A GENERAL NEWSPAPEX DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS
OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
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ss, Established May, 1935
AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY
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Patton Courier, Established Oct., 1893
VOL. 49. NO. 39.
PRIMARY LINEUP
WILL BRING SOME
LIVELY CONTESTS
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Westrick, Hartnett, O'Connor and
McDermott Have No Oppo-
sition at Deadline,
Despite the war and the resulting
apparant apathy on the part of the
voters, there will be no dearth of
candidates for nomination for county, |
borough and township offices at the |
primaries to be held September 14th. |
This was indicated Monday with the |
passing of the deadline for filing of |
nomination petitions with the county |
commissioners.
Following are the candidates for |
county offices:
Commissioner.
(Two to nominate.)
Democrat — Frank P. Hollern, of |
Johnstown; Eddie McCloskey, Johns- |
town; George C. Hoppel, Patton; and |
Michael C. Chervenak, Jr. Portage |
Township. epublican—John Thom- |
as, Jr., Westmont; Cyrus W. Davis, |
Conemaugh; Dr. Emlyn Jones, Johns- |
town.
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District Attorney. {
Democrat—Albert L. O'Connor, of |
Loretto. Republican—Stephens May- |
er, Johnstown; Walter E. R0se, |
Johnstown.
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Treasurer. |
Democrat — Edward Baumer,
Johnstown; Bruce Lybarger, Vinton-
dale; Leslie L. Chamberlin, Dale;
Francis G. McKinley, Lorain. Re- |
publican—Roy B. Griffith, Stonycreek |
Township; Byron W. Davis, Ebens-
burg; Albert Scott Beam, Upper Yo-
der Township.
Prothonotary.
Democrat—John A. Conway, of
Johnstown. Republican — John L.
Hite. Johnstown; B. F. Jervis, Eb-
ensburg; James Bent, Westmont.
Register of Wills.
Democrat—Michael J. Hartnett. of
Johnstown. Republican — Clem L.
Varner, East Taylor Township; Paul
J. Wills, Loretto.
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PATTON
PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA.
BARNESBORO MAN BERNARD TIMMS IS
MISSING IN ACTION NAMED TO UMW POST
Mr. and Mrs. James Scollon, Sr., of
Barnesboro, have been notified by the |
War Department that their son, Staff |
Sgt. James J. Scollon, 30, has been |
missing in action since July 15th in|
the European area. He was a mem-
ber of an American Bomber crew.
Entering the Army Air Forces on Shifts in two board positions in
April 23, 1942, Sgt. Scollon took his| District No. 2 of the United Mine
basic training at Kessler Field, Miss. | Workers of America to fill the va-
and served at Fort Bragg, N. C. He|cancy created by the recent induc-
graduated from the Harlingen Gun-| tion of Lewis Evans, Colver, into the
nery School in Texas, in September, | Army, were made Wednesday by
1942. The soldier was sent overseas james Mark, district president.
last May. Prior to entering service| Bernard Timms, Barnesboro, who
he was employed by the Pittsburgh | .q been assisting Evans in his du-
Equitable Meter Company. Two older | ioc as hoard rictaber of the strong
brothers served in World War I. | North Cambria Mining section, has
| been named to supervise the terri-
| tory.
John J. Maholtz of Spangler, dean
of all United Mine Worker officials
| of District No. 2, will aid Timms in
his organization capacity, Mark an-
nounced.
And John J, Maholtz, Veteran
Organizer, Has Been Chosen
As His Assistant,
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EAGLES
WILL HOLD PIGNIG
ON SUNDAY NEXT
At the Patton Recreation Park;
Number of Interesting Fea-
tures Are Scheduled.
Cambria area, the largest single ter-
| ritory in the district, Wednesday re-
| ceived official notification of the
| new assignments from President
! Mark.
{ In announcing the shifts to the
membership, the district president
requested the men to cooperate ful-
iy witn the board officials. Nanty-
Go, largest local in District 2, and
the big Colver and Revloc locals are
imncuded in the North Cambria terri-
Members of Patton Aerie, No. 1244,
Fraternal Order of Eagles and their |
families and friends are cordially in-
vited to attend the Eagles’ Annual
picnic which will be held at the Pat-
ton Recreation Park next Sunday af-
ternoon, August 1st.
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TO SUCCEED EVANS
All U. M. W. locals in the North
ory.
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1943.
MINERS ARE URGED
TO ACT SAFELY AND
T0 DIG MORE COAL
By the District President, James
Mark, at Indiana County
Memorial Dedication,
Great need for miners to practice
every possible safety measure while
at work and to produce the largest
amount of coal with the smallest
number of lost time accidents was
stressed by James Mark, Du Bois,
president of District 2, U. M. W,, in
an address Sunday afterfioon at the
dedication of the Memorial in hon-
or of the seven men who were killed
in the explosion at Kent 2 Mine in
McIntyre, Indiana county, June 30th,
1941.
Hundreds of miners, their wives
and children, from all parts of the
county attended the impressive cere-
monies, President Mark, in his ad-
dress, did not touch on the labor sit-
uation in any manner, but confined
his remarks to safety and the neces-
sity of producing every possible ton
of coal during the present emergen-
y.
The U. M. W. leader urged the mi-
ners to work every day possible and
to put forth every human effort to
increase the output of coal which is
vitally needed in practically every
war industry.
Residents of the mining communi-
ty, through public subscription and
donations from the Rochester
and
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
IND | SOLDIER MINERS TO
E GIVEN VACATION
jon goes ag oot oon PAY IN THIS AREA
Lawrence's Catholic church at St. | - —
Lawrence, in commemoration of the | Probably Ten Thousand Men of
present and former members of the| Local District Are Serving
in the Armed Forces.
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FIELD MASS |
PICNIC PLANNED B
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parish. The outdoor mass will start
at eleven o'clock in the morning. {
On this same day, the annual par- |
ish picnic of the congregation will | Pennsylvania coal miners who have
take piace in the St. Lawrence grove | been inducted into the nation’s fight-
and members of the parish have for-|ing forces during the past year will
med committees to assure all one of | receive the $50 vacation payment ag-
the most successful picnics yet held | reed to by the United Mine Workers
there. Feature of the affair, of course | of America and Appalachian opera-
will be a chicken dinner and supper. tors.
There will be dancing afternoon and| Walter A. Jones, secretary of the
evening and games and other amuse- | Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers
| ments throughout the day. Refresh-| Agsociation, stated that individual
ments wil be served all day. | operators have made or are prepar-
FV | ing to make the bonus payment. The
CAMBRIA AR F | same holds good for the Somerset Co.
— | Coal Producers’ Association.
{ ‘The large amount of money paid to
| the miner soldiers, the greater num-
| ber of whom are residents of Cambria
First Lieutenant Paul D, Mec-
Gowan, of Fallentimber, Is
Listed By War Dept.
Several thousand former Central
| Indiana and Somerset counties, will
[be scattered over most of the world
| since many now are serving in dis-
| tant parts of the globe.
| Because of difficulty in sending
i the vacation payment to these dis-
tant points, many companies, it was
| learned, expect to make the payment
| to the family to be kept until the
soldier returns.
Operator officials said several
companies are forwarding letters to
the soldiers asking them if they wish
to have the $50 sent directly to them
First Lieutenant Paul D. McGowan,
aged 21 years, pilot in the U. S. Ma-
rine Corps, was killed in action in
the South Pacific on July 7th, accor-
ding to a Navy Department message
received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Due to the rationing of food, it
will be impossible for the Aerie to
have a concession stand at the picnie
this year.
The sports committee have arrang-
ed a fine program of events to be
held in the afternoon for which cash
prizes will be given.
Bingo, under the supervision of Mr.
Vincent A. Huber and sons, will be
conducted during the day.
The entertainment committee has
secured the services of a nationally-
known radio band which will furnish
entertainment throughout the day.
In the event of rain the picnic will
Timms, former veteran checkwei-
ghman at the Pennsylvania Coal &
Coke mine at Marsteller, had been
assistant board member for the pasi
two years.
President Mark announced that
Mr. Timms will serve as acting board
member until the return of Evans
trom the armed forces. Evans was
re-elected this year to a two year
term as board member. Should he
return prior to March 81, 1945, ex-
piration date of his term, he will as-
sume his office, Mark s but af-
J e bi-
Po
‘Recorder of De:
lark, 11, Ebens-
en an . FR
enspurg; Reginald S. (Puddy) Dav-
ig, Upper Yoder Township; R. M.
(Milt) Good, Conemaugh.
Controller.
Democrat—Dennis L. Westrick, El-
der Township. Republican—+Perce R.
Appleyard, Stonycreek Township, El-
mer Davis, Johnstown.
Clerk of Courts.
Democrat—Peter J. Culliton, of
Johnstown; Joan Bitchko, Nanty-Glo,
Joe Piurkowsky, Lower Yoder Twp.;
Lottie Easterbrook, Johnstown. Re-
publican—J. Dean Joy, Johnstown.
Coroner.
Democrat—Patrick McDermott, of
Hastings. Republican—George Lee,
Southmont; Herbert C. Dixon, Johns-
town.
Surveyor.
Democrat—Isadore J. Pfeister, Ha-
stings. Republican—Samuel G. Fet-
terman, Johnstown.
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ASSEMBLYMEN SEEK
OTHER JOBS IT SEEMS
Four of Cambria County's five as-
semblymen will be candidates for |
city or county offices in the primar-|
ies September 14th. |
Walter E. Rose, Johnstown, asks
the g. o. p. nomination for district |
attorney, while Paul H. Gross, also]
of Johnstown, wants the party nom-
ination for city treasurer. |
Albert L. O'Connor, Loretto. is un-
opposed for the Democratic nomina-
tion for district attorney, and Mi-
chael C. Chervenak, Jr, Portage
Township, is in the race for a Demo-
cratic nomination for County Com-
missoner.
The other assemblyman, Tom |
Owens Carrolltown, is content to stay |
on the job as editor of the Patton |
Union Press-Courier. |
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Nurse Dies In Africa.
Lt. Claire Rley of the Army Nurse
Corps, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |
Joseph W. Riley’ of Osceola Mills, |
died in North Africa early this mon-|
th according to word received by rel- |
atives in Nanty-Glo. Lt. Riley enlist-
ed in the armed forces in September,
1941. Her father is a brother of the
late Mrs. Reynold Lamont of Nanty-
Glo. The message of the War Depart-
ment did not state whether Lt. Riley
died of wounds or of disease.
Leaves Hospital.
Mrs. Rosella Diamond, vice chair-
man of the Democratic Committee of
Cambria County, is recuperating in
her Summerhill home from an exten-
ded illness. Mrs. Diamond, who en-
tered Windber hospital, July 6th, is
a medical patient, was discharged on
be held the follow
[TWO MILLION, FIVE HUND-
‘his duties as a dis
Evans, married, was inducte
the army this month. At the same
time, Mike Degretto, also of Colver,
international representative of the
U. M. W., entered the army, but his
position must be filled by the inter-
national office.
John Maholtz has served for 20
| years as an organizer for the U. M.
| W. in District 2 and has served un-
| der four international presidents of
| the mine union.
| had been serving for the past
ti of 7
In the evening there will be a floor
show and dance in the Eagles’ Home
for members and their friends.
The Patton Eagles also are plan-
ning a class initiation for Sunday af-
ternoon, August 15th, the ceremony
being in charge of the Patton De-
gree team. A floor show and dance
will follow in the evening for mem-
bers and their ladies.
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PLAN TO REVAM
He
OFFICIALS UNION four years as an organizer for truck-
ers and house coal mines in the North
-d Cambria and Indiana territory. He
Plans for the complete reorganiza- | began as a union official in the Dis-
tion of the Mine Officials Union of trict in 1909 when Patrick Gilday
District No. 2 were outlined at a|was president in District 2 and Tom
meeting of representatives of the va-|L, Lewis president of the national
rious locals last Sunday afternoon in| organization. He then served under
the Knights of Malta Hall, Indiana. | President John P. White, Frank
John McLeplin, Pittsburgh, inter-| gayes, and currently, John L. Lewis.
national presdent of the union, which | For several years following the big
is familiarly known as the “official| ct ike of 1927 he worked in the Mar-
family unicn, stressed the fact that | gtejjer mine, serving for part of that
the organization is working in com-| 504 a5 checkweighman. In his new
fists parmony with the United Mine role he also will retain supervision
Workers of America, the truckers and house coal
ree
: VOTERS GAN REGISTER
IN PATTON SHORTLY
ted with District 50, which is com- |
posed of all craft unons of the U. M. |
N., District 2, which includes mines |
in Indiana, Jefferson, Cambria, Som- |
erset, Bedford, and Clarion Counties. |
The international presdent predic-|
ted that the union membership would
While there will be many more
future. He said that one of the rea- | points in the county designated for
sons for the meeting was to stimu- | registration of voters, which will be
late interest in the organization. published later, nevertheless, in or-
John Buggy, chairman of the Er-| der that vote
nest Local Union, 106, M. O. U., was | arrange for such r
in charge of the session. |
be increased considerably in the near |
RED THOUSAND MEN ARE Fire hall on Saturday of next week,
NOW SERVING OVERSEAS
London.—ElImer Davis, head of the |
U. S. Office of War Information, dis- |
closed this week that almost 2,500,- |
purpose.
They will likewise be a
| seas and that the A. E. F. is grow-| vijle, Y. M. I hall, on Friday, Aug-
ing steadily.
Davis declared the Sicilian
paign is “only the beginning” of the
American war effort in Europe and
predicted in a broadcast over BBC
that “you’ll see more and more Am-
erican soldiers in Europe.”
Pointing out that more than half |
of America’s war strength is now
deployed in the Pacific, Davis said]
the far eastern front “will be steadily |
reinforced until complete victory is |
won.”
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| ust 6th, the same hours.
cam- |
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| those Ww
| their address, and those who
| sire to change party affiliation.
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CARD OF THANKS.
cent bereavement,
death of our wife and mother,
rs in this section may |
egistration now, it|
| 228 been snnounced by the sonny ioined the army, and pointed out that |
board oF giections iat Top eren 4) “potent and powerful as our we
tives will be at the Patton Borough igng may be and magnificent
August 7th, from 10 a. m. to 3 P- M., | manpower and human courage
| and from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m., for that the decisive factors.”
t Blandburg | a
: . on Saturday, August 7th, with the
000 American soldiers now are over-| game hours of sitting, and at Ash-
This registration is for new voters,
ho have not voted in the past
[two years, those who have changed
de-
We wish to thank all those who as-
| sisted us in any way during our re-
the illness and
Mrs.
America has raised and trained ov-
er 7,000,000 men to date, Davis re-
vealed. The Navy has 2,000,000 of
these men and the Army has trans-
ported overseas a total of almost 2,-
500,000, he said.
Friday last. Her condition is regard-
ed as fairly good.
—OQatmeal is high in iron, thiamine
phosphorus and protein.
{Jane Semelsberger; also for the flo-
rat and spiritual bouquets and use of
cars.—Frank Semelsberger and Fam-
|ily.
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The inland water area of Pennsyl-
vania according to the Department
of Forests and Waters, is 184,320 ac-
res.
Pittsburgh Coal Company, operators
of the mine, raised sufficient funds
to erect the granite monument in
memory of the men who were killed
when the explosion rocked the mine.
Other speakers at the ceremonial
were John Grizzoni, Homer City, in-
ternational board member of the U.
M. W., Fred Vinton, mine superin-
tendent, and others. '
CA
‘South Pacific, in a& Navy Department
‘communication received by his mo-
ther, Mrs. Mallie Stich-Thomas, who
expressed the opinion that her son
was lost when the Cruiser U. S. S
Helena was reported sunk during
the battle of Kula Gulf in the South
Pacific. Mrs. Stich said that she
knew that her son had been attached
to the cruiser for some time and that
he was aboard the ship when it sail-
ed for the South Pacific several mon-
ths ago.
The missing sailor's sister, Lt. Le-
ora ‘Stich, is serving with the Army
and a brother, Cpl. Richard Stich, is
Benno, recently was discharged from
ters.
Seaman Stich enlisted Jan. 2, 1942,
and has been at various naval posts.
MARTIN SAYS MEN AND
COURAGE ARE DECISIVE
FACTORS IN BATTLE
Despite the improve
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tury, manpow
remain the decisive factors today in
successful military campaigns, ac-
i cording to Governor Edward Martin.
In an address at an “ordnance for
| victory” dinner at Philadelphia dur-
ling the week, the
the modernization of war
during the last 45 years since he first
ap-
as our
| is,
| equipment undoubtedly
«The tools of war are vital” he
dded, “but they must be in the
hands of trained fighting men, amply
supplied and ably led.”
The Governor said that soldiers in
the
the
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| World War II had six times
weight in equpment than did
doughboys of 1918.
DPA RECORDS USED
BY DRAFT BOARDS
The State Department of Public
Assistance has disclosed its records
are being used by Pennsylvania Se-
lective Service Boacds in reaching
decisions on dependency claims filed
by registrants.
«po date thousands of such inves-
tigations have been completed by the
staffs of county assistance boards
and information has been submitted
to selective service boards to confirm
or disprove claims of many regis-
trants,” declared Secretary Samuel
Y. Ramage.
Nurse Corps, in Camp Wheeler, Ga. |
Joseph B. McGowan, of Fallentimber
R. D. The flier had been overseas
gince April.
Lt. McGowan enlisted in the Naval
Air Corps Reserve in December, 1941,
and was called for training in Febru-
ary, 1942. He won his wings as a pi-
lot and his commission last December
and was assigned for duty at Nor-
folk, Va., with the Marine Corps. In
March last he was transferred to San
Diego, California, and the following
month was sent to the combat zone.
The officer graduated from Reade
and
1921, a 8 0
ph B. and Georgia Gettings: Mc-
E ‘Gowan. In additon to his parents, he
‘is survived by three brothers and a
sister—Cpl. Joseph McGowan, with
the Army Air Forces in England;
Thomas F. McGowan, Monaca and
Robert, and Georgia Mae McGowan,
all at home.
| pose of the soul of Lt. McGowan will
{be celebrated at 9 o'clock Saturday |
| morning, July 81, in St. Mary Mag-
| dalene’s Catholic church, Frugality.
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JEFFERS PREDICTS
TIRES NEXT SPRING
bber Directdr William Jeffers
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last week predicting that it will be
| strictions next spring unless
| are unforseen military demands.
This was the forecast after it was
| aiclosed that James F. Byrnes, head
{ of the Office of War Mobilization and
| “president of the home iront,” haa
| asked Jeffers to make a report on
| the rubber situation to him.
| The action was taken according to
there |
ments in war | Byrnes office, after Jeffers recently was reported as missing in ac
ordnance since the turn of the cen- | issued orders tightening up the av-|a Navy
er and human courage! ailable number of tires by ruling that | received by his parents, Mr.
| no certificate would be issued for
{ purchase of spare tires for automo-
Eis
| biles.
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There has been some concery ex-
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| pressed in Washington that the tigh-
| rubber program.
Actually, it was learned, Jeffers
| issued the order to conserve rubber
| supplies through the summer and
| number of casings for recaps did not
develop.
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SUGAR TO STAY ON
THE RATION LIST
The Office of Price Administration
intends to keep sugar on the ration
[list at least for the time being, ac-
jeording to recent reports.
Speaking on the Blue Network,
“This Is Official,” Martin Hilby said
| that no change is contemplated at
this time. President Roosevelt recen-
| t1y had suggested it might be possi-
| ble to remove sugar from ration con-
| trols because of the improvement in
imports.
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St. Augustine Picnic.
Members of the parish of St. Au-
gustine’s Catholic church at St. Au-
gustine are planning for their annual
picnic on Sunday, August 15th. De-
tailed annoucements will be given at
a later date.
on the fighting front or held until
they return.
No exact record of the number of
former miners of District 2 now in
the armed forces is available. Dis
trict union officials had requested in-
dividual locals to keep them informed
of all men who were inducted in the
armed forces but a grest many fail-
ed to keep an accurate account.
Recently the International Office
of the U, M. W. sent each of the
mine locals large honar rolls on which
: PS ‘have been‘ miuete :
to the service between the basic ya-
cation period of June 15, 1942,
June 15, 1943, will ‘receive the
bonus, operators announced. Regard-:
less of whether the soldier had work-
ed only a day with the company prior
i to being called to the colors he shall
| be eligible for the vacation bonus, of-
A high mass of requiem for the re- | ficials of the operators’ groups an-
ounced.
It is estimated that approximately
10,000 former coal miners of District
No. 2 now are at battle stations and
{training camps throughout the
world. The greater part of these men
however, were inducted into the ser-
vice prior to the last 12 months.
Companies which make cash gifts
to soldiers entering the service may
credit these to the $50 payment, un-
| jon officials stated. At several mines
n
at Camp Crowder. Another brother, | j.afted a report for the White House | a token payment is presented a min-
er by the company when he enters
the service. He has several other sis-| possible to lift all tire rationing re-|any branch of the armed forces.
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DYSART SAILOR
REPORTED LOST
Louis J. Benzie, 19, of
seaman second class, in
Dysart, a
the Navy,
tion in
mmunication
and Mrs.
Department «
Louis Benzie, Dysart.
The message did not reveal in what
theater of war the young sailor was
reported as missing, but his pare
had been informed that he
Governor reviewed | tening up of the restrictions was due | at sea for about two months.
equipment | to a siowing down of the synthetic |last heard from him in &
, letter writ-
ten on July 4th and received on July
(14th. In the letter he told of being
| well and enjoying life in the Navy.
Young Benzie entered the Navy
trained | fall. The need for conservation devel- March 12, 1943, and received his ba-
are | oped partly because the anticipated |sic training at the Naval T
fining
School, Sampson, N. Y. He ¢
brief furlough with his parents ear]
lin May. }
| Seaman Benzie was born ih Dy=-
| sart and was graduated from the
| Cresson High School. He was afilia=
ted with St. Thomas’ Church, Ash-
| ville, while residing at home.
| NICKTOWN RAILROAD
WORKER IS INJURED
Not much improvement is noted in
| the critical condition of Louis H. Pe-
ters, nineteen year old Pennsylvania
Railroad Worker, who was crushed
| between a railroad car and the side
| of the roundhouse in Cresson one day
| last week.
Peters, who resides in Nicktown, is
being treated in Altoona Hospital
for injuries of the pelvic region and
internal injuries. Hospital attaches
say the man was crushed badly about
the pelvis.
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