PAGE TWO WEATHER CONDITIONS NOW WILL FAVOR THE HEAVY JAP BOMBING Japan is preparing to suffer what HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS FOUR NEW SOUND PICTURES FOR PUBLIC calamities; “Kaji to jiishin”-—devas-| of the Division of Health Education tation by fire and earthquake. Both | of the Pennsylvania Department of are combined in air bombing, which | Health. soon can come to her, not from Chi- na alone but also from the Marianas | tained free of charge for showing by and perhaps even from our carriers. | schools, professional societies. ana The sooner, the worse for Japan. |cviic groups, are: A period of weather which will help 1—Defending the City's Health. the bomber has just begun Usually 2—The Care of the Feet. it hinders, protecting Japan with 3—Endocrine Glands. storms and tricky winds. But from 4—Winged Scourge (Mosquito Con- now till mid-September there is fre-|tro],), quently a peculiar mist through pefending the City's Health re- which bombers can see far better| cords the advances that have been than they are seen. That gives them | made in caring for the health of all a chance to deal blows to Japan's in- | the people of a city as a group. The dustrial cities in ways that are new. film points out the application of me- Thus far the B-29's have bombed | dical science to group care; the im- largely steel mills and naval installa- | portance of publc health officials in tions. But those in Japan are fre-|every day public life; and the contri- quently strongly built to withstand | pution of other agencies in protecting “Kaji to jiishin.” Since the last dis-| the cty’s health. Also explained is the aster in 1923 to Tokyo-Yikahama ar- | inter-relationship of Federal, State ea and others too, have been rebuilt ang city activities. in an effort to escape another ordeal. | The Care of the Feet shows the To prevent fire from sweeping too | chef causes of abnormal foot physio- far the Japs have opened many new | jogy and how such disorders should parks and wide streets, and have al- | pe treated, The importance of proper 80 built concrete fire walls at right |ghoes is stressed. angles to prevailing winds which of-| The instructional sound film En- ten are high. They have built many | doctrine Glands depicts the phenom- modern fire proof and shock proof ena of the ductless glands and ex- buildings, either in the center of the plains they part they play in health, cities or the outskirs. appearance, disposition and everyday But to modernize all of them was | living. beyond even Japanese diligence. So | Winged Scourge is a Walt Disney the large cities remain largely a fire-) made film with the Seven Dwarfs of bug's paradise. Thert are quite a few | gnow White fame starred as exter- roofs of copper and tile, but many|minators of the malaria producing smaller factories are hastily erected mosquito. war buildings and are of wood, stuc- nV co and even ply board, with paper partitions. Many houses are made of Ay, bgiiips), om these materials, but even more use rice straw mats. For the next two months these will As a measure contributing to the be dry as tinder and flare like cellu- | solution of the farm-labor shortage, loid. Flames will spread literally like | assistance recipients are again urged wild-fire in the crowded regions of |to accept full or part time farm em- such cities like Osaka and Kobe, ployment and thereby take advantage where one shack is jammed against |of the policy adopted in the spring another and streets are tracks as|of 1943 by the State Department of narrow as five feet, or sometimes | Public Assistance whereby income de- non-existent. rived from farm employment may be In such homes a surprising amount | utilized to meet reasonable needs of of manufacture of small war articles | the recipient group which are not goes on. Often they use electricity | covered by the regular assistance al- with open wiring. Many of the wor-|lowances. kers in larger factories live in these| ynder this policy, families witn homes. Many believe the quickest Way | farm income may meet their actual to stop Japan's war industry is not| reasonable needs before ther income to bomb the stronger factories With| equces the assistance grant. Thus high explosive bombs which take a recipients may not only help to pro- ,Jot more space on a bomber, but to duce the food that is so badly need- bomb the smaller plants and homes| qq at home and abroad, but may al- in their vicinity wth small ncendiar- so afford a more adequate standard ies which can do far more damage of living. per bomb. We have a new incendiary Vv apparantly made to order for Japan. RAGWEED HERE AGAIN It throws a gasoline jelly as far as 800 feet. When it hits it bursts into AND SO IS HAY FEVER Dry weather this summer has had flame and sticks. Although n these shanty towns, | no apparant effect on the growth of war work and war workers are inex- ragweed, chief enemy of hay fever id interg the Japanese sufferers, and pollen will be spread our § sm will pre-|in the usual a ance in less they ci Eo o Lig ad out FHA, t ; 2 RE us Be 4 - s - | reau of Plant Industry of the Penn- Jats Hey wi greenies Hote of ou sylvania Department of Agricluture. ers. bu ey are trying to get Pollen of the two varieties of rag- ready. Their fire departments are ex- | weed is believed to be the source of | ceptionally large but mostly ill equip- | at jeast 90 per cent of hay fever ped. The Japs have a large civil de-|cases in Pennsylvania, the Bureau fense force trained for ten years in explains. It is said that about one in air raid drills far more realistic than !évery 100 residents of Pennsylvania | ours. | suffers from hay fever. Already they have exacuated all | Ragweed is 2 be found growing in | save essential workers from some of all parts of the state, The ron] their cities, The Japs have announced | ragweed is usually under two feet | that oY hate a plan for mass evac- high, but it can grow to a height or| PoE & Sy ir |STirosmatey fv fest, ‘Tie leaves) : : | are fern like, deeply cut, and a dull to give more authority to local 80V- green color. The giant ragweed rea- ernors, in case the central govern- ches a height of eight to ten feet and | ment has to flee. There is even talk has large three of five-lobed leaves. | of taking the Emperor to Manchu- Both varieties produce long terminal | ul | kuo. | spikes of light greenish flowers which | Teed {ins | shed ‘great quantities of yellow po:-| BEEF RATIONS DOWN, { Ten. Beginning next Monday, August 13| Control of ragweed is difficult and all beef Will be ration free except | seldom satisfactory unless entire ar-| commercial, good and choice steaks'eas are cut down before the flowers | and roasts, WFA has announced. | begin to form. 2AA0BRN00NNNNNCONNNAAAAAANAAAAANAANAAAAANNANAAAANANNG | IO000OOVVVVVOVVVOVOVVOOOOOC ly ane to another— TRY PAY-AS-YOU-GO CHECKS” Housewives like the pay-as-you-go idea. It's economical and business-like. You pay for the use you make of your account — no more. The cost per check is the same, regardless of size or frequency of use. And you have all the advantages of safety, convenience and systematic records that go with the use of bank checks. Open an account here. First National Bank Carrelltown, Pa. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 22 NN0000000000000000000000OOICIONNN DOC HN : 2 Four new sound motion pictures |' she recognizes as the worst of all have been added to the film library |! The new films, which may be ob-|| | Have Slippery Ways for UNION PRESS-COURIER, Strange Search Solves Mystery Of Sailor Jones U. S. Navy Officer Picks Up Tom-tom in Africa; Discloses Secret. ORANGE, TEXAS.—Because he experienced the typical urge of a traveler to carry home a souvenir from abroad, Lieut. E. L. George of the U. S. navy set upon a strange search which enabled him to explain the mystery that for 140 years surrounded the disappear- ance of a man named Jones. The souvenir which Lieutenant George, whose home is in San Fran- cisco, brought back to the United States with him from foreign duty was a tom-tom. He acquired the crude instru- ment when his ship hove into a de- serted cove along the African coast. Behavior of the natives indicated that white men rarely had set foot on that particular strip of the great dark continent, so Lieutenant George set out to do a little “horse trading.” He swapped a native his jack- knife for the tom-tom. Finds Letters ‘U. S.’ Almost from the first the naval officer found something strangely fascinating about the tom-tom. An unusual blue mark on the head of the instrument particularly in- trigued him. He wondered about its origin for a long time. Determined to learn anything pos- sible about that mark, he examined it one day through a magnifying lens. The mark assumed the blurry shape of several of the letters of the alphabet. Not all were distin- guishable, even through the magni- fying glass, but Lieutenant George distinctly saw the letters “U. S.” He returned to the United States and presently was assigned as ex- ecutive officer of the naval re- ceiving station at Orange. The mys- tery of the tom-tom still absorbed him. He sent the head to the bureau of standards, Washington, D. C., where it was examined under powerful glasses and forwarded to the Smithsonian institution where microscopic photographs were taken. The photographs revealed a name —“R. E. Jones’’—among the letter- ing. Recalling the letters “U. S.,”” and using them as clues, Lieutenant George began checking files of vari- ous government agencies, hoping to connect R. E. Jones with some gov- ernmental activity. It took many months, but the true story finally came to. light—from deep in an old navy record. M-There werq more than a hyndreds R. E. Joneses in the old navy file; but far down the list, Lieutenant George spotted his man. This R. E. Jones had disappeared from his ship off the coast of Africa in 1804. Whether he deserted or was washed overboard, no one will ever know, but evidently he fell in with the cannibals. Lieutenant George was certain that he had come to the end of his search when the navy record showed that the missing sea- man, of whom no word had been heard for 140 years, had a tattoo on his chest. The head of the tom-tom was Jones’ skin. U. S. Mustang Group Is First to Top 500 Kills AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE FIGHT- ER BASE IN ENGLAND.—A Mus- tang group commanded by Col. Don Blakeslee of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, which has become the first in the European theater of operations to top 500 kills, was congratulated by Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner, com- mander of the Eighth air force fighter command, for setting a rec- ord “in the history of aerial war- fare.” The group destroyed 207 German planes in April. The record dating back to September, 1942, includes Capt. Don S. Gentile of Piqua, Ohio, the theater’s leading ace; his wing- man, Lieut. Johnny Godfrey of Woonsocket, R. I., and Maj. James Goodson of Toronto, Ont. Well Launched Vessels RICHMOND, CALIF.—Ever hear of professional skid greasers? Well, anyway the shipyards have waxers whose job is to spread a spe- cial launching wax from the ship down to the water, and then 40 feet out into the depths (applied at low tide). Wax is necessary, say officials of Permanente Metal corporation, be- cause ‘‘when 10,000 tons of ship go sliding down wooden ways, a terrific amount of friction is generated, enough to burn the thick timber of the ways into a smoldering mass of flames.” U. S. Soldier Makes Jump With Extra Heavy Load SEDALIA, MO. — Col. Jerome B. McCauley, commanding officer of the army airfield at the troop carrier base here, recently described how a zealous regimental sergeant major carried on his job. During the in- vasion of Sicily, the sergeant, be- sides carrying all his equipment, jumped from a troop carrier plane and parachuted earthward with a typewriter and table strapped on his Thursday, August 10, 1944, ALTOONA BOOSTER STORES THEIR SEMI-ANNUAL, CITY-WIDE SUMMER CLEARANCE ONE DAY ONLY! WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16 JOIN WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AUGUST 16 AND COME TO ALTOONA. ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT CLEARANCE VALUES. EXTRA SAVINGS FOR YOUR HOME ARE OFFERED BY ALTOONA STORES, USE THE SAVINGS YOU WILL MAKE ON THIS DAY TO BUY EXTRA WAR BONDS! RETAIL DIVISION ALTOONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AGAIN ANNOUNCE TAKE NOTICE. The following accounts have been examined and passed by me and re- main on file in this office for the in- spection of parties inttrested and will be presented to the court for con- firmation and allowance on Tuesday, September 5, 1944: 1. Final account of John Olsick, executor of Annie Wytosick. 2. Partial account of Calvin A. Young, Jr., guardian of Milton Phil- lips Murdock. 3. Final account of Verda R. ©rum, executrix of Gertrude (or) de L. Plummer. Be account of Title, Trust & Guarantee Co., guardian of Leonard ski. Ba account of Title, Trust & Guarantee Co., trustee in estate of Charles Rasbach. . 6. Amended account of Annie El- lis Campdon, trustee of Harriet Ellis Berleue in estate of Alfred P. Ellis. 7. Final account of Johnstown Bank & Trust Co., guardian of Pearl Palilla. 8. Partial account of Title, Trust & Guarantee Co., executor of Dorin- da J. Gallagher. ’ 9. Final account of First Nation- al Bank, Ebensburg, administrator d. 1 executor of Nevin W. Long. Sy i 31. Final account of Sara Davis, Executrix 3 Notice. 2h . r) Joseph In the Estate of Henry F. Good, Sumimsirateis of Joseph (or) p ote L the Borough of Patton, Coun- 32. Final account of A. P. Schettig | 0s Cambria sm) State of Pennwyl- and William Schettig, executors of F.| “Notice is hereby given that Let- J. (or) Francis J. Schettig. ters Testamentary in the Estate of 33. Final account of Gertrude M.|the above named decedent have been McMullen and Cletus McMullen, ex- | granted to the undersigned, All per- ecutors of Harvey A. McMullen. sons indebted to said estate are re- 34. Final account of First Nation- | quested to make payment and those al Bank, Ebensburg, executor of M. | having claims or demands against F. Farren. the same will make them known 35. Final account of Raymond T.|without delay to Parks, executor of Isaac N. (or) Is- KATHRYN ANSHUTZ GOOD, aac Newton Parks. Executrix 36. Final account of Geo. S. Dlu- Patton, Penny zansky. guardian of Agnes Simo. Englehart & Larimer, 38. Final account of Vivian Hoh- : mann Bailey, executrix of Edward| Ordinance of Patton Borough. In oink of Homer 5 ORDINANCE | NO, 188 Hershey and Frank Q. Allen, execu- tors of Luther M. Bowman. 40. Partial account of Ottillie Schompert Hamer, executrix of Mar- garet Schompert. 41. Final account of Mary Mec- Guirk Malone, executrix of Hugh Mc- An Ordinance providing for the va- cation of a portion of Linwood Ave- nue South of a point 140 feet from the intersection of Linwood Avenue and Green Avenue to the line of East Guirk. Carroll Township, and the vacation of b. n. c. t. a. of Mary (or) Mary K. Wargo. 10. Partial account of C. L. Har- | mony. guardian of Earl Edward ii Jr. 11. Final account of Robert K.| Craver, executor of Edward Craver. 12. Final account of Oliver T. | Reffner, executor of Annie Reffner. 13. Final account of Fred K. Gun- ther, administrator of Edward J.| Gunther. 14. Final account of Mary Zer- nick, executrix of Catherine Cernik. 15. Final account of Alfred Weak- land, executor of E. V. (or) Eliza- beth V. Weakland. 16. Final account of George P.. Sherbine, administrator c. t. a. of Lucian C Sherbine. 17. Final account of Michael Tor- ok, executor of Lydia Torck. 18. Final account of Irene Gib- son, executrix of Bertha L. Ferrell. 19. Final account of Rose M. Kel- ly, administratrix c. t. a. of Victoria | Glass. 20. Final account of Mike Troch- anowsky, administrator of Wasil Duran. 21. Final account of Albert B. Seigh, executor of Anna L. Seigh. | 22. Final account of Demiture| George, executor of Kssa (or) B. George. 23. Final account of Oscar J. Montgomery and James M. Montgom- | ery, administrators of Michael P.| Montgomery. 24. Final account of Henry Roos, administrator of Elizabeth Roos. 25. Final account of Agnes C. Thomas, administratrix of George Kern. 26. Final account of Harry E. Rummel, executor of Geo. B. Rum- mel. 27. Final account of Eilleen Zip- perich, administratrix of Winfield Strong. 28. Final account of Charles All- ison, administrator of James O. All- ison. 29. Final account of Johnstown Bank & Trust Co.. administrator c. t. a. of Martha H. Orris 30 Final account of Howard Long, COMMERCIAL INSURANCE AGENCY GENERAL INSURANCE Liability Casualty 1101 Philadelphia Avenue, back. Phone 467. Barnesboro, Pa | executors of George Fisher. 42. First and second partial ac-|@ 20-foot alley laying between Mellon counts of Mary McGuirk Malone, |Avenue and Linwood Avenue from a surviving executrix of Edward Mec-|Point on said alley 450 feet South of Guirk, Sr. the intersection of said alley and 43. Partial account of Victoria |Green Street to the line of East Car- Schonhardt and Joseph Schonhardt, | roll Township. Be it enacted and crdained by the 44. Final account of Esther Cus-|Burgess and Town Council of Patton ter and Helen Y. Maquilken, admin- | Borough, and it is hereby enacted and istratrices of A. M. (or) Albert M.'!ordained by the authority of the same Custer. | That all of Linwood Avenue South of 45. Final account of Peter A. Mec- | a point 140 feet from the intersection Aneny, executor of J. B. McAneny. | of Linwood Avenue and Green Ave- 46. Partial account of Hiawatha [nue to the line of East Carroll Town- L. Hawkins and Ursula Hobson Lou- ship, and all of a 20-foot alley laying der, trustees in estate of Joseph Mor. | between Mellon Avenue and Linwood ris. Avenue from a point on said alley 47. Final account of Lolita Myers, 450 feet South of the intersection of administrairix of Benjamin F, Bow- said alley and Green Street to the man. line of East Carroll Township, be 48. Final account of J. Frank |and are hereby vacated as public Horty and Herbert M. Dibert, execu- | highways, and after the passage of tors of Clara B. Dibert. | this ordinance, the Borough of Pat- 49. Final account of Florence Box- ton shall no longer exercise the right ler McKernan and John Sellman, ex- | of jurisdiction or control over, the ecutors of Mary Ann Boxler. same as public highways of the Bor- 50. Final account of Nathaniel |ough of Patton, and the right of the Davis, administrator of Alice Davis. public to use the same as public 51. Final account of Mayme Ba- | highways shall cease. sal, administratrix of Frank H. Enacted and ordained hy the Bur- Basal. gess and Town Council of Patton Bor- 52. Final account of Ferdinand J. | ough this 9th day of June, 1944. Easly, executor of Mayme (or) Mary THEODORE M. OTT, Koch. President of Council. 53. Partial account of Johnstown | Attest: Bank & Trust Co., trustee of Mort- | BERT J. DOUGLASS, gage Pool A of The Johnstown Trust Borough Secretary. 0. Approved by the Burgess of Pat- MICHAEL J. HARTNETT, f ton Borough this 9th day of June, Register of Wills. | 1944. 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