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Patton Courier, Established Oct. 1803
Union Press, Established May, 1985
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 ppst
office at Patton, Pa, under ‘the gAct
of March 3, 1879.
F. P. CAMMARATA, Business Mgr.’
THOS. A. OWENS................. Editor
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The endeavor of the Union Press-
Courier is to sincerely and honestly
represent Trade Uniom Workers in
efforts to obtain economic freedom
through organizatioms as advocated
by the CIO and AFL, and we solicit
the support of trade uniens. Mater-
jal for publication must be author-
ized by the organization it repre-
sents and signed by the Presiaen:
and secretary, and bear the seat.
The Union Press-Courier gives its
advertisers the advantage of the
combined circulation of the two
largest circulated weeklies in Cam- ||
bria County and has a reader cov-
erage that blankets Patton and the
major mTning towns.
Business is on the upswing. Work |
is becoming more plentiful day by
day. The mining industry in Cam- |
bria county, and all over the field,
is picking up. Things look bright
for the most of us during the com-
ing winter. Without doubt, the war |
in Europe is responsible for a lot of
the apparant prosperity. However,
in the coal fields, seasonal demands |
likewise have something to do with
it. To those of us who remember the |
last war, there is a lot of glory tak- |
en out of our present bright outlook. |
Any re-employment that is based on
artificial and uneconomic founda-
tion usually has its aftermath. Now,
our prime thought is to keep out of
war ourselves—even if we do profit
by it.
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There is nothing more important to |
a communty than its volunteef fire |
company—and Patton has been blessed |
for years with an active organization.
Our local company is in need of funds
for the purchase of needed equipment
and shortly will solicit citizens for fi-
nancial help. Perhaps the amount you
will be able to donate will be small— |
but any amount will be gratefully ac-|
cepted. The record of Patton Firemen
has been an enviable one. Without a
fire department, one can imagine what |
great losses would have occurred. Har- |
dly a week passes by but that some
alarm is answered. The locay boys al-
most invariably nip the trouble in the |
bud. These volunteers, not only in
Patton, but everywhere where volun- |
teer fire companies exist, give of their
time and energy, not to mention the |
inconvenience personally, and the dam- |
age done clothing, freely. There also |
is an element of langer in the duties
of the volunteer fireman. Knockers of
any fire company are never the com-
munity’s best citizens. The life of the
volunteer firemen is a thankless job—
but it is an important one. Do your
bit to assist when the solicitors come
to see you! |
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The Democratic candidates at least
are representative of most every sec-
tion of Cambria county, a study of
the nominees dicloses. They live at
| ished another annual
THE UNION PRESS-COURIER.
Look at Them —
Friday, October 6t
THE NEW 1940 FOR
Thursday, October 5th, 1939.
STOLTZ MOTOR CO., PATTON, PA.
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The American Legion has just fin-
convention in
Chicago, and while the usual fun and
frolic prevailed, nevertheless at this
particular convention the delegates
| were struck with a more serious en-
vironment than at any times since the
formation of the organizotion. They
had a lot of toil in framing a neutral-
| ity resolution acceptable to the Le-
gion’s vast membership. They found
| it in a demand that the country stay
out of the present European war at
any cost, and that it arm itself to the
teeth to protect itself.
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The aspects of the war in Europe
are peculiar. Americans are begin-
ning to look upon it as a rather
screwy” war, but can’t tell you why.
A state of war has been declared by
Britain and France, yet there is no
fighting of consequence. There is
desultory artilly fire of sorts on the
Western front, but it seems more
experimental than business like.
German submarines have attacked
Allied and neutral shipping; Ger-
man airplanes have made trial at-
tacks on British warships; neither
the Allies nor the Germans have at-
tempted the much advertised air
raids which were supposed to an-
nihilate entire cities. Britain and
France guaranteed to see to upkeep
of Poland’s independence and are
persisting in their declarations that
they will restore Poland, presuma-
bly by a long war of economic
strangulation. The answer to the
question as to why Britain and
France did not save Poland is that
it was geographically impossible to
march into Germany. At the same
time they were unwilling to be the
ones to start bombing of German
industries and cities, which would
not have saved Poland anyhow from
Germany’s “lightning war.” Now
that the Central Powers have parti-
tioned Poland, they will broach a
peace offering. England and France
say “nothing doing.” Who knows
what will happen?
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Pennsylvania's pardon board should
be relieved of parole case responsibil-
|-ity as a step toward “much needed im- |
provement” in the commonwealth’s
parole sysiem, Lieutenant Governor
Samuel S. Lewis, says. But he hesita-
northern, central and southern | test to say what new method of pro-
points. Republicans most all are | cedure he would advocate for hand-
from the south. Ebensburg is the | ing release of penitentiary and jail
farthest northern point they strike.
Three of the candidates of the Dem- |
ocrats hail from the upper north
county. They are John J. Haluska,
nominee for county treasurer; Den-
nis L. Westrick, county controller
nominee, and Patrick McDermott, |
for Coroner. Two others are from
Ebensburg, another is from the
..south central area, one is from the
main line district, and the balance
are from the city area. From a geo- |
graphical standpoint the Democrats |
have balanced things up pretty well. |
JOE'S CUT-RATE STORE
Prices Are
Lower Here!
r men and boys,
$1.49 to $1.98 |
Pants for men and boys,
Abin 9c to 984
Union Suits for men, 39¢ to 98c|
| retary-treasurer of
| work won't
Shoes fo
at.
| for the four-member Pardon
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| the pardon board members have addi-
prisoners seeking freedom at expira-
tion of minimum terms, but emphasiz-
ed that duty was too heavy a burden
Board.
rroct
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tional heavy duties to look after. The
parolee is a problem. Some behave—
but others don’t, and additional crimes
are chalked up against society, because
if the mercy shown undeserving.
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Not only county and state politics
are holding interest of the United
Mine Workers of America in District
No. 2, but likewise an election of
their very own will shortly take
place, and here and there, candidates
are declaring themselves. Autonomy
in the district will be restored soon,
for the offices of vice president, for
International board member and for
District Board Members. Likely ,in
most all cases the present afficials
will stand for election.
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And down at the district office of
the mine workers in Clearfield, Ed-
ward J. Sweeney this week takes up
his duties as the newly appointed sec-
District 2. His
be esay, for a time, at
least. Years and years of experience
gave the late Dick Gilbert the ability
to handle matters expeditiously. But
everyone who knows Mr, Sweeney
knows also that he will execute the
job entrusted to him, honestly, capably
and well.
3 > ~ 7 slr «© Vy, y .
Sox to Work and Dress, 19 | The fact that Clerk of Courts
LJ Cl James M. (Jimmy) Jones, has pe-
sD. ; | tioned the court for name conform-
HuntingPants co $1 to $1.98 ity on a Prohibition and a Social-
Hunting Gums $2.49 to $2.98 |
Dress Shirts and Work
Shirts ............. 89 {0 98¢c
Lowest Prices in Town. Give
Us A Trial and Save Money
ist Party nomination for County
Commissioner, indicates that he in-
tends to carry on a candidacy at the
general election, and likely is Sore
Spot No. 1 in the Republican ranks
that refuses to heal. There are oth-
er sore spots, too, and they occur in
both parties. The general election
just now, and despite any treaty
| the Chrysler Company election
years of age who fail to give evidence
of “actively seeking openings for self-
support where there is evidence that
suitable employment “exists.” County
boards were authorized to adopt loeal |
policies for determining the relief eli-
gibility of single able bodied persons
“designed to discover whether or not
they avail themselves, as individuals,
of employment or maintenance oppor-
tunities.”
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Hitler has conquered Poland, and
Stalin and his Soviet bunch of hard
hearted, cold blooded Soviets, has
stepped in and taken the part of Po-
land that Hitler most needed. Hit-
ler lost 65,000 men in the deal, Sta-
lin didn’t lose any. The chances are
that Hitler, if he had it all to do
over, would leave Poland alone. The
Soviets are grabbing the countries |
just now, and despite any treaty
they may have with Germany, they
will break it just as freely and eas-
ilv as Hitler has done with others
in the past—and darn Well does the
Fureher know it. Russia has its
eve on the Baltic—the apple of Hit-
ler’s eye. And so long as Russia eyes
the Baltic, just so long will Hitler
have to forget about it. And if Hit-
ler now sues for peace, it will be
because he has fallen all the way
into the Russian well, and can’t
manage to ascend.
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The spectacular victory of the CIO
United Automobile Workers Union in
is a
| good omen for the whole of the CIO
lon the eve of its second national con-
vention. The auto workers turned out
by tens of thousands in the largest la-
bor board election ever held, to regis- |
| ter their preference for representation
by the CIO union. The majority for
the CIO as against the AFL was as
much as 9 to 1. The Chrysler victory
followed a whole series of CIO elec- |
tion victories in the Briggs, Packard
his AFL Drivers’ Union No. 110, of
Johnstown and up here in the north
of the county, the beer distributors,
sensing the trend, have affiliated
their drivers with the UMWA local
at Barnesboro. With mining the
major industry in Cambria county,
and with the United Mine Worers
covering the field 100 per cent, the
prime factor, to us, in the whole
matter is the foolishness on the part
of the AFL drivers in attempting to
foster and support the Progressive
Miner movement. After all, union
men and women, are just that. When
Whitey’ Lehman attempted to har-
ass an industry manned by union la-
bor, that to a great extent made his
own union possible, he created for
himself the situation he now has
confronting him, and his punishment
he can blame on himself.
OLDMEMORIES
A Communication from Our Friend,
Domenick Gelotte, Pertaining to An
Old Friend of His. |
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To the Editor of the Press-Courier:
An old time friend surprised me the |
other day, the distinguished visitor be- |
ing Barney Rice, of DuBois, Pa. well
known throughout central Pennsylva- |
nia, as especially so to union miners.
In opening our discussion, he told |
me that he “did not miss a single]
Xmas dinner for the past 79 years.” |
In the year 1889, Barney (as his |
friends call him), was elected president |
of District No. 2 U. M. W. of A, and
served two terms. Later he served as
| National Board member and in other |
official capacities.
“At that time,” Barney continued, |
“we were at a great disadvantage. The |
police, the courts, the Governors, and |
| even most of the public, were all ag- |
ainst us, and we certainly had hard |
battles,” and then,” he said, in a se-|
rious expression, “We used to have an |
i election of all officers every year.” |
Being connected with the famous
DuBois Brewing Company for the best |
| part of his life, his mission was to as-|
| sist Local Union 1386 U. M. W. of A, |
| to pay for a splendid building they |
recently purchased, the miners appeal- |
ing generally to their friends for fi-|
nancial aid, and the DuBois Brewery |
| responded with a generous donation. |
en; butter, 10 cents per pound; milk,
6 cents per quart; the butcher gave
away liver and treated the kids with
bologna; women concealed their ank- |
les, and did not paint and powder (in
public), smoke, vote or play poker;
and folks lived to a good ripe, old age!
Today, everybody rides in automobiles
or flies, at a great risk of their lives;
play golf, shoot craps, play the piano:
with their feet, smoke cigarettes, and;
blame the high cost of living to their
neighbors; going out every night; ney~
er go to bed the same day they get up,
and thinking they have a hell of a
good time!”
“Yes wsarney,” I exclaimed. “you are
right. These are the days of high tax-
es; crimes; speed: nerves; and barbar-
ic devastation without a spark of hu-
man feeling; and honesty and modesty,
in a general way, are rapidly losing
their virtues.
DOMENICK GELOTTE.
Nanty-Glo, Pa.
JACOB BOSTIC IS KILLED
BY HIT AND RUN AUTO
Struck by a hit and run driver
while walking along Barnesboro's main
street Jacob Bostic, 64, Barnesboro gar-
| ageman, was killed instantly on Fri-
| day night last.
He suffered a fracture of the skull, |
fracture of the left leg, a broken jaw
and crushed chest.
The accident occurred at 10:55 P. M.
and about fifteen minutes later Chief
of Police J. D. Whited of Barnesboro,
arrested Stephen Lusnak, of Alverda,
Indiana county, as the driver of the]
hit and run car. Lusnak and John Mic-
key, also of Alverda, reported to have |
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been an bccupant of the machine, were
arrested.
Pvt. J. E. Port of the Ebensburg
sub-station, State Motor Police, called
to assist in the investigation, said he
learned that the Lusnak machine
| skidded across the road, struck the
{ man and overturned. He said the ma-
i chine turned completely over and
{landed on its wheels.
{ Private Port said the driver sped
awdy without getting out of the ma-
{chine to examine the extent of dam-
jage. He reported that the automobile
was badly damaged, but could be op-
erated.
When arrested both Lusnak and
Mickny admitted that the car overturn-
When the Congress adjourned a so-
called labor paper at Quincy, Illinois,
said in reference to relief spending.
“New Deal: Spend yourself prosper-
ous theory. Born, April, 1933. Kept
alive by repeated shots in the arm in
1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938. Died
August 1, 1939. Funeral November of
1940.”
And in a second labor paper scanned
five minutes later was this:
“Literally millions of destitute fam-
ilies look to our government through
| cur chosen representatives for succor
ed at the place where Bostic was kill- |
ed, but emphatically denied they Knew
the car struck the man.
Private Port said Bostic’s body was
hurled 60 feet by the terrific impact.
| He said the victim's hat was found
more than 60 feet from where the body
|'was found.
Bostic was returning to his home af-
and aid. Private relief agencies have
broken down and the pitiful wail of
undernourished children and mothers
are crying out for quick relief. The
federal government alone has full
| power to command the vast resources
! of the nation to preserve the health
ter closing his gasoline station for the |
night and was almost in front of his
home when struck.
Mr. and Mrs. Bostic nad purchased
a new home in Barnesboro the day of
the accident and were planning to
| move within the next few days. Mr.
Bostic was also planning to sell his
service station and retire from active
work.
The question of whether Democracy
or dictatorship shall dominate and
ana well being of its people.
“Too many men ,women and chil-
dren have been hungry in the midst
of plenty for too long.”
Will it be a funeral, or funerals?
Which would you choose?
ORGANIZE.
A worker in Indiana applied for re-
lief because, he said, he could not pro-
vide for his family on a wage of 18
cents an hour plus one meal paid by
an Indiana corporation. In other words
the taxpayers are being pilfered to
| help low-wage employers pile up fat
profits. What the workers need in that
rule the world is now being fought out |
in Europe. And unless all signs fail, |
plant is a militant labor union.— UMW
Journal.
The Press-Courier in its up to the
dictatorships are in for a wolloping | minute job printing department, can
that they will never forget.
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Motor Products and other large auto- |
mobile plants.
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| The miners have resumed their li
fight to “bust” H. D. Lehman and
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close in most contests. |
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Seeking to cut the cost of Pennsyl- |
| vania’s unemployment relief the De- |
Sa of Public Assistance has or- |
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the outcome will likely be pretty
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dered all county boards to deny aid to |
single persons who fail to take jobs|
when they are available. The direction |
is at single persons between 20 and 40
Wolf Furniture Co.
Barnesboro, Pa.
In discussing the present social life, |
my esteemed friend does appear to ap- |
prove or agree with the present mode |
and tactics generally used nowadays,
and, in indicating the material varia- |
tions between the past and the present
times, he said: “Why forty years ago, |
beer was five cents a glass and the |
lunch was free; eggs, 12 cents per doz-
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