PAGE FOUR A aa eee UNION PRESS.COURIER , "there are these who find it incon-|Goes To Church” movement will of-| Patton Courier, Estab., Oct. 1893. Union Press, Estab. May 1935. UNION PRESS-GOURIER Published every Thursday by Thos. A. Owens, 723 Fifth Avenue, Pat- ton, Pa., and entered as second class mail matter May 7, 1936, at the postoffice at Patton, Pa, under the Act of March 3, 1879. F. P. Cammarata ... Business Mgr. Thos. A. Owens . Editor Subscription, $2 a Year in Advance Advertising Rates on Application The endeavor of the Union Press- Courier is to sincerely and honestly represent Trade Union Workers in efforts to obtain economic freedom through organizations as advocated by the 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 President and Secretary and bear the seal. The Union Press-Courier gives its advertisers the advantage of the combined circulation of the two largest circulated weeklies in Cam- ’ pria County and has a reader cov- erage that blankets Patton and the venient, but there is no reason for |ficially open in Northern Cambria | them not to observe the new time. | County, and surely there is no more | All that has to be done is to time |appropriate time than the present to | (heir duties one hour later and it will | practice the slogan. | work just as welt, | GOVERNOR JAMES will have the | legislature in session very shortly ior | ing the congressional districts of the | state, This job, by all that responsible | during the session that lasted from last January to July. But partisan politics held up any action, and at no i time did leaders of either major party | consider a just an equitable reappor- | tionment. | THE LEGISLATURE will pass a | bill reapportioning the districts this month, but there won't be anything just about it. Luzerne County will still be big enough for nearly two con- aressimen and our own 27th District will ‘not have any relief. In short, what will happen at Harrisburg this month will be entirely the product of | political maneuvering, legislative in- | ertia, and an inability and refusal to i tackle the job in an honest fashion. The new reapportionment will be ! “just better than nothing” and that is ‘all. major mining towns. ag DESPITE THE FACT that this Nation is in a critical and serious war, there still seems to be a lot of smug complacency manifested by a lot of people. It is fitting to ask why. After all, we Americans are a sturdy lot. We can take it. Reading heavy headlines in the papers about minor war victories, and small headlines about major enemy victories isn't helping the situation. Let Washing- ton give the exact status of affairs, and likely a free people will rise to the emergency that faces a liberty- loving people. #5 * A GENERAL SALES TAX is being seriously considered at Washington, despite news stories that grow weaker and weaker to the contrary. Look for rationing of gasoline soon after sugar. Reason: Not a gas shortage yet, but need of conserving tires (Government may eventually commandeer your “pleasure car’ tires for the defense workers and it won't want the worn- out ones). Canada is already ration- ing gasoline. BEING HEAD OF THE Cambria County Defense Council evidentaly “cuts no- ice” with the members of the Cambria County Rationing Board No. 2, with headquarters at Ebens-| burg. Walter J. Stinson, head of the council, recently applied for tires for his car, as it is necessary for him to use the vehicle to visit the various local defense councils, as well as to permit him to perform other duties. But the rationing board says “no.” ; Maybe that will make some of the wise chaps who say one will be able to get tires when he needs them sit up and take notice. LOOMING AHEAD as the next major step in Government efforts to build up a mammoth Army is the 2rd Registration Day next Monday, when every man between the ages of 20 and 14 years, inclusive, will be enrolled for “possible military service. It is nointed out by the registration offi- cials that men should register at the registration places nearest their homes. They may register at any registration place, but it will be of tremendous assistance to the regis- trant and to all concerned in the ad- svministration of selgctiv they will sign up in their own neigh- borhoods. Severe penalties are pro- vided under the I those wl law for fail to meet this obligation of An citizenship. can THE NATION WENT INTO the new War Time very easily on Monday morning, and by this >» most all of us have caught up with the hour of sleep that was lost. In some sections, Secret Army-Navy Headquarters in East America’s éastern seaboa fensive and offensive system, in unison at secret headquarters somewhere in the New York area. are two views of army aad navy commanders conf room of the secret joint headquarters. photos.) —— service if. rd is guarded by a closely co-ordinated de- by land, sea and air, with leaders working listing commodity rationing boards | the school teachers of the county will |nandle the gigantic task of issuing { “sugar books” to the entire population {of tne United States. The Government order direAs the teachers to “crack | down" on hoarders by withholding the jsweet from them until their supplies | are used up and inflicting severe pen- |alties to the folks who won't play {oall. The task will be one of the i largest—if not the largest-—even un- | dertaken by teachers as a sideline to [their class room duties. | | SUGAR BOOKS WILL contain 28 { numbered stamps, each good for the | purchase of a definite amount of | sugar—probably 12 ounces to each | person—during a designated week. A | provision in the order subjects sugar | noarders who make false reports to i penalties up to $10,000 or ten years’ | «mprisonment in a federal peniten- {uacy. As sugar is purchased, the | stoorkeeper or clerk will tear out the | proper stamp and paste it on a master card which he must turn in, when it lis filled, to replenish his supplies for | the following week. | DESPITE VERY inclement weather ‘1ast Sunday, approximately 1,100 | priests and laymen of the parishes comprising the Catholic Diocese of ' Altoona, met with the executives of the Boy Scouts of America, took a | “Scouter’s” instruction course, listen- ed to outstanding speakers, and under the supervision of Bishop Guilfoyle laid the groundwork for the institu- tion of many new Boy Scout troops over this area. Sponsored by the pastors of the Catholic parishes, the movement should gain great impetus. 2 THE JOHNSTOWN DEMOCRAT is of the opinion that neither Senator Joe Guffey nor Senator Jim Davis should be candidates for Governor of FPennsyivania. Both of these gentle- men were elected to the national jobs they now have, and the term of neither expires at this time. This is war time. These men have their work mapped out for them and the people expect them to perform their duty. We should not have to put up with the candidacy of vania. WE MIGHT BE we don't think the ahead, and a long one. who have jobs to perform whether they be in the State or Nation, and still have time to serve in those jobs, war are asking a bit too much to ask the | voters to make a change for them. NEXT WEEK, with the beginning of the Lenten season, the “America Above erring in the plotting (Official U. S. army and navy Had all the spirit of the Prince of Peace, wars would not be fought. And at no time lin the history of our own Nation is| | religion more needed than right now. was | and decent, should have! o THE SOWER been done by this same legislature| @ Lip. vim : a a in| Join | the principal purpose of reapportion | You will be the one who will benefit { i % & | dened, strengthen the weak, heip the | | WORKING IN conjunction with ex- td | either in Pennsyl-} { MISTAKEN, but! general public is| politically-minded these days. There's | | Men | | | ual benefit. in the ‘“‘church-going” spirit. ® ® By Bev. James A. Turner @® Pastor Methodist Church 1 AM CALLING YOU I am a necessity to all who prize peace, progress and purity. I am hung about with sweetest ® ® nmr posse @ ® ® happy girls, memories of beautiful brides, memories of saintly mothers, memories of grand fathers who slowly groped their way down the long, long trail. I am decked with loving tears, crowned by happy hands and aided by heroic hearts. | | | | | memories—memories of glad boys and | i I live in the beckoning visions of | | the young and in backward dreams of the old. { lift up the fallen, relieve the bur-! stressed, I show mercy to the man in purple and fine linen, and bestow | kindness on the man in homespun and cotton. I bestow gifts that neither gold can buy, nor kings remove. These are given to all who seek them in sin-| cerity. I restore to defeated hearts freshness, the eagerness and spirit of conquering courage. I am the heaven-sent Agent through which the Divine Christ sends His Saving Gospel to sinning, suffering, sordid, selfish souls, | I am calling you! FAMILY PEW, | I came across the ocean with your forefathers, | I have followed the march of peo-' ples wherever they have gone. i I was hewed out of the trees of the forest. 1 was warmed by the presence of those who would worship the living God. I am more institution, I have extended my comfort to saint and sinner; I have felt the heart-throbs of those who sought the presence of God. i I have had a place in rude hut or log church; I have been made beauti- ful in the majesty of the sanctuary.' I have seen the blood stains of those who fought for liberty. J have made my contribution to the welfare of those who stood for truth and righteousness. | I have been taken to the depths of | the cave and into the bomb cellar. ' I cannot be destroyed as long as nien worship—I am eternal. | I am a connecting link between the home and the world around; I am the first line of defense. I bring comfort to the lonely. Often I have been deserted by men who sought softer seats; men turn from me at their own peril; if they fcrget me they may lose their own souls. | I bear my mute testimony when the pastor exhorts. I am your Family Pew—I can be useful only as I am occupied. PATTON METHODIST CHURCH James A. Turner, Pastor Church school, 10 a. m. Worship scrvices, 10:30 a.m. & 7:30 p. m. Ep- worth League, 6:30 p. m. Mid-week Bible Class, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. My Church wishes me every good; she puts at my disposal every spirit- In return she expects my the the I AM YOUR] | than a board--I am an i | loyalty. Offering me her unqualified | her | she is willing lcve, she is jealous that I reciprocate | affection. Like a faithful wife, | that I shall have un-! numbered friends, but she claims the right to stand first in my devotion. | ‘How is your business prospering ?”’ a minister asked a Christian layman | recently, “Things are not breaking well with me financially,”” he replied. | hot Administrationite. “Much | | that I owned has been lost. I have! been obliged to resign membership in| | | | i | sixteen different secular organiza- tions, but I have not yet found it necessary to reduce my subscription | i to my church.” | | | i | | { | | THERE is loyalty that speaks for itself. KOPPERS’' CAMPS WELL ATTENDED DURING 1941 ! infantryman. Seven hundred and ninety-nine ch- ildren of Koppers Coal mine employes from 19 communities in W. Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, attended summer camps conducted by Koppers { Recreation Camps, Inc., last summer according to a | officials by Thomas E. Lightfoot, the | director of welfare for Koppers Coal. | report just made to Camps for white children are con- ducted at Camp Thomas E. Lightfoot, | the modern 73-acre recreation center which opened for the first time last summer along the big bend of Green- brier riven near Hinton, W. Va. A {camp for colored children was con-| | } ducted near Wyndal, Fayette County. |W. Va, The majority of the children were number of them were children of em- ployes of the Koppers operations at Portage. ——Let freedom ring on Uncle Sam's cash register! Buy U. S. Defense Bonds and Stamps. | notations: | between 9 and 14 years old, and a| | Washington, D. C. WARY GRAVY-TRAINER You can write it down that Secre- tary of Agriculture Claude Wickard is going to be very chary about us- ing that gravy-train veto power the farm lobby voted him in the price control bill. He knows that the White House is still sputtering over his unauthorized endorsement of this lobby schemne at a crucial moment in the senate fight over the legislation. Also, that if he attempts to exercise the power he is liable to be slapped down even harder than when he fronted for the lobby. Actually, under cover, Wickard has promised in effect to be a good boy. It didn’t leak out at the time, but during the secret deliberations of the joint senate-house conference com- mittee on the bill, he wrote the com- mittee a letter repudiating his pre- vious endorsement and say he didn’t want the veto power over farm prices. Wickard wrote this letter under White House pressure. He knew he was in bad and he tried to himself. But for the administration, the backdown was too late. The dam- age had been done, for the amend- ment was in the bill and the lobby’s pals on the joint committee were in a powerful position to stand pat. In this final bitter fight, t Ala- bama Democrats and a Michigan Republican were responsible for the retention of the gravy-train provi- sion. They were Sen. John H. Bank- head and Rep. Henry B. Steagali of Alabama, and Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott of Michigan. As the amendment originated in the senate, under the rules, it was necessary for the house conferees to propose deletion. Steagall, chair- man of the house group, publicly makes a great show of being a red But behind closed doors of the committee room he adamantly refused to heed Rcose- velt’s pleas for elimination of the lobby amendment. Backed by Wolcott, who fought the vital war bill from the start, and with Bankhead running interference in the senate group, Steagall forced the retention of the provision. Note: The administration's fight was made by Sen. Prentiss Brown, Michigan Democrat, and Sen. John Danaher, Connecticut Republican. square aunoiner Kow. Wickard’s fronting for the farm lobby in the price control bill isn’t the only row he’s had on this score with inner administration leaders. The papers are full of stories about a big crop expansion program this year to meet the food needs of U.S. war allies. Frequent press re- leases issue from the busy publicity staff of the agriculture department about grandiose plans. The real inside is that Wickard didn’t get busy on these plans until he was practically ordered to do so by Vice President Henry Wallace as head of the Economic Warfare board. Wallace sent Wickard two sharp letters demanding prompt action to expand crop production and only then did Wickard bestir himself. Certain farm elements are against crop expansion, on the ground that for better prices F politically 1 Triple A officials, who have a lot of influence with Wickard, the anti-ex- panders kept him on the fence until Wallace jarred him off. Note: Secretly, the AAA politicos scarcity also had a lot to do with Wickard’s endorsement of the gravy-train amendment in the price bill. The AAAers are jealous of Price Admin- istrator Leon Henderson's authority, want to elbow their way into the war set-up as big shots. * & & GENERAL MARSHALL You weren't seeing things if you saw the news picture of Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, at- tired in the uniform of an air corps officer. It was him all right and he had on an air corps uniform, Marshall is not a flier. He is an But outside of the corps, he is the flyingest officer in the army. Whenever possible Marshall always travels by air and is an authority on planes and aerial tactics. Wives Increase Work of Fire Department Officers AMARILLO, TEXAS. — Fire de- partment officers here are wonder- ing what's the 1 th the] modern woman. 7d know whether she has become more at has away from home absent-minded or started staying longer. In one week-end the fire depart- ment was called three times to d had > alarm » three women’s homes where been left on the stove. On room operator's report we “Hot beans.” “Hot hen.” “Hot roast.’ The burning food caused no real damage except smoke losses and the ruin of the food itself. STATE OWNS MUCH VIRGIN FOREST LAND Virgin forest lands may be found in a number of the State Forest parks! and recreational areas, according to Milford Bratton, Director of Bureau! of Parks of the Dept. of Forests and Waters of Pennsylvania. One of the largest and most pic-| turesque tracts of virgin timber land’ in the Commonwealth is found in the Snyder-Middlesworth State Forest lo-| cafed near Troxelville, Snyder County. | Within this area there are approxi- | mately 250 acres which were left] untouched by the lumberman’s axe.| The park was named in honor of Si-| mon Snyder, the third governor of the | Commonwealth, and Captain Middles- worth, a distinguished officer of the| War of 1812. Detweiler Run State Forest Monu- ment, located in the Logan State For-| est, Huntingdon County, comprises 50 acres of great white pine and hem-| lock and a dense undergrowth of! rhododendron. i Alan Segar State Forest Monument’ in Huntingdon County contains hem- locks, pines and oaks of unusual size and beauty, some of which are over four hundred years old. This area was | r |[named for the young American poet] who lost his life in France during World War I. { The Joyce Kilmer Monument in Un-| ion County and Mount Logan Monu- ment in Clinton County are also out- standing examples. Cook Fores. Park is beautifully lo-| cated along the winding Clarion river! and the veteran white pines and hem-| locks growing there are in a forest | enviornment unsurpassed in the Com-| | nionwealth. The dense growth of} | trees, rhododendron and mosses with-| in this area make an appeal to all] those who enjoy the out-of-doors. THE WAGEHOURLAW FARM EXEMPTIONS. The minimum wage and maximum hour provisions of the Wage and Hour Law do not apply to work done on a farm. The farmer does not have to pay his hired hand, persons who pick his berries, saw his wood, or harvest his crops. 30 cents an hour] or time and a half for over time. Employees of greenhouses or ner- series engaged in planting, cultivat- ing and harvesting plants and flow- ers are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Act. Persons employed within the area || of production engaged in packing, storing, ginning, canning or pasteur- izing, etc. of agricultural commodi- ties for market are also exempt from the minimum wage and maximum hour provisions. In connection with the above ex- emption, the employee is engaged in the area of production if the mater- ials all come from the farms in the general vicinity and the number of employees does not exceed ten. (Additional information may be ob- tained by writing to or calling at the office of the Wage and Hour Divis- ion, U. S. Department of Labor, at 1216 Widener Building, Philadelphia, or 216 Old Post Office Building, in Pittsburgh.) NEW CAR RATIONING ORDER TO RESTRICT | OWNERS IN RESALES New automobile rationing ‘orders prohib owners of 1942 cars from sell- ing them to friends, relatives or other individauls. This year's models may be resold only to authorized distributors, and owners going into the Army—or just eager to get rid of them because of tirc and tube restrictions—must ab- andon plans to sell them any other| way. x | Automobiles obtained by dealers from such persons wiil retain their “new” 1942 status and will be subject to all rationing regulations. Thus the open market will prevail among deal- ers and a prospetcive car seller could shop around for a ‘‘good” price. The 1942 car resale regulation was explained by C. E. Klugh, manager of the State Automobile Association. He said eligibility for purchases of new cars starting February 26 will be broader than those for tires and tubes. Klugh expressed the belief that de- fense workers and civilians identified with the war emergency not not auto- matically entitled to new cars will be classed among those eligible for new cars on the basis of defense-essential need. 20,000 Books Are Collected { in Cambria for Servicemen| Approximately 20,000 books have heen collected for men serving in the Navy and other armed forces of the |® Nation during the Cambria County | Victory Book Campaign, according to announcement made this week by the directors of the drive. : School students in the county area | outside Johnstown, it is reported by | Dr. A. M. Stull, county school super- | intendent, collected 10,904 904 more than the county area quota. | Of this number 9,282 were contribut- | ed through the public schools and | 1,622 were received through parochial | schools. | The total number of books collect- | ed in the city and county was 19,920, or 3,920 more than the quota of 16,- 000, which had been set for the cam- paign. — There are no “rookie” dollars. --Remember Pearl Harbor! Send yours to the front! Buy U. S. Defense Bonds and Stamps! Thursday, February 12, 1042 books or| N-— | 5109% EXCLUSIVE KROEHLER DESIGN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE VALUE LARGE LUXURIOUS LONDON CLUS $119% KROEHLER'S GREATEST VALUE QUALITY CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT sgg9s EXQUI: HARDWOOL
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