supply
5 to 40
¢ heart
re of 50
‘requen-
affected
| rubber
n inher-
| job on
Bataan
ito Jap
provide immediate solution to America’s tire problem.
were made under government supervision with five
pounds of reclaimed scrap rubber and two ounces
“Yictory Camel-Back,”
Thursday, April 23, 1942
POOL USE OF GAR
BY DOUBLING UP
Harrisburg.—An appeal was made
during the week by T. Elmer Trans-
seau, State Rationing Administrator,
to Pennsylvania motorists, using
their cars for work to carry ‘their
friends and neighbors along.
By the elimination of individuals
riding in their cars alone gasoline
and rubber can be conserved for tne |
war effort, the administrator says.
“If several workers travel to and
from employment virtually over the
same route,” the Administrator said,
‘each in an otherwise
they are wasting rubber and gaso-
line. In addition they are wasting
through needless wear and tear on
motors.
“Neighbors and worker groups can
help themselves, as well as the
effort, by pooling the use of their
cars. In addition, we all should make
greater use of public transportation
facilities when they are available.
Fer distances that are not too great
use the bicycle or walk.
emply car,
War |
Pennsylvania, so it is essential that
the tires on about 90 per cent of the
yassenger vehicles will not and can-
not be replaced.
WORST FOREST FIRE
SEASON IN FULL SWAY
George H. Wirt, Chief Forest Fire
Warden of the Department of For-
ests and Waters, warns that Pennsyl-
worst
vania is threatened with the
season for forest fires in several
years.
occurred already
which is
A few fires have
and have damaged timber
of vital importance to the Nation's |
war effort,” Wirt said.
“Fires should not be started out-
of-doors without the very best of re-
asons. Most of the war industries,
the training of our armed forces, the |
shipment of food and supplies and
equipment to the fighting fronts are
dependent in no small way upon un-
interrupted production of wood in
raw and fabricated forms .
“It is estimated that the wood re-
quirements for each man in the arm- |
ed forces of the United States are
5,000 board feet of lumber. The lum-
| ber used for crating a large bomber
“By leaving the family car in the
garage when it is not absolutely
needed, we can greatly extend its
term of usefulness. The motor vehi-
cle now used by the average Penn-
sylvanian will have to last for the
duration and then some. The prac-
tice of many American families of
getting a new car every year is out
until we win the war.
“Last year according to figures of
the Federal government approxima-
sely 72,000,000 passenger car tires
were sold in the United States. This
year the war production board has
allocated only 1,600,000 such tires to
a very limited category of eligible
users. That number foér the nation
is far less than the annual needs of
that is to be shipped abroad would |
build a five room house. It requires
1,000 car loads of lumber to build an | I
army i "
BAKERTON MAN
BY
Herbert Grenholm, 78,
sustained fracturees of
when he was struck a glancing blow
by a P. R. R. train as he was walk-
STRUCK
ing along the tracks near Bakerton |
last Wednesday night.
The United States Employment
Service is the key agency for bring-
ing men and jobs together to speed
up the wartime food production pro-
gram.
Victory ‘Camel-Back’ Tires for Congress
Here are members of the house interstate commerce committee as
they inspected 18 retread tires developed under a new process which will
The tires, called
of crude rubber.
(Hlliot E. Simpson of New York, an independent rubber dealer, presented
the tires.
Rea of California, who is chairman of the committee,
Holmes of Massachusetts.
Shown, left to right, are Elliott E. Simpson, Rep. Clarence F.
and Rep. P. G.
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UNION PRESS-COURIER
HASTINGS NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Duncan, and Mr, and Mrs.
John Massaros of Lewistown spent
Sunday here with relatives.
Pvt. Albert Massaros of Camp
Meade, Md., spent the past week end
at his home in East End.
Mr. Earl McKillop, son Earl, Mr,
1. GC
orists to Altoona.
Pvt. Michael Banchesky of
Menchio and Misses Mary and |
Kathryn Nesdore were Saturday mot- |
Camp |
Meade, Md., visited friends here the |
first of the week.
Mrs. Margaret Kirkpatrick was
| hostess to her card club last Wednes- |
day. Cinch and lunch featured. The |
prizes were awarded Mesdames David
Elden, Frank Gill and Edwin Link.
Mesdames Stephen Jansure, Albert
Gill and Vincent Link also attended.
Miss Bernadine Dillon of Sewickley
is spending a few days here at the
| home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Dillon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dillon, son Ed,
Miss Winifred Dillon and Miss Ann
Nesdore were Saturday shoppers in
| Altoona.
| Mrs. P. O. Holtz and daughter Jane
| were recent callers in Altoona.
Pvt.
N. C,, is visiting relatives here.
Miss Naomi Daugherty of Spangler
| was a Sunday evening caller at the
Cosmos Elder home.
Messrs. Wm. Lantzy and James |
| Rubis were Saturday motorists to
Philipsburg.
Misses John Yeager
| week at the P. F. Yahner home.
Mr. Oscar Link of Marsteller
Mike Galinis of Fort Bragg. |
| individual conscience;
and Jos. Young |
of Oil City spent several days this|
|
was |
a Sunday visitor at the Vincent Link |
home.
Mrs. P. F. Yahner and granddaugh- |
| ter Emilie Jane are visiting at the
Phil Runzo home in Oil City.
Mrs. Stephen Jansure, daughters
Florenec and Kathryn, son Ray and
Miss Jackie Bobal and Mr. Richard
Brynes were visitors in Altoona on
7 of last week.
s. Ray Jansure, John Dillen,
and Steve Bakajka were Monday ev-
ening callers in Cherry Tree.
Mrs. Eari Farabaugh of Spangler
visited at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Abel Monday.
Week end visitors in Washington, |
and Mrs. Edwin Geus |
D. C., wera Mr.
and daughter Louise, Mr. Richard
Murphy and Mrs. Edw. Cassidy.
Miss Veronica Domalik, empioyed
in New York, is spending some time
here at the home of her parents.
| Mr. Jake Kunka Jr., of Detroit,
spent the past week end here at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Kunka Sr.
Mrs. Gervase Kinsey and Mrs. W.
Wagner of Barnesboro were callers
| at the 8S. Jansure home Thursday.
Mrs. George Bell, Misses Rita Lan-
tzy, Margaret Kelly and Mary Dillon
| were Saturday evening shoppers in
| Patton.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McKillop spent
the week end at the Leon McKillop
home in Windber.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl
son .were recent visitors in Patton.
Misses Beatrice Weakland, DeRon-
da Yahner and Messrs Walter Yahner
| and Bob Houck were Saturday vis-
itors in Altoona. :
Amandus Cunningham and Miss
Jane Bechel were Monday callers in
| Johnstown. 5
Sunday visitors at the Warren
Lamer home in Cherry Tree were Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Yahner, son Walter,
| daughter DeRonda, Mr. and Mrs. W.
| Sibert and Misses Be tty and Beatrice
| Weakland and Bob Houck.
Mrs. H. J. Easly, son Stephen, and
Misses Sue and Ann Easly visited in
| Altoona with relatives Monday.
| Miss Betty Holliday of New York
{ 1s visiting at the Clark home here.
Mr. Stephen Easly was a Sunday
{ caller in Ebensburg. :
| Miss Louise Hess, member of grade
i school faculty, spent the week end at
| her home in Clarion.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Durbin of Sp-
| angler visited relatives here recently.
Local youngsters, members of Mrs.
| Webb's dancing school, who partici- |
| pated in the entertainment program
{ 8&lven at a meeting of the Altar So-
| ciety of St. Patrick’s Church, Spang-
| ler,
| Binder,
last Wednesday were: Gretchen
Eleanor and Anna Mae Rad-
omsky, Emilie Jane Yeager, Berniece
Gladys Baker, Joan Elden,
Donna Jean Miller, Beverly Houck.
Mothers and friends who attended |
the above event were: Mesdames Os- |
car Binder, A. F. Baker, Mrs. Adam
Radomsky, P. F. Yahner, Paul Elden,
A. J. Houck and Mrs. Phil Runzo and
Vivian Dumm. !
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Buck and dau-
ghter Camille and son Bobby spent |
Sunday at the John Buck home in |
Patton. |
Mr. John Kolany of Pittsburgh was
at home here over the week end.
Mr. Regis Lantzy of Detroit and
Miss Helen Lantzy of Harrisburg |
spent the week end at the home of
their father, B. A. Lantzy
CAMBRIA ‘COUNTY HAS 644 |
SUPPORT CASES AND RATE
OF COLLECTION VERY HIGH |
The rate of collection in Cambria |
County's 644 non-support cases is
extremely high, Probation officer |
John A. Reese told a combined I1un- |
cheon meeting in Johnstown the oth- |
er day of the Cambria County Wel- |
fare Committee of the Public Char- |
ities Association and the Council of |
Social Agencies.
Reese presented a statistical you)
port on the work of his office and de-
clared among other things that main-
tenance fs secured in nearly 100 per
cent of the cases involving children
of unmarried parents.
—Buy U. S. War Bonds, Stamps.
PLEDGE YOUR FAITH
BY RU TH TAYLOR.
If you glory in the past— |
i
If the story of the preat trek of
the freedom hungry people, of their
turning from the tyrannies of Euro-|
pe to an unknown continent; if the |
saga of their carving a home out of |
the virgin wilderness, of the rise of |
| this rich land of ours, whose very
name—the United Staes of America
breathes the effort of men to work |
together in mutual understanding and |
cooperation; if these tales move you,
give you inspiration and courage; if
you feel the glory of the past heri-
tage of this country of ours
Then for the preservation of that
| glory, for the preservation indeed of |
the very ideals for which those pio-
neers fought and died, then—in eq-
ual spirit with those men who said
“millions for defense, but not one
cent for tribute”,
Pledge to buy U. S. Savings Bonds
regularly. |
If you believe in the present— |
If the democratic way of life means
anything to you; if you have faith in
a republican form of government, in
majority rule and minority rights; if
you wish to live and work as free
men and not as serf labor; if you be-
lieve in the sanctity of the home and
family and in the right of individual
enterprise; that the state is made ior
man, not man for the state—that the
obligation of citizenship means equal
treatment for all without regard to
race, creed or color; if you hold that
man should be free to worship God |
according to the dictates of his own|
if you believe |
in the Bill of Rights and its practi-|
cal application— |
Then prove your faith. If you can |
fight—fight. If you are needed for |
Defense work—work to the extent of |
your strength and ability—and then
some. And whatever you do—help
supply the sinews of war.
Pledge to buy U. S. Savings Bonds
regularly.
If you hope for the future—
If you wish to see the dawn of a
new day when the Four Freedoms be-
come the basis for a new world or-
der of free men; if you wish the
world of tomorrow to offer to your
| children an opportunity greater than
McKillop and |
| follow,
your own for growth and knowledge
and service; if you want tc be cer-
tain that your children and your c hil- |
dren may choose, without fear, to|
seek God in the way they choose for |
themselves and not as some over-lord
dictates; if you wish the sacrifices of
those who paved the way for you,
added to your sacrifices of today to
make smooth the path for those to
so that the law of love may
be fulfilled and the children of the]
future grow up, unafraid, in a world
of brotherhood
Then pave the way now! Do your
share in fighting and working for
this country of ours
of free men. Prove your faith—invest
in yourselves—for this country of
ours is not a thing apart, it is you|
and me and our neighbors. Pave the |
way to a new future—fight, work,
pray and pay.
Pledge to buy U. S.
regularly.
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Harry Baumgardner,
Street, Lewistown, Pa. a World's
Tonic user and booster says “1 think
prevention is just as good a form of
health insurance a person can have.
We always keep World's Tonic in |
our home and the entire family uses
it to prevent constipation getting a
foothold.”
Constipation is often a factor in
gassy heart pressure, swollen joints,
piercing back pains and drowsiness |
after meals. The stomach may need |
toning and strengthening. The laxa-
tive aid of World's Tonic has proven
itself many times. It has helped thou-
sands, why not you? Get the large
size bottle today at Patton Drug Co., |
and all other good drug stores. (J71) |
the last hope |
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NINE OUT OF TEN FAMILIES
IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE
MEAT AT LEAST ONCE A DAY
A farmer: “My wife hurt my
feelings. She told me that my mule
has an easier time than she does.”
Federal Security Administrator
Paul V. McNutt, last week disclosed
the eating habits of South Bend, Ind., El NT
which was surveyed as a typical Am-
erican city. Those habits are: 5 Cow Ber INTL
About nine out of ten families have AT WL IA NY ENG
meat every day.
Beef, veal, lamb, ham and pork
are the most popular meats. i . -_—
The white potato is eaten more f1e-
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Oranges and grapefruit are greater
favorites than tomatoes.
About three out of four housewives
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Children fare better than adults in GREENHOUSES
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Young housewives use more milk |
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Mr. McNutt said South Bend was
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