A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LANOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. NION Union Press, Established May, 1835. ogndtied and En vo al Bediies Over Came Beli County and Ad Next Mining Areas AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LAZOGEST GENERAL WEERLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA Patton Courier, listablished Oct, 1808. AU Jot WES BT _ VoL 4. N. 3. “9 ™ Re South hve va ag ¥ A. FIRST AID TRAINING BY BUREAU OF MINES GIVEN TO LOCAL MEN ° Tenth District Miners Finish the COourse ; Bafety Oar Located at Sbansbury. Approximately 1.400 coal miners in the tenth bituminous district have com pleted Iaitroction ip fe aid under the supervision of tes UU, Minds. This i= Bil amont’s distrigt. with hesdbguariers | fit Ebensburg, The fim sd irhining fursished wa at the rejuest of a district, the bu- | roast taking ion thisterict at 2» time. Safely Car No. § of the Bureau is now Stathimed at Ebensburg where it is ox- pected fo remain for another month or two. Assigned to the car are HB. Lindeman and BL. Christensen who Bave beet supervising the training of the rainers. The methed of [netruction in first aid classes i5 to select men of ex. petiince al each mine where classes are lormed. These ltey men are given hirty Bours’ supevisory instraelion and are then Fiven » clase to instruct The miner taking he course is requir od 16 tale I Bbowrs of satisfactory the training. Following his satisfactory of oi nur of i Commo wealth stevitern he # given a certifeate and : 8 potheet card. In sidition to first aid, an onl review given by the buresu in- training methods of barrivading and Gscussions of explonons are reviewed by the mun. Allbheough the faking of the course 8 vohaiary on the pvt of the miner » srg pumiber of mum have taken ad- vantge of the bureau's imsiruction. conapatiies have cooperated with Coul the Duress in weging mine employees spol to in the cistses. Compulsory Brel gid tn Bureau of . LABOR SHORTAGE ¥ required of miners of West Virginia and | estimation Local Draft Boards to Conduct Second Registration Shortly ocal draft boards have been char. with the duty of ducting rol i oy July I, wi Fong une 31 noe October 16 ig pation men who have Ded talte FT aft ¢ thelr places in he Naty H J dvi rise ao {ews Hershey, antional draft tor, ordered boards fo begin arrange. events Yr handle the registration. which Arthur a B direc is expedited to add between @0,000 and Ma 70,000 riven to Pennevivania's pool witside help in this registration tied patel. HANDICAPS WP A WORK ON ROADS Almost Thirty Thousand More Men Could Be Employed by Commonwealth Harrisburg Inability to obtain sul manpower i$ handicapping the Departonent of Highways in the WPA program i ia sponsoring The Department. the largest the WPA aber coud use Wore the total ficient single % ihe than am BEG wen above pat ployed. ine latest report cunplied hwws | there were 26 807 men af work on Bl TPA srojects sponsored by the De partment of Highways jobs if helly manned could provide em ployment for 5.379 additional WPA lab Orers In addition the Department bad 281 iu Taking sdvantage the southern Thess sane pects” that cannot be started for the lack of ren. According Department Uses 361 jobs could give em ployment for S08 others i COM CONTRCTSNOT COMPLETED BECAUSE OF SOUTHERN FIELDS Bouthern Operators sell ‘win Not Agree to Pay Same Wages As Miner Gets in the North Attempts to negotist ¢ a contract be. tween operator and miner on of the Defense Mediatior n Board have beens stymied by southers operilors district officials report Although no word of the conference profeedinge are the part received by Miners’ Union Locals, dis trict officials sald some of the details of the negotiations filter back through the scale commitiesmen and district officers who are in attendance at the hearinge Charges that the southern opposed 10 eliminating he {itferential were holaing the peg cspdings were made by unien official of President Roose wore fodpage Bloe Bas maintned a the deliberations con operating under the contract which is differential fav. SOREL forty cent ip vell’'s plea for a "mx satus quo In ert © continue present tempoaniry thodes he forty cent ving them Officials slso stated That have been made by John Lewin that the mediation board release he caw ¥ he, calls the two parties fogether for & conference. bolde an hour's session, then adiourns uatil tae llowing day when the same procesding & ga rarried out All this bb doa 16 Resp hw tre bodies in a conference, I iN sad Following (he vsompietion of the Ap | salachian agreement, district union of | foers andl operators will be oalled tw gether for a conference during whieh a tontesst embodying spocifie terme relative fo working conditions in this district will be pegatinted Certain terms snd dertiands TINE 2 ADJUSTMENT Local Boards Receive Instruction from State Headquarters om Why and Wherefores The following communitat WN wae distributed last Thursdsy to the 4933 Local Boards in the Selective Service Byvtem of Pennevivania ‘One of the princioal purposts of the new induction plan being tested in Pennsylvania is So give he selector a “breathing smell” at home between the ume he is approved for general mill fry service By the U § Army and his sctusl induction. “Heretofore the local boards Rave released to the pewspepers the asmes addresses, ages and occupations of the en ordered to report Wo Induction sta. Wns “We suggest that the local boards, ander the sew plan hald tv the prin gipies of this old and proven plan, In pier words do antl release the names of men sent fo Army Examination Ste tums for physical examinations bul pelegae thelr names addressees, aged and sevupstions after they have Deen approved for gerersl military service a1 the Army Examipelion Stations “In most instances. the ncal Dosrds | | It is claimed that the mediation board | *11 be notified of the men approved | the day folowing heir fined physical examination at the Army Examination | Blathons Shorty thesealler, this head. gumrters will call upon the eal boards | tw send the asumber of men spproved to a reception center for induectin on. a given Jute several dys 5 Be Tu ture Therafore we believe [it will patisfantory wo he newEpspers © evive the names sddresses sges and be re | pecupstions of men who sclosily have been approved for genersl | service wt the Army Examination Suo- a miliary | for are mot the names ‘Bakirton One. Day Mine fitrike ads sne-day stetie at the Bakerian od of the Sterling Ousl Company evdal Tuesday morning wien approxi: mately 508 mee returned to their jobs in the pita The strike was called Baturday by | the Hiakerton Loes! of the United Mine Waorlters for what was discribed ws a mtiwititerpreoation of the yurdage rele. The union and the compiny differen cis were “ironed out” at 8a U MW. meeting Monday sight in Bakerton and | the men voted fo return to work on Toengny Hany ASRS BEES RRS A a DISTRICT HEARING IN GASE OF ACCUSED JAMESTOWN QFFIGIAL: Conducted Last Week by Board Jlembers Lewis Evans and William Paris, — Nn The sppest of Jobs Mprosek, Black: | balled Sonman worker, fo District No. | 3 was hesed at the Jamustown Unidos | Hal on Wednesday everiing of last! weeds Conducting the hearing were Lewis Evans of Colver and William Paris of Scalp Level direct organ. fpery, The two dsiriet ollcials henrd estinony presented by Mrosek and | members of the Jumestown Local No. 118 Following 5 conference to delib. erate the evidence presmied at he district hearing. & decision will be ren. | dered, Mr Evans stated and further added thet he expected the werdiet to! be apsounced in the near future, Mr cell sustained his plea of innocence at} the hearing, it was reporied asmerting his Ipexperience in the olifiow of fines. cial secretary lod Jumes Hess snd Al. |! Bert Novotney, deposed | and sresident tremmrer, respectively, 10 wie sdvan. i proposals aside | from those stipulated in the Aspain- | “The Army mi Sulteud wae ck ole, Johnstown nee $4 Peiisurgh, as the result of thelr tape veding grades in the 00h stouall san | demic contest spomwored Jose month hy Juser Pits Coal regerves in the United States are vastly overdstimated Asdmw B Cris Johnstown mining engineer smserted in a speech on Friday night before the clevinth an ET oe Pen | Geologie, Denying the asctursey of preseni [foderul estimates, Mr. Crichton told {the geclogists that in bis opinion Am- eriea’s coal reserves may be exhausled | within 100 years at the present rate of | consumption. Most recont abulstion by the United States Geological Sur vey indicates that sufficient coal re- | mats undstyfound te S81 alt doe Ianouncessont of Rel winners on ’
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