A GENERAL NEWSPAPEX DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS
OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
= UNION
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Union Press, Established May, 1935 immil
“WL, N.%0.
RED CROSS PLEDGES
OF MINING INDUSTRY
ARE PAID UP IN FULL
Miners and Operators Both Con-
tribute Generously Chairman
Geo. Clark Discloses,
CANDIDATES GIVEN
EXTRA-MILE RATIONS
FIRM IN ITS DEMAND
ON PORTAL PAYMENT
-
| Request of Some of the Mine Op-
erators for Court Ruling Fails
to Deter Union,
Candidates for public office in tel
local rationin ghoard area will be |
granted 540 miles of automobile tra- |
vel in conducting their campaigns for
nomination in the September primar-
ies under a rulng from the Altoona
District offices, it was stated Tues- |
day night by Chairman Wilbur |
Wright of the County War Price and |
Rationing Board. The mileage, which |
is the equivalent of 36 gallons of
gasoline according to OPA estimates,
must last the candidate through the
six weeks’ campaign.
George A. Clark of Hastings, co- |
chairman of the the Cambria County
1943 Red Cross War Fund, states that
the pledges have ben paid in full by |
all the branches listed below, and that | Se
in each instance the pledges exceed- |
Smt PATTON SELECTED
S25 SS BY FIREMEN FOR THE
NEXT CONVENTION
welfare organizations and also am- |
ong local civic and church groups, |
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Cambria County Group Elects with Illinois operators, he said.
New Officers At Annual Meet | The union view was also reflected
and he has not been able to find
where pledges have been met 100 per |
in Beaverdale Wednesday. | in an editorial in the current issue of
- bie | the UMW Journal, which said:
cent, as in this campaign. He feels
that the branch workers and contri-
butors are responsible for this unu-
“Every discussion of the present
coal wage controversy reaches the
same conclusion, namely, that there
sual result.
Particularly pleasing to the Red |
Cross organization is the handsome |
contributions made by the miners and |
will be no peace in the coal industry
charge of this phase of the campaign, | Cambria County and Vicinity, held|anthracite of bituminous, or guaran-
is now in the armed forces. The re-|cn Wednesday in Beaverdale. | tee of an adequate coal supply until
sult by branches, in the campaign, is| Nominated without opposition, |a collective bargaining wage agree-
a gouta of $13,00; pledged $13,594.75, | Robert allison, Ebensburg, Was hos a statement which said the operators
and coliected $12,612.75. [gh Yice president; Ww ism Ferg, a | and miners had failed to agree be-
The Beaver Valley Eranch had a]Oakmont, second vice president; | cause of “one major difference,” the
operators in the county. Lewis Ev-|
as follows: | Donald Frye, of South Fork, was el-| ment is signed.”
quota of $7,000; pledged $7,300, and | F. Baker, Hastings, reelected secre- dispute over travel pay.
|
{ Workers of America are standing be-
| tract in the face of an operators’
| move to force a court test of the
| prolonged dispute on underground
| travel pay.
| A UMW spokesman said the oper-
| ators’ petition for a ruling on portal
| to portal pay by the Abingdon, Va.,
Federal District Court, would not af-
fect the union’s course of action. It
will continue to press for War Labor
Board approval the agreement
of
n of officers |
5s session of the
22nd annual cor tion of the Vol-|
unteer Firemen’s Association of
Electior
featured the
ans, co-chairman with Mr. Clark, in
The Allegheny Ridge Branch had | ected President by unanimous yore The Jewell Ridge Company issued
5
i tary for the 1d time; and Victor | :
Pld $1,802.05 Branch pledged §$7,-| Smith, Lilly, reelected treasurer. The company said a court decision
000; pledged $8,100; and paid $8,100.| Approximately 400 delegates from |on the issue would pave the way for
The quota of the Clearfield Branch | the various fire companies in Cam- agreement on a contract and insure
was $7,000; it pledged $9,000, and | Pria county attended the one day uninterrupted production.
paid $9,000. | conclave. Miners are without a contract at
The Mountain branch had a quota | i k - i the present time. The UMW Journal
of $8,000; pledged $9,150; and paid | dies auxiliary of the county associa- points this out. That they must have
iri di | tion, Mrs. Earl Sharbaugh, Carroll-|a contract is the definite opinion of
| town, was elected president;
During business sessions of the Ia]
Cambria county Coroner Patrick
McDermott is awaiting the report of
state mine inspectors into the death
of Ernest L. McKee, aged 42 years,
of Westover, R. D., who was crushed
to death on Monday morning when
he was caught between a Deisel sho-
vel and the wall of a strip coal min-
ing operation near St. Benedict.
The coroner said he will study the
mine inspector's report before de-
termining the necessity of an inquest.
Pittsburgh, | The man died in the Miners’ Hospital
fur. | at Spangler at 12:20 a. m., a short
of | tme after his admission. : The man
asi suffered a crushed pelvis, internal in-
| juries and a fracture of the right leg
The man had been employed for
some time by the Frank Wood Coal
Co., engaged in strip mining opera-
tions in the north of the county.
Vv
By submitting the low bid of $9.90
per thousand, the Carrolltown News,
Carrolltown, was awarded the con-
tract to print 125000 ballots for the
Cambria County Primary, Tuesday,
September 14th. |
The other bid received by the com-
missioners was one for $10.25 per
thousand by Weigel & Barber Print- |
ing Co., Johnstown. |
Willam G. Johnson,
was awarded contract to
nish election supplies with a bid
of $563.30. Tae only other bid w.
the
BL dhuehaiun branch had as| \ : Mrs. | miners’ officials and of the rank and
its quota, $8,000; i pledged 50,8855 Catherine Logue, Spangler rst Vice file of the miners themselves
and paid $10,723, | Portage ‘second vice president Mee] President John L. Lewis of the U.
The total quota was $50,000.00! the| yon Whalen ‘Spangler Secretary, re-| M. W. A, pleaded at a three hour
total pledges $56,030.23, and the 10-| elected: and Mise Eatherine Glasser, | hearing before the War Labor Board
tal amount paid was $56,962.69. | Spangler treasurer; re-elected: | on Tuesday on approval of the Tli-
Mine Workers Donations. Ns. Pp. J. Nash, Nanty-Glo; Mrs: nois portal to portal pact. He said
The members of the United Miné Ann Bearer, Carrolltown, and Mrs. the “miners want no TAYOrs
Workers of America in the area con- | 1y, Matthews, Scalp Level, were el-| board, but believe their demands are
tributed the sum of $20,606.02, as iS|ccteq directors. | Just. The board likely will hand down
shown in the following tabulation by| patton Volunteer Fire Co., No. 1/2 decision within the next two weeks.
local union, the number of the local|. sc awarded the 1944 convention by | — eV eine
appearing before the name of the| acclamation. Representatives of the ESTOVER M NER
town. | company requested the conclave be-|
9—Twin Rocks $ 434.00) cause the fire company will observe |
393—Hastings . 1,169.50 | jt golden anniversary next year. | CRUSHED T0 DEATH
472—South Fork 467.50 | a |
395 ~Poriage 629.00 CARROLLTOWN NEWS ==
617—Barnesboro 777.00 | piss |
621—Vintondale 672.00 TO PRINT BALLOTS
830—Dunlo 22.006
842—Patton 72.00
850—Revloc 731.00
860—Colver ,902.00
861—Cresson 343.32
935—Cassandra 931.00
1040—Johnstown 101.50 |
1056—Gallitzin 729.50
1269—EImora 1450.00 |
1294—Lilly 347.75 |
1318—Jamestown 516.00 |
1386—Nanty-Glo 2,025.75 |
1855—Emeigh 328.40
2008—St. Benedict 282.25
2010—Cymbria 89.50! eo ror S597 10 submitte > 2 Har
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YANSSENS TO ASSIST
REGISTRATION DRIVES
ry : CRESSON PILOT BAGS TWO
John R. Torquato, chairman of the |
Caren Co rar Jin PLANES; WINS OAK LEAF
Gallitzin R. D. miner and an Al-|mittee, has announced that Ernest | |
toona woman are in the Blair Coun-|Yanssens of Cresson, ison Sean:
ty jail at Hollidaysburg, charged | izer of the United Mine V Jorkers of
with concealing the death of an il-|America, has been appointed co-
legitimate child born June 26th. {chairman of the advisory body of the
The couple, William H. Bollman, | county committee. :
39, and Mrs. Beulah A. Coudriet, 29, Yar ns will assist
admitted parenthood of the child to | the Democratic party s }
police and told of carrying the body | campaign in Northern Cambria coun-
i © By ue J 1 ivr 3 « n ,
to the mountain near Tunnelhill|ty. He has been active in labor or-
where it was buried beneath a slag ganizations in Cambria county for |
Do | : .
pile nearly 20 years, and is a native of
. 3 | Pe y
Charges will be lodged against the Patton.
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pair. |
Bollman and the woman formerly CONTOUR EXPERT
lived together in an apartment in| TO VISIT COUNTY
Altoona. The Gallitzin man had been ———— |
in the army but was discharged on |
age and has been employed in the
mines at Gallitzin.
Police stated that in signed state-
ments, Bollman and Mrs. Coudriet
admitted they were the parents of
the full-term child, born alive. Its
death and burial were not reported |
to authorities. |
Mrs. Coudriet, according to police, |
has been separated from her husband |p. wo qq to Pic, Tee Beraer o
since 1935 and is the mother of four oon of Mrs. Grace Berger of Bland.
Shildrens onlytone of wiich is legl purg, who was wounded in action in
imate, {Africa some weeks ago. Pfc. Berger
Detectives in their investigation! o nas recovered aid rein Be
learned that Bollman had twice bur- | Bow ase Tocovorea and rejoined is
g | . er 1 in the army a year |
ied the child. ago and sent abroad with the
rr {fee | American forces which invaded Nor-|€d at Mount Aloysius’ Junior Coll-|
holding | th Africa. | ege, Cresson opening Friday evening, |
their livestock on the range until live | Vie | August 27th, and closing Monday |
stock prices have been adjusted less| Included in a list of nine Cambria | Morning, August 30th. The Reverend |
shoe leather will result, the WPB | County young women who will grad. | Ditmore McArdle will conduct the
announces. There's been a temporary | uate as nurses next Sunday after-|Retreat.
cut of one-third in cattle, calf and |noon from the Altoona Mercy Hospi- | Those desiring to make the Retreat
kip skins, due to sharp curtailment tal Nurses’ Training School, is Miss! are requested to apply for reserva-
in the slaughter of cattle. Marjorie M. Steir, of Patton. | tions no later than August 10th.
PAIR JAILED IN |
DEATH OF INFANT
| a fighter pilot in the U. S. Air Force, |
|is shooting his way into the ranks |
| of the aerial aces of World War IL. |
| The filer, who is at a U. S. base in|
| the Mediterranean theater, is credit- |
|ed with shooting down two German |
| Messerschmidts in recent aerial act-|
ion in the Mediterranean.
| In a letter received last week |
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ey-|
| ley, he told of shooting down the two
| enemy fighter planes and of earning
the Oak Leaf Cluster to the covet-|
ed air medal.
Lt. Eyerley has been waging aerial |
warfare against the enemy in the
European area for the past six mon-|
hs. |
He attended Cresson High School |
and entered the air force in January,
942. He received his basic training |
at air bases in Texas and was grad- |
{uated as a fighter pilot from Moore |
Field, Tex. early in October, 1942.
Prior to entering the service he was
employed as a postal clerk. |
WOMEN’S RETREAT AT |
MOUNT ALOYSIUS SOON
in directing
registration
b
Albert Cooper, agronomy special-
|ist at State College, will be in the
county to lay out contour work on
| Friday week. Any farmers
| seeking this advice should contact
icounty farm agent, H. C. McWilliams
{at Ebensburg.
i —
Awarded Purple Heart,
The Order of the Purple Heart has
of this
There will be but one retreat for |
women conducted this year conduct-|
W
Because cattlemen are
UMW IS STANDING
—
{ Washington.—The United Mine |
| hind their proposed Illinois wage con- |
“from “tie |
| mittewomen
AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
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PATTON. PENNSYLVANIA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1943.
DRAWINGS MADE
BY CANDIDATES
FOR PRIMARIES
| Position on Ballot Regarded by
Some As Being Helpful If
| Several Are Running,
| —
Some politicians say that a “top”
position on the ballot when a number
of candidates are running, is good for
| a large number of votes. This may or
may not be true. However, at the
drawing for ballot positions by the
county candidates at the commission-
ers’ office in Ebensburg on Monday,
they drew in this order:
District Attorney
and Walter E. Rose, Jr.,
bert L. O'Connor, D.
Prothonotary—B. F. Jervis,
| L. Hite and James Bent, all R., and
| John A. Conway, D.
Register of Wills
and Paul J. Wills, R., and Michael
{ Hartnett, D.
[ tecorder of Deeds—Reginald S
| (Puddy) Davis, Steve A. Burr and R.
[M. (Milt) Good, all R., and Clark
| Powell, D.
County Commissioner
| Davis, Emlyn H. Jones and
| Thomas Jr., R.; and Frank P. Holl-
| ern, Eddie McCoskey, George C. Hop-
pel and Michael C. Chervenak, Jr., D.
Treasurer—Albert Scott Beam, Roy
| B. Griffith and Byron W. Davis, all
| R., and Leslie L.. Chamberlain, Ed-
| ward J. Baumer, Francis G. McKinley
[ana Bruce Lybarger. all D.
Controller—Perce Appleyard and
{Iimer Davis, R., and Dennis L. Wes-
trick, D.
Clerk of Courts—J. Dean Joy, R.;
Lettie Easterbrook, Joe Piurkowsky,
Peter J. Culliton and John Bitchko,
all D.
Coroner—George F. Lee and Her-
bert C. Dixon, R., and Patrick Mec-
Dermott, D.
a intimate
Plan OCD Campaign,
The Barnesboro Civilian Defense
Council has opened a financial cam-
paign to raise funds for the purchase
lof eginpmient for members Gf the or-
ganization. Final plans for the drive
were made last week at a meeting of
the OCD.
R.,, and Al
Clem M. Varner
J.
| Cyrus
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HIGHWAY ENGINEER
TRANSFERS MADE
Expressing his regret on leaving
{ his position as district engineer of
Dstrict No. 9 of the State Highway
| Department, Don C. Stackpole left
| to take charge on Monday of this
{week of the Philadelphia district of-
| fice of the Department. He was suc-
| ceeded by Paul Ambler, ¢ stant
| district engineer of the Harrisburg
| district.
“It is with great reluctance that
I am leaving the Hollidaysburg of-
| fice where I have been stationed since
| Feb. 20, 1939,” Mr. Stackpole said.
| “I've enjoyed particularly working
| with the Cambria County Commiss-
|ioners and advocates of good roads
in that county.”
Mr. Stackpole, who was in charge |
| of Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, Mif-
| flin, Bedford and Fulton counties,
thas been connected with the
| highway department for 33 years.” As |
{ head engineer for the Philadelphia
| district he will have charge of a large
Lt. Harry E. Eyerley, of Cresson, | area.
Erez)
REGISTRATION DRIVE
PLANNED BY CAMBRIA
COUNTY DETMOCRATS
A county wiae arive to register ev-
y potential voter launched
last week by the Cambria Count}
Democratic committee it was an-
nounced by County Chairman John
R. Torquato.
Chairman Torquato said that
Democratic committee and
in the county will
deavor .to contact all u
persons reaching their 1
an effort to have them re
the county registrars sit
ious tow Friday anc
of this week.
Because of the gasoline
automobiles will not be ava
vas
356
nen com-
egistered
jority in
ster when
n the var-
1 Saturday
5 On
shortage
haul potential voters to registration |
places: but Chairman Torquato said
all persons should be glad to walk to
the designated places in order to
exercise their right of franchise, one
of the principal things for which the
greatest war .in the history of the
world now is being waged.
The county chairman emphasized |
that especially during war times the
people should register to become eli-
gible, to vote to assure themselves of
the ’best government possible.
cies of the government are instituted |
and carried out by the men the peo-
ple elect and it is the duty of the
people to elect the best suited men
to public office,” he declared.
Stephens Mayer
John
w. >
John 2
state |
| ment. He is now recovering at
en- |
‘Poli- |
Patton Courier, Established
Oct., 1893
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
LORETTO BOY WOUNDED
IN PACIFIC AREA ACTION
Cpl. Anthony Biller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Biller, Loretto, v re-
ported seriously wounded in action
on July 20th in the Southwest Paci
ic theater of war. The extent of the
soldier's injuries were not revealed
in the War Department communica-
tion received by the Biller family in
Cpl. Biller entered the ser-
May 8, 1942, and received his
basic training at Camp Shelby, Miss.
He was sent overseas in Oct., 1942
He had not been home on furlough
NICKTOWN STORE
AND POST OFFICE
SAFE IS LOOTED
Professional Is Believed to Have
Pulled Job Late Friday Night
or Early on Saturday.
f-
Loretto
vice
e and U. S. Postal in-
spectors are searching for a “profes-
| sionel” safe-cracker who looted the
{ fe in 1binaton postoffice and
neral Nicktcwn late Fri-
night early Saturday morn- |
|
olice said the thief who picked the |
safe by merely turning the dial to|
the right combination, obtained $200 |
in cash and jewelry valued at $983. |
Approximately $80 of the cash loot |
| was the property of the U. S. Gov-|
ernment—receipts of the postoffice.
The balance of the money was the
proceeds from the store, which is op-
erated by N. F. Lambour, well known
| Nicktown resident.
| Mrs. F. N. Lambour, wno replaced
| her father-in-law as postmaster, said
| the robbery was discovered at 7 a. m.
| Saturday when she and Mrs. Lam-
| bour opened the store and postoffice.
| Authorities said that the thief was
apparantly experienced as he did not
{ touch approximately $1,000 worth of
| non-negotiable government bonds and
| stocks in the safe.
+ The. cash registér in thelstore al-
| So was looted. The register was op-
| ened by forcing the door so that the
[bell would not ring. The outside door
{of the safe was not damaged, but
| the inner door to the cash box was |
| broken open. {
The jewelry, owned by Mr. Lam- |
bour, included diamond rings, sever- |
al watches, gold pieces and a neck-
lace. |
Police reported that the thief who
apparantly had “spotted” the place |
previously, gained entrance to the
building through a basement door,
which he forced open. The first at-|
tempt to enter the building was
through a rear window, but the rob-
ber was unable to raise the window.
Postmaster Lambour reported to
police that she left the building at
Y p. m. Friday and at that time ev-
erything was in order.
Postal inspectors who joined offi-
cers of Ebensburg sub-station of the
state police, in the investigation, al-
So expressed the opinion that the
robbery was committed by a profes-
sional because of the manner in
which the safe was opened.
State poli
the cc
store in
or
e
PVT. JOSEPH HROMULAK
IS INJURED IN ACTION
Pvt. Joseph Hromulak, aged 26,
of Barnesboro, has been wounded in
action while fighting in the Pacific
| area, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Hromulak, Sr., of Barnesboro,
have |
been informed by the War Depart-
base hospital.
The parents were told that the de-
[gree of wounds is unknown. He en-
| listed
the
has
18 of
overseas
last
since |
service Dec,
been
in
ear and
his induction into the ar-
med forces he worked in the Colver
the Ebensburg Coal Co. A
brother, Sgt. Paul, is now stationed
at Camp Shelby, Miss.
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GAS TO ATTEND PIGNICS
Due
11
mine of
to the established
le various picnics held
the Hastings
Board at a meeting
nature
in this
Rationing
Wednesday
night, voiced the opinion that it
of
section,
permissible for local motorists to
A’ gq
purpose of attending such of thes:
the
practices, and,
nse ** 1isoline coupons for
affairs that have throughout
year been annual
in
construed to he applicable to any
1 no case shall such opinion be
outing that may not have such an
established precedent,
—Oatmeal is a good meat stretch-
er, Use it uncooked as you would
| cracker crumbs—as the binding ma-
{ patties.
| terial in meat loaves, croquettes and |
DRAFT OF FATHERS
IN CARDS AGAIN FOR
LATE PRESENT YEAR
Will Start Calling Pre-Pearl Har-
bor Dads After Fist of Oc-
tober Is Latest Dope.
Local draft boards were authorized
by Selective Service Monday to call
up Pre-Pearl Harbor fathers after
October 1st, but only to the extent
“absolutely required” to meet their
monthly quotas.
One authoritative estimate was
that some 300,000 fathers living with
and supporting children born before
[last September 15th and not engaged
in nondeferrable work would actually
be inducted this year.
Another 150,000, however, probably
will have to be sent to induction sta-
tions in order to get the 300,000 ful-
ly qualified men.
Since there are 6,559,000 non-farm-
ing fathers, this would indicate that
only about one out of 22 will be put
in uniform in 1943.
The 744,000 fathers regularly en-
gaged in agricultural work will con~
tinue virtually draft proof for occu-
pational reasons.
Preparatory reclassifications may
begin at once but local boards were
forbidden to order fathers to report
for induction before Oct. 1, if they
are maintaining a bona fide home re-
lationship with children born before
last September 15th and are not wor-
kers n the activities classed as non-
deferrable.
Also, the boards were instructed to
continue calling single and childless
married men first iT they have no oc-
cupational or hardship ground for
deferrment and to make reclassifica-
tions out of the fathers’ group, 3A,
“only as needed to meet the demands
upon a local board for men for mil-
itary service.”
The calling of fathers will be ae-
cordng te their draft order number
or age of their children, unless they
are granted deferment as essential in
agriculture or industry or unless their
induction would mean “extreme hard-
ship and privation” to their families.
The policy on not drafting men over
38 continues.
The decision in each man’s case
will be up to his local board, subject
to appeal.
In deciding whether to grant hard-
ship deferment, classfication 3-D, the
boards are to take into consideration
provisions for allotments to depend-
ents of servicemen and “other means
by which the registrant could con-
tribute to his family’s support in ev-
ent of induction.”
Currently wives get $50 monthly—
taken from the husband's pay,
and $28 an outright government
grant—while the government gives
$12 monthly for the frst child and
$10 more monthly for each addition-
$22
tal child.
Cala
LIQUOR RATIONING
STRIKES LICENSEES
Liquor rationing for licensees is
now in effect in Pennsylvania.
To assure an equitable distribu-
tion of available supplies, the State
Liquor Control oard has adopted a
formal rationing program involving
wholesale purchases by tap rooms,
hotels clubs, restaurants and other
drinking establishments.
Each licensee's purchases are now
restricted to a specific number of
bottles per week based on the ex-
tent of buying during June, July and
August of last year, and stocks av-
ailable to the state.
At the present time the licensees
are getting about 60 per cent of the
gallonage purchased in the months
set as a standard by the board.
The board has not yet taken
definite action on rationing o
tail purchases by consumers,
the general practice for several mone
ths has been to sell only one bottle
at a time to a
the
€
any
re=-
bi
customer.
allo=-
devised to
purchaser
of Sta
However new method of
cating liquor has been
give the licensee and retail
their proportionate
store goods
te
saares
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JIM FARLEY SAYS WAR
MAY BE OVER BY XMAS
Portland, Ore Jan
mer Democratic Nat
chairman, th
probably be ove
said
will
The people may
morning to find vic
he said.
Farley, who had not a word to say
about politics, said he believed the
tremendous increase in the United
Nations’ striking power, a
with the decreasing Axis reserves,
| meant the end of the war was in
! sight,
combine