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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 maiter May 7, 1936, at the post
office at Patton, Pa., under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
F. P. CAMMARATA, Business Mgr.
THOS. A. OWENS... Editor
Subscription, $23 Yearly in Advance.
Advertising Rates on Application.
The endeavor of the Union Press-
Courier is to sincerely and honestly
represent Trade Union Workers in
efforts to obtain economic freedom
through organizations as advocated
by the CIO and AFL, and we solicit
the support of trade unions. Mater-
jal for publication must be author-
ized by the organization it repre-
sents and signed by the President
and secretary, and bear the seal.
The Union Press-Courier gives its
advertisers the advantage of the
combined circulation of the two
largest circulated weeklies in Cam-
pbria County and has a reader cov-
erage that blankets Patton and the
major mining towns.
RANDOM THOUGHT
Over in Barnesboro, the United
Mine Workers, Local Union 617, ex-
plains in the local newspaper why the
Unemployment Compensation division |
siaff no longer uses the Miners’ hall
and clients of the UCD have to hitch-
hike or walk to the Spangler Fire
Hall to register. It seems the Miners
Lad been donating their hall to the
UCD, but had to pay a janitor to fire
the place on days of registration. When
tuey asked that this service be paid for
by the UCD, they were advised that
no rentals were allowed. The miners
vere uncomplaining about the condi-
tion the clients left the hall each time.
Rut when it cost the Local Union
noney to conduct the registration work
on top of the donation and inconven-
ience, naturally thzy were within their
rights in demanding the meagre re-
ecmpense of janitor hire for one day
a week. Because of this, a lot of Bar-
nesboro people must now travel to
Spangler. 'Tis a funny world.
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Practically all the new Republican
congressmen in the western section
¢f Pennsylvania are coming in for
a lot of criticism, even among mem-
bers of their own party, for voting
against a bill recenely making fed-
eral and state office holders liable
for income taxes on the salaries they
receive. Sometimes wm believe that
the folks back home don’t just want
their elected representatives to think
along partisan lines—at least when
thinking along such lines isn’t ex-
actly meting out justice and fairness
to all. It's a pretty hard matter to
make most people swallow the fact
that any man who makes sufficient
salary to pay an income tax, should
be exonerated and immune. And a
lot of the immune public officials
make their money mighty easy.
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Who are the most popular men among
a lot of the rank and file of the Re-
publican party just now? Why Louis
Luxenberg, Emil Schwing and Walter !
Anderson. Why? Because they are the
committee set up to dispense patron-
age in Cambria County for the party.
Will they remain popular long? Yes,
with some they will, but with the far
greater majority they won't—not be-
cause they won't want to please all,
but because they can’t. These ' three
gentlemen have their hands full, and
ere long they'll begin sneaking in the
back doors of their residences to avoid
job hunters sitting on the front porch.
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There are more things than just
plain want and poverty to tnuk of
when men can't find work. With the
cut down on WPA, it is natural to
assume that petty crime will be on
an upward swing. In fact, there has
been a decided increase in crime in
Pittsburgh huring the past month,
with highway robbery and burgular-
ly cases particularly being noted.
Poverty breeds crime. At least the
criminal - minded are less active
if they are on some honest payroll.
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The sales tax, or at least legislation
disguised as such, has been proposed
by some of the “old Guard” Repub-
lican legislators at Harrisburg — but
so far Governor James has refused to
have anything to do with it, and likely
will continue in that frame of mind.
The Governor has better foresight
than some of the State Republican
leaders. A sales tax would soon send
the Republican party in Pennsylvania
back into a “deceased” position.
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It doesn’t appear just now that this
seventy-sixth Congress of ours is in
any particular hurry fo make any
amendments to the Wagner Labor
Act. No early action is in prospect
A lot of the criticism of the act is
promoted by newspapers and “big
business” and the solons at Wash-
ington are not nearly as anxious to
meet the folks back home with any
record that takes away the workers
privileges and their own votes, as
press reports would have us beleive.
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There have been some proposals
down at Harrisburg to boost the fifty
mile speed limit for automobiles on
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itself immediately, and let the people
of the commonwealth enjoy one of the
outstanding features of the Earle ad-
ministration—the Highway safety re-
gulations, and the penalty imposed for
Lreaking them.
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Folks of the North of the County
who want a glimpse, however fleet-
ing, of the world’s No. 1 Royal cou-
ple, King George VI and Queen
Lazavcih of England, on their
American tour, will have to travel
at least as far as Lock Haven to get
it. The entourage is scheduled to go
by Pennsylvania Railroad on June
8th from Buffalo to Washington, via
Renovo, Lock Haven, Jersey Shore,
Willimsport and Harrisburg.
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Some things make one laugh. We'll |
bet the Governor of Pennsylvania was |
one of the “constitutional” chaps who |
yelled bloody murder when President |
Roosevelt wanted to pack the Supreme |
Court. Now Harrisburg dispatches say
vir. James wants to increase the Dem- |
ocratic controlled Public Utilities |
Commission from five to seven mem- |
bers in order to gain control of it him- |
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self.
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We wonder what the citizens, Rep-
ublicans and Democrats, really think
about Goveronr James’ stand on
Federal Flood Control projects. Fed-
cral control of a lot of worthless
state lands, is more important to the
Governor than drowning, and thous-
ands upon thousands of dollars worth
of property being destroyed. Right
now the citizens of Johnstown and
Pittsburgh have been scared every
time it rains right hard.
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The Townsend and similar old age
pension plans, calling for payments up
to $200 2 month, will be scuitled lat |
thes session of Congress. Democratic |
leaders have been advised. The ad-
ministration’s proposal to include an
army of several million domestics and
farm employes in the Social Security
program, also appears to be on a side-
track. Sentiment in the house ways
and means committee, now conducting
hearings into the proposals, has turn-
ed against the Townsend and other oid
age pension propositions because of
the huge taxation problem they in-
volve, according to information obtain-
ed from party lieutenants.
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Justice Brandies who went upon
the Supreme Court Bench 23 years
ago, amid a shower of brickbats,
leaves it amid a shower of roses, and
strangely, the people who threw
those brickbats are now the most
profuse in throwing roses. That's
human (or at least political) nature.
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Far reaching administrative com-
plications, as well as methods of levy-
ing taxes on farmers and housekeepers,
stand in the way of bringing farm
hands and domestics within the scope
of the social secrity act, members
say. Although some revision of the act
the Townsend and similar old age pen-
sions running from $60 to $200 a month,
the leaders said. Both Republicans and
Democrats on the Ways and Means
Committee are reputed to say privat- |
ely that it would break the country to
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load a big old age pension plan on the
backs of the taxpayers. They revealed
they have an agreement to let old age |
pension advocates have all the hear- |
ings they want, and most of the mem- |
bers they were satisfied any $200- |
a-month plan would be impractical. |
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The parents, who leave loaded guns |
about their homes with children run-
ning about are indeed foolish. News {
stories from Pittsburgh during the |
week tell us of one twin brother. |
shooting the other. A loaded gun |
may be all right for protection—but |
it is all wrong if it can at all be ac- |
cessible to children. The stick-up |
man ugsually has the drop on you |
anyway. However, the gun may give |
one a sense of security. |
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The word “Economy is flexible, it
appears. The recess of the legislature |
1as provided a gravy train for 180 em- |
ployes of the legislature. They get paid |
an average of $7 a day. Figure it out
for yourself. Some get as high as $18.
They get 16 days’ pay for nothing.
And in that word “Economy” also can
be included a suverior court justice
who draws a lot of pay for doing noth-
ing while engaged in a political cam-
paign.
DOUBLE FEATURE AT
GRAND, PATTON, NEXT
SATURDAY EVENING
A double feature is offered as the
bill for next Saturday night at the |
Grand theatre, Patton. First of these
is “Mr. Moto’s Last Warning,” another
of those delightful stories of the bland
sleuth who keeps you guessing. It has
to do with a band of conspirators who
are planning to wreck the Suez Canal.
The scond feature is “Paris Honey-
moon, in which four of the season's |
big hit tunes are rendered. Bing Cros- |
by is the star, but Shirley Ross, Fran-
cisca Gaal and others also have out- |
standing parts. It is a mighty good |
show. Don’t miss the big bill of fare |
at the Grand on Saturday night. |
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The application of Dr. Harry B. Den- |
ny, of Spangler, Capt. Dental Res. Br.,!
U. S. Army , for enrollment in the |
Chicago Military Medico-Dental train- |
ing course, 6th corps area at Chicago, |
from Feb. 26 to Mar. 11, has been ap-
proved for the course in dental sur-
gery. This is a course of instruction
Pennsylvania highways. With the re-
duced accident record Pennsylvania
has aquired because of this ruling, it
in the latest development, technique,
the three dental schools in Chicago.
is hard for anyone to even imagine
that partisan politics (and it is par-
tisan politics) could go so far as to
again put this state on a basis of the
former annual slaughter that once ex-
isted. A senatorial committee is inves-
tigating the matter. What this senator-
ial committee should do is to dissolve
etc, in dental surgery conducted i
The military instruction, which is
conducted during the afternoon and
evening periods, by regular army of- |
ficers will include a comprehensive
series of subjects which are appropria-
te for the training of Medical Depart-
ment Reserve Officers.
THE UNION
PRESS-COURIER.
GABLE AND SHEARER
IN FINE SHOW SUNDAY
AND MONDAY, GRAND
Norma Shearer and Clark Gable
score personal triumphs in their latest
co-staring roles in “Idiot's Delight”
which will be the attraction at the
Grand theatre, Patton, next Sunday
and Monday.
Brought to the screen
by Hunt
Stromberg, this Pulitzer prize winning
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play by Robert Sherwood is an im-
provement on the stage original. Sher-
wood wrote the screen play and has
taken full advantage of the greater
range of the camera. Clarence Brown
has directed one of his finest.
A capable supporting cast includes
such notable players as Edward Ar-
nold, Charles Coburn, Joseph Schild-
kraut, Burgess Meredith, Laura Hope | have taken refuge. But the impression
Crews, and Skeets Gallagher. Each of | is left that he saves her and the pair
them gives a distinguished perform-
auce,
Markets.
Yona
Peas, Corn or
AgsP
Sunnyfield
Staley’s
Blended for Flavor
RAJAH SYRUP, Ot. Btl. .
450 MAGEE
SAVE ON ALL OF
LIMA BEANS, Ib. can ............
TOMATOES, 4 No.2 cans ............
SAUER KRAUT, 2Ige. cans .............1]e
PANCAKE FLOUR, 2 20-oz. pkfis...
WAFFLE SYRUP, 2 1V;.1b. cans ..... 25¢
Laurels also were bestowed on a
group called “Gable's Glamour Girls”, |
1ncluding Virginia Grey, Paula Stone,
Lorraine Kruger, Bernardine Hayes,
Joan Marsh and Virginia Daye. They
surround the star when he sings, ‘Put-
tin’ on the Ritz.” and again whe he
performs an amusing burlesque dance
as the vaudeville hoofer in the story.
The original story remains almost
as it was on the stage. The hoofer and
a vaudeville girl meet in Omaha where
they fall lightly in love and part. She |
is ambitious and presently finds her- |
self in Europe as a phoney countess al- |
lied with a munitions agent. The Am- |
erican hoofer, on tour, meets her ag- |
2in ,and recognition is mutual. |
They resume the affair where they
Jeft off and at last recognize | real
| love. War suddenly looms and thed |
are trapped in a border town as the |
enemy planes drop bombs. One of them
strikes the building in which the pair
go on tegether in a partner act for
life.
It’s frankly very easy—because all of the foods at A & P Super
Markets are priced low EVERY SINGLE DAY.
—a big, roomy store with hundreds upon hundreds of plain and fancy
groceries lining the shelves—and imagine each item priced at less
than you expected to pay—that’s a fairly true picture of what thous-
ands of thrifty housewives are finding every day at A & P Super
Bargains in meats, bargains in fine canned foods,—in bread
Imagine if you can
FARMER'S SHARE OF
FOOD DOLLAR IN ’38
SMALLEST IN 4 YEARS
Washington—The farmer's share of
' the consumer's food dollar in 1938 was
the smallest in four years, the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics reported
last week. The calculation covered a
list of 58 foods consumed annually by
| a typical workingman's family.
The share of the dollar going to
formers was 40 cents in 1938, compar-
ed with 45 cents in 1937, a low of 33
cents in 1932, and an average of 53
cents in 1913-15 when this government
compilation was started.
The decline in the farmer's share
of the consumer's food dollar was the
{first since the drop from 38 cents in
1931 to the 26-year low of 33 cents in
11932, according to R. O. Been in an
article in the February issue of the
bureau's monthly publication The Ag-
ricultural Situation.
Statistics are included showing farm
and retail values of the 58 foods, and
AVENUE, PATTON, PENNA.
YOUR FOOD NEEDS
DAILY — AT AN A &@ P SUPER MARKET
Thursday, February 23, 1939.
the margin between these values going
to transportation agencies, processors
and distributors. Been says that “a
striking feature of the margins bet-
ween farm and retail values has been
their rigidity during the last four
years.”
The retail value of 58 foods totaled
$321 in 11938. This was a decrease
of about nine percent from 1937. The
farm value was $130 in 1938, a de-
crease of about 19 percent. The margin
between the farm and retail values
wag $191, practically unchanged from
1937.
Been concludes:
“An improvement in 1939 consumer
income over 1938, such as is now an-
ticipated, should lead to some increase
in the proportion of the consumer's
food dollar received by farmer's dur-
ing the coming year.”
1933 DE LUXE PLYMOUTH in first
class condition for sale. Will take old-
er car in on trade. Can be seen at 408
| Lang avenue, Patton.
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and cakes, coffee, household needs and bargains in fruits and vege-
tables!
every day—that you can save every dav.
it’s really a thrill, too—to know that low prices are in effect
A & P can keep prices low
every day because we employ most efficient storekeeping methods—
we buy direct from producers, liminating many in-between profits and
sharing our savings with our customers. Make it a point to visit an
A & P Super Market this week-end—begin your everyday savings
right now!
Encora Brand
Be
«23¢
Wisconsin
Kraft
Macaroni or Spaghetti, 1b. . .
Brick or Longhorne Cheese, 1b.
Macaroni Dinner, 2 pkgs. . .
Sultana—From Alaskan Waters
. 27c
WEEK-END
Made with ripe bananas,
Each
CAKE SPECIAL
@
BANANA LOAF
Sultana
Sultana—A
Peanut
Pure, Rich,
19¢
in Heavy Syrup
IONA PEACHES, 2 Ige. cans .
Economical
23c Nutley
SAVE ON SEA FOODS
1 Skinned Cod or Haddock
FILLETS
sms
Sirlein, Tenderloin, 1b. ... .
Pollock FILLETS . .
SEA SCALLOPS . .
Sliced HALIBUT . .
ET I
STEAKS—Branded Steer Beef, Round, 250 |
SMOKED PICNICS, Small shert shank, 1b...
LEAN BACON, 6 to 10 Ib. avg, any size pe., Ib. 21c
CHUCK ROAST, Meaty End Cuts, 1b,
PORK SHOULDER ROAST, 4 to 5 Ib. picnics, 1b 15¢
1b. 7c
Ib. 11c
Ib. 17¢
lb. 19¢
16¢
14¢
Egg Noodles, Ib. pkg.
FLA. ORANGES
Red Salmon, lb. can .
Vegetable, and Tomato
Hurtf’s Soups, 3 tall cans .
Treat for Children
Butter, 1 |b. jar
Nourishing—For Every Milk Use
White House Milk, 10 tall cans
2 Ibs. eo eo oo
Spread
Nut Oleo,
FRESH PRODUCE
sweet, Juicy 220’s-252’s
Florida 70’s-80’s
GRAPEFRUIT .
PENNA. POTATOES, Blue Label, pkg. .
ICEBERG LETTUCE, Head ........
NEW POTATOES, Florida Red Buds, 5 lbs... ... 25¢
RED RIPE TOMATOES, Ib...
NEW TEXAS CARROTS, 2 behs. ....
Ripe, Yellow
BANANAS . . .
Red, Luscious
STRAWBERRIES
. 2 doz. 25¢c
7 for 19¢
-29¢
. Bc
A 9c
. 9c
5 lbs. 25¢
= | ag
29c
. v
| a
2 pts.
| Prices Below Effective in All A & P Stores in Patton and Vicinity
STEWING,
PINT ...
VOVOOVVOVOVVVIVVVVOO!
QO0OOONNNOOONNNNNNNACOAOOONNOON
FRESH
OYSTERS,
lic
PRYING. Pint...
Ann Page MELLO WHEAT, 2 28-oz. pkgs. ..
TETLEY'S TEA, Orange Pekoe, '-1b. pkg. .......... 21¢
FAMILY BREAD,
Cold Stream
PINK SALMO
Sultana
RED BEANS,
Sultana Red
Kidney BEAN
QOORONNNKNNNNANONNNA
Mereno
CHILI. POWD
.23¢ Ann Page
wns 2DC
S, 4 22-0z. cans 25¢
STUFFED OLIVES 4% oz. btl. {9c
Staley's Cube
N, 1b. can ..10¢ GLOSS STARCH, 2 Ib. pkg. ...15¢
Old Dutch
2 22 oz. cans 15he CLEANSER, 2 cans ........... 13¢
Water Softener
CLIMALENE, 3 pkgs. ........
25¢
For Fine Laundering
ER, can .... 15¢ LAUNDRY GEMS, 3 pkgs. ... 25¢
N. B. C.
CHOC. HOBBIES, Ib. ........ 19¢
DEL MONTE APRICOTS, 2 Ige. cans .
FRESH A & P DONUTS, 2 doz. ..... ...
FRESH
DAILY
GIANT
LOAVES
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