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RECORD OF LOCAL EVENTS     
DECEMBER 1939

22.  Court upholds 1934 ruling reducing Exeter and Kingston councils from 14 to 7 members. . . All records for Christmas mail broken. . . Governor James demands “Square Deal” for State in WPA funds. . . Court dismisses ouster proceeding against four Ashley councilmen . . . 1,219 county residents admitted to citizenship in 1939 . . . William E. BUFALINO of Pittston Rome scholarship winner . . . Inch of snow covers region . . . Glennon’s Brewery at Pittston sold to James DOUGHERTY.
23.  Gordon COOKE of New York elected president of D. L. & W. Coal Company . . . 1939 county records show highway deaths on increase.
25.   Christmas snow makes icy streets and highways.
26.  Army engineers adopt flood control plan of storage and pumping . . . Attorney Max ROSENN named receiver for Tyler’s Dress Shop . . . Cold wave grips valley.
27.  Lois DELANEY of Pittston valley’s 24th spinal meningitis fatality of year. . .Emma BALLAMY named State Nurses’ examiner. . . 36 couples apply for marriage licenses in one day. . . First National Bank of Berwick marks 75th anniversary . . . B. H. CARPENTER recounts rise of valley’s transit system.
28.  Governor JAMES addresses St. John’s Day dinner . . . Property Owners’ Association protests as City Council passes budget and increases tax millage to 14-l/2.
29.  City firemen receive honor certificate. . . Heavy snowfall covers valley . . . Harry J. CONNOLLY of Scranton heads Pennsylvania Coal Company.
30.  Rev. C.E. CARROLL of Florida new pastor of Parrish Street Methodist Church. . . R.R. VAN HORN succeeds A.J. LLEWELLYN as president Luzerne County Gas & Electric Corporation. . . St. Ignatius’ Church buys four Kingston properties. . . Dress factory to open at Hudson.
31.  West Nanticoke hermit found starved in cave.

JANUARY 1940
1.  Daily newspapers publish list of 10,000 properties for sale for delinquent taxes . . . New city and county officials take office. . . County Commissioners fire about 100 . . . Consolidation of Polish Women’s Mutual Aid Society with Polish Roman Catholic Union of America completed. . . Y.M.C.A. minstrels omitted for first time since 1909.
 2.  City school board awards insurance. . . Larksville to have new theater. . . Anthracite tonnage plan approved by companies.
 3.  Coal prices raised 50 cents on larger sizes . . . Scranton parents leave four children with relief officials . . .City Council reorganizes.
 5.  Dr. and Mrs. J.J. KOCYAN receive letter from daughter missing since German invasion of Poland in September. . . Snow storm blankets region.
 6.  State Police raid lottery sponsored by Nanticoke firemen . . . Kingston Coal men told of opening plan . . . Grand jury declines to indict 45 defendants charged with fraudulently wasting $2,000,000 in highway funds.
 7.  Fire damages Calvary Evangelical Church at West Nanticoke. . . Burglar alarm firm takes over North State Street plant. . . NRLB rules UMWA bargaining agent for Alden and Steven Coal Company men. . . Burgess Edward OLCZAK reported missing on eve of Duryea Borough council’s reorganization, returns fives days later without reason for absence.
 8.  Democrats hold Jackson Day dinner. . . J. B. WARRINER declares solution of bootleg mining problem must be “humanitarian” . . . Bill KERN of Wilkes-Barre resigns as coach of Carnegie Tech football team., later being appointed at West Virginia University.  
 9.  Wyoming Laundry damaged by $15,000 fire. . . 28 valley banks make few changes at reorganization meetings.
11.  Warden William B. HEALEY and entire prison staff reappointed . . . Luzerne Borough has two police forces in factional fight . . . Dorothy JAMES stricken ill at Miami, Fla . . . Federal Judge WATSON promises lawyers cooperation in efforts to establish Federal court branch office at Wilkes-Barre. . . County school directors hear State Senator F.S. EDMONDS AT 50TH annual session.
13.  Former employees of bankrupt Wyoming Valley Collieries Company accept proposal of Louis PAGNOTTI for reopening of operations. . . Ben RHYS and Ambrose LANGAN appointed county assessors.
14.  Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at Pittston destroyed by $75,000 fire . . . High wind damages valley properties . . . Col. W. Stewart RODDIE of England speaker at Y.M.H.A.
15.  Mr. and Mrs. Edgar BEEMAN observe 50th wedding anniversary . . . Miners and operators ask State to regulate anthracite production . . . County assessors appoint 18 . . . Veteran policemen discharged by West Pittston Council. . . Harry M. WEIR named Kingston fire chief.
16.  County commissioners name 175 to posts . . . Colliery schedules hit highest total since May . . . A.N. WILLIAMS elected president Lehigh Valley Railroad . . . State Police units in Third Squadron consolidated . . . Jitterbug dancers hit by edict . . . Federal Court approves reorganization petition for bankrupt East Boston Coal Company.
17.  Two pedestrians killed by autos in 24 hours . . . School board accepts Edward Mackin School in East End section . . . Luther KNIFFEN again heads Shrine.
18.  Airport airline passenger revenue averages $1,000 monthly . . . Survey shows bootlegging of coal on increase as Governor JAMES indorses stabilization plan for industry. . . Cold wave strikes region.
19.  Mine official urge RFC loan to Kingston Coal Company . . . 15 from county indicted by Federal Court for sales of rubbing alcohol to men for drink . . . Stanley SHIVELL succeeds John SHIVELL as Plains school director . . . Nanticoke firs three cops, fourth resigns . . . Fire damages Sacred Heart Church at Dupont, with Rev. Clarence SIKORSKI injured in fighting blaze.
20.  Fire razes historic Mountain Scenery Hotel in Hazle Township.
21.  General Joseph HALLER, Polish hero, addresses 3,000 in Irem Temple.
22.  Amedo OBICI and Sheldon R. COONS, city natives, among 400 highest paid men in 1938 . . . Eight new plants obtained by Industrial Fund . . . Deposit and Savings Bank building at Kingston to be torn down.
23.  Voluntary operator-miner agreement drafted to aid anthracite stabilization . . . Delinquent tax property sale postponed to February 28.
24.  Three Plymouth students accused of “selling” exam papers, new tests given 250 students . . . Last street cars to Forty Fort, trackless trolleys taking over . . . Race horse betting rooms in county raided by State and city Police . . . Plymouth Borough takes steps to curb spreading meningitis epidemic . . . Socialist Norman THOMAS speaks in city.
25.  Fire damages former Grand Opera house . . . Three die, three more stricken with meningitis . . . Miss Alice HOBAN selected as valley’s “Scarlet O’Hara”.
26.  Court decision gives former City Treasurer KELLY $2,268 in back pension . . . County Controller BIERLY urges $8,000,000 loan for county. 
27.  Two Valley trainmen killed in head on collision of two trains near Rochester.
28.  Rev. George F. HAINES resigns Wyoming Baptist Church pastorate . . . F.W. LEAMY elected chairman of Anthracite Producer’s Advisory Board.
29.  City municipal hospital proves worth in meningitis fight . . . 250 Meyers students strike for retention of teacher . . .  Discharged Duryea woman locks stone quarry against WPA project.  
30.  Pennsylvania Conference on Social Welfare opens 32nd session.
31.  Mrs. Harriet GRAHAM of Ashley marks 85th birthday . . .Governor JAMES appoints new board for Nanticoke State Hospital.  

FEBRUARY
 1.  Second novel of Mrs. Zelda F. POPKIN published . . . Col. Vladimir HURBAN, Czechoslovakian minister, addresses social welfare conference.
 2.  Forty-one taproom proprietors in control area cited for alleged violations. . . County Treasurer WALLIS declares owners of 4,890 properties with taxes due cannot be found by mail. . . Verne J. JACOX to resign as county’s chief probation officer. . . Junior League presents Follies.
3.  Miners return from Columbus convention . . . F.M. DEVENDORF retires as Y.M.C.A. secretary.
 4.  Mrs. Georgiana GREENE marks 88th birthday. . . Wyoming gas main break perils families.
5.  Mrs. and Mrs. Robert SCHWARTZ wed 60 years. . . Attorney E.C. MARIANELLI appointed Luzerne County Institution District solicitor.
6.  Community life disrupted by wave of colds and grip . . . Utilities honor Robert R. VAN HORN and Albert J. LLEWLLYN at dinner. . . Planters Peanut Company reports net profit of $567,078 for 1939. 
 7.  President A.N. WILLIAMS of Lehigh Valley Railroad scores proposed St. Lawrence Seaway at Traffic Club dinner. . . County medical society discusses meningitis epidemic, 13th death of the year occurs . . . Fire damages Cahalan School building at Swoyerville . . . Estate of M.E. COMERFORD valued at nearly two million.
10. Traction company opens trackless trolley service to West Pittston on West Side.
11.  Joseph NEWBERGER, former city resident, killed in North Carolina plane crash.
12.  Governor JAMES, accompanied by Judge E. Foster HELLER, speaks at Grand Rapids, Mich., Lincoln Day dinner. . . Mrs. Jennie SMITH of Coxton defies Kehoe-Berge Coal Company as it moves to close abandoned mine drift which she claimed was on her property.  
13.  Mr. and Mrs. Isaac M. MAJOR wed 50 years . . .Rev. Trucker G. HUMPHRIES assumes Puritan Church pastorate. . . County to sell $500,000 bond issue . . . Attorney John J. DEMPSEY, Jr. of Plymouth admitted to bar. . . William E. WEINECK heads Nanticoke State Hospital board . . . County ranked 124th in nation in value of manufactured products produced . . . Mrs. Catherine JONES, John L. BRACE and John L. PARRY named to county positions . . . County leads State in “job mobilization” campaign.
14. Twelve inch snowstorm ties up Northeastern Pennsylvania traffic . . . Allegheny Forest Experimental Station opened at new Kingston post office building . . .Victor ANDREOLI, serving life term for slaying of Trooper BROSKE, and Carl NAGLE, two of 10 prisoners who try to tunnel way out of Eastern Penitentiary. . . Osterhout Free Library to close Mondays to curtail its expenses.
15.  Mr. and Mrs. R.T. YOUNG of Slocum wed 50 years . . . Three escape asphyxiation at Wyoming Boro . . . Three passenger locomotives derailed by snow.
16.  Faith Hope Charity HARDING of Trucksville offered $10,000 by New York group if she can prove claims of prophetic powers . . . David J. DAVIS succeeds Oscar ELTERICH on West Pittston Council.  
18.  Motorists complain to State Highway Department on blocked highways after storm of February 14.
19.  R.R. VAN HORN resigns as Plymouth School director, succeeded by Charles KAUFER . . . Judge Thomas F. FARRELL rules will pamphlet sale constitutes unlawful attempt to practice law . . . Liquor Board orders tavern keepers to give up outside jobs.
20.  City to buy 22 lots for floor control purposes . . . Courthouse employees submit to meningitis culture tests . . . Three local inspection districts produced 7,763,920 tons of coal in 1939 . . . Former Elks Home to become part of Hotel Sterling. 
21.  Nochem S. WINNET of Wilkes-Barre sworn in as judge of Philadelphia municipal court . . .State Police go 12 miles in snow for body of former resident, John BICKHAM, found near Noxen.  
23.  County commissioners award sale of million in tax anticipation notes to Philadelphia firm at .46 of 1 percent . . . Screen stars Anita LOUISE and John Boles perform in city theater . . . Scranton Diocese buys property in Butler Township for proposed cemetery.  
24.  Judge W. Alfred VALENTINE resigns as member of Board of Incorporators of Dickinson School of Law of which he was chairman.
25.  Luzerne County American Legion membership second highest in state . . . Rev. C.M. WOLFE marks 45th anniversary as minister . . . New Glen Summit casino costing $20,000 planned to replace one destroyed in August, 1939.  
26.  James H. HILLICK of Utica new Y.M.C.A. executive secretary . . .Dayton and Mildred LAUDERBAUGH of Kingston pay $30,000 for Gouldsboro property and lake . . . Pasquale ADONIZIO surrenders Beaver Meadow and Derringer collieries’ leases at Hazleton . . . School officials order twice daily inspection of 15,000 pupils twice daily inspection as a safeguard against meningitis. . . U.S. Supreme Court rules John KEHOE must pay $316,000 in taxes based upon 1925 income . . . Wyoming County courthouse stormed by irate cottagers protesting increased assessments.
27.  Steve HAVRILLA named Hazletown police chief . . . Two men bruised when Russian bears go on wild spree near post office building . . . County commissioners approve budget with 1939 tax levy of  5.2 mills . . . Three inch snow falls in city.
28.  William R. DIXON, Plains, named deputy superintendent of Syracuse, NY schools. . .  Court stays three orders of Duryea Borough involving deadlock vote . . . County sets up realty bureau when only 140 properties are sold at tax sale . . . Judge John S. FINE outs Fred PRITCHARD and John STRISH as Luzerne councilmen.
29.  More than 100 valley residents observe Leap Year birthday . . . James J. DEVANEY retires from postal service after 46 years . . . Judges frown on “Ham and Egg” pension plan.  

MARCH
 1.  Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas TATE of Forty Fort wed 50 years . . . P.P.& L. Company enlarges Wilkes-Barre district.
3.  John M. HORNER resigns as Y.M.C.A. boys’ secretary.
 4.  Rev. Louis M. LEVITSHY to quit Temple Israel May 1 for Newark temple . . . Court names Fred PRITCHARD to Luzerne Council.
 5.  Third annual Bach Festival presented . . .City officials voice little chance for repetition in Wilkes-Barre of Shenandoah cave-in . . . Pittston officials move into new city hall.
7.  City officials begin renumbering renamed streets in Parsons and Miners Mills . . . Imperial Potentate Walter D. CLINE visits Irem Temple.
8.  County commissioners sell $500,000 bind issue . . . County creates tax department to handle sales of properties delinquent in taxes . . . City teachers reverse custom by giving apples to grade school students under government program . . . Thirty Wyoming high school students strike in protest against Washington trip discontinuance. 
10.  Miss Ida H. BUTTON resigns Christian Education post at First Presbyterian Church . . . Dr. C.A. MILLER new city coroner, James JUMP registrar of vital statistics.
11.  Last of $1,800,000 in water rate refunds to be paid by June 30 . . . Pittston Township citizens seek ouster of three commissioners . . . Martz Company ready to sell Scranton lines.
12.  State Secretary of Commerce Richard P. BROWN addresses joint meeting of Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce.
13.  Dorothy Garrison RITTENHOUSE, Kingston nurse reported missing at Philadelphia, sends wire she’s married . . . Fifteen local residents benefit by will of Dr. William J. O’BRIEN, Sugar Notch native . . . Job campaign on renovizing to be launched.
14.  Wilkes-Barre Township High School destroyed by fire. . . Proposed discontinuance of Pennsy Flyer protested . . . 175 employed in new Wyoming silk mill.
15.  Lack of prisoners’ cage cheats city of first Federal Court session . . .Welsh Aircraft Industries, Inc. to locate here . . . Eisteddfod draws 1,000 to Edwardsville.
18.  George BOWEN appointed administrative principal of new East End School . . .Scranton Diocese purchases Green Gables Club at Drums for new church.
19.  Chares C. Shiber, 85 and former councilman, recalls early city days . . . Fire destroys St. Joseph’s R.C. Church at Sheppton . . . Jury verdict favors Pittston policeman seeking reinstatement . . . J.D. GARREAU succeeds Leonard OWENS as area enforcement supervisor of Liquor Control Board, OWENS taking charge of Harrisburg area.
20.  Marion Apartment Building sold to Walter and Elizabeth S. ROBBINS of Kingston . . . Court in banc refuses charter to so-called “ham and eggs” pension group.
21.  Rev. Francis COSTELLO, pastor of new Roman Catholic Church at Drums.
22.  Gertrude MISHKEL of Wilkes-Barre one of 15 nurses to sail for duty in war-torn Finland . . . Roland GRATER of Kinston killed in auto accident in Dallas Township . . . Reconstruction Finance Corporation seeks to wipe out Kingston Coal Company taxes.
23.  Huber Colliery’s 1,600 miners end six-day holiday over work assignment grievances . . . Glen Alden to pay l2-l/2 cents on 1,8000,000 shares . . . Duryea School Board fires seven in reorganization.
24.  Banks to reduce interest rate on savings deposit from one and one-half per cent to one per cent, effective April 1 . . .Freezing temperatures and snow flurries chill Easter observance.
25.  Supreme Court upholds Susquehanna Collieries in right to intervene where unemployment compensation is being paid . . . Canadian coal dealers fly to valley for mine inspections . . . WPA workers ordered to refrain from politics . . . City to build new retraining wall on North Main Street about Beaumont. 
26.  Dr. J. Adrian CONLAN of Pittston killed in auto accident near Daleville . . . County Treasurer John B. WALLIS charges County Commissioners with stupidity in slashing his budget in face of tax sales problem . . . Firwood Methodist Church elects trustees under new unification charter . . . Pittston Council seeks information on disposition of street car rails removed from Parsonage Street during a previous administration.
27.  F.E. PARKHURST, Jr., reelected Community Welfare Federation president . . . Milk price to be reduced one cent to 12 . . . John A. BOSON named cashier of People’s Bank of Edwardsville . . . Rain follows 6 to 8 inch fall of snow . . . Dr. A.C. TRAPOLD, Jr., war relief service in Finland.
28.  New hospital interns announced . . . Mrs. Bertha CORNWALL named Nanticoke State Hospital superintendent . . . John DAVID, New York merchant, once a resident of Pittston leaves estate in excess of million dollars . . .John KEHOE, Pittston, coal operator, faces government tax-judgment of $500,000 . . . Michael CENTKA killed by locomotive in South Wilkes-Barre . . . Charles AITKEN of Plains, missing two days, found in hospital by mother . . . Civic groups map drive to battle curtailment of Osterhout Library services.
29.  Attorney Robert J. DORAN appointed to State Veterans’ Commission . . . Christ’s Church of Faith founded in Bear Creek Township . . . Allen C. DODSON of Bethlehem reelected president of Anthracite operators’ Association . . . John O’BRIEN named Avoca burgess . . . Florence Slominski, 11, of Conyngham Township, champion speller of county grade schools.
30.  Monsignor John V. HUSSIE, 77, former pastor of St. Leo’s R.C. Church at Ashley, is retired . . . Heavy rains melt snow, sending river on rampage.
31.  Highways closed, residents evacuated as river sweeps toward crest of 31.2 feet. 

APRIL
1.  Dike break at Edwardsville upsets gasoline storage tanks . . . Fort Jenkins Bridge sole cross-river bridge open . . . Robert D. FULTON of Pittston washed overboard of California coast near San Francisco.
 2.  Sixty-five streets found affected by floor . . . Barnard Aviation Equipment Company of Newark to locate at Ashley . . . Enumerators begin 1940 census despite flood.
3.  Gasoline company pumps 8,500 gallons of free gasoline from water near Old River Road after two large tanks spill contents . . . Series of thunder storms halt rate of river’s fall . . . Carey Avenue Bridge damaged by floor . . . Edward Mackin School in East End dedicated.
 4.  First Wyoming Annual Conference of United Methodist Church opens at Athens . . . Edwardsville dike break blamed on weakness in temporary fill.
5.  River drops from new crest of 26.20 feet . . . Hazleton DPA strike settled.
7.  Sightseers hinder flood rehabilitation work . . . Fire damages classroom in Lincoln School, Nanticoke . . . Record publishes rose-scented advertisement . . . Cora BARRY, 10, of Mountain Top, killed by car near Albert Corners.
 8.  Day-long downpour swells river for third time in 10 days . . . 10 changes made in Methodist pastors of Wilkes-Barre district . . . 88th annual convention of Wilkes-Barre Lutheran Conference held at Kingston.
 9.  White Hardware Company and Harris Hardware and Supply Company mark golden jubilee . . . A. Stuart POWELL named county probation officer . . . North Street bridge reopened after eight-day shut down . . .  Malcolm BURNSIDE elected director State Chamber of Commerce . . . 28th  meningitis death of year recorded.
11.  Removal of Wyoming Avenue street car tracts gets under way.
12.  Arbitration board denies wage increase to Laurel Line employees . . . James FRITZ of Hanover Township to receive master’s degree at 19 . . . Mid-April snow up to four inches impedes traffic . . . Irem Temple officials for year announced.
13.  River swells to fourth crest of near 16.74 feet.
14.  Rev. James S. HENRY resigns as pastor of Bethesda Congregational Church at Edwardsville, effective June 1.  
15.  Mrs. Sarah GIBBONS observes 91st birthday . . . Rev. William H. SUGDEN new Lackawanna Presbytery moderator . . . Mrs. and Mrs. Jacob FARBER wed 50 years.
16.  Council passes ordinance increasing bonded indebtedness by $100,000 . . . Chamber of Commerce names nine directors.
17.  Mr. and Mrs. Frank ANSTETT observe golden wedding anniversary . . . $15,000 back pay awarded Wyoming Valley Collieries men.
18.  Republicans top Democrats by 24,798 in county registration. 
19.  Patrick T. REILLY, former division superintendent resigns from Lehigh Valley Railroad . . . Lackawanna Presbytery reports 617 new members for year ending March 31.
21.  Railway Historical Society members visit city for ride on trolley car system.
22.  $1,500,000 flood repair work sought by valley towns. . .  River crests at 18.61 feet . . . Peanut removed from lung of Barbara PHILLIPS of Trucksville in Philadelphia hospital.
23.  Primary election day . . . Midnight fire damages Evangelismos Helenic Eastern Greek Orthodox Church on Ross Street . . . Building at 50 North Main believed city’s oldest . . . John KEHOE of Pittston admits $549,983 debt on income tax deficiency.
24.  Mr. and Mrs. W.C. SHEPHERD of Dallas wed 50 years . . . Mrs. Thomas MALONEY receives $300 from postal clerks in Good Friday Bombing prosecution. . . Rev. William M. ROSSER of Kingston named Audenreid pastor.
26.  Rev. Thomas H. JONES ordained . . . Kingston Council moves to curb pillar robbing . . . Clog dancer, Robert QUIGLEY of Parsons fatally injured by train.
27.  Shanghai, China, newspaper of Matthew C. FORD, Larksville native, bombed.
28.  Osterhout librarian Mary N. BAKER resigns . . . Rev. Father NICHOLAS, C.P., reads first mass at Parsons.
29.  Rev. C.N. WOLFE of First Evangelical Church to be succeeded by Rev. E.M. SLICHTER . . . Histories of Pittston institutions published by Record as new city hall is opened.
30.  Irvin G. DAVIS new Shavertown postmaster.

MAY
 1.  3,000 paraders celebrate Americanization Day . . .Six burned in Loomis Colliery explosion . . . County Treasurer discharges 17 employees . . . Corporal Charles E. STEWART resigns State Motor Police . . . Red Cross drive totals $40,450.
 2.  Heavy fog at New York forces three 21 passenger planes to land at Wilkes-Barre airport . . . Miss Katherine TOOHEY of Coughlin High to retire after 44 years’ service . . . Luzerne County Manufacturers’ Association observes 15th anniversary  . . . Andrew J. SORDONI guest of Binghamton business leaders.
 3.  Glen ALDEN to work part of old Murray Colliery on Heights . . . Hess-Goldsmith Company takes over Duplan’s Puritan Mill . . . City begins abandonment of Kirby Park Zoo with sale of bears.
 4.  St. Ignatius parish at Kingston to erect chapel in Westmoor section . . . Berwick plant of American Car & Foundry Company observes 100th anniversary with dinner.
5.  Rev. Burris BUTLER of First Church of Christ accepts Indiana call . . . Frank FREDERICK of Pittston fatally shot at Belleville, N.J.
 6.  Arthur HATTEN appointed to Edwardsville Council vacancy . . . American Airlines names flagship after Wilkes-Barre . . . Special session of Legislature convenes.
7.  “Wyoming Valley on Parade” exposition opens at Irem Temple . . . Rock fall kills two at Prospect Colliery . . . City sells old Miners Mills town hall building . . . T. F. Quinn Coal Company awarded $25,714 in three year equity action . . . $12,000 blaze damages Fontenova building at Plains.
8.  Conrad VAN HYNING resigns Children’s Service Center post . . . Slayer Frank RICHIY’s life sentence commuted to permit deportation to Italy . . . 150 tardy Plains High School students forced to return home for excuses . . . Episcopalian church holds annual diocesan meeting at Hazleton . . . E.J. QUINN retained as Chamber of Commerce president . . . Honolulu reporter receives $3,201 reward for arrest tip on Peter DUCA . . . Violinist David RUBINOFF plays for crippled children’s benefit . . . Wyoming Baptist Association opens 98th convention at West Pittston . . . NYA completes index of crimes in county for past 20 years.
 9.  Record runner-up in newspaper contest.
10.  General alarm fire at Rudolph-Rabinowitz Motor Company, North Pennsylvania Avenue, causes $10,000 damage . . . CIO council opposes daylight savings time . . . 69 couples jam marriage license bureau.
11.  European war influence brings increase in coal tonnage.
12.  Highway mishaps kill three over week end . . . Shawnee Choral Society second in Ohio eisteddfod.
13.  State Supreme Court orders county controller to pay insurance premiums on Retreat property.
14.  Nine-month forest resources survey in anthracite region to start . . . Lightning bolt kills Joseph KRUTINLIS . . . State Shrine members meet at Irem Temple Country Club.
15.  West Side lookout project cited by WPA investigators . . . Second vote machine recanvass gives J. Henry POOL Republican congressional nomination over Dr. C. Murray TURPIN by 23 votes . . . New law requiring medical examinations for marriage become effective.
16.  Annual Eucharistic Congress of Scranton Diocese held at Plymouth.
17.  Bishop HAFEY shifts priests names Rev. William K. DOLAN new chancellor, recalls student priests from war torn Europe . . . Bear freed by Humane Society killed near Thornhurst after frightening residents.  
18.  Actress Anna NEAGLE visits Comerford Theater.
19.  Thousands view River Common cherry blossoms . . . First masses read by Rev. Stephen YANCHUSKA, Rev. Edward A. ZABLOCKI, Rev. Walter F. SKURSKI.
20.  School Board halts forcing all employees to reside in city . . . Walter H. CARPENTER, Jr., city native, elected president of vast du PONT interests . . . Avoca Council names John O’BRIEN to fill vacancy . . . Susquehanna Collieries Company miners declare holiday.
22. Pittston City Hall dedicated . . . Anthracite towns fight natural gas extension to Lancaster district . . . Air mail pickup service explained to local businessmen . . . Liberal Evangelicals open sixth regional conference.
23.  Arthur W. KUSCHKE, Jr. ordained Presbyterian minister . . . Federal Court appoints Attorney Stephen TELLER trustee of East Boston Coal Company . . . Bankers honor Francis DOUGLAS for 50 year’s service.
24.  Harold D. KASPER named West Pittston Councilman, Thomas LLOYD named Hanover Township commissioner by court . . . Freedom of press upheld by court in ruling on will pamphlet distribution . . .Marywood College observes silver jubilee.
25.  Henry WALSER of Hazleton observes 50th anniversary as publisher, printer.
26.  Governor JAMES signs bill for floor control dikes at Plymouth.
27.  Cary Avenue Bridge reopened after flood damage repairs.
28.  John C. HART to retire as city school teacher after 46 years’ service.
29.  Walter H. HITCHLER, Plymouth native, resigns Liquor Control Board chairmanship . . . Hanover Township school enrollment declines 679 in eight years . . . Court sets $30,000 rental fee for Retreat property, to be paid to 23 municipalities in former Central Poor District.  
30.  Decoration Day takes on added emphasis against European war back drop . . . New Plainsville Grade School building dedicated . . . Rev. John S. KANYUCK of Nanticoke ordained Lutheran minister at Hazleton.
31.  Adrian JONES named third county assessor . . . County Legionnaires to aid drive against “Fifth Column agitators”.  

JUNE
3. Meningitis quarantine regulations prompt Plymouth Council to name physicians reserve policemen . . . School board approves projects intended to rain men for skilled labor . . . Swoyerville School District teachers paid to date for first time in 20 years.
4.  Cole Brothers’ circus at Miner Park . . . Begin Federal survey of timber resources in anthracite area . . . Army recruiting office does rushing business . . . Preliminary census figures indicate city population off 496 . . . Edward J. QUINN’s reappointment as postmaster confirmed by Senate.
5.  John FEENEY, theater manager, killed in Larksville automobile accident . . . Dr. Edward HANLON and seven sons, either practicing or student physicians, quests at Jefferson College commencement.
7.  Street car company scraps 20 0ld trolleys.
 9.  Two men killed in plane crash near Berwick . . . Rev. Francis J. POINTEK celebrates first mass.
10.  Col. Thomas H. ATHERTON new 109th F.A. commander, succeeding Col. Stephen ELLIOTT, retired. 
12.  Lance Colliery miners call brief strike.
13.  Hanover Township directors blame married teachers for dropping of nine instructors . . . Coughlin holds 50th annual commencement . . . Dr. Paul T. MILNAMOW receives medical degree.
14.  140 flag-bearing aliens admitted to citizenship . . . Rev. Allen L. IRWIN installed pastor Bethel Congregational Church, Nanticoke.
15.  Children of American Revolution convene in city . . . Pittston Township School Board names Anthony MELONE to vacancy.
17.  Preparedness Corps formed by Luzerne County veterans to deal with war emergency . . . Six-County Firemen’s convention opens at Nanticoke.
19.  Enlistments during month set local Army record . . . Evangelical Synod merges with Reformed Church at Lancaster conference.
21.  School board suspends 14 elementary teachers because of decreased enrollment . . . Coldest June 21 on record.
22.  Elks purchase Dr. George W. CARR home at 54 South Franklin Street.
23.  Rev. Cosmo ARCUDI of Pittston celebrates first mass.
24.  Inspectors see Lackawanna County mines seriously menaced by water.
25.  Mrs. Michael LABORCZY of Miners Mills killed in Laflin auto accident . . . Dr. Thomas MILLINGTON named assistant county medical director.
26.  Miss Grace ESTES named librarian at Osterhout Library,
27.  Governor JAMES among those nominated for presidency at Republican convention in Philadelphia . . . Wilkes-Barre Township directors let contract for new high school building . . . Citizen’s Anthracite Conference hits proposed electrification of Philadelphia water pumping system.
28.  Battering rainstorm spread damage . . . Permanent Kingston dike fill authorized by Army engineers . . . Hudson Coal Company retains President J.J. NUELLE, other officers.
29.  North Main Street liquor store robbed of $500 and whiskey by lone bandit  . . . Widened Union Street speeds traffic through Pringle and Luzerne to Back Mountain area. 
30.  First masses celebrated by Rev. Paul J. GIBBONS of Pittston and Rev. Sigmund E. ROVINSKY of Sugar Notch.  

JULY
1.  Auto accidents claim lives of Michael BONE, Exeter, and Peter DALKIEWICZ, Nanticoke . . . George RALSTON of Harrisburg named Forty Fort football coach.
2.  Mine foremen’s tests given 73 . . . Mrs. Catharine S. O’BOYLE of Wilkes-Barre injured by automobile . . . Social agencies to request creation of stamp plan in Wilkes-Barre area . . . Contract let for concrete road between Trucksville and Dallas over part of old street railway roadbed.
3.  Fred KALITIVA of Nanticoke truck accident victim . . . State awards $659,220 contract for elimination of Hairpin Curve on East End Boulevard.
4.  Rev. Abram G. KURTZ of Scranton accepts Kingston Presbyterian Church call.
5.  High taxes prompt Laning Building owners to discontinue rental of offices on upper floors . . .County property valuations decline $12,759.663 . . . Police probe kidnap story of Mrs. Gus PANAGAKOS, 42, of Wilkes-Barre . . . Body of William J. HOCHBERG of Wilkes-Barre taken from river.
 7.  Andrew J. METZO, Jr. fatally injured by train on Lehigh Valley cutoff  . . . Ground broken for new Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at Pittston.
 8.  Bucknell Junior College plans aviation classes for non-college students . . . Eugene GRIFFIN of Dallas killed in fall at Scranton . . . Court decision dissolves preliminary injunction against sales for delinquent taxes of Duryea properties . . . Government plans Pittston post office enlargement.
 9.  Delinquent tax auction at courthouse sells 115 properties . . . Agencies open European child refugee stations . . . Rev. John BLEWITT of Pasadena to be assistant pastor of First Presbyterian Church.
10.  Scranton moves to have four more towns join city . . . David VAUGHAN elected Republican Party county chairman . . . Two-day holiday ends at Woodward Colliery.
12.  Major General George GRUNERT of White Haven commands Philippine Bureau of U.S. Army . . . Dr. E.A. STEPHENS of Parsons directs Keneche Territorial Hospital at Honolulu . . . 500-ton D & H locomotive found too large for system south of Scranton.
13.  Twenty women shoppers hurt in crash of plate glass window on South Main Street store.  
14.  Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lake Silkworth, dedicated . . . String of 46 freight cars runs down incline at Hudson Yards into rear of second freight train, halting traffic for several hours . . .  Charles STOCKDALE of Parsons victim of Hunlock Township auto accident . . . Mrs. Mary T. MORGANS of Wilkes-Barre celebrates 95th birthday.
15.  Rev. J. K. MILIAUSKAS of Wilkes-Barre, Rev. Henry A. DIEHL of Pittston and Rev. John A. KARNISH of Swoyerville priests 25 years . . . Air travel out of Wilkes-Barre for six months reported up 89 per cent.
16.  Council names John LEONARD to police sergeant vacancy . . . Mr. and Mrs. David EDWARDS of Plymouth wed 50 years . . . Port Bowkley residents barricade highway in protest against its condition.
17.  Harrison Park sales to M.B. BENNETT reported near . . . Catholic chapel planned for Hughestown . . . Planters Peanut Corporation to modernize its birthplace . . . Shrine holds open air ceremonial . . . American Legion closes 12th district convention at Luzerne with parade.  
18.  Frank MADDAS of Jeannette, former Pittston resident, ordered by U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to pay upward of million dollars in back income taxes . . . Charles BOWER of Wilkes-Barre drowns in river at LaGrange . . . Michael BEGANY of Kingston crushed by steam shovel at Edwardsville.
19.  Anthracite Board of Conciliation reelects Dr. Thomas LARKIN as umpire until May 1, 1941.
20.  Mr. and Mrs. Olin H. GORDON of Pikes Creek wed 50 years . . .  Mrs. Jennie SMITH of Duryea bars coal operators from land held hers by reason of deed dating back to Revolutionary days.
21.  Rev. J. Paul FAUST of Mahanoy City accepts Wyoming Baptist Church call . . . Patrick McNulty 45, of Duryea fatally injured by train.  
22.  Rabbi Israel KAZIS named head of Temple Israel . . . Miner Park swimming pool used for first time . . . Attorney Arthur SILVERBLATT appointed assistant district attorney.  
23.  Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. Zimmerman of Kingston mark 50th wedding anniversary . . . Court dismisses preliminary injunction restraining Newport Township school directors from awarding contracts for general repairs.
24.  First airplane manufactured in Wilkes-Barre displayed on Public Square . . . School directors and Jenkins Township citizens terminate litigation with reduction of tax millage from 31 to 26 mills and proposed merging of four schools into two . . . Streamlined divisions of 93rd Infantry moved to Plattsburg, NY camp through Back Mountain highways.
25.  Rev. John J. O’DONNELL of Wilkes-Barre and Monsignor P.J. BOLAND of
Pittston priests for 40 years . . .  Plans for reorganization of East Boston Coal Company accepted by bankruptcy referee . . . Alice KOPOCHUS of Plymouth drowns in river.
26.  Storm brings relief from 96 degree heat as Thomas MILLER, 17, of Dallas Township drowns in Franklin Township Lake . . . Ground broken for new St. Nicholas Church convent.
27.  Wyoming Bridge reopened after two-year idle period, caused by mine subsidences . . . Mrs. and Mrs. William C. CLYMER of White Haven wed 55 years. . . B.B. GLIDDEN appointed president Forty Fort State Bank, J.B. RUTKOWSKI cashier . . .
28.  Torrid temperatures continue as region experiences worst electrical storm in years.
29.  New owners take control of Vulcan Iron Works with statement South Wilkes-Barre and Breslau plant will not be exclusively a munitions factory . . . West Nanticoke residents protest removal of post office to river side of highway . . .  Joseph BABIARZ
named Dupont Borough tax collector succeeding Stephen A. KOSIK, resigned.
30.  Hanover Township auto collision kills Lottie MACZUGA, Louise MARTIN and Irene KRYZEWSKI . . . E.H. KENT of Trucksville named Republican presidential elector.
31.  West Wyoming and Carverton deprived of electricity when quarry blasts snaps power lines  . . . General alarm fire does $15,000 damage to stock of Ideal Furniture Company on South Main Street . . . 20 electric street cars sold to Virginia cities . . . Poor district rent payment ruling sought by 23 municipalities.

AUGUST
1.  Carl FISSELL resigns Merchants’ Association secretaryship . . . Retreat Mental Hospital overcrowded, County Commissioners told . . . Rev. Joseph E. O’BRIEN named administrator of Immaculate Conception Church at West Pittston.
2.  Trolley line merger aired by Public Utility Commission . . . National Guard units pass through city enroute to New York State maneuvers . . . Retreat rent withheld from municipalities pending payment of old obligations . . . Pittston Gazette notes 90th anniversary.
 3.  Plains Township employees receive first pay in year . . . Million dollar defense order awarded Barnard Corporation plant at Ashley.
5.  Mrs. and Mrs. H.A. BRESSLER of Wilkes-Barre celebrate golden wedding anniversary . . . Scranton Electric Company shuts off lights on Avoca School Board in dispute over bills.
6.  City Council approves new bridge plans in relocation of East End Boulevard.
7.  Mrs. D.H. EVANS of Ashley 90 years old . . . Contract awarded for Plymouth dike construction costing $700,000 . . . Dorothy CARROLL new director of Midvale Settlement.
 8.  Scranton sells food stamps for first time . . . Law and Library Association holds outing.
9.  Brig. Gen. Adna R. CHAFFEE inspects Army tank construction at Berwick plant of American Car & Foundry Company . . . 109th F.A. departs for two weeks of field maneuvers in Northern New York . . . U.S. marshal guardsmen wrecking old Wilkes-Barre & Eastern Railroad . . . Chamber of Commerce asks Veterans’ Administration to consider Poconos for site of new hospital.  
12.  Louis DZWILESKI resigns as Newport Township school director . . . Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. MORGAN of Nanticoke mark 50th wedding anniversary . . . Dr. A.A. BARTON of Plains 64 years a practicing physician.
13.  Miners at Drifton ordered by union to terminate strike . . . Rev. J.A. MROZIEWSKI
of Jessus, Sugar Notch native, priest 25 years.
14.  Larksville Theater opens . . . Mrs. Rachel Seegar WYCKOFF is 92.  
15.  Valley Legion posts sends 1,500 to state convention at Reading . . . Dry spell brings new mosquito problem . . .Solomon’s Creek pumping station and reservoir plan approved by Hanover Township and city officials . . . Mrs. Margaret ASKEW, 27, dies of gasoline burns . . . Welsh Day held at Fernbrook.
17.  First Sergeant Charles COOK of Wyoming elected State commander of American Legion.
18.  Joseph GREGOR, 23, of Miners Mills, fatally injured by train. 
19.  Receivers appointed for Wyoming Weaving Company . . . William HANDLEY of Larksville killed in auto accident . . . Thomas SHIMKO smothered at Duryea . . . Leon-Ferenbach Silk Company to make nylon for silk stockings.
22.  Rev. Brother Eliseus LEONARD new president of University of Scranton . . . Sergeant Theodore W. ENOCH resigns State Police post for private job. 
23.  Vulcan Iron Works receives order for Diesel-motored locomotives for U.S. Navy . . . Young Democrats of Pennsylvania open state convention . . . Mr. and Mrs. Evan T. RICHARDS wed 50 years . . . Mrs. Samuel BRAND admits breaking Federal padlock on bankrupt Plymouth shoe store to sell stock.
24.  Seneca Indians “adopt” Governor JAMES at Warren ceremony . . . 109th F.A. returns from New York maneuvers for week of training on Tobyhanna gun ranges.
25.  Frost accompanies 30 degree temperatures.
27.  NYA workers protest wage cuts on gypsy moth projects . . . Registrations of aliens begin at post offices by act of Congress . . . Mrs. and Mrs. Jonas KREIDLER of Ashley observe golden wedding anniversary.
28.  Hudson shops of D. & H. Railroad end 16 years without reportable accident . . . John DZWILESKI appointed director by Newport Township School Board.
29.  Wyoming Borough Council asked to push flood control for airport protection . . . Attorney Francis J. BECKLEY appointed principal of Nanticoke Junior High School . . . Federal and State agents seize 2,500-gallon capacity still near Hawley . . . Rev. Francis TOOLAN pastor of new Catholic Church at West Hazleton . . . Rev. R.R. FITZPATRICK pastor at White Haven and Rev. Joseph D. PODSKOC at Mocanaqua in diocesan changes.  
30.  Navy recalls Rev. Michael HALLY to active duty . . . Mr. and Mrs. W.O. GRUVER of Kingston mark 60th wedding anniversary.
31.  President ROOSEVELT names Frank C. WALKER, Plymouth native, Postmaster General . . . Mrs. Sara WEINBERG fatally injured in accident at Binghamton.  

SEPTEMBER
 1.  Lehigh River camps and Harrison Park flooded when ice dam breaks near Tobyhanna . . . Michael DWYER new Plymouth Borough councilman . . . . Gaylor Colliery at Plymouth to reopen . . . Special train returns excursionists barred from Atlantic City by hurricane floods.
2.  Major W.W. INGLIS blames mine union for bootleg evil.
 3.  Albert SUTTER of Kingston killed in Sciota auto crash . . . James LANGAN of Pittston reelected president State letter carriers.
4.  Mrs. and Mrs. Julius NIEMAN of Nanticoke wed 55 years . . . Delmar Y. GARDNER appointed executive secretary of Hazleton Welfare Council . . . Average pupil cost to school district is $89 annually . . . George WEAVER new Wyoming Borough athletic coach.  
 5.  Internal revenue collection increase of 6.6 per cent noted in district . . . Nine hard coal carriers refuse rates on anthracite . . . Widening of Dupont highway to four lanes for six miles almost completed . . . Parking meter collections hit new high.
6.  City Solicitor Edwin B. MORGAN resigns.
7.  Holy Name Society holds diocesan convention at Williamsport.
10.  Glen Alden offers $63,000 in cash for all Kinston Coal Company property . . . Cambrian Club votes purchase of ambulance for British war relief.  
12.  John WOOD, 5, son of former city woman first English refugee child brought to Wyoming Valley for duration of war . . . UMWA audit reveals treasury balance of three million on June 1 . . . Anthracite ambassadors leave on annual good will tour to New York State and Canada . . . Motion picture features research work on pellagra by Dr. Joseph GOLDBERGER, city native . . . Three Laurel Run Borough policemen quit . . . Mr. and Mrs. Abram SCHAPPERT wed 50 years . . . Dr. J.E. SCHEIFLY elected president Kingston Bank.
13.  Dutch elm disease spreads to Falls . . . Census indicates only 530 of 20,945 dwellings in Wilkes-Barre untenanted.
14.  Mrs. Martin JOYCE of Pittston killed in crash at Tobyhanna . . . Hazard manufacturing Navy torpedo nets in Martz garage.
16.  First Lieut. Charles B. DOUGHER of city commands Army bombardment squadron in California . . . Burgess Edward S. OLCZAK of Duryea pleads guilty to five of fraudulent conversion . . . Ashley council accepts new light pact . . . John DEMPSEY, White Haven native trails in New Mexico’s senatorial election . . . Vernon L. HUNTER slain in North Wilkes-Barre . . . Anthracite Week opens.
19.  G.S. RINGSDORF of Kingston succeeds A.C. DODSON of Bethlehem as president of Anthracite Operators’ Association.
20.  Lieut. Col. Benjamin F. EVANS named assistant director of State selective service . . . American Car and Foundry Company plant at Berwick receives $10,000,000 order for army tanks.
21.  Cleon A. HANSON, 45, and Edward A. WAKEMAN, Jr. both of Wilkes-Barre, instantly killed in plane crash at Mountain Top . . . Fred H. ALDERSON of Hazleton named operating manager of Haddock Mining Company.
22.  Flagship “Wilkes-Barre” of American Airlines dedicated at airport ceremony before 13 legionnaires fly to national convention at Boston.
23.  George WILLIAMS named captain of detectives by City Council over Mayor LOVELAND’s objections . . . Mrs. Franklin D. ROOSEVELT pays second visit in four years to Scranton.
24.  Daughters of America open state convention . . . Tribute paid late Mrs. Ellen W. PALMER in River Common exercises . . .  George MARTIN of East End killed in D. & H. Railroad yards.
25.  Workmen complete destruction of old bridge crossing Mill Creek at Tasker Square, Miners Mills.
26.  County owns 12,653 properties seized for taxes February 28 and July 9 . . . Army recruits from valley since January 1 almost enough for complete regiment . . . PUC approves city’s street lighting pact.
27.  Surface disturbance damages South Pennsylvania Avenue buildings . . . Grace E. MARTIN of Loyalville killed by hit-run motorist.
28.  Henry Colliery team wins first prize in Anthracite Safety Day and First Aid contest.
29.  Edward RYBAK of Edwardsville and Paul HUDAK of Larksville fatally injured in Narrows auto accident.
30.  Hudson Coal Company seeks $150,000 damages from Tony ROSE for alleged theft of barrier pillars in Sterrick Creek operations . . . Operations resumed at South Wilkes-Barre Colliery after five-week idleness due to rock fall and mine fire.

OCTOBER
1.  General Robert M. VAIL appointed Deputy Attorney General in charge of veteran’s affairs . . . George McMANUS creator of “Jiggs”, helps Rotary Club celebrate Newspaper Week.
 2.  Dr. Lewis T. BUCKMAN chosen president-elect of State Medical Society . . . Rev. James H. DAVIS resigns Baptist Tabernacle pastorate.
3.  Pressed Steel Company to erect new building . . . St. Paul’s Lutheran Church observes 95th anniversary.
5.  Mr. and Mrs. Charles ARNOLD of Nanticoke celebrate 50th wedding anniversary . . . Benjamin MARCIAVAGE, 36, slain in city rooming house.
6.  Young Men’s Division of Chamber of Commerce sponsors air show at airport . . . New chapel built by St. Ignatius Church, Kingston, blessed by Bishop William J. HAFEY.
7.  Ouster proceedings instituted against Pittston Township supervisors.
 8.  Pennsylvania Sabbath Schools, Inc., opens State convention . . . Ashley School Board moved to withdraw from county schools’ supervision . . . Eleven county student lawyers pass bar examinations.  
9.  Theft of Jenkins Township School District records probed by State Police . . . Holy Rosary parish of Ashley marks 40th year . . . City and Plains officials confer on relocation of boundary line.
10.  Dutch elm disease dooms 26 of city’s famous elm trees . . . County commissioners act to purge 10,000 names from voting registration lists . . . State committee attacks coal thefts, freight rates.
11.  Police round up 17 who fled Kis-Lyn . . . Sergeant Walter FREY of Wilkes-Barre dies in Georgia of accident injuries.  
13.  Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association marks golden jubilee with fete . . . Michael KOTOWSKI, 18, of Ashley, killed in fall from 70-foot power tower.  
14.  County draft boards announced . . . Yatesville grade school pupils strike when teacher is reinstated.
15.  Aircraft Corporation of LaPorte, Ind., purchases assets of local Welch Aircraft Industries, Inc., to be continued locally . . . Mr. and Mrs. James G. McCRINDLE of Laurel Run celebrate golden wedding anniversary.
16.  Mrs. William S. TOMPKINS elected state regent of D.A.R.  . . .U.S. Senator Robert TAFT of Ohio speaks at Irem Temple Republican rally . . . James BRISLIN, Jr., 9, killed by automobile . . . Men between 21 and 36 register for selective service.
17.  County teachers’ institute hears Dr. A. J. STODDARD, superintendent of Philadelphia public schools . . . Maryanne GILROY, 4, killed by truck at Pittston.
18.  Captain Alexander S. GINSBURGH promoted to major by Pennsylvania National Guard.  
19.  Charles J. FULLAGAR of Pittston is 85 . . . Jack DEMPSEY addresses Democratic political rally.
20.  Miners Mills car abandoned in favor of busses . . . Poles hear Anthony J. Drexel BIDDLE, Jr. U.S. Ambassador to exiled Polish Government at rally observing 161st anniversary of the death of Count Casimir PULASKI . . . Early morning Luzerne auto accident claims lives of Mrs. Marjorie L. DURKIN, 24, and Daniel B. ROSE, 34.
21.  City Council approves site at Morgan B. Williams Park for NYA training center building, to cost $100,000 . . . Yatesville school strike ends . . . John J. DEMPSEY, White Haven native, nominated to U. S. Maritime Commission  . . . Col. Theodore ROOSEVELT, Jr., son of late President, speaks at Republican political rally.
23.  Edward OLCZAK, given jail sentence, stripped of title as burgess in Duryea tax case . . . Removal of street car tracks on North Pennsylvania Avenue under way . . . Rudy KUNCHNICK, Jr., 4, of Sheppton, found in dense woods after 50-hour search . . . D. & H. Railroad declares train’s crew outnumbers passengers on Scranton-Wilkes-Barre run in petition to discontinue service . . . Pennsylvania State Nurses’ Association opens state convention.
24.  E.J. QUINN resigns as Chamber of Commerce president to take over Sidaco Coal Company . . . Draft boards begin announcing serial numbers . . . Ross Street flood control pumping station completed. 
25.  Presidential candidate Wendell L. WILLKIE speaks at West Side Armory rally . . . Will of F.M. KIRBY values estate over $150,000 . . . Court authorizes purchase of White Haven Water Company by that borough . . . Anthracite Board of Conciliation aggress on reemployment of workers called into military service.  
26.  109th F. A. advances four officers . . . Orphans’ Court Judge E. Foster HELLER fatally stricken . . . Robert HARTZ and James J. SHOCK killed in Breslau Bridge crash . . . Elmo J. HALL new cashier of First National Bank at Nanticoke. 
28.  Reuben H. LEVY new Chamber of Commerce president . . . Work started on new St. Christopher’s R. C. Church on Bear Creek Road . . . Rev. Fred L. SHIFFER to leave Plymouth First Welsh Baptist Church.
29.  National draft lottery affects 54,000 county men between 21 and 35.
30.  John HOFFA, Jr. killed in early morning auto crash . . . Judge Edward E. FARR of Wyoming County temporary Orphans’ Court Judge.
31.  Court orders reinstatement of Albert DETORO, Pittston policeman . . . State Police capture two liquor store bandit suspects after 12-mile chase near Moosic.  

NOVEMBER
 1.  Secretary of Interior Harold L. ICKES speaks at Democratic rally in armory.
 2.  Mrs. Ira DeWITT of Wyoming killed by automobile.
 3.  Scranton miner rescued after having been trapped 49 hours.
 4.  Former Liberty Bank Building induction center for draftees of 18 courties . . . School board appoints two teachers on total service basis . . . Asher Miner plaque presented to 109th F.A.
 5.  Democratic Party sweeps all but Sixth Legislative District representative post in record-breaking poll . . . Sunday movies approved by Conyngham Township, West Hazleton, Hazleton and White Haven; vetoed by Shickshinny and Kingston . . . National defense contracts to regional firms total $50,000,000 . . . Miners strike at Luzerne Anthracite Coal Company . . . Scranton loses annexation proposal . . . G. Harold WAGNER of Wilkes-Barre new State Treasurer.
 6.  Duryea Council names Edward OSTROWSKI burgess . . . Y.M.C.A. announces plans to raze old buildings on North Main and North Washington Streets . . . Mrs. Louise C. MATTHEWS of Ashley, 94. 
7.  Automobile explosion kills Lois and William REBHORN at Scranton.
 8.  Stevens Coal Company leases Lehigh Valley mines at Jeanesville . . . Ashley Borough Council votes to dredge Solomon’s Creek . . . State relief roster hits new low.
10.  Police arrest 76 in early morning raid on Traveler’s Club.
12.  Community Welfare Federation drive opens.
13.  Governor JAMES ridicules report he will quit before end of term. 
14.  Fire destroys Berwick Lumber Company . . . Banks to distribute half million to Christmas Club members.
15.  Carl Henry WEAVER of Harvey’s Lake accidentally killed by shotgun . . . Pennsylvania Federation of Blind holds state convention.
16.  Mr. and Mrs. John BACHMAN of Wilkes-Barre note golden wedding anniversary.
17.  Body of Ferdinand MERMON, Plymouth mine labor, recovered after 41 hour entombment at Nottingham mine . . . Ralph DeMURO of Mocanaqua killed in Plymouth auto collision . . . Priests bless new annex to St. Mary’s Greek Rite Catholic Church at Nanticoke.
18.  Thirty-five appointed to permanent positions at DPA . . . Pittston City to observe Federal and State Thanksgivings.
19.  Plymouth Borough Council seeks new bridge for two present structures . . . Mrs. Elizabeth CHERRY of Wilkes-Barre is 99.
20.  Golden wedding anniversaries of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. SHIVE and Mr. and Mrs. John AIGELDINGER of Wilkes-Barre . . . State Director Dr. William Mather LEWIS says  selective service used before Christ, at Lafayette alumni dinner. 
21.  Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McGUIRE of Denison Township wed 60 years . . . Community Welfare Federation drive obtains $327,525 in pledges.
22.  Proposed Samantha J. Mill Memorial Library at Nanticoke pushed.
23.  Six-mile new highway between Berwick and Shickshinny is completed.
24.  Mrs. A.S. GALLAND and Mrs. Edward H. KENT resign from Luzerne County Public Assistance Board . . . B’nai B’rith congregation 95 years old . . . J. Andrew BOYD, editor emeritus of Record, is 85.  
25.  Court rules appointment of John O’BRIEN as Avoca burgess illegal . . . Three dismissed by DPA ask hearings. 
26.  Old atlas tells Ashley history . . . Snowfall of four to seven inches blankets region . . . City Council votes to aid Pittston Township airport plan . . . John KMETZ of Nanticoke named to draftee appeal board for Area No. 5.
27	Forty-eight youths inducted into selective service.

28	Valley celebrates State Thanksgiving Day . . . Mr. and Mrs. David P. GOOD of Kingston celebrate 57th wedding anniversary . . . City, State wrangle over snow removal on Market Street Bridge . . . New Nanticoke Legion home dedicated.   

Typed By Millie Evans,  April 2003