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VOL. 4 45. NO 41.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ARFA.
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939
725 South Fifth Ave.
PATTON. Pa
_SUBSCRIPT.ON, $2.00 PER YEAR
UNITED MINERS
TO RESUME WAR
ON AFL TRUCKS
This Week in
Miners Had
Movement Starts
Portage Section.
Meeting Saturday.
'FORTY-NINE FIRST
AID TEAMS WILL
COMPETE JULY 29
of
Be
In Sectional Meet of Miners
Central Pennsylvania to
Held at Philipsburg.
Forty-nine teams are entered to date
The “war” between the United Mine 3
Workers of America (CIO) and the! in the sectional first-aid meet to be
Progressive Miners Union (AFL) is | held at Philipsburg on Saturday, July
being resumed in the Portage
particularly at Jamestown,
home of hundreds of men employed
at the large Sonman operations of
the Koppers Coal Company.
As outlined by UMWA speakers at
again
a Saturday meeting of Jamestown Lo- |
cal, 1318, Johnstown firms hauling pro-
ducts to the Portage area on trucks
manned by AFL drivers affiliated with
Johnstown Drivers’ Union 110, will be
called upon to “change drivers.”
From word passed out last week to
all UMWA locals in District No. 2, it
was learned the the United Mine Wor-
kers have been ordered to “put on the
heat” against members of H. D. Leh-
mas Drivers’ Union 110. One of the
charges against Local 110 is that this
union ge and abetted” the Pro-
gressive Miners Union in
te gain a foothold in Johnstown with
its organizing efforts at the E. E.
Shets mine in the Fourth Ward there.
Some months ago district leaders of |
the UMWA
s that renewal of the wage-hour
with Lehman's union would |
bring about reprisals on the part of |
the United Mine Workers, especially
in towns. UMWA leaders at
indicated that trucks man-
hman’'s men would be “turn-
n coal towns and that min-
uld refuse to purchas
ng deliveries from J y
loying members of Leh-
at stores
‘MY
me the shutdown of the coal
mines with miners not drawing pay,
during which time the union could not
effectively campaign against D
110 by refusing to
y stores. w, with miners ag-
their feet” and drawing
pes, the “war” will be resumed,
announced.
batt “=~ round selected was the
e area Policies of the UMWA
outlinea Saturday at the James-
meeting by Edward Sweeney,
1c
local
purchase at
pay
vice president of District No. 2, of Lil-
ly. Officers of Local Union 1318, were
>signated “shock troops”
to merchants in the Portage and
own area and to notify all AFL
ywn truck drivers to “make this
st trip,” according to meeting
icers of the Jamestown Local are:
Hess, president; Michael Vase-
recording secretary; John Now-
obielsky, financial secretary; Frank |
Stancovitch, enrolling officer; William
rdson, vice president, and Albert
otny, treasurer.
In addition to resuming the drive
AFL truck drivers affilic
1 110, the United Mine W¢
rhead for the CIO has
up rival unions
1 outlaying d
nt by Leh
union of
Johnst
he UMN
Y A super
t are in proce
ge and other
—
$500 TU RNED OVER
TO CHES ST TOW NSHIP |
X eneral Warren R. Roberts
week approved the payment of
$1,554, 508 to the second class town-
ips of the state under an appropria-
the Furman
sh
tion act of 1939 amending
act of 1937, which required the State
Depart
ment
these
of Highways to expend
moneys out of the mo- |
tor license fund on township roads.
Township in Cambria County |
ived $500.40 of the disbursement.
Under the 1939 act the unexpended |
balance of the Furman act was appor-
oned on a mileage basis to the var- |
ious second class townships, and is be-
ing paid directly to the townships in |
two equal installments. The payment
approved last week represented the
paymen
July
UNDER HAMMER
The once prosperous Indiana county
mining village of Coral, already fal-
len into the limbo of ghost towns will
be sold. F. S. Moran, New Kensing-
ton real estate dealer in charge of the
sale, estimated that approximately 40
per cent of the residents would be able
to purchase the homes they now rent.
The buildings will be sold at stated
prices, with terms.
The mines and coke ovens which at
one time employed 300 and supported
the community's 1500 residents, may
never work againMany of the com-
pany’s former employees now job-
less or on relief.
are
attempting ,
warned Johnstown em- |
to carry the |
| ade
| the
| posed of R. H. Steele,
29th for mining teams in Central
Pennsylvania. Winners of the Philips-
burgh meet will compete with other
sectional winners at the state meet to
be held in Ebensburg at the Cambria
County Fair in September.
Speakers at the Philipsburg meet
will include E. J. Uewbaker, Windber,
vice president and general manager of
Berwind White Coal Mining Company;
| James Mark, of DuBois, district pres-
ident of the United Miue Workers of
| Ameties; Edward Steidle, dean of the
School of Mines, Pennsylvania State
College; State, Senator A. L. Leitzle,
of Houtzdale; and State Mine Inspec-
tor Richard Maise of Uniontown. The
music will be furnished by the Phili
| burg high school band.
J. J. Forbes, head of the U. S. Bu-
reau of Mines, Pittsburgh, will be the
chief judge. Director of the meet will
{ be W. J. Knapper, Philipsburg. J. V.
| Dorey. safety director for Industria!
Colli s, Johnstown, will be Forbes’
assistant. R. E. Geor Altoona, wili
in charge of the contest.
lips-
| be
BARNESBORO TO
ENTERTAIN FIRE-
MEN'S MEETING
Completion for An-
Cambria
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{ Plans Near
nual Convention of
County Organization.
anger
the e v olunteer Firemen’s
ciation of Cambria County and Vicin-
to be held during the firt week in
Barnesboro.
$600 in cash prizes
winners in the pa-
contests. The effi-
gust in
Approximately
| will be awarded to
| rade and efficiency
ciency contests w take place Thurs-
| day morning, August 3, and the pa-
rade will take place that afternoon.
Every one of the county's fire com-
panyies and affiliate organizations,
namely auxiliaries and drum corps,
are expected to participate in the
Thursday afternoon parade. The par-
will be headed by the crack
Bar-
nesboro high school band and officials
of the county organization.
The Barnesboro band will present
several afternoon concerts during the
convention, which expected to be
largest ever staged by the firemen
n Cambria county.
Business meetir
400 Ww in be
f the structure.
ed by the firemen or
ated $18.000 for the con-
the building.
annou
e approj
struction of
Kaus Exposition Shows Inc. have
been engaged for the week of the con-
vention and
Community Park.
Business sessions of the convention
| will open at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning, August 2, with memorial ser-
vices for all firemen who died within
the past year. Firemen will conduct
business sessions at the Smith theatre
while the auxiliary will convene at
the Vernon Theatre.
Annual firemen's banquet will be
served at 6:30 Wednesday evening in
the Barnesboro American Legion home.
The convention committee is
general chair-
man; G. E. Whited; J. G. Nicholson,
John R. Musser, Layton Lowman, Om-
ar Plouse, Frank Glasser, Harry Plouse
J. Dean Whited and Frank Morley
Jurors to Meet.
Judge Ivan J. McKenrick has order-
ed that the September grand jury con-
vene on Tuesday, September 5th, in-
stead of the previous day, which will
be Labor Day. The policy of not hav-
ing the grand jury convene of Labor
Day has been followed in Cambria
County for several years.
Radio
second,
around the
travel 186,300 miles a
seven times
waves
or more than
world.
the carnival will show at |
com- |
STORES" STRIKE
HELD UP FOR
CONFERENCES
Letter from Bepr esentative Bar-
ger Explains Situation trom
Union View point.
Spangler, Pa. July 17, 1939.
Editor Union Press-Courier:
Dear Sir:—I note, with much inter-
est a comment in’ your issue of July
13th, in reference to a proposed strike
stores in the four coun-
also a brief editorial in the
ue. Let me assure you that un-
til I noticed your editorial, suggesting
arbitration to settie the dispute, our
intentions were to withdraw our mem-
bership from the establishments July
17th, as we had proposed everything in
our judgment, and had gone
we coula go. Let me congratulate you
for your constructive suggestions, for
from it we proposed to the manage-
ment another two weeks’ extension of
the old wage agreement, and that a
Joint request from both union and the
companies go to Miss Pe s, secre-
tary of labor at Washington, to select
cur umpire from outside Pennsylva-
nia, to hear both sides and render a
decision to both sides. This avoided
the suspension due to no contract. The
management accepted the extension
and took the proposal under conside
tion, and ng th
in tne company
ty area;
as lar as
alter
consulti
)
Hop-
remain,
ARGER,
» JAIL TERM GIVEN
RAY KELLY FOR HOLD-UP
LONG RM GIVE
Hrs
to 5. 3
itude of
ditate on
of A a robbery while
minstrel. He
he
the evil
disguised as a
| tenced to that term Monday by Judge
Ivan J. McKenrick after pleading his
guilt to robbing M. Zeno Kirsch at
the latter's soline station in Spang-
ler earl yon the morning of July 2nd.
Kelly admitted to the Judge that he
went to Kirsch's station a putting
soot on his face and donning an old
raincoat. He asked Kirsch, according
to his story, where he could find a
place to sleep, and when Kirsh told
him to find the chi ef 1
placed a fla
1
after
WILL STAGE
NEW DPA EXAMS
STATE
for nine
the De-
stem examin:
job classifications i
partment of ublic Assistance are to
be given in September by the state
employment board of that agency, ac-
cording to a notice received by Ed-
ward R. Golob, executive director of
the Cambria County DPA.
The new registers
are to be set up to take the place of
those which expired June 30, and sub- |
sequently it was said. Information on
the examinations and application
blanks are to be placed at various civ-
ic centers in the near future, similar to
the procedure followed when the ini-
| tial DPA examinations were given.
It was said that wide publicity will
| be given the fact that application
{blanks are available when they
| distributed. The nine classifications in
| which tests are to be given areas fol-
lows: Visitors, Junior visitors, steno-
grapher-secretaries, stenographers, se-
nior typists, senior typist-clerks, ad-
vanced clerks and advanced mail file
and record clerks.
Director Golob hastened to point
out that the scheduling of the examin-
ations does not necessarily mean there
are vacancies in the Cambria County
DPA Staff. As a matter of fact, he
added, all local positions are filled, He
said that the registers are to be estab-
lished e of future vacancies
| different
fo take ¢
was sen- |
of employables'
are |
GRANGE BANK
BUILDING SALE
GIVEN APPROVAL
Druggist Russell Li Little and Dr.
John A. Murray Buy the Pro- |
perty for $5,500,
Sale of the old Grange National
Bank building at Fifth and Magee «¢
nues, Patton, by Paul M. Weimer,
ceiver of tne First
Patton, to Russell Little and Dr.
A. Murray, both of Patton, for
was approved on Monday ‘ternoon
by Judge Ivan J. McKenrick.
The sale contains the condition,
that the receiver of the First
Bank of Patton shall have
the building, rent free, so
receivership continues.
re-
National Bank of
John
$5.500
howecer,
National
quarters in
long as the
The building, which is a two story
brick structure is on a lot 65 by 90
feet. The firs by the
floor is occupied
ladies’ dress shop,
the receiver, while there apart-
ment on the second floor.
Prior to the sale, Attorney Fred J.
Fees, representing Mrs. Eleanora Wein-
dieker of Patton, made an offer of
$5,750 for the property. When Attorney
Frank Hartmann, representing Drug-
drug store, a
1S an
gist Little and Dr. Murray, inquired
is to whether that amount would be
Mrs. Weindiker’s final offer, Judge
McKenrick ordered all parties
sent sealed 1
to pre-
When cot reconvened Mr. Fees
nnounced Mrs. Weindiker had
decided to her offer
she was r
500.
COALME N OF STATE
PLAN RESEARCH WORK
atch
search ot
Y uses for coal.
Operators d labor leaders met
with John Ira Thomas, secretary of
mines,
to start
and |
the ball rolling with a |
{wo year $70,000 fund for research at
| Pennsylvania State College.
The 1939 le ire authorized the |
study, under direction of the Mines
| Secretary at the school of mineral in-
dustries.
Thomas said the conferees agreed
halve their $35,000, © and another
meeting
and that | t
MOVE TO FREEZE LIGHTNING KILLS
BITUMINOUS COAL ANDREW NOEL
OUTPUT IS BARED
Greensburg Congressman Says
Such A Plan Is Contained in
Guffey Act Amendment.
Washington—A planned attempt to
“freeze” all soft coal production at the
1936 tonnage figures was disclosed on
Saturday last by Representative Rob-
ert G. Allen, Democrat, from Greens-
burg, Pa.
The Pennsylvanian, representing one
of the largest soft coal producing
counties in the Pittsburgh area, said
he had been advised such a plan was
contained in a proposed amendment
to the Guffey Act which authorizes
regulation of prices for the sale of
coal at the mines.
The amendment,
been drawn and sub
Department Coal Division officials and
would grant author fo rallocating
production on the basis of output of
each mine in 1936, when all bitumin-
fields turned out 439,087,903 tons.
Allen's declaration that the proposal
would “meet militant opposition in
Congress” was echoed by Chairman
Smith, Democrat, West Virginia, of
the House Ways and Means Commit-
who asserted the plan would
the industry in southern
Allen reported, has
mitted to Interior
tee,
“ruin
West
Ss voiced by
ndment of
the an the
CC termed the proposal
« regi-
BOARD WILL PRINT
EXONERATED LIST
SCHOOL TAXABLES
Next Weelds Teste of Union
Press-Courier to Carry Legal
Notice of the Full List.
of the Patton
held on
taken to
ames in which
s have been
the tax
At a special
Borough School Board
day, July 18th, actic
publish the full li
personal or per-
anted exonerat
mn ng
meeting
local
| collector.
to avoid embarrassment for
the school
In order
any who can pay such taxes,
board has requested the Press-Courier
| to advise all such, in the event they
| make payment or before Monday
afternoon, at the office of
will be held at State College
in about two weeks.
They discussed advances eady |
made through research by the enthra-
cite institute of New York, which
confined its study to perfecting heat-
nces, and to bituminous re-
Colle
ducers’
paid or
association
for the
HOBO SEC RETA ARY
XPIRES IN ALTOONA
£ nL —Life Wednesday of
week ejected from its long train John
F. Weller, 70, international secre
last
of the Hoboes of the World and
hand to Jeff Davis, the king of
hoboes.
Weller former Altoona police ser-'
geant, was national secretary of the |
Hoboes of America and Altoona secre-
tary of the Blair County Central La-
bor Union. He died in Altoona hospi-
{tal after a lingering illness,
| Well known in transient
| throughout the United States, Weller
| served in 1937 as host to the national
| convention of hoboes held in Altoona.
| He is survived by several children.
elements
| .
Driver Absolved.
| Anthony Bucca of Barnesboro was
| absolved of any blame in connection
with the death of Harry Stoltz, Jr., 15,
of Spangler, by a conorner’'s jury
heard testimony in the fatality the
other day. Bucca’s car struck the bi-
cycle on which the Stoltz boy
ding. Young Stoltz died in the Spang-
ler hospital after being unconsicious
for 463 hours. Bucca testifed at the
hearing that he was blinded by the
lights of an oncoming car and did not
see the bicycle until too late to avoid
the accident,
was ri-
Borough
BEIDELMAN IS
NAMED PRESIDENT
OF COUNTY PARLEY
MRS.
Parley, held at
1
Ebensburg last
esident’s
1 Highland in
night.
Beide Iman is a
past president
'n Unit, No. 294 d of the
unty Council. She was in-
in the organization of the
rs. Catherine Bostrom of
"0, was elected secretary-
for the 1939-40 term.
treasurer
Members of the parley voted to ad-
opt two hospitalized ex-service World
War Nur The organization will
send clothing and necessities to the
nurses confined to hospitals.
The next meeting will be held in
November in Johnstown. Presidents
from Legion auxiliaries in the follow-
| was assisting his brother
Tues- |
ing tov attended the meeting:
Johnstown, Carrolltown, Portage, Pat- !
ton, Lilly, Barnesboro and Gallitzin,
STAT E L ABOR BO: ARD
IS NOW REPUBLICAN
Harrisburg.—Governor
James’ appointment of William L.
Dickel, Penfield, Delaware county, to |
the State Labor Relations Board, Sat- |
urday gave the three member agency a |
majority of one.
Dickel, former recorder of deeds, |
succeeded former Dauphin County Or-
phans’ Court judge, J. Dress Pannell,
Harrisburg, to the $7,000-a-year post.
James recentl yappointed Harry Giff-
ord, Reading, in place of Patrick T.
Fagan, Pittsburgh, district president of
the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca.
Board Chairman Levi G. Lichlighter
of Somerset is the only remaining ap-
pointee of former governor George H,
Earle still on the board.
ters.
Arthur H.|
IN PATTON HOME
Electrocuted While Holding Ex.
tension Cord As Brother
Repaired Roof
Andrew Noel, 37, of Palmer avenue,
Patton, was electrocuted at 12:30 o’-
clock last Friday morning while he
in assisting
a leaky roof during a severe electrical
and rainstorm which visited northern
Cambria county.
Mr. Noel was holding an electric
light and extension cord, extending on
a socket from the second floor to the
attic of the Alphonse Noel home when
a bolt of lightning is believed to have
entered the Noel home by way of a
chimney.
Coroner Patrick McDermott conduct-
ed an investigation and said the bolt
apparantly followed the electric light
cord and passed through the body of
Noel. Mr. McDermott said the man's
clothing was wet from the rain which
was coming through the roof of the
Noel home an dthat Noel was in his
bare feet at the time.
Alphonse Noel had gone through a
trap door on the roof and was placing
tar paper ove rthe leak at the time.
lis brother was holding the light so°®
he could see to make the repairs.
Stove pipe leading from the chim-
ney at the Noel home was thrown ac-
ross a second story room and a small
hole was knocked in the roof of the
Noel home and at Noel was in his
Andrew Noel was standing when he
was killed.
Coroner
Noel had
10ulder
The man, according t
a three days’ gr
McDerr
And
u
rs on
were singed,
burned.
Another bolt of
cherry tree in the 3
Noel home a short
Noel was killed and a se of
roof of a neighbor's Porch also
ripped off when it was struck by the
lightning.
Andrew Noel was a son of George
A. and Mary (Port) Noel, both deceas-
ed, and was born in Patton. He had
been making his home with his bro-
ther, Alphonse Noel, for some time.
Surviving are his brother and two
sisters: Mrs. James Stoner, Reedville,
Pa., and Miss Catherine Noel, Buffalo,
N.Y.
Funeral services were conducted on
Monday afternoon the Alphonse
Noel home and t was made
in Fairview cemete
NEW LAW ENDS THE
INCONVENIENCE WHEN
VOTERS MOVE ABOUT
import
who hav
into
ordance
ers’ offi in Eben
Under an amend 1e election
code passed at th n of e
legislature, voters moved
from the city into x roughs or
townships, or vice ver nger are
required to make a
to register anew. The
tion commission ar
only requirement unc
to file a notice of
this purpose may be
from the County Regist
sion.
w law is
1ks for
mail
~ the ne
moval. B
obtained
Clerks in the co office
it was disclosed, have removed from
the permanent r 3
Cambria county
names of men and w
vote at either the 1937 or
Under the permanent
| electors who fail to vote for two years
| are removed from the eligible
must register again to fy
It was pointed out that
percentage of those taken off
| represented names of voters
| ved from Johnstown into
| boroughs or townships.
The two year rule, i
ed, makes STandalor ry
mission to strike off the v
those electors who di d no
right of franchise
not visit the polls
register again to
tember primary
1938 el
istration
was emphasiz-
upon the com-
ting
s
who did
* 1938 must
+ tha
r ine
Historic | Sailding Burns
A log house, built one hundred
ago when the old
pushing
tains,
across
was dest
near Duncansville,