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Patton Courier, Established Oct. 1893
Union Press, Established May, 1935
THE UNION PRESS
Combined with PATTON COURIER
Published Every Thursday by Thos.
A. Owens, 723 Fifth Avenue, Pat-
ton, Pa., and Entered as second class
mail matter May 7, 1936, at the post-
office at Patton, Pa., under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
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major mining towns.
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RANDOM THOUGHT
Were you an original Arthur H.
James man for Governor u you
were, and weren't hob-nobbing in
Pinchot’s corner at the primaries,
yowll have first choice at the pat-
he Republican dis-
time.
ronage, when {
pensers get busy in a short
We interpret this policy from Gov.
James’ statement last week, when
he told newspaper reporters, “We
hope the original James people will
be sitting at the head of the table
and get a little bit of the ‘manna ’
before the others.”
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That would make it appear that if
you were one of the Pinchot support-
ers, you'll simply have to wait. But
maybe there won't be enough jobs to
go around to reach you. On the other
hand we personally know of some ra-
ther active Republican workers at the
general election, who didn’t take any
particular interest at the primaries.
What will their status be? Will they
have to wait, too?
°
Creation of county patronage
boards composed of seven members
and representing “all Republican
factions” has been ordered, however,
by the party leaders, and County
chairmen have received instructions
to name such boards. The Governor
believes that his ecomomy program,
which calls for the abolition of a lot
of jobs, will “slow up considerably”
the distribution of patronage. And,
in the meantime, there are some
restless and anxious Republicans de-
veloping a mental state that is not
exactly peaceful. When the jobs do
eome—to some—and not to all—the
“seekers,” the fun will really start.
*
Sometimes all of us are disillusion-
gd. If newspaper stories are true, we
are feeling that way. For years we
have espoused the cause of Tom Moon.
ey, both verbally and editorially, ana
we do feel that a wrong has been cor-
nected by his pardoning, after twenty-
two years in prison for a crime of
which we, with millons of others, be-
Lieve in his innocence. Yes, we are
glaid Tom Mooney is free, but—
°
Now that he is a free man, if one
is to believe the newspapers, and is
eonsidering divorce proceedings
against Mrs. Mooney, certainly it
leaves a bad taste. In glorifying Tom
Mooey we, as well as labor organi-
zations in gemeral, naturally were
not unaware of the everlasting ef-
forts of Rena Mooey in her continued
fight to secure her husbands re-
lease and of her overwhelming plea-
sure when Tom was freed. Tom
Mooey did justly obtain public sen-
timent to the belief that an injus-
tice had been done him, but it will
not long stay with him if he goes
through with any intention to di-
vorce the woman who sacrificed so
much for him.
°
For many years we have been lis-
tening to wails of viewers-with-alarm
crying about how women have been
taking away the jobs that men some-
how came to regard as their special
prerogative. In fact this started back
in the world war days, when so many
of the men were in the army, and wo.
men stepped into their civil occupa-
tions and never let go. It is interest-
ing to learn that the worm has tura-
ed, the man has bitten the dog, and
there is something new under the sun.
For now the men are taking the wo-
men's jobs. And Mary Anderson, dl-
rector of the Women’s Bureau of the
Department of Labor, is just as indig-
nant as any man has been at the in-
trusion into “men’s jobs.”
.
Men are “encroaching,” Miss An-
derson reports, “in women’s tradi-
tional fields in retail trade, hotels
and restaurants, laundries, office
work, textiles, men’s clothing, and
confectionery.” She wants more vo-
cational training for women, and de-
velopment of new lines of work in-
to which women can go. It is hard
to see why sauce for the goose is
not an equally good condiment for
the gander. And why, if it was all
right for women to make men’s
jobs in their “traditional fields” a
few years back, shouldn’t men take
them back again?
°
Gevernor James’ declaration that
there will be no change in the state’s,,
present tax structure, will disappoint
many people, and will prove a beon
to the Democrats’ contentions that
lower taxes in the state were not at
all possible. Some of the business
groups over the state were hoping
that a Republican administration
would mean a reduction in taxes, par-
ticularly the . elimination of some
levies that have hit business hard.
Prior to the election the Republi-
cans themselves contributed to this
belief by campaign speeches and
promises. And in the same manner
some of the enthusiastic Republican
city, ward and borough and town.
ship leaders, promised all and sun-
dry, jobs, if they would cast their
lot with the Republican ticket.
And yet, andes the circumstances,
all those jobs that were promised by
the “little leaders” and all the taxes
that were to be reduced, just simply
can’t materialize. The state now has a
huge deficit. State payrolls are being
purged. But even if all the pay roll
vere “fired,” taxes would still be re-
cuired. There is no question but that
state taxation now imposes an excess-
ively heavy burden upon the backs of
big business and “little fellows” alike.
But if the people of Pennsylvania do
want a balanced budget, there is no
way taxes can pe reduced and the
budget still balanced—and everyboay
who voted the Republican ticket get
a job—at least at this time.
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We venture a gues that there are
many Republicans on the streets of
Patton (or elsewhere, too, for that
matter) who have never heard of
Col. Carl S. Estes. He hails from
Texas, and is a Democrat. Just now
he has rented a house in Harrisburg
and it looks as if he going to stay
here for a time. Joseph N. Pew was
the original Pennsylvania friend of
Estes, who is a ‘big shot” in the
Lone Star State, and is the oil bus-
iness—just like Pew. Mr. Estes was
at James’ elbow here in Pennsylva-
nia during the primary and general
election campaigns, and is credited
with having much to do with the
framing of a number of speeches
the Governor made. Now he seems
to have taken on the occupation of
steady adviser.
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Col. Estes’ sojourn in Pennsylvania
is interesting, and that he has his
head close in the this northern state's
administration is evident. But politi-
cians are inclined to regard him as
having been cast for the role of the
Warwick of the administration. There
are indications that he is not inter-
ested in the run-of-mine functions of
the administration but has been and
will be concerned with those activi-
ties which might attract national at-
tention to the administration and pro-
vide a build-up for the Governor as a
candidate for President. That is also
believed to be the main interest of
Mr. Pew. After Gov. James was elected
he spent several weeks vacationing in
the South as the guest of Col Estes.
°
There seems to be some contro-
very over the groundhog, as report.
ed by several of the “groundhog
camps on February 2nd. The poor
fellow is said to have seen his shad-
ow by some of the “experts,” and
is is hotly denied by others. The
rest of us will continue to “take”
line of allowing employers more op- !
portunity to influence their employees
choice of organization, and to buiid
up unions which will serve the bosses’ |
purposes rather than those of the
workers,
The whole Walsh bill is an outright
attack on the rights of self-organiza-
tion and collective bargaining em-
bodied in the Wagner Act. It is es-
sentially and employers’ program for |
crippling and defeating the rposcs |
of the Act. |
The CIO will fight these amend.
ments with every means at its dispoa-
al, and AFL unionists are also already
demanding an explanation from their
leaders as to how they came to spon-
sor such an anti-iabor program.
The defense of tne Wagner act ag-
ainst the Walsh bill and all other am-
endments is an issue on which al! gen-
uine labor unionists can unite. Every
Senator and Congressman should be
notified at once that labor is opposed
to any and all such curtailments of
its collective bargaining rights.
THE UNION PRESS-COURIER.
SOME FACTS OF INTEREST
CONCERING THE BEATS OF
THE HEART IN ANIMAL LIFE
I
Each stroke of the radial artery in-
dicates a heart beat.
The earliest known record of coun-
ting the pulse rate dates back to 3000
rx ou |
Weekly Health Talk from the Educa- | B.C.
tional Committee of the Cambria
County Medical Society,
The heart of a canary as well as |
that of a mouse beats 1000 times a min- |
ute.
An elephant’s heart beats about 25
times a minute.
The size of the animal bears Inti-
mate relationship to the rate of the
heart beat.
The heart-beat rate is usually de-
termined by counting the number of
pulse beats in a given time.
There is an expansion and contrac-
tion for each heart beat.
This is felt all along the arterial
system.
Particularly is it felt on the radial
artery of the wrist.
The word pulse is from the Latin,
“pulsus”, meaning stroke.
| Herophilus of Alexandria, an Egypt-
ian physician of about 300 B. C., plac-
ed great importance on the pulse rate.
He invented a cumbersome water
clock with which he measured the
pulse rate.
! Around 1570, Galileo invented his
“pulsilogia” to count the pulse.
Doctors glean information from the
pulse rate, taken in connection with
the patient's other symptoms includ-
ing appearance and manner.
As with taking a patient's temper-
ature, the pulse aids diagnosis.
There are pulse rates fast and slow.
There are pulses irregular and jer-
ky.
There are pulses that skip beats due
to delay in contractions of the heart.
There are intermittent pulses and
bounding pulses.
There are weak pulses and strong
Thursday, February 9, 1939.
and tense pulses.
Galen, as far back as 130 A. D. re.
cognized and commented on “brady-
cardia.”
Bradycardia defines an abnormally
slow pulse rate.
DO YOU KNOW?
During the fifteenth century be-
fore Christ there lived a singer named
Har-Mose, who was buried in the
tomb with his friend and patron Sen-
Mut, distinguished architect of many
of Egypt's ancient temples in the Val-
ley of the Kings. Pathologists have
determined, from examination of Har-
Mose’s extremely well-preserved mum-
my, that he died of severe bronoho-
pneumonia with pleurisy and also suf-
fered from anthracosis.
An American-English dictionary con-
taining every known word that has
criginated in the United States since
1607 is being compiled at the Univer-
sity of Chicago.
TTT—
COLD STREAM — CAUGHT IN
SWEET, MEATY, 40-50
SUNNYFIELD
PANCAKE
KRAFT’S
MACARONI
POLK’S
GRAPFRUIT
the weather as nature gives it to us
and “like it.” In the meantime, the
groundhog won't be in the limelight
again for another year — for which
we all are thankful.
®
We note by the newspapers that a
“movement” is being started to have
the U. S. Government purchase the
Schwab summer home “Immergrun”
at Loretto, to be used as a U. S. Vet-
erans’ hospital. As yet it doesn’t am-
ount to anything more thgn newspaper
talk—and likely local newspaper talk
at that. A U. S. Veterans Hospital
would be a fine thing for Cambria
County, we won't deny that. Like-
wise if the Government purchased the
Loretto estate of Mr. Schwab—it would
be a fine thing for Mr. Schwab—and
he won't deny that. Folks here in this
section have long wondered what the
final disposition of “Immergrun” would
be. Apparantly that disposition is just
a “for sale” item.
ACT MENACED
Examination of the so-called AFL
Fla. Grapefruit 64's
PINK SALMON
Nuttey Nut OLEOQ 2 Ibs. 23°
can JO°
NORTHERN WATERS
California PRUNES
FLOUR 2
DINNER 2 pis. 33°
JUICE
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WHITE HOUSE MILK 10 i 55°
- FRESH PRODUCE ~~
Florida ORANGES
Juicy
220's-252’s
54's,
NEW POTATOES 5
Fresh, Clean
Iceberg LETTUCE
TEXAS CARROTS
SPINACH
20 oz.
pkgs.
2 No.
2 15°
DOZ.
5”19¢ 0: 6_19c
ror 25C
2 13c
2 11c
450 MAGEE AVENUE, fPATTON, PENNA.
BIG SAVINGS EVERY DAY!
Tomatoes, Corn, or
PEAS
4 No.2 cans 23
Ib. §°
LN
Sunnyfield
FLOUR
24 1b.
sack
57
FOR 25c¢
Ann Page Salad
DRESSING
quart
jar
29°
BUNCH- S
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Popular Brands
CIGARETTES
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TOMATOES
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Relactions Act reveals that they not STRAWBERRI pe, int
only intend to break up CIO unions Luscious Boxes C pound 10¢c
but also endanger all real collective ee
bargaining, as originally contemplated
by the act. Meaty .
ros smenimens sponsored by we fll RUMP ROAST, i200 SAVINGS on QUALITY MEATS
AFL leaders and introduced by Sena- Whole or end cuts
tor David I. Walsh do not even follow I'RESH PORK LOINS, ...1b. 17¢ TENDER JUICY
[iy nes 50 2own by the Houston Small smoked, whole or shank half CHUCK ROAST. LB 14c¢
. Ce : a
Two of the worst of them were nev- SKINNED HAMS, ....... Ib. 23¢ PORK—4 TO 5 LB. PICNICS
er authorized by the convention. These Short Shank SHOULDER ROAST... ...... .. . LB. 14c
are the amendments which would per- SMOKED PICNIC, ....... 1b. 17¢ ROUND, SIRLOIN, TENDERLOIN . ie
mit employers to call for elections at Fresh Stuffed STEAKS D 2 3 25
RS A oy Jouve PORE SAT SAGE Ib. 19¢ § S — From Branded Steer Beef ...... LB, Cc
union strategy, and the amendment, to |} Skinless Cod en : ANY SIZE 20
Allow employers to call upon the T Q STANDING RIB ROAST
courts for subpoenas for the produc. | HADDOCK FILLETS, ...1b. 10¢ QUALITY : den 1B C
tion of evidence. | od Fresh wn a . HAMBURG 16
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mit the courts to expose the most
confidential union files to public view
and inspection by the employer with-
out regard to time, place and circum-
stance.
Both of these amendments are dan- |
gerous to all unions and can benefit
only union fighting employers. Yet
they have been introduced in Congress
in the name of the AFL!
Even the most specifically anti-CIO
amendment, requiring craft union el-
ections, is of such character that it
could be used to break up many AFL
unions as well as those of the CIO.
Many AFL unions are organized on
a plant basis, yet this so-called AFL |
amendment would automatically re-
quire the board to break up all plant
units into a variety of craft divisions.
ilarly a menace to all genuine labor
unionism. In general they follow the
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RAJAH SYRUP . =
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MILK Ber Cons atsation
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