PAGE FOUR, THE UNION PRESS-COURIER. Thursday, November 9th, 1939. Pennsylvania, and all the state's con- wo Patton Courier, Established Oct. 1893 Union Press, Established May, 1935 gressmen. But even more important | to labor in this state, and in this | THE UNION PRESS county will be the men whom they | send to the legislature at Harisburg. Combined with PATTON COURIER Already encroaching on labor’s priv- ileges, the present administration at Published Every Thursday by Thos. | Harrisburg can be relied upon to at- A. Owens, 2d Fifth Avenue, Pat- | tempt still greater repeals of the lib- ton, Pa. and Entered as second class eral laws passed by the Earle ad- | S mai an vg id T2930, at the post ministration. A State Senator from ] of March 3. 1879. Cambria county and five members of % — the General Assembly are to be 3 F. P. CAMMARATA, Business Mgr. || chosen. By electing liberals next i THOS. A. OWENS... Editor year, regardless of what the aims of £ the reactionary administration, a Subscription, $2 Yearly in Advance. “brake” can be set to hold laws that | E Advertising Rates on Application. now are written on the statute | 3 ———— : books. And it will be our policy to S & The shdeavor ofthe Union Pres keep incessantly Bary on that i Fy Trade Union Workers in fast up Jind] the primaries amd af- 5 efforts to obtain economic freedom ter, until the general election of 3 through organizations as advocated || 1940, with the hope that Labor, in bv the CIO and AFL, and we solicit its “most crucial” year, won't be | h the support of trade uniens. Mater- foolish enough to again “knife” its | W ial for publication must be author- own interests, and the interests of | a ized by the organization it repre- || 411 the women and children depend- | h sents and signed by the Presiucn: ent upon labor's hands for a better | and secretary, and bear the seal. oF worse economic condition. | Se The Union Press-Courier gives its || ° fi advertisers the advantage of the | Lots can happen between now and | 8 gomnbined ireqistion Of Ci next year, politically and economical- | ti DE ae pw has a reader cov- || 1¥, in this state and nation. Remote | h erage that blankets Patton and the | as it may seem to us now, the Europ- | tr najor n*ning towns. ean war can have its effect on our] la we own home politics. ~~ Either President | th . s ‘ | Roosevelt and the Democrats will rise, | 1 With this election over, wheter {or they will fall. Now it appears as if | 2 or not it pleased you or not, wheth- they are in the ascendancy, if one is | er organized labor acted as any Jas tc take stock in the Gallup polls. To | £ it, or not, Whether your Tavariies the extent that the administration will | . won or lost, after all it was not an keep us free of entaml re Su i tant election so far as it di- 3 . glements, will impor s rest their popularity. While most of us | rectly affected labor. Labor, in our | _ to have our own personal opin- | o state must seek to protect the leg- |; as to whom are the aggressors in | w islation that it now enjoys, and must | Europe, nevertheless, of ourselves, we tn see to it next May that men are | "= keep out of it all. The exper- | th nominated who will keep up a bat- ience of the last world war has given | ay both at Washington and Harrisburg the rank and file of th J Se he SD Wi ) g le of the people every | to keep reactionary movements reason to think that way. Next year) an from gaining control of law-making the issue won't be Harry Englehart M powers, which, as history shows, |p, McKenrick, or D anny Shields ot M bides no good for the man and the | hn Conway. it « in be nation : q IM. yoman who toils, but who so often state-wide. It will be based on a | an play into the very hands of their ection of people who will foster tho Re enemies. Next year a President of | \ ih of the great hordes of the com. Ww the United States will stand for el- mon Americen Lviaen and lab ri an ection, so also will a senator from in that categor abos on fe eiche Ba a can crush all tionary and war Tn fluence, and sweat-shop promoters, and capitalistic-minded indiciduals, at 20! NEW LOW PRICES a single blow, if they will but hold | en \, themselves together, unified, and work 8 TR lA AT 95 ts cn. ii toward an end at the polls next May da; Joe’s Cut Rate Store, Bar- and Jeni November. But—will labor i i ; : 0 that? Here in our own count 7, ba; nesboro, announces the Low- they are not united. They are not a Bl est Prices in Years on ALL | ted for their own interests. If labor HUNTING and WORK CLO- were united thoroughly, there would | ® 20 . have been no such vote in this county | PA { oN iY 50¢ A WEEK! ir THING. Come in, look over | as was the case last year. If labor | ' : our oustanding values. Fine | were ited the vote on offices not | di ees ie. Immediately concerned to labor would mn Quality Merchandise at the not have been so close, in some in- ho Lowest Prices Ever Offered, stances, on Tuesday. United in Cam- pA Ye Ema © urniture Company Ju oe Si ght — Mr | Joe Barnesboro, Pa = 9 ® Sur Bu C maj - —_— —_—— - rr ——————— A —————————————— SE — nes election for any set of candidates they | Pennsylvania next year will elect a bers and volunteer workers. No em- portions of the old boundaries have dict chose, and do it easily. U. S. Senator, due to expiration of Sen. ergency has ever found it wanting. If been located. ed o Joseph F. Guffey’s term. So far, the disaster came to Patton tomorrow, or Ede The Fort was built under the com- mand of General Daniel Roberdeau — for the protection of mine workers at — this place which supplied about half of the lead used in the Revolutionary War. miners have been friendly to Mr. Guf- if it came to Spangler, or Barnesboro fey but whether this alliance will con- | or Spangler or any other community, it tinue is a matter of speculation. would be on hand to help. But it must be equipped to fulfill its fresh and heavy responsibilities. Here is an or- ganization in which all can enlist with the assurance that their financial sup- | Every election usually gets bitter. Mostly it is soon forgotten, unless the successful candidates carry on through office-holding a policy of ° antagonism to the people, and to Patton’s sidewalks are pretty well their constituents. Hence, when next being compleied by the WPA., The year’s officers are chosen, it will not be the same as the county election of this year, where most all offices properly owners who took advan- —— we tage of the opportunity now cer- tainly have no reason to regret the port means widespread relief of hu- = = man suffering. It is the time for op- ening not only hearts but pocketbooks are of a ministerial nature. Next matters will be administrative. It move they made at small expense, and the folks who failed to take ad- should be the thought of labor to vantage of the opportunity, mow weigh well the backgrounds, the must have reason for regret. past records, the environments, and We to assist the Red Cross in its noble D | mission. 9 r | : KA RP S agree with Col. Theodore I ° the qualifications of candidates, be- The dat hich ol | Roosevelt is this statement on the Be fore they cast a vote. e date on which you eat your| ‘ypiteq States mixing up in any Eu- J 1 S ? . Thanksgiving dinner this year is go- ropean war:* There are only two ewe ry tore Whether the United Mine Workers| ing to depend largely on state politics issues which would justify Ameri- | BARNESBOR of America will support President| New England is solidly against the| _.. going to war. The first is to pro- | sii BORO, PA. + mesma Roosevelt for a third term if he choo- | NOV. 23rd date proclaimed by the Pres. | ses to run has not been established, | ident, and will eat its turkey on week | but all signs indicate it will. At the later, on Nov. 30th. The big eastern | industrial states, however, are just as| tect our free institutions from real, not imaginary or hypothetical, dan- gers. The second is to protect our Select Your Christmas Gifts Now on Our Easy Payment SUPER VALUE DAYS! last convention a third term resolu- A . 3 J territory and the nations of both tion was postponed until the 1940 con-| Solidly for it. The South is split. The! North and South America from ag- Plan. ; vention, which will meet well in ad-| Mid-west is a stand-off, 7 to 7, while gression.” vance of the Presidential campaign, | he ig ined > With he Dra | ° A Small Down Payment Will : SR ident, 5 to 3. The political complexion . Tar bd probably in January. The wuneh ae of this Sra 2 a Gh on | Pedestrians have their rights, too. Hold Any Article Until rtain opose any conservative in- i & | Im3na P y fact that of the 17 states with Repub-| A New York appellate court has rul- | Xmas. fluence in the Democratic party such as Vice President John N. Garner, | and probably will go into state cam- | paigns such as in Pennsylvania, to | support friendly candidates for con- gressional nominations and election. lican Governors, 12 turned down the | ed that if a person starts walking ac- ross a street on a green light, he may | Roosevelt's proposal; and of the 28 S : states with Democratic executives, 17| legally complete the crossing without getting run over even if the light! went along with him, One state, Miss- x 2 changes to red when he is half way | issippi, so far has taken no stand on | : the matter. The others, Texas and Col. | across. It does help the pedestrian. The writer, in city traffic, usually can get orado, will celebrate on both days— 4 a great break for school kids and gro- | along better when driving a car than he can do in crossing a street. The pe-| cers. A possible clue to this magnan- ; . . ric, imity is the fact that both states are | destrian, no doubt, takes the position | CROSSES at $1.00 and up. y | big turkey producers and this year | that its better to Walch his Jie than Pay 25¢ a week. | have record breaking crops. | to have it battered. May be the car op- | - { ® ’| erator takes the same view as does| Well ,we’ve had a taste of winter the pedestrian. go 1 good and early this year. In fact the | display of snow that came with the | RELICS UNCOVERED AT First of the week was one of the | FORT ROBERDEAU SITE | { f CIRCULATING HEATERS ONE TO TWO ROOM SIZE 24-95 - 29% Ee - be! At a New Low Price! 2 to 3 Room size ELECERIC SHAVERS $4.95 up I Barnesboro’s Low Price ® Walnut Grained ® Generous size Fire- Leaders earliest November snowislis of the Pav 94 3 o last decade, and perhaps, had it all | : { y Cc reek : : tna PEC pa ie Porcelain Enamel pots Hunting Coats $1.98] stayed put” would have averaged a | Harrisburg -— Excavations are well] Weekly @® Mehanite Metal ® Double Section = Troe. Yo foot. But it has its advantages, too— | under Ny Bo Je a be Be See : ; . ; Hunting Caps | in its melting process it will great- | Sions and definite boundaries 3 5 Inner Unit for Feed Door glaps...om ne. .39c | ly augment the winter water supply | Revolutionary War Fort Roberdeau in| § T 0 N E Better Hea, ® Reversable Duplex || Hunting Boots ........ $1.98 || and that was needed, | Sinking Valley in the sovihemsternsee-/l ~ pywag ’ Strencth Grates 8 SH ’ | : | toion of Blair County. | - > Ho a , a Hunting Vests .......... 69¢|! While the Annual Membership drive The Tourist and Publicity Committee | cr @ Big, One-Piece @® Outside Grate 3 { of the American Red Cross always in- | of the Altoona Chamber of Commerce | $5.00 up a Dome Shaker Hunting Pants .......cew $1.49} spires a generous response, it is scar- | and the Blair County Historical So- | Pay 50¢ a Hich T Sl 9 | cely necessary to mention why this ciety with the cooperation of the Penn- We kly +11gh Lop Shoes ............ $ 98 | year it should make an especially pow- | sylvania Historical Commission, plan eekly 98c || erful appeal. Its plans for aiding the to make known the historical signi- an | victims of the war in Europe are in| ficance of the fort. | keeping with its long and noble his- Eugene Gardner, who worked with tory. The services of this great hu-| Dr. Donald A. Cadzow on the Fort Au- manitarian organization are freely giv- | gusta excavations, is supervising about | u en without regard to race or national- ‘forty workers of the National Youth | BARNESBORD PENNA ity. Indispensible in time of peace, Administration in unearthing the re- | i "a » J| war imposes a special burden on its|'mains of what was once called the | resources, There was never more need | “Lead Mine Fort.” Already a number | ! ERS ETE to increase the rolls of Red Cross mem- [of relics have been recovered and some ERs BUY ON SEARS EASY TERMS Hunting Shirts... LIGHTERS $1.95 up Pay 25¢ Weekly JOHNSTOWN EARS, RC
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