A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA \. = AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL. WEEKLY NEWSPAPAER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ‘PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. 1945, VOL. 52. NO. 11. Committee GEANT | MARTIN NAMES NEW HAD EXPERIENCES IN | MINE INSPECTOR FOR SEVENTH DISTRICT | U. M. W. of A. Scale Sessions To Be Held In Altoona | | February 2-3; For District No. 2 40 MONTHS AWAY |. J. Nairn Will Serve Bitumin. ous Area Formerly Covered | by Roy Cunningham, | y ye g [ One of Most Dangerous of His § Pacific Missions Turned Out to Be Easiest One, | | With selection of representatives | to the important national scale and | AREA SHIVERS IN policy committee heading the agenda, | plans for the biennial convention of | ANOTHER STORM District 2, of the United Mine Work- | ] ers of America were anounced Wed- {Staff Sergeant William Gresko of | bituminous mine ingpector to fill a nesday by James Mark, district pres- | Bitter, sub zero cold struck Cambria | Patton was sent during his service in | vacancy in the State Department of | A: J. Nairn of Johnstown Friday | was appointed by overnor Murtin as | { | One of the most dangerous of the | many dangerous missions on which] : | County early this week and gusts of | s ip ss | Mi { ident. | wind whipped up drifts that kept| the South Pacific, turned out to be | Mines. | , many roads closed and communities { isolated for some time, and countless farm homes. | Blinding gales of Monday night's | blizzard subsided Tuesday morning | and temperatures remained near zero i throughout the day and started to dip | sharply on Tuesday evening.. More than 200 delegates, represent- ing 198 local mine unions and approx- imately 38,000 district workers will meet on February 2 and 3 in the Ea- gles’ hall at Altoona to elect scale re- presentatives and transact other bus- iness. John L. Lewis, who has guided the destinies of the mine union for more k | the easiest one. Th | slight mistake in estimating the sit- | vation with the result that a 10-man | patrol routed a much larger force of | Japs. { The infantryman told of the exper- { lence, which was also one of his clo- | sest brushes with death, when he re- e enemy made a | Mr. Nairn, who had been serving as |an acting inspector since May, Friday | {Toceived notice of his appointment: | The post pays $4,800 a year. Richard Maize, secretary of the | | State Department of Mines, named | | Mr. Nairn as acting inspector of the | i Seventh Bituminous District to uc- | [turned to the United States after|ceed W. Roy Cunningham, now sery- | than a quarter century, will be ask- | Many rural roads in Northern Cam- more than 40 months overseas. |ing in the armed forces. He came to | ed to attend the convention, President |: SHR a hile! “It w : ) in| the county in May to assume his du. Mark said. Should press of business | bria are reported still closed while | was after our outfit landed inj; : : highway crews work to keep main | Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea,” the | tS. prevent the Selon national Jain i y The State aban sergeant explained, in an fnterview | The new state mine inspector is a less 3% Pe i ge a represen- { department reported 2 inches of snow | released by the War Department Bu- | Peleran of hoary 30 Jears 2 She eval tative from the international office. | to have fallen in Cambria County on | reau of Public Relations on Te Tas i oe ale At the last district convention held | Tuesday. {Of this week. “I was assigned to a | » Mr. g | r in Johnstown as a fire boss at | in 1943, John O'Leary ,internation- Patton | | | | was isolated on Monday | 1 | night until Tuesday afternoon when ANNIVERSARIES TO |ICKES’ COAL SHORTAGE BE NUMEROUS THIS | FEAR PROVEN WRONG YEAR IN DIOGESE PRODUCTION DISCLOSES More Than Thirty-Seven Million Tons Are Mined Over Last Year’s Record Qutput. Gallitzin and Cresson Priests to] Mark Forty and Father Pad- den Thirty-five Years, : | Many priests and churches in the | jtoona diocese will observe anniver- saries during the year of 1945. Rev. James B. Armor, who has been If there is any real coal shortage this winter, Harold Ickes’ Solid Fuels Administration for War must share |in the blame. The coal industry has an invalid for a number of years, will | met the 1944 quota set for it by Mr. observe his golden jubilee. | Ickes. Two priests will observe the 40th | If the SFAW correctly estimated anniversary of their ordination to the | national needs, there is no shortage. priesthood. They are Rt. Rev. Msgr. | That the estimates were reasonably Bernard Conley, pastor of St. Fran- i accurate is indicated by the fact that cis avier’s Church, Cresson, and Rev. | stockpiles are now about 50 per cent Joseph H. Farran, pastor of St. Pat- |in excess of their pre-war average. rick’s Catholic Church, Gallitzin. Bituminous coal is, of course, most The Very Rev. James A. Tolan will | mark his 40th anniversary Dec. 2; and | and in addition it is used b the Rev. Father James P. Padden, |ity of householders. rector of St. Monica’s Church, Chest About mid-April the SFAW asked Springs, wil be a priest 35 years on | the bituminous mines to produce June 15th. Rev. Edward B. Daly and | 620,000,000 tons, compared with the Rev. Francis A. Magee will mark | 595,000,000 mined in 1943. In mid- their 30th year in the priesthood. | July this quota was raised to 626,- Three diocesan priests will reach | 000,000 tons. their twenty-fifta milestone this year. Coal operators say that the entire Rev. Michael F. Mackiowiak, Rev. |vear’s production for 1944 will be important. It is the fuel of industry, y a major- about 37,000,000 tons above 1943's 0-man patrol which was to go 101 19€ Pati a 22 I i i {Dormea and make a landing there. | the Franklin No. 2 mine o e Cam- | 3] Yice Dissident of the UMWa sb] i : | This was about 30 miles up 2 beach | bria Steel Company. | tended. With termination of the mine highway plows opened the Patton- | contract only three months away, the district session takes on added prom- inence. Four committeemen will be elect- ed from the rank and file of the un- ion locals to participate in charting a course for the forthcoming wage negotiations with the operators. The national policy committee will meet sometime in February and will draft | Carrolitow d.. The Patton.Has from our original landing. | He was stationed from 1916 to 1920 | faire nh road, 2 ons as. “The purpose cf our patrol was to|©On a rescue car of the U. S. Bureau tings road was still closed Wednes- | . lof mines d in January, 1941. w. | da ft d the P “hest | CH€CK on enemy strength and locate | ©f mines ana in January, , il ay atlternoon and the Patton-Chest | any roads and trails so we could out. | N@med senior inspector with the bu- | | flank the enemy,” he continued. “The | reau in charge of Greene and Fay- | Japs apparantly thought it was ano- | €tte Counties. He remained with the | ther task force in a landing operation |U. S. Bureau of Mines until May | and ran out before we got there. They | When he was named an acting in- ebandontd a large quantity of equip- | SPector with the state department. | ment in their haste to get away. He is a brother of Patrick Nairn, | Springs road was opened Wednesday morning. Highway crews were hampered by the breakdown of equipment inclu- ding the large rotary plow that had | been used in clearing deep drifts on | Francis B. McCreesh and Rev. Rich. | ard J. Vereker. | iutput. That would give 630,000,000 Army Chaplain Bartley C. McAteer | tons, in round figures—10,000,000 formerly of the St. Augustine parish, | tons more than. Mr. Ickes asked. ordained Jan. 31, 1925: Rev. Dr. Jo-| The Bureau of Mines reports an in- seph D. O'Leary, Mar. 7, and Rev. | dustrial stockpile of soft coal as of Dr. Anton Feyer, March 28th. will | October, amounting to 59,257,000 observe their twentieth aniversaries.| tons. This was up about 8,000,000 In addition to the 75th anniversary | tons above the Dec., 1943, figure, and of St. Agnes’ Parish, Lock Haven, it compares with an average pre-war er parishes wil celebrate their | stockpile of from 46,000,000 to 45,- “That is—they all ran out except | Well known in the district, who for- | Six other one—who failed to get away. We were merly served as deputy secretary of | 25th or sily | scouting trails to see where a bat- | fines. Patrick Nairn is now Safety o3 are Most Holy Redeemer, Revieo; | e lone | inspector for the H. C. Frick Coal |St. Peter's, Somerset; St. Agnes’, at | ex er jubilees. These parish-| 000,000 tons. Anthracite also appears to be in cellent shape with stockpiles about wage and working demands in ac- | north county roads. cordance with instructions of the| Most rural schools were closed on September international convention | Tuesday and school attendance in in Cincinnatti. President Mark, Vice President Clarence Donaldson of Somerset; Se- cretary-Treasurer Edward Sweeney, | Lilly, and International Board Mem- ber John Ghizzoni, of Homer City, by virtue of their offices, also are mem- bers of the scale committee, giving District 2 eight representatives. Notice of the convention was for- warded 1 locals by President Ja- Ties Wal uring this month the locals will select delegates for each 50 members or fractional part. Scale committeemen will be select- ed to represent the following re- gions: No. 1—Clearfield, Centre, Indiana and Clinton Cos. No. 2—Huntingdon, Bedford, Blair Somerset and Fayette Cos. No. 3—Clarion, Jefferson, strong and Elk Cos. No. 4—Cambria Co. Scale committeemen named at the last convention were William Dem- boscky, Michael Punchak. Arnold Ga- belli and Sam Burns. President Mark also announced he has forwarded a letter to all local unions requesting miners to work ev- ery day during 1945 with the excep- tion of Sundays. The letter was for- warded following this request receiv- ed from Secretary of Interior Ickes. — Ty CLEAR DRIVER IN ROAD DEATH A coroner's jury on Saturday af- ternoon exonerated Paul Heinman of Arm- | | 8eneral was far below normal. Many talion could get through. This | country schools remained cosed on |Jap appeared about three feet off the | Wednesday. ; trail and about 10 feet from me. i Thirty-five automobiles and a m- ners’ bus we caught in drifts on [Clark’s Hill, a short distance out of Patton on Tuesday. Many were given shelter in farm homes. During the peak of the storm roads were drift- | ed shut within minutes after they | were plowed, * Sd pA, One way traffic is still in effect | Hawaii where he $ on the road between Patton and Car- panese attack started the war i months later. { rolltown at some points. V— { In Hawaii he was assigned to the { ) | 24th Infantry Division and accom- NICKTOWN SOLDIER | panied the unit on its drive toward { the Philippines. He left his division last October 8th. when I saw him, I/did not stop to ask him how he hecame separated from the rest of hisloutfit. I just shot first. That's why I gm able to come home on furlough.” Sergeant Gresko left the United when, the Ja- six States in vme of 1941) being sent tn KILLED IN GERMANY | Pvt. Francis A. Nelen, the nineteen [year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred | Nelen of Nicktown R. D., was killed {in action on December 5th, while in | the fighting in Germany, according {to war department information sent | his parents. | The soldier has been in the service | for less than a year when he met his | death. He was inducted on December | 28th, 1943, and went overseas with an | infantry unit after training at Fort | George G. Meade, Maryland. | Besides his parents the soldier is | survived by these brothers and sis- | ter: Pvt. Marinus, who is serving on | Mrs. Clair Bechel of Ebensburg R. D.: |and Lucinda, Edward, Kathleen, Re- | gis, Grace, Rosella and Bernardine, 11 at home. | raterus Saipan with the Army Engineers; | | a Ve Sergeant Gresko has been awarded the combat infantryman badge, cov- | eted award for exemplary conduct in | action against the eneiny. He | parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gresko | iri Patton before being reassigred. SUPERVISORS WILL ISORS WILL HAVE ANNUAL MEET The annual convention of the Cam- bria County Supervisors, Auditors, Ti Good Roads Association will be [ held in the main Court room of the County courthouse on Friday, Jan- uary 26, 1944. Theme of the conven- | tion will be better roads in the town | ships of the county. Post-war plan- | ning which was a lively subject at | the last annual meeting will again be has | [reon spending his furlough with his | | Company at JITniontown. | | As inspector yor the seventh dist- | Ton Ns ee ; i. | Johnstown, and St. Joseph's, C “Since he was all ready to shoot | rict Mr :Nairn will .»ave a mine terri- | | tory ranging over a I ortage-Vinton- | {dale periphery. Governor Martin | | Friday also appointed Charles Ed- | {ward Fisher of Mather, Greene Co, | {to the post of state bituminous “ | spector. 4 GIVEN REMINDER | Pennsylvania’s 422 local drat | | boards have received a reminedr that | existing regulations prohibit regis- | |trants from receiving an induction | i postponement to “settle up affairs.” | Regulations also ban more than [60-day induction delays for any oth- ler reason, Col. John Mel. Smith, de- GE bo | STATH D | iputy state selective service director. said. Smith said the reminder was is- {sued to “tighten up” on onduction de- lays. | ie Ve BURKEY TO HEAD PATTON FIREMEN | E. J. Burkey was elected president {of the Patton Volunteer Fire Com- | pany No. 1, for the ensuing year. The | [other officers chosen are: William P. | | Leary, vice president; Elmer Crowell, | who was reelected for the 21st conse- | cutive year as secretary; Theodcre B. | | Ott, treasurer; Harvey J. Mullingan, | | chief engineer; James Blake, fire | [chief; and Water Burkey, trustee for | | three years. | Fire loss of only $310 during the | | | | | | Lloydell; St. John the Baptist’s, at | Central City; Our Mother of Sorrows, | oupon. | BARNESBORO MAN INJURED. | Stephen Dembrosky, 35, of Barnes- | boro, suffered serious chest injuries | last Thursday afternoon whie at | work at the Monroe Coal Company operatic He was taken to the Me- | WIOLIaY LOBPitat, SORASOW fie V- BERNARD WALTERS | GETS BRONZE STAR, With the Fifth Army, Italy.—Cor- poral Bernard W. Walte | feur times as much as average. These figures are not interpreted by coal operators to mean that there is plenty of coal ,to be used with the careless abandon with which we used to burn it. Rationing, on the present basis, presumably will con- tinue to be necessary for some time. But certainly there is nothing in the situation to warrant the dire pro- pihesies” ui die’ SEAT idsf when a huge shortage and “the worst coal crisis in American history” were talked about for this winter. Some major catastrophe, such as a general strike, could still create such a shortage and such a crisis. But for the moment relations between op- erators and the United Mine Work- Suittnere. | ano, Italy, on October 6, 1944. Barnesboro of any criminal negii- RECRUITS ALLED gence in connection with the death of | | given much thought. Mr. H. A. rs of Patton, ers appear moderately peaceful, Pa., recently was awarded the Bronze | Star for meritorious service with Lt. | pm : 7 - General Mark W. Clark's Fifth a BOY SCOUTS PLAN my in Italy. | The action for which the Corporal | was decorated took place near Loi- | Walters, wounded by enemy shell | Dates were set and plans outlined fragments, nevertheless successfully fe a series or winter and summer irov is vehicle away from a burn-| _, > it Se Shy ee nd am. | Outdoor activities for troops of the munition and took several wounded | dm. Robert E, Peary Council, Boy men to a hospital. He has been aw- | Scouts of America, during a meeting arded the Purple Heart for combat |©f Council leaders last Thursday ev- wounds ering in Johnstown, Walters’ unit has been in continu-| During the meeting, John H. Kel- ous combat in Italy for 138 days. It |l€T, executive secretary of the coun- made the D day landings at Salerno, | C}, announced that two new units and also fought at the beachhead ar- | Were registered and, seven others or- ound Anzio. | ganized during the past year. Walters participated later in the | First of a series: or camp:ng activ- drive to the Arno River and the as-|ities planned for 1945 will be a winter sault on the Gothic line. | camp to be conducted Friday and Sat- His father, William L. Walters, liv- | urday and Sunday, Feb. 16, 17 and 18, es on Route 1, Patton. |at Blue Knob Camp, near Portage / | and in Trent National Park, Somer- Jospeh Kuzma ,46, of North Barnes- boro. The inquest was conducted by Cor- oner Patrick McDermott in the office of Justice of the Peace David A: Westover of Barnesboro. Kuzrga was injured fatally on Christmas night when he was struck by a car operated by Heinman. The accident occured on a street in Bar- nesboro. Testimony showed that it was snowing heavily at the time and | that visibility was very poor. Members of the jury were D: A. Westover, R. H. Greenwood, H: Hershberger, ,R. L: Struble and John Valenty. Vee on SHOE STAMPS WILL NOT BE CANCELLED Cancellation of outstanding shoe stamps is not being considered, the Altoona District Office of Price Ad- ministration has announced. Although increased military de- mands are cutting into civilian sup- plies, the War Production Board Of- fice of Civilian Requirements said that shoe supplies are adequate to honor stamps now outstanding. While the War Production Board has not yet completed its estimates of 1945 production, OPA said indi- cations are that tha next shoe stamps probably will not be validated until some time next summer, O. P. A. said that no specific date for making the next stamp good can be given now. That decision awaits further information on production for 1946, . i 5 T: | James Paul Angelo, Hastings. { Adams | | Thompson of Philadelphia, state sec- | BY CRESSON BOARD | etary of the Supervisors’ Associa- | tion has accepted an invitation to ad- : dress the body. Other speakers will recruits | ;, 1 de Mr. Hiram G. Andrews, | assemblyman-elect from Johnstown, { Mr. Henry Bock, county superinten- | dent of roads and a host of other Cresson—The following | from Cambria County Draft Board No. 1 headquarters at Cresson, have | been called for induction this month: (Jack C. Murray, Hastings. | highway officials. The meeting will | George Carruthers, Gallitzin. | open at 10:00 A. M. { John Vincent Lawn, Gallitzin, { the balance of the day. { Anthony J. Ribaric, Patton R. D. i Officers of the organizati on 5 Raymond J. Marks, Patton. | follows ped 3 rganlaation Yeas > i . TA. P "ton, Lower oy | Gerald F. Albright, Patton. { Township, President: John G. Valko, Township, Vice-President: | Guy C. Curry, Mountaindale 0 | Edward Miscoe, Lower Yoder, Secre- St. Boniface. | ¢5ry. D. H. Weimer, Upper Yoder | Township, Treasurer. | nual guide book in { Urban John Kepera Jr., | William F. Callahan, Cresson. {John W. Gibbons, Ashville: [John Lawson, Patton. | Joseph W. Evon, Gallitzin. the form of : | ted to the delegates as well as those Fra ; renoc itzi ; a . nels G. Shevenock, Gallitzin. | who are interested. It will contain Mark R. Arnold, Patton. [the names of all t} vi . Charles Russell Stuller, Flinton. | well as the Dine hgrvian yiTr: : | /nships Charles Villian ou) Lilly. [ of the county. ree ii RAILROAD CONDUCTO § KILLED AT I, ST. BENEDICT STATION ———— ON NON-AGENCY BASIS Harry Thomas, 52 year old Penn- | a Sylvania Railroad freight conductor| The Public Utility Commission 1 {from Altoona, was killed on Thurs- | week authorized the N day night last when he was struck | tral Railroad Company by a train near AR tower at Gallit- | station at St. Benedict on a non-ag- zin. His body was found along the | ency freight basis. The company tes- railroad tracks after two freight | tified that revenue from St. Benedict trains had passed and he was placed | formerly an agency freight station, in a passing passenger train and | declined progressively since 1941. The removel to the Altoona depot. He | present building will be maintained was pronounced dead when the train | for the protection of less tan car load pulled into Altoona. Thomas is known | shipments, to have stepped from a train to put up a retainer, ast ew York Cen- to operate its V- —Buy war bonds and stamps, and continue | A printed an- | a| { program will be issued and distribu- | |last year in Patton Borough was re- {vealed by the Chief James Blake. | The 1944 fire loss was the lowest in | [recent years, and the firemen express | | gratification with the excellent co- | operation of the townspeople in aver- | iting fire hazards and in complying | with the recommendations of fire- {men in eliminating dangerous con- | | tions, J Members of the Patton company | | made only 21 runs throughout the | | year, including 12 in the borough. | ; The other calls were two in Rast | Carroll Township; two in Elder, tw in Clearfield and one in Allegheny Townships, aswell as one in Has-| | tings. One false alarm was answered. | i NP EHRENFELD STORE LOOTED. | Thieves broke into the Pennsylva- | nia Coal and Coke Corporation’s store | {in Ehrenfeld early last Friday morn- | |ing and escaped with loot valued at | | approximately $40. The thieves en- | |tered the store by breaking a plate | {glass window at a side door and un- | | loosening the lock. Jewelry and pen | pen and pencil sets made up the ma- | jority of the loot. | —_— Ve DEADLINE ADVANCED | The deadline for filing the 1944 | personal property tax statements has been advanced from Feb. 15 to Jan. { 15, it has been announced by the | Cambria County Commissioners. Approximately 4,000 forms for rsonal property will be mailed out the commissioners in the near fu- e. pe by tur V- —Keep on buying War Bonds and Stamps—and then keep them, iY ————— {set County. In the event a sufficient TWO LOCAL SOLDERS | number of reservations are received | fol- REPORTED WOUNDED Two soldiers of the Patton section | are listed on government reports as being woundedthisweek. One of these is Sgt. etti, one of Patton’s best young men, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. | Joseph Caretti, of Fifth Ave t o | However he met with his wounds in| rods as long battle action with the Nazis. | Mr. and Mrs. Edward Westrick of Patton, R. D,, { their son, Pvt. Francis, 20, was woun- | nity to ded slightly and was out of action on- | {ly three days. A letter from him from | pr. somewhere in France, was dated De- cember 4th. He entered the Army | last May 22 and trained with the in- | fantry before going overseas last No- | vember, | —— AP | COUNTY AUXILIARY OF LEGION TO MEET TODAY The quarterly meeting of the Cam- bria County Council of the American Legion Auxiliary is being held today, | Thursday, in the Conemaugh- Frank- lin American Legion Home. Mrs. A. P. Strollo, Barnesboro, Council Pres- ident, announced that a special pro- gram is being arranged for the sess- fon which will begin at 10:30 and continue throughout the day. V. —Hunting clubs to preserve the ef- ficiency of the Home Guard are be- ing advocated in England, nue. De- | reservation will | . ; ails of his wounds are not complete. { June 24th, and continue in we were informed that |every boy in the council an the outing will be repeated the lowing week in the same camps. Plans were outlined for the annual camporee which will be held this year at the Roaring Run Scout Res- casualty | ervation, Somerset County, une 16, {17 and 18. It is expected that more Freenman Car- | than 600 boys will participate in the known | affair. The annual summer camp at the commence Sunday, ekly pe- as there are sufficient reservations to merit its operation. Scout officials will endeavor to give opportu- attend the camp. Chief Keller announced that at the esent there are 120 troops and cub packs in the council with a total of 2,552 boys, which is an increase over the previous year. In 1943 there were 118 units composed of 2,478 boys. —V. JUDGE McKENRICK IS 60. Judge Ivan J. McKenrick observed his 60th wedding anniversary Wed- nesday of last week by performing his duties as usual at the Cambria County court house. Judge McKen- rick, now serving his second term, was admitted to the bar in 1910. He was born December 27, 1884, in Clearfield. Ne ON NEW BOARD. Henry M. Gooderham, who former- ly served on both the Ebensburg and Hastings OPA boards has been nam- ed to the price panel of the Johns- town board by transfer. Mr. Gooder- ham is now a resident of Johnstown.
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