A GENERAL NEWSPAPEX DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY 1944, ———— OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA f a Union Press, Established May, 1935 Patton Courier, Established Oct., 1893 WLB GOAL CONTRACT | ST AUGUSTINE PICNIC MEMORIAL DAY DANCE MINING DISTRICT ial Day Period t | cmoria d ero 0 mre | APPROVAL HAILED BY A picnic will be held held at St. Augus- y A Memorial Day Dance will be held | PRESIDENT PRAISES tine next Sunday, May 28th, for the b . P in the Patton Eagles’ Ball Room on | 1 i . n ick. T™ ng roni av & i MINERS OF DISTRICT bors tn churen thre, a chic Be Observed in Patton | fii sions Sits Si Bits opcery pAMPAIGN There will be games and amusements the affair will be furnished by Bruce | . ; : : ._ lalso. The general public is cordiall : y 4 ne » s , | Bowser and His Band. The admission | Men of This Section Will Share in eT genera p y As in former years, the Walter Mc- | that wil hav 8 Ji culmination at ihe | Will He, 50 cents Der reread cr | James Mark and Others Talk at : R ti Coy Post, American Legion, and the | Vacant lot on Magee avenue opposite Rally Held in B b Big Melon by Retroactive crm Y een ; : the Good Building, where a fitting | general public is : Cordially invited. | y Held in Barnesboro 8 | Portal Payments. SAFETY IS VITAL Join ite Post Veterans oe Memorial Day Program will be car- | “rpm Y ren | tadium on Sunday. oe eign Wars, will again make the Me- | ried out. Citizens, generally, are ur-| en The War Labor Board approval of morial Day period an observance of | ged to attend this program, particu- | COUNTY DEMOCRATS i the bituminous mine wage contract | special events. larly this year when the strife of | Bus averted Row UNTest for Most of On Sunday evening ext, May 28, | raging battles engulf so many of our PLAN UNITED EFFORT | the coal industry, but a still dead- both the Legion and V. F. W. mem- | own local boys. | locked dispute raised threats of trou- OUTPUT OF GOAL bers will attend oh services in | Master of ceremonies at the pro- | ble in the Southern Appalachian ar- the Methodist Church at 7:30 P. M..| gram will be the Rev. Thomas Me- | FOR FALL ELECTION eas The WLB voted 10 to 2 Friday land members will assemble at their Quillen. The invocation will be giv-| night last with two of its four indus- | Speakers Advise a at Meeting of | Club rooms at 7:15 to march to the en by Rev, Father Florian, of St.| a if. TT try members dissenting, to approve Mining Representatives at | church in a body. Rev. Ralph Krause, | Mary's Church. The speaker of the | Guffey and Lawrence Appeal for { church pastor, will preach at the ser-| day will be Rev. Father Flavian, O.| Harmon t Di M a portal to portal contract between Hastings Frida : | y a mner- eeting a ; : : : g y. vice. The Patton Fire Company also|S. B. pastor of St. Lawrence's Ca- | ) the United Mine Workersa and seven ee. | will th th fholic church. St. I. the clo.) at Ebensburg Hotel. {fox dunk of She soft Cual AWLY. | Kieduetion of woridents to intel oor: Jeoren ann ol) Se ae TL Pra i rer oe! re ile reer The new contract gives the miners | vital coal production tc meet the na-| guested to meet at the fire hall at|Ralph Krause of the local Methodist |, APpeals for harmony “to assure $8.50 daily for eight and three-quar-| tion's stepped-up damands were ur-| 7:00 o'clock on Sunday evening, Church. | the [reelection of Franklin D. Roose- | tes hours, including travel time—the | ged by speakers Friday night at a On Memorial Day morning, Tues-| Immediately following the program | Vell” were made by Democratic par- | sanie provisions in the contract ne-|gafety rally held in Hastings. | day , May 30th, veterans are request- | the ex-servicemen will visit the lo-| ty and labor leaders at a luncheon Eitiated last November by U. M. W.| po, esentatives of the United Mine | 8 "to meet at their club rooms at | cal cemeteries in their annual salute | last Thursday at the Old Ebensburg President John Lewis and Coal Ad- yy orkers, State Department of Mines | 8:30 o'clock. School children, Boy | to their dead comrades, and then will | Inn. Tuinistrator Harold Ickes for the per-|,,,q the Central Pennsylvania Coal | Scouts, and the Fire Company will | visit the cemeteries at St. Lawrence, More than 100 prominent Demo- | iod of government operation. Producers’ Association, stressed the|soin with them in a street parade, i St. Augustine and Chest Springs. crats of the county heard Se nator | Miners in Cambria, Indiana and importanct of cutting down all lost | {Joseph F. Guffey, State Chairman | Scmerset counties will benefit to the | tir 12 accidents. ’ o David L. Lawrence, Joseph A. Don- | extent of approximately $1,150,000 as | Peet 7 P tt R t Pp k O | 08hue, regional director of the poli- | i a result, representing portal-to-por- | Win stressing. that our great a on S ecrea ion ar pens It tical action committee of the C. I. O.: i : A tal pay and retroactive wage claims est asset in life is life itself, called John Mullen, Mayor of Clairton, and | JAMES MARK i 92 the workers, upon mine. owners and workers 10 FOF Third Season Next Tuesday ptig aly Bei ri Operators in District No. 2 of the! strive for greater safety accomplish- g nite eel Workers of Am-| Necessity of curbing lost time mine i United Mine Workers have agreed to, ments. |erica, and others ask that every e ef-l accidents and eliminating work stop- i make payment of the retroactive | Harvey Younker of Johnstown, ul The Patton Recreation Park will; days, are $1.00, plus 20c tax. The | fort be made to have harmony in the | pages so as to maintain the produc- wage claims of $40 per miner in four M. W. representative pointed to the | ©Pen its 1944 season on Memorial Day adult tickes are $2. -00, plus 40c tax. party ¢ ‘so that a united front can be | tion of coal needed so vitally for the : equal installments of $10 each. This |; portant stake miners have in acci-| Tuesday, May 30th, and will close on Single admissions are 12c and 30c, | presented in November. Mr. Law- | prosecution of the war was empha- : arrangement has been agreed to byl..." 5 conven He urged the men | Labor Day, September 4th. 2% Snciuded. toni [Fefies Prosided as toasimaster, |sized by James Mark, president of : the mine workers’ officials. The men | =¢ p ruth Sihie to climbed ¥, Sep All club or group picnics must be| “We are interested in factional par-| District 2, United Mine Workers of i will be paid ten dollars extra each] oh 1D vary Ine i ie 5 Pros The park will open daily at 9:00 A.| arranged with the park supervisor at ty disputes only as the affect the| America, in an address at a safety i pay period during the next two mon- wo: gp te re il I pero pits may he LO 2 yo in Savane 0 jus pe Py” Me, Lawrence declared. “Our rally ‘Sunday aftemoon in the Bak i ths. ted that the price of safety is eter-| use to 11:00 P. M. The swimming pool| No arrangements are necessary for Soe Inierest ly In Se Section of | nesharo Stagium, : In addition to this payment miners na) vigilance and described efforts | will be open from 11:00 A. M. to| family picnics. Firewsod, if not wast- SE Bogevali ang al Stier President Mark informed the large | will be entitled to a $50 vacation bo-| mage by the mine union to promote | noon for beginning swimmers, and|ed, will be furnished free. | this hleotion: aon Co bind crowd that the United Mine Workers i nus provided in the union-operator|anq obtain safety legislation. from 1:00 P. M. till darkness for all| Several new sliding boards and Sec-| could be permitted to htorfe Pul€| wholeheartedly is supporting the i ack: ape boyy will be made av-| Ww Thomas of Windber, state | bathers. During July and August|saws have been added to the amuse- | any ov Bindi. With this and toe lod Tine Sarety ogee and san iat i allable after June . 11 be held to teach nts at the park, and cooperation! | safety is absolutely necessary to the mine inspector for thestwenty-fourth | morning classes wi € mer park, oop With each miner receiving $90 bo- : b ning | beginners and a Red Cross life-saving | for their care is asked. The commit 90 counties in the state rolling up | produciton of coal. % g bituminous district, said the mining big majorities for the President i nus pay during the next two months | inqustry still has much to do in the | course will be offered. tes likewise will ask the local clubs | I oveaadons resident in| ° paying advantage of the war is i operators will pay out approximately matter of safety. He urged employ- Season tickets are now on sale at|to donate some small amusements to unpatriotic,” declared the U. M. W. ¢ $2,650,000 in the three counties, ment of safety inspectors by the|the borough office, high school and|the park. All are urged to use and| Senator Guffey declared that the | District head, He said there should According to the latest statistics company and stated that falls of coal the park. The children’s tickets, valid | enjoy the park and help make it the | only means to insure a lasting peace | pe no friction between management available there are 12,142 miners in| nq roof have been the biggest fac-| on all days except Sundays and holi- | most beautifu in the county. was the reelection of the president, and labor and there should be abso- rig county, 9,120 in Somerset| tors in mine mishaps. He © ; id die world is no work stoppages in ; i de seye 2 "The miners’ leader pointed out at SE el a od d id ga Seclated ust at present there are 21 per cent less = «vu + © € the alm of all our people | nq} miners in the Centrdl Pennsyl~ ¥ F000 PRODUCTION = Ferardiens of party. But we cannot... i. ficids than there were a year achieve that much desired aim unless | ago. He said the older men are being A break- down of national figures | th> Democratic party presents a sol- called upon to carry the burden of research within the state indi- | id front in November. Party victory | £10 of coal production. ‘that if the farmers in Pennsyl- | is essential not only for the good of | =, o declared that the accident nia are to accomplish the increas- | the Democratic party, but of what | rate still is too high and urged the food production necessary to the Of far more importance, for the good safety committees at each mine and fort during 1944 an additional of the nation.” | the operators to work together close- ar round and 100,000 season- | Flans to have every member of the ly in order to reduce the accident - gers must be secured for them./C. I O .register in the Democratic | [ toll. ‘Cambria county the recruiting | rarks are being formulated by that | nd replacement of this labor will be | organization, Mr. Donoghue asserted. | = to, 4 of Tour Jad J re > Justis > tandled through the Cambria County| Short address were made by Judge man fails te i ort to ory lace of pergency Labor Office in the Law A. Nelson, Senator John J. Halus- | | work, B. W. Pini a tar avs a N BARNESBORO MEET creases in the price of coal ; * James Mark, president of District 8 No: 2, of the United Mine Workers, it last Friday issued an appeal to.the miners to remain at work on Memor- Se x T° The report follows: | A : ial Day. He pointed out that under Publi i ¢ —— ic school—8 regular ildi Ebensb h James A. | h i the operator-union agreement work- . ’ . ulaing, ensourg, where S | ka, Michael J. Sewak, Mrs. Mabel | a 1 ers in the district would receive time Problems affecting the licensed so- | cording to law. 650 pupils. First rabaugh, farm labor assistant, is! ! Dias, Eddie McCloskey, Raymond Dive uf the re a Oe drill May 22. School emptied in one in minute and 30 seconds, the best re ord in the history of the Patton High| Fe School. i Farochial School—8 regular drills, 85 pupils. School emptied in one min- ute. Te charge. Adult women and student Kirby, Robert Clark, and Attorney | ys. and girls, minimum age 15, are ' Samuel R. DiFrancesco. i i mted upon to supply tne bulk of! The Democratic county committee | man is absent because 940 ancient ithe seasonal labor. Fifteen hundred | witl meet to elect a county chairman | girike or just because he didn’t want 08 these seasonal laborers are the| Although periodic tire check- "ups to work, the same amount of war- jeounty’s quota and they will be 3 oss ¢ court house. vit coal production is lost. eed tipon soon for such tasks as the oy rere said the quota set for cial organizations were discussed at a meeting on Sunday of the Cambria County Federation of Clubs held In the Barnesboro Moose Hall. Some 68 delegates, representing 24 different clubs in the county ,attended. Among the items discussed was and one-half time for working on seid that regardless of whether the the holiday. J. N. Geyer, regional bi- tuminous mine’ manager, previously had sent out a plea to the miners to continue at work on the holiday. News of the war labor board's ap- proval of the portal-to-portal pay rate has been received uti] cally among the union members. One| union spokesman said that the action of the board probably will end the { jobs provided they apply for reinsta- {tement within forty days after their | return from the service. A report was the “cabaret tax” and a proposal that servicemen be guaranteed their feeling of unrest which has prevailed | in the coal fields since the portal-to- | portal pay issue was first brought to LB the attention of the W. eS ae : illv _| membership in the federation, wo Raward Sweeney, of Lilly, secre lof them from Colver and one each tary-treasurer of District No. 2, de- re that re War Labo | from Johnstown and Patton. Meet- ings of the Federaton were suspend- Board action would “clear up the sit- | : uation in Western Pennsylvania” and | ca quring Jane, say aa August and “end the restlessness among miners.” | Will be resumed in September at a date and place to be decided later. Michael Devett, vice president ,was STATE CHECKING ON in charge of the meeting Sunday, in the absence of President Joseph Washington. Fred Sherry of Belsano, was order- ed to pay the costs and fines totaling | $107.35 by Justice of the Peace, Mrs. Charles P. Rowland of Ebensburg, | | submitted on the convention held in | Lebanon on May 6, and 7. Four new clubs were admitted to iin i RETURN OF MINES T0 OWNERS LOOMS Second Ward School—8 regular drills. 175 pupils. School emptied in one minute. LOUIS KINKEAD COMMISSIONED. Kinkead, of Patton, has been award- ed the gold bars of a second lieuten-!: ant at graduation services in Yale University, New Haven, Conn., where: he has been training as a technical officer in aircraft maintenance & en- gineering. Lt. Knikead now is prepared “for duty at an advanced flying field, where he will be in charge of a crew of enlisted men who are Speeialists, in manitenance. Prior to entering service ‘Maren 5, 1943, the newly commissioned offi- cer was employed in Bethpage, Long! before whom he appeared to answer charges that his dogs destroyed and injured a number of sheep. Re tO § i turn of the district's coal mines | rivate ownership following the In addition to the penalty, two val-| at Labor Board's approval of the uable coon dogs, valued at $100 each | r-operator contract looms this | were destroyed, after they were said |" with the scheduling of a con- "to have attacked sheep on the farm |1€Yence In Washington. of Frank Kirsch near Nicktown. Representatives of He | wage State officers, now conducting a | lating groups in vigorous check in Cambria county on 3 unlicensed dogs, announced Monday night that 63 dog owners have been E prosecuted and handed fines. of the pits More than 3,000 dog owners have Deputy Coal Min Administrator failed to sec ( ( Potter of ana called the the state offi nce follo the WLB ap- ‘act consummated g.to Cs owners to secure al { 1 0 iely for their pets was of the tion officers. Lice s are available the A v 1 a nation county tre er’s ( in the court pled the industry. He 3 in- house. tained controlling hand. With the - Vv union-operator contr. given the of- Endorse all your gasoline cou- | ficial O. K., it is believed the govern- pons now. You can help kill the black | ment. will relinquish control to pri- market, vate owners. Island, where he worked on the first | Hellcat produced for the air corps. He received training at air fields in Bt Missouri, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Li. Kinkead is home this week on leave. He will go from Patton to the Liberal Army Air Field, at Liberal, Kansas, where he has been assigned. eV BARNESBORO STORES’ SUMMER * CLOSING - The Barnesboro Business sociation announce that beginning on Wednesday afternoon, June 7th, end ending August 306th, «the stores homes for picking ot cherries, the thinning of | peaches, and the stripping of tobac- | Lo. Present prospects are for a large | be | ‘fruit’ erop.. Cherry pickers will needed in Erie and Adams counties | labout July 12 and labor for thinning | peaches in Franklin county in less | ough Schools, have completed ‘than a month from now, or about June "15th. Tomato pickers will needed in Lancaster county in Aug- ust. Kariers who already need help or ‘will need it, are now registering at “Mr. Farabaugh’s office in Ebensburg. | There is urgent need for workers in the éounty, and others willing to live [ir farm labor camps away from their several weeks at a time. Mr, Farabaugh says that the rate of pay will be good, that transportation vill be’ paid and that working and #living conditions will be kept up to e high standards set by the Agri- beultural Service Extension. There will Be recreation and social activities at ithe camps and nursing and medical are will be provided. & “The need is urgent,” said Mr. Far- febaugh, ‘and we'd appreciate the in- ferest and help of anyone who can Spare the time—even a few days, if on. The provide further information to letter or in that is all they can ure oifice-will be glad to and ‘more led those who apply for it by Jerson. CAN RO UN fig de V Dro Men's | i Jihnstown lof this w Qollection of prepared ft ie ‘county area outside of i {may turn in Barnesboro will be closed on Wed- | gang before the close of the nesday afternoons, starting at 12: :00 | Materials collected will be loaded in- o'clock noon, However on weeks when there is a holiday, the stores will remain open | all day Wednesday. x to Tailro id the coun nty. Stee) on buying bonds, stam na PS SEE PATTON STUDENTS | wr ee coal fields for 1944 is 600, 000,000 tons, He said that in or- | der to meet that quota it will be ne- cessary to curb the accident toll. He be | END FIRST STAID COURSE said all of the miners are taught the | fundamentals of safety but too often Sixteen pupils of th of the Patton Bor- | they do not apply them at their the | | work. He said the average age of led Cross course in First-Aid work, | the coal miner today is 44 years. Sie Sania Qouaty Bod roms THap- | George Grove, district supervisor Jor jof the U .S. Bureau of Mines, ex- week | plained the importance of conserving Teachers or tne local class were manpower by the prevention of lost Miss Anna Lacava and Miss Grace M. Urich. Patton pupils now eligible time and fatal accidents. He sized that safety to a large empha- extent is for first-aid certification, include: in the hands of the individual miner. John L. Barnard, Jr.; Eeanor Ber-| The mine official declared that some dosky, Frederick James Burkhart, miners have worked between 50 and Lee George Gregly, Patty Lou Hoov- | 60 years without a lost time accident er, Frank Pius Jolly, Eleanor Jame |tq prove that safety can be practiced Kimble, Stephany Millicent Lacey, | by all. Shirley Leonard, Richard Lowes,| p J. Callahan, state mine inspect- Jackie Reid, John Allen Reske, Ja-|or. said it is the patriotic duty of s Rhody, Wanda Marie Smith- every coal miner to practice safety Rema Solomon, and Yvonne | so as to produce the largest amount . of coal possible f ! prosecution Patton schools have also added of the war. “Freedo rom accident first-ad to their regular program and isn't pure luck. It is due to experi- pian to continue instruction with the | ence proper training 1 exer ising start of the next 5 rm in September. | reasonable care,” - Falls of roof a portation are the PATTON EAGLES ELECT OFFIGE ac tions be es 01 cona next month in
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