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PATTON, PZNNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1942
»S:COURIER
AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
Patton Courier, Established Oct., 1893.
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
MURRAY CHARGES POPULAR ORGANIZER REVERSE RULING
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T0 FOIL UN | UN S Fred D. Phowmss, who was interna. |
| tional organizer for the United Mine |
—_— : Workers of America in the Johnstown
Declares Certain Forces Seeking! district for nearly seven years, died
to Prevent Greatest Output | unexpectedly of a heart attack at his
home in Du Bois last Friday night.
by CIO Steel Workers | The veteran organizer had retired |
rr | from active service in March, 1941, |
President Philip Murray of the Con- . i
gress of ati Organizations has | after many years Spent in unioniza- |
charged that recent developments in- tion work. He was one of the most.
dicate a conspiracy to “prejudice the respected and best-known U. M. W.
public mind, and, if possible, the war | A. organizers in this section of the
labor board,” against the Steel Work- | state. |
ers Organizing Committee. Mr. Thomas was placed in charge
He wrote to WLE Chairman Wil- | ©f the Johnstown district in 1934 an
OF MINERS EXPIRES
Xam Davis that the CIO wished 10 | Served until March of last year, when
call the board's attention to these | ne retired because of poor health. He
“strange developments” so that the WaS married and the father of four,
case involving the SWOC's dispute | children.
with ‘little steel” companies would | Ine Ey
be ‘decided on its merits.” NO WAITING PERIOD |
‘Certain government and industry / |
officials, Murray wrote, “seem deter-
mined to prevent the steel workers FOR NEW SOLDIERS
of the Nation from making their max- |
tmaum contribution to the war effort !
—through a strong secure, union and | DRAFT HEAD RUL
the minimum replenishment of ser-! aid i
iouwsly depleted living standards—by | : : |
a premeditated publicity campaign.” Selectees Passing Physical Exams
He cited these four developments: | at Altoona Go Immediately
The appearance of Price Adminis- | to U. 8. Army Camps
trator Leon Henderson before the _ AS :
beard “with a demand—if not a There is to be no more “waiting
threat” against wage increases for period” for men selected by draft
steel workers. boards for Army service.
A recent Chicago speech by J. K. Men ordered into the Army under
Galbraith, Henderson's assistant, in the selective service system will be
which Galbraith reached the astound- inducted the same day they are given
ing conclusion that the Nation's work- the Army physical examination, the
ers already have too much money; headquariers at Washington have an-
that they should have no more. nounced.
A speech in New York last Wednes- Under the new order ns
day by William Leiserson, a member In some instances, since the adop-
of the national labor relations board, tion of the plan now in use in May, !
in Which he was quoted as saying that! 1941 an intervening period of 30 days
if the steel case is decided on its mer- “waiting period” elapsed between t}
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ion dollars.
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NEW CAR BUYING
GROUP MADE PUBLIC
BOOSTS MINERS
BENEFIT CHECKS
State Unemployment Fund Pay-| Ration Regulations Revealed by
ments Increase Fifty Per Henderson's Office Shows
Cent Over Last Year. Fourteen Groups.
The effects of Secretary of Labor | Regulations for distributing 340,000
and Industry Lewis G. Hines’ rulings new passenger automobiles by local
that two mine strikes, involving some | rationing boards this year, to persons
40,000 men were not’ industrial dis- |in 14 elegible groups, have been an-
putes are being shown in the State's | nounced by the OPM.
Unemployment Compensation Fund| state and county quotas will be
payments,
The total of benefit checks has in- | to be rationed between March 2 and
creased weekly this month as local | May 31. Quotas for 200,000 to be ra-
employment offices have approved | tioned during the final seven months |
miners’ claims averaging $15 a week. of 1942 will be announced before the
Mr. Hines ruled last November that | 31st of May.
the men involved in the captive mine The announcement warned that
strike in Western Pennsylvania were | any eligible persons will not be able
engaged in an industrial dispute, thus | t; got new autos, since less than 10
were not entitled to unemployment | per cent of last year’s motor car pro-
compensation. duction is available for sale.
He changed the ruling in January Eligible classifications include:
and held the strike was not an in-| ppygicians, surgeons, visiting nur-
dustrial dispute within the meaning | qos and farm veterinarians; clergy-
of the compensation law, thus award- , o,. institutions needing ambulances;
ng about $15 weekly to 26,000 miners. | ¢j een: police officials requiring a |
Similarly Mr. Hines changed al... for official duty; other public
| November ruling that a strike of 15,-/peath and safety officials; persons |
{000 hard coal miners against union | ,, ying mail under government con-
| assessments was a labor dispute. He 4, 0i. }icensed jitneys, taxis or similar
ruled recently that it was not a labor | transportation operators; individuals
dispute as far as 13,000 of the men using autos in connection with essen- !
tial construction, repair and mainten-
were concerned.
With the rulings in effect this|ance services.
monit onefi avments as of Feb- : tot : a
month, benefit payments as of 20 | Executives, technicians, engineers, |
ruary 14 showed a 50 per cent in-| “Oo 0. directly or indirectly con-
grease over the average for the: latier nected with the prosecution of the
part of last year. 5 . war; Federal, state, local or foreign
Last week bsnesit Daymunts a government employes directly con-
sed om 30,083 fo 42038 The | fected with protecting public health
Peo rulingSit IS estimated, cosy {re and safety or prosecution of the war
Compensation Fund nearly one mill-| otfort: farmers lacking other means
of transporting produce or supplies
The rund, currently taking in more | to and from market; traveling sales-
its: the war labor hoard must neces- time of exami jon 2 i ti | . le wal ; . !
tof fall and as a nT os the kim of examination ang Induction, {than four times as much as is paid | yep handling essential supplies, and
y CORSE Selective service officials said the | out in benefits, due to heavy payrolls persons carrying newspapers for
union shop question would. inevitably war Department had assured them |
go to congress to be outlawed. |
“Virtual edicis on the union shop in any cases where immediate induc-
issue” by the four “little steel” com- tion would cause undue hardship, the
panies involved in the dispute. He registrant would be given a furlough
said he based this on a newspaper re- immediately upon being inducted in
port “which hinted at a compromise order to adjust civilian affairs.
in the little steel case on union sec- Local selective service boards are to
urity.” continue to give screening examina-|
DELINQUENTS WARNED men, and giving others a fair idea of
EITHER TO PAY COURT what their chances of induction will|
COSTS OR GO TO JAIL be when examined by the Army phy
sicians.
Under the new procedure the samme
rights of appeal and of personal ap- |
“Pay up or go to jail.”
This was the order given recentl : .
by President Judge FE H. ind pearance before their local boards is
to men who owe the county money t°© Pe 8ranted. |
and who are working. |
“During the depression there might }
have been some excuse for men who i {
owe court costs not paying,” McCann |
said. “However, conditions have since COUNCIL IS PREPARING
changed and many of these men are |
working and can pay. Unless they do a
80 or arrange to pay, I will issue at-' General Mass Meeting to Be Held |
tachments for their arrest. Friday of Next Week at |
The attachments will be issued to Patton Fire Hall
James M. Jones, assistant probation | ee
officer, who has charge of collecting, py. various committees and execu-
deliquency court costs, tives of the Patton Civilian Defense |
During the past two years Jones | oy neil have about completed the |
has collected $16,690.24 in court costs, gopera] plans as set-up by the state
restitutions and lying-in expenses. In fang federal governments, and all de-
some instances the costs had been |, ,.tments are rapidly taking shape.
owing the county since 1918. Postmaster George Lehman has
While no record is kept as to the | completed an instruction course in air
total of court costs owed to the Cam- | goranse work and as chief air raid
bria County, it is believed to be over | wurden of the Patton area is now at
$50,000. Some of the defendants have 1 instructing assistant wardens.
Jeft the state, while others have died. | general mass meeting will be held |
Costs are placed on all defendants ; the Firemen’'s Hall at Patton on
found or pleading guilty, even on the | pyiday of next week, March 6, at 8:15
ones sentenced to die in the electric o'clock, at which time Mr. Lehman |
chair. will instruct the general public as to |
aE 3 : i the proper manner of conduct during
EMERY DIETRICK SOON TO an air raid. This meeting is import- |
BE AVIATION LIEUTENANT ant, and the people of the community |
— are urged to attend it. |
In sight of his wings and commiss- The personnel of the Patton Auwx- |
ion as a flying lieutenant in the Army iliary Fire Company has now been |
Air Corps, Aviation Cadet Emery | gathered and the new members are
A. Dietrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. now being instructed by regular fir
Matthias Dietrick of Patton, gradu-|company members.
ated last week as a member of the First-aid classes are also a part of
Goodfellow Field, Tex., flying school. the local emergency set-up, with
Cadet Dietrick now moves on to Russell Little chairman of the com-
Victoria, Tex., advanced flying school, | mittee and Rev. Thomas McQuillen
where he will receive the final phase | the instructor.
of his flight training, learning to The Air Defense warning system
handle faster, more powerful ships of | has not been activated in this area as
war, and to specialize in pursuit, | yet, but everything is in readiness to
bombardment, or observation flying. | man the observation posts within a
At Goodfellow Field he received his | few hours notice. Phones have been
first experience in night flying, aero- | installed in the two observation tow-
batics, cross country, instrument, and | ers sponsored by Patton.
formation flying. In ground school he| The chairmen of all the committees
was instructed in radio code, weather, | Will meet in the Odd Fellows’ Hal
engine maintenance and military law, [on Thursday evening of this week at
Cadet Dietrick served as flight en- 18:15 to report on all activities. Com-
gineer on a bomber with the 74th |mittee chairmen are expected to be
Bombardment Squadron, Albrook Fd., | Present.
Panama, before becoming an Aviation | en — =
Cadet. | GRIFFITH PLEDGES
ie ee AID TO JUVENILES
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKS Complete cooperation in Cambria
ON HORSESHOE CURVE | County Juvenile aid work was pledg-
ed by Judge George W. Griffith in a
An eastbound Pennsylvania Rail-| conference with the county juvenile [ed supplies of gasoline.
road freight train was wrecked Sat-|commission in Johnstown last week,
urday on the farmous ‘Horseshoe |Plans were made for the commission
Curve,” a few miles west of Altoona. |to meet with Jack Reese, probation
It was the third wreck on the middle | bureau visitor, for a discussion of the
division in less than a week. ' procedures.
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assignment as an orthopedic surgeon |
{and a half. He was graduated from
and a sharp reduction in unemploy- wholesale delivery.
that under the system now to be used, | ment. has increased its balance on
hand to the all-time high mark of HALUSKA TO HEAD NEW
229 million dollars. STATE ‘PENSION PARTY’
DEFENSE COUNCIL PLANS
A new political party based on the
|" VOLUNTEER CORPS OF |nike of proritng & 300 Monthy
HALF MILLION IN STATE! pension for every person reaching the
—— age of 60 will be formed in Pennsyl-
Harrisburg—With its air raid war-|vania this week, Senator John J. Hal-
| dens and auxiliary firemen reasonably | uska of Patton, said recently.
wel trained, the State Defense Coun-| fya)yska, author of the “60-at-60"
has turned its attention to expan-| jan which went on the rocks at the
sion of the protective defense corps igq1 legislative session, said he has
to a half million volunteers. already filed necessary papers with
The program. began In two of the the State Elections Bureau to create
eight civilian defense areas of the the party. It will enter a ticket in
state, Philadelphia and Williamsport, | this year’s gubernatorial election.
where region meetings were held to. «I can say now,” Haluska asserted,
acquaint county training directors «that I will be the pension party's
with the program. candidate for governor, but names of
The corps will include air raid war- aspirants for lieutenant governor and
dens and firemen, as well as rescue secretary of internal affairs will be
squads and 13 other units having spe- | announced later. They will be strong
cialized duties. Volunteers must take candidates, however.”
the basic training course as well as| pra)q6a fought long but vainly for
first aid training before they Will be |, qqu00 of a measure legalizing pari-
awarded official civilian defense arm mutuel horse race betting and other
bands. forms of gambling to provide funds
The corps will be be developed by for the “60-at-60" program.
Instroctions n each county under The Cambria County legislator ex-
county director of civilian defense! ”
Schools. As rapidly as these directors... ons are interested in the pension
gre Sfboined Hoy are pong brought, an to give us a respectable place in
to regional meetings for instructions, |p. coin LF eture.
after which they will train units in| ehnsyy amas Dong GE M
their own territories. Instructions
are under supervisién of Dr. Fred W.! WoL SipMyse nana
Hosler.
More than 200,000 of the necessary
500,000 volunteers already are en-
rolled.
First week's winners of Free Gifts
offered to people who register each
week at the Wolf Furniture Co, Bar-
nesboro, were as follows:
GARY SURGEON DEPARTS JO Wer a ONS
TO ASSUME NEW FOSTEN |,307 Defmss fone, fi 0, Micha,
ORIENTAL BASE HOSPITAL | Rice, Emeigh, and Beautiful | End
. > : {Table, Ed Churan, Spangler.
Dr. Leo K. Cooper, formerly of this | The above lis i ite Je giv
place, but now located at 578 Broad- | he above listed free gifts are giv-
way, Gary, Indiana, left to report for |e" €a¢ h week to the lucky person wh d
registers each week at Barnesboro
¥ ; : :1|Store. Persons are equire C
at a base hospital near an industrial | StOT¢ Persons are not required to
plant producing war materials in the | Make purchases to Yegistor, The, free
Orient. He said he was under instruc- |BI{LS are offered 1 &n effort of the
tions not to reveal his destination. {Welt Furniture Co. to promote fur.
Dr. Cooper is unmarried, and has | ther good-will, for advertising value,
racticed at 504 Broadway for a ve: and to have more people visit the re-
p ALD Toadway for 4 yeu {modeled Wolf Furniture Co. store.
Northwestern University Medical | Watch this paper each week for win-
School, and took graduate study i
the Cook County Hospital, Chicago, | ,, RYIB ,
majoring in orthopedic surgery. He PHILIPSBY BO DANY DAY ISSUE
completed his study in the University # = lx a
Hospital, Iowa City, Ia.
A five-day publishing schedule was
'inaugurated last week for the sura-
[tion of the war by the Philipsburg
Daily Journal, 54-year old Centre
County newspaper.
Pointing to rising production costs
and the fact that newspaper materials
GASOLINE RATIONING
EXPECTED IN SPRING
Leaders in the petroleum industry
have expressed the belief generally |
that rationing of gasoline on a nation-
wide scale was in the picture by late
spring.
They felt confident, however, that |lisher, said that the Saturday issue is
the rationing system would be in no [to be discontinued “to help conserve
way comparable in stringency to auto, | the materials so essential for a suc-
tube and tire rationing, but would [cessful conclusion of the war.”
allow all car owners at least restrict- | —
—A dear old lady wishing to send
rn |a Christmas greeting to her minister
——A local man says he has state |made up a box and put in this note:
tags on both ends of his car, a fed- | “Dear Reverend: Knowing that you
eral stamp on the windshield, and a |do not eat sweets, I am sending candy
mortgage on the whole thing. | to your wife, and nuts to you.”
ELIGIBLE LISTS FOR
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| Philip Murray, president of the CIO, |
{announced soon for 140,000 new cars |
pressed the conviction that “enough
are on priority lists, E. F. Bair, pub- |
MURRAY DEMANDS DRAFT LOTTERY IS
FUND FOR JOBLESS SCHEDULED FOR THE
unter mses NEW REGISTRANTS
ployment benefits for workers thrown | —
Tome of jobs because of war disloca- St. Patrick's Day Chosen for Fish.
J tions, | bowl Drawing of Green Cap-
Asserting that “labor is profoundly | sules to ie Order, P
| shocked by the cold-blooded refusal | — :
{of the House ways and means com- | St. Patrick's Day—Tuesday, March
fe ve henefiLs Lor or i 17—is the date selected for the draft
ri al _ [lottery for the men in the 20-44 age
{jon OF $300.000.000 to be administered | gop who registered recently.
! "Murrow WTOtE House loaders. Hut Selective service officials have an-
” > . | nounced that the Nation's first war-
urday that existing unemployment |; : in S , i
han Tiare CH Je Sat Jone 2 3 Joars win pe
of Jnadsguate to neat the situation.” | oer in which the new selective ser-
ant Rays on ore ites | vice registrants will be called up for
{ milit service.
the Administration's benefit program | Tj any : xe ;
after several state governors pro- | THe Togistrants who enrolled Feb.
tested the proposed legislation would | "HOLY 9 were registered on green
federalize the state compensation pro- | 3Y4s:
| grams. | The historic fishbowl that served
; | for the lotteries of World War I and
| the two previous drawings under the
present system, will again be used to
{hold the order numbers of the newly-
| registered men.
FAGED BY THOSE The numbers will be sealed in green
capsules.
WITH BAD TEETH Brig.-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey has
{announced that the lowest number
| will be 10,001 and the highest num-
Men Deferred Because of Poor | Per between 18,000 and 19,000.
Vision Likewise to Get Into The span between 1 and 10,000 was
Limited Army Service utilized in the first two lotteries.
Hershey disclosed that the order
3 Ci : numbers of the “10,000 men” will not
Draftees with bad teeth, previously |, integrated in the old master lists
earmarked for limited service only, |as were the numbers of the 21-year-
now are liable for any kind of mili- } 14 men who registered last July. He
tary duty anywhere in the world. | stated that the present lists of eligi-
The U. S. Army has disclosed that |. yen will be exhausted before the
the lowering of physical requirements government dips into the new rolls.
concerning draftees’ teeth will permit
their induction for “full military ser-| NeW registrants propauy will not
RT be called before May, according to
vice. : : Eb
; selective service headquarters. Until
Men previously deferred because of that time, War Department quotas
poor vision, however, will be accepted | i) he filled from the ranks of those
under the new regulations only for); the 21.35 year brackets who signed
non-combatant duty. up in 1940 and 1941.
Although the new physical require-| General Hershey pointea out that
ments will affect all 1-B men deferred “publication of order numbers, or
because of insufficient or defective even names, in communities is auth-
teeth, the Army said only those “eye | grized, as such publications will not
rejects” whose vision was rated be-|reveal exactly the total number of
tween 20-100 and 20-200 will be re- registrants enrolled throughout the
classified for possible service. Nation in the February registration
Class 1-B includes men whose vision | —information which is still restricted
was rated between 20-100 and 20-400, by the War Department.
correctable to 20-40 with glasses. The A
ones who are rated over 20-200 will CAMBRIA COUNTY PUPILS
not be recalled under the new regula- I
TOLLS , PURCHASE $20,254 IN U. 8.
1 ; SAVINGS BONDS, STAMPS
n other words, a man now may be Gl
Seetieg if he Eni read 2% 20 eet iat Teachers and pupils of the Cambria
provided his vision can be hi improv- County a0 hools 2iready have Durchas.
ed with the aid of glasses that he is $48 tote] of $20.254.30 worlh of Na-
able to read the same thing at 40
tional Defense Savings Bonds and
fect Stamps, it is announced by Dr. A. M
: Stull, county superintendent of sch-
As for teeth, no specific number is ools.
required and even false teeth and Pupils of the high school and ele-
dentures will be acceptable. Army | entary school of Gallitzin Borough
doctors will have wide descretion and | 4, leading all other county schools
be permitted to O. K. any registrant | with the purchase of $2,405.50 worth
whose teeth are believed to be Strong | of Bonds and Stamps. Leading the
enough to chew Army chow. elementary school is Colver, where
If a draftees’ teeth should become | $2 107.54 already has been collected
troublesome after he's inducted, the |The Robine School of Washington
Army explained, they'll be “repaired,” | Twp. tops the list of two-room sch-
replaced or yanked” at government ools with $695 and the leading one-
expense. room school is the Libby School in
The men will be reclassified into Elder Twp., where $116 has been
1-A by their own local boards. They | turned in.
will then have 10 days in which two Participating schools follow:
appeal tor a deferment on grounds of | Ashville, Barnesboro, Black Lick,
occupation or dependency, if they | Twp. Cassandra, E. Conemaugh, Min-
wigh, eral Point, Ebensburg, Franklin, Cou-
Upon expiration of that period, or pon, Hastings, Mundy’s Corner, Lilly,
the refusal of their appeal, the men | Lorain, Lower Yoder Twp., South
will be ordered to report for a re- ville. Colver, Revloc and Mylo schools
examination by the Army. Induction in Cambria Twp.; Linsoln, Bon Air,
will take place between 10 and 30 |Gossard, Conemaugh Twp.; Ehrenfeld,
days afterward. Rutherford, Croyle Twp.; Dry Run,
- Cross Roads, Bradley, E. Carrol}
SEND DRAFT QUESTIONS Twp.; Smokey Valley, Libby, Elder
TO THE LOCAL BOARDS | Twp: Jamestown, Benscreek, Portage
a Twp.; Beaverdale, Wilmore, Summer-
| hill Twp.; Garman, Allport, Susque-
{hanna Twp.; Riley, Robine, Washing -
{ton Twp.; Westmont; St. Mary's Par-
ochial Schools in Patton and Gallitzin
If there’s anything you want to
| know concerning your status in the
| draft, ask your local board— because
| that’s where your query will wind up
| anyway. —,———-
| This has been announced by Col. COUNTY WILL BUY TRAILERS
|B. F. Evans, acting state conscription | FOR USE IN DISASTER WORK
| director, who said a large number of :
|draft registrants are directing re- Pointing out that medical supplies
quests to state and National selective are of no use unless they are on the
| service headquarters and even to the ene of a disaster when the physician
| President. {arrives, Dr. George Hay of the medi-
| Evans points out that a draft ques- |cal advisory board of the Cambria
| tion sent to President Rooselevt is re- | County Defense Council has requested
{ferred to National headquarters, who | the commissioners to purchase 20 one-
(refers it to the state headquarters, [wheel trailers which the medical men
| which in turn, refers it to the ques-| will have attached to their cars when
| tioner’s local board. | going to the scene of a disaster.
: = or wh | The request was granted last week,
| ARMY REJECTIONS ARE NOT and the trailers, each of which will be
| INDICATIVE OF PUBLIC HEALTH | of the one-wheel type and carry fully-
Ee equipped medical kits, will be purch=
The percentage of rejections for| ased at approximately $30 each.
| men for the armed service is not an| Commissioners have also agreed to
index of the state of public health. | purchase medical and surgical sup-
The army recognizes only three class-| plies to be used at 20 casualty sta-
es as far as physical fitness is don- | tions to be set up in all sections of the
|cerned: (1) qualified for general mil- | county. The approximate cost of these
| itary service; (2) qualified for lim-| will be more than $5,000.
|ited military service: (3) disqualifed | iis
{ for military service. So far, only the| Those Russians are certainly an
[first class has been called and that | ignorant lot of people. They didn't
| class necessarily takes the cream of | know they were licked, even w hen
| the men of military age. | Hitler told them they were.