PAGE [ FOU R. THE UNION _PRESS-COURIER Thursday, November 16, 1939. Patton Courier Union Press, Established May, 1935 THE UNION PRESS Combined with PATTON COURIER Published Eve ry Thursday by Thos. A. Owens 3 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 Yeanly in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. The endeavor of the Union Press- Courier is to sincerely and honestly represent Trade Union Workers in etiorts to obtain econemic freedom through organizations as advocated by ihe CIO and AFL, and we solicit the support of trade unions. Mater- ial for publication must be author- ized by the organization it repre- sents and signed by the Presiucn! ana sceretary, and bear the seal The Union Press-Ceurier gives its advertisers the advantage of the combinea circulation of the two largest circulated .weeklres in Cam- bria County and has a reader cove erage that ‘blankets Patton and the najor mtTing towns. ALES Now that there has been suffi- cient time io anaylze the election returns of last week im Cambria county, there are a lot of things that even the so-called political ex- perts can’t exactly figure out. True, Democrats were most successful in election, but the diversity of votes between Dmocratic winners and the Democratic losers ran into thous- ands. The causes for all this may be varied, and many. But ¢ne thing the election does show is that voters are not tied down to straight party vot- ing like they were some years ago. The county, all in all, will have a good set of officials. And that, of is what counts most. course, ° Clearfield county, last week, filled its court house with Democrats for the first time in fifty years, only one Re- publican candidate, the prothonotary, landing, and he only by the scant mar- gin or 58 votes. Roy Eaton Decker of the Curwensville Herald, states: that “Last week was education week and some of the slick politicians of this county were certainly educated.” ° After a threatening feature sort of dies away, the fears of the human being is apt to become falsely se- cure, even though it is known that danger stil exists and will continue to exist. Such seems to be the case of the burining mine ai the northern outskirts of Patton, which again last Friday belched forth flame from a new surface opening in the middle of the highway, near {he clay works. Patton vorough officials have been trying to pull every string within their knowledge in securing county, state, and federal aid in combatting this meance, and again are putting forth the same efforis. Likely some- thing of a heipiul na wili be forthcoming. ii is a problem that is far beyond the finances of our own community. It is deserving of concrete attention from slate or fed- eral authorities. ® ds tell nths for No- The chaps who ke us that the most d: automobile driving are t vember and Decem! In this last quarter of the year, : average num- ber of accident fatalities throughout the country is 3,700 each month. The average of all other months is 2,840. This increase is attributable not only to icy conditions of the pavement but also to the fact there is a longer per- iod of darkness. Most accidents occur at night. During the period from Oc- tober to January the rate of highway fatalities is three times greater at night than during daylight hours. Mo- torists who recognize wintry condi- tions as a menace to safe driving and who take proper precautions will not contribute to the death total. The oth- er kind would be doing themselves and the public a service if they put their cars in hock for the winter, says Hi Andrews of the Johnstown Demo- crat. Down at the Grand Theatre last Saturday morning, Rev. Father Ber- trand McFadyen, was the principal speaker at an Armistice Day observ- ance and he pointed oui particular- ly the living monument of distress as evedenced by the disabled veter- ans of the war of 21 years ago, as a chief factor in keeping the United States out of any mere wars in Eu- rope. Rev. Thomas McQuillan, him- self a veteran of the last war, and the chairman of the program, in complete agreement with the Rev. Father Bertrand, saw no reason for another war in which we are inveolv- ed unless it were a war of invasion. The veterans of the last world war, every last one of them who sat in the Grand theatre, likely agreed in all detail with the speakers. The ex- servicemen of the war of 21 years ago all want the regular Armistice Day to continue as such, regardless of the never ending troubles of Eu- rope, in which we have no business. ° And the boys who were in the uni- | form on that Armistice day of 21 years ago are now graying a bit. They | are in the m know from experience what another | war would bring in suffering and in c, in the aftermath that always | brir a depressed economic ssituation. They know that the gains to this couniry in the last war were most all losses. They know that everyone loses in war. They hope that the good old Tnited States of America won't cause itself to be put in a position where E stablished Oct. 1893 ddle years of life. They | | they will feel that national pride de- mands another conflict, and least of all ation across seas to a foreign soil, whose inhabitants have always been fighting, and who will fight again in controversy is over, regardless of who wins. . With Thanksgiving coming next Thursday, by proclamation of the President of the United States and by proclamation of the Governor of Pennsylvania, a week more will be added to the Christmas season, and perhaps it is not too early to start the old slogan of “Do your shopping early.” There are a lot of us, and the writer is no exception, who feel that this slogan holds good only for others, and who are still shopping the day before Christmas. If we all reform, it will be more pleasant nad more enjoyable for all concerned. . And this raises another issue. In order to insure the delivery of Christ- mas mailing on or before Christmas, both shop early and mail early. Your | attention is called to the fact Christ- “do not open until Christmas.” Early mailing relieves the congestion of the ready, mark them “do not open until | Christmas” and mail two weeks ahead | of the desired time for delivery. By | so doing you will avoid the rush as | well as the crush and insure delivery | in good condition before the appoint- | { ed time. Mails for foreign delivery should be mailed four weeks before the holiday. ° The annual drive for funds by the American Red Cross started last Sat- urday, Armistice Day, and is on this week. Patton has never fallen down on this worthy cause, that comes as heavenly relief to so many commu- nities suffering disaster and distress. That such conditions have not been ours in the past, we have have cause to be thankful. That someth- ing disastrous can come to us is, of course, possible—and if that should nappen, we, too, would be thankful for the American Red Cross. ° For the past few years this newspa- per has been running weekly a relig- ious and sometimes secular column, entitled “The Sower,” written by the Rev. James A. Turner, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Patton. We have found that this column has | been pretty generally read by our subscribers. The late Dick Gilbert, sec- retary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, once told us that the Rev. Turner's thoughts coincided pretty generally with his thought, and he never missed reading it. Mr. Gil- bert had never met Rev. Turner. This week we start a series of weekly arti- cles, in which most all the county papers will co-operate under the head- ing of “Information,” furnished us by the Third Order Secular of St. Fran- cis, at Loretto, Pa., and which will Catholic information not general- ly known to the lay public. Look for nis new feature nder “Information.” ° One thing has aways struck us as extremely queer. That is the fact that about four of the leading cig- aretle manufacturers usually put on highly expensive weekly, or more frequent, radio programs, utilize a small fortune each month in color- ed mazazine advertising, and all of it is bought and paid for by the folks who smoke cigarettes. Yet the same ‘big four” cigarette manufac- turer's fight every move of organi- zed labor, and the decent conditions that goes with those workers. We wonder why ? ° Time flies. Some twenty years ago the writer had two big events in his life. One was that he became the ed- itor of the Patton Courier, the other was that he left the ranks of the sin- le state of life and took unto himself a lifemate. By the time you read this, on the occasion of that latter event, in November, 1919, having a two-decade anniversary we two young people of 20 years ago (now not so young) will be on our way to the sunny southland for 1 nomadic pilgrimage—the first of any | great length that has ever been ours. We're going down to Florida by easy | stages, and we're coming back over another route, again by easy stages. If we're not back by the time the next | paper comes off the press, and next week's paper proves better than usual, | you'll know that the staff has been | putting one over on the editor. i P/ ATTON MUSIC CL U B HAD AN INTERESTING SESSION LAST WEEK | An enjoyable program was present- | ed to a capacity crowd at the Novem- | ber meeting of the Patton Music club { held last week in their club rooms in | the bank building. The program fea- | tured two French horn numbers by | Norman Litzinger of Indiana, “Song of India” and the Brahm's Lullaby, {| Mr. Q.#tzinger was accompanied by. I | his sister, Miss Doris Litzinger. | Miss Eleanor Ratchford and Mrs. | Bernadette Schroyer of Barreshoro) | gave a delightful program of vocal | duets from Saint Saens, Mendelssohn, and other popular composers. Miss | { Martha Greenwood was their acc om- | panist. i Miss Yvonne Yerger presided at the business session which included a re-! port of the past presidents’ conference | by Mrs. John Barnard, a report of the | dramatic club by Miss Louise Young, and the plans for the formation of a! study club directed by Angelo Vespa! and Mrs. Ralph Good. The December meeting of the club | J will be held the first Tuesday in De- cember, | postoffice patrons are requested to | mas parcels and mail may be marked, | mails at terminal points on the week ! before Christmas. If your parcels are jn the loss of his left leg ! steel workers who | End of Tiger Grid a conflict that takes the youth of the | a couple of decades after the present | 2 | { | | revealed that ligaments below the Star's Examination | knee were torn and three main ar- | teries had been severed. The amputation was made necessary because of | the danger of gangrene becoming acute. ClO VINDICATED In upholding the Labor Board or- der against the Republic Steel Corpor- ation, the Third Circuit Court of Ap- peals in Philadelphia has rendered a measure of justice to thousands of were discharged for their union activities and wha have been ordered reinstated with back pay. It has vindicated the charges made by the Steel Workers Organizing Com- mittee and the Board in regard to the coercive and intimidating anti-union tactics of Tom Girdler’s corporation. More than this, it has upheld the contention of the Board that it was the company’s flagrant and continued violations of the the Wagner labor re- lations act that caused the 1937 strike. In absolving the workers and the CIO of blame for the strike, and plac- ! ing responsibility at the door of Re- public Steel, CIO Counsel Lee Press- man points out the court has “knock- ed out the basis for the corporations $7,500,000 suit against the union and the CIO.” “Republic cannot continue to main- tain that any damages are due to it under the Sherman Act or any other statute,” he says, “since its own ille- gal actions account for the strike and all its by-products.” “But aside from the tagible advan- tages for the workers and the legal implications of the decision, there is a moral justification involved which will bring satisfaction and encourage- ment to all of labor In organizing the Workers the CIO seeks to improve their conditions through peaceful collective bargaining as provided for under the law. Where industrial conflict occurs, it is caused by the refusal of corporations to grant the workers their full collective bar- | gaining rights. The court decision in the Republic Steel case is supporting evidence for this CIO eontention. It also serves no- tice that no corporation is so big as to be above the law LEGALITY OF NEW AMENDED LIQUOR ACT QUESTIONED | Declaring that the limitation in the amended state liquor control act, which provides that only one license can be granted for each 1,000 of pop- ulation in any municipality, does not | effect clubs. Attorney Harold Kamin- | sky Monday urged Judges McKenrick and Greer to order the State Liquor | Control Board to grant a club liquor | license to the Roosevelt Club in Cam- | bria City. Special Deputy Attorney General Ernest F. Walker, representing the Li- | auor Control Board, urged the court to uphold the state board, contending Claude T. Reno and opinions of lower courts maintained that the amended act includes clubs in the limitation clause. It is likely that the court will await | a decision in a similar case now pend- ing before the State Superior Court | before handing down an opinion re- garding the Cambria City Club. Attorney Kaminisky asserted that the act was indefinite, that in one clause it excluded clubs from the pro- visions of the amended act while in| another section it includes clubs. His principal contention, however, was ased on the manner in which the pop- ulation of any municipality is to be determined. If your subscription is overdue, any | Payment you make will be appreciated. Rcbhins Build Nest On Top of Gas Pump PORTLAND, ORE.—Squatter’s rights were exercised by a robin couple, who set up housekeeping atop the gasoline pump of the service station operated by A. W. Archer. Unafraid as Archer pumped gasoline into customers’ cars, the mother robin set quict- ly upon her eggs and refused to move. If Rattler Takes S Curve, Look Out Edward Burns Expert Says Most Popular | Beliefs Are Fallacies. McGREGOR, IOWA.—Seven years | of hunting snakes, during which he has caught as many as 100 a day, have taught Larry Kersten of Mc- | Gregor that most popular beliefs | about rattlesnakes are fallacies. One such notion blasted by Ker- sten is that a rattler’s age can be told by the number of buttons on the | rattle. | The truth is, according to the rep- | tile hunter, that rattlers grow a but- ton every time they shed their skins | and that is two or three times a | year. Moreover, the buttons some- | times are lost. Kersten just laughs at the belief that a rattler won't strike unless coiled. “The fact is,” he said, ‘‘the snake assumes the shape of a letter S, then straightens out when it | strikes.” | Kersten began hunting snakes | after an itinerant catcher who makes a profession of taking rattle- snakes alive for zoos, gave him a few pointers. Early in the spring, preferably the first warm day, Kersten takes to the hills with a gunny-sack, heavy gloves and a pair of home-made tongs. He looks particularly for | rock ledges or crevices, for it is there that the snakes come out to lie in the sun. Spotting a basking snake, or sometimes an entire family, he ! moves cautiously ahead. With the tongs he seizes a rattler just back i of the head, snips out the poisonous fangs while it threshes madly about and maneuvers it into the sack. “The snakes won't bite through | the sack because they are all tan- | gled up and confused,” Kersten ex- plained. He often keeps them on his farm { for weeks before turning them in that an opinion by Attorney General | for a bounty. He has collected as much as $700 a year in this manner. In captivity the snakes refuse to | eat, sometimes existing for four or | five months without food. Kersten has kept no record of how many snakes he has captured, but he estimates the number to be in the thousands. HOUSTON, TEXAS.—J. W. Peter- man drove a factory truck without an accident for many years and was awarded a medal for it by the Texas State Safety association. The driver was highly embar- rassed, therefore, when his first ac- cident occurred in his parked truck | He was cleaning the machine, | sli lipped and fell to the pavement. | Peterman’s injuries included a frac tured wrist and a gash on his fore head. URN el I MRE HUNTER: Did You Kill A Bear? If you did. rush the skin to THE CLEARFIELD TAIDERMY CO. where it will be taken care of b yexperts and TAN- immediatel; NED or MOUNTED as you want at once by parcel post or express—or if convenient, bring it in per- sonally and visit THE LARGEST and BRTST EQUIPPED ESTAB- § LISHMENT in the WORLD. Write for illustrated price list, i Clearfield Taxideriny Co. CLEAR LE IELD, PA. - RT it at very reasonable prices. Ship Playing Career | Don Herring, inset, 21-year-old football and track star at Princeton | university, is carried off the field after receiving an injury that resulted The youth, who aided in a 26 to 12 victory | over Brown, was injured in the first quarter of the game. JOOOOQGOOLINOCIOOCIINCI I KIO IOOANOGONNNBONHEOGO0 000000OORNOOH i NOW IS THE TIME Your Car DOOOOOVOOOVVOOOONNIOOVVOVVOVOVVOVOOOVOOIOOOOOOOOOOOOO0 MR. MOTORIST TO CONDITION — for Winter o i THOROUGHLY. K There is nothing more important and more econ- omical than the treatment you give your car during the long, cold winter months. Propers oils, ,greases, an- ti freeze solutions, and a general overhauling is most essential, and you can DEPEND on us to do the job You'll have no regrets and costly re- pair bills to pay later on if you bring your car in now and have it expertly reconditioned for winter, Hoover Service Station NORTH SPANGLER, PA. 8 VOOLVOVVVVVVVVVOVCVVVLVVVVVVTC VULLULOUOVVVOVICOOVVOOOVOOT | FLYING CLUB ORGAN- IZED AT EBENSBURG On November 11th, lots and students of the Keystone Air- a group of pi- port at Ebensburg organized a flying club, the mame of which will be “The Cambria Flying Club.” Officers were elected and a consti- | tution was drawn up by a committee consisting of five members, as follows: | William Kessler, of Ebensburg; May- nard Nuss of Patton; Beula Donnelly of Huntingdon; Paul Farabaugh of Carrolltown. ana George Donnelly of Huntingdon. The following officers were elected: of Nanty-Glo, presi- dent; Paul Farabaugh and Maynard Nuss, vice presidents; William Kessler, secretary and treasurer; Lois Turner and Bula Donnelly, publicity agents. The purpose of this club is to pro- mote aviation in Ebensburg and vicin- | ity. The membership of the club at present is approximately 50 and it is | the expectation of the group to double | the membership by Spring, making it one of the largest clubs in the state. NOV EN A AT THE LORETTO CARMEL The Novena in Th hotter of St. Therese | for the month of November will open at the Chapel of Carmel at Loretto on | November 22nd, closing on November | 30th. This Novena, coming at this sea- son, is a splendid preparation for the {| Holy Season of Advent, soon to be-| | gin. The next Novena announced will be the one in honor of the Infant Je- | sus in union with the Novena in hon- | or of the Little Flower. It is a befitting | time for all to unite in fervent prayer | for this war-stricken world and the] | great misery in consequence. All are | asked to make a special intention for peace. The Carmelite nuns offer their many prayers for this attention and also for all the intentions or tnose who appeal to them. Since the Solemn Sep- tember Novena many reports have been received from those who have ob. tained employment and many other favors Novena services are held daily at 4 P. M,, followed by benediction. Those who are not able to attend may mail their petitions to the Rev. Mother Pri- oress, Carmelite Monastery, Pa Loretto, WINTER SALE — AT JOE'S GUT-RATE STORE Barnesboro’s Low Price Leaders Men’s Ribbed U-Suits......§9¢c Men’s Fleece U-Suits ~J9¢ Men’s Wool Sox me GC Men’s High Boots $1.98 Men's Leather Shoes... $2.98 Men’s Hunting Coats 31 98 Men’s Overalls. Men’s Hunting Caps Men’s Work Pants All Wool Mackinaws All Wool Jackets $4.95 $2.95 JOE'S CUT-RATE STORE EARNESHORD PENNA. 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