distribution, the general trend toward group ac- tion in marketing is one of the most important agricultural devel- opments in the state,” according to Earl R. French, marketing director of A & P’s produce-buying affiliate, the Atlantic Commission Company. “Our experience shows growers can boost their income 10 to 15 per cent by working together to pro- vide adequate volume and standard grade and pack, and by working with distributors to cut out unnec essary handling operations and cost. This 10 to 15 per cent would bring approximately $95,000 to $142,000 extra annually on fruits, nuts and vegetables alone to Luzerne county growers, who in one recent year re- ceived $951,634 from their sales of these products. Growers could sim- ilarly increase their cash income from other crops by group action,” French explained. As an indication of the effective- ness of cooperation between growers and distributors, French said econ- omies worked out through group marketing programs were one im- portant factor helping Pennsylvania growers to realize $1,983,459 last year for fresh fruits and vegetables sold through the Atlantic Commis- sion Company. With wartime food supply condi- tions emphasizing the need for shortening commercial distances between growers. and consumers, group marketing programs can not only aid ‘the ‘Food-for-Freedom” program but also provide a vitally important key to post-war farm prosperity, French declared. He pointed out that the ground- work for building these programs is already well prepared in Pennsylva- nia, which “group-markets” milk, cream, butter and other dairy prod- ucts, livestock, wool, poultry, eggs, mushrooms, grapes, apples, peaches, tomatoes, sweet corn and - lima beans. Kiefer Issues Tire Warnings Motorists’ Delay Will Jam Inspection Stations Tire inspection stations will run into a serious jam unless motorists cooperate by acting immediately to have their tires inspected, Fred M. Kiefer, Chairman of the Dallas War Price and Rationing Board, asserted yesterday. He warned that after January 31st it will be illegal for motorists to operate automobiles not approved for continuous operation. In the four weeks since the tire inspection plan went into effect on December 1st, only a small percen- tage of passenger automobiles have been inspected, Mr. Kiefer said. Four weeks remain and there is likely to be congestion at tire in- spection stations in the last few days before the January 31st dead- line unless motorists begin now to cooperate. Tire inspection stations Stephen Adler, 12: “I'm going to {have official OPA placards and they quit smearing red crayon on the |inspect tires under a schedule of guys at school to make people think | ceiling prices based on 25 cents a it’s lipstick.” (Continued on Page Eight) | car for simple inspection which does | not require removal of the tires. items in their lines exhausted. Many branded feeds and private formulas have disappeared from warehouses entirely and straight run feeds such as scratch grains, wheat and corn are almost as diffi- cult to obtain. Cause of the shortage is attribu- ted to transportation difficulties both into and out of the big mixing plants in Buffalo and other grain terminals. While there is no actual shortage in such grains as corn, oats and wheat, these feeds have usually been shipped to local deal- ers in mixed cars along with con- centrated and private formula feeds instead of in full car lots. Shortage In Formula Feeds Shortage of private formula feeds has delayed the making up of mixed cars and this in turn has delayed delivery of straight grains to local dealers. There is, however, an acute shortage of such concentrates as soya bean oil meal, linseed oil meal, cotton seed oil meal and gluten — concentrates which are a part of all scientifically balanced feeds evolved during the past 30 years for high production. All of these concen- trates .are used in greater or less proportions in private formula feeds, according to Stanley L. Moore, pro- prietor of Trucksville Mill, who is one of the local dealers who has had a difficult time supplying his custo- mers. Mr. Moore says there is like- wise a shortage of meat scraps, pow- dered milk and bone meal which have been diverted to other outlets because of the war. Results of these shortages will not be felt in the national economy, he believes, for a matter of two or three months, but he and all other feed dealers agree that they will be seriously felt then, He explains that the Government has asked the far- mer to produce more food, bus that the absence of formula feeds con- taining concentrates will seriously reduce production of meat, eggs, and butter. Dealer Gives Comparisons Using straight run grains under the old time feeding programs, Mr. Moore says, farmers could not achieve the high production they have come to expect during recent years on scientific feeding programs. He cited poultry meat as an ex- ample. “The broiler grower would find it impossible to grow fowl in confinement. during winter months on grains—it just can’t be done. Hens cannot be brought into egg (Continued on Page Five) Board Appoints Two Teachers Physical Education Job Is Still Open Ruth Rhys, Warrior Run, who has been substituting in the Commer- cial Department at Dallas Township High School was elected Monday night at a meeting of Dallas Town- ship School Board to continue in that capacity during the military leave of absence granted Miss Ko- zemchak who is now in training with the WAACs at Fort DesMoines. Miss Mary E. Whitby of Edwards- ville, a graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College, class of ’42, was elected to teach the primary grade replacing Mary Jackson, re- cently resigned. The Board deferred action on ap- pointing a physical education in- structor. Business before the Board was de- voted mainly to routine matters. President Fred M. Kiefer appointed three standing committees: Finance, Albert Jones and Fred M. Kiefer; Property, S. N. Goss, Fred Hughey and Ralph Elston; Teachers, S. N. Goss and Albert Jones. Noxen Postoffice Exam. The Civil Service Commission has announced that it will receive ap- plications until close of business on January 15, 1943, for the following postmasterships in Pennsylvania: Glenfield, Great Bend; Harmarville, Leesport, Marion, Center, Matamor- as, Noxen, Tionesta. s
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