Editorially Speaking:
The Big Show Is Ready To Start
There is nothing in the world quite like an American political
race.
In these disordered times, the voters take the candidates
and their platforms seriously, as the unusually heavy primary
votes in various states demonstrate.
However, there is also a
touch of the sporting event and the amusement enterprise to the
campaigns.
That is why otherwise dignified candidates, with
few exceptions, pose in Indian war bonnets, pretend to fish
while wearing natty lounge suits, and join weird organizations
which demand that the new member sign the oath in his own
blood.
This year the active candidates have followed the tradition and
given the photographers what they wanted. Dewey and Stassen,
of course, have been the most active by far, with barnstorming
tours reminiscent of the days before radio.
And now, on the
eve of the nominating conventions, the experts are turning out
their final guesses which, like financial statements, are based on
information believed accurate, but are not guaranteed.
Curiously enough, a real show-down fight came in Oregon—
a state which will have only 12° of the Republican convention's
1,094 delegates, and so will have practically no voting influence
on the outcome,
Stassen chose Oregon for a battleground.
There are various reasons why Dewey and
It is reported that
Dewey said that he was sick of seeing delegations go to Stassen
by default, and he was determined to take his case to the people.
Then, Oregon is supposed to be a pretty accurate barometer of
sentiment throughout the West.
Finally, it is small in popula-
tion, which made it possible for an unusually large percentage
of its voters ‘to see the candidates in person,
hands.
and shake their
Even the strongest Stassen backers reeled at the result. It was
felt, before Dewey appeared on the scene, that Stassen was a
cinch. The former governor of Minnesota got exactly what he
wanted when Dewey accepted his challenge to a nationally broad-
cast radio debate on what to do about the communists in America.
Whether or not that debate determined the issue is an unanswer-
able question, but it was the high spot of the campaign.
A few
days later Oregon voted and Stassen lost.
This has probably reduced Stassen’s chances to within a danger-
ous distance of zero.
As columnist Doris Fleeson has said, “It
will take shrewd maneuvering to produce even the vice-presi-
dency for the young Minnesotan.”
His defeat in Oregon is
roughly comparable to the ruinous setback Kilkie received in
Wisconsin when he made his second try.
However, it is doubtful if the Oregon victory has particularly
improved Dewey’s chances.
race.
He had to get it just to stay in the
His margin—around 9,000 votes—was substantial but not
sufficient to make him look like an overwhelming choice of the
people.
No candidate, it must be emphasized, has anywhere near en-
ough early-balloted delegates to win.
Taft has 111, and Stassen 141.
ate. Dewey has 273.
list of favorite sons will get the rest.
It will take 548 to nomin-
A long
So, it is the second choice
votes that all the leading contenders have been trying to sew up.
And his is a very complex affair.
A state’s delegations may be
solid as cement when it comes to first choice, but be divided
among several aspirants after that.
That is why the fact that a candidate may go to the convention
with a big lead over the next contender doesn’t necessarily mean
a thing. Talk is still going around to the effect that once Taft
or Dewey sees that he can’t get a majority they will combine their
votes to nominate one or the other.
It might happen that way,
but the realists who have been watching politics for a long time
don’t think so.
They haven't sufficient iron-clad control over
their delegates to vote them the way they want indefinitely. On
top of that, no candidate has behind” him ‘the terrific, last-ditch
enthusiasm that can overcome all obstacles.
The United States News recently polled Congress as to what
Republican candidate would be most competent at the helm of
State.
A majority of the senators and representatives replied,
and Taft came out on top by a goodly margin—some 60 per cent
of those offering opinions thought that he would do an excellent
job. This is a testimonial to the Senator’s undoubted grasp of
the involved mechanics of government, his integrity, and his
courage to fly in the face of popular sentiment when he thinks the
majority is wrong. But, even so, Taft's chances are only fair.
A great deal will depend on the number of ballots that are
cast.
If it goes on long enough without any one getting near to
a majority, the organization may get behind a candidate who
isn’t particularly in the public eye, and put him over.
That al-
ways happens if the leaders cancel each other out.
Both conventions will probably give more than usual attention
to the selection of their vice-presidential candidates.
It may not
be pleasant to say it—but the burden of the presidency is so vast
these ‘days that the qualities and character of the second man on
the ticket are nearly as important as those of the first.
FROM_
PILLAR TO POST
By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
Grandmothers are once more coming into their own.
See any popular magazine for elaboration of
finds her spot in the sun.
the theme song.
The implication is clearly that grandmother has been gypped for lo
these many years laid on the shelf, sidetracked so to speak, but that
now, bless her doddering old heart,
she is being permitted to rock the
baby in front of the fireplace, toast-
ing her own toes the while. She
is even allowed by special dispens-
ation, to change the daily dozen at
such times as the youthful parents
may feel the urge to roam.
That place in the sun, to speak
from purely personal observation,
occasionally becomes somewhat
overheated, due to solar radiation
or perhaps to the multiplicity of
detail arising from the care of the
small fry.
“Just call me George, and let
me do it”, is the motto for the
streamlined model of present day
grandmother. Far from sitting at
ease in front of the fire with a
complacent infant across the knees,
however, the good old crone dashes
from pillar to post changing under-
pinning on the twins, changing
didies on the newborn, removing
the eldest from the soup of a
a neighborhood fracas, cleaning up
the house and feeding a large and
hungry male as well as several
lesser bottomless pits.
And this, brother, is as it should
be, a natural outgrowth of a mis-
spent youth in the course of which
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Smoke Filled House
Causes Fire Seare
Smoke from wood fire in an
open kitchen range, called out Dr.
Henry M. Laigg Fire Company Sun-
day afternogh at, 5:25.
The smoking range was in the
home of Elizabeth Parrish at the
intersection of Huntsville and Par-
rish streets. When firemen arrived
the house was completely filled
with dense smoke.
Grandmother |
D aLLas Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Vol. 58, No. 24
Gathered for the last group pic-
ture of its high school career, the
FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1948
Youngblood, Esther Purvin, Made-
line Kaleta, Kathryn Smith, Doris
Class of Forty-Three Seniors Graduates At Kingston Township
bian, Anne Griffiths, Jean Johnson,
Lorraine Casterline, Lorraine Turn-
6 CENTS PER COPY
Milton Lutsey, William Long, Rob-
ert Shewan, Howard Miller, Richard
Dallas Supply
Expands Store
Addition Will Permit
Display Of More Lines
In order to expand its lines and
keep apace with a growing com-
munity, Dallas Hardware and Sup-
ply is building a 48x48 addition to
its store on Church Street.
The work is moving alonggrapidly
under the dirgction of Clyde Veitch
who plans ta install«the roof next
week. rs Don and
Emerson Veitch and other ‘car-
penters. .
When completed Dallas Hard-
ware and Supply will have a build-
ing 110 feet long by 48 feet wide
with a large cellar under the en-
tire structure for warehouse pur-
poses. Construction of the addi-
tion is the third major expansion
that the firm has made in three
years.
Commenting on the construction,
Lawrence Updyke, owner, said this
week, “we are going to keep right
on expanding to meet the needs
of this community. The people of
the
proved to us that they want service
and merchandise equal to and su-
perior to what they can get any-
where else. It has been our aim
from the beginning to live up to
their expectations. It is conven-
ient to shop in Dallas and we aim
to make it still more convenient
by carrying complete lines of every-
thing home owners and farmers
may want to buy.
The new addition will give us
the space to carry more complete
displays of floor coverings, out-
door porch furniture, water pumps,
modern kitchens, bathrooms and all
types of home electrical appli-
ances.”
Two Doe Deer Visit
Dallas On Wednesday
Two large doe deer apparently
from the Newberry Estate made an
early morning survey of Dallas
gardens on Wednesday.
Their travels took them as far
as Lehman Avenue where they in-
vestigated Ralph Rood’s bee hives
and then continued to Floyd and
Roger Harris's garden #bout 6:30.
Soon tiring of village life they
bounded up over the hill to Earl
Monk’s home on Pine Crest avenue,
thence across Huntsville road to
the Newberry lands.
Most Property Owners Meet
Borough's June 1 Deadline
Arrival of the June 1 deadlipe
set by Dallas Borough Council for
the installation of septic tanks to
prevent raw sewage from entering
Toby’s Creek found the majority
that swork will start shortly.
A new septic tank and drainage
field is being installed at Back
Mountain Memorial Library at con-
siderable cost to comply with the
of Main Street business places and | Borough ordinance.
home owners complying.
There are still two or
A spokesman for Borough Coun-
three | cil said this week, that failure to
properties where work on sumps|comply with the ordinance within
and septic tanks has not been |a reasonable period of grace will
started; but those who have not | bring arrest and fines.
complied have informed Council
Back Mountain region have!
Parrish Heights and the refuge of ||
Go On After All
Most Shriners Regret
Unfavorable Publicity
At a meeting of the Mounted |
Patrol of A.O.M/S. Monday*night
at Irem Templ¢ Country Club ac-
tion was taken to reconsider aban-
donment of the Irem Horse Show
for the benefit of Crippled Children,
and the show will go on as pre-
viously scheduled starting Thurs-
day July 29 and “continuing for
four days.
Dwight - K. Fisher, Pioneer ave-
nue, will be show chairman, Den-
ton Durland, captain, and Peter
M. Malkemes, Trucksville, secre-
tary.
Cash awards have been increased
from $10,000 to $13,000 and there
will be hundreds of trophies for
the many events which have al-
ready attracted entries from all
over the country. The show is
now a member of the American
Horse Show . Association Incorpor-
ated.
Fly To Convention
Harry Ohlman, Dan Robinhold
and David Jenkins have returnéd
from Atlantic City where; they at-
tended the Shriners’ Cofivention
on Tuesday and Wednesday. They
trio flew to the resort on Tuesday
morning in Mr. Jenkins plane. They
returned home Wednesday eve-
ning. 4
Announces Natona's
On Increase
Two Weeks In June
Exceed May and April
Officers of the State Highway
Patrol are giving Dallas Borough
officials excellent cooperation in the
enforcement of the motor vehicle
code according to Joseph MacVeigh,
president of Borough Council.
They have made numerous ar-
rests during the past few weeks
Mr. MacVeigh said. During April
fines amounted to $15. During
May this amount was more than
doubled. With three weeks yet
to go in June fines to date ex-
ceed the totals for both April and
May.
“It is not Council’s desire to
collect fines”, Mr. MacVeigh said,
“but we are anxious to promote
highway safety both for the ve-
hicle driver and for the pedestrian;
if fines have to be imposed to bring
this point home, the sooner mo-
torists learn that Dallas means
business, the better it will be for
all concerned.”
Landmark Is Razed
The venerable old barn that has
been a playgyound for generations
of Dallas Youngsters back of the
former Albertsen-house on Church
street is being razed by the new
owners, Glenburn Realty Company,
a subsidery of Natona Mills.
Vacation Schedule
JOHN McCUSKER
John McCusker; general manager
of Natona Mills has announced the
plant’s summer vacation schedule
which will effect its more than/325
employees. /
The main vacation i a
extend from July 3 through*July
11 with work resuming on Monday
July 12. More than 300 employees
will have their vacations during
this period.
The leavers and leavers auxiliary,
twenty-four employees, and the
ft “bobbinet auxiliary,
ployees, will have their
from July 26 through
Vacation “period for the eleven
tenter frame and dye house em-
ployees in the dye house is still
indefinite, but they will be notified
two or three weeks in advance.
The dye house vacation period is
contingent upon the arrival of a
new boiler for the power house.
Class of 1948 poses in front of the | Kemmerer, Norma Anthony, Shir-|er, Margaret Morgan, Mafolda | Glace, William Hanna, George
main entrance to Kingston Town- | ley Kleigleng, Marilyn Cooper, Betty | Spaciano, Nancy Smith, David | Cleasby, Clinton Smith, Robert
ship High School. The class re-| Smith, Nancy Myrick. Cairns, Robert Antanaitis. Gregory, John Novicki, - Floyd
ceived its diplomas at Commence- Second row: Paul Laux, Robert Third row: Wayne Graybill, | Evans. Absent: Cecelia Kasaba.
ment Exercises on Tuesday night. | Coons, Raymond Ackerman, Gloria | Eugene Evans, Sheldon Culver,
First row, (left to right) Marilyn | Sickler, Nancy Ness, Aurelia Fa-| John Holdredge, Robert Kemmerer,
Horse Show Will | Traffic Fines Pilot Yor Arfillery
LT. CHESTER J. SUTTON
First Lieutenant Chester J. Sut-
ton, A. C. of Lehman, a Veteran
of thirty missions as pilot of a B-
17 airplane over Europe, has been
assigned to the air section of 967
Armored Field Artillery Battalion
as Laison Plane Pilot.
Lt. Sutton is a graduate of the
Lehman High School and attended
Lafayette College. He enlisted in
the Air Corp August, 1940 from
Wilkes-Barre. He was a Weather
observer at Langley Field, Virginia;
Westover Field, Massachusetts; and
Presque Isle, Maine. Lt. Sutton
was commissioned and received his
Pilots Wings at the Air Corp Ad-
vanced School, Blytheville, Arkan-
sas.
Oversas in the ETO, Lt. Sutton
was assigned to the 423rd Bomb
Squadron of the 306th Bomb Group
of the 8th Air Force. He was re-
lieved from active duty in August,
1945. Lt. Sutton is married and
has two children. He is Field Exe-
cutive of the Wyoming Valley
Council of the Boy Scouts of Amer-
ica with offices located in Wilkes-
Barre Deposit and Savings Bank
Building in Wilkes-Barre.
Each battalion of Field Artillery
has an air section consisting of two
pilots and the necessary ground
crew and mechanics. The planes
are light planes and are used pri-
marily by the Artillery for observa-
tion of enemy activities and for
conducting artillery fire upon en-
emy forces. The planes carry no
weapons and depend entirely upon
their maneuverability in the air
and their ability to land almost
anywhere to escape hostile air-
craft. With the employment of
light airplanes and the principles
of massing fire power in great
strength the Artillery of the United
States Army has no equal in the
| world.
by motorcycle exhausts, Pennsyl-
vania State Police recently arrest-
ed four motorcyclists at the traffic
lights on Main street. The owners
were fined a total of $40 and costs
when given a hearing before Justice
DALLAS 2
BOX SCORE
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
Serious accidents since V-J Day
Hospitalized Killed
11
1 1
20 4
2
3 1
2
31
Timberman's Car
Badly Damaged
Long Was En Route
To Lake Champlain
Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Long,
Sweet Valley, suffered a number of
bruises and abrasions when their
car, a 1940 Chevrolet, collided with
a truck Thursday evening near
Scotia, New York.
They were driving behind a line
of traffic consisting of two cars
and a truck, when they speeded up
and passed the two cars; as they
attempted to pass, the truck whip-
ped out to make a left hand turn
without giving any signal and
smashed into the Long’s vehicle.
The front of Long's car was
smashed.
Charles Long d family, includ-
ing June Long a sister, who is a
registered nurse; ent to Scotia
Thursday to bring their parents
home,
Mr. Long was on “his way to
Whitehall, N. Y., near Lake Champ-
lain to purchase 1,900 acres of
timberland. A 10-man crew will
start timbering in two to three
weeks to cut white pine, hemlock
and oak for market.
Blast Ruptures
1,300-Volt Cable
Dallas residents in and near
Douglas Culp’s building develop-
ment on the Tunkhannock Highway
just above the “Y” were given a
scare as the 13,000 volt Luzerne
County Gas and Electric Company's
feeder cable from the Swoyerville
Sub-Station fell to the ground
about one o'clock yesterday after-
noon. A sheet of electrical flames
5 to 6 feet high kept all spectators
at a healthy distance.
The cable, weakened by succes-
sive vibrations from blasts of dyn-
amite “set off ‘by Me Cuip mn ex-
cavating for the homes, fell a min-
ute or two after the second blast
of the day. No debris hit the cable
so it was judged that the vibrations
knocked it down.
The Dallas Fire Company was
called and re-routed traffic. The
Gas and Electric Company's en-
gineer, “Butch” Nesbitt and a re-
pair crew restored service after an
hour. The accident caused, some
inconvenience in Dallas and threw
the fire siren out of commission
so that firemen had to be sum-
moned by still alarm. At Common-
wealth Telephone Company offices
operators had to use auxiliary man-
ual equipment to ring subscribers.
Home refrigerators were defrosted
and business places using motors
on light lines were unable to con-
tinue operations.
Permits Issued
For Four Homes
All Are Being Built
In Heights Section
New home construction which
Dallas Borough for several months]
continues brisk. (Pd
Permits for four new homes rang-
ing in value from $6,500 up have
been issued during the past week
by Building Inspector James Be-
secker.
Included are new homes on
Parrish Heights, being built by
Postmaster Joseph Polacky; home
on Maplewood, Archie Bush; home
on Parrish Heights, Joseph Wallo,
and a home on Elizabeth street be-
ing built by Frank Michael.
BANKERS’ HOURS
Starting tomorrow, Satur-
day, June 12, the Dallas Post
will be closed Saturdays in
order that the editor and his
wife can get some gardening
done,
Four Motor Cyclists Are Fined
For Driving Without Mufflers
In a drive to abate noise made|of the Peace James Besecker.
Two of the owners were from
Kingston and two from Wilkes-
Barre. All were fined for operating
their vehicles without mufflers and
one was fined for not having a
driver's license.
has been on the upward trend in ,
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