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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.
F. P. CAMMARATA, Business Mgr.
THOS. A. OWENS ..Editor
Subscription, $2 Yearly in Advance,
Aavertising Rates on Application.
The endeavor of the Union Press-
Courier is to sincerely and honestly
represent Trade Union Workers in
efforts to obtain econemic freedom
through organizations as advocated
by the CIO and AFL, and we solicit
the support of trade uniens. Mater-
jal tor publication must be author-
ized by the organization it repre-
sents and signed by the Presiucni
anu secretary, and bear the seal.
The Union Press-Courier gives its
advertisers the advantage of the
compinea circulation ot the two
largest circulated weeklies in Cam-
bria County and has a reader cov=
erage that blankets Patton and the
Jor mining owis.
RANDOM THOUGHT -
According to the news stories sontl
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out from Harrisburg, the James ad- |
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ministration since it took office in|
mid-January has dismissed 6,000 stat el
gapiay ees and replaced them with on-
3,000. The governor has under his
lis approximately 12,000 jobs in|
various departments and bureaus of |
Appointments | cent of the peole are not adverse to
during the next six months are ex-| a third term, forty per cent are sup- | ty farmer,
pected to replace 3,500 remaining hold | posedly against it, and the remainder | f3ir5 has been appointed a beverage i
agent in the Department of Agricul-
ture at an annual salary of $1,860. We |
the state government.
overs on the payroll. And that won't |
be nearly enough to satisfy the ex-| 1
pectant Republican workers over the | Gallup polls in recent years have
state.
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Charlie Chaplin has been reveal-
ed as a twentieth century Moses to
tens of thousands of Jews in Vien-
na, awaiting a chance to leave Ger-
many. The title was bestowed on the
movie comedian by the Jews them-
selves for many vf whom Chaplin's
financial aid provides the only
chance to begin a new life overseas.
After devoting all the continental
royalties of his films to Jewish re-
lief, Chaplin is sponsoring a fund
said to run into several million dol-
lars to enable German Jews to emi-
grate to other countries while aw-
aiting their chance to enter the Un-
ited States.
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Strange things happen. In last Sun-
day's Philadelphia Inquirer we find
Ex-Governor George H. Earle writ- |
ing its political column, in place of
John M. Cummings, the regular edi-
tor of that department, now oa vaca-
tion. Of course, the ex-Governor did
not have much to say about politics,
but the very fact he wrote for Moe |
Annenberg's paper, in a regular de-
partment, may give the rank and file
of both parties the thought that may-
be some of the higher-ups don't take
their politics so seriously, after all.
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Last Thursday the planet Mars
reached a point within about 36,000,
000 miles of the earth, the closet it
4as come within 15 years. If the
pianet Mars has aay connection at
all with Mars—god of War, we won-
der if it hasn't some lessons in that
art to learn by looking down upon
the supposedly humble, peaceiul
earth. And as a peaceful planet, we
surely can put Mars to shame with
our constant Martian-like warring
disposition. The things we have are
good but the systems we have cre-
ated are evil—and we don’t know
why.
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Out in East Lansing Michigan the
city council's campaign to keep stray
dogs off the streets has created a new
and a ratehr odorous problem. Proper~
ty owners are now complaining about
the skunks that have moved into the
city and are making their presence
well known in many ways. So, nave,
after all, Patton and its dogs do serve
a purpose that is the better of two
evils. At least we can have that thou-
ght in mind when we see them scam-
pering about.
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Twenty-five years ago last week,
we well remember the day when a
big picnic—the annual Northern
Cambria Businessmen’s affair—was
in full progress at Sunset Park, and
in those days it was the biggest ev-
ent of the year in Northern Cambria
County. We well remember being
there, and we well remember of a
Johnstown newspaper issuing a spe-
cial edition of their paper, and send-
ing it up to Sunset Park, streaming
with glaring headlines that war had
been declared in Europe. Little did
we imagine that day of the horri-
ble results to humankind that the
four years of the war were to bring,
and even more remote was the
thought that the United States could
in any way become involved. But
we were, and the “war to end wars”
was fought to the finish, and that
was that.
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But the “ending of wars” was only
a fallacy. What now? Will history re-
peat? The answer we think is hidden |
in the recesses of one ambitious man’s
brain. The European continent is
seething with grievances and animosi-
ties, fears and ambitions. The wounds
of Versailles and Munich do not heal.
The tongues of irrenentism, anti-sem-
tism, militarism and autarchy make a
brutish babel. It is a mess of the dev-
il's own conjuring. Adglph Hitler
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‘Welcome Home, Daddy, * Music to Jack
THE UNION PRESS-COURIBR.
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Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion of the world, received
a warm welcome from his daughters, Joan, left, and Barbara, when he
| returned home to New York after convalescing from
an appendicitis
His roadwork so far has consisted of
a few turns around the block. His daughters made sure of his welcome
by inscribing it on their playroom blackboard.
olds the > Jeep. What he thay do rests
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with him
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The third-term proposition for
President Roosevelt is now chief
idea of the Gallup poll, and the lat-
est report, if anything, shows that
the idea is not so biterly opposed by
the nation as a whole. If the poll
the idea is not so bitterly opposed
the north have an excellent oppor-
tunity to support north county can-
didates, as only one candidate from
the north county on both tickets
has filed for the primaries—Geo.
C. Hoppel, Democrat, of Patton, and
William R. Stich, Republican, of
Spangler.
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We not by the newspapers that Ed-
ward J. Weise, well known north coun-
are on the fence. That means any-
thing one wants to make of it. The
been fairly accurate, but they can join wih his host of nis oon
: 3 > gratulating him.
miss, just the same as other “straw °
polls” has missed in the past. It
takes the actual votes to count.
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| The Great Schism in American La-
bor will soon be four years old. It
was in September, 1935, that John L.
| Lewis, head of the American Federa- |
| tion of Labor's biggest union, the Un-
| ited Mine Workers of America, called
| his workers about him and set up the
Committe for Industrial Organization,
now the Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations. Since that time the newer |
body has carried on unremitting war-
fare with the parent AFL and its old
fashioned ideas. Last week the CIO's
offensive moved into the very strong-
hold of the AFL, with the announce-
ment of the formation of the United
Construction Workers Organizing Com-
mittee, to organize industrial unionism
in the building trades. Of the 3,000,000 workmanship likely better. The un-
construction workers in the country :
. 7’ ion label, of course, appears on every
the AF Lhas but 1,000,000 organized in job Pp on ghey
PINE TWP. NOTES
Although not yet finally complet-
ed, the improvements being made to
the Press-Courier office, are now
shaping up, and our plant is so com-
pletely changed that we hardly are
able to recognize it ourselves. With
the change, too, has come every mo-
dern facility for the production of
good printing, with new type faces,
modern machinery, and the ability
to render prompt and efficient ser-
vice. Particularly do we cater to the
printing of miners’ local unions,
and can produce anything from the
smallest form to the largest mine
sheet. Give us a trial. We're here in
your home section. Printers out in
Illinois or at some distant point in
Pennsylvania have no particular in-
terest in your cause, as have we.
Our prices are just the same, and our
Despite a contraseasonal upturn in
in factory employment and payrolls
for June, denoting a healthy upward
swing, unemployment is still the na-
tion’s No. 1 economic problem. In
June the army of unemployed num-
bered about 10,402,000 as compared
to 10,852,000 in May. Yet these fig-
ures need only to be compared with
the lowest unemployment point sin-
ce 1931 to prove that the road to re-
emplayment is a long and ardous
one. For, in 1937, which marked the
highest point in “licking the depress-
ion,” the unemployed were estimated
at 8,000,000 or so, or more than 2,-
000,000 below the current figure. The
decade between 1920 and 1930 saw
an unemployment roll ranging from
about 1,400,000 to 4,500,000. Since 1930
unemployment has soared to unpre-
decented heights, reaching an esti-
mated maximum of 13,271,000 in
1933.
HEILWOOD, MENTCLE, ALVERDA,
AND VICINTY, FROM PEN OF
MISS MONA FRYE.
of Heil-
t Of
, to Ben Mas-
in Mentcle were N
of Pit
sake and son of Sean-
r. and Mrs. Frank Toma
h; Mr. and |
Scott Barr of Heilwood
aby boy,
are the
® born July
An interesting sidelight on the un- Mr. and . John Mance and John |
employment situation, sg rveyed by | Mance, Jr. and "Miss Dorothy Wilson
the Bureau of Labor statistics is that, | of Mentcle, attended the First Aid
while the number of jobs is not up | meet held at Philipsburg Saturday of
to the 1936 level, aggregate weekly | last week, where John Mance Sr. act-
payrolls are above the 1936 figure. In | ed as one of the First Aid Judges.
other words, those who have jobs are Miss Hazel Neeley of Clymer spent
earning more money now than they
did three years ago, and are working
more steadily. This is borne out by |
Secretary Hopkins’ estimate that in- |
| come payments to individuals in the
| first six months of this year amount |
| ta $32,496,000,000, an increase of about |
| one billion dollars above the corres-
| ponding period last year. |
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Attorney Randolph Myers, who was
| a candidate for the Democratic nomin- | NO
| ation for Judge of the Cambria County | SSING
| Court of Common Pleas, last Saturday
UNDER PENALTY OF THE LA.
parents of a
‘Ours,’ Sisters Shout
| filed his withdrawal with the Secre- |
| tary of the Commonwealth at Harris-
| burg, thus leaving Judge Ivan J. Mc-
| Kenrick unopposed for the Democra-
tic nomination to succeed himself. On
| the Republican ballot two names will
appear for the Judgeship, that of At- | :
torney Harry A. Englehart of Ebens-
burg and Attorney H. E. Sorber of
Johnstown. The only other withdrawal
made before the deadline Saturday
was that of Reginald S. Davis, West- |
mont, for the Republican nomination | §
as Prothonotary. This will confine the | |
race for nomination to two Republi- | ;
can candidates—John L. Hite of |
Johnstown, candidate to succeed him- |
self, and George B. Simler of Fern-
dale.
When officials of Rockville, Md.,
dedicated the city’s new $77,000 post
office they encountered difficulties.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wimsatt of Washing-
ton, D. C., erected a warning sign,
declaring that she and a sister were
among eight heirs of the former
owner of the site and had received
nothing from the government. After
much wrangling, the chief of police
persuaded the adamant sisters to
We are still of the belief, and will
continue in that thought—that the
north of Cambria county is entitled
to representation in the County
Commissioners’ Office — something
we have not had for so many years
that even voters of middle age don’t
prominent in Grange af-
! August 3rd. The Revival will follow,
| Louise Grumbling, and Mrs.
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ALY ERDA M AN IS CAN-
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INDIANA COUNTY
Louis M. Ballas, of Alverda, Indi-
with Rev. Ir-!ana county, wi to announce his
candida for the Democratic nomin-
| ation for the office of County Audit- |
Friday and Saturday with her sister,
Mrs. Wesley Thornton. |
The Holinéss Convention started on IN
Monday, July 31st and will close on
starting on August 4th
vin Enty and wife, at the Wesleyan
Methodist Church in Mentcle.
Joe Henry of Pittsburgh, spent the
| week end at the home of his parents
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Henry of Alverda.
Mr. and Mrs. John Giles, Helen
Clarence
May of Heilwood motored to Pitts-
Mr. Ballas has been been a resident
of Alverda for the past 24 years, be-
ing brought up in business by his par-
ents, and serving the public in the
management of a business until 1935..
| As a Democratic party worker and a
burgh on Sunday. | supporter of organized labor, he is
Mr. Arthur Lees of Media spent|well known. Being wel qualified for
several days at the home of Mr. and [the office, he seeks the support and
| Mrs. C. W. Frye. Early Sunday morn- | influence of the Democrats of Indiana
ing, Mr. Arthur Lees and Miss Rita county.
Fox of Media and Mrs. James Buck
of Patton left Mentcle for Media.
Mrs. Margaret Sojack and daughter |
who had been visiting relatives in |
Mentcle the past week left Sunday ev-|
ening for their home in Johnstown. | One of the greatest combinations of |
Mr. and Mrs. James Beveridge and | talent ever gathered for one show
family and Mrs. Matilda Henry of In- | makes Irving Berlin’s “Second Fiddle
diana, spent Sunday at the H. M. Hen- | 3 production to which all Cambria
ry home in Alverda. | County has ben looking forward, ac-
Week end guests at the Botnord | cording to Manager William Blatt of
the Grand Theatre, who reports many
Straw home in Mentcle were Mr. and | >
Mrs. Estie Barrett and daughter, and | inquiries for the opening date. ya
Miss Phyllis Louise Shaffer of Wolf’s | Just imagine, screen fans, Sonja
Summit, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard | | Henie romancing with Tyrone Power
Straw of Penn Run: Mrs. Ed. Muse, | | to the melodies of Irving Berlin's six
and Albert Smith and family of Al-|new songs with singing Rudy Vallee
verda | cutting in and Edna May Oliver cut- |
. : | ting up and new-star Mary Healy and |
a gar driven id Bert Basie of | Lyle Talbot and Alan Dinchart al in it|
eo Trans of Krys on tng 190, and Sonja skating her sensational |
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hill on the east side of Mentcle late je tango for the first time on he
Saturdey night. Both cats were badly gination, for that’s the “what's what”
damaged, but no one was injured. of “Second Fiddle,” 20th Century-Fox
Miss Mary Saiani of Commodore Is| production showing at the Grana,
spending a few days at the home of Patton on Sunday and Monday, Aug-
Mr. and Mrs. Patsy Celenza. ust 6th and 7th.
Mr. Learn of Heilwood was a recent| Apounding with entertainment sur-
caller in Pittsburgh. prises typical of Darryl F. Zanuck’s
Mr. Jack Gibson of Griesmore and | musicals, “Second Fiddle” shows Son- |
Mr. Ray Lunn of Heilwood attended |ja with her first screen skating partner
the first aid meet held at Philipsburg | and introduces a new ballroom dance
on Saturday, where they acted as| craze, the “Back to Back.” This step
| GREAT STARS IN CAST OF
IRVING BERLIN MUSICAL
remember of it. This year voters in | leave the property quietly.
judges at the first aid meet. was evolved by Harry Losee, who sta-
from
. ’ Other
Berlin hits in the film are; “I'm Sory
for Myself,” “An Qld Fashioned Tune
Is New,” “When Winter
“Song of the Metronome” and
“I Poured My Heart Into a Song.”
The screen play Tugend,
based on a story by George Br: adshaw,
is a realistic tale of what happens
when Hollywood at last finds the girl
deemed worthy of portraying the her-
oine of a great best-selling novel. Sid-
ney Lanfield directed with Gene Mar-
key as associate producer.
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