9. — it al- vania own- y ev- rmer acre HET, I med “lor- mpt- jera- hold ssell A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. UNION Union Press, Established May, 1935. ilies WA ; Recognized and Endors- ed by More Than Fifty Loeal Unions and Cen- tral Bodies Over Cam- bria County and Ad- jacent Mining Areas. AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. Our Shop Is Equipped to Do Job Printing of All Kinds. Nothing Too Large or Too Small. We Cater Especially to Local Union, Printing. Patton Courier, Established Cet, 1802. Ep. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. VOL. 46. NO. 17. f JAMES CAUSES CLAIMS APPROVAL LOCALDEPOTTO | FOR WAGE - HOUR AGAIN FLOURISH ACT IN REPORT, [8 Even If It Was At the Midnight | Andrews Tells Congress Govern. | Hour and the Crowds Came| ment Reguiation Is Winning | From All Around Us. Widespread Approval. | | | (By the Editor.) | Washington.—Elmer F. Andrews, Time marches on. Time in its march | wage-hour administrator, told Cong- | makes many changes. Once upon . 2 ress on Saturday that Sovernmen; reg- | time Time gave Patton a booming ylation of minimum wages and maxi- | railroad passenger station, from whence | mum hours had won public approval | travelers scurried to and fro daily— | and caused no widespread lay-offs. | but that was before old Father Time | In a report covering the few months gave us the automobile and the good | of the wage-hour act since it has been | highways. : [ in effect, Andrews said, “employers, But although there are a Joy of old- | employees and the Dubie Spprove the | timers in the Patton section who may | purpose of the act and wish to see it | have been unaware of it, Father Time | become within the shortest possible | agai sed our local Patton passen- | time an integral part of the economic | a to buzz with oe and | structure of ga Da | crowds of travelers—and the time was | mianight on Monday. | lay-offs which greeted the act when | But we won't blame Father Time | it became operative last October 24th, | for the activity. Rather the blame | Andrews said: must be placed on Governor Arthur | “Such spot surveys as it has been | H. James, the Pennsylvania Railroad | feasible to conduct in December 1938 and the Republican party. have failed to produce evidence of | It all means that a special train to | wide-spread lay-offs. Estimated total | Gov. Culber: Olson after serving Gov, James’ inauguration was made | employment of employees covered by | Billings, right, from Folsom prison up at Punxsutawney, came through | the act, showed slightly more than the Francisco Preparedness day bombi Patton at midnight Monday, thence to, seasonal increase from September to And it brought throngs of North | ment of a basic 25 cents an hour min- AGAIN SLATED them, no doubt, job-seekers). the looks of Patton’s streets and 1s| pected to include some shifts from | Harrisburg via Cresson. It returned on November.” early Wednesday morning via the In discussing the economic ences ROOSEVELT BALL same route. of the law which required the pay} Cambria Republicans, from Barnesboro | imum wage for a maximum 44 hour | and other points, to board it. (Lots of | work week for the first year of its] | operation, the administrator said: They all helped swell the big crowd “The long time technicological ef- | IN EAGLES HOME at Harrisburg, on Tuesday, and from ! fect of the minimum wage may be ex- | absence of many prominent Republi- | hand labor on simple tasks to better | I ,ocal Organization and Kiwanis cans Tuesday, our own town helped | paid machine tending jobs and some Referring to reports of industrial | B materially to fill up that excursion increased investment in machine in.| Club Again Join in Raising | train. stalations. The more important con- Of course there were lots of others | sideration is the increased pay for em- remained at home. Some didn’t have ployed wage earners in the low in- the funds—others were Democrats— | come group.” and there still are some Democrats,| “For the present,” his report said, | we presume. But Governor James’ inaugural ad-| quences of the act have been adjust- dress was broadcast over Pennsylva- | ments in connection with the 25 cent | nia radio stations and those who re- | minimum and a tendency toward in- mained at home heard his voice, per- | creased - employment "resulting from haps even better than the chaps who ; the overtime provision.” the Eagles’ Home, Patton, on the ev- were at Harrisburg. | : | ening of Friday, February 3, 1939. Thus the “ins’ ’are “out” and the 'MEET AT EBENSBURG | This year Jerry Mann and His Six- “outs” are “in.” 2 1 T y JP | teen Piece Swing Band, of Indiana, Governor James, in his inaugural HELD BY MINE GROUP | have been engaged to furnish the mu- address reiterated many of the things : ee «Ap. | Sic. Dancing will start at nine o'clock he promised in his campaign speeches. | Motion pictures and a talk on fe Funds for Crippled Tots. That the crippled children of Nor- and the admission price will be fifty He wants to make Pennsylvania a| cident Prevention” by District Mine cents per person. Tickets will be of- good state in which to live. If he does Inspector W. H. Filer of Ebensburg i fered for sale by members of the Ki- that, he'll make friends, and so will | featured a regular meeting of the Jos- | wanis Club in various north Cambria his party. But the voter is fickle. | eph Holmes Safety Council, Bitumi- yc and even if one don't dance, Sometimes the chap who does him the | nous District 10, in the Ebensburg | it is but doing your duty to buy one most good, gets a knifing. We wonder | Courthouse last Friday night. Presi- | or more tickets, : what the outcome of it all will be in! dent Ira Bradley of Cresson was in | There is no more worthy cause than the next four years? We wonder what | charge. | this annual Birthday Ball for the Pres- the feelings of a lot of the thousands| The motion picture furnished by the | jqent sponsored in this section by the who were in Harrisburg last Tuesday | United States Bureau of Mines, demon- ! Eagles and Kiwanians. Help the will be in only one year from now— | strated the proper and safe manner of | cause along. Do your part. when the most of them “won’t Love | Sling sd loading goal, pdr in his | jobs” on the public payroll for theta urged cooperation of all interes- | 3 y v simple reason there won't be sufficient | ted parties in reducing the number of | JAMESTOWN MINERS | PLAN SAFETY RALLY jobs to reach.? mine accidents. FOR CENTRAL REGION We wonder where Arthur H. Jam-| It was announced that a special | es and His Administration will stand meenng of Sue council will be held | in regard to Labor? We wonder lots|at 2 DP. m. Saturday, February 11, in ; Che of things? We hope for the best. the Ebensburg Courthouse for the | United Mine Workers of the Tenth | showing of a number of films taken Biominons Digi, comprising . the at safety meets last summer. Included | ®e2tral area of Cambria county, are NORTH COUNTY FIRE n will be views of first aid competition | Urged to send representatives to a safe- ZONE ELECTS HEADS at the Ebensburg Fair, Spangler, | !Y Meeting at 2 p. m. on Saturday at FOR PRESENT YEAR Uniontown, New Kensington, and | the Jamestown hall under the auspices re South Park, Allegheny County, of Local 1318, U. M. W. of A. Zone No. 1 of the Cambria County | - : Miss; Home sul Highway Safety is Volunteer Firemen's Association of TRANSFER FILE 0 be discussed, the safety committee Cambria County and Vicinity met on | . R, of Local 1318 announces. Invited to Thursday evening last in Clymer, at | MINE INSPECTOR, attend the meeting are Wilbur C, which time Edwin Farabaugh of TO DISTRICT NO. 5 Mulhollen, Johntown Motor Company Spangler was reelected president and safety director; Edward Sweeney, Lil- : 1 y 3 : : . H. J. Mulligan of Patton was reelected William H. Filer of Ebensburg, who | Ty Vie President of District No. 2, s been a mine inspector in District | Fat vice presidents. The zone includes the 10, which includes Cambria County, | companies of Hastings, Barnesboro, | Se 20's Sun fn Jeo De Carrolltown, Spangler, Cherry Tree, | | £5 0 8 4 . d S fans er Ebensburg; William H. Filer, mine in- Clymer and Patton. same Silse ive 2 onday o: speceor, and Leslie Steele, mine in- Fire loss in the district during the | "oo When Mr. File rwas replaced Spector, at Ebensburg by Leslie Steele of Past year was exceptionally low, ac- Windber, who was recently appointed ed Mine Workers of America; Rev, her A. M. Habrowski, Portage; Cy- rus W. Davis, sheriff, and former cor- cner; Attorney C. Bandolph Myers of Representatives have been urged to attend from union locals at Revloc, thern Cambria County will not again : 3 : | be forgotten is evidenced by the fact | (Thursday) for instructions by WPA “the most noticeable immediate conse- | 4.4 the Patton Aerie No. 1244, Fra- | | ternal Order of Eagles, in cooperation with the Northern Cambria Kiwanis Club, are again sponsoring the annual Roosevelt Ball, which wil be held in THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1939 Mooney Cheers Billings in Folsom Visit Tom Mooney, recently released from San Quentin, Calif., prison by 23 years, is fighting to free Warren . Billings was also jailed for the San ng. TRUCKERS WILL HAVE TO BID ON ening, Thursday, Jan. 19. | authorities for competitive bidding or WPA work. before March 15th next. All trucks rented after March 15th basis. on Market Street, Johnstown, Thurs- day evening, January 19th at 8 p. m. to instruct all persons who desire tc bid, as to .the provedure of filing their invitation bid with the State Procure ment office. ea. All persons who are interested in bidding, whether they are now work- attend. MRS. CHARLES M. SCHWAB DIES IN NEW YORK CITY Mrs. Emma Eurana (Dinkey) Sch- wab, 79, wife of Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, passed away last Thurs- day morning at the Schwab home on Riverside Drive, New York City. Her death terminated an illness of several years of a heart ailment. Mrs. Schwab had been bedfast since Christmas Day. Mr. Schwab, who is 78 years old, was with his wife when the end came, The funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon in New York City, and burial was made in Woodlawn cemetery, New York. Mrs. Schwab was born in Weatherly, | Pa, a daughter of Reuben and Eliza- beth (Hamm) Dinkey. When a small girl she moved to Braddock with her parents. The Dinkey family was pro- mininet in the steel industry in Brad- dock for many years. cording to the report submitted on ; ; ; A : mine inspector. Nanty-G1 i occu in the dicta Banasbony | J Tere new district includes on og, LA, Sun For, Ehren store building with a loss of $22,000, | Parts of Jefferson, {ong and of | Portage, and Galitzin : and the old McKeage gost Rd 2 Dlarlon Sounties. Me FH reside with Efforts are being made by Sonman Cherry Tree landmark, with a logs of | iS family in Brookville. officials to have John Lindley, safety Miss Emma Dinkey and Charles 1M. Schwab were married in Braddock on May 1, 1883. The steel magnate and his wife observed their 55th wedding an- niversary at their summer estate in Loretto, Mr. Filer was appointed mine in- director of the K. : Hh ‘firemen discussed the fire sch. | *PeCIOF on Oct. 1, 1934, and has been burgh, attend fe in. Pus ool to be held in Barnesboro starting stationed at Ebensburg since that time, The sponsoring committee 5 next month. Final plans for the sch. | 2U¥ing his term as inspector in this of Ellsworth Pauley, heirnin. i ool will be made at the meeting of the county he has been very active in the Nowobleski secretary; William St : county association at Hastings on Jan- | WOrK Of the Joseph Holmes Safety er, Frank Stancovitch Walte; Sain uary 26th, at which all three zones Counerl ah 8 Jjserict ana also in the | ett, Michael Vaselaney, Steracn Now will be represented. The Hastings ot fens oF Jie | enth Bituminous Coal votny, James Williams and John Mro- company will be hosts at the gather- Rin he Smad an executive i ing. : : i ; Socks tte of mine operators, superin- Zone 1 will hold its next meeting in | OMI hy KIWANIS TO HO, Barnesboro in April, tendents and general managers in an LD effort to further reduce the accident oy rate in mines in the county. Since LADDIE TIMKO AND HIS Mr. Filer has been an inspector in the ORCHESTRA AT COLVER district the number of accidents in Kiwanis Club will observe the 24th mines has been reduced in the district anniversary of the founding of Ki- Placards are out announcing the on the basis of increased tonnage. | wanis International at a special pro- music of Laddie Timko and His Or- | Prior to becoming a state mine inspec- | gram in the Brandon hotel on Monday chestra for a dance to be held in the | tor, Mr. Filer was a private inspector January 23rd. The first Kiwanis Club Labor Temple at Colver on Saturday | with the L. W. Hicks Mining Company | was organized in Detroit, Mich, evening of this week, January 2Ist.|of Leechburg. 1915. ? Dancing will begin at nine o’clock,| Mr. Steele, the new inspector, has and last till 12, and the admission will | been a foreman of the Berwind White | Northern Cambria Group will be in be 40 cents per person. A special at- | Coal Mining Company for the past 20 charge of the coming program. Mem- traction will be a “Rise and Shine” | years. He has enjoyed a wide exper- | bers of the committee are M. J. Miller program. The general public is cor-|ience in the mining field over a period | chairman; George A. Clark and Hillis dially invited to attend. of many years. ! Conn, t dustry, Mr. Driscoll said, ————————————e TRUCKERS PRAISED BY PUC CHAIRMAN Harrisburg.—Public Utiliay Commis- sioner Chairman D. J. Driscoll said the other day uncovering of 349 ille- gal truck operators, all “first offend- ers”, during a four month highway check, indicated that the “Pennsylvania trucking industry, generally, is keep- BIRTHDAY PROGRAM ing within the law and cooperating with the commission in enforcement Members of the Northern Cambria of trucking regulations.” Offenders caught were warned by the Commission to discontinue ille- gal operations and were advised to make proper application for continu- 1b | ed operation. The PUC drive is aimed in | chiefly at truckers operating without : commission authorization and ecertifi- The committee on education of the | ed truckers moving outside of certifi- cated territory. of law abiding ruckers against “chiselers” in the in- Truck owners of the district are advised of a meeting to be held tonight Due to a change of procedure with ref@rence to, rental of trucking equip- ment by the Works Progress Adminis- tration, all trucks now working on this program will be released on er will be placed on a competitive bid The meeting will be held in the au- ditorium of Joseph John’s High School This is the only meeting of this na- ture to be held in the four county ar- ing or not, are cordially invited to disbanded, money. Inquire this office. 723 South Fifth ve, PATTON. PA. COUNTY DPA LOAD INCREASES BY A PACE WITH PENNA. Number of Persons Who Live on Relief Hits High Point for Three Year Period. found Cambria County’s Relief load keeping pace with the state’s by pass- ing the 4,000 mark for the first time since early in 1936. Four thousand cas- es receiving grants from the Depart- some 14,000 persons in the county are dependent upon the state for susten- ance, Continued increases in the relief load do not reflect a mere local con- dition, for announcements from Har- risburg show that during the first week in January the number of per- sons dependent on state financed gen- eral assistance rose above the 700,000 More than a quarter of a million cases are on active relief now, and the total is still climbing, statistics show. The same reasons are applicable to to the DPA’S own analysis of condi- tions. Curtailment of WPA, the logi- cal let down following holiday busi- ness up-swings and general post elec- tion slackening are believed responsi- ble. A total of 292 new cases were op- ened in Cambria County during the WPA WO week ending January 7th and 114 were closed, leaving a net gain of 178. Of all cases opened 192 were added be- Meeting for Instructions Will Be | cause of loss of WPA jobs. Held in Johnstown This Ev- ———— GIRL LEAPS TO SAFETY AS FIRE DESTROYS HOME IN ELDER ON SATURDAY Leaping from a second story win- dow of her home Saturday morning, Dorothy Ashcraft, 15 year old daught- er of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ashcroft of Elder township, escaped with her life when fire destroyed the farm house, The girl suffered a severe injury to one of her ankles and is a patient at the Miners hospital, Spangler. She was forced to leap from the burning home in her night clothing. The fire is believed to have started from an overheated stove in a room adjoining the kitchen, where Mrs. Ash- craft was busy preparing breakfast. When she opened the door of the room next the kitchen she found it in flames. Mrs. Ashcraft ran to the barn ‘where her husband was feeding the stock, and then went to the home of her son on the same farm to summon help. She collapsed when she reached her son’s home. She had been in iil health. Her condition is improved. The seven room frame house was burned to the ground in short order, the fire consuming all of the family possessions and destroying a large quantity of canned goods and potatoes stored in the cellar. Flames enveloped the dwelling be- fore an alarm could be sent to the nearest fire company. The girl, sleep- ing in a second floor bed room, was awakened by the shouts of her par- ents but found her exit by stairway cut off. She rushed to a window and leaped to safety. Wind fanned the flames away from the barn and other buildings which were saved. Loss on the house was estimated at between four and five thousand dollars. Ashcraft did not carry insurance on the property, it is and 9:00 o'clock, Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ashcraft are being cared for at the home of their son, which is located on the same farm. — NEW SECREARY OF MINES John Ira Thomas, named by Gover- is a former Johnstowner widely known in mining circles of the bitum- inous fields. Product of Pennsylvania mines, Mr. Thomas became a state mine inspect- or and served in this capacity for a number of years in Cambria county. During the Fisher administration Mr. Thomas was deputy to Secretary of Mines Walter Glasgow. He served as a deputy in the bituminous division for a time under Governor Pinchot. In re- cent years Mr. Thomas has resided at Philipsburg, i RN TOO OLD TO TOOT; BAND TO DISBAND The Drum and Bugle Corps of the Murray-Appleman Post of the Ameri- can Legion at Roaring Spring, Class C Champions for three years, will be | has announced. Mr. Parry said the corps’ members are getting The first week of the New Year| ment of Public Assistance means that | mark for the first time in three years. | both state and this county, according | said. The fire broke out between 8:30 | nor James as state secretary of Zines, SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR ORGANIZED LABOR WILL SEEK STATE WAGE-HOUR LAW { | | Legislature Will Also Be Asked To Retain Legislation Secured Under Little New Deal. Harrisburg. — Pennsylvania organ- ized labor will ask the 1939 legislature for a state wage-hour law as well as for retention of the legislation it ob- tained under the retiring “Little New Deal.” Labor programs; sponsored by the state executive boards of the A. F. of | L., State Federation of Labor, and | the C. I. O., Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council, will vary on some is- sues ,but will probably dovetail in calling for a wage-hour act and the continuance of increased workmen's compensation and other labor enact- | ments of the Democratic controlled 1937 legislature. Both of the rival labor organizations disclosed they would seek early con- ferences with Governor Arthur H. | James and Republican legislative lea=- i ders to obtain indorsement or rejec- | tion of their proposals. The Industrial Council Executive | Board will meet this month to finally | approve the state C. 1. O. legislative | program, while the state federation’s | measures are already in bill form. i President James L. McDevitt of the | state federation revealed his organi- | zation will head its proposals with 3 | issues: | 1—Wage-hour legislation similar to | the Federal statute. | 2—Amendment of the state Labor | Relations Act, to “clarify” certification | procedure, | 3—Opposition to anticipated amend- | ments to the Unemployment Compen- sation Act which might tend to reduce | benefit payments. | President John A. Phillips of the | State Industrial Union Council, said | one of the major topics for discussion | by his organization’s executive board | will be the wage-hour legislation. He | said the foundation of the C. I O. la- bor program will be “strengthening of laws now on the books.” | {FIRE DAMAGES HOME ON LORETTO CAMPUS | Fire, which is believed to have star- {ted from an overheated furnace, in the basement, on Monday night dam- aged one of the residence buildings of St. Francis College, Loretto. The fire | broke out about nine o'clock and a call wa ssent to the Dauntless Fire Com- pany at Ebensburg, and the Cresson Volunteer Company. Within half an hour the flames were under control. Damage to the interior of the build- ing and to furnishings was estimated | at more than $1,000. The house was occupied by Dr. Leighton B. Brown, { head of the history department of St. | Francis college, who was at the school {at the time of the fire. Mrs. Brown | and their three children escaped in- | jury. | | | TWO PLEAD GUILTY | TO HIT-RUN COUNT William Frombach, 17, of Moxham, and William van de Water, 20, of Is- land Park, N. Y,, appeared before Jus- tice of the Peace Charles P. Rowland at Ebensburg on Saturday and pleaded guilty to hit-and-run charges. Both | were held for the March term of court | in $1,000 bail. Frombach furnished the | bond and van de Water was committed to the county jail, Both youths face charges of failure | to render assistance following an ac- | cident in which a car driven by From- bach and owned by van de Water | struck and killed Richard Briggs, 66, of Johnstown, and Mrs. Mary (‘laylar) Jones, 66, of Jackson township, south IS A FORMER CAMBRIAN of Mundy’s Corner last week. Rien Staind sug NORTH CAMBRIA CLUB ADMITS NEW MEMBERS More than one hundred new mem- bers have been reported admitted to Northern Cambria Republican Club, at a recent meeting in the Carrolltown American Legion Rooms. J. J. Shee- han, president of the organization, pre- sided. The drive for new members will continue until the goal of 2,500 is reached. The February meeting will be held at the Moose hall in Hastings on Mon- day, February 6th, A social hour will follow the business session. FAGAN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT DISTRICT 5 P. T. Fagan was re-elected presi- dent of District No. 5 of the United | Mine Workers of America. tabulation of returns at Pittsburgh showed on President John E. Parry | Monday. The vote was 12.631 for Mr. that Fagan and 2743 for William Bulger oy too | the West Penn Power Co. mines, old to take an active interest in drum | The check-ups will be made periodi- | and bugle corps competitions. cally for protection All other incumbents were reelected. | hey are William J. Patton. vice pres- _—— | ident; William Hargest, secretary and Found—Pocketbook with sum of | treasurer; and John O'Leary, Inter 1a- tional executive board m-mber.
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