PAGE EIGHT STATE INDUSTRY PLAYS BIG ROLE IN WAR OUTPUT Fourth of Firms Work for Our Defense, and Mines and Farms Also Do Their Part. { Pennsylvania coal mines, steel and knitting mills, shipyards and farms play a great part in the Nation's all- out effort for victory over the Axis forces. At present, more than one-fourth of the state's industries are engaged in defense production, and with the greater demands of war are expected 0 carry a large burden of National production in the future, according to the State Commerce Department. Shipping is a large industry of ihe state as shown by the fact that Erie and Philadelphia together handle a greater volume of waterborne com- merce than all New England ports. Shipyards of the state now have under construction more than 750 tlllion dollars worth of ships for the Navy and merchant marine. Yards along the Delaware River hold con- tracts for more than 200 vessels, of which the total cost will be over 1% billion dollars. Pennsylvania employs more factory workers than the 19 states between the Mississippi River and the Sierra Nevada mountains, with annual pay- rolls amounting to 220 million dollars more than these combined states. Steel furnaces of this state have a capacity three times those of Japan and produce 30 per cent of all the steel melted and manufactured in the United States. Pennsylvania's. iron works produce nearly one-third of America’s pig iron, while its coke ovens produce 30 per cent of our Nation's coke and by-products. One-third of the Nation's coal sup- ply is mined in Pennsylvania. The knitting mills of Pennsylvania help to clothe our soldiers and our sailors. The mills, which in peacetime dominate the Nation in their produc- tion of hosiery and underwear, will be called upon to produce a major part of the output of knitted textiles that are needed by the government. In the value of farm products, the state ranks eleventh in the Union, but frequently is the first state in the country in the cash value of its potato Crop. ——If the girl entertainers in night clubs had to pay a cover charge it | couldn't amount to very much. Balsinger & Luther ‘GREENHOUSES Flowers for All Occasions Stores At EBENSBURG, . . Phone 295 BARNESBORO, 378 CRESSON, . . . 6681 Flowers Telegraphed Anywhere kk ” INCOME TAX REPORTS SAVE TIME AND MONEY We Give You Quick Service WESTRICK MOTOR CO. Carrolltown, Pa. M. P. WESTRICK, N. P. YOUR FOO HARD TO We carry a full range of Yes, sir! Be they long an row, or be they short and we've the correct size and Shoes — AND in the sm shoe style trends. 00 $™50 g to Some Styles Higher FOR SHOES SCHOOL OFFICIALS GET INSTRUCTIONS ON RATIONING CARD Sugar Books ‘to Be Issued in This Section Middle of March. To Take Census First, School officials have been instruc- ted to place themselves in readiness ing program, tentatively scheduled for March 15th, with teachers expect- ed to handle registrations the iirst week of March. Secretary of Public Instruction Francis B. Haas instructed county and district school superintendents to prepare a statement listing each pub- lic elementary school in their juris- diction and to estimate the number of rationing books required in their area. The initial distribution of the ra- for the opening of the sugar ration- | UNION PRESS.COURIER JOHN HIX FEATURES WOLF FURNITURE STORE HASTINGS SHOOTER, | COMPLETELY RENOVATED SOISSON, TUESDAY John Hix famous cartoonist ofl The Wolf Furniture Co. at Barnes- SE As 1t Seems” which is fea { boro last fall purchased the three- | Strange As See » wv buildi ‘hic av . tured & hundreds of daily newspap- story building which ied Dave ocoy- | . ig hs Na Fe atnra | Pied for many years. ey have re-| BE Nation, iii | cently completed extensive remodel-| a aw 4 ‘ed Soils as- | . : : | : i) : irl ow it . | ing of their first, mazzanine and sec-| eames ot risa" | on floor of the buiking, Eiving the 1 lease ) S 8 . ! : i Ro . — _ | premises a very pleasing appearance | The cartoons shows Soisson and ex- | and greatly enhancing the displays of | plains: “Fred Soisson, trick shot ex- pert, tosses a loaded shotgun and 4 | | merchandise. clay targets into the air—then| The entire first floor and the mazz- | catches the gun and shatters the 4 | anine floor have been treated to a| | fresh coe int, li rreen, targets before they hit the ground.” alr aut, light gre oid he oso of the Gragg ig ane) escent lighting has been installed and |O J Xpiane : stunt | : ni ; ‘new arrangements of displays have | performed by Fred Soisson involves | g pla) 2 ( holding a shell in his mouth, tossing | been made. | lan unloaded gun and target into the The first floor is now devoted ex- | air, catching the gun, loading it, and ¢lusively to the display of furniture, breaking the target before it hits the | floor lamps and end tables. A Section ground; Years of practice plus phen- | of the mazzanine floor displays large) omenal characteristics make Soisson | Selections of electric ranges and re-| {unique in his field.” | frigerators, and another section be- [ wiitor's Note Two-gun | autiful bedroom suites. In the rear, | scores again! along the wall, is a display of mat- | as : | tresses. | The second floor now houses the | rug, kiddies’ furniture, linoleum, heat- Soisson Mrs. Justina Shoff, Former Thursday, February 26, 1042 pet GRAND THEATRE PATTON Friday and Saturday Wally and Marjorie : Mala . . . thot grond feom in action again! Thrill with Uncle Sam's “Steel Cavalry”! Drama that bites! Laughs that soar! Battle tanks roll- ing! Beery in his greatest, timeliest role . . . with a mighty cast of thousands! tioning books will he under the gen- . A [ Z eral RE ns of the rationing board | Pattonite, Dies in Florida aving jurisdiction nearest the indivi- | ——— | ng building, stated Haas. He| Mrs. Justina (Gill) Schoff, a for- designated Dr. Carl D. Morneweck mer resident of Patton, died Monday | chief of child accounting and research | in Daytona Beach, Fla. She was born | soordinator for the program. April 11, 1862, near St. Lawrence, a fo act a public a from | daughter of John G. and Catherine | Paul V. McNutt, administrator of the Gill. Her husband, George L. Shoff, | Federal Security Agency advising him | who died in 1925, was engaged in oil | that the Office of Price Administra- | Producing for many years near Duke | ing and cooking stove department. Manager Bob Struble extends you a cordial invitation to visit the newly- remodeled premises and to register for the free prizes given each week. WALLACE BEE MARSTELLER BRIEFS SL MARJORIE LEWIS GEORGE MAIN: STONE- BANCROFT HENRY O'NEILL - DONNA REED new Fortune Shoes. You are assured a correct fit. for your foot in our new Fortune the latest patterns in today's I Sharbaugh & Lieb Barnesboro, Pa. tion has requested that the public Center. Pa. school systems of the various states make their facilities available for the initial registration necessary in con- nection with sugar rationing. McNutt stated that the plan con- templates that the public school sys- tem will lend the state rationing sys- tem its services for four evenings in one week early in March for the pur- pose of registering all families and single individuals and issuing to them the necessary rationing stamps. The school system will then turn over to the state rationing organiza- tion the registration cards and other reports and the rationing agency will be responsible for the subsequent op- | eration of the program. | Each individual, regardless of age, | will be entitled to a ration quota, ten- | tatively set at 12 ounces a week. |RED CROSS CENTER SEES MUCH ACTIVITY The Red Cross work room in the P. {much activity in the last two weeks. | First-aid classes are held Monday and {Thursday evenings, and every after- {noon from Monday to Friday the room |is open for service work. Knitting is being taught afternoons (to a large group of girls under the {direction of Misses Homyak, Gwynn {and Montenaro. ! The report for sewing completed in the past two weeks is as follows: | Mrs. Robert Forsythe turned in six bathrobes, made by Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. E. W. Winslow, Mrs. Lowes and i Mrs. Donahue. Miss Gwynn reports ,two bathrobes made by Mrs. Legros. Children’s dresses were made by Mrs. Clifton Derringer, Mrs. William {Gwynn, Mrs. E. W. Winslow, Mrs. C. | A. Snyder. Boy's pants were made I by Mrs. Legros, Mrs. Karlheim, and Mrs. McConnell. There is much work to be done at the Red Cross Center. Anyone willing | to contribute an afternoon’s time is jurged to report. Can you give an |afternoon ? TIS NOT FIT sizes and widths in the d nar- wide, width artest, OR EN The Boy Scouts of Troop 77 attend- She is survived by the following ch-|ed a Board of Review at Hastings on ildren: Mrs. Rosanna Bruner, Dayto- | Friday. The following boys passed a na Beach; Ralph and Lester L. Shoff, | review for second class: George Gallo, both of Duke Center. She was a sis- [Orville Link, Pat Link and John Rock- ter of Maggie Beringer and Clement |ovan. First class tests: Harry Claw- Gill, both of Daytona Beach; Mrs. |son, Richard Seeley, Robert Laird, Regina Lang, Cleveland; Pius J. Gill, | Alex Nudge, Don and Ken Wilburn. Wilkinsburg; Gabinus A. Gill and Mrs. Russell Link won the Star Scout aw-| Gladys Hagan, Pittsburgh; Fred A.|ard, and Scoutmaster Joe Bashista Gill, Mt. Lebanon; Mrs. Frances Pac- | the Eagle Scout Award, which is the etti, Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. Jeanette | highest in scouting. Parents and fri- | Nielsen and Mrs. Carrie Betz of New | ends of the scouts are urged to at-| York City; Rudy C. Gill, San Fran- | tend the Court of Honor at Hastings | atton High School Building has seen | cisco, Cal., and Max Gill of Patton. Funeral services will take place in Brandford, Pa., on Saturday morning. INCREASED RELIEF : Harrisburg.-——The public assistance department's policy-making board last week fell into line with legisla- tors of both political faiths in adopt- ing a resolution calling on Governor Arthur H. James and the general as- i sembly to pave the way for increased dole grants. Frank A. Robbins, Jr., Steelton, ted from a careful review of the dole board’s responsibility for determining |Frandands of assistance.” The review disclosed, he said, that | while relief grants were 90 per cent [of a minimum subsistence budget on | the basis of 1939 living costs, ithe same grants now are only 80 per cent increased living costs. | Hastings Teacher Accepts Position With Air Corps Victor P. Constanzo, a teacher in Hastings schools for the last 10 years, has resigned to accept a position in the United States Army Air Corps at the Middletown Air Depot. Mr. Constanzo left Hastings Mon- day to report for duty at the airport near Harrisburg. Members of the Hastings Borough Board of Education have not as yet elected a successor to fill the position. COUNTY SCHOOLS PREPARE FOR RATIONING PROGRAM dents of Cambria County for the issu- been made by Dr. A. M. Stull, super- intendent of county schools. Six conferences are scheduled this week-—at Ebensburg, Ashville, Car- rolltown, Portage, Mundy’s Corner, and Richland Twp.—for school teach- ers of every town who will conduct the registration and issue the books. the meetings for making a survey to determine the number of rationing books required. Estimates on the am- ount needed for supplying each man, woman and child of each household must be turned in to Dr. Stull’s of- fice no later than March 5. { Remember the good old days , When the only ti i ber shortage was when the gals were 'in need of a fourth hand for an after- inoon of bridge? FINAL CLEARANCE SALE Buy Your Rubber Footwear WHILE IT LASTS Miners’ Gums, Rubbers, Artics—At NO RISE IN PRICES While the Supply Lasts. Only a Few Dozen Left. Buy Yours Now. JOE'S CUT-RATE STORE BARNESBORO | { | | chairman of the state public assist- | ance board, said the resolution resul- | allowance subject “in the light of the | of bare subsistence levels because of | Preparations for registering resi- | ance of sugar rationing books have | Plans will be announced at each of | me there was a rub- | | next Tuesday evening. [ | Miss Naomi Jenkins of Johnstown | (was a recent visitor at the home of] her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John| J. Johns of Marsteller. Mrs. Wm. Cole served as hostess to | | the Ladies’ Bingo Club Tuesday night. | Attending were Mrs. Joe Dukes, Mrs. | Oscar Link, Mrs. Paul Clawson, Mrs. | George Elder, Mrs. Louis Verchick, | Mrs. Joe Persachick, Mrs. Alex Dav-| |idson, Mrs. Don Bearer, Mrs. Walter | Weakland and Mrs. Joe Norton. | Mrs. John J. Jones 1s a patient in| the Miners Hospital at Spangler. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Butterworth | were Sunday visitors in Emeigh. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hanwell Jr. | proudly announce the birth of a son. | A Sodality was started Sunday at| Holy Incarnation Church in Marstel- | ler. Rev. Father Critor of St. Pat-| rick’s Church, Spangler, is organizing | the Sodality for all boys and girls of | the congregation who are of high sch- | ool age. They will meet again on this | coming Sunday afternoon at 3:30. | James Norton of Nicktown was a| recent visitor at the home of his| grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Joe| Norton. , | Miss Mary Lou Alessie of Barnes- boro was a recent visitor at the home of her sister, Mrs. Blandford Gray. HITE IS APPOINTED AGENT FOR LICENSING EXPLOSIVES | Prothonotary John L. Hite has been appointed by R. R. Sayers, director | of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, to be! explosives licensing agent for Cam- | bria County. Persons desiring a lic-| ense to possess or sell explosives after | March 1 should apply to Mr. Hite for | | the permit. Applications may be ob-| tained at his office in the Ebensburg | {| Courthouse. [ The purpose of the licensing provis- | ion of the Federal Explosives Act is to prevent explosives from being ob- | tained by persons inexperienced in| {handling them, or by persons hostile | to the Nation. | | NEW REGISTRATION FIGURE] IS LOWER THAN ESTIMATED | In Pennsylvania a total of 639,848 | men between the ages of 20 and 45 | were registered for military service | under the selective service act Mon- | day of last week. This brought the! aggregate number now on selective | | service rolls in the state to 1,955,254. | The complete registration figures | for boards in Cambria County follow: | Cambria County [ 1, Cresson 1,760 2, Ebensburg 1,577 3, Mundy’s Corner 1,458 , Johnstown 2,278 , South Fork 1,400 Johnstown No. No. No. No. 4 No. 5 No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 1,322 1,099 1,516 12,410 | -—Fashion ) Total | Note: If the rubber Shortage brings about a scarcity of girdles there may be a bulge in the | beauty market. —————— erie | DEFINITE LABOR SUPPLY | NEEDED, LIGHT STATES IN TALK TO JOHNSTOWNERS | State Agriculture Secretary John H. Light warned last week that un- less a definite supply of labor is as- | sured, agriculture may find itself un- abe to meet production needs. Speaking before the Johnstown Ki- |wanis Club, Light listed the labor shortage, increasing federal control, and increased production demands as A CHILL WILLS lieady WILLIAM LUNDIGAN Screen Play by CYRIL HUME « Based om o Story by Lawrence Kimble and Cyril Hume « Directed by S. SYLVAN SIMON + Produced by J. Walter Ruben Sunday and Monday Tyrone Power Gene Tierney “SON OF FURY’ ‘‘Edison Marshall’s’’ best selling novel comes to the screen as the year’s first great thrill packed with adventure, romance. Matinee Sunday, 2:30 | | Tuesday, Bargain Night William Holden Glenn Ford “TEXAS” As big and colorful as the Lone Star State Itself. Wednesday, Thursday John Garfield “DANGEROUSLY THEY LIVE” As timely as today's newspaper, a thrilling game of wits played behind the front by spies. Raymond Massey | | | | components of ‘“the greatest respon-|come being derived from other sour- sibility of agriculture’s existence.” !ces, and characterized the view that Light decried the price control law, | farm labor can be performed by to- which he said places agriculture at a|tally untrained workmen as ‘“improp- great disadvantage compared to in-!er.” Years ago, it was considered somewhat dis- figuring for a woman to wear glasses. Not only has that concept changed, but with the modern tinted lenses and streamlined frames glasses are now sometimes an aid to good looks! If you need glasses, you owe it to yourself to get them promptly. Come in to- day for an examination. If you don’t need them, you can be assured we'll tell you so. DR. J. P. MITCHELL OPTOMETRIST JEWELER Commons Bldg. BARNESBORO
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