- re A GENERAL NEWSPAPEX DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA Yee VOL. 51. NO. 12. PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1944. AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA Patton Courier, Established Oct., 1893 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR MANY FATHERS IN CURRENT CALL OF AREA DRAFT BOARD Patton Pretty Hard Hit in Num- ber of Men Accepted Last Thursday for Service, Pre-Pearl Harbor fathers predom- inate in the large contingent of se- lectees from Cambria Board No. 1, with headquarters at Cresson, in- ducted into the various branches of the military service at the Altoona Induction Center, last Friday. as follows: Marines. Stanley Polish, Lilly. Bryan W Kinney, Ebensburg. Navy. Arthur T. Bradley, Cresson. Michael Pikus, Lilly Road. Henry Adelsberg, Cresson. Howard Brinkley, Cresson. John Prebihilo, Patton. James E. Gauntner, Patton. Paris DeSantes, Gallitzin. John S. Smolko, Cassandra, Patrick Riley, Loretto. Matthew P. Quick, Hastings. Clarence Pugh, Gallitzin R. D. 1 Paul A. Debea, Patton. Paul J. Hogue, Cresson. Paul A. Tutko, Gallitzin. Victor Donate, Lilly R. D. John F. Mardult, Lilly. Denver Conrad, Cresson. Joseph E. Lannon, Patton. William S. Nagle, Pottstown. William N. Hnatkowicz, Hastings. Michael T. Leach, Johnstown. MOBILIZATION OF DEFENSE UNITS IS SET FOR SATURDAY | | | | | | All Civilian Protectors Will As. semble at Regular Posts at Seven in Evening. General mobilization of the Civil- ian Defense Corps throughout the | State Saturday has been ordered by | tue State Defense Council in Harris- | | | | | | | WORKERS WIN WAGE HIKE | | GALLITZIN SHIRT FACTORY |V.F, W. WOMEN PLAN | A total of 435 employees in the | Mrs. Mary Lambert and Mrs. Ra- Callitzin Shirt factory have been |chel Wilson outlined plans pertain- granted a fifteen per cent increase |ing to the formation of an auxiliary in wages. This increase, approved by [to the V. F. W. Post in Barnesboro k to December 8th. All employees who! The Barnesboro Auxiliary will be have worked for the concern for a |formed within a short time, and pre- period of five years were granted a | parations have been under way for two weeks’ paid vacation. | some months. ANTES SLD THO ARIESHORO UNIT IN BARNESBORO| the War Labor Board, is retroactive | at a meeting in Johnstown last week. | | | SENATOR HALUSKA RETAINED AS HEAD ~~ OF MINERS HOSPITAL — | Board of Directors Hold Annual | Reorganization Meeting on Thursday Last. | State Senator John J. Haluska of Patton last Thursday night was el- | ected superintendent fo the Spangler hospital at a salany of $2,700. Sena- | { | PREINDUCTION TESTS FOR DRAFTEES TO BE ~ STARTED AT ONCE | February Quotas Will Be Filled | With Men Examined This | Month, By Naw Order. | Draft boards this week began sch- | eduling their 1-A registrants for pre- | induction physical examinations, or- | dered last Friday by selective service The men are now on the customary fur- loughs. The list of accepted men is | burg. In compliance with the order, | County Commander Walter Stinson has issued instructions to all units] in fambria County lo _ussemble ot ! man this week appealed to all hunt- | their regular posts at 7 p. m. Satur-| ,..'1," submit their 1943 gamekill re- | day. : i 543 | ports to the Harrisburg office of the | Unlike the first general mobiliza- | Commission by Jrnuary 15th. | tion in December, when all units| i . = | were mustered and inspected, only! ‘Your prompt cooperation in this air raid wardens, fire guards ! important matter will be greatly ap- | and | : messengers will be inspected Satur-| Preciated by both myself and the day. Catherman | | Commission,” Protector The inspection will cover both per- | sad. “It will help greatly to expedite | sonnel i equipment and will inclu- | the tabulation of the game-kill, save | de verification of property and equ- | considerable time, effort and money, | ipment, inspection of equipment for | and avoid the necessity for collecting | serviceability and cleanliness and a} 210 from negligent hunters, i check to determine that each indi-' “Last year the Commission recei- | vidual has with him his blue border- | ved 96.4 per cent of the huinters’ re- | ed identification card and armband. | Perts. The year before the percentage | -| County council chairmen, command- | Was ninety-seven and one-half per| ers and members of their staffs will [cent. This year the Commission | be in charge of the inspection. would like to see a one hundred per While only three branches of the cent response. It would be very gra-| defense corps will be mustered and | titying to me if the hunters in my inspected, all units will report to | district who took olf a conse. ag their respective posts to carry out in- | Year sent their reports in immediate- cidents previously planned by com- | I¥ whether they killed any game or manders and communicated to the |Tot. It's just as important for the | various units by sealed messages, to Commission to know if they didn t) be opened at a specified time. kill any game as it is to know they REPORT THEIR KILL Game Protector Bruce W. Cather- | MOTHERS HONORED tor Haluska was named acting sup-{as a culmination to a long fight by erintendent last October to fill a va-| congressmen to eliminate the hard- | als to Mrs. James Scollon, whose son, | | ncy caused by the resignation of Two Barnesboro mothers of World | ¢& : n s Ruth Cartwright. In addition War II heroes received the army air | Mis corps air medals on Tuesday in the | to 4 g absence of their heroic sons. | the hospital. Senator Haluska also is Army officials presented the med- manager of the Goenner Brewing Co. | of Johnstown. \ Mr. Haluska has served as treas- | {urer of the board of directors for a| | number of years and last Thursday | { night asked to be relieved of those | | duties because of his new work as| Al- | superintendent. State Mine Inspector | Dennis J. Keenan of Barnesboro was | elected treasurer. | to Mrs. Scollon at private ceremon- | : ; | ies in her home. Mrs. Scollon’s son| Wayne Craver of Emeigh was re-| officially was listed as killed when a | elected President of the board, Co.| flying fortress was shot down over | Detective Charles Cowan of Barnes- | enemy territory in France, boro, was retained as vice president, | The award to Mrs. Hafko whose | 21d Pius Murphy of Bakerton son was taken prisoner Oct. 10, when | reelected secretary. wm his Flying Fortress was shot down | Other board members are William | over enemy territory was ‘presented McMullen and Bernard Collins, boi! at public ceremonies in the Barnes- | of Barnesboro; Michael Platko, of | bcro American Legion Home. | Nicktown, R. D.; Martin Pavlock | ry ‘and Thomas Morris, both of Barnes- | boro; Metro Karol, Spangler; John| RUMORS ARE THAT THEY Steir and Gus McNulty, both of Pat- | MAY LOWER ARMY AGES ton; Joseph Kopera, Hastings; Mi- | Staff Sgt. James J. Scollon, 30, was killed in action July 14, and to Mrs. Kate Hafko, whose son, Staff Sgt. Harry Hafko, -9, is a prisoner war of the German Government. Capt. Kenneth McNeese, of toona, presented the coveted medal was | his duties as superintendent of | ships that accompanied pre-induction | day physicals. { Under the new ruling, 1-A’s will | be given the official Army and Navy | medical examination at least 21 days before they are called for induction. The period might be as long as three months or more. In fact, the period belween examination and induction is definitely expected to be lengthen- ed when a sufficient pool of men ac- ceptable for service is built up to meet draft calls. Under the previous set-up a reg- istrant who was called up for in- duction did not know until the day he reported whether he would be physically acceptable and many men quit their jobs and wound up their affairs only te discover that they were physically ineligible and had to undo all the preparations they had made to leave civilian life. Selective Service said while un- der its order men may be inducted as early as 21 days after they take the pre-induction physicals, the period chael Hanyok, Hastings R. D., Jos-| Will be extended as soon as a large enough pool of physically acceptable George L. Gorman, Amsbry. These incidents are to be carried | James P. Noonan, Johnstown. ; il in order to test the] Anthony F. Godish, Lilly. tn deal the corps in coping | Norman F. Sward, Hastings, R. D.| emergencies. | Leo W. Lidwell, Ashville. Vo ry Paul E. Wickard, Curwensville. | Francis Weaver, Patton, [SALARIES OF EIGHT William Gauntner, Patton. | COUNTY OFFICE WORK- Michael Berish, Cresson. | ERS SET BY BOARD] Aviation Cadets. | iai— i John A. Novak, Gallitzin. | Salaries of employees in the offices | Michael Kizak, Gallitzin. |of Controller Elmer Davis, Prothon- | Charles Kuleiren, Somerset. | otary John L. Hite and Clerk of the Army. Courts Dean Joy were fixed at a re-| Gerald E. Campbell, Gallitzin, | cent meeting of the salary board. | Douglass ‘J. Krug, Ashville R. D. On motion of Controller Davis, Ed | oe g! 0, ‘Cori Leslie E. Berger, Blandburg. James W. Lumadue, Newton, Ohio. : George E. Ehrenfeld, Lilly. Lehman, who became second deputy, Emett A. Bender, Lilly R. D. | succeeding Domenick Nastase, Louis W. Stoltz, Patton. | receive $196.35 a month. This is a Irvin L. Kunsman, Gallitzin. | Anthony J. Mattello, Lilly. | John M. Mayernick, Lilly. CL & chael C. Chervenak, Jr. | she was paid $172.35 a month. She {has been employed in the controller's George W. Wyse, Patton. | office for more than fifteen years. | Edward 1. Brown, Patton. | James McClunz, who will be auditor | Marlin B. Shope, Flinton, R. D. 1.|i5 the office, was voted a salary of Lloyd W. Marshall, Patton. | $175 a month, while Morgan Jones, | George Gresko, Patton. |Jr., new solicitor, to the controller, | Paul S. Letterner, Cresson. | will be paid $125 a month, the same | Frank J. Leja, Lilly. | salary paid his predecessor, Attorney | John J. DeAngelis, | Philip Lopresti. | Conn. Miss Helen Mahan, new first de-| Joseph E. Hetsko, Patton. | puty in Mr. Hite’s office, was voted | Angelo Polangelli, Ithaca, N. Y. a salary of $200 a month and Miss Donald J. Ball, Coupon. Ann Bobenage, new second deputy, | George J. Rickens, Cresson. $180 a month. The board also voted | Paul J. Banik, Hastings. to pay Miss Marjorie Law, new clerk | David E. Trexler, Gallitzin, R. D.|jn the office, $90 a month. Mr. Hite | Anjpong 2 Fiasco Hastings. waz also granted permission by the p . Keith, Cresson. Robert L. Beers, Blandburg. John M. Noel, Fallen Timber, R. D. Archie C. Buchanan, Dysart, R. D. Gordon Thiec, Hastings. Mike Senko, Patton. Chester L. Stossell, Lilly. John Borek, Cassandra. New Britain, uralization court at $4 a day. The salary of Edwin T. (Benny) | Englehart, deputy clerk of courts, | was fixed at $220 a month on motion | of Clerk of Courts Joy. The salary | board also voted that salaries voted | employees in the commissioners’ of- will age promotion for Miss Lehman. As clerk | planes, in which Lt. John was an aerial gun-|{ Army, received by Pfc. Collins’ mo- ner, was attacked by 35 Messersch- | ther over the week end. mitts just after they had completed | a bombing mission that wrecked a |ling single handed blasted out a Ger- German airdrome near Athens, capi-| man machine gun nest on a Tunisian tal of Greece. emphasis on John's plane, and when |g Nazi counter-attack while his bud- several of the boys were shot up as| dies crawled back to safety. a result of the hot German fire, the | order was given to abandon ship af-| : {1 absentiz i ter a 20-minute gun fight. The Bak- made to Pfc. Collins in absentia, be erton lad jumped from the along with the others, landing on a tree in Grecian soil. extreme pain from a shrapnel wound which had cost him an eye. None of | Hastings revealed that he and Pfc. | the others was to be seen, having board to employ extra help at nat-| een scattered, so the lieutenant la- | ter discovered, over a radius of 30 miles. with the Bakerton man struggling through the Greek countryside car- | rying his wounded comrade. Lt. John were lucky,” he concluded. If the stub, attached to the license | showing interest in a plan discussed has been lost it will be satisfactory |on Capitol Hill to let boys from 16 to use a plain postal card or a piece | to 18 volunteer for military training if paper, provided the hunting license | during summer months, and get con- number (including the serial numb- | ditioned for real service later. Can- er) is given along with the name and | tonments being vacated by troops address of the individual. Every nun- ter is required to file a report whe- ther any game was killed or not. TN Shia state guards might cooperate on the | training. BAKERTONFLER BLASTS NAZI NEST PLENTY WHILE WOUNDED hig 8 hed ' Service Cross for heroic ce last | er tha -aver- diiring the Battle of Tunisia American boy ever will dream of. I were revealed in an official citation It all began when a squadron of | from Lt.-Gen. George S. Patton, the including a Flying Fortress | ccmmandng general of the U. S. 7th > Though wounded in the face, Col- The Germans laid | hid and then personally staved off The medals and citations cause he was captured by the Ger- mans last April in North Africa. The soldier is known to have made good his escape from a German pris- on camp, somewhere in Italy. In a | recent letter Pvt. Michael Toth of plane Nearby was a comrade suffering Collins had escaped from the prison camp at the same time and had tra- veled together for some time through the enemy lines toward the advanc- ing American troops. The Hastings soldier said, however, that he and! Collins became separated somewhere in Italy sometime before the former The next two days were hectic now moving overseas would be used Fics James Collins was awarded the Dis- were Lloyd S. Glass, Fallen Timber. Ignatius V. Bobetich, Altoona. Chas. M. Amsler, Johnstown. EBENSBURG BOARD NO, 2. Monday of this week the following group of men registered with Ebens- burg Board No. 2, were inducted at the Altoona Center. Several business men, married men, and high school students, are included. Navy. Francis L. Little, Ebensburg. Stanley J. Bemrose, Barnesboro. John J. Bertram, Carrolltown, R. D. Joseph Vadzak, Barnesboro. William James, Jr., Barnesboro. Francis E. Pizur, Barnesboro. Grant E. Todhunter, Barnesboro. Andrew Golmicz, Bakerton. Fred W. Evans, Ebensburg. Joseph Hanyok, Barnesboro. William W, Brochi, Bakerton. W. Ray Whited, Barnesboro. James R. Ball, Colver. John Schettig, Jr., Ebensburg. Francis Burley, Ebensburg. James Sherry, Ebensburg. Charles A. Evans, Ebensburg. Aviation Cadet. Lawman A. Alsobrook, Ebensburg. Army, William H. Findley, Johnstown. Harold C. Leamer, Akron, Ohio. fice those employed in court house maintenance services and employees of the juvenile home and the county home, shall remain at the same rates. ADJUST WAGES THREE OF COUNTY OFFICES Salary increases, including a 15 per cent boost for the county detec- tives, were granted on Monday af- terrioon at a meeting of the Cambria County Salary Board. Three employees of Register of Wills Michael Hartnett, were given raises. They are Catherine Mahan, nell. Salaries were approved for the em- ployees of the county treasurer's of- fice. Gertrude Lytle, clerk for the jury commssioners, was advanced | from $125 a year to $200 a year. Gallitzin Soldier Hurt. Sgt. Michael Madey of Gallitzin, was injured seriously in an accident last week at Camp Irwn, California, according to a telegram received by the soldier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Madey. The message did not disclose the nature or any details of the accident. Raymond J. Fox, Altoona. Richard H. Rowland, Ebensburg. Harry E. Kane, Revloc. Anthony J. Nastasi, Barnesboro. Wilbur Crago, Scottdale. Frank E. Fleeger, Barnesboro. Ralph M. Shaw, Larimer. Robert E. Hicks, Barnesboro. Russell A. Lamar, Ebensburg. Michael Descavich, Revloc, Joseph J. Wilenzik, Barnesboro. John C. Richey, Barnesboro, Clair C. Westover, Cherry Tree. Vincent P. Rajnish, Barnesboro. Ralph Goughnour, New Brighton. Luke E. Dillon, Hastings. Mike J. Krupa, Marsteller. Ross A. Johnson, Ebensburg. Kenneth J. Miller, Nicktown. Carl E. Froum, Cherry Tree, R. D. a eR amt Helen White and Catherine McDon- | himself had suffered shrapnel wounds {of the thigh and lower leg, wounds { which later earned for him the Pur- ple Heart. At the end of that period | he and his comrade finally came in- | to contact with three other members {of the crew and were taken care of |in the best manner possible by some friendly Greek guerillas, who have | since received much praise from the Cambpria County flier. The diet of grapes and black bread which the men lived on until their escape, is not one of which to boast, according to Lt. John, but there were times when he was glad to have those it- ems of food. For about two weeks after their reunion with their comrades, the party wandered throughout the Greek country, playing a game with the oc- cupying Germans, who knew that their American enemies were in the neighborhood. On one accasion their Greek guerilla friends ambushed a party of 15 searching Germans, kill- ing 14 of the party and taking the remaining one a prisoner. Some of the Greeks were quite young, accor- ding to the local flier. At one time the party was without food for- four days and on other occasions suffer- ed severely with dysentery. Lt. John had been on his eighth bombing mission at the time. He and his companions had covered a dis- tance of 300 miles before their es- cape, manner of which is a military secret. —— Ny The Cambria County hymn Sing will meet at 2 o'clock on Sunday af- ternoon in the Christian and Mission- ary Alliance Church at Barnesboro. Selections will include solo, duet, trio located the advancing Americans. Pfc. Collins is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Collins. The family has not heard from their son since he was captured by the Germans. He enetred the army in January of 1941, and received his training at Fr. Devens, Mass., and at camps in Florida and Georgia. He was sent to England in June, 1942, and was transferred to the North African the- ater of war several months later. Two brothers are in the armed for- ces—Pfc. Francis, located at a base in New York City, and Pfc. Joseph, who is serving at an undisclosed post overseas, ey INCOME TAX FORMS READY FOR FARMERS As an aid to farmers in keeping their accounts so that they may make proper income tax returns, the County Agent, H. C. McWilliams has obtained special forms of accounting books which he will give to interest- ed persons. The forms may be ob- taned at Mr. McWilliams office at the Court House. The forms were prepared by the extension service at state college. —_—V GALLIZIN SOLDIER KILLED IN ITALY Pfc. John Merlini, 26, was killed on December 20th, in Italy, the war de- partment has notified his father, John Merlini, of Gallitzin. A letter from the soldier dated Dec. 17, said he planned to visit his father's bro- ther in San Benedetto, Italy, as soon as. the Germans were driven from Charles P, Freeman, Marsteller, quartet and chorus numbers, eph Jones, St. Benedict, and John | Maholtz, Spangler. Nee COUNTY LEGION WOMEN HAVE QUARTERLY MEET .. AT PORTAGE THURSDAY | of re- Seven Cambria County units the American Legion Auxiliary ceived citations from the national or- ganization for surpassing their mem- | bership quotas for 1943, it was an- | nounced at the quarterly meeting of | tiie Cambria County Council of the | American Legion Auxiliary last "Thursday in the Portage Legion + RONG wm imran fh kee Mrs. John Whalen, Spangler, the | membership ' chairman, said the na-| tional citations were presented to units in Barnesboro, Spangler, Johns- | town, Conemaugh, Llly, Dunlo and South Fork. The membership chairman also an- nounced that the county council sur- passed its its 1943-44 membership | qucta by 58. She said the council's | quota was 1,400 and that a total of | 1,458 members had been enrolled for | the campaign. | Mrs. George Tucker, state child] welfare chairman, told of the work! being done by her committee throu- | ghout the state and urged all unite to sponsor recreational and educa- tional facilities for the underprivil- | eged children of their communtes. ; In a bref address, Mrs. A. P. Sun-' dry, Blairsville, western director, | called on every unit in the county to | expand its activities of caring Zor | the needs of men now serving on the | battlefronts throughout the world] and to arrange entertainment for sol- | diers in their towns who are home| on furlough. | Miss Sadie Reese, Johnstown, pre- | sided at the session, which was at-| the 14 units in the county. April in the Patton American Legion Home. — COURT RULES MAN HAS RECOURE TO APPEAL Graynor Withers of Hastings, who alleges he was sentenced illegally by President Judge John H. McCann to serve consecutive sentences in the penitentiary, has relief through the] State Supreme Court only. Judges | McCann and George W. Griffith rul- | ed Monday. The county court acted | on a petition of the defendant seek- ing to have his one sentence with- drawn. The court stated that it had no jurisdiction in the case inasmuch as | Withers is now a prisoner in a state penitentiary. It was announced how- ever that the defendant could file a plea with the state supreme court. Withers was sentenced on May 15, 1¢39 to servt 5 to 10 years in the the penitentiary on a charge of bur- glary and a term of one to one and one-half years on a charge if ag- gravated assault and battery. The sentences are to run consecutively. Withers charges. that inasmuch as both indictments arose out of the commission of but one crime which happened at one and the same time and were inspired by the same felon- icus intent, the court should have passed sentence on only one count. V- LOST—Glasses in case, January 1 or 2. Finder please return to this of- fice or Thomas Simpson, 423 Lang that section of the country. avenue, Patten, men has been established. In order to start the pool immedi- ately, local boards will at once begin to order physical examinations for a substantial number of men in 1-A, in addition to ordering men to report for induction to meet the normal January call of the armed forces. To help ease uncertainties on draft status, local boards have been order- ed to let the registrant know as soon as possible after the pre-induction examination whether he is accepta- ble. and if so, to what service he has heen assigned. Under the new procedure the pre- amination is eliminated except registrants who believe they have a manifest physical defect which they think would eliminate them from the military service. These may request a special exam and be rejected with- out undergoing the regular induction test, if they are found to be disqual- ified. ‘ SL PERSONAL TAX FORMS IN MAILS Forms for the return of the four- mill personal *property tax were mailed to Cambria countians by the i Commissioners’ office on Monday of thiz week. The returns must be made to the Commissioners not later than F'cbruary 15. The tax is payable with other of ccunty taxes. Persons owning person- al property need not pay the former four-mill state personal tax this year as the legislature at its last session did not renew the act relating to the state tax, which expired at the end of 1943. The tax, hiwever, is still col- tended by representatives of 12 of [lected by the county under law. Collection of the tax in Cambria The next meeting will be held in| County decreased by $3,959.60 last year as compared to 1942. During 1943 the county collected $39,781.54, while in 1942, $43,741.14 was collect- ed. Returns must be made by the fol- lcwing holders: Mortgages, promis- sory notes, or bonds, judgments, loans, bonds issued by any state, for- eign countries, city, borough, town- ship, school district, except those in the state of Pennsylvania, certifica- tes of indebtedness, stocks, articles oi agreement bearing interest, annu- ities yielding annually more than $200, and equitable interest in any of these classes of personal property. — FARM CONSERVATION OFFICES TO MOVE Officers of the Cambria County Agricultural Conservation Associa- tion of the WU. S. Agricultural Ad- justment Agency, now located in the basement of the Ebensburg Court House, will soon be moved to the Ma- sonic Building at High and Center Streets in Ebensburg. The county commissioners have signed a six months’ lease on the premises for the association at a rental of $50 mon- thly. The move is made necessary by the plan to move the offices of Coun- ty Treasurer Roy B. Griffith to the Court House basement. Cambria County Ration Board No. 2, which formerly occupied offices in the court house basement, has moved to the Bloom building, North Center Street, near High Street. i a Ed dor
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