A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ndved More Unions : Bodies Ov County amd Ad- i Mining Areas E Union Press, Established May, 1835 UNION AlN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA Patton Courier, Eitablished Oct, Hes. TYOL 47. NO.24. EDO STEELMAN IS HOPEFUL NEW COAL AGREEMENT WILL BE MADE SOON Federal Negotiator Bays Tempor ary Arrangement May Be Decided Any Minute ACTIONS PILED IN BAR NESBORO BANK CLOSING ver $30 300 rom closed Citizens been filed Pleat Ba Sve y COLIN H Hambert answers have se anticipated hat oppose sChion on sertificates which fully paid fun assessable prot y will be scheduled for trial at the ne term of court with one of the 3 et E Sud that noid carry the words ie { will grounds the they Cases in the Nation's bi e filly effect. labor and the a contract Work stoppage mings coal mines becam jve Tuesday night afer hahajfement tailed 0 read h pgreeineld, but 8 federal concilistor said he believed continued negotiations during the next 48 hour would "bring a temporary arrangement for the re sumptich of work.” At the time of going to press the United Mine Workers of Arnerica and the Nation's major seft coal producers agreed shortly before to continue ne potistions and Dr John R Steelman, director of the United States Copcilis- | tion Service, anpounced al once that #1 therefore assure the oublit that there is no cause for alarm The concllistor said he would tele- phone President Roosevelt to inform him of the situation He added that he was doing thiz at the direction of the conference in reply to the chief ox ecutive’s urgent Insistenor Tuesday | pight that the negotiators pot permit | ® the dispute to endanger this country's | WRehUAary national defense effort IP Steelman pointed oul thal the mine | workers automatically do nol Work without a contract and ue the tract expired Monday midisght grefore, he said the sie | ues Steelman then read prepored statement In «] have avery coahidence (he in sention of the conferees reach an eguitible agreement ob all issues be fore them and believe can be done withis the: time (48 hours) in vet @ mates! agresanen! ie Bt effected by that time he belipves a lem. porary sreangoment for resumption of hese. YBe fire will bay thee Boles the (gure October 6 8 an snuual rele of i AR od ane the ative | ong Being seiscied as & lest Case Twenty -zix residents of Barnesbory sre amoung the defendants, as well = fran neighboring owns bow COUNTY ADOPTS NEW BUDGET FOR THE YEAR AT OLD MILLAGE RATE Three Thousand Dollars Borrowed In Order to Meet Long Over. due County Payroll & Meeting for the 51 were injured an i3 Hollen rel Life sande auto accident (Conn IETS ys Thomas Jr. tn pdopted the 19H the millape Untry Qi F in founty b y i al Six mil ; Sr $300.G0o worth Sax i wo fale gotepled 8 DW Six 1 5 Page #3 i Fen 3 a TE MOET adel x y attended id at Nir which ¥ wid it bids Were eUEIvVes $e ¥ 3 isan ihe lowest whith soorpded, being wabnutted by © Colleges & Co. Philsdeipbis Dod FOF hw ably will be pad Saturday or A Atiornity Spence and ar. Dore. #8 was megotisted settlement iy ¢ wage | "05. Will go to Philadeiphua Fricay i | esble ts ay other, B of the | Sehver the poles and obtain the chests it is . § that the y ve I PAY mMEnt. : Following the sepeptance af the nic. comstul bid, Controller Waosirek in gotiationa. ; iounced that paymests to other credit. | tention of the confroes to teach an Monday. agreement on all sues be In adopting the budget, the comuvis- fore them and believe Rt tan be done | sioners propieed to pay off in cash thi 4 | year $348.000 of the bonded indebtod- | | ness of the county asd to refund $80 - ON worth of county bonds. Last your the county paid off S30.000 of bonds and refunded $400.000. Snce 1882 and | up to the first of this year, the county | - Exervice an extension of not over 6 | hours for continued and diligent ne- then slowly ssid, “Yes, 1 do.” 1 } FEEBraRY f il | satisfactorily for the indebledness has been reduced | 2° ht CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. HOUSE APPROVES SOFT COAL PRICE EXTENSION BILL And Federal Inspection of Coal Mines Seems to Be Coming Along Pretily Well A Hivuse-approved J year extension of federal regulstion of minimum prices for soft coal headed tor the senate last Fifiday and backers of the measure predicted weondd move speedily through the upper body As the House voted an extension of lant Thursday the providing for CoB Washington wr ed the meagre (ale Senate approved a bill al federal sine An nendment mirating od pec iore the House rari af »ii k toa ster oe requirements for t3OTRRe will send the blll hack 0 for Balen LT BUY BINT nf federal com Refusing comeniey renite 10 the exienion with vpposition, Hou the HeEs- price reguvtion bill and almost # Gull CRORE UR mernbwrs mdorsed cnliresy ¥ drawn ty Representative Pat rick J Boland Pennsylvania Demnocr and approved by the Ways and Means Comunale As sent re We ta the Serimse the (nly chan ge made in the existing aw relisted 0 spareer's council of the cout Giv- She © & called for sutnllafunnen The Bal see's office iow § Part of Deparimen i REency CAMBRIA FIREMEN TO LAUNGH THREE A ¥ riche 8 crganined in Spangler, Ebend burg and Conese es gh. Firemen: to ationd the courses will be selected fromm these recently ome plating the primary courses given in Members of the Gallitzin Volunteer Fire Company wete present and fe ported that plans were progressing. sarual coumty | convention which will be held July 3 South Fork meeting were Fire Jobin Moran of Johnstown. Sheriff Cy. ras W., Devic and Roy Gillen of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Short talks alse were made by Fire Schoo! Instructors Cartwright and Lit After the businens meeting a i i 11 xz v} Thomas calem, Benediction, Rev. Thomas ; FIREMEN'S More than $00 Cm iia JR Dr A total INQUEST THURSDAY INTO REVLOC BLAST The inquest into the explintion which serurred March 13 In the shaft of the Monroe Cost Mining Coeguny at Rev lee and took a toll of four Bees will be held mn the eourthous i Ebeniburg at § 8 mm. this (Thursday) MNTERE, Corser Patrick MeDermoll, announced recently # A report based on imvestigation of the blast made by a mine Inspector pornenission will be submitted to The Coroner and will be made dart of the proceedings. The commision Wid Ou. posed of Inspector George J. Stein hesser Indians; William Lamont, Cel- ver and Dennis J Keenan Barnes THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1941 BPR DRIVE FOR BRICKYARD ORGANIZATION 1S ON: HEADED BY CIO UNION Johmtown Firms Among Thove Organized by United Con. traction Workers An organization was formed repently by tle employees of Fram Swank of Jolssetown by the United Construc- tion Workers Organizing Comunities The (rive was under the Supe Vison +A Representatives Lualie Brett of Kit tanning and Peter Ferm of Indiana The emplovess of the plas Sormed Local Ne 253. Negotiations will begin sn Prday of his week The Haws Refractories Company's Mo (5 and No 7 Brickysrds of Johne own have also been organized HB per. cent Here Local Union Ne 203 has beer. established and pegotislions will begins on April 7. The Haws brivkysrd 5t Liwistown also was recently organ ped by the United Constroction Work- ery (Orgarining Commuatlee. tn Clearfield County the Hirvisen Waller Brickyard at Barrell has been crgunised and local No. 34 estab lished Harviesn Walker brickrmiad No 1 at Clesrfield has sivendy Deen or ganied and the No. 3 xd the Wallave tom brickyards sre expected 10 be or ganived this week This organization campaign is aise andieway of Blandburg = C nondrin Couldy snd &t Templeton in Armstrong Conunty The move the Brick ysrds Pemnayivenia end cortipieie success Das Deen siatasned PATTON JOINS WITH CARROLLTOWN POST SE Ebensburg-Osrrolitows Link Will Be Part of Vast llloders- ization Job Flan a Calling for bids om nether maior Cambria County road constructs job, he State Highwny Depirionent Tues day moved nother sep menter ho fulfillment of the plan which me 0 make Routs 219 8 throughly modern bighwsy spanning Peaneyvanis and timing Buffalo N Y to Jolumatows Pi The department saked Sor tide by As 18 for grading smi romEraetam d 388 miles of road Ditwesn Towns wgry snd Carvelltown Cambria snd Eat i Townships. wt) sergeants all of in Centers) snd Western srs fm conlinge & wii: } gs Ta Whi 433 Wass “ LRT away = wide. with cach nde, Driscamiig asmly Sa put that her 2 SE font shoulders on eg the confSpmes, tom, Bakerton and St Benedict enlrresining and wall baled pro rnebury gram has been arranged for the of. Angther link in the same long ters of his week April Bed of 730 2 = saugh Goods Corner toad contract im the Carrolitown Anwrioatt Legion fr which was jet — pr Pear : Ultimate design of the Hyghway De Dartient i lo compielely modernize new citizens wie revently pwore alle glance fo the country The pesersl public i» cordinlly in. vittd © stiend ihe meeting whih =» designed not only 0 bonor the New Americans but wise 10 enkingbe & new spark of Dope and WH lend ebcsursge- ment in these trying tinees program fellows jor compecting link bitween the all. mnportant East-West Mghwxyy of the : Other Cambria County contriets will imk the northern end ol the proposed ( onwmraugh-Goods Cornir rend to the Wilam-Pean Highway at Mundy's Invocation, Rev. Pither Valerian, O. | Yon announced Twsdiy te Cieroll-| {was served in the South Fark Eagles 5 B. sssistant pastor. St Bemedict's git : wo other important road construc | dl quietly im the background Surin Church. Carvelltown hntroducton, ¥F. W. Green, Comenan. tion jobs in Cambria County, mt a par. teuler part of this plan, | Fre he et solo. Sa % | A contract has slreadiy been: lot for | _ Swope. of Cliiaams . JAsile to de Cambrid-Bladr County Jubm L. EPte. Prothomitary, | ; Song. “Siar Spangled Banter” As Motul Post. Hall of Hastings 4 The concrets’ ne frome 33 to $8 fast seer Hl Pras Dory potated new costryt is ene of 3 Wet chan bed This So ay a (iim and the conduct of PER YEAR MEN GAIN VICTORY Production Resumed Monday As Union Takes In Hundreds : of New Workers ois, ET resumed at the Cambris Plan of Bethithern Steel Plant on Monduy fol- lowing x strike br Ow Workers Orgasiging Comusities Fruday. The strike was called follow. ing efforts to hold an ERP election we plant which the union seid | violnilen of The rolvg Ly the Natiomal Labor and ordering & company won of & | office sxiofdd din oid rmentber of Wo pay he Sues way bees 3 soond : this bs The Siret aad 1 have be affiee Ww pay my does the resson that 1 was in ug mor - BentCement souticed by Thomas Lambert Lo fh Concitiater Service and Charles Kunte, director, and P. A. Remeey, he mediator of the state lebor mediation afl The signed agreement contains thew their jobs without any loss of senior sy smd witheu! any @erimination 3 The company i continue » = colle % jie fer ad of uf cer of the emben in JolosSewn, Genie, by the city and oo ia eel] me bY some fuly which will be held on Thursey construction -plan he sew Choe PRghow Be country Vestal way in whieh Ceumdacied At a meeting beld in | Balbroom on Sunday the foi i A HG Andrews : ie win, he maid, “established | Cine that the Thing. The: way te wile fellow Corer. sof also willl cobpecy he sop send the folowing wt, in charge Mr : Cambria nad to the os may be (equitably in ss ; Lind od will j ter more brillastly | ies :
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