[Qe ile OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYL Recognized and Endors- ed by More Than Fifty Local Unions and Cen- tral Bodies Over Cam- bria County and Ad- jacent Mining Areas. Union Press, Established May, 1935. VOL. 45. NO. 31. A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS UNION VANIA. / = $ eel TY Sh C CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1939 ! 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 Oct., 1893. SBA SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR President Calls CONGRESSMAN GETS BIG SEND-OFF HO NOR GU EST OF | SUN-TELEGRAPH PLAYS LEAD ON | “BILL’ SIMPSON'S BAND. KIWANIS GROUP The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, ir = one of its editions of last Friday gave { the Coraopolis High School Band sev- Harve Tibbott Urges Strength- eral columns of pictures and story on ening of National Defense at | its first page, in recognition of a con- : { cert in which more than 250 musici- Spangler Dinner Monday. ————————— | Urging that the national defense be | strengthened so that America need | fear Ip foreign y 108, i oEesaman fact that William D. Simpson, of this Arve oy 20k Th Sens i hs oe place, is the director of these musical Drincina Loh or 2 : rn Sa in pu | organizations, and that their wide- a ri a a and spread prominence has been due in 0 PO 2 NOT D c Pie c 3 . : a great degree to his untiring and ev- Ebensburg Kiwanis Clubs at the g g u ng and ev musical organizations of the Junior and Major High Schools took part. Of especial interest to Patton folks is the Equipment, A general renovating is now in pro- gress at the Grand Theatre, Patton. George C .Hoppel, local Patton con- tractor, has been busy for the past 10 days building a new projection booth. This booth must be built on solid steel girders so that there will never be the least vibration during the projec- tion of a picture. When completed, it Brandon hotel, Spangler. er- energeiic leadership, clared. “I believe that we should keep “I have in mind the many veterans Patton Show should fight any war abroad, I do be- manner in which he is endeavoring to “I believe that the United States —- a should remain friends with all nations. GRAND TH EATRE I do not believe that a drop of blood | : in mind the lessons of the last war for which we are continuing to pay disabled in the World War, who should be a living lesson to us of the horror lieve that we should strengthen our | national defenses so that we will have represent the people of the 27th dis- trict. on Americans should be shed on for- eign soil,” Congressman Tibbott de- IMPROVEMENTS SOON COMPLETE not only with dollars but in snattered humanity. — of conflict. “While I do not believe that we the respect of all nations.” Congressman Tibbott told of the “Even a few months in Congress has shown me that the heads of our he said. “They are attempting through service and loyalty to solve our many complex problems. These problems, however, will only be solved by ciear- thinking on the part of the majority of our people. We must have a unity of purpose. Our Nation is the greatest in the world and it will continue to be such only so long as we adhere to our system of government.” Louis Luxenberg, Barnesboro, was toastmaster. Judge ‘Ivan J. McKenrick and Attorney Harry A. Englehart, of | Ebensburg and Attorney William F. Dill, of Barnesboro, also spoke. ER the Grand theatre takes the lead in FIREMEN SAVE BOY | providing the best possible for thea- | TRAPPED IN CHIMNEY | tre patrons and we may feel well as-| —— | sured that here is one theatre that will Calvin Hicks, fourteen year old |always maintain a leading position in Barnesboro boy, is recovering in the the show business and one that will al- Spang hospital from a harrowing | Ways offer entertainment at its very experience on Monday and has resol- | best. ved, according to his friends, to take a few tips in the future from old | Kris Kringle on the technique of any | “chimney scanning.” | Young Hicks, a son of Mr. and Mrs. | Robert Hicks of Barnesboro, tempt. | . mr ed to do a “Kris Kringle” Monday | A nation wide women’s tax study down a chimney of the Steele Clark | ovement spread to Patton this week cabin in the vicinity of Cherry Tree. | with the announcement of the forma- The boy had descended half way down | ton of a local unit of the National the fieldstone chimney when he be- | Consumers Tax Commission under the came wedged there. { leadership of Mrs. Laura Campbell of It was exceedingly hot in the chim- | Patton. as i ney. Despite the fact no fire had been “It is through such non-political | built in the fireplace in the cabin, the | 8YOUPS as this,” said Mrs. Kenneth C. | air was bad and young Hicks became | Frazier, NCTC president who announ- | exhausted in his attempt to free him- self from the chimney. Two compan- ions he laying with Hicks on the roof of the tani, went sg | We Pay tess taxes but they add $10] Cherry Tree and advised Chief of Po- | [0 every $30 of rent, $1.95 to a $5 hat, | lice J. E. Irwin of the boy’s predica- | 21d $1.56 to a $4 pair of shoes.’ ment. The NCTC vice president is Mrs. | Irwan and two other men from the | Melville Mucklestone, a past national | town went to the scene but were un- | President of the American Legion Aux- | | country. ‘equipment, embodying all the latest lamp houses will be installed as soon | as this b pictures projected at the Grand are now quite good, we are assured that these latest improvements, running in- | to thousands of dollors, will give a brilliant new appearance to the screen and a clarity of tone, for the new | sound equipment will make the Pat-| ton showhouse one for our citizens to | be more than proud of. As in the past, | HIDDEN TAXES ARE UNDER SCRUTINY OF PATTON WOMEN of America can kest study the problem | able to free the youth. They worked | iliary. The drive in this state is led by | for fifteen minutes and when they real- | Mrs. James B. Scott of Philadelphia, | ized the boy was growing weaker, | the Commission's Pennsylvania Nati- they sent in a hurried call to the | nal Committee member, and Mrs. Cherry Tree Volunteer fire company. Herman E. Mattman, of Philadelphia, | The volunteers arrived and after sev- the state director. eral attempts to free the youth proved Hidden taxes are a real burden on | : . " ] | futile, they started to tear away the low-income families,” explained Mrs. | + 3 wa Tq fieldstone and concrete in the chim- | Mucklestone. “They account for sixty- | GEO. SAMPLE ACTING ney. three per cent of all tax revenues ra- { Finally, after more than an hour | ised by local, state, and national gov- | had elapsed the chimney Mad been | €rnments, They mean higher prices on | partment last Friday announced the| President Judge John H. McCann | torn away and the youth When young Hicks was freed he col- | living essentials. Too often the result | ing Poginuster for Bakerton. He suc- 2 is that low-income families have {>| ceeds the late Chester a , lapsed. He was removed to the Spang- whose death occurred last month. Mr. | principal speakers at the annual Le- | Health, the Spangler Hospital (Base- | Mr. Bell served as head of the organ- | McCoy had held the office for nine! gion Memorial Day services to be held | years. Mr. Sample has been operating | at Sunset Park at 2 o'clock on Sundy, - saiti n ler hospital in an unconscious con- | forego actual necessities. ition. But he is now on the way to Sin 2 ¥ ¥ INANTY-GLO MINERS - VOTE TO REPULSE 2 HONOR IS GIVEN JOHNSTOWN UNION | EBENSBURG BOY iit United Mine Workers at Nanty-Glo Howard Clifton McWilliams, Jr., son | have declared “war” on deliveries of County Farm Agent and Mrs, H. C. | made to Nanty-Glo merchants by the McWilliams of Ebensburg has been | truck drivers affiliated with the | town Baseball Team announces that elected the first president for Penn- | Johnstown Drivers’ Union, No. 110 (A. | the opening game of the 1939 season, | o fthe Cambria County Legion Com- sylvania State College's newly organi- | F. of L.) according to action taken on | Nicktown vs. Heilwood will be played | mittee, will head the committee in on the Soisson Diamond, Nicktown on charge. Mr. Mayer will deliver the Nanty-Glo local, 1836, UMWA, with | Sunday, May 14th beginning at 2:30 Legion eulogy. There will be no par- zed All-College Student body. The Ebensburg young man also has been elected president of the college { a membership of approximately 1,700, ' P, basketball team for next year and will | voted “thumbs down” on store pro- Saturday. | ans of the school took part. Six major | House Installing | Latest in Modern Projection, k I will be one of the most modern pro- | government are men of high caliber, | jection booths in this section of the Brand new projection and sound improvements, and new high powered | { machines which had been seized by ced the appointment, “that the women | racketeers. of hidden taxes. Most of us are aware | COLLEGE TRUSTEES man of Indiana was named president of | | the board, and Harry F. Carson, of | (Seal) | Saltsburg, vice president. | NICKTOWN BALL CLUB TO for Immediate Coal Agreem ent o | CO IS TOLD THE OPEN HOUSE DAYIINSISTS UPON REOPENING OF THE LIBERAL LAWS ARE | WILL BE OBSERVED AT MINERS’ | | | HOSPITAL FRIDAY, MAY 12. | B E N 3 SMASHED In conjunction with thousands | hospitals throughout the world, the Mi | ners’ Hospital at Spangler will hold it | 3 J ON 1 bh 3@ i 5 390 rear o 5 | tion So Hardly Earned. | house is held each year to commemo 2 uy: rate the birthday of Florence Nighten | gislators contended at the final sess-| time will be shown through the instt ion of the CIO state convention last! tution and later served tea and cookie week that the Republicans | “throttling” liberal legislation. “All the efforts of liberal groups for | social and humane legislation are be- PROTHONOTARY ing wiped off the statute books of | : Pennsylvania by the James administra- | T ASSISTS MINE Auxiliary. tion,” Senator John H. Dent of West- moreland county, declared. | Representatives James E. Lovett of | Westmoreland and C. O. Williams, of Washington, said house Republicans | had been “inconsiderate and unfair” to the minority. The majority, they I protested ,has blocked liberal legisla- | of | Harrisburg.—Three Democratic le-| gale. Visitors to the hospital at that | WORKERS FILING! si MINES AT WHITE HOUSE MEETING Operators and United Mine Workers Representatives Again in 5 | State Industrial Union Told Re- | annual open house on Friday afternoon| New York to Work Out Truce, So That in All Liklihood Deadlock | publicans Throttling Legisla-' May 12, from 2 to 4 o'clock. The open .| Will Be Broken This Week.—Secretary of Labor Perkins Scores .} Operators. Saying Miners Offered Means of Keeping at Work. s | President Roosevelt on Tuesday told deadlocked coal operators and union were | PY members of the Miners Hospital | fepresentatives the public interest demands that the Nation's shutdown mines reopen at once. Bluntly informing the coal conferees their obligations as Am- erican citizens came first, the chief executive told a joint committee represen- ting ope ors and miners to go into continuous session and agree upon a for- mula ending the shutdown, by Wednesday night of this week. Of course, once again our press time of Wednesday morning precludes us from publishing the outcome of t virtual ultimatum, but both parties agreed to meet as direct- ed by Mr. Roosevelt. In all liklihood something will happen to end the coal mining tie-up before the end of the week. The President handed down his a noon day White House Conference with operators and miners. Sec- sat in on the talks. Mr. Roosevelt said he was not an- ticipating any failure to comply with his order. Details of the settlement, he said, must be worked out by the miners and operators. In the event a truce is wogan Coal Company Employees not achieved at once, the chief executive strongly indicated he might take fur- tion in committees and overridden ef- | at Beaverdale Send A “Thank | ther action, but declined to discuss what this specific action might be. He did forts to protect existing laws from amendments. { Whistling ,shouting delegates to the convention last Wednesday have made it unofficially but unmistakably clear | €S of Beaverdale, pay You” to Hite for Services. The Logan Coal Company employ clearly indicate he would not countenance any failure of the conferees. Thus, in all probabilty mines will again shortly resume working. The pres- ident said his conference earlier Tuesday with spokesmen from both factions - | had demonstrated the parties are in agreement on every point respecting hours ss from De- | and working conditions, and that wages are not an issue in the dispute. On an- i : - g ar 1 the » shut dow in | other point in the controversy, the union shop, he said that it was apparant that they favor a third term for Pres- | c€mber until the mine shut down in p C ) ) p, a ppars ident Roosevelt. A prediction by E. L February, recently took legal steps to | they were i Oliver, national vice president of La-| Fécover unpaid wages amounting to |The confe tor’s Non-Partisan League, that Roose- | nearly $30,000. Claims for labor wet velt “could win if we can persuade him | Made by nearly 600 former employee to run again,” brought the 1,000 mem- | °f the Logan Coal Company. orde bers to thelr feet to eliminate the necessity of Delegates wound up their three day 2PPearing at the prothonotary’s office s session last Thursday and chose Read- | at Ebensburg, Prothonotary John L. in un ing for the 1940 convention. Hite and ‘his first deputy, Roy B. Grif The convention was highlighted by: fith, established temporary headquar | ident Roosevelt for a third term. 2—Caustic denunciation of William the CIO would not make peace with entire day Prothonotary Hite and Mr leadership. ing of the National Labor Relations ©f the United Mine Workers at Bea the men dis greement “in principle” but unable to agree on working details. agreed on the principle of vertical unionism, recognizing d Mine Workers as a vertical union for collective bargaining. It was I dent did not demand complete settlement on such short uivocally laid down the condition that both sides in the basis for truce by Wednesday night. break-up of the conference the entire coal deadlock was shrouded rtainty. The only really definite outcome was announcement that ne- - | gotiations would again resume in New York. There was no indication of pro- ss or hint of the strong Presidential demands from either the White House e | the Unit > Pre S r | notice, or - | 81 1—Unofficial indorsement of Pres. ters at Beaverdale Miners’ Hall to | or the committee members, at that time. The President, faced with the emer- take affadavits made by the claimants. Between 20 and 25 Beaverdale men | Ne Green, president of the American Fed- served as volunteer clerks in prepar- basic industry dispute, eration of Labor, and declarations that ing the claim forms and throughout an 7 nature of the deadlock broke precedence in summoning the conference. r before had he made an identical, direct, face-to-face bid for peace in a Meanwhile, a prediction that “some plan” to break the soft coal deadlock [is being worked out before the “deadline” fixed by the President, was made : : ; iffith ¢ 5 > stateme |by a federal conciliator in New York, as operator representatives laid before v J is r >ss the AFL changed its, Oriffith attested to the statements of |by i ) , y ; ooth is completed. While the |S ival unless g | claim of the men who were thrown |their colleagues the gist of the President's request. A meeting of the sixteen- 3—United opposition to any weaken- | ©ut of work in February. This action | man operators’ committee got under way a few minutes after the return from - | Washington of five operators who went there with the five union spokesmen | act or of labor measures enacted dur-| verdale to recover back-pay marked |to confer with Roosevelt. Both the operators and the miners, it was indicated, ing the Earle administration. the largest collective movement on the | have mapped out their plans for the joint sessions of today (Wednesday). part of employees in the history of C On Monday Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins was in New York in an 1 3 \ rq | the county. Special forms provided by | effort to accomplish something. To newspapermen she reviewed at length RAIDS ON SLOT MACHIN ES | the UMWA were used by the miners | what she termed her understanding of the situation. She recalled that the un- NUMBER RACKETS NET A | in filing claims for labor. In addi LITTLE CASH FOR COUNTY to receiving claims from 592 me Beaverdale, Prothonotary Hite Memorial hospital at Johnsto tc Swinging a large sized sledge ham- mer, with a court order signed by President Judge John H. McCann as his authority, Chief County Detective John F. Carroll Monday afternoon at the courthouse demolished ten slot the company. Statements we taken from a couple of men county jail. Arrangements for “movi 1g tl thonotary’s office” were made ) committee of United Mine Workers o Beaverdale, and the service gi Prothonotary Hite has been ful preciated by the Beaverdale Loc ion, when, at the regular meeting county sleuths in raids. The machines, according to purchasing experts are, or rather were, worth $125 each. Be- fore Detective Carroll used his strong arm to wreck the machines, he, assist- ed by County Detectives Arthur Ed- wards, Charles Cowan and John P. McGowan, counted their cash con- tents. As a result the county treasury was enriched $420.90. In addition, the county detectives Monday afternoon, also under a court order turned $200 over to the county | treasury. The money had been seiz- ed by them in raids on numbers service rendered by a resolution, and | thanked Prothonotary Hite in the fol- lowing formal notice: “John L. Hite, Prothonotary, Ebensburg, Pa. “Local Union No. 2233 of Beaverdale at their regular meeting held April 20th," 1939, passed a resolution express- ing their heartfelt thanks and appre- ciation for the services that you ren- RE | for wages against the Logan Coal Co. 3 You saved them the expense and ELECT CYRUS DAV IS | the inconvenience of a trip to the SECRETARY OF BOARD | county seat in addition to dispensing me | with the payment of the customary no- Cyrus W. Davis of Conemaugh, the | tarial fees, which in this case would Cambria county sheriff, was elected as | have amounted to a considerable sum. | secretary of the board of trustees of| In conclusion, we again thank you, | the Indiana State Teachers College, and rest assured that the Beaverdale | at the annual reorganization meeting | miners will not forget their friends. last week at Indiana. Wallace Chap-| In behalf of the Beaverdale Miners. Jacob Rec.-Sec'y., L.U. 2233, UM. W.of A” McCANN, MAYER, WILL [ POSTMASTER, BAKERTON | The United States Post Office De- | | released. | all food, clothing, fuel, rent and other | appointment of George Sample as act-| and District Attorney Stephens Mayer, | | past commander of Johnstown Post! P. McCoy, | No. 294, American Legion, will be the | store in Bakerton for a number of | May 28th. ears. The service, at which 18 posts in the county will participate, will be held under the auspices of Fox-Peale OPEN 1939 SEASON ON SUNDAY | Post, No. 506, of Carrolltown, and the | — Lynn Weatherson Post, No. 569, of | Fred Pfister, manager of the Nick- Spangler. | Edward Green of Portage, chairman . M. ade. The use of the park is being do- The Nicktown Club this year is| nated by Fred Luther. Music will be serve as president of the Penn State | ducts delivered by members of Loacl ' much stronger than in the past years, | furnished by Memorial Post No. 174 chapter of his fraternity Pi Kappa Al- | Union No. 110. In addition to sending and issues a challenge to any and all Junior Drum and Bugle Corps of Gal- pha. a committee to notify Nanty-Glo mer- | teams who think they “got something.” | 1itzin, three times winner of the na- He was graduated from the Ebens- | chants not to accept deliveries, the burg-Cambria high school in 1935 and | union miners announced they would * R, For arrangements call or write Fred tional championship, together with the . Pfister, Mgr., Phone 15 Nicktown, | Spangler high school and Coalport entered State College the following | be on the look-out this week for any | in the evening or at noon or see Abe | boys’ band. Other participants will be year, trucks manned by Local 110 drivers. Peters at Dumm’s Garage, Spangler. announced later. ed “This accommodate two former miners of | every April 20th, officially recognized the pany of W | dered them in the filing of their claims | BE SPEAKERS AT SUN. | SET LEGION SERVICES | on ion had on three occasions to her knowledge offered to keep the mines opera- ting during the period of negotiations, and that the operators had refused. of the ethics of collective gaining,” she said. ly accepted in collective bargaining is that e operations during the period of negotia- was a mistake. I wish it could be corrected offer had been accepted, there would have been no st p- er in the mine districts.” y HEA 1 L. Lewis had done on Monday, she also remarked th Min iven uj nty-seven of their recommendations but h, involving t union shop. She cited these two fac- important.” F : The National Coal Commission is ex- minimum prices in the rather near future—two months at nt recommendation by an NLRB trial examiner in the r who claimed he was discharged by the Kelly Creek Coal Com- t Virginia because he was a member of the P. M. W. A. the AFL UMWA. The examiner was of the opinion that the company could in exclusive agreement with the UMW unless it were written into *t, that r bership in the UMW was a condition of employment Thus, it can readily be seen that the UMWA must have a closed shop for its own protection. Those: who censure Lewis for a tie-up of the mines are not correct in their deduction. It must be remembered the union would have kept the mines working during negotiations. It was the operators who refused. It is a known fact that between 70 and 80 per cent of the Appalachian operators are willing to sign a contract on the union’s terms, and the operators of our own Pennsylvania districts are included among those. In simple language the Mine Workers propose an extension for two years of the old wage agreement in all of its terms, schedules and conditions, with the addition of two sentences in its er ing clause reading as follows: “It is agreed that the United Mine | Workers of America is recognized herein as the exclusive bargaining agency, | representing the employes of the parties of the first part. It is agreed that as a i condition of employment, all employees shall be members of the United Mine { Workers of America, except in those exempted classifications of employment as provided in this contract.” Not much wanted that concerns operators in the { northern sections. But it means a great del to the operators of the south, who ! see in it no way of breaking up unions, and see no way of going back to the | low wages of former years. Every citizen, every business man, every miner, | of this section should hope that out of the President's ultimatum, the United [ Mine Workers of America are successful in obtaining this one vital clause. In | ime It can mean protection for all of us. SYPHILIS CLINIC AT SPANGLER HOSPITAL TWO DAYS WEEKLY )UnNCe Rival of not plea the co | OFFICERS RE-ELECTED | BY UNION’S PRINTERS | Edwin C. Bell was re-elected pres- 9 {ident of Johnstown Typographical As a result of arangements made by | Union Saturday night last at the an- the Pennsylvania =~ Department o | nual business meeting of the printers. ment) State syphilis clinic will hold ization during the past year. a special one-hour period each Wed: : 3 Other officers re-elected are Lloyd nesday and Friday during the month | Berk : vel re bce of May, from 3 to 5 p. m. . Berkey, retained as secretary-treas a : > : y urer for the third term; and William The clinic, which is located in the Espy, re-elected recording secretary. Committees for the new year will be named later. Spangler hospital basement will have a physician in attendance from 3 to 5 o'clock every Wednesday and Friday to take blood Wassermann specimens from all citizens who are unable to | enjoy the services of a private physi- cian. The specimens will be examined —— at the State laboratory in Philadel- | has kept many of these patients from phia. becoming public charges. This clinic, which has been in op- The State-wide Wassermann sur- eration in Spangler for 19 years, has| vey was arranged by Dr. John J. furnished an extremely important | Shaw, Secretary of Health, to give the health service to the community. Con- general public an opportunity to take ducted unobtrusively yet with scien-| an active part in the state campaign. tific efficiency, it has treated scores of | “To treat syphilis, we must first find indigent persons who otherwise would | syphilis,” the Secretary said recently, have gone without this life saving as- “The Wassermann test is our best way sistance. And, by proper treatment, it of finding it.”. Soundings are being made to study the depth of Crater Lake, California, the second depest lake in th world.
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