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THE POST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1948
“The Totem Pole”
Harrisburg, January 22—Politics - throughout Pennsylvania are
beginning to squirm - not outwardly of course, but within the sanctum
of their inner offices and headquarters.
A strong undercurrent of repercussions is still being felt in Demo-
cratic circles over the announced presidential aspirations of Democrat
Henry A. Wallace as a third party®
bright light. leader in the State, who are now
Similarly there are silent groans
over the action of Pittsburgh's
former Mayor William V. McNair,
who has announced his intentions of
seeking the Democratic nomination.
Many feel that this is a good
thing in many ways. It may help
wake up the easy-going Democratic
State leadership, which of recent
years has been running close com-
petition with fabled Rip Van Winkle
and his great snooze.
plagued with worries of their own.
For example, Republicans face a
grueling battle over their many
prospective candidates and the 73
members of the Pennsylvania dele-
gation are in somewhat of a dither
over which side of the fence to
climb.
Many here are still rooting for
Senator Martin, but with the maze
of prospects being paraded before
their eyes, a slight tremor of waver-
ing here and there is noticeable.
There is little doubt but that Taft,
Dewey, Eisenhower and Stassen
For the moment the over-all
picture has changed somewhat.
Democrats who plodded con-
tentedly along their complacent
ways are at last beginning to worry
a little. They realize that both
Wallace and McNair can actually
do some damage to the State or-
. ganization by pulling support from
the party for themselves.
(Continued on page seven)
Township F.F.A. Boys
Attend Farm Show
A number of F. F. A. Boys from
Dallas Township attended the Farm
Show at Harrisburg last week ac-
companied by their sponsor Sheldon
Mosier.
Democratic leaders have said they
will file for President Truman, the
white hope of the party, but a loss
of face and patronage is in store
for Democrats of the Keystone State
if Truman is reelected and the
Pennsylvania Democrats are shown
to have permitted more than a few
votes to slip between their fingers
in favor of subordinate candidates.
While no one as yet thinks too
seriously of either Wallace or Mec-
Nair flying off with any honors
worth hooting about, they do realize
that a serious breach is possible,
which would tickle the Adam's
apple of every staunch Republican
Besides enjoying the show, they
went through the capital buildings
and the chocolate factory at Her-
shey.
Going on the trip were: Bob Carle,
Dana Race, Jay Bloomer, Dick Stine,
Bill Whipp, Joe Borton, Elmer Race,
Ferman Wesley, Bob Moore, Bob
Miller, Robert Parrish, Thomas
Kreidler, Anthony Soskowski,
Woody Redmond, Willard Race,
Earl Lamoreaux and Mr. Mosier.
~ Your Health >
Twenty years ago Dr. Chevalier
Jackson, of Philadelphia, first used
magnetism to extract a metallic
foreign object from the air pas-
sages of a human body.
Three years ago, a magnet was
used by physicians to remove a
padlock from a person’s stomach.
Since this latter case, the method
of extracting metallic objects from |
the food and air passages has been
greatly improved.
As only 10 per cent of foreign
bodies are magnetic and most safety
pins are now made of plastic in-
stead of metal, methods other than
magnetism must often be used to
extract foreign bodies from food
passages.
Many metallic foreign bodies in
the stomach, even if large, will be
uneventfully passed by older chil-
dren.
In babies under 18 months of age,
however, foreign bodies, if they
are of any appreciable size, are not
likely to be passed.
Surgical removal
group is hazardous.
The magnet apparatus is simple,
and offers a safe method of re-
moval if the object happens to be
metallic.
The patient is not severly taxed,
removal is usually rapid and anes-
thetics are not needed.
One physician reports six cases
of the use of the magnet in remov-
ing foreign bodies from the stomach
in ages ranging from seven months
to three years.
The objects removed included
three open safety pins, two nails,
and one bobby pin.
One of these cases involved a
fifteen-month old baby who had
been taken to a party at which
pastry diapers were served—and
each pastry diaper contained, of
all things, a safety pin!
in this age
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MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
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Appreciate Help
Shavertown, Pa.
Jan. 20, 1948
Mr. Howard Risley,
Dallas Post,
Dallas, Pa.
Dear Sir:
The Parent Teachers Association
of the Shavertown Grade School
wish to acknowledge with thanks
and to express their: appreciation
for the publicity given in The Dallas
Post in regard to recent issue of
securing traffic lights on the main
highway at the dangerous inter-
section. Your cooperation assisted
very much in furthering our en-
deavors.
Very truly yours,
Harriet Stahl, Secy.
Shavertown Grade School
P.T.A.
D of A Meeting
Mount Vale Council 224 Daugh-
ters of America, will meet at 1.0.O.F.
Hall Friday evening, January 23 at
7:30 P. M. Officers are urged to
wear white.
Whether Your Home
Is Large or Small
It
should be kept in condi-
. . . it is your home.
tion.
We make F.H.A. Loans
to repair and modernize
. and for insui-
The cost is $5.00
a year for each $100 bor-
homes . .
ation.
rowed.
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THE KINGSTON
NATIONAL BANK
Kingston Corners
Babson Belittles
Most Inflation
Talk As "Bunk"
Says Our Troubles
Are Just A Question
Of Supply and Demand
Babson Discusses Inflation
Babson Park, Fla., Jan. 22.—Most
of the talk about “inflation” is
bunk. When people have nothing
else to lay their troubles to they
lay it to inflation. Merchants blame
high prices on inflation; politicians
blame all losses on inflation; while
even farmers are blaming the wea-
ther on inflation. Certainly the
investigations which are being held
to study prices are mostly eyewash
or whitewash.
What Is Inflation?
Inflation is not the fault of the
farmers, manufacturers, retailers or
any other one group. In fact, there
is no such thing as “inflation”.
Our troubles are just a question
of Supply and Demand. When
there is more demand for goods
than there is supply, prices go up
and they call it inflation; but when
there are more goods than there
is demand, prices go down, and
they call it deflation.
This means that the only cure
for high prices, or inflation so-called,
is either to curtail buying or to
increase production. This means
that the cure is up to" all of us.
When we spend less, we are help-
ing to reduce prices; while if we in-
crease our buying, we increase
prices, The only other cure for
high prices is to produce more. This
is up to labor. , The real trouble
with labor is not wages so much
as it is restricted working hours
and faulty production.
What Should We Expect?
We should expect to continue
to pay high prices for real estate
until building increases, and the
only way that building will increase
is to allow rents to go up. Price
fixing also retards production. So
long as production is low then we
are troubled by high prices. Take
the ceiling off rents and, of course,
rents would go up for a while, but
that would mean building would
increase, and finally rents would
go down. Only then would we all
have enough homes at a reasonable
price.
We complain about the price of
meat and various' other things, but
sooner or later the price of these
products will be so high and the
profits so attractive it will cause
many more people to go into the
business of raising cattle and other
farm produce, and manufacturing
other things that have gone up in
price. These prices will again fall.
It is true that the “mills of God”
grind slowly, but they grind ulti-
mately in the people’s interests.
Labor unions succeed in raising
money wages but not real wages.
Unless wageworkers increase pro-
duction as their wages increase,
they are no better off in the end.
“What Has Happened To Citrus ?
What has happened to the mar-
ket for grapefruit and oranges is
proof of all that I have said. It
costs much more to raise citrus
fruit today than ever before. Wages
are much higher, fertilizer is more
expensive, and even the railroad
freights are greater. Yet, the prices
for citrus fruits today are less than
they were when the ocst of pro-
duction was much lower. If all
our troubles are due to “inflation”,
inflation should help the citrus
growers with higher prices to over-
come these higher costs.
The answer is that there is no
such thing as ‘inflation’. It is only
a question of supply and demand.
Citrus growers do not benefit un-
less there is more demand for their
products. Right here in Florida
we see the cattle people very pros-
perous while the fruit growers are
very sad. The reason is that there
is an excess demand for meat with
a small supply, while there is a
big supply of citrus and a small
demand. Neither the price of beef
nor the price of citrus is due to
“inflation”.
What Shall Housewives Do ?
We all should buy the things
which are in surplus supply rather
than, through habit, continue to
buy the high-priced things. The
next time you go shopping ask
the clerk to give you a list of the
things that haven’t gone up, and
then change your food customs to
using those things. This also ap-
plies to shoes, clothing, and house-
hold furnishings. Now that the
turn of the year is past and there
are ‘‘sales” going on, this is the
time to do your buying. Wise
buyers will stock up with goods
during the month of January while
these mark-down sales are in prog-
ress.
PNS
The land comprising what is now
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
was granted to William Penn by
King Charles II, of England, on
{March 4, 1681.
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A Barnyard Notes ;
Pleasant Surprise
Bud Silverman received a pleasant surprise a few nights ago while
browsing through the new recordings at DeRemer’s Radio Clinic.
was impressed by the cover on a new Artie Shaw Album. Looking at
it more closely he found the signature of his nephew, Howard Koslow of
New York City, who is doing excellent work as one of the younger com
mercial illustrators of the country. A graduate of Pratt Institute, Koslow
has done work for Kay Kaiser and Empire Record Co., a new British
concern. , :
Herkimer Returns
Herkimer, Mrs. Andrew Bittenbender’s Scotch Collie, is home again
after having the family upset during a day and night of the coldest wea-
ther this year—but he bears the scars of travel. After a brief visit to
Sterling Barnes’ Fairlawn Store at Huntsville, “Herkie” started for home,
but long after nightfall he had failed to reach there. Alone at the time,
Mrs. Bittenbender called all the neighbors, and the Dallas Post, but no-
body had seen a stray Collie. !
About 10 o'clock she contacted a neighbor who said she had seen /
a Collie some three miles distant and that he might still be there playing i
with other dogs in a field. The hours slipped by. There was no car. fl
There was no one at home to help her search for ‘“Herkie”’. Then Dodie :
came home after twelve o'clock. Mrs. Bittenbender told him the story. 3}
Car or no car he decided to start out on foot in ten below zero weather
and find his dog.
The cold fields were bright under a shining moon. Three miles from
home in an open field Dodie found the wayfarer and guided him home. i]
The family was delighted. There was no punishment for Herkie despite . 0
the inconvenience. He had had punishment enough. Somehow his side
had been ripped open, either by a passing car, barbed wire, or another
dog. Next morning a veterinary sewed the hide back together with a | A
dozen stitches, but there was still a spot where there was no hide to sew.
We often wonder who owns who. Does the master own the dog—
or is it the other way ‘round ?
Cat Tail :
While we're on the subject of animals, two old maids lived together,
with their cats. Their life was sheltered and circumspect as is traditional
with old maids.
They imposed equally high standards on their cats, which were ; ht
never allowed out at night, among other things.
Finally one of the old gals found herself a boy friend. Eventually . |
she left to get married.
During the honeymoon, the other old gal got a wire: “Don’t care
what you do with your cat—but turn mine loose.”
End of an Era
Forty years of happy business association came to a se a few
days ago when Mrs. Joseph Schooley sold her dairy herd.
Ever since the late Harry Harter established his first route, milk :
from the Schooley farm has gone to Trucksville Dairy. At first Mr. Har- i
ter purchased it from the late Ziba Schooley, later from his son, Joe, i
and finally from Joe’s widow, Jane. $F
The relationships were always cordial and each succeeding year the ; i
Schooleys and the Harters marked the anniversary with a party. During ¥ |
all those years there was never a question of quality, price, or payment. i
There was once, Marion and her son, Sherman, like to recall, when it
was a question of who needed the money most.
Harry had just given Ziba Schooley a check for the month’s milk.
35 encr
“I don’t know who needs it most, you or me,” said Harry, grinning. = il
Amused, Mr. Schooley looked at him with fatherly compassion. “I believe ? !
you do, Harry. If you need it, take it,” and Harry did—returning it with i
the next month’s payment. i
The Paths of Glory
We hesitate to quote again from The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine,
but so many readers have spoken to us about the item on Dr. Frederick ie
Douglass Stubbs in last week’s column that we think that there might
also be interest in the Notes which appear monthly for the Class 1878.
They are written by William D. Parkinson, Newtonville, Mass., and
have attracted the interest of thousands of Dartmouth Alumni through- gp
out the world who would ordinarily be interested only in their own class =
Notes or those of classes who were in college with them. ER
There are five living members in that class of ’78 that graduated |
just seventy years ago this June. Here is the way their secretary bravely 3
writes the notes each month. These are from the December magazine: | J
“Bouton has given up variable star-observing and has had his ob-
servatory fitted up showing sunspots to visitors. He walks for daily -
exercise, but very slowly. He also reads slowly, and falls asleep while
doing so; had his glasses renewed like Parkhurst. He observed his ninety-
first birthday November 2.
“Hayt tries to keep his garden in shape. He has trouble with his
eyes for reading . . . . He thinks the statesmen in Washington don’t
appear to get very far in keeping up with inflation, which we really
have. When you have to pay a dollar for a pound of bacon and ten cents
for a nice, big apple it looks as if something was inflated.” 3
Parkinson (Note, Parkinson is the writer—Editor) when offered a
ride with his son’s wife and daughter . . . made a call on Parkhurst, at
his home at Oak Knoll. He was having a bad day, and spending most
of it in bed .... He relates in interesting manner, how after
years as principal of Winchester High School, he was persuaded by Mr. ®
Edward Ginn to enter his business. He gives great credit both to Mr. >
Ginn's generous sagacity as a business man, and to his own success in
taking advantage of the opportunity offered him. Beginning as an agent
for High School books, he soon became a.partner, in charge of manufac- a
turing, under the name of the Atheneum Press. After four years he R
became treasurer of the concern and remained there until he retired i)
in 1933. !
“Parkinson, like Bouton, falls asleep, not while reading — for he
cannot read — with any device he has yet discovered. Standing and . >
waiting for busses is one of his chief occupations; and even at that he’
will fall over, if he doesn’t lean against a post to keep his balance.
“Tarbell observed his ninety-fifth birthday November 16. Still seems
to hold his own as the best conditioned of the five of us. He reads,
writes, and walks moderately; eats well and breathes well. Has had some |
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difficulty in hearing general conversation, but hears without difficulty
when addressed directly.
“This is likely to be the last issue of the Class Notes for the Class
of 1878 as the Secretary is losing his capacity as a correspondents; but
the class is likely to be heard from from time to time.” 4
Parkinson’s ominous forewarning is borne out in the January maga-
There are no Notes for the Class of 1878. fa ||
This brave little band of classmates, all past ninety, await the in- i
evitable hour. Bravely, as Scott’s freezing men awaited it in the ant- ‘BH
arctic; Perry's starving comrades in the Arctic; trapped submariners on
the Nautilus; our own entombed miners at Truesdale.
An example of courage for all of us. Let us hope that we, too, can
face it as bravely when the time comes.
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