PAGE FOUR Published every Thursday by Building, 452 class mail matter Ma) under the Act of March 3, 1879 FRANK P. CAMMARATA.. THOS. A. OWENS. THOS. OWENS, JR Largest General Weekly Newspaper Circulation in the Area, THE UNION PRESS - COURIER Patton Courier, Estab. 1893. Magee Avenue, Patton, Pa, and enfered as second 7, 1936, at the pos (In Overseas Military Service) Asso. Editor Subscription, $2 Yearly in Advance. culated weeklies, and has a reader coverage that blankets Patton and the major mining towns in Northern aE Union Press, Estab, 1935. Thos, A. Owens, Press-Courier toffice at Patton, Pa., ul Business Manager Editor Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. The endeavor of the Union Press-Courier is to sincerely represent represent Organiz- ed Labor in their efforts to obtain economic freedom. Wi solicit the support of all Un- ions. Materia for [yiblication must be authorized by the or- ganization it represents, bear signatures of the President and Secretary of the Local, together with official seal. Fhe Union Press-Courier gives its advertisers the ad- vantage of the combined cir- culation of two largely cir- ambria Co. EDITORIAL VIEWS AND COMMENT THE EDITOR OF A NEWSPAP- er can find himself “in wont | frequently when he accepts news items that have come through the mails signed, but even the most invited to take sides, and to make enemies for himself. Usually such iolks are the editor's frineds, and don't realize, too, that the very fel- lows they ask him to ‘‘write-up” is it conceivable that criminals re- sponsible for such horrors at Ba- taan, Corregidor, the March of Death, Manilla, Shanghai—the list is endless-—should be allowed to escape punishmegt for their das- tardly crimes? Are the Nipponese | militarists to be allowed to “save | face” before their own people? | Bach individual is privileged to | answer one question according to | his own view, For the most part, [we imagine people are saying, “Are you kidding, Senator?” *hkkE STATEMENTS AS TO PLANS | for the war in the Pacific recent- {ly made by Gen. Marshall may | have been read with mixed emo- | tions. But there could be nothing | mixed in the agreement with his | outline of a strategy to win the | final victory at the lowest possible [blood cost. His reference to “a | swift, powerful offensive” to has- [ten a reduction in the size of the | army ‘very soon” may have been interpreted by some wishful think- | ers as his expectation of an early end of the war. Others may have been depressed by his estimate that 2,700,000 tons of bombs will be dropped on Japan ‘next year.” Those to whom every moment of the prolongnation of the war is an agony of anxiety are apt to regard another year of bombing as an in- finity of waiting. dk kkk UNION PRESS-COURIER SEN. JOHN J. HALUSKA INFORMS THAT Matters of Interest to Northern (Cambria Folks As Viewed by Press-Courier Contributor AS WE LIVE TODAY. How often do we stop to analyze the lives of people who are suc- cessful in life? Do we give credit for their accomplisments, or do we, as most people do, just sit back and find fault and criticize them ? | The latter seems to be the great weakness of humanity. To be suc- cessful one must make many sac- rifices, one must plan far in ad- vance, must be honest and courte- cus, and must, above all, adjust himself to take all criticism and the ordinary knocks of life with a smile. Just to bring our story to a suc- | cessful conclusion, let us analyze the business life of one of our own local businessmen this week. For a good illustration, we have chosen the firm of Mertens Bak- ery of Patton. The writer has known the owner of this establish- ment for the past thirty years. PRESENTING WORLD PEA 5 An <0 | | | | | | ano COM Tt © CET 5 HIS CREDENTIALS You POT mn oD FX pECT z =e) ) Ww Es, 2 IKE we 7 Cy re— ) \ | » COLLABORATION WITH | ER i HITLER AND ILDUCE 2 ot : SUPPRESSION OF | a: DEMOCRACY SPAN : Rb ; | ORY WY, ENE XX Thursday, July 12th, 1945, Pl a) ATI SIUNES LI, LOS A VK WY Visit Your Friendly asco ! Store Today J - -* Rob-Ford TOMATO JUICE Made from vine-ripened tomatoes. Refreshing and Invigorating. Now 10 pts. 3UY OF THE Prices Effective Until Closing July 14, 1945 WEEK Grade A 46-0z. can only a can 22¢ EVAP. MILK ASCO 115 Red Pts. a Can tall cans 10 4&SCO Fancy Quality Spinach In Tomato Gibbs’ Pork and Beans Hurlock Fancy Sweet Peas 5 sin 20 h -0Z. uge 30 9, i i c cal No. 2 can 13¢ 30 pts. and oppose” also are his friends. ANOTHER YEAR OR MORE No. 2 can simple news item submitted to us, and unsigned, must be ignored. We won't publish your name, but we must know the origin of the news matter. We invite your news items, but ask you authenticate them. Fk kkk SOME FOLKS JUST DO NOT | realize that sometimes the sim- | ple little joke they attempt to put | into print may be cause of embar- | rassment or heartache to others, | when it is simply not intended as.| such. Particularly among young people is the “prankster” the most numerous, and he or she makes some friend or acquaintance suf- fer as a result. For instance, never report news stories to us, wherein the contents of that “innocent” lit- | tle story may cause ill feeling be- cause of its publication. Stick to the facts. Never have a boy and girl “engaged” when they are not. | Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ok kook ok WE GET ALL KINDS OF signed communications in our mail, and for the most part they | are designed to cause misery or trouble for another. libelous letters, filthy letters, and malicious letters of many types— all intended for publication by the folks who were far too cowardly to sign them. And we've had lots of visitors in the 25 years we have edited this newspaper who have endeavored to get us to publish this and that bit of rather ques- ticnable news, with the implicit proviso of “but don’t mention my name.” In other words there are a certain number of people who want the editor to be the goat for them. ~~ We can usually manage to unin- tentionally get ourselves into trou- ble without inviting it. 5 ok ok ok ok PARTICULARLY IN THE MAT- ter of local politics is the editor g S g § The editor and his staff must eat does seem long, but, even so, no ‘realized only by a view of the and must endeavor to keep friends |cne conceivably could want to —not lose them. shorten the bombing of Japan by kok ok as much-as a minute if the ulti- THE MUD OF THE FOXHOLES, | mate result will be saving of Am- the whine of the shells and the | €rican lives. And, that such prep- monotony of ‘canned’ rations is |arations will save lives when in- past for most of the combat troops | Vasion day comes has been proved in Europe. Contact with the ene- elsewhere beyond the possibility of my is imminent, but not from the | question. So, if the bombing takes J ef a ity o e German Wehrmac is . y | pay-off will be the American fight- UN-| Intelligent | readers may find it hard to believe | that in the course of our experi- | ences we've had slanderous letters, | | Prisoner of War cages set up | throughout the occupied German | State The Army is doing its | best to make things a bit more | piedsant for the men who are now | | “sweating it out” in Europe. Ser- | vice clubs and theatres afford pla- | ces for these men to get together, | recreation and movies are devia- | ting their tired persons from the {them from becoming listless | restless, athletic programs are ga- | thering momentum, right arm is stiff from throwing baseballs and horse-shoes, not hand | grenades and mortar rounds. The Army Educational program has found a spot in the soldier's daily ning, academic courses and in re- creational activities have afforded opportunities to keep minds alert. | Maybe your boy is one these. A; kk kk | WHEN WILL THERE BE PEACE with Japan? Senator Capehart | of Indiana as quoted last week as saying he had been ‘reliably in- formed” that Japan has ‘made of- fers of peace which would be ac- ceptable to me personally.” Re- marking he was not at liberty to disclose reported terms, he asked, “If the Japanese promised to give up. all territory they have conquer- ed, including Manchuria, wouldn't that be all right?” Well, would it? True, any sort of peace has a very strong appeal. Certainly it would save many lives if we do not look | beyond the immediate future. But | §RE0000 2QQ0QONNOONNONNNNOUINNNNANANOTNANOOANNOANOONNNNNOCNONO For Merchandise ... “Hard to Get” strain of physical combat. To keep | and | and the old | life. Enrollment in vocational trai- | | ing men who come home from the | softened invasion beachheads. | koko ok | CIVILIAN INDUSTRY IS NOW getting its first start but will | pick up speed slowly, as indicated in the Vinson report submitted to | the President and Congress on the first day of July. Results of recon- version won't show up until retail | shelves begin holding same. Bul scme small consumer durables will come back somewhat faster than the report indicated. Most small electrical appliances, like toasters, shavers, cigarette lighters, and | perculators, will be in good supply by Christmas. Larger items like refrigerators, electric ranges, and washing machines will be in pro- duction soon, but essential users like hospitals will take most of [this years’ output. Electric irons will be available shortly, but elec- tric fans won’t be back until next year. Vacuum cleaners will be slow due to a bottleneck in textiles for bags. Oh, yes, domestic whiskey will be plentiful for the holidays. The scarcest type will be bourbon —corn is short. REEF STEPS ARE UNDER WAY FOR the introduction of an instru- mental music department and a band in the Patton Schools. The ultimate success, and the contin- ued success, also, of such a venture aemands the hearty cooperation of parents, particularly, as well as the entire community. Do your part in this civic and school project. 000, 000 | | About 25 years ago we had the | privilege of working in the coal | mines with Mr. Mertens. We recall then of his ambitions to work him- self out of the coal mines. He plan- ned far in advance, and finally one | day he informed us that he was going into a business venture. He planned to start a bakery business in Patton. Mr. Mertens had no money, but he had something more than money can buy-—he had hon- esty within his bosom and a deter- mination to make good. We clearly recall his early days in this new venture—delivering bread with a wheelbarrow. Then, later, he hired a horse, and delivered his bread in that manner. He purchased bak- ery equipment, and had his per- scnal family and a few loyal friends to indorse his movement. His neighbors did not patronize | him, it seems, because he was a | local boy. He was compelled to canvass Clearfield and Blair doun- ties to sell his merchandise. He found it tough going—often times | unable to meet his payroll for sev- eral weeks. The ordinary man would have tossed in the sponge, but not Mr. Mertens. He kept right on working, day and night, until finally the people of Patton and adjacent communities realized that he nieant business and that he did produce a good product. Today, the Mertens Bakery is a great asset to Patton, having a total investment of around $75,000. How many people of this day and age would venture out and take the abuses and punishment as did Mr. Mertens? Not too many, we are sure—but most of us will venture out to find every little fault that others might have, and rather than being helpful, we try to tear down anyone who is trying to make good. in life. This is only one of the many cases surrounding us, and we expect to touch on oth- ers within this column as time goes on. Some of our readers may wcnder by this time why all this explaining. Our point is only one. | Let us not find time to criticise | our fellowman, but let us give a | helping hand to any person who | has the courage to make good in| | life. Let us resolve to patronize | | our local businessmen, and try to | encourage others to invest within our little community. Only by | that method can Patton prosper | and live on. We must provide now | for our children who will take our | | campaigns against the German ar- | scnal observation of driving, we my. Also the Bronze Star Arrow- |still would maintain that the ab- head has been awarded for an as- | sence of all accidents came more | sault D-day landing on enemy held | as a matter of luck, than as the shores. In addition to the above [practice of carefulness on the part named awards, T-3 Prebihilo_has | of some drivers. | been awarded the Good Conduct | kbd Medal for his services as a well- | PITY THE POOR HOUSEWIFE. disciplined, energetic soldier of the | Right next door tc our office is | United States Army. | a food store. Every cnce in a- while DONALD E. CURRIER, | housewives obtain the knowledge Colonel, M. C., Commanding. that the store will have meat in = V eee—r——— | stock, on a certain day. And in the | wee, morning hours, the line starts | forming —from one to two hours | before the store opens for the day. | There's nothing else they can do | about it if they want meat, for | Thoughts That May or May Not | the policy is a just one, that of Interest You Discussed from |5TSt come, first served, And then Week to Week for so long, too, butter was scarce, x eek. | and to get a pound of butter was | somewhat like obtaining a brick of LATELY A NTT oN wy | 801d. Now the butter is on the | ATELY 3 JNBKs 9F Nori shelves, but the OPA has the cov- | eted red points up so high on its | purchase that the thrifty house- | wive ignores the butter in order to | protect her meat problem. Surely | the OPA can do something to re- | duce the points on butter. | BRIEFLY COMMENTING | tained by carnivals, and in at least {one of the towns the comment of { the local newspaper has not been very laudatory on the visit of the | entertainers. Uusually these con- | cerns are brought into a commun- | ily with the proceeds for the ben- | | efit of some civic or other organi-| THERE ARE A NUMBER OF | zation, but the proceeds so real- __ people, mostly women, who are | ized are perhaps negligible as com- | #.VIng In your Own community, { pared to the money that goes out | Who most every day are giving of of the community. As a general | their time and effort in the cause rule, too, despite all claims to the | Of aiding others, and who are do- | contrary, an influence left by some | ing it cheerfully. Most of their of these traveling concerns is not |OWn neighbors know little about the most savory, particularly on |it, but to many who are in need the youngsters. But we'll likely | Of their services they are some- | always have the carnivals with us. | times a Godsend. They are the Sc the the only remedy is that the | home service chairmen in each lo- | local sponsors of such movements | cal community of the American insist and personally see to it that | Red Cross. You have them every- the entertainment is kept clean, |Where—here in Patton, in Has- SRnEn tings, Barnesboro. Carrolltown and | BINGO PARTIES ARE ON THE | 2! over. They are the direct con-| taboo in Cambria county, it ap- tact agents between the folks at | abot , home and their boys in the ser- ears. The district attorney's of-| pen is cracking down on ye | vice—to help work out the Drob-| Pure Florida Orange Juice 19¢ pt. free Pillsbury's Best FLOUR 25-1b. sack 1.21 Enriched Supreme Bread 2 Rob-Ford Pea Beans ASCO Orange Pekoe Tea ASCO Heat-Flo Coffee Pride of Killarney Tea Rob-Ford Plum Preserves 22-02. loaves 19¢ 13¢c 19¢ pLIRY, 37c 2lc 1b. ctn., ¥4-1b. pkg. 1b. bag Y2-1b. pkg. 1-1b. Jar TOMATO SOUP Possibly down in Johnstown there | lems that are always Coymng. up. | They give freely of their time, and usually take an intense and active | interest in every case that has the have been individuals who have made quite a handsome racket of | Ideal Brand tall cans 21c BUY YOUR CANNING NEEDS NOW! Mason Jars pis. doz. Be prepared for from your victory garden. ASCO White Distilled Vinegar ASCO Pure Cider Vinegar M. C. P. Powdered Pectin Jelly Glasses, 4 pint Parawax, for sealing jellies Mason 1-Pc. Jar Caps Mason 2-Pc. Jar Caps Mason Jar Rubbers qts. doz. 69¢ that peak crop 59¢ qt. bot. gal. jug 12¢ 49c wee. 10€ doz. 35¢ cn. 13€ doz. 23¢ doz. 23¢ 5c doz. Sell» BUTTER 24 Ib, pts. Wilbert’s No-Rub Shoe White Woodbury’s Facial Soap Sot. 96€ 3 cakes 23¢ bingo parties, but up here in the north of the county, at least, these parties have been sponsored, for the benefit of fire companies, and churches, and there has been no hint whatsoever, that they were | | merit of attention, and likewise can pretty well weed out the frau- dulent from the good. NONE OF THESE WOMEN IN not conducted honestly. To many | Red Cross Home Service would people, mostly women, we'll agree, | want publicity personally. They bingo offered about the only en- [have their payment for duties per- Mow RINSO 10¢ i; 23¢ UX 10¢ 23¢ sml, pkg. Ige, pkg. Ige. Pkg. sml. pkg. tertainment they had. Unless they | formed in the satisfaction of hav- | became fanatical enthusiasts at |ing helped others, and they get the diversion, they probably never | those opportunities each day. They won very much, nor did they lose | may make a few mistakes from | a great deal, either. Like, in ev- |time to time, but never intention- E erything else, some people over- | ally. They are confronted with i indulged in bingo, but they were | Practically every problem that the exceptions and not the rule. | comes up between men and wom- | places in life, as we move on to a | better, but unknown, hereafter. | 38g 5 Lux 01 LET Soap cake 7¢ COMMUNICATIONS Do Your Shopping AGES. at Gable’s . . . GABLE BUYERS ARE ALWAYS ''ON THE GO’’—SEARCH- ING FOR QUALITY MERCHANDISE IN FACTORIES AND MARKETS THROUGHOUT THE LAND. ® EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD IS EVER WATCHFUL TO KEEP STOCK AT A HIGH LEVEL TO AVOID SHORT- EVERY EFFORT IS PUT FORTH BY THE GABLE ORGANI- ZATION TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF GABLE’'S CUS- TOMERS—THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL FENNSYLVANIA —A MIGHTY JOB... BEING WELL DONE IN WAR TIME. ALL THIS COMBINED WITH GABLE’S COURTEOUS SALES ORGANIZATION MAKES GABLE'S A PLEASANT SHOP- PING CENTER ... NO RUNNING ALL OVER TOWN . .. GET WHAT YOU NEED AT GABLE'S, William F. Gable Co. Altoona, Pennsylvania VOVVVOVVVOVVVVOVVVVVVVVVVVOVVIVVVVVVVIIOC) 0OV00VVOVVVVVOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVON) | | | VCCOVCOOGOVVVOVVVVVOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVK 000 | | | | | | | Letters from Our Readers Do Not Reflect Our Opinions. IN PRAISE OF A SOLDIER. Headquarters, 93rd Evacuation Hospital, Semimobile, APO 758 U. S. Army. Editor Press-Courier: It is with great pride that this hospital desires to inform newspaper of vements of T-3 Mike Prebihilo, a resident of your community, while serving with this organization. T-3 Prebihilo of June 25, 1945, was decorated with the bronze star services as Chief Technician of the X-ray department of this hospital. For your information, the cita- tion as awarded by Headquarters Seventh Army, is qouted below: “Mike Prebihilo, 33174457, Tech- ician Third Grade, Medical De- n partment, 93rd Evacuation Hospi- | tal Semimobile, for meritorious service in direct support of combat operations from 24 April, 1943, to 24 April, 1945, in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. Techinician Third Grade Prebihilo as functioned in a superior man- h: ner as an X-ray Technician. Thru | h is outstanding performance, he has contributed greatly to uccesses this hospital has attain- d. His devotion to duty, compe- Qc Wl rgencies by working selflessly presence of physical danger, are in keeping with the finest stand- ards of the Medical Department. Entered military service from Pat- ton, Pennsylvania.” Other outstanding highlights in the military career of this soldier re: He was inducted on March 14th, 942, at Fort George G. Meade, o bt | Md., and rose from the rank of rivate to that of Techincian 3rd 20 months. T-3 Pribihilo has seen service in North Africa, Italy, Sicily, France arded for participation in 6 major your | outstanding achie- | the | ence and willingness to meet em- | or extended periods, often in the | doko ok AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE IN | the last session of the legisla- | 1 | ture to legalize bingo in the state, | but there were so many of the rur- | al county legislators from the cen- , | tral and northern sections of the state opposed to it, that it failed of passage. In view of the fact that there are many other “sports” no worse than bingo legalized, if not in Pennsylvania, at least in | other states, we can’t see the log- | ic of closing down the games that | are sponsored by upright institu- | some baseball game, can be made | medal by the undersigned for his | a gambling sport. And is made so. | The district attorney can't stop | the betting on ball games, and | money’s lost that way, too. Why { not leave the women play bingo. if they want to? FAR BE IT FROM US TO PRE- tend we are “dry” in thought. | We believe that it is every man’s | (or woman's) right to make their personal habits their own business | and that legislation to change any | | such right gets nowhere. However | we do legalize the sale of intoxica- | ting drinks in Pennsylvania, and we can’t but help see the money group of moderate drinkers, the few who go to excess. Neith- er should we judge the moderate bingo player, by the the few who have become fanatics at the game and neglect everything in the way of home duties because of it. kkk ONE PLEASANT SURPRISE OF July Fourth of 1945, has been the report that it was one of the safest on the highways in Cambria county in the past decade or two. State police sub-stations in not only Cambria county, but from Somerset, Indiana and Bedford as well, said that not one automoble accident was reported to them dur- ing the holiday. Surely that is something to be grateful about. There were a great many cars on the road, too—at least as many or more than in the past two Inde- pendence days. A loosening up of the gasoline rationing was respon- sible for that. However, from per- | tions. Any game, even the whole- | spent and the results obtained by | some who don’t practice modera- | tion, but we can’t judge the entire | by | | en in service, and their loved ones | at home, investigations of neces- | sity for furloughs, even from far | distant parts of the globe. But, af- | | ter several years on the job since the beginning of the war, they are | now pretty capable of discerning what is right—what is wrong. They are the unhearalded heroines or: the home front. Most folks who ave had to engage their services know them well, and are eternally thankful. h SO YOU READ IN THE PAPERS that there are 691,018 new pass- | enger automobiles to be built un- der authorization of the WPB in the nine months beginning from July 1st, and you have already started visioning the new car you hope soon to drive. Well, don't be | too sure of that. There already is an acute shortage of five million | cars, and registrations are~ four | million fewer than at the time of | Pearl Harbor. Almost all of these authorized new cars will be ration- ed out to essential users, including doctors and war workers. By the end of next year (not this year) | your chances may be brighter, be- | | cause 2,000,000 or so cars will be | | authorized for the end of 1946. So | | you, who are the so-called non- | essential user, will have to con- | tinue to nurse the old bus with ev- | en more than the customary care. more your | new { And you have still an even | troublesome problem on [ hands and that is obtaining | tires. These new cars will require | 3,455,090, and that is going to | take a lot of rubber that you might | | have gotten for your bus. So just | keep on attending to the ailments {of the car you have, and you'll be | | able to keep on moving on wheels. Hdd | | FOURTH OF JULY PICNICS IN | | this section were well attended, | and the greatest patronage was | | realized in the meals served. It | | was likely an attribution to the | food rationing that caused so many | | families to hie themselves off to | | a picnic meal. But it taxed to ca- | | pacity the women who served the meals at the picnic, and it even taxed the supply of food prepared. | { Some folks waited several hours | for “their turn” at the tables. And | did it uncomplainingly. The old- | time picnic griping and growling hf | 4s 72 LIFEBUOY pa; HE N 5 SWAN 3: 2Tc Dethol Insecticide To. 35¢ WASHING POWDER 36-0z. 18¢ pkg. Ripe, Sweet n’ Juicy wm I]° ORANGES Home Grown bch. 5c Red Beets n 23¢ Fancy Slicing Tomatoes 2 1bs. 19¢ Southern Slicing Cucumbers #_ Cod Se Perch = Sea WHITING Pt. Free Baked Whole or Tew 11°] MEAT LORVES Fat Back «... r Seasoning Spiced Luncheon Meat pts. Calif. Sweet Asst'd. 4 points 10 doz. 35¢C Home Grown Green Onions 2 ,.,. 9¢ Home Grown Cabbage Calif. Freestone Plums 3 1bs. 19¢ mw. 20¢ FILLETS . mw. 35C w. 36 Ib. 12¢ tb. 29¢ Half about service wasn’t evindent. The | peints, and to get a chicken, patrons were all anxious to get ment dinner, when they couldn't or | a holiday dinner without expending | obtain such at a home meal.
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