Recognized and Endors- ed by More Than Fifty Local Uniens and Cen- tral Bodies Over Cam- bria County and Ad- jacent Mining Areas. VOL. 45. NO. 45. ess, Established May, 1935, dy St v 9 A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. UNIONP Union Pr | ee PENNSYLVANIA AREA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, I EBENSBURG FAIR SPONSOR UNION Death Claims Richard Gilbert, PLANS CALLFOR Management Leaves No Stone Unturned to Make Labor Day Week Outstanding. One of the finest revues of the fair circuit will feature at the Cambria County fair, which opens at the Ebens- burg Fair Grounds on Labor Day, Mon- day, September 4th, and continues to Saturday night, September 9th. “The Cheer Up Revue,” which has won the plaudits of tens of thousands will ap- pear nightly in the arena at the Fair Grounds. A special stage has been constructed in the arena so as to as- sure patrons of witnessing the attract- jon nightly regardless of weather con- ditions. ; Especially notable, because it brings for the first time in a Fair attraction Harold Ward, noted tenor, the “Cheer Up Revue” has a poke full of nuggets in the form of laughs, catch tunes, spectacular dancing numbers and, of course, pretty girls, Sharing the romantic interest with Ward and also ‘sharing the pleasant burden of singing several if the beau- tiful melodies which brace the score, is Beatrice Miller. The comedians, enough of them to stock vo revues with sure- at least tw fire laugh getters, climax their antics by weeding hilarious comedy to in- fectious. music. They ean’t be- cause they've got something that no other comedy act has ever given the public—music. Funny as their comedy routines are and effective as the use of their many unorthodox uments may be, they could dispense th all of tha till be a treat to ten to, for they make the most ent g hot music of ar fit their si the country today. Finally, there is the large chorus of iuscious beauties selected and trained oy Mack Kessow, the “Cheer Up Re- vue” Girls. One 61 the outstanding cn- semble numbers is the “March of the Musketeers.” Here: the girls do authen- tic fencing with foils, then remove a part of their costumes and go into a sensational unison arcobatic number with pick out tricks, topped off with a running leap over five girls. Zhe dances these lassies do is varied, toe} dancing, high kicking, jazz and acro-| batic dancing is introduced throughout | the program. Sharing the spotlight for public fa- vor it the Fair will be Flash Williams, foremdst spectacular thrill auto driver and stunt man. He will be accompanied by his troupe of dare devil drivers. Famous automobile test pilots from Detroit and other parts of the country have gone hundreds of miles to see one feat alone of the many that Flash Wil- liams performs—his amazing T-Bone crach. These men who know the grind of hard auto driving have shaken their heads and audiences have watched | with terror and sereams as Flash does this one stunt alone. Williams places a car diagonally across the track in front of the grandstand as far as fif- teen feel from a 24 foot long ramp. Then Flash Williams leaps into his car, the motor races and tearing like mad around the track, he levels off for a straightaway. The car gains momen- tum second by second. With roaring motor he hits the ramp. Into the air leaps his car and crashes into the one in front. There is a grinding crash, the whine of metal torn asunder, frag- ments of parts cascaded into the air, and from all of this chaos—is Flash Williams. It's a stunt, but only one of the thrills provided by Flash Williams ard | his company. Before the vast fair audience can catch its breath, Flash Williams makes | a high leap over six parked cars in | front of the Grandstand and the run- away. His car almost does a nose dive but—Flash Williams at the wheel—he | skids, dodges, whirls himself into posi- | tion and then brakes off in the dis- tance. It’s all in the life of a thrill dri- ver, and the best at this business. Ira Bloom, manager of the Fair As- sociation, continues to receive scores | of entries for the horse, sheep and oth- | er shows, while James A. Wilkinson, race secretary, has up.to this time re- ceived more than the usual number of | entries for the races events which will | be held Monday, Wednesday, Thursday | and Saturday during fair week. Prizes totalling $4,800 will be offered. | Scores of the leading manufacturers | of the nation have obtained space to | exhibit their wares as have many mer- cantile firms. It is expected that sev- eral of the attractions now being sta- | ged by manufacturters at the New | York World's Fair will also be shown at the Ebensburg Fair beginning La- bor Day. In 99 cases out of every 100 cases treated, the Pasteur anti-rabies treat- [JOHN L. LEWIS TO BE { Time, National Broadcasting CONSTRUCTION | Secretary- Treasurer WEEK OF EVENTS WORKERS HERE No. | Norihern Cambita Industrial Union Council Is Behind New- est CIO Movement. At a meeting held on August 9th, by the Northern Cambria Central Labor to sponsor the organizing of a construc- tion Workers Union. We feel there is field, for we know there are first class car- penters working for as low as 45 cents which is much lower than a union wage We will have the support and Wholesale and a majority of the United Mine Work- Union, the membership decided need for an organization in this an hour, of the United Retail Employees, the Truckers’ Union, ers Local Unions in this section. The United Construction ers, bridge builders, workers in the construction industry. The principal object of the organiza- tion is to unite into one organization, regardless of creed, color, or national- ality, or classification of employment, in and around construction work. This permits any man doing construction work to join our organization. Local unions shall be workmen employed Workers will include painters, carpenters, plum- bers, bricklayers, stonemasons, plaster- and any other known as United Construction Organ- izing Committees. $1.50 a month to each member. No in- Jefferson and portions of itiation fee will be charged at this tt ies from a small organiza- time. i071 f the strongest U. M. W. It is not the desiré of the Industrial | units in the country: Union Council to cause any trouble In Mr. Gilbert was residing at South | the construction industry and we will k at time of his election to the not sponsor any strikes or The dues will be trouble of any kind until all other means of or- ganizing are exhausted. The Northern Cambria Union Council meets at the Temple at Barnesboro on August 23rd, Industrial Moose at 7:30 P. M,, and we invite all con- struction workers, regardless of class of work they are in, to come to this meeting. If any group of workers wish | to organize before that meeting, get in touch with Elmer Barger, Spangler Pa., or Ira L. Krug, Emeigh, Pa. IRA L. KRUG, Secretary. {CATHOLIC OUTING IS ENJOYED BY LARGE CROWD AT EBENSBURG Old friendships were renewed and new friends made as thousands of Ca- | tholics from all parts 6f Cambria Coun- ty minglad in a day of fun and enter- tainment last Thursday at the Ebens- burg fair grounds. The occasion was the annual Cath- olic Day celebration and, with em- phasis having been placed on the en- tertainment phase, the picnickers were afforded excellent opportunity to in- termingle and gain new friends as well as renew old friendships. Throughout the day a program of erfigrtainment was presented in front | of the grandstand for those who were inclined to “just sit around and watch” while there were activities such as track meets, dancing, pony riding and roller skating for those who were more actively inclined. Most Rev. Richard T. Guilfoyle, the Bishop of the Altoona diocese, was a | guest of honor on Thursday afternoon | and went from group to group becom- | ing better acquainted with the people | whom he serves as spiritual head. Popular Veteran Labor Leader Had Served Continuously In Office Since Turn of the Century; Had Much to Do With: Present Day Strength of Organization He Served Faithfully and Well. aged 73 year Richard Gilbert, Clearfield, secretary-treasurer of Dis- trict No. 2, United Mine Workers of America, died at four o'clock on Sun- day ‘morning in the Clearfield hospi- tal. Mr. Gilbert, who had been a patient at the hospital for about a month, un- derwent a major opera on for a kid- ney con 1go. He had bee eral mon- ths bef rod the spital, but had been at to perform the duties of his office. The vet labor leader was elect- ed secretary-treasurer of District No. 2 in 1900 and continued to hold that position by election until 1926, and by appointment since that time. He serv- ed under many administrations in district, and after the conditions that bef he industry after 1926, he and Pr James Mark, with other of side the d t leaders, are credited with holding together, and building up the United 1 Tine Workers in District No. 2 which Cambria, Indiana, . A short the | time later | of he moved to Clearfield where the dis trict offices are located. Born in England in April, 1866, Rich- ard Gilbert came to the United States at the age of 21 years. He located in South Fork a few years later. During the ten years he resided in South Fork he was employed by the Argyle and Stineman Coal Companies number of years The dece serving as checkweigman. d and Miss Hettie Paull, also a native of England, were married at South Fork in 1900. Surviving in addition his widow, are the follow- ing childr Charles Gilbert, who re- sides in England Austell Gilbert, of DuBois; Paul Gilbert, Dixonville, In- diana county; Richard Gilbert, Jr., of Clearfield, and William Gilbert, resid- ing at home. One brother, Charles Gil- bert, who lives in England, also sur- vives. Mr. Gilbert was a member of the South Fork Methodist Church and of the South Fork I. O. O. F. Lodge. He was also affiliated with the Masonic organization at Clearfield. The funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at the Gilbert home in Clearfield. Representatives of various locals and of officialdom in the United Mine Workers sent repre- sentatives to the funeral. Interment was made in the Hillcrest cemetery at Clearfield. (See Editorial on Fourth Page.) PLACING SIGNS ON AUTO GLASS IS VIOLATION OF THE ST! ATE MOTOR CODE for public office who ndows and windshield of nem cars w vote for them, and tourists who ' place signs on tHe windows of their machines such as “We Have Just’ Visited Kala- mazoo”’, are violating the state motor code, No sticker, other than an inspection Soriific te, is permitted on any window of an aut tomobil e under the state mo- | tor olny Section 16 A of the code is as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle on a hi- ghway with any sign, poster or other material upon the front windshield, the side wings, side or rear windows of such motor vehicle, other than a device certificate or other paper expressly al- lowed directed by the secretary to be displayed x x x.” y for violation of the pro- vision is a fine of $5 and costs and in default thereof the offender “shall un- | dergo imprisonment for not more than | three days.” NICKTOWN PRIEST ON ARCTIC VOYAGE Rev. Father Maxmillian G. Duman, O. B. B, pirest-scientist at St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, and a son of Mr. and | Mrs. Henry Duman of Nicktown, R. D. bas departed on an exwedition to the | | Arcti ic Circle. The trip to the Arctic | | regions is being made on the Nouveau | | Quebec and marks the second trip | y The penalty In addition to band concerts, vocal Father Maxmillian has made into Arc- | 11 SIZNS Ugg peopre vo | trict Attorney Stephens RWP WAGE RATE IS SET UP BY THE DPA AND EIGHT JOBS APPROVED Establishment of a wage scale and approval of eight projects under the ITEIICY "WUI'L TC 1UBSIalfl aiid vide mawess ing of permanent appointments to six employees were the main items of bus- iness transacted at a special meeting of the DPA County Assistance Board on Friday last at Ebensburg. Common labor will be paid 50c an hour under the wage scale adopted for the RWP. The scale runs from that hourly rate up to $1.50 per hour for iron and steel workers and graduate or certified statisticans. Other skilled labor rates include $1 an hour for car- penters, painters, electricians and ce- ment mixers. Plumbers will receive $1.14, as will steamfitters while brick- layers are in the $1.25 bracket with plasterers and tile setters. BOY ATTAC KED IN IN- DIANA, BUT TUCKER TO GO ON TRIAL, CAMBRIA Although he is said to have con- fessed criminally assaulting Oliver Miller, fourteen year old St. Benedict boy, in Hine Township, Indiana coun- ty, Jess Tucker, 22, Nanty-Glo, will be tried in Cambria county courts, Dis- Mayer an- nounced. Following his arrest, Tucker on Saturday took Corporal F. J. Han- | ley of the Ebensburg Substation of the State Motor Police and County Detec- | tive Charles Cowan to the scene of the assault where he described the attack. It was learned by Corporal Hanley and Detective Cowan that the scene | selections, folk dancing and acrobatic | tic waters in search of material for his | of the assault is less than 500 yards in- stunts, the program in the evening was | | thesis in partial fulfillment of require- side the Indiana county line from Barr an ddancing in the pavilion. BARNESBORO GIRL | will take the party in the open spaces far beyond the Hudson Bay territory | and will keep the group in Arctic wa- | GETS SCHOLARSHIP | ters until late in September. Miss Jean Daugherty, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Daugherty of ‘Barnesboro, has been announced winner of a scholarship equivalent to $400 to any college or university in Pennsylvania. were held last May 5th in Ebensburg. | Every high school in the county was " the | The scholarship tests | represented by two or more members, | with more than 100 taking the examin- ation. While a student at Barnesboro high of the National Honor Society and was valedictorian of the 1939 class. ON AIR ON LABOR DAY | IN NATION WIDE TALK | Arrangements have been completed | | for President John L. Lewis of Congress of Industrial Organizations, | from 4 to 4:30 p. m., Company. The Northern Cambria Industrial Union Council asks that all laborites { her this talk. Following is a list | | | | | school Miss Daugherty was a member | In company with Father Maxmillian are Rev. Father Hugh T. O'Neill, Ph. D., assistant professor of biology and | curator of the Langlois Herbarium at | Catholic University of America; Rev. Father Artheme A. Dutilly, research assistant in botany at Catholic U., an D. G. G. Gardner, professor of geology | at the University of Montreal. | HASTINGS BOROUGH WATER PLANT DONE A new water filtration plant has | been completed near Hastings and is of | points in hardness per gallon, | now in operation, providing residents | of the borough with soft water the first time in a number of years. for Borough council, at a meeting last week adopted a resolution formally a- dopting the plant which was construc- | ted as a PW Aproject at a cost of the | $27,000. As sponsor of the project the bor- election last fall. Before fitration in the new plant, water used in Hastings contained 46 | includ- | featured by boxing bouts in the arena | ments for a Ph. D. degree. The voyage | tow nship, Cambria county. The crim- inal code provides, District Attorney Mayer pointed out, that where a crime is committed within 500 yards of the county line, he is permitted to claim jurisdiction. It is expected Tucker will be placed on trial at the September term of court Tucker after his confession was ta- ken to the Ebensburg jail. Miller, a patient at the Miners hospital, is im- | proving. It was through the boy’s ac- | curate description of his assailant that | Tucker was arrested. He gave the au-| thorities a description of the man and the car in which he was taken on a ride on Tuesday of last week from Spangler, believing the latter would take him to. his home in St. Benedict. When the car was seen in Nanty-Glo by Officers Clair Bishop and Guy Cer- | ia, they notified Corp. Hanley, and Tucker's arrest by the latter and De- | tective Cowan followed. Tucker, according had been in trouble previously on sim- ilar charges. The records show ,they assert, that in 1935, he was arrested on | to authorities, | a charge of enticing Andy Hazie, 17, L to speak on Labor Day, September 4, | ugh paid $13,000 of the cost ,the mon- | Nanty-Glo, into a shanty in Jackson | Eastern Standard | €Y being raised through a bond issue | township. Hazie made his escape over the Ble network of the | approved by the voters at a special | overpowering Tucker. The latter | sentenced to serve one to two years in by was the county jail and to pay the costs. FOR RENT—Public address system ment protects against the disease—but | nearby stations to carry the message: | | ing 26 points calcium. With proper fil- | can be had at any time. Inquire of An once the disease develops in an indi- | vidual, it is always fatal. WJZ, New York; KDKA, Pittsburgh, | and in fact the entire blue net work. | tration most of this hardness will be eliminated. thony A. Huber, 520 Russell Avenue, Patton. Phone 3001 and 3003 Patton. | management have Patton Courier, 723 South Fifth Ave. PATTON. PA. SENATOR HALUSKA of District HAS BLANKS FOR 2, United Mine Workers NEW DPA EXAMS Third Group of Merit System Test Application Blanks Can Now Be Secured. The Employment Board of the De- nc partment of Public Assistance announ- ced a third group of merit system ex- aminations for positions in the depart- They h have solicited the co- operation of State Senator John J. Hal- uska of Patton, in the distribution of application blanks for this area, and men he is supplied with them. All who are interested may secure the blanks and inforn concerr g the positions, upon him. Applications will ll persons who care to the Department tance Blanks must be filled out an nd filed by August 31st. Examination dates and places will tions in be sent cants after the filing is made. Jobs range in practically all of positions in the DPA. Salaries range | from $1,040 » $4200 annually. PHIL MU RR. AY vU RGES GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, LABOR HAVE JOB MEET Washing sponsored vice dustrial Presi ness, a government Philip Murray, > Congress of In- last week urged summon busi- labor leaders to ) solve the un- ich, he said, form of gov- government anc tional confer an “America »d by the Labor NBC network, nemployment is , socially, ec- rogram, America oriomica. ed that failure ively might —pwy veil rack, the fan. faations of our govern ent. the Isador Lubin, com Bureau, of Labor Statistics, participa- ting in the broadcast, ked Murray whether he supposed that Mr. Roose- velt “has the necessary powers to sum- mon people to such a conference.” “Well, if he hasn't,” Murray replied, “then let congress give him the neces- sary powers.” “This conference might solve the un- employment problem, either through a collective agreement between these 3 groups to put people back to work or by a co-ordinated legislative program worked out by government, industry and labor to be presented at the re- convened session of congress this win- ter. “We're learning to solve our indus- trial questions through collective bar- gaining. We've applied the Democratic method in talking out our difficulties in industrial relations. Why not carry collective bargair into the wider field of our na 1 troubles and problems? I propose this challenge as a citizen, anxious to render service to 1intain the insti- e for the future.” my country and to tutions and ways of lif RESOLUTION OF RESPECT. The members of Local Union, No. 1855, Emeigh, Pa., have adopted a res- olution of Respect for Brother Richard Gilbert, Secretary-Treasurer of District No. 2, United Mine Workers of Amer- ica, and have caused their charter to be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days.—Roy C. Breth, Secretary. NOTICE. 1 Starting on September 1, 1939, the regular weekly meeting of Local Un- ion No. 1855, U. M. W. of A,, of Emeigh, Pa., will be held on Friday of each week, instead of on Mondays.—Roy C. Breth, Sscrelery, | Li ABOR UN UN IONS GAINS SEEN IN ANALYSIS Increasingly favorable contracts from been gained by or- ganized labor during the last two years according to an analysis of union ag- | reements just made public by the man- agement research division of the Na- tional Industrial Conference Board. The number of closed shop agree- | ments rose from seventeen to thirty- | four in the last two years, according to | a study covering 114 contracts. NOTICE. It seems that a number of people whose names appeared on the Exoner- ation Listsrecently published in the Courier, claim to have paid their school taxes. The Board requests all such persons to present their receipts at the office in the high school build- ing and proper correction of any er- ror will be promptly made. Patton Borough School District. Ellen C. Deitrick, Secretary. to solve it construct- | RARNOVE WA Go To AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. COURIER Established Oct., 1893. Our Shop Is Equipped to Do Job Printing of All Kinds. Nothing Too Large or Too Small We Cater Especially to Local Union Printing, SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER Yoh PATTON SCHOOLS WILL REOPEN ON 28TH OF AUGUST Only One Change in Faculty Is Noted; Tyrone Man to Teach Music Classes. The public scheols of Patton Bor- ough will open for the new term on Monday, August 28th. Pupils who will become six years of age on or before February 1, 1940, will be admitted on the opening date and must apply for admission during the first two weeks of the term or they will not be ad- mitted. Beginners must present a birth certificate and a certificate of successful vaccination. Members of the faculty for the school term include: Grade teachers: Miss Yvonne Yerger, Grade 1; Miss Louise C. Young, Grade 2; Miss Audrey G. Heist and Miss Viola K. Montieth, Grade 3; Miss Elizabeth Grant, Grade 4; Miss Anna Lacava, Grade 5; Miss Grace Urich, Grade 6; Miss Rose Far- abaugh, Miss Jane M. Paterick, Miss Mary Montenaro and Miss Sue E. Gill, Grades 7 and 8. High school faculty—Kathryn M, Wheeler, English; Miss Gertrude Wes~ trick, general science; Miss Loretto E. Prindible, history; Miss Margaret A. Fienlds, latin; Miss Barbara R. Over- berger, history; Miss Catherine E. Markey, mathematics; Francis D. Litz- inger, commercial; Miss Mildred B. Lowes, commercial; Miss Elizabeth Kollar, English; Miss Elizabeth Greene, physical education; Miss Rachel Gwinn nistory; Miss V. Marie Garrity, Eng- lish-French; H. W. Fleming, mathe- matics; Thomas Hughes, biology and zoology; and coach; John L. Barnard, principal of the high school and phy- sics and chemistry; W. M. Bosserman, supervising principal; Angelo Vespa, of Tyrone, was elected supervisor of music to succeed W. J. Nicholas, who resigned during the past summer. SUPREME COURT Miss Rachel Barnes, of Barnesboro and Philadelphia, will conitnue as the substitute trustee of the $4,000,000 es- tate of her father, the late Thomas Barnes, under an opinion handed down on Monday by Judge A. A. Nelson of the Orphans’ Court, who ruled that Miss Barnes’ nephew, Thomas Barnes, 2nd, had failed to produce evidence that she had mismanaged the affairs of the Barnes and Tucker Coal Com- pany. It was stated that an appeal from Judge Nelson's decision may be taken to the Supreme Court. In his opinion, Judge Nelson de- clared that Miss Barnes is performing her duties as substitute trustee “with fidelity, good faith and integrity.” He also pointed out that Miss Barnes has carried out her duties “and is a suita- ble and competent person to administer the trust.” The move of Thomas Barnes 2nd to oust his aunt was based on the con- tention that she permitted credit to be extended to the Byrd Coal Com- pany when it was known to her that it was in financial difficulties and that the sales contract of the Barnes & Tucker Coal Company with the Un- ited Eastern Sales Corporation is not Beneficial to the Barnes Interests. Judge Nelson upheld Miss Barnes in her denial that she had acted impru- dently in either instance. The jurist also upheld Miss Barnes in the ap- pointment of her nephew, John M. Barnes Mull as president of the coal company. Admittedly Mull's experience was meager when he came to the corpor- ation in 1933,” Judge Nelson said. “Nevertheless, he is a man of exten- sive, though non-technical education, and had been tested by respondent in various positions of responsibility for more than three years prior to his appointment. “He volunteered his services at a critical time and is familiar in busi ness policies and tradition of the Bar- nes family. He has now had six years experience in the management of Bar- nes and Tucker. “The only evidence of incompetence and mismanagement offered by the pe- titioner against Mull is the same as that also urged against respondent. This evidence and record of the Byrd transaction and the United Eastern contract has been discussed at length. The conduct of Mull in these transace tions does not stamp him as a man une fit to be entrusted wth duties of man- agement by respondent or disclose he has been negligent or imprudent in placing him at the helm of the busi ness. Petitioner has suggested no per son better qualified.” Attorneys George W. Griffith of Ebensburg and John Randolph Young of Philadelphia, ented Miss Bar- Pr nes in her winni ight, while At. torneys Carl H. / erson of Philadel. phia and We and Bennett of Johnstown, were insel for Thomas Barnes 2nd,
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