—mmtiE IT HAPPENED HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA On the whole earth there is no spot more significant to the fate of mod- erm man than a little grass-covered Plot on the banks of Oil Creek near | Titusville, Pennsylvania. | | Few who pause at that spot, in this year of war and struggle, stop to re- flect that at their feet stands the] source and center of the tremendous | forces which have now divided the | entire world into two armed camps. | Yet that is the fact. | Here at the Drake oil well began en Pennsylvania soil a new phase of Buman civilization. This was the first producing oil well in the world. From this peaceful andnow almost deserted spot has spread across the whole face of the earth all the bene- | fits and the tremendous consequences afthe industres based on petroleum. Here was born gasoline, paraffin, and those lubricating oils which alone make possible the operation of the world’s industrial machinery. And Bere also was frst produced the means | by which man would put the whole] : Western world on wheels. : Strangely enough this first discov- ared oil field in the world, the Penn- aylvania Bradford field, has continued through nearly three generations to produce a grade of crude oil whose value per barrel is more than 100 per cent greater than the average for all other ol fields in the United States. It commands a price frequently three times that of the crude oil from the Western fields, and is today so val- uable that gasoline is merely a by- product in its refining. i Once the economic center of the oil THE COAL MINER industry of the entire world, the field Reprinted from Mulberry, Kan., News in Pennsylvania, because of its unique properties, still maintains Pennsyl-| npuch of the glories of the writers vania’s position as the seventh most |p,ye never confined themselves to the important oil-producing area in Am-|eyjogies of the plain and simple men attention in front of the peace to erica. Only two nations in Europe—|4¢ smaller communities—many times | Rumania and Russia—exceed this the economic stability of their town Commonwealth's output of crude oil,| __the coal miner. and only three in Asia—Iran, Japan.| pig life and dress is simple. He and the Dutch East Indies. rarely attempts to camouflage. His In the quality of the product, and |peart js oftentimes larger than a Wall in its life as a producing area, thiS|gtreet purse. A visit to his home is Pennsylvania field which originated | convincing of charity in thought and the petroleum industry still remains | gctions. the most remarkable oil field in the Most of them are men of Christian world. It produces approximately |iving and generous hospitality. A 18,000,000 barrels of crude oil every |dark circle under their eyes and coal year ,and adds annually more than dust scars are their badges of honor. $36,000,000 to the state's income. | Their children grow into the life blood ————,,,——— {of their communities and often are BAD TIRES TO RULE | wedded into families of high repute. CARS OFF HIGHWAYS| In most of the coal miners’ homes Automobiles with bad tires must be [iS complete family unity. There is ruled of the highways, garage owners 10 Snutty sister Sue or highbrow Bill. are being told by state motor police. | It took family command and coopera- Garagemen operating state inspection | tion to rear their large families to | stations are being told that action ag- |achieve positions of distinction. sinat cars should be taken When they | Treacherous and dangerous as his are inspected. Despite the shortage | 92iLy routine of work may be, the of tires it is the duty of inspection |2Verage coal miner is a happy man. station owners to fulfill the require- {It is an insult if you visited his home | ments of the law. State police de- (2nd didn’t participate in the family : feast. There one sees the genuine clare that many accidents are due to { philosophy of living. Though his home bad tires. | may lack the frills, it is replaced with r—— pig ithe real thrills of living in genuine 1 down-to-earth simplicity. The tired ECIAL OFFER! business man doesn’t know comfort SP SAVE {until he‘ visits the genial coal miner BUY NOW AN [and gets a spring in the easy chair to !jab in the back. There is a matter of | comfort about it that makes his chair homes you are made comfortable even |to the point of suggesting that you [take your shoes off. | jon the aroma of the cook’s food, you | were sure to stay for dinner. There {may be missing the embellishments | of dinnerware and the like, but the food was sure to stick to your ribs. concocted recipe of sour grapes or | foamy yeast. | We have no desire to retire in life | with the frills of easy and uppish liv- { ing. Just let us become a star boarder |in a coal miner's home and we'll die | happy—along with the miner. | further insulted if you don’t taste his | 86 PROOF, STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY. SCHENLEY DISTILLERS CORPORATION, N.Y. C. NOW your car really needs a NURSEMAID! Take your car to him often — to check tires, battery, spark- plags. Get Atlantic White Flash, Atlantic Motor Oil —and a thorough Atlantic Lubrication every thousand miles. If your car gets extra service from Atlantic—you’ll get extra service from your car! if you want to keep your car in service for the duration — if you need it to carry you to your job—you’d better pet and pam- per it as you never did before! Your Atlantic Dealer is an old hand at nursing cars. He has just the right soothing syrups for squeals and rattles. ATLANTIC Fe CE @ The Right Honorable W. L. Mackenzie King, prime minister of Can- ada, shown as he inspects troops of the U. S. army, as they stand at This contingent of American soldiers was in Canada’s capital to take part in the ceremonies in connection with the victory lean drive. {at home feel out of place. In these {| If you dared to make a comment | Mackenzie King Inspects U. S. Troops wer on Parliament hill, in Ottawa. — HIGHLIGHTS | OF ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH ON MONDAY NIGHT | Highlights of President Roosevelt's {address to the Nation on Monday {night at 10:00 p. m. are as follows: | The Immediate Task-—Understand |and face the hard fact that our job | now is to fight at distances which ex- [tend all the way around the globe x Xx x for awhile we have to yield UNION PRESS-COURIER Thursday, February 26, 1942 IT'S HERE! THE NEW, MORE CONVENIENT TELEPHONE DIRECTORY! A new, easier-to-use telephone directory has just been delivered to telephone subscribers in this vicinity. The Alphabetical Section (the white pages) of this direc- tory contains telephone listings for: CARROLLTOWN EBENSBURG HASTINGS NICKTOWN The Classified Section (the yellow pages) contains list- BARNESBORO CRESSON GLEN CAMPBELL NANTY GLO ings for: BARNESBORO are seldom called from your community have been omitted. This makes it easier for you to find the numbers of nearby telephones which are more frequently called. ground.” | Axis Aim—*"The object of the Nazi and the Japanese is to separate the | i U. S., Britain, China and Russia. | Aid to Allies—“We already have a | | large number of bombers and pursuit | | planes, manned by American pilots, | |in daily contact with the enemy in |the Southwest Pacific. Thousands of American troops are in that area x | Xx x” We can and will “do the all-| important job of keeping war mater- | ials flowing to tne Allies. | Aid to MacArthur—It is Japan's | iencirclement of the Philippines “which ‘has prevented us from sending sub- | stantial reinforcements of men and | material.” | Pearl Harbor Losses—* The Japan| ese do not know how many planes | they destroyed. We have destroyed | considerably more Japanese planes. | Only three American combatant ships | were permanently put eut of com- | mission.” | The Tide Will Turn—America will | regain yielded ground. “Soon we, and | sive.” Censorship—“Your government has | | conrigence mn your ability to hear the | worst. | | fidence” in the government. America Can Lose—"If we lose this | war it will be generations before our | | conception of democracy can live ag ain. We can lose x x x only if we slow | up our effort or waste ammunition | (and tear: It also saves paper—important in view of the war-time shortage. If you make many calls to the exchanges which are no longer included in the new directory, please ask our Business Office for the directory containing them. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA HINTS ON SAVING CARS | FROM EXCESSIVE WEAR { eee | The consumer division of the OPA | gives the following hints on saving | CARROLLTOWN HASTINGS Listings of telephones in more distant exchanges which LEGAL NOTICES ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE In the estate of Herman Dishar lo. our enemies will have the offen: ithe family car from excessive wear | deceased, late of the Township of | | White, County of Cambria, State of | “Allow your engine to warm up for Pennsylvania. { : y 8 Notice is hereby given that Letters | Albert L. O'Connor, at least a minute before driving and | all the way down . . . cold engine . . . depress the clutch | | pedal before stepping on the starter to save your battery. 3 | “You're advised to drive well under | never race a |" COLVER GALLITZIN MAHAFFEY PATTON PORTAGE GLEN CAMPBELL PATTON | the undersigned. All persons indebted | to said estate are requested to make ! payment, and those having claims or | demands against the same will make t | them known without delay to 4) Joseph W. Dishart, Administrator, Patton, Pa. You must have complete con- [longer in cold weather: don’t drive un- | Administration in the estate of the i Attorney for Administrator, [til your engine runs with the choke | Said decedent have been granted to K. of C. Building, Ebensburg, Pa. { He takes pride in his cellar and he is | | sniping at each other.” 50 miles an hour if you want 25,000 A Long War—The war as a whole | miles’ wear from your tires; 60 miles | will be a process of attrition; we can | an hour cuts wear in half ... at 30 | “outbuild Japan and. ultimately over- | miles an hour, you should need only | | whelm her.” {a quart of oil to every 1,000 miles; at i Musts for Americans—No worl: | 70 miles an hour, you'll need six to stoppages until the war is won; no | Seven quarts . . . gasoline consump- | special demands for any one group | tion at 30 miles an hour is half that' or occupation; cheerfully make any |at 70 miles. | requested sacrifices to win the war. | “Safer, slower driving will save rub- | per, metal and fuel for the Nation's! COMMITTEE HEADS | war stocks, and will save your pock- | | etbook, too.” RIDES FOR SERVICEMEN 0. K.’D BY MOTOR CODE ——— | Committee chairmen for 1942 have| Men in all branches of the armed | been appointed by the Cambria Co- | service are now permitted to accept | unty American Legion, Committee. |rides voluntarily offered by motorists | The appointments were made recently |as the result of action taken recently | at its February meeting in the Cone- |by both the War and Navy Depart- | | maugh-Franklin Post Home. Chair- | ments. | { men follow: | As a result, motorists can give rides | | Herbert Meyers, Johnstown, Ameri- | to soldiers, sailors, and Marines with- | | canism; Fritz Morley, Barnesboro, lout any possibility of aiding violation | | athletics; Robert Donaldson, Salix, |of rules against hitch-hiking. | community service; Joseph Soisson,| The War Department's policy ag- | Cresson, boys’ camp; Frank Morely, | ainst hitch-hiking by soldiers has re- | Barnesboro, membership; Frank Geis, | cently been amended so as to permit | Johnstown, radio; Judge Geo. Griffith, | service personnel to accept rides from judge advocate; John Trimble, Johns- individuals or propery-accredited or- town, emergency; Miles Maumgard- ganizations. Bureau of Navigation | | ner, Johnstown, traffic safety; Att'y rules also have been modified as ap- | {Charles J. Boyle, Johnstown, national |Plying to cases where offers of rides | | defense; A. Paul Blough, community |are made voluntarily and entirely | | service; Fulton I. Connor, Johnstown, | Without the signal or suggestion on | | Sons of Legion; Leo Kane, Johnstown, |the part of the service personnel. i | employment; Jermoe Sheehan, Patton, | | | un-American activities; Dr. A. M.| New Auto Plate Registration | | Bergstein, Gallitzin, youth activities; jad Earle S. Keedy, Johnstown, com- ——i | | munity relations. Mailing of the 2,500,000 applica- | Americanism Chairman Meyers has | tions for motor vehicle registration | been instructed to make arrangements started last week and is expected to | for the annual essay contest. A schol- | be completed by today. | | arship will be awarded the winner by | Walter J. Kress, secretary of Tov: | Cards Are Now Being Mailed State Senator John J. Haluska of Pat- enue for Pennsylvania, expresses hope ton, to be good at any of the state-|that motorists will cooperate in re- aided colleges in Pennsylvania. The | turning their applications and checks county superintendent of schools, Dr. [early to avoid a late rush. New plates A. M. Stull, will supervise the event. |will be required after midnight on Plans for presentation of Legion aw- Tuesday, March 81, but may be used VICTORY In this emergency—as industry tests its sinews and calls the roll of electric © 14 2EO0Y <nOowATY power mobilized for the battle of pro- duction, it will be our steady purpose to be able to step forward and meet the call with the answer “We Are Here and Ready!” In this new crisis, in this hour of need, industry stands side by side with the forces of national defense and of victory, determined to do its part in this common cause. Keep the Star of Hope and Freedom Shining In America * * * BUY UNITED STATES DEFENSE BONDS AND STAMPS | jards to Forensic League winners are also being made. —The green scum commonly found {on ponds is simple plant life, known ‘as fresh-water algae. ! on and after March 15. Kress says the department is con- [sidering several methods of cutting {down use of vital materials in 1943- 44 tags. Forthcoming plates were contracted for more than a year ago, Err Switch to Reddy Kilowatt = i. L_ rN sy
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