o=® > al RRR RR RRR ERR Jen § RL 0 0 TS 0 BL 0 ia Annual Christmas Shopping Number -- 1939 : % TRE RENE RE PENG PE FAVE RA RARE 5000 TO TO TU RR SRA TUG A TR TU A TR TA AR TR TA TR TT TE A UNION Help Clerks and Yourself . . . Shop Early! > BR A RN RR. g Annual Christmas Shopping Number - 1939 % TT TR I a Pa FE TA A PE SR RE PA BASS PERETLTE RE A SAMPLE COPY Union Press, Established May, 1935. ey pei dA D Patton Courier, Established Oct,, 1893. J an CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1939 “piv SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR GAIN IN MACHINE LOADING OF COAL MAY AID OUTPUT ‘And Help Industry, But It Will Not Be Conductive to Secur- ing More Work for Miners. Machine loading of coal in bitum- mous mines is increasing rapidly, and may prove to be the salvation of the coal industry, according to a WPA research report, released the ether day. The report, issued in two large vol- umes, devotes much space to condi- tions of Western Pennsylvania, East- ern Ohio and West Virginia. It shows that mechanical loadings mn mines accounte dfor only 7.3 per eent of the total soft coal output in Christmas B nas uy CAMBRIA JURY DOES NOT TAKE STAND ON HOME For Juvenile Delinquents As Proposed to Them By Judge Greer Last Week. | Greer that the county obtain a build- ying T The proposal of Judge Charles C.| o Be Best in Onn _- Merchants are Better Prepared THOMAS CITES than ever to handle Shoppers’ ‘Needs with utmost Satisfaction | Contained In This Twenty-four Page Hoilday Edition Are the Advertisements of the Merchants Who Are Soliciting Your Business, and Give You Helpful Suggestions. Payrolls in northern Cambria coun- i rij i i ents, met op- . . ing for Siwsnile Jsmguents, Sop ty are better this Christmas season position on Friday than has been the case since 1929. the grand jury from County Control- | ler Henry L. Cannon and County | Commissioner John Thomas Jr. The county officials declared that the sug- gestion was not practical. Judge Greer made the proposal to the grand jury when it convened on Monday of last week and Mr. Cannon and Mr. Thomas were called before the ven- | ire on Friday afternoon to give their More money will be spent for hol- iday purchases during this next week and a half than has been the case in the past decade. Miners, particularly, will buy more than they could afford during the past many Yuletide seasons. And this spending will take place Press-Courier was published. We have been painstaking in soliciting adver- {ising only from merchants who are known to be established and who are trustworthy ,and we believe that the reader who scans the advertisements in this holiday issue, can rest assur- ed that all merchandise and values are as advertised—and that satisfac- tion in all purchases will result. We ask you to patronize the advertis- ers who have taken space in the 24 IN MINE WORK Many Years! HIBBS SELECTED ACCIDENT DROP | HEAD OF CENSUS STAFF IN AREA { State Secretary Says Both Edu- | Cresson Attorney Will Head cation and Legislation Are] Factors in Matter. TT ! | State Secretary of Mines John Iraj Thomas Monday night in an address! at State College credited education and legislation for a sharp decline in Pennsylvania mine accidents and ar- rested mine mishaps were no longer excused as “natural occurrences.” Thomas told the Mineral Industrial Society at Penn State that bituminous fatalities have been reduced to 1.74 per million net tons in this state, as compared with 260 for the nation, and declared a study had shown that only 22.3 per cent of the mine fatali- 27th District Activities in 1940 Head Counting. Attorney W, Lloyd Hibbs, of Cress- on, former district attorney and for- mer Workmen's Compensation Board referee, is one of several district and assistant district supervisors tentative- ly mamed in connection with the for- thcoming census. Attorney Hibbs will be supervisor for District 27, which includes Cam- bria, Indiana, Armstrong and Jeffer- son counties. His assistant will be Charles E. Brittan of Apollo. The Dis- trict 27 headquarters will be located in Johnstown it was announced. . : : f 1929. By 1937 the percentage had ris- | on Cirocr vad man the not only in northern COnuME sot pages of this paper. They are carrying ; en to 20.3 per cent and in 1938 to ab- oe tein to the September and gig haga Soona, a their message to you through this ties in Pennsylvania were unavoid- A native of Thompsontown, Junia- 4 aut 25 per cent. : A urs hich tool nn motion on Dooeue lly all oe ihe PAD) - medium because they feel we are do- able. ta county, the newly appointed district granc L alilu rospects re c a rig 3 c - . 1 . “ . - ave ninineg i : i ~ In another 10 years as much as). sstion profpecis are ihat 3 brighter and a ing right by them. You will find the In the early days of mining, mine census chief has resided in Cresson i Balf the country’s soft coal output be isin. asserted that it the nerner Christmas is just ahead for (.1,e5 offered to be of the best for accidents were looked upon by those singe 1895 and has served as a mem- J = Mr. ome asseriead nat 1 L 3 rade pF usands : : ing OE .¢ atari i - < : 1 will be mechanically loaded ,the re-| = "3 14 construct a building hundreds of thousands. the money asked. Read the adver- engaged in mining as a natural % ber of the school board there for 14 [ port predicts. It admits that this will | 0 3 =" hronosed by Judge Greer it| And there are so many things to tisements—perhaps they will serve furtonse he said in a prepared ad-| years, Attorey Hibbs received his t any al unemployment pros | _ BIND ETI ro shop for. And most all of them are as an index of the things you want. dress. early education in the Cresson sch- . create many loca 1 I e would require the expenditure of at p ) dd os C 83 an. fot & oH om He termed legislation requiring Is and date wos eraduated from 1 blems but predicts that the more ef- , $10,000. He pointed out that the reasonably priced. They will give you hundreds of sug- fe te gislati Ra : 2 ools and later was graduatec rom ini s 5S snable coe id rh : : . : io ; a : ock dusting as one o e greatest Diekins age, Carlisle, wi an 1 ficient pethods shall Shane [6] ) state would have to give its approval Wilh the express iden of making I gestions for gifts. Really, at this sea- pce Sus) % x 4 id i Froates D oe BY Sule, C a8 2% il: 2 y c S » of its lost markets and ee > Vor iYiTe. : ? a i E : : ; we . life savers 700,000, sry . B. gree. > also receive s M. : » Teta es to about the same he PIS 4 fw gv sonvenient for both merchant and son of We year, the advertising of oz, iis inte A. from the same college. He was ood wages z ar Conte WW srefore be high. MP. 11. ae > ies . : : a I § state. : A. sé lege. S BY of men now employed in the Jens woud Det ot ro: a his customers, this issue of the Union progressive merchants is NEWS. “During the 10 years preceding the graduated from the Dickinson law 4 1 Rn a gid ial “annon assertel a 2 estic as a * 1s Yeas 9q $a} 9 : , ines : : . . » . .ssage of this law in 1929,” he said, school in 1909 country’s mines. not one for the grand jury to decide Index of H l d Ed Ad "513 1 ; RE A ? iy (14C J : “513 lives were lost as a result of y Be. was admitte «If the cost of coal is reduced, new | put should be left for the county of- id Oi1 ay ition vertisers: 5 Ca ce te wll OL Attorney Hibbs was admitted to ark » y . & ust ex )Sions 1r > =| nractice ir ay a "OUR x g uses will be found, and former mark-| ficja]s. He also asserted that members PAGE TWO. PAGE FIFTEEN. hin mines of Pennsylvania. During Drees a Sambi Cony eon ical loading wil 3 in sccord os at , : : \ . ~ ~ S nes oi ennsyivania. and vas affiliated for a time til : ets recovered, mechanical loading will| of the court were not in accord as to Gately & Fitzgerald Furniture Co., Hoffman Ice Cream Company i ton Es following the passage j 1d was an 2 ed f r 8 ums, unih result in the elimination of much of the need of such an institution. The Johnstown, Pa. Atlantic Refining Company 2 : ye we IR ne 2 288 its dissolution with the law firm of 5 in : 13 of Ned > “ ai . f this act, ifes Jer ost > . hha A ifelon \MOo- the backbreaking work of coal min-| ¢ontroller declared his belief that the, Main Street Garage, Carrolltown. Eagle Printing Co., Barnesboro 0 a 8 Leech and Hibbs. A lifelong Demo ing without exacting too great a price gjtyation regarding juvenile delin- PAGE THREE Cowher Nehrig & Co., Patton Se ny ul the efucatiohal = work crat, Mr. Hibbs was elected district Yas rlnre . ¥ % % : Y . > x 4 e praised the educationa JOTK ¢ ir b - okk ice the : i terms of unemployment,"declared| gyents in the county did not require, oo. Bakery, Patton level Somerville, Attorney iy and federal mine industty ag SHOHNY a Ba snd os Dinies he Corrington Gill, assistant WPA com- 0 expenditure of any funds for the > Ye . Bender Electric Company, Carroll- oi state a eders 1 ustry ag- folloing year He wa sdefeated for Bia : : i ssparch : at 4 Wojcik Jewelers, Patton. . ” encies and operators, some of whom, reelection in 1935. missioner, in charge of research. construction of a building to house American Stores Company town and Johnstown. he said “go far beyond what is “Pechnical progress has been 2 them. : ee pany. > rR ON 10 Sajd "go lap doyono Wam as I» The Cresson resident appoint- es : : : : ns aRtin r PAGE SIXTEEN. quired by the mining law in the con-| i he factor in aiding coal to meet 1s com The grand jury took no action on PAGE FOUR. Binder Bros. Hardware Company, duct of saf ti v ed by Governor Earle State ; : iE yy s. Ha are yupany, 't of safety operations. Ey g , i offers one means of ine! tne matter. Their inspection of coun-| Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. |p. ov... 5 2 duct of safety operations Warkmen's Compensation Board Re- Retitors. ; the p i ors a Barnesboro (2 advs.) aie ei ; Paarl maintaining of adequate wage rates i uildings found evetything in fine! Cordell’'s Hardware, Patton. | feree in May, 1937, with jurisdiction : itions," my g 7 PAGE SEVENTEEN ; 3 S and working conditions,” Mr. Gill ghape, PAGE FIVE J YN SUPREME COURT in Cambria, Indiana, Somerset, Clear- ’ > The Wolf Furniture Company, Bar- field, Clinton and Centre counties. stated. “No student of the coal industry, however, forsees a revival of demana such as wil lenable the industry to absorb any of the unemployed in other fields of labor. In fact, the most that can be hoped for is to maintain the present working forces.” The report states that the soft coal industry employed its maximum num- ber of workers, 705.000, in 1923. The low point of employment, 406,000. was reached in 1934. By 1937 employ- ment was up to 492,000 men. The great reduction in employment cannot be attributed to the increased use of machines, the report explains. It is partly due to the fact that many mines which were opened to meet war time demands, had to be closed in the middle 1920's and partly to com- pete by oil, gas and hydro-electric power, Statistics on coal loaded by mech- anica Imeans show that Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio trail ASK COOPERATION Of Patton High School Gradu- ates of All the Years. The Patton High School Alumni, which has been inactive for a number of years, recently reorganized. To make the organization a success, how- ever, cooperation from more me- bers is essential. Members include all graduates and all who have completed two years in the high school. The latter must be beyond high school age. Faculty mem- bers, both former and present, auto- matically become members. There are approximately 1,300 gra- duates of the Patton high school, one of the oldest high schools in the coun- ty. Considering numbers, Patton should have one of the largest and Westrick Motor Co., Carrolltown. Barnes Store Co., Elmora. PAGE SIX, Davis Millinery, Patton. Huber’s Hardware, Patton. Colver Store Company, Colver, Pa. Al's Outlet Store, Patton. PAGE SEVEN. The William F. Gable Altoona, Pa. PAGE EIGHT. Grand Theatre, Patton, Pa. PAGE NINE. Company, nesboro, Pa. PAGE EIGHTEEN. Louis Luxenberg, Jewelry Store, Barnesboro, Pa. PAGE NINETEEN. McCrory's Five and Ten Stores. Wolf Furniture Store, Barnesboro, (2 advt's.) Zanella’s Dept. Store, Barnesboro. PAGE TWENTY. Brandon Beauty Shop, Spangler Bakerton Supply Co., Bakerton. Hoover's Service Station, North Cent Punxsutawney Beef and Provision Spangler. Company, Punxsutawney, Pa. PAGE TEN. Boy Scouts of America. Joe’s Cut Rate Store, Barnesboro. J. Edward Stevens, Carrolltown. | Fannie C. Wetzel, Carrolltown. | PAGE ELEVEN. Karp’s Jewelry Store, Barnesboro, John R. Easly, Furniture, Spangler. Wolf Furniture Co., Barnesboro. PAGE TWENTY-ONE. The New Katz Pharmacy, Barnes- boro, Penna. PAGE TWENTY-TWO. Gilbert Hotel System. Pennsylvania Edison Company. Westrick Motor Company, Pontiac. UPHOLDS A RULING OF COUNTY BODY The State Supreme Court upheld the contention of the Cambria Coun- ty Commissioners in a ruling handed down last week. In reversing a Cambria County Court opinion on an appeal by the com ioners in the case of Clear- field Bituminous Coal Corporation s in the county the high the position that the com- m oners had pursued the right course. Under the act passed by the legisla- ture in 1935 all surface lands suitable for growing of merchantable timber | could be classified as auxiliary for- est lands and taxes at the rate of $1 per acre. The Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation owned 456 acres of this type of land and applied to the Cam- bria County Commissioners to have the tax rate on it under the provis- Attorney Hibbs succeeded the late Edward Walsh of Barnesboro and held the te he was re- placed by Governor J >arlier this year, post post NEW WEIGHMASTER'S BLANKS TO BE ISSUED Harrisburg cation blanks tificates will be of the c r., secreta of int nounced last week. types of appli- hmaster’s cer- about the first SS. 1 ngood, p an- Numerous arrests throughout the state on charges of short weight coal deliveries indicate that an indiscrime inate issuace of weighmaster's certif- icates to all who apply leads some- times to abuse of their use, Secretary Livengood added. In an effort to assure all customers that they are receiving the weight of coal and other commodities represen- fhe rest of the country in this respect most active alumni organizations in | Penna, | Binder Bros. Hardware Co. PBar- —While 20.3 per cent of the nation’s| the vicinity. f PAGE TWELVE. eSboTo. | ions of the 1935 act made $1 per acre.| ted a a conference will be held short- sofe coal production wa sloaded me- Officers will be elected at the Penn Furniture Co. Johnstown, | PAGE TWENTY-THREE The land had been taxed at $8 per| ly with local sealers of weights and ghanically in 1937, only 11.7 pe rcent| january meeting, the date of which | Altoona, Indiana, Somerset. Yuncubereat Ol thin . Store. 8: acre. Attorney George M. Spence, the measures, retail coal dealers and othe shad g ome ore ar" county solicitor, advised the commis- ers interested. This is the outcome of of the coal mined in this area Was| yj] pe announced at the theatre and | loaded by machine in the same year. In 1935, however, only 65 per cent af the coal in the local field was me- c¢hanically loaded. COUNTY DPA CUTS FORCES; FOUR QUIT, 16 ARE DISMISSED The Cambria County Department of Public Assistance Board ,as it was expected to do, took steps to effect a drastic reduction in the relief staff at a special meeting last week. The force was cut by 2 Opersons—four tesignations and 16 dismissals. | Of the 16 visitors dropped, 15 were | working under provisional appoint- | ments and one as a probation appoin-| | tee CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS CONDUCT CONFERENCE IN EBENSBURG HOME| The second annual Catholic Dau- | ghters of America Conference Wwas| feld on Sunday afternoon in the | Knights of Columbus home at Ebens- | burg and was largely attended. Most Rev. Bishop Richard T. Guilfoyle, of | in the local newspaper. Watch for this announcement and attend the | meeting. There are no dues. ALUMNI TO DANCE | Patton Grads to Have Gala Af- | fair at Brandon Dec. 26th All follks who are graduates of the | Patton high school are now of the Al- PAGE THIRTEEN. | Sears Roebuck & Co., Johnstown | | and Indiana. | | PAGE FOURTEEN. i The Tog Shop, Barton C. Winslow, | Patton. : [PATTON BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY A 16 | GAME SCHEDULE | | { | | HIGH WIND FELLS | nesboro. PAGE TWENTY-FOUR. Sharbaugh & Lieb Clothing Store, | Barnesboro. Soisson Electrical Co., Cresson, Pa. First National Bank at Patton. LARGE “BEE” TREE One of the few privately owned A sixteen-game basketball schedule | bee trees in Cambria county was { has been announced for Patton High | blown down last Thursday afternoon umni. Whether you are actively af- | o 2 urine o high thdst in ib 3 wom > chool cagers. The slate will be laun- | 5 igh windstorm in the vi filisied with that body or not, you | Sh on el 22nd against Reade! ¢inity of Vinco. should by all means dance with your former school chums at the Brandon hotel in Spangler, on the evening of | Tuesday, December 26th, from nine] | to%nstip on the Mountaindale floor | and will close on February 26th. Patton will compete in Section The tree, occupied by thousands of | bees, and located on the estate of B. 1r| BR. Knisley, was a 90 foot hemlock. | of the Cambria County league, meet-| Fortunately the tree, located only 30 | sioners that he believed the act to be unconstitutional, asserting that it violated a constitutional provision in that it exempted certain classes of property and created improper class- ification for taxes. Attorney Philip N. Schettig, rep- | resenting the coal company, agreed that a friendly test case should be President Judge who upheld the constitutionality of the act. The county commissioners, however apepaled to the state supreme court, with the result that the judges of the high court upheld the viewpoint of the county officials and Attorney Spence, | taken into court. Hearing was before) John H. McCann, | The opinion is an important one, | till one. It's the Patton Alumni As- |. | feet from the summer home of Mr. ! ing Carrolliown, Barnesboro and Has- *| haps 3 S joes the other clubs in the circuit, on [nd Mrs. Knisley, fell away from the because :n @e swans the act Would) sociation’s dance. Music will be fur- nished by Paul Flynn and his orches- are on sale at the Patton Drug Com-| pany. Make this dance an annual af- | fair by patronizing it this year. TRUCKER IS KILLED, ANOTHER INJURED ON | CRESSON MOUNTAIN | a home and home basis. The Patton | tra. Subscription, $1 couple, Tickets | g;0p School girls will play prelim-| home, More than one hundred pounds of | have been held constitutional,’ tax rates on thousands of acres of lana throughout the state would have been inaries to games with Reade township, | loney had been stored in the tree by | : Coalport-Irvona, Portage, dh bass, Mr, and. Mrs, Knisley were] Put OB 8 18% lass of §1 Der acre, 2 s y rate in most Instances well below the and Becarria township. The schedule follows: xDec. 22—Reade township, away. xJan. 5—Coalport-Irvona at home. xJan. 12—Carroltlown away. Jan. 16—Barnesboro away. | seated in the living room of their home at the time. Mr. Knisley said | that the large tree would have caved in the roof of the home if it had fall- en in that direction. High winds whipped the Vinco dis- | normal assessment, DR. DENNY ELECTED HEAD OF DENTISTS Officers for the ensuing year were | the first of a series of mee ings with a committee from the Penasylvania Sealers of Weights and Measures As- sociation, | HUNTER WHO KILLED COMPANION FOR DEER BLOWS OFF OWN HEAD DuBais.—A hunter who was grief- stricken over fatally shooting a com- panion he mistook for a deer com- mitted suicide, The body of William Weise, 63, of Rathmel, was found in an abandoned mine last week, about 24 hours after he had killed his hunting companion, Marvin G. Gibson, 22, Rathmel, who was mistaken for a deer. Grief stricken over the incident, Mr, Weise left his home without a word to his wife. When he failed to return a search wags made for him and he was found dead in an abandoned mine nea rhere. His head was blown oft with the same gun that killed Gibe son. 338 NEW CITIZENS MADE IN COUNTY LAST WEEK | trict fo rmore than an hour. Branches xan. Coal - y | : i ino Ivara away of trees were strewn over the high-| elected on Wednesday evening of xJan. 26—Reade township at NT in that vicinity. ast Vos by the Northern Cambria on Cresson Mountain's grade and left| Jan. 30—Gallitzin at home. riat Qertias | Denia] Society at a meeting at the BARBER SHOPS WILL REMAIN | the road on Hg on Ma-| Feb. 6—Barnesboro al home. P Netotist Ee vn Sn hotel Jo Spanger Dr 2. B OPEN ALL DAY DEC. 21ST bis, 26, of Mansfield, Ohio, is dead, | Feb. 9—Hastings away. ! olice roughout Pennsylvania Denny of Spangler was elected presi- and Luther Owens, 26, was rushed to| XFeb. 12—Becarria township away. | are on the lookout for the passing mo- dent fo rthe ensuing year. Because of the Christmas soni Altoona hospital with a fractured| XFeb. 16—Carrolltown at home. | torist a stole a ten point deer while Other officers elected are Dr. H the Northern Cambria County Bar-|skull and is in a critical condition. Feb. 20—Gallitzin away. [1 was anging at a Cresson gasoline | A. Yezequel, Colver, vice president; ber Shops, affiliated with the Bar- | Mabis was driving the truck at the xFeb. 23—Portage at home. | jervice station. The motorist, who la- and Dr. H. B. Kerr, Barnesboro, sec- ber’s Union, whice usually close on|time of the accident and Owens was xFeb. 26—Becarria township at| Es Seported seen in the vicinity retary-treasurer, Dr. J. L. Porias of Thursday afternoons, will remain op- [sleeping in the truck compartment | home. [2 yas S84] 10 have taken| Noviv=Clo served ay pissileni of the ’ the buck between 6:30 and 7 p. m. | organization during the past year. en all day on Thursday, December 21 x—Girls’ preliminaries. | pask'y fo rthe convenience of the trade. | fused to give th .“ i Take - 3 give em up. “You give Tell advertisers you saw their ad| ation Patt = SF Chriames daser-f a pe Savaissments, TRY aus) your husband his tools or you oy in the Press-Courier, ton letter for details, | thig time, jms. = hevone 3 shizen” Judge MoKenrim T | = | Altoona, attended the business meet-| One man was killed and another| dng and also was a guest at the din-| critically injured when their heavy | mer held in the evening. | truck and trailer went out of control | Three hundred and thirty-eight ap- | plicants were admitted to citizenship during several days of naturalization court at Ebensburg last week. One | woman appeared before Judge Ivan J. McKenric kon the last day of the session to find her citizenship oppos- ed by her husband from whom she is seperated. The husband asesrted he | was a carpenter, paperhanger and ag cabinet maker but could not work be- | cause his wife had his tools and ree Patronize the advertisers whose ads appea rin this Christmas number of the Press-Courier. Press-Courier advertisements pay.
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