UNION PRESS-COURIER, Thursday, July 20, 1944. HOW TO ESCAPE THE CHICAGO HEAT \ PAGE FOUR | military to be discharged from the | service. A straw poll of the soldiers LEGION URGES substan- ' Patton Courier, Estab., Oct. 1893. nc NG Itai PRC ts RR Ee Published every Thursday by Thos A. Owens, 723 Fifth Avenue, Pat- ton, Pa., and entered as second class mail matter May 7, 1936, at the postoffice at Patton, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. F. P. Cammarata ... Business Mgr. Mine Workers of America. We so- Heit the support of All Unions. Material for publication must be authorized by the organization it represents, signed by the Presi- dent and Secretary, and bear the seal of the Local. The Union Press-Courier gives its advertisers the advantage of the combined circulation of the two largest circulated weeklies in Cam- bria County and has a reader cov- erage that blankets Patton and the major mining towns. Ee THE WRITER'S SON, Owens, Jr., who for the past fif- teen months has found himself loca- ttd all over North Africa, on the Is- land of Corsica, and currently in It- aly, for the past year has had us on the mailing list of the Mediterrenean weekly edition of the “Stars and font, Hitler has moved some divis- ELS ol Strips,” the Army newspaper that has | jons away from the eastern battle-|war, or by the widespread use in the | Crouse, Alex Davi | ! daily editions on most all the import- | jine, probably one reason for the Rus- [services of many athletes in morale | doe, John B Helman, John Jones, J. | I N SAILOR { J. Dougherty, Bernard Collins, Dan ant battle areas. Pared of propagan- da and comment by folks who don’t know much more than we do about the war, the “Stars and Stripes” is edited and published by G. I. Joe's, and the columns prove refreshing to us, even though the news is a bit old by the tiime the paper reashes us each week. How Rok THE “STARS AND STRIPES” EN- deavors to give the soldier's view- point, both in military and civil af- fairs. One matter that has been giv- en some prominence is, when the war is over, who should be the first of the - SGT. TOM | { fair-minded citizen, | ian, can find fault wth that. | Ehdrw | FATES OF WAR DECREE THAT | some solders had to go overseas long before others, There are men who | have been in service for two years {and more, who still are in training jcamps in this country. Their life, of | DREW PEARSON, IN HIS SUN- | day night radio broadcast of “Pre- dictions of Things to Come,” made | the prediction that Hitler and the | German high command would sue for peace sometime before September 15, {but only if the American production | is stepped up, and no let down in the | war effort occurs. He bases his con- clusions on the fact the the Russians now are are sweeping ahead of sch- edule, and also says that it will be Russians who will reach Berlin first, but that the diversionary western front in France, and the Italian front as well, have caused so much diver- sion of German troops from the east- ern frontier, that the Germans sim- ply won't be able to hold up, if we constantly increase our fighting pow- er. kkk HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL two schools of thought in Wash- ington on this No. 1 question of when Germany will be licked. The first school says Hitler will be licked by November or December. They reason it this way: The Russians are playing [hell with the Nazis on the eastern front. The other allied fronts have forced Hitler to spread his troops thin—in Italy, in Normandy, in Greece, in Norway, and in spots where they think we might land ano- ther army. To bolster the western | sians’ great speed to German borders | —and this school of thought believes that the Germans cannot take ano- { ther winter; they think our bombing {of oil refineries, storage depots and { transportation facilities have been { remarkably effective. They point to signs that Turkey will enter the war; to German peace feelers; to indica- tions of German panic. ERETE BUT THE SECOND SCHOOL OF thought at the nation’s capital cites the fact that Germany still has powerful armies, They are taking a beating in the East of course, but the Russian supply lines are being drawn out longer and longer. That's bound to tell of the power of the Red's drive. The time it took Allied armies to capture Caen is proof of the Germans’ fighting power, We have been in France a little more than a LAST MONTH~THEY SAY QE S CRAZY ABOUT \T! district, left here Sunday afternoon | i for the convention. FIRST AlD MEET Xk kE “WE HAVE HEARD—SOMEWHAT | ( Continued from Page One.) dubiously at times, many reports of |}. to) follow: : 2 the splendid contribution which base- | James Nicholson, M. A. Burns, Da- ball and others organized sports have |v; Davidson, Walter Myers, Joseph made to the war effort,” states the | paydock, Robert Thompson, George Pittsburgh Press. “There isn't any| Rajopsky, Andrew Bodner, Willam doubt that there are many outstand- | Young, J. A. O'Rourke, John Maguire ing examples of worthy service both| A §. Deringer, M. M. Ward, Vincent by the thousands of baseball players| Thomas, George McQuillen, Melvin and other athletes who have gone to| Routch, John Sanders war and by the ones who have stay-| William McCombie, F. J. Mulve- ed at home and participated in ben- hill, William Nelson, Frank Goaziou, efits, War Bond shows, entertain- | Steve Peycz, E, E. Harris, J. J. Bra- ments for the armed services, ste fail, Psul Schwab, Charles Hannigan, But the record is spotty. There have | M. J. Christoff, Paul Strong, James been serious doubts among many cit-| Lynn, S. B. Woods, Jr., Harry Bar- izens regarding the retention of tra- | raclough. ined athletes in a non-essential sport Michael Mehal, when their own loved ones went to | George Dunchuck, assistant; Harry dson, John McIn- ticket chairman; and physical training activities ra-| ther than in combat. There have been | LeGars, parallel doubts about maintaining of | Charles St baseball when war plants were crying | TY Ream, for men. Maybe they are undeserved liard. —but they do exist.” David Millward, state mine inspec- eV Glenn Fowler, Robert Simms, ewart, Frank Tonkin, Har- Henry Larson, Henry Hi: tor for the Eighth Bituminous Uis- trict, and Richard E. George of the 18th district, also were named on the general committee. Teams from their district are expected to enter the jes. STATE SETS UP NEW AIR RAID SIGNAL SYS- TEM FOR FUTURE CALLS Harrisburg, — Pennsylvania last Friday set up a new air-raid warn- ing system, which also is considered likely to become the commonweal- th's permanent plan of dealing with civilian disasters. The State Defense Council announ- ced establishment of the system in line with recent action by the Army in turning over to the States com- plete responsibility for future warn- A meeting will be held Monday ev- | ening by the group at which tin! the various members will be assigned to special committees. It is expected that approximately sixteen teams will en- ter -the meet and a team represent- ing the Spangler Miners’ Hospital student nurses will be presented to winning teams. At last night’s meeting of Barnes- boro Council the safety banner for the month of June was awarded the County Body of Ex-Servicemen| Had Meeting at Spangler on Tuesday Night. Members of the Cambria County American Legion Committee, at the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday the Legion feels that it should be ab- olished from the name of Scotland school. Spangler post of the Legion was host at Tuesday night's meeting. The committee directed that a let-| ter of condolence be sent to State] Senator John J. Haluska on the death of his son recently. Frank Morley, liason officer, repor- ted that the American Legion will have charge of a state wide collection of waste paper in September and he asked all posts of the county to lay plans for the drive. District Comm. Edwin Green re- ported a state membership of 102,-| 000, the largest in the history of the Legion. Cambria county has a mem- | bership of 3,134. County Chairman S, T. Cawley of Cresson presided at the session. The | principal address was by Mark Sloan, | commander of the Hollidaysburg | Post. The Legionnaires devoted con-| siderable time to discussion of a ser-| vice officer of the county and again | urged the county commissioners to act in providing such an officer. The next meeting of the committee will be held in Cresson August 8th, instead of Aug. 15th, at which time there will be a caucus of delegates] to the state convention the following | week. Ve a IS SURVIVOR OF Carl Betz Rescued After Stuldng| of Carrier Last May in | Atlantic Waters. | Receiving the dubious honor of once being the survivor of a sunken vessel is enough in the lifetime of any man, take it from Carl Betz, seaman second class in the Navy. On thirty day leave now visiting relatives in Patton; the sailor knows the feeling of having a ship virtually shot cut from under him in sea dis- aster last May in the Atlantic. He was aboard the carrier Block Island. Seaman Betz, true to his naval policy, has sealed his lips in regard BLUGK ISLAND | Union Press, Estab. May 1935. || themselves indicates very = -( << tially that the chaps who have been rN A. ORPHAN SCHOOL UNION PRESS-COURIER | hgaged on the actual battlefronts, “14 8 A FRIEND OF YOURS | | should come first of all. Surely no J ~~ soldier or civil- 4 BOUGHT 018 MODEL NAME CHANGE CONGOLEUM RU | 9 x 12 Size $3.25 MANY PATTERNS — THEY WON'T LAST L Thos. A. OWENS munis Editor ! yo be 3 he : ’ course, is not pleasant, but most ev- Tus Owens: 3 Bucociate Baur |ery G. I. anywhere overseas, makes evening in the American Legion Home THIS LOW PRICE, [no bones about admitting that he at Spangler, passed a pesalition to be i | would gladly trade his location for presented a the epartmen conven- OT I a (any camp in the continental United tion Aug. 17 to 19 in Harrisburg ask- The endeavor of the Union Press- | States. The fellows who have been ing She State Legislature to drop Ye Courier is to sincerely represent | plugging along in battle after battle, Yord, Industrial fom ihe name 0 , Union Workers in their efforts to || from one campaign to another, cer- Es °0 and or ns ii 0 ined for obtain economic freedom, particu- | tainly deserve the breaks when it ‘he school which 1s mainta 20 or : | comes to entering civilian life again. orphans of veterans of the orl larly as advocated by the United EEEET War, is not a correctional institution and, since the word, “industrial” has been assocated with reformatories, Ia, Ee JULY AND WHO NEED Al NEW 1944 STY] ERS. CHOOSE F - i month and are behind schedule in ngs. provides that the Third Service ‘Barnes and Tucker Coal Company |to the sinking and the escape from a +n QULOHYE fone Pa may Se Command hereafter notify the state ine which suffered only two minor | watery grave. om : control center here of any call for a . a s He does tell, however, that he serv- : e 1. : 3 : ert DD f Article F £ sno , | AAD ileal AGE armies to reach the French capita practice blackout, vi ia del | uate Mine Lv side Poe nd genie vessel for more then) Se DIFFERENCE that We have Cherbourg, but our forces! must have another deep water port ! — say Brest. They sum up: It will not be this year, but well into next spring before Hitler falls—say, April, May or June. ok kkk CONGRESSIONAL SOURCES ARE pointing out that in the Pacific | nald Lutz, of Barnes & Tucker, read- |ing seven sections devoted to duties ty-four hours daily the center will i of mine foremen. Thomas Lamont lea transmit the warnings to every couli- ty in the state. 1 y : ia ... 1 the discussion A high authority said the plac is | arty : the frist step in carrying out an ob- | J. B. Heilman, superintendent of the . _ Imperial Coal Company, Coalport jective expressed by Governor Mar- and John Jones of th ? et tin in an address that an emergency |, po ot the a 2 Saree firm, set-up be established to coordinate | iv 1% eting, stressing the | vital importance of keeping accidents | bers of the crew developed a strange | love for the craft which was sent to|g the bottom. | “It was a good luck ship, for the] | casualties, following the last encoun-| | ter with the enemy, were light,” Betz] ! related. | | A son of Mrs. Carrie Gill Betz of | Pittsburgh and Patton, the seaman FREE LOU! AND OTTO! we're not waiting for Hitler to fold, , state and local agencies to deal With at a mbriniim . | attended St. Mary’s Parochial Sch-| DR. J.P. MITCHELL CLEAR VISION will make in YOUR LIFE! "Are you going through life only “half seeing” things righ passing friends ‘unnoticed on the street .7. becom- (ing a “visual isolationist?” Correct vision will make o BIG difference in A WHAT you: see and HOW you see it es wi give you a new grip on suc.’ {cess . . a new lease on happiness! HAVE YOUR EYES EXAMINED and say our subs are sinking Jap | ships in numbers far in excess of the enemy's ability to repiace them. The solute domination of sea and air in | the Pacific. The Japanese fleet won't | or can’t come out. therefore it can- | not supply or protect its far-flung garrisons such as Saipan, where Ad- | miral Nimitz’s forces have taken con- trol. What's the next move after Sai- pan? Guessers say: Why not Guam | and Palau, then on to the Philippines and Formosa? Gen. MacArthur can | be presumed to try the Philippines | first, but Adm. Nimitz is on record as aiming for the coast of China, HHH HK THIS WEEK THE DEMOCRATS are having their fling at publicity, because of ther national convention. | But the interest doesn’t center on the ' Presidential nominee, who will be Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but rath- er on who will be his running-mate. ' BARNESBORO, PA. MON BY TO “FIX UP” YOUR HOME Plan, Come In Or Phone.’ BARNESBORO BUD BARNESBORO, WE MAKE PLAIN SIGNATURE LOANS TO HOME OWNERS FOR : IMPROVEMENTS OF ALL KINDS YN o REDECORATE Money Obtained From Us Fob Homé Improvements I Spent Under Your Own Supervision, Monthly Repaymeni George C. Hoppel, of Patton, nation- al delegate from the Congressional @ REPAIR 5 GET PLAN INC. PENNA, | ‘ disasters that may happen in any community. The Third Service Command in| by telephone, New York contacting the east and the Harrisburg center taking care of the central section. Pittsburgh center will send warn- ings to a number of places in this section, including Johnstown and Cearfield. “The state contecol center nas di- rect telephone comununication with Third Service Command in Baltimore and with the cooperation of the state police teletype and its own direct tel- ephones to district warning centers, and will be able to give warnings more ‘quickly than under the old system, NTE GREEN BEANS AID CANNING PROGRAM Home canning of green beans wiile supplies are abundant was urged this week by an official of one of the na- tion's largest buyers of produce. “Plentiful supplies of this favorite vegetable are ample for year around use if the surplus is canned by the housewives of the nation,” Mr. O. H. Weinert, A & P Fcod Store General Superintendent for his dwtrict, said Friday. Patriotism can pe displayed in canning food at hom: as well as on the actual battlefront by helping lo preserve food supplies, Mr. Weinert pointed out. Free leaflets of food canning are being distributed in A & P Stores. Approximately 30 poun- ds of green beans will yield 20 gts. when caned. MAKE CHAIN FOR FARM USES. To provide necessary chain for farm uses, WPB has issued instrue- tions to chain manufacturers on fill- ing orders for suppliers and dealers serving the farm trade. Chain that the WPB expects to keep available includes harness chain, wagon chain, cow ties, tie-outs, halter chain, log chain under one-half inch and re- William Nicholson of West Vir- ginia, discussed his experiences in the Northwest. J. J. Dougherty, federa: Jap forces are thinned and extended | Baltimore previously relayed warl-|pina inspector, and Denni oven more than Hitler's. We have ab- | ings. Buffalo, N. Y., advising coun-| > : SHI Hoenas, ; Ings. gave talks on safety. ties in the western part of the state | =v DISTRICT MINES . ( Continued from Page One.) tion of a small number of local flare- ups, have moved steadily during the past six months and, with the con- tract to remain in force until next April, should continue smoothly for the remainder of the year. Although more coal has been haul- ed from the mines, stocks have dip- ped to low ebbs due to the corres- ponding increase in the demands of war industries for the fuel. Officials of the industry have been asking all householders to stock coal now. war- ning them that there may be “star- vation in a land of plenty” if all de- mands are made at one time on the industry. Contributing heavily to the pro- duction increase of the district has been the strip mines that hate mush- roomed through the district and the added work day. Production totals for the six mon- ths of the current year, with the in- crease over last year, follow: Sixth—Lesttr D. Kimmel, 1,615,000 —34,000. Seventh—A. J. Nairn, 2,203,000— 218,000. Tenth—Samuel Cortis, 2,693,000— 464,000. Twelfth—T. J. Lewis, 2,257,000— 617,000. Fifteenth—Dennis J, Keenan, 892,000—43,000. Eighteenth—R. E. George, 1,409,- 000—147,000. Twentieth—L. D. Kimmel, 2,234,000 —442,000. Twenty-Fourth—M. W. Thomas, 2,838,000—441,000. 25th—A. J. Bengston, 2,724,000— 262,000. 28th—S. S. Johns, 1,541,000—42, 30th—W. B., Wardrop, 2,543,000— 689,000. pair and lap links. \ 1.-. | ool, Patton, and later was graduated | i from Mt. St. Charles’ Academy, of | Woonsocket, R. 1 | He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Max Gill of Patton. TAX COLLECTIONS PASS BILLION MARK Stanley Granger, collector of inter- nal revenue for the Western District | of Pennsylvania, comprising 24 wes-, tern counties, this week stated that for the first time in history the local district moved into the billon-dollar- a year brocket in the collection of lect a billion dollars, but exceeded this amount by more than 290 mill- ion, the total tax collection being $1,290,216,194.44. This tax includes all federal taxes, such as income, em- ployment, withholding, and various miscellaneous taxes. The tax collec- tion figure represents the total col-| lection for the fiscal year ending on) June 30, 1944, as collected in the Pittsburgh office and the 14 branch] offices throughout western ae | vania. eV immer et Ashville Woman Dead. | Mrs. Nellie (Rupenski) Belkowski, | 70, died on Wednesday morning at| 1a Kozel, Ashville. She had been in| ill health for the past year. Her hus- | band died 14 years ago. A number of | | Saturday in St. Thomas’ Church at] Ashville, with interment in the chur-| ch cemetery. Fifty thousand additional shipyard workers are needed to meet the ship construction needs for European and| | | Far Eastern operations, Vice Admiral | Emory S. Land, chairman of the U. S. Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administrator, announced. “Every man or woman who is able to work in a shipyard, and not present employed in esesntial war| work, should report at once to the| nearest United States Employment | Service office for enrollment in this most essential work,” he said. taxes. Not only did the district col-|§ the home of her daughter, Mrs. Stel- | children survive. Funeral will be held |} | 1 | at || With Every Suite Purch August Clearance Sale. to miss this Unusual Off - CLOTHES ( HAMPERS | MA Large Size sq.95 53 Pc. Dinner Set. Sen ‘1X | Use Our Easy Credit Terms | BARNESBORO ICE REFRIG'RATOR 50 LB. 35 $ Neat patterned Dinner Set, Large plate and cups
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