A CENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. Z| UNION Recognized and Endors- ed by More Than Fifty Union Press, Established May, 1935. Local Unions and Cen- tral Bodies Over Cam- bria County and Ad- Jacent Mining Areas. AN ATTAINMEN1 OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. Our Shop Is Equipped to Do Job Printing of All Kinds. Nothing Tee Large or Too Small We Cater Especially to Local Union, Printing. *atton Courier, Established Oct., 1893. VOL. 46. NO. 9. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. YEAR 723 Sonth Fifth PATTON Ave PA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER HOLIDAY EDITION PRESS - COURIER OUT NEXT WEEK Annual Issue, As In Former Years, Offers Merchants Fine Advertising Medium, CLERKS UNION HAS ENJOYABLE DINNER AFFAIR Washington.—Congress of Industrial Organizations President John L. Lew- is on Tuesday night of this week or- dered full speed ahead in a campaign tc wrest control of labor in the con- struction industry from the American Federation of Labor and told his re- gional directors and organizers to “let feeling of consideration for the Second Anniversary Fete Held | Last Week at Brandon Hotel | With Big Attendance. — Highlighting the development and Next week, under date of Thursday, 2° Lewis Moves to Organize the Building Industries CENSUS TAKERS | COUNTY RELIEF WILL SOON BEAT | CASELOAD HITS coe AGIGANTICTASK LOWER LEVELS your resolve nor lessen your efforts { “Our move t derives its support | Nu from its own members and our first| And This Time the Govern- Nearly 8,000 Persons Severed C gation is one of loyalty to our own ys : . | . Psegion a ols and our| ment Will Authorize Several| from State Assistance in Ab- own membership,” he said in a spe- Questions on Private Life. out Three and A Half Months, cial communication to CIO regional] ————— —_—— directors. Washington.—'1'he questions to be | adversarie f Dropping to the lowest point in a December 14th, the Union Press-Cour- ier will issue its annual holiday edi- tion. As in past years it will afford merchants an excellent advertising medium, to reach hundreds upon hun- dreds of homes not reached by any other medium. Only once a year does the Press- organization efforts of the Joint Coun- cil of the Wholesale and Retail Em- ployes of America, of this section of | the state, was the banquet held on the occasion of the second anniversary | of this active CIO union, held at the Brandon hotel, Spangler, Wednesday | evening of last week, and with an at- | tendance of more than 125, the plans' Courier issue a special edition, and of the committee were up to and way | that is upon this occasion. Because of past their fondest epectations. : | this fact, coupled with the great cov- Plans for the affair had been in pPro- | erage given by five thousand copies gress for several weeks and particular- | sent through the mails to blanket the ly pleasing to all concerned was the mining towns and other communities presence of many employers and their as well as the rural delivery routes representatives, and the harmonious jn Northern Cambria, advertisers usu- atmosphere that prevailed throughout zlly grasp the chance to have space the gathering. The committee in charge | in this edition. of the affair were Elmer Barger, In-| This year the edition already gives ternational Vice President of the clerks | promise of surpassing past achieve- union, as chairman; Meade Retallick, ments. With better working conditions of Colver, and Kenneth Grazier. Thos. | and bigger pay rolls prevailing, the A. Owens of the Press-Courier, acted | potential buying power that this edi- as toastmaster at the banquet. tion wil Ireach is wel lworth mer- Signally honoring the local Joint chants’ consideration : Council, their international secretary- Remember next week is the time. treasurer, John Cooney, of New York | Your copy, reaching this office by @ity, made an especial trip to Span- | next Tuesday at noon, ‘will insure in- gler to be present, and he spoke brief- | sertion. ly but effectively on the progress of As a criterion of the volume of next the Industrially organized union of | week's Press-Courier. this week's edi- which he is an executive officer. Al- tion has‘reached 16 pages without any so present from the ranks of labor and | promotion on our part. We ask our likewise a speaker, was William Feen- | readers to carefully scan the ads in ey, director of the Steel Workers Or- | the paper, both this ‘week and next 1 of Vande t, Pa. | and you can also do us a favor by third labor | telling the merchant you saw his ad Union Press-Courier Washington.—Social security board officers estimated the other day that approximately 912,000 persons will re- ceive benefits during 1940—the first yar paymnts ar made under the old age insurance plan of the Social Se- curity act The old insurance system which workers and employers in cov- ered industries have been contribu- ting for three years becomes effective on January lst. Officials estimate that between 45 and 50 million wage earn- ers are covered by that plan. Jan. 1 will be the date when the first monthly benefits become payable to who can qualify. In that categor ythe board believes there will be 912,000 persons before the end of 1840. That estimate js based on the assumption that there be 485,000 primary age beneficiars—that s persons 65 years of age or older who are fully insured in their own right; 125,000 wives and 20,000 widows cver 65, 78,000 young widows with de- pendent children; 194,000 dependent children; and 10.000 dependent age to those will 01a 5 ganizing Committee don Elmer Barger was the r speaker and pointed out objectives ( inte 11 ents. The benefits will vary from $10 a -—— month to a maximum of $85 a month, HOPKINS SEES BOOM depending on the previous monthly 7? QR OYN x average wage and the length of time HOLIDAY SEASON AS employed fore applying for BEST SINCE IN 1929 sion. Last year congress amended the original act passed in 1935 to “liber- alize” benefits of the act and include more than one million workers not previously covered by its provisions. Among the changes made by oCng- ress were the advancement of the date for the payment of old age benefits from 1940 to Jan. 1, 1940; additional benefits to wage earners for depend- ents including supplementary benefits to wives and dependent children; monthly benefits to survivors of cover- ed workers, and intenance of the tax rate ie current level-—one per NEW KATZ PHARMACY WILL OPEN IN BAR. NESBORO ON FRIDAY the union and topics of A number of represer ployers talked briefly and gratified at the spirit of unity and un- derstanding that exists between man- agement and employee. Included in Si this group were Mr. Rowley ,of the| yo. ginoion Secretary of Com- Cambria Mercantile Company, Cresson, | 1 rce Harry L. Hopkins predicted the Mr. Checkhart otis Ca Bie on other day the best Christmas trade at Colver, Mr. Magee 0 “SU | since the boom year of 1929. tawney Beef and Provision Company, | He based his forecast on increased Mr. Traino, of the S. T. Runzo Co, of | 1 omer purchasing power and the Cresson and others. | extended holiday buying season re- Guest speaker of e evening Was | iting from the change in Thanks- Hon. Serve Tibet; oF Toennst gins day dates in at least about a representative in SS YF tata. itn Pennsylvania district, Who gave ht ite tier indication of an interesting talk on citizenship ond | the ability of American families to the future leaders of thought in this (buy goods and services than the am- country. Mr. Tibbott also commented | ; ., of wages, salaries, dividends, in- % bi i ig of ea rsary terest and other types of income they in: SL, Me secona anNNIVerse are receiving,” he said. banquet of the Clerks will be Temem- “The rl higher payrolls bered as a grand and glerions SUCCESS. | 4isbursed in recent months mean bet- Music for the hanquet and the dance ter filled pocketbooks and a larger wihch followed, was furnished by purchasing power which will, no Clem Farabaugh's Orchestra of Carr doubt, be reflected in Christmas sales. olitown. “Added to the greater consumer - — buying power is the extended shop- LABOR SEEN PERILED ping season itself which should stim- IF U. S. ENTERS WAR Hats, earlier and protracted sales vol- In his analysis of the business out- look, Mr. Hopkins said that income payments for individuals during Octo- : . | ber were $6,200,000,000, a gain of over jacket” if the United States enters... hundred million dollars over the European war. . October, 1938. In the first ten months Modern economy, be said, has re-| "4p; year individuals received ab- | ached a state of decay that requires | .. $2,400,000,000 more income than in “doctoring” which he said will be =~ oo period a year ago, he said. administered in the stress of modern |” a. mechanized warfare, at the expense] of the rights of labor. Mooney said labor may be “stran- | gled” even before a declaration of | A war “through the flimsy excuse of an The CIO Steel Workers Organizing emergency.” Committee have announced that Beth- The threat of war may force the|lehem Steel Corp. has invited SWOC American Federation of Laber and | committees to meet with management the Congress of Industrial Organiza-| representatives at each of Bethle- | - . fioms to combine in “mutual self de-| hem’s plants, following pis demands 275 MILLION GALLONS | fense,” he said. | for negotiations of a signed contract. ihe . eo he added, “I think in-| The steel union made public a let- | OF ICE CREAM SOLD ternal forces in the unions are more | ter from George W. Vary, Bethlehem | hkely to force some kind of unity in| manager of industrial relations, to] Stats. Collese Tho. ios heim th-L order to meet the common problems Clinton S. Golden, regional swoc arse onegsthe gl of all labor. . director, in which Mr. Vary Sated On pounds of Seger to SUPPLY Sie na. | Mooney dropped in to look over the | to machinery set up in each Bethle- a n= wtion of fwe Dies Committee's hearings on unAm-| hem plant for discussing employer-em- Sons © yoo ican activities. He described the | ployee relations. é year, : | rier as a “blatant attempt to rh Vary’s letter followed SWOC In addition 136 million pounds of smear the New Deal. charges that the company was evad- |butterfat goes into the nation's T0%" ) ing union efforts to negotiate a sign- | en confections, according to I E. Par- | ed contract and demands that the steel | K11, dairy husbandry expert at Penn company “abide by the law of the | State College. | land” and deal with union representa- | Parkin bases his estimates on the | | tives. | 275 million gallons of ice cream pro- | Washington—For the first time| Mr. Golden expressed dissatisfaction | duced in the United States last year. | since its inception, the Works Pro-| with Mr. Vary's letter and, in a letter | i ia ii gress Administration will make its|of reply, asked Bethlehem to state | DUMAN-BRAWLEY NUPTIALS | wegular appropriation of $1,477,000,000 | specifically whether the company is RECENTLY AT ST. VINCENT | last until July 1, 1840, the beginning | prepared to negotiate a contract with of the next fiscal year. | the union. | WPA Commissioner F. C. Harring- | be a pen- the 38 at On page three of this issue of the Press-Courier will be found the half page ad announcement of the propos- ed opening of the Katz Pharmacy in Barnesboro, on Friday, of this week, December 8th. They will feature deep cut prices and will have a registered pharmacist on duty at all times. A modern soda bar is a feature. In the announcement the management states “Allow us to welcome you to our new | and modern drug store. Our purpose | will be to give to the public first] class drugs, toiletries, tobaccoes and | | other drug sundries. A visit to the] | store will convince you that we are] making every possible effort and lea- | ving no stone unturned to bring you | the finest of everything. It shall be| our aim to provide for our customers | prompt and courteous service. You are always welcome at Katz 'Phar-| macy.’ Washington—Thomas Mooney said the other day that American labor will find itself in a virtual “starit- CIO AND BETHLEHEM PLANNING NEGOTIATIONS | WPA APPROPRIATION TO LAST TILL JULY | Miss Mary Martha Brawley, daugh- | A 1 - i ——————— | ter of Mrs. Elizabeth Brawley of Car- tom said he had no intention of ask- | North Cambria Community Sales rolltown, became the bride of Rupert | mg Congress for additional funds. In| will be held the next four Saturdays P. Duman, so of Mr. and Mrs. Henry | each previous year, WPA has asked | Dec. 9, 16, 23, and 30, at farm adjoin Duman of Ebensburg R. D., at a cere- | Congress for more money to con-|ing Patton Borough. Sale will start at | mony performed preceding a solemn | tinue its relief rolls at normal levels. | o'clock. Cattle, horses, hogs, poultry, nuptial high mass in St. Vincent's ar- | Colonel Harrington's announcement | and lots of miscellaneous articles for ch-abbey at Latrobe recently. Rev. P. | was made after he had estimated that| the December sales such as New Clo- Maxmillan Duman, O. S. B., of St. | WPA rolls would be increased by al- | thing, New and Used Hardware and | Vincents College was the celebrant | most 250,000 persons this month, to | Tools, Machinery, Grain, Produce, etc. |o fthe mass. He is a brother of the bring the total relief rolls to 2,250,- | Come to buy or to sell. Terms cash.— | bridegroom. Rev. Malachy Brawley, al 000. | COL. G. G. BLOOM, Manager. cousin of the bride was the deacon. 912,000 TO GET BENEFITS UNDER _ OLD AGE SECURITY ACT IN 1940 | raising funds for charity or any oth- | the corresponding increase in injur- | asked in the 1940 census soon to be | shown to the public in a personal sort | of way, will pry into corners of Am- | | erican life that have never been fully | explored. In addition to the time worn job : - of finding out how many people live cent paid by worker and 1 per cent | the United Bates, and where—so by employer—until 1943. that each state will know how many Application of the old age insurance | members of congress it is entitled to— plan is complicated and varies with the census will ask a group of Ques | individual cases tions whose answers will be pieced in- General requirements for to a mosaic of social conditions. receive benefits beginning A few! of the new topics are: however, are: A worker must Whether homes are owned or rent- | years old and retired; he must have €d and their value. So : been employed at work governed by School attendance and the highest | the pension system for six calendar grade completed. | quarters after 1936; in each of these| The citizenship of foreign born res- quarters his covered wages m have Henis . a ? been at least $50 “hanges of residence in the 3 = Tv : " LH I fa worker upon reaching the age yours . ; . ged September 7th, 1935, with 10,653 of 65, cannot fulfill these work re- ether persons have jobs, are see- | . : : a he can continue work | king jobs and if not, why not? If they | hn Saselond Jecline whieh result and file his claim after acquirin have been looking for jobs, how long started yar ow as ficient wage credits. Likew have they been out of work; if they “har SO a Ne Wes of August 12 worker does not wish to have jobs, what are they working at. Sie thot Sates on on Tecord And the age of 65, he can continue and Their salaries, wag r income and Yonoral a - ime ne Cambria county his claim when he does the source Benere assistance load has dropped The formula for cal rapidly. Private employment and the thly benefits is that the wv A assignments in that order of CColves aie 1 importance are credited as being the cont of ino $50 : chief factors in the sharp decreas 2, monthly earnings in c On the accepted basis of 3.4 per ) cent per general assistance case, case drop from mid-August end of November represents app mately 7,997 persons who were se ed from state aid during the three one-half month period. Director Golob pointed Hut general assistance is but one four classifications into which recipients are divided. The other classifications include the blind, those who receive old age pensions and the cases in the aid to dependent children catergory. two year period the general assistance caseload of the Department of Public Assistance in Cambria County is within approximately 350 cases of reaching a new five year low it has been announced by Edward R Golob, executive director. The general assistance caseload on the last day of November stood at 2,722 cases, lowest point since Janu- | ary 1, 1938. Previous low mark for | the county caseload,within the two- | vear period, was 2810 cases as of Ap- ril 16, 1938. Records available as far back as October 6, 1934, show the low point of the five year period to have been set on May 15, 1937, when 2,386 cases were on record. Highest caseload on record during that period was recor- nose to 1st, | 65 Jan be last 5 g suf- security of their Dj to tax. 1aterial which will fur- economists to feed decade, a separate list of is being prepared for a pos- 40 per average as a kt ayment first er ment, plus ten per wage over $50 and to 1 receives cent fo reach year earned at least $200 mn which the > been seek- ployment five An example: average monthly the beginning of 1937 ¢ the age of 65 at the beg What would his monthl ount to? i — He would receive $2.75 a onth— COAL MACHINES 40 per cent of $50, of $20: plus ten per E nT 5 hide of the remaining $50, of$5; plus HURTING LABOR | 3 per cent of the basic benefit of $25, Tr ——— or 75 cents, making a total of$25.75 A man has rece an | year 1 wage « since | cial endeavors h improvement of conditions whose ex- istence had been detected by partial surve of tires at 2 of 1940. 1 am- ll Sr YOUNG PORTAGE NIMROD Pittsburgh.—Compared with 1929, xe oy +i . t mechanization in bituminous coal KILLED BY COMPANION mines is causing a “considerable” lag in employment, but current aggregate payrolls have advanced sharply to im- prove the position o fthe worker, the University of Pittsburgh reports. The University figures, based on the Pittsburgh district and the 1929 aver- age, set last October's employment in- dex at 75 and the October payroll in- dex at 110. The bureau explained these figures indicate that in October 72 miners were doing the work performed by 100 men in 1929, but were receiving ten per cent more in aggregate pay than the 100 received ten years ago. Pointing to the present day advan- | tage of the employer miner, the univer- sity observed federal and other statis- tical agencies estimate the cost of living for the present day wage earner at 20 per cent less than in 1929. Statisticians of the Steel Workers | Organizing Committee asserted a sim- ilar situation existed in the steel in- dustry. If he has a wife who is years old, she would be er benefit equal to one half ¢ band’s, or $12.88, makir thl ybenefit to the couple of $36.83 For each dependent child he wi receive an additional $12.88 MAJOR ORDERS ARE BESTOWED UPON FIF- TEEN SEMINARIANS Paul Hudak, 21, Portage, w instantly about four o'clock Tues- day afternoon when struck in the back by a high powered rifle bullet fired from a gun in the hands of best friend and hunting companion Paul Bensie, 22, also of Portage R. D. The bullet from the .35 caliber rifle | entered the victim's back below the hsoulder and emerged through the chest. The bullet was believed to have passed through his hea Bensie informed Coroner Patrick McDermott that he and Hudak were hunting near Mountaindale an a wood- ed section about 250 yards from the highway when they spied two deer Bensie said that Hudak was standing directly in front of him and therefore he did not shoot at the animals He told of attempting to move to the side and away from the back of Hudak and while he was walking his gun was accidently discharged. Ben- sie informed officers that he was not | aware that his gun had been dischar- ged as he did not feel any recoil However, he told of seeing his com- panion fall on his side and lie still, Bensie said that after he realized Hu- dak had been shot he ran from the woods and “hitch hiked” a ride to Portage where he notified police au- thorities. ed to a hus- mon- killed her total uld his Major and minor orders were con- ferred upon a group of seminarians of | St. Francis College, Loretto, at im- | pressive ceremonies last Sunday mor-'! ning in the college chapel. Most Rev. Bishop Richard T. Giulfoyle of Altoo- na, conferred the honors Among those ordained as whose next step will be elevation the priesthood, were Frater Charles Diamond of Twin Rocks, Frater Ger- ald Dugan of Patton, and Frater Cor- nelius Sharbaugh of Carrolltewn deacons, to INDUSTRIAL INJURIES LOTTERIES IN PENNSYL.- INCREASE WITH BOOM VANIA ARE BANNED BY THE STATE POLICEMEN | ee Industrial gains in Pennsylvania Harrisburg.—A warning came last have sounded the welcome jingle of week from the head of Pennsylvania's | silver in many workers’ pockets but police to every lottery in the state | there has been an unhappy note in U. S. COAL EXPORTS RISING SHARPLY ies to men in mines and factories. The State Department of Labor and Commissioner Lynn G. Adams said | Industry reported 10,405 injuries in officers were “notifying every lottery | October, more than one accident for group that we know about that we ex- | every minute of the working day. pect them to stop of their own accord.” The injuries showed an increase Colonel Adams said he realized | corresponding to the accelerated pace “some lotteries are run on the propo- |in industries. Anthracite mining led sition that they are doing a beneficient | the list with 1381 injuries but bitum- work in their community, and added: | inous mining and iron and steel, chief “If Pennsylvania wants beneficient | industrial activities in our section, lotteries it is up to the legislature to | ran second and third. There were 1125 provide for them. As it is they are ag- | injuries in bituminous mining and ainst the law and they all comeunder | 1098 in steel and iron. the same head.” A total of 123 of the accidents were State police first cracked down on lot- | fatal. teries in Schuykill, Northumberland | and Carbon counties, where the main | streets of communities were dotted | with headquarters of ticket sales and | weekly payoffs for lucky numbers. ! He said notices had gone out to] lotteries in Delaware county and that | the drive would be pushed in Luzerne ! and Lackawanna counties, [ As for bingo games, Col. Adams said, | “when they come up to me if they are contrary to the law they will be treat- | ed the same as any other form of gambling. | Adams added: “This is no drive. It’s | just the same as speeding. We are ma- king no special effort.” The “numbers” lotteries are inclu- ded also, but the state police always have been on the lookout for them, er purpose to go out of business or face prosecution. Washington.—United States exports of anfracite and bituminous coal in- creased sharply in September, 1939, as the result of war abroad, according to the Fuels Section, Metals and Min- erals Division, Department Com- merce. Anthracite coal exported fr United States in September of year amounted to 400,000 long tons, valued at 3,427,000, compared with shipments in September, 1938, of on- ly 129,000 tons, valued at $1,071,000. | Bituminous coal foreign shipments from the United States in September 1939, increased almost half a million tons to 1,525,000 long tons valued at | $6,222,000 compared with 1,032,000 tons | valued at $4,082,000 shipped abroad in | September 1938. m SHOPPING WEEKS LEFT ov" of gan DANDY ~~ ( ed) $s au 3 *s ROA ME = 1s 9 | 1940 POULTRY AND EGG STOCKS WILL TOP 1939 { Harrisburg.—Market receipts of | both dressed poultry and eggs are ex- pected to continue larger this fall and winter than last, according to the Fed- | eral-State Crop Reporting Service of | the Pennsylvania Department of Ag- riculture. Storage stocks of eggs and | poultry are now larger than last year and are expected to be above the 1939 levels on January 1, 1940. J J aN en / iow ( py 9 INDY SEALS - — (Z
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