em cpil a lished will have the cooperation of A GENERAL NEWSPAPEX DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA N= Union Press, Established May, 1935 AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA S COURIER i Nh a Patton Courier, Established Oct., 1893 VOL. 51. NO. 23. LEGION REQUESTS THAT COUNTY AID | ’ . i DISCHARGED VETS Food rationing became simpler for | | everybody on Monday as the Office | Commissioners Petitioned by Res. ! expiration dates from all red and blue | +8 STEIONS U1 Vaan: sw oounty Committee of Body. The Cambria County Commission- ers were asked at their meeting last Friday to establish a Department of Veterans’ Affairs in the county to aid an | € in the task of rehabilitating return- ported in several cities—the tendency | ington. ing servicemen. “In a resolution presented to the Commissioners the Cambria County PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1944. * SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR SEY LANE VALIDITY DATES ON HIGH COURT RULING SUNDAY HUNTING HELP FOR MINING |PREINDUCTION EXAMS 7 MNEPORTALPAY SPORTSMEN GROUP, ccc ox wis roe a NOT YET TWENTY-SIX RATION STAMPS OFF LIKELY APPLIGABLE FAVORED BY GOUNTY STUDENTS PLANNED FOR ALL REGISTRANTS apiraion dates from si red nd hie Miners on Travel Remuneration | Work All Six Week Days aid of a state board of mine he vice to Fill Quotas Before ration coupons. OPA said the move was done to! Probable U.M.W, Victory. and Lack Opportunity. | tors. | Call of Older Groups. cut the clerical and shopping prob- rem ———— rmm— | Students in mining classes of the ee lems of food rationing “down to a; Price fixing and rent control reg-| Members of the Cambria County area have been asked to hand in Pennsylvania's 422 local draft minimum of nuisance and troube.” |ulations affecting virtually every per- | Sportsmen's Association last Thurs-| questions which might pertain to in- | draft boards were ordered Monday Not mentioned by the official an-|son in the nation were upheld Mon- | day evening went on record as favor- | terpretation of mining law and other | to fill all pre-induction quotas with nouncement was another factor re-|day by the Supreme Court in Wash- | ing legalized Sunday hunting and | coal problems, by April Tth. under-26 registrants before drawing also a reduction in the bag limits of | William B. Wardrop, Indiana, in-|upon older men. of housewives to cash in their stamps; At the same time the Court ruled | raccoons. While the association took spector for the 30th bituminous dis-| The order becomes effective April just before expiration, for tokens! that iron ore miners are entitled to|no definite steps to petition the leg- | trict, Andrew J. Bengston, Indiana, 1, state selective service headquar- which do not expire. ay for the time they spend traveling | islature to enact laws to legalize the | 25th Bituminous District; Dennis J. ters declared, and emphasized that it There will be no change in the rate jn th: mines from the mine opening | Sunday hunting, the members will Keenan, Barnesboro, 15th Bituminuos applies only to pre-induction calls and Committee of fhe American Legion at which stamps become valid; three | to their working places and back | make an appeal to the state game | District, and Samuel Cortis, Ebens- does affect those already found phy- urges the body Lo "gi red stamps for meat and fats will be- | again, This decision may eventually | commission to alter the present laws. | burg, 10th Bituminous District, have sjcally fit and awaiting orders to re- to present situation and anticipate the postwar situation.” The commissioners took the pro- posal of the Legion Committee un- der advisement. Text of the resolution, signed by S. T. Cawley, chairman of the com- mittee; J. L. Soisson, secretary, and Edwin Green, commander of District 20 of the American Legion, follows: | “Whereas, it is now apparant that the rehabilitation of veterans of World War I and World War 11 will ril from Cambria Board No. 1, wit come valid every second Sunday, and ! have a bearing on the United Mine It was pointed out at a meeting at [been asked to serve on the board in port for military service. five blue stamps for canned foods on | Workers of America’s demands for | the Ebensburg court house that many | answering the questions. | Headquarters said it issued the or- the first of every month. Each stamp | similar pay for the nation’s 500,000 sportsmen work six days a week and| When the questions are submitted der after receiving this telegram is worth ten points. { coal miners. [have no other time to hunt than onto the college they will be divided from Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, nation- —rrt ey eS — Under the recent settlement of the| Sundays. The sportsmen favor the among the four mine inspectors who al selective service director: LC | coal mine dispute, miners are getting | reduction of the bag limits on rab- will submit their interpretations. “Direct oval boards to issue orders PICK MEN FOR ” pay for travel time when their week |bits from five a day to four a day {to report for physical examination | United | and from 25 a season to 20 a season. cel arisen, i | exceeds thirty hours. The € : 1 | to all registrants under 26 who are in CALL OF NAVY | Mine Workers quoted Crampton Har- A recommendation also was made CRE | Class 2-A or 2-B provided that such ris, Birmingham (Ala.) attorney, rep- | that the raccoon bag limit be reduc- | registrants have not been physically Stir he We | resenting the iron ore miners, 45 say- (ed 10 ten a Season instead of the ARMY GROUP FOR APRIL examined by the armed forces with~ Men to fill the Navy's call for Ap-| ing that in his opinion Monday's de- | Present twelve a season. | | I in 90 days of the date of this order.” d ————— h | cison “will appiy as the law of the| Plans for an extensive stream an A headquarters authorized spokes- present a serious and acute problem headquarters in Cresson have been | od governing the work week in the | woodland improvement program af- | Cambria Board No. 1, with hsodii 3 explained that the new classifi- in Cambria County, both now and in| go ocreq by the board. The date of | the post war period, “And whereas, the Cambria Coun-|ced pubticly. ty Committee of the American Leg- lon is of the opinion the County Com- | patton married men. missioners of Cambria County should |jist follows: give consideration to the prtsent sit- uation Anu anticipate the post war tor situation; + ZL a county agency for this purpose; “And, whereas, in the several coun-| pay] Leonard Thomas, Patton. | tits (22 in all) of the Commonweal-| Charles B. Bowman, Glasgow. | th in which these agencies are now| Chester Raymond Black, Utahville. | FIREMEN PLAN A working, they have been very suc- cessful in alleviating the problem of | per. rehabilitation of the veteran; “And whereas, this is the approved plan of the Department of Military Affairs of the Commonwealth of en wien once estab- | , that department. “Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the Cambria County Committee of the American Legion recommend that the Board of County Commiss- ioners of Cambria county give con- Flsfation io Is Snabianent o 2) MARY ELEANOR BILLER | During the meeting each fire com-| the miners on Sunday afternoon in| Robert Francis Shiber, Jr., Lilly, | maintaining such department for ser- | vice to all veterans of all wars; “And be it further resolved that no; Miss Mary Eleanor Biller, daught- next meetin he fire ies al-| : ras} iti : | J Ys ! xX eting. The fire companies ai-| demands for wag creases. political pressure or influence shall er oI Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Biller, of | so were asked to tabulate the total] ° Or Wage Ingress be considered in the selecting of the | Patton, became the bride of PVt.| per of War Bonds purchased to] dissatisrocti : personnel for this agency, the select- | Gern L Ingram, son of Mr. and Mrs. | P | dissatisfaction w ing of personnel to be vested wholly | R. I. Ingram of Altoona, at eight o'- |p." ort meeting which will be held | glassifie .in the Board of County Commission- |clock on Saturday morning in St. Thursday April 27th in the on | classifis ers. ER A ea REDEDICATION AT BAKERTON CHURC “And, whereas, an act of the Gen- eral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has granted the county commissioners the necessary authority to establish and maintain A day of rededication, marking the completion of a remodeling project, was observed with appropriate ser- vices at the Bakerton Methodist Church on Sunday. Rev. Robert H. Karalfa is pastor of the church. Rev. Harry F, Babcock, superin- tendent of the Altoona District, was the guest minister at the morning service. Rev. Babcock served the Ba- kerton charge from 1912 to 1917. The evening service was directed by the Rev. D. Owen Brubaker, who was pastor of the church from 1939 to 1941. The Barnesboro Methodist girls’ choir, under the direction of Mrs. Evelyn Thornton Davis, present- ed a sacred recital and the offertory prayer. Improvements, amounung to ap- proximately $4,000, the majority of + which has been subscribed and paid, include the renovation of the base- ment making it adaptable for use as a Sunday School unit, installation of a new altar, pulpit and lecturn in the sanctuary as well as electrical wir-|two to four cents and add an extra ing and fixtures throughout the buil- | penny on the cost of an eight ounce ding. The walls and ceiling have been glass of beer to compensate for the covered with nu-wood tile and a new | added levies on spirits. - roof constructed. MORE SUGAR FOR CANNING. To get canning sugar in addition to the five pounds per person availa- ble with Sugar Stamp 40, application should be made to the local ration- ing board on Form OPA R-323, which will be furnished upon request by the Office of the local board. The entire transaction may be handled by mail, one application serving for all who live at the same address. In or- der to make it unnecessary to send ration books through the mail, the spare stamp 37 from War Ration Book Four is attached to the applica- tion form for each person applying. Families that preserve and can food at home for sale to others may ap- | | coal mines.” ter the war also were discussed. All| quarters at Cresson, has listed the cation of calls for pre-induction phy- The decision on price and rent con- funds made available during the pres- | following group of selectees for in- |sicals was set up following receipt : trol came at a time when a move is|ent emergency will be earmarked for | duction in the army early in April: |of the telegram and asserted that it Included in fie Sroup are several |, der way in congress to limit the |the construction of dams on fresh| james Andrew Kirsch, Bradley | will speed up induction of men in the The coriplete price administrator’s authority. | water streams and for reforestation | yypotion. [lower age brackets while slowing up their departure has not been announ- : The decision in the iron ore miners | of barren lands after the war. | John Joseph Kirsch, Bradley ct. |the calling into service of registrants Gerald David Steir, Patton, case was hailed immediately by the| The association purcnased anoth-| James Blair Mulhollen, Jr. allit- | between 26 and 38. vin miond Seymour, Cresson. fnited Mine Workers as adequate le- | er $100 bond and voted to the Red! zin, | The new classification of calls for “an to iustifv Wai T=beriCross War Fund Drive. | Joseph Farabaugh, Bradley Jct. | pre-induction examinations gives pre- Wr Ae © Mop . Simos ». molomon, Daten, f gal sacuve -- . tr J. E. Shreve of Johnstown, pre- | Charles R. Baker, Ashville. | cedence to men under 26 even against Ralph James Costello, Patton. 18 wd nv % a their proposed! yf Jor RN . a. > ns | So 1 bgt William Vernon Walters, Portage. | Board approval or DO latir, op *s Robert Dabbs, Gallitzin. 2 jnon-tathery ove r that Age level Lot Paul Giles Briel, Cressol, i wage contract, which would estabuisn | sented a report on ifié annua Owe ll George William Billand, Ashville. la “portal-to-portal” Wage strucitne igo the Pennsylvania Federation | Charies Folord Donahue, Hasunge. | wuwen. swe woros GaiyUls BUYS yew Elmer Francis Yingling, Lilly. | including travel time In i Aiinons of Sportsmen's Clubs held m Harris- Celestine Jchn Nagle, Cresson. for induction, he added. % Ralph Henry Woodley, Hastings. |¢oal mines for the first time. {Pury recently. William Oscar Peterson, Cresson. Boards were directed to fill pre- Vt John Alfred Clark, Cresson. induction quotas in this order: | MINERS RETURN John Pete Conti, Lilly. All ron-faters under 26 in 1-A and DINNER MEETING T0 GOLVER PITS James Milton Behe, Lilly, R. D. | Harold John Boylan, Lilly. -— 2 > — | | Paul Leo Long, Patton. 1-AO (non-combatant.) { | | : | Harold Joseph Buck, Gallitzin, | Plans for a joint dinner meeting aN Charles Philip Conley, Fallentim- Walter Benson Piper, Lilly. Fathers under 26 in 1-A and 1-AO. Robert Francis Reese, Dysart. Non-fathers under 26 in 2-A and Stanley Joseph Leskovan, Has-,2-B (occupational.) i | tings. Fathers under 26 in 2-A and 2:8. * Production of coal was resumed on| Joseph D nn Bru f Z , : e, Cresson. Non- 7 = 4 seit the Somerset County, Fisomen's Mowlay at. the Colver Mine of the | Ciasence Byer Funder Fallen: Hoar. > O17 20 In A. and -| Richard Henry Gelermino, Patton. Association were outlined at a meet-|¥bensburg Coal Company, after the per. Fathers over 26 In TA and 1- AO Michael B. Nesbella. Lilly. | ing of the Volunteer Firemen’s As- mine had not operated on Wednes- Michael Emil Saloney, Jr., Lilly. Non-fathers over 26 in 2-A and Stanley John Starchville, Lilly. | sociation of Cambria County and Vi-| day, Thursday and Friday of last rit 3 Dr Fras Iachini, Gallitzin, | cinity last Thursday night in the|week. The walkout is said to nave | pug William Lansberry, Bland-2-B. James Francis O'Malley, Cresson. { Barneshoro Fire Hall resulted from dissatisfaction of the | Harold Austin Hoover, Patton John Louis Zentak, Lilly. | The joint meeting will be held on|shuttlecar operators on their wage! Adrian Thomas Cronauer, Patton. | ER CANTAT y Harold Walter Eckenrode, Cresson. | Thursday evening, May 25th, in the rate. | Toseph Syiverious Delosio ti] EASTER CANTATA AT en | South Fork American Legion Home.| The shuttlecar operators met with to R. D, ’ TRINITY METH, CHURCH ,, | pany was instructed to prepare a the Colver union hall and decided to| Robert William Scanlon, Cresso At 7:30 o'clock on the evening of WEDS ALTOONA SOLDIER | jist of the men now serving in the | return to work pending consideration! Herbert Russell O‘Shall Flinton, Faster Sunday, the Easter Cantata, ~~ armed forces and to present it at the | py the War Labor Board of their | any TEE sh ' | “The Easter Alleluia,” by Roy E ’ | Nolte, will be given in Trinity Meth- AMSERY GIRL, AND BLAIR odist Church. The cantata consists CO MAN, IN DEATH PACT of seven numbers, ending with the ; —_— | majestic “Easter Hymn.” The public Miss Ruby Vesta Butterbaugh, 25- is invited to attend the service. year-old Amsbry woman, participat- Vv i Fathers over 26 in 2-A and 2-B. The Colver miners, in expressing ith the present $8.69 | date and present the total amount at| per day rate, asked that they be | d in the same wage bracket | | Mary's Catholic Church. The Rev. Fa-| _ as the helpers on joyloaders. Ber- | ther Florian Bergmann, pastor, offi- Fire Hall |nard Timms, Barnesboro, District | paul Thomas, $7, of Roaring Spri RUBBER SITUATION. | ciated. Guest speaker at last Thursday) Board Member of the United Mine | Blair county authorities vii Thi ical Althengh the nation is now prodics | Miss Louise Biller, of Patton, sis- night's meeting was Wesley Lohr, | Workers of America, met with the | lice said Tuesday. after the ae ing synthetic rubber faster than raw | ter of the bride, was bridesmaid and a former president of the Somerset | men cn Sunday and urged them to | the two were found in a parked ot rubber was consumed in this coun- { William Krishock, of Gallitzin, was | County Firemen's Association. Fire |rtturn to work immediately and to! near Duncansville | try any time prior to 1941, military [best rian. {loss in Cambria county outside the | present their case to the WLB, | The bodies were discovered Tues-|and civilian demands still exceed the | The bride wore an orchid suit with | City of Johnstown during the last| Approximately 900 men are em. day morning in a sedan which was | supply, the Office of Rubber Director | white accessories and a corsage of | month was estimated at $7,000. | ployed at the mine. | parked behind a cinder pile along the | discloses. Low speed limits must be | |ed in a suicide pact with Bernard Yellow rose buds. The Rideemuid Was) — er ore EY i highway. Both man and woman had | enforced and all tires recapped if atti in a purple suit wi white wel | = | died of esphyxiation by carbon mon- | essential driving is the be maintain- accessories and also wore a corsage MARSTELLER MINERS | MORE ‘‘B’' GASOLINE I oxide. bea nt oh Da nontits’ Yooms of yellow rose buds. RETURN TO WORKINGS A wedding dinner was served to the immediate relatives at the Com-| Miners of the Pennsylvania Coal joni fof 2% Touston. | tached to the exhause pipe was found | : : mercial Hotel. and Coke 21 and 22 mines at Mars- | atoning Chief Bryan Houston, |, Sh tn | life of a tire at 35 miles per hour 2 said T 5 i ; 7ashi in the automobile. Bodies of both!. on ; : Pvt. Ingram was graduated from | teller, numbering approximately 400, |" Tugs mgmt ce rh ingion | were found in upright positions on iS fifty per cent longer Pian ° 50 the Altoona High School and was |woted to return to work on Wedniss- the “B" card gasoline ration, a decis- | the front seat of the machine. miles per hour and three times long. employed by the Railway Express | day morning after reaching an agrte-| jon: cannot be made for at least 30| Highway workers made the grue- [er than at 60 miles per hour. Company of Altoona before entering ment on a wrok schedule involving ays. some discovery when they went to — re service. Mrs. Ingram is a graduate of | motormen and spraggers. They had Asserting that “it is basic OPA pol- | the cinder pile to obtain supplies on| CONSUMER GOODS SURVEY. the Fatton High School and of the been cut two days. Beginning with; to ration out all the gasoline that | Tuesday morning. The couple prob-| A check up on how well govern- School of Commerce of Altoona. Af-|next week the workers will alternate is allocated to it,” Col. Houston add- | 2bly had been dead since sometime ment measures have helped to alle- ter a brief honeymoon Pvt. Ingram | between night and day shift and will} oy In Plus Network brondeast: on Sunday night or early Tuesday |viate shortages of civilian goods will will return to camp for reassignment. | continue on this schedule as long as “We hope to be able, in keepi morning. | be srovided by a consumer goods He hac been stationed at Fort Sill, fhe bijes operate Be eye 2 Woo with that policy, to increase ne When police investigated fey! PX now Poe made by the Office ah ‘ en the mines go back to five y ry > ierniti 7 . e 3 okia oma. eV |a week, the old BR of a fixed |tion allotment of people who need | found the ignition key on the dash | of Civilian Requirements of the War I i ill b d,| gasoline to earn a Living. However, |Doard of the car was turned on and |, 5, ic; hoard. Merchandise to be Drinks to Cost More | day and night shift will be resumed, | & © a ration—the “B” ration—will | the gasoline tank was empty. The|P " . ] : y it was stated. : J | h . i indicat- | surveyed includes miscellaneous ns be increased only when and if there Motor of the car was cold, indicat- | : inks i = i v1 ; : | ing that it had been some time since | household articles such as bobby pins Drinks across the bar will cost an is enough gasoline to spare. : . 4 { 4 : . additional one to four cents begin- Mrs. Nellie Warchock. The question that arises is — are |it was in operation. | safety pins and cleansing tissue; clo- in: ; 7 Mrs. Nellie (Paluch) Warchock, avi i | Authorities said that the hose line, | thing for men, women and children; ning April 1st when the new tax on : : we saving tnough gasoline to make a ) X i] . alcoholic beverages becomes effect- aged 60, of Emeigh, died on Friday |an increase in the “B” ration possi- which carried the poisonous gas in-| household linens, and yard goods for ive. The Office of Price Administra- COMING, BUT MAYBE Authorities listed the deaths as! ino just ahead, the Rubber Director - or | double suicide when a rubber hose at-| 2" .0 "110 reminds motorists that the ply to their local boards for a maxi- mum of 250 pounds for this purpose. ed last week. es. Spangler after an illness of about 4 |but I can’t. I can’t even begin to tell | erable work and time to install years. Her husband, Andrew War-|you for at least thirty days. I can |lole bad been bored in the floor | Nanty-Glo Foreman Killed. chock, died in June, 1931. Surviving|say, however, that OPA will be just|Poards directly back of the front| = 00 0 = 5.0 © ok while are these children—Mrs. Russell M.|as liberal as allocations permit.” seat of the car and into the hole had|, _S-= vont ih the Helsley Coal Hayward, West Orange, N. J.; Mrs Vv 4 been fitted a piece of pipe. The hose | oP 1 ne So oy Yi : James Covino, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; FORMER MINERS. was attached to the bottom of the Mine in Nanty-Glo, Sulo John Hal Anthony, Emeigh; Sophia, Mt. Ver- Plans to encourage the return to|PiPe and the other end to the ex- enan, 34-year old mine foreman was Relief Rolls Tumble. non, N. Y.; Pvt. John, with the Ar- j . i | instantly killed on Monday afternoon the coal mines of former miners now | haus pipe. { Ins y : 5 Selig; : ; Works Ih bier Industries wore Fes Miss Butterbaugh, who was em- | by a heavy fall of rock. He is surviv- Pennsylvania's relief rolls tumbled | my in England; and Wanda, at home. OTETE De Ga iin ployed in the Altoona shops of the ed by his parents, his widow and two 7 per cent in the past five years, |There are six grandchildren. Funeral |POTt2¢ bY i i g Director H. Raymond Mason. The Pennsylvania railroad, had roomed |sons. the Department of Public Assistance | services were conducted on Monday Move to return former inmers toiin Altoona for several months, but] Eta at Harrisburg reports. The depart- | morning in the Church of the Pre- Pennsylvania's anthracite and bitum- recently had returned to Amsbry. A | Judge Hears from Son ment said the decline in the peak | cious Blood, Emeigh, and interment |i, 5 coal fields is one phase of a|brother of the dead woman was fa-| put patrick (Pat) McCann, who load in February, 1939, brought the|was made in St. Stanislaus’ cemetery three point program recently announ- | tally wounded in an accident in an| "0 "4 rh 1ast Se tombe number of persons obtaining general | at Barnesboro. ced hy the War Manpower Commig- | army camp last August. | ahile 2p A 1Y a5 Septem x assistance down to 227,784 with only | meee Wee sion to meet the critical manpower| Thomas, who resided in Roaring | © * ie oe infor n d his f - 28,885 on the employed relief rolls. | DO YOU KNOW? needs of the war vital coal industry. | SPring, was married, and the father | 272. In a letter informed his father, | : 1 : y. y : | President Judge ohn McCann, that A t ; igen to recruit|of three children. : : . { : so n intensive campaig ] — | he is well and working on a German Strike Closes Laundry. | County Medical Societies through-|new workers and a comprehensive RE The Yorgey Laundry at Ebensburg out the state more recently concern- | survey to develop training and better Mother Fatally Injured. morning in the Miners’ Hospital at|ple? I wish I could answer that now, | to the machine had required consid-| apparel. tion said bars may raise liquor prices SR | prison farm with other American sol- . cently rvey | | diers. He ¢ i is parents has been closed due to a strike of €d With graduate studies in industrial | utilization of the present labor force ee | that he gb a 3% ik 15 employes, who demanded higher medicine are now emphasizing pro-|are th eother major parts of the pro- Mrs. Evelyn (McMullen) Noel, of Inornes sihce Tast'A il > 9 wagas. The strikers reported that the |8rams on tropical diseases in order |gram. near Duncansville, a native of Cou- | eae. = owner of the plant had advised them |to better serve professionally the eimarie meer Worm — pon, died Sunday in an Altoona his-| _ ~ int on custards for a nutri- he is unable to meet the demands for | returning personnel of the armed| Don't overcook kidneys. Whether | pital of injuries sustained Saturday tious dessert Make them n oor 1S wage increases and as a result has!forces who may have contracted any | they are sauteed, boiled, or prepared | night when she fell down the cellar their chief in lant of oe te vl oo closed the plant. The walkout start- (of the mort chronic tropical diseas-|Creole style, cook them only 15 to| steps in her home. She is the mother tiful Sti is ee Nee 20 minutes. of 12 children, and was 49 years old. ite, : : a favor-