\ Sb Union Press, Established May, 1935 A GENERAL NEWSPAPEX DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNION Patton Courier, Established AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA Oct., 1893 VOL. 49. NO. 42. > PATTON. PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1943. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR | EBENSBURG YOUTH IS LISTED AS INJURED | ———— | In a letter written August 8th and | received Monday Pvt. Herbert Dona- MUST GET INTO THE ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY [ex of Ebensburg, informed his wid- owed mother, Mrs. Blanche Donahey, | that he is confined to a U. 8. Army If of Draft Age Dependency Will base hospital in Sicily suffering from Offer No Relief, but Right | shrapnel wounds of the leg. Rind of Work will g | Pvt. Donahey has three brothers | serving in the armed forces—Cpl. Ed- _. . a: | gar, stationed in Canada; Pfc. Reuel, The War Manpower Commission on | gta tioned at Scott Field, Ill, and Sgt. Saturday night last announced a|ppank located at Ft. Jackson, S. C. thorough reorganization of its sys-| pe Epensburg soldier was assigned tem for filing military and industrial | to overseas duty last March after re- needs out of the rapidly dwindling | ceiving his basic training at Camp pool of reserve manpower. Wheeler, Ga. He was inducted into The new program is based on the|the armed forces Dec. 18, 1942. premise that the time has come when Vo a man of draft age, regardless of the | . number of dependents, must be eith- LOCAL FIRE EN ARE er in essential industry or the Army. NEXT YEAR'S MEET It places entire emphasis on occu- pation, rather than dependecy, as a ground for deferment, and puts teeth in the “work in a war plant or fight” | General Committee Selected to Lay Foundation for Conven- tion of County Group WMG SAYS FATHERS principle. An immediate result will be that thousands of pre-Pearl Harbor fath- ers will find themselves automatical- ly available for induction if they are on the wrong jobs after October 1. WMC belicves iat Is new pre Patton has always been noted as gram, which restricts a worker's . TOBE d. since choice of jobs as drastically as the | 2 good convention town, and since commission can without more string- | Patton has been selected as the con- 4 tion town of the Volunteer Fire- : : | ven legislation, is sirong enough to | : ef : ent g 10 Ae 2 & .._ (men’s Association of Cambria Coun- avoid a labor draft, but emphasizes that national service legislation will iy and Vicinity for 1944, the Pation be neces ars unless rat re- Fire Company already is preparing to celves yan oo ae e make the affair the best the war con- B41 public guppbort. ditions at that time will permit. The WMC has set up a new and 04 3 3 i; tts In fact they have already notified Yirtuni ‘drast-Droof Ist of 149 “erit) the member companies of that inten- cal skills”. Men possessing those p skills, subject to the decison of their tion by circular letter. ; draft boards, can count pretty safe-! At a recent meeting of the firemen ly on occupational deferment, but workers possessing those skills must go into war industry or supporting civilian activity by Oct. 1. If they do not do this—and they may change jobs only through the United States Employment Service— they lose all claim of occupational deferment and become subject to the draft in accordance with their order numbers. At the same time the list of non- aug i Ed kup do was expanded to include 28 new ac- tivities and 30 new occupations. Men a general committee for the conven- tioned named. This committee will ac- tively function throughout the year, and long before convention time ar- rives next August, will have all the general details worked out. The com- mitte follows: Mulligan, Vice Chairman; Elmer Crowell, Secretary; Theodore Ott, Treasurer; William Whiteford, Pa- rade: Frank P. Cammarata, Public. ity; ‘William H. Jones, Banquet and Dance; William Leary, Contests; H. ; ] C. Stauffer Concessions; James engaged in any of the listed occupa- fn : tions—such as the manufacture of ai- Blane Sports; and E. J. Burkey, Po- coholic beverages—cannot be deferr- ed for any reason unless their in- duction would cause extreme hard- ship on their families. This applies whether the man in question is head of the company or the driver of a truck owned by the company. The same goes for any man re-| gardless of where he works, whose | occupation is among those listed as | non-deferrable. A literary agent or a | The year of 1944 is the golden an- niversary of the founding the local fire company. CRESSON SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS RECEIVED Mr. and Mrs. Englebert McConnell, ticket taker cannot be deferred for |well known Cresson residents were | any reason whether he takes tickets | notified on Sunday by the War De-| on a railroad or is literary agent for | partment that their son, Pvt. Leon-| Donald M. Nelson. |ard McConnell, died June 27th, from The WMC is unable to estimate injuries suffered during the North how many men, including fathers, are | African campaign. | thus automatically made available to| fill draft calls. {ber of a U. S. Air Force Paratroop = | unit, had been located overseas since April. He was sent directly from Ft. | NOTIC (Bragg, N. C. to the front lines in| —-_— | North Africa. He entered the army | The public schools of the borough |in November, 1939, and received his | will open September 7, 1943, for a |basic training at Ft. Bragg, N. C.| nine month term. and his training as a paratrooper at! Beginners, pupils who enter school | Ft. Benning, Ga. He returned to the for the first time, must present birth | North Carolina camp for a brief per- certificates and certificates of wsuc-|iod after receiving his rating as a cessful vaccination. | paratrooper. All pupils who will be six years of| Born in Indiana county, Dec. 20, age on or before February 1, 1944, 1917, he was a son of Englebert and will be enrolled at the opening of the {Mary (Weaver) McConnell. His par- term on September 7. All pupils planning to enter the | past 21 years. freshman class or 9th grade, who| pegiges nis parents he leaves a bro- have not yet had their schedules com- | tye). pfc. Elmer McConnell, with an |ents have resided in Cresson for the | | preliminary plans were discussed, and | George Lehman, Chairman; H. J.|U IN NORTH AFRICA Pvt. McConnell, aged 25, a mem- | Adoption of the 48-hour week in the coal mines of this area will fall short of providing final settlement to wage disputes between union ond op- erator, James Mark, president of Dis- trict 2, of the United Mine. Workers, asserts. Miners still are awaiting disposi- tion by the War Labor Board of the | Illinois agreement which provides | portal to poltal yay, he said, and un- til this issue is settled no final agree- { ment can be made. I Official notification of the 48-hour | week regulations are awaited by the | district union president, and he an- nounced that no action will be taken on the matter here until word is re- | ceived from union headquarters in | Washington. | The United Mine Workers approv- ed the increased work week in the Illinois contract which has been sub- | mitted to the WLB, the district head | pointed out. If this agreement is sanctioned by the board it will be us- ed as a pattern for other coal oper- aotrs’ associations he said. | Coal miners of the district probably { will accept the added hour per day | in answer to a plea from their gov- | ernment for a step-up in production, | Mary stated. The change-over to the | eight hour day can easily be adopted at many of the mines while at others due to shifts, the added hour will present slight problems he stated. At the present, mines working three shifts have been using the periods be- tween to shoot coal and for cleaning. Following full clarification of the 48-hour week order, a meeting of the . M. W's large policy committee will be called to determine action of the union in the matter. Strikes Back at Maize President Mark struck | tary of the state department of mines a proposal by Richard Maize, secre- that 16 year old boys be introduced | into the coal pits of the state in or- | Portal Pay Still Issue, District Head Asserts New Forty-Eight Hour Work Week Will Still Fall Short of Providing Final Settlement to Wage Disputes Between Union and Opera- tors, Miners Watch for WLB Decision in Illinois Issue. der to bolster the weakened labor force of the bituminous fields. The district union chief declared he will oppose vigorously any efforts to have the age limits of coal min- | ers lowered in this area. The present JAMES MARK. minimum age at which a youth may enter the mines is 18 years. “Sixteen year old boys are safer in the Army than they are in the coal mines.” Mark said. He added that the “mines are too dangerous for 16 and 17 year old youths.” “The situation has not become that urgent that we have to take such tender aged boys,” he said. “Intro- duction of 16 and 17 year olds into nothing Secretary Maize in a speech deliv- ered at Ebensburg, urged the lower- ing of the age!limits. | | | | 1 Workmen (above) are building a new war brooder house at the re- cent convention of vocational agriculture teachers from three countes, held in Patton. The new brooder house, 10 by 12 feet, is constructed of non- critical materials at a cost of $75. Asbestos cement wall board, a recent | development, was used in place of lumber and roofing. by courtesy of the Johnstown Tribune.) BUILDING WAR BROODER HOUSE | (Cut reproduced ent ‘and described the manufacture as well as the many applications of the | ELMORA YOUNG LADY ENLISTS IN THE WAVES | { - | Miss Imelda Lorraine Schilling of | Elmora, enlisted recently in Mrs. John Schilling. Her father is an assistant mine foreman at Elmora. Graduating from Carrolltown High School, Miss Schilling had been sten- ographer during the 1941 legislative session for Assemblymen O'Connor, Chervenak and Owens, and later wor- ked in the State Treasurer's office, prior to her enlistment. Miss Schill- ing has two brothers in the service— Pvt. John R. Schilling and Seaman MAIZE ADVOCATES RELEASE OF MINERS FROM ARMED FORCES [ | Also Suggests Lowering of Age to| | Sixteen Years for Employ- ment in the Pits Government control is hampering | output of the nation’s coal mines and | “there will be a continued slowing | down of output, as long as the gov- | ernment control continues,” Richard | Maize, state secretary of mines, said | in Ebensburg last Friday night. Speaking before the local council of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety As- sociation, Maize predicted that the request of Secretary of Interior Har- old L. Ickes for 600,000,000 tons of bituminous and 65,000,000 tons of anthracite this year will not be met, largely because of work stoppages. (However if the government were to pass the mines back to the opera- tors now, miners would again find themselves working for those opera- tors without a contract.) As a step to increase production Maize urged that miners now in the army be released to work in the pits and that the commonwealth’s age limit for working in the mines be 18 to IS. land, ‘where 80,000 miners leased from the armed ‘forces; ; the country learned that’ the men were needed more on the production front. i ! In discussing the lowering of the age limit, the secretary said that in the | WVES and was sworn in at the re- | cruiting office in Philadelphia. Miss | Schilling is a daughter of Mr. and | Third Class Paul E. Schilling. | ‘CAMBRIA COUNTY LEGION MEN AND WOMEN HONORED | Hit High Spots in Auxiliary for Membership Increases and Coupon Collections, Cambria County American Legion | Posts and Auxiliary Units copped a | goodly number of state prizes during | the annual state legion convention | which closed last Saturday in Wilkes- | Barre. In addition to the posts and auxil- | iaries receiving high awards, two Johnstowners were elected to high Fank Dallas, Westmont, was elect- ed grand cheminot of the 40 et 8, fun and honor organization of the Legion, and Mrs. Frank Ling, Johnstown, was elected demi-chapeau (vice pres- ident) of the state 8 et 40, the fun and honor organization of the Auxil- iary. Members of Johnstown Unit were presented two state awards for the collection of coupons, and the Cam- bria Co. Council received the highest state coupon award. The Johnstown Unit received the Ella Rice Trophy for the greatest number of coupons from any unit in the state. More than 73,000 coupons made up their total. The other Johnstown award was a cash prize to Mrs. Archie Kuhn, unit president ,for the best cooperation in coupon collection. Mrs. Thomas A. Owens, of Carroll- town, Cambria county state sub- chairman, was presented the coveted Velma Paul Trophy for turning in the most coupons from any council in the state. The county council which is eomposed of 14 units, collocted a total of 200,000 coupons. They were turned over to the American Red Cross to be used to obtain two blood donor units. Mrs. Owens also was presented two other cash awards for heading the committee that turned in the great- est increase over the number of cou- pons collected i the previous | [offices in the state organization. ry o ’ ouncil, was giv+ ‘an award as the head of the coun «cil which turned in the largest per- centage of new members during the last six months. The Gallitzin unit was presented an award for surpass- ing its membership quota. the event it should be placed at 17 [Fears the mines would benefit very | little in view of the fact that 17-year | old youths are now offered opportun- | | ities in branches of the armed forces. | Pennsylvania is now producing al | third of the coal mined in the United | | States, Mr. Maize said. The Monroe Coal Mining Company | {mine at Revloc was presented with | { the banner for achieving the best| | safety record of Class A mines for | [the months of June and July. | — bie | SPANGLER MAN GETS BARS OF A CAPTAIN] | John E. Salamanchuck, formerly | | of Spangler, has been promoted from | | lieutenant to captain at Peterson Ar-| {my Air Field, Colo. | Capt. Salamanchuk was graduated | (With honors in the class of 1937 from | | the Spangler High School where he participated in scholastic football. Later he entered Pennsylvania Sta- | te College where he majored in bus- | iness administration. He enrolled in | the Reserve Officers Training Corps | at the College and received his com- | mission as ileutenant in May, 1942. Capt. Salamanchuck is assigned to | duty as commanding officer of the] training detachment at Peterson | | { membership campaign. {not been The 20th District, Cambria County, was presented second prize for Am- ericanism activities, it was announc- ed by Edward Green, Portage, dis- trict commander. Comm. Green also was given a prize for heading a dis- trict that went over the top in its DRIVE LESS IF YOU WANT MORE GAS There has been considerable pub- licity given the intended discontinu- ance of the ban on pleasure driving, and as well we hope that OPA will be able to increase the amount of gasoline for the “A” book holders. This has caused very noticeable in- crease in driving on the part of the public. The pleasure driving ban has called off, and until such time as the Altoona District office receives official word to this effect, it will continue checking for violators of this pleasure ban. Unless, through compliance on the | part of the public, the oil industry can build up inventories, it will not be possible to remove the pleasure driving ban in September as intend- emis pleted, are requested to register in| es adi | artiller unit in Philadelphia and the office on August 24 and 25, from | these a Grace, So and 9 a we WE Tks s Dry | Anna McConnell, all at home; Mrs. ro SRY AN, SUDY, 21iny Catherine Buterbaugh, Dean; and Patton Public Schools a iN en mest es NEW DIRECTORS FOR ‘| Mrs. Cecelia Burke, Chest Springs. Vv BOY, 12, LOSES LEG IN NEW TYPE BROODER HOUSE IS ERECTED AT TEACHER EVENT Asbestos Cement Wall Is Used new material, pointing out that it is particularly adaptable for all farm structures because of its permanency. The material is fireproof, ratproof, termiteproof and waterproof and is easily nailed, drilled and sawed. Six different types of livestock Field. His wife, the former Sara R.|ed. If the motorist in" the East fails Romig, of Milroy, Pa., is residing in! to live up to this ban on non-essen- State College. tial driving, we will find ourselves in Son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Salaman- | the same predicament, namely, with chuk, of Spangler, the officer was dry storage tanks, and the possibility employed as sales manager for the of thousands of trucks and industrial Real Silk Hosiery Company prior to| workers’ cars stalled as a result of RED CROSS CHAPTER TUMBLE UNDER ENGINE In a fall under a freight locomotive on which he had “hopped” a ride, | | Jackie Inman, 12 year old Cassandra | | youth, suffered a traumatic amputa- | [tion of the right foot above the an- kle on Sunday afternoon. The youth, whose father, John Inman, was one of the 63 men killed in the disastrous explosion in the Sonman mine in 1940 is reported resting fairly will in a Johnstown hospital. Portage police and railroaders said the accident occurred in the Portage freight yards only a short distance from the Pennsylvania Railroad frei- ght station. The locomotive with a i caboose attached, was shifting coal | cars on the sidings to make up a train. The lad, together with two other boys, jumped onto the tender and were standing there when the loco- motive started. The jerk of the loco- motive starting was said to have knocked the Inman boy from the ten- der and he fell under the wheels of the heavy locomotive. Two new members were elected to the Board of Directors of the Cam- bria County Chapter, Amercan Red Cross, to fill vacancies caused #y resignations of Eugene Maurice ,ex- ecutive director of the United Steel- workers, Johnstown, and Lewis Ev- ans of Colver, board member of the United Mine Workers. Both these gentlemen are in the armed forces. Chosen to succeed them are John P. Harrington, Johnstown, and Geo. Mosley, Nanty-Glo. V M’CORMICK-MOHR WEDDING. Miss Marilyn Moore, daughter of Mrs. Mayme Mohr, of Toledo, Ohio, and Sgt. Joseph McCormick, son of Mrs. Frances McCormick of Barnes- boro, were united in mariage on Au- gust 7th in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Toledo, Ohio. The pas- tor of the church officiated. The cou- ple left for the Army Air Base at Clovis N M., where Sgt. McCormick is stationed. i Y —Bonds and stamps buy security. In Place of Lumber at Meet- in in Patton Recently. A short training course for the study of new non-critical building | materials and their application to the farm use, featured the three day mee- ting recently of vocational agricul- ture teachers from Indiana, Cambria and Armstrong counties in thé Pat- ton High School. Highlight of the convention was the construction of a new-type brood- er house, now in great demand be- cause of the increase in poultry rais- ing due to the non-rationing of fowl. The 10 by 12 ft. brooder house, which was uncompleted at the time the accompanying picture was taken, was constructed by the teachers at a cost of $75. Asbestos cement wall board was used in place of lumber and roofing. This non-critical mater- ial is a recent development and is proving a very desirable substitute for lumber and standard wall board materials. W. A. Miller of Geistown was pres- feeders were also constructed by the teachers, The new material was used and the feeders will be taken back to the various schools in the three counties. D. C. Sprague, associate professor of agriculture engineering at State College, served as teacher during the three-day trainer course. Edward Mintmier, vocational agriculture tea- cher in the Patton High School, was in charge of the convention. - V. GALLITZIN MINER IS HURT AT WORK Caught between the cars of a mov- ing trip of coal mine cars, George Peacock, Gallitzin miner, was injur- ed on Saturday morning in the Penn- sylvania Coal & Coke No. 10 mine in Gallitzin. The man was admitted to Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, for treatment of four crushed toes on the right foot. Peacock told hospital at- taches he was crossing over the load- ed cars when the trip started to move unexpectedly. He was pushed between entering the service. | insufficient gasoline. = The District OPA office wishes to emphasize the fact that the investi- gators will continue checking for vi- olators of the present driving ban and will continue to do so until it is officially discontinued. ——eee J eee TWENTY PER CENT DROP IN S8TATE POTATO YIELD More than 500 members of the Pennsylvania Cooperative Potato Growers’ Association at their annual conference held last Saturday in Coudersport, Pa., were told this year’s potato crop would be at least 20 per cent below normal. The pre- diction was made by Dr. E. L. Nix- on of Pennsylvania State College, who explained it was based on a sur- vey made by the directors of the as- sociation. Adverse weather conditions, said Dr. Nixon, were to blame for the re- duced yield. Ei hop NATION PERILED BY ‘POLIO’ WAVE Chicago.—The American Medical | Association reported on Monday that | the current spread of infantile par- alysis has reached almost epidemic proportions. “Indications are that this will be the worst year for this disease since 1940, when 9,770 cases were report-| ed” the A. M. A. Journal stated. “Through August 7 nearly 3,000 have been reported, or more than twice as many as appeared during the similar period last year. “California, Texas, Oklahoma and Connecticut appear to be the most | seriously infected states. Many other parts of the country are relatively unaffected, with no more cases than would be expected at this time of the year.” Eighteen cases to date have proved fatal in the Chicago area. V- —Invest ten per cent or better of two cars, your pay check in bonds and stamps. —Fire-watching duty for women between the ages of 20 to 45 is com- pulsory in Britain for those working less than 55 hours a week.
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