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DYSART MAN PRESENT CONTACT THEARMY LEGION AUXILIARY ~~ MURPHY'S PURGHASE
DISCHARGE POINTS
AS T0J0 HOSPITALIZED LEAVE EXTENSIONS CHAIRMEN NAMED ' ADDITIONAL BUILDING TO BE DROPPED BY
of the Original Admission Extensions Not to Call AT GRESSON FETE i 5 & 10 to Be Finest, FIRST OF THE WEEK
This Section | ——
Sheet to Judge Nelson Says Manager Wilson | 70 to Be Total October 1; 60 By
FE November 1; Two Year's
Service By Spring
LOWEST GRADES BEEF ST. BENEDICT MINE
QUOTA AGCEPTED TO BE ‘FREED’ MONDAY ACCIDENT TOLL NIL |
BY COUNTY AREA 20 Per Cent of Beef Supply to FOR LAT EST PERIOD
e Unrationed October |
Say Food Officials | Victor No, 9 Men Get Banner
at Recent Meeting of Joseph
A. Holmes Safety Council
© VOL. 52. NO. 49.
LARGE WAR FUND
| Avviowncements Made by Mrs, |
. 3 |
A copy of the original admission | State Selective Service Head- | R. E. Sheehan Will Hold |
sheet recording the admission of | quarters have advised veterans eli- | Meeting at Carrolltown {
Ex-Premier Hideki Tojo of Japan |gible for 15-day extensions of rede- ——
to the 98th Army Evacuation Hos- | ployment furloughs to contact the | TE
pital in Yokohama after the for- military authorities who granted |10us activities of the American
mer military ruler attempted to|the original leaves and not local |I-gion Auxiliary in this area
| commit suicide was sent to Judge | draft boards. through its Cambria County coun-
A. Nelson of Ebensburg by a| A spokesman said inquiries had | ¢il have been announced by Mrs. R.
$75,360 to Be Split Between
Mining Industry & Others
| On Draft Board
Ever growing, through service to|
their customers, the G. C. Murphy |
| Company will expand to a far
greater extent in Barnesboro by
the purchase last week of the 3-
| story Knights of Columbus build- | told Congress last Thursday that
ing located on the property ad- | the Army's “critical points” dis-
| joining their large store on Tenth | charge system will be lowered 5 to
The three lowest grades of beef
will be sold without ration points
{ > ics ¢ the {on October 1, food officials at the |
Cambria County, exclusive ° o. | Nation's Capital have announced. Ber oR oruD: iy
greater Johnstown area, 2s Bc | These grades, known as canner, |] ene fo ictor No. mine, wi |
cepted a quota of $75,630 for the |cutter and utility, are used princi- |2 perfect no-accident record for
United War Fund campaign which | pally in canned and processed meat | the past month, was awarded the
will be conducted next month un- safety banner of the North Cam-
Carrolltown Coal Company's St. | Chairmen to supervise the var- Gereral George C. Marshall the
chief of staff of the U. S. Army,
boris District 2. John I. Barnard, the
der the direction of Dr “Arthur | PCluding also hamburger, sausage, |
M. Stull and Andrew B. Crichton. [
Co-chairmen Stull and Crichton
have revealed that the county area |
has been asked to raise in excess |
of $75,000 as the county's share |
of the National War Fund for 20 |
recognized and opproved agencies |
that will share in America’s gen- |
erosity to the needy and stricken.
In announcing the goal, stress |
was laid that the campaign in the |
county is spearate and divorced |
from the Greater Johnstown Com- |
munity Chest drive which runs at
the same time—Oct. 15 to 26. |
The county territory does not in- |
culde Johnstown and the adjoining
boroughs, nor the townships of
Stonycreek, Conemaugh, East Tay-
lor, West Taylor, Middle Taylor,
Upper Yoder and Lower Yoder.
In mapping out the campaign
for the United War Fund, which
includes such better known organi-
zations as USO and United Sea-
men’s Service, the co-chairmen di-
vided the $75,360 quota into two
parts—half from the coal industry |
and half from individuals, firms |
and organizations not directly re-
lated to coal.
Under this plan Chairman Stull
will organize “the people” to raise
$37,815 while Chairman Crichton
has accepted a like quota to be
subscribed by the coal industry:
ownership and the United Mine
Workers of America.
Regional Chairmen Announced
Regional chairmen were an-
nounced by Dr. Stull as follows:
District 1. Fred B. Buck, Car-
rolltown, president and cashier of
the First National Bank of Baker-
ton. Mr. Buck is active in numer-
out civic endeavors in the northern
part of the county, has had im-
portant roles in Boy Scout.cam-
paigns and as a banker has been
prominent in all of the seven War
I.oan Drives to date. For many
years he was an officer of the
Cambria County Bankers Associa-
tion. Chairman Buck will direct
the United War Fund Campaign in
Susquehanna, West Carroll, Barr
and East Carroll Townships and
the boroughs of Carrolltown, Bar.
nesboro and Spangler.
principal of Patton High School.
In addition to his work in prevous
United War Fund drives, Mr. Bar-
nard has taken an actve part in
other community movements in-
cluding Red Cross work in Patton
and vicinity. As chairman of Dis-
trict 2, Mr. Barnard will be called
upon to organize the rural and the
sparsley settled areas in the north
section of the county. His district |
consists of White, Reade, Chest,
Clearfield, Dean and Elder Town-
ships and the boroughs of Ashville,
Patton, Chest Springs and Has-
tings.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
MAKES APPOINTMENTS
The State Highway Department
has announced a total of 79 per-
sonnel changes, including 62 ap-
pointments, including:
Cambria County — Willard L.
Shaffer and William J. McNamara,
both of Johnstown, construction
inspectors, $1,728 each; Harry
Sharp, Loretto, laborer, $1,380; Ira
F. Henderson, Glasgow; laborer,
$1,278; George B. Rose, Jackson
Township, janitor, $1,380; William
B. Wagner, laborer, $1,380; George
Robb, Ebensburg, laborer, $1,380,
and William H. Jones, Ebensburg,
laborer, $1,380.
Australian Wives Seek
Preview of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg — Australian wives
and financees of Pennsylvania sol-
diers are getting a preview of the
Keystone State before they come
here to live, according to the de-
partment of commerce, which has
been sending maps and pictorial
literature to them for perusal and
study.
Here is a paragraph from a typi-
cal letter received by the depart-
ment:
“Please accept my sincerest
thanks for the literature you sent
me. I have spent many happy
hours reading the pamphlet over
many times. I also loaned them to
those members of the U. S. Wives
and Fiancees Club here who intend
to live in Pennsylvania who were
very pleased to read them.
‘Third of Service Rejections
Caused by Mental Diseases
Washington—More than a third
of rejections for military service
sprang from mental ills or defici-
encies, Draft Chief Hershey told
Congress recently.
This cause figured in 1,767,000
cases of a total of 4,800,000 men
turned down, the general testified
before a House interstate subcom-
mittee considering a bill to coordi-
nate study, treatment and preven-
tion of mental disorders.
92-YEAR-OLD LADY FOUND
DEAD AT HOME BY NEICE
Mrs. Margaret Clark-Mills, 92,
of the Cresson-Lilly Road, was
found dead last Wednesday in her
home by a niece who had gone to
visit her. Mrs. Mills lived alone and
was believed to have died a day or
so before she was found. She was
said to have been in fair health and
was able to work about her home.
and boiling meat. They make up
about 20 per cent of the beef sup- |
Pork, lamb and the three top
grades of beef-—commercial, good,
and choice—will continue to re-
uire ration points. The three top
grades of beef are the source of
most steaks, roasts and other pop-
ular table cuts.
The low grades of beef wili re-
main technically on the rationing
list although their ration values
will be reduced to zero. This makes
it much simpler from an adminis-
trative standpoint, officials ex-
plained, to restore them to ration
control should it become necessary.
Action on the three lower grades
of beef, they said, reflected an in-
creasing supply of beef, particu-
larly of the lower grades. Market-
ings of cattle from Western and
Southwestern pasture and range
areas are increasing sharply to fol-
low fall marketing patterns.
There has been no indication
when the rationing on other meats
may be terminated. Officials have
said that this will be determined
largely by overseas commercial
and relief requirements.
BACK TO STANDARD
TIME NEXT SUNDAY
Next Sunday we are all going to
collect one of the biggest loans
we have made during the war.
But the government isn’t paying
any interest, though the loan has
run over three and a half years.
Everybody will be paid off, in-
cluding a few who didn't make
the loan. It happened before they
were born.
The loan was an hour of time,
made when the cocks were set up
an hour Feb. 8, 1942. That was the
beginning of war time. Standard
time will return at 2 A. M, on
Sept. 30.
If you are up at that hour, you
can turn your clock back to 1 A.
M., and enjoy the hour over ag-
ain. At the end of the hour you'll
be all paid up. Most peole will be
asleep and won't notice it, except
that it may be a little easier to
get up in the morning.
If you don’t want to stay up
until 2 A. M., just set your clock
when you go to bed. It will get
the same result.
PLAN SERIES OF
THREE CARD FETES
The Holy Name Society of St.
Benifacious Church at St. Boni-
face is sponsoring a series of three
card parties in the hall at that
place during the coming weeks.
The frist of the series will be on
the evening of Sunday, October
7th, and will be followed by oth-
er parties at two week intervals—
on October 21st and November 4. |
| grade; whereas a cavalry sergeant, |
Cards will start at 8 p. m. Cinch
and pinochle will be played, and
admission will be fifty cents. Pri-
zes for each evenings’ games, and
grand prizes for series totals al-
so will be given.
TOWEL AND SHIRT
PRICES WILL RISE
Washington, D. C.—Higher re-
tail prices for cotton towels, and
flannel diapers, as well as shirts
and nightware are on their way,
the OPA has indicated.
The agency said a boost is prob- |
able in announcing additional man-
ufacturers’ price ceiling increases
for certain cotton textile items, un-
der terms of the Bankhead amend-
ments.
That amendment requires that
ceilings for major cotton textiles
reflect full parity to cotton grow-
ers. The purpose is to assure good
prices to the growers.
COLVER SOLDIER GETS
BRONZE STAR MEDAL
Cpl. William B. Maxwell, has
been awarded the bronze star med-
a! for meritorious service in the
Italian campaign from Sept. 19,
1944, to May 2, 1945, according to
word received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Colin Maxwell, of Col-
ver. Now stationed near Rome, the
Colver soldier also wears the Pur-
ple Heart for wounds received in
action last April, the Good Con-
duct medal and the ETO ribbon
with three battle stars. Three bro-
thers also are in the armed forces
—Sgt. Colin, home on a 30 day
furlough; and Pvt. Robert at Ft.
Benning, Ga.
BONIFACE MAN INJURED
Pete Yeager, 73, St. Boniface, a
miner for Chest Creek Coal Co.
sustained an injury of the right
shoulder on Monday.
LIGHT SWITCH SHIELD
A luminous plastic electric light
switch-plate shield, which is said
to glow all night after exposure to
light, is on the market.
bria County Council, Joseph A.
Holmes Safety Association, at it's
regular meeting last week in Bar-
| nesboro.
| Discussions on furthering the
mine disaster program drawn up
by State Mine Inspector Dennis J.
Keenan and adopted by the dis-
trict marked the meeting.
Walter Williams of the Moshan-
non Smithing Company at Beccar-
ia, Clearfield County, addressed the
group on systematic timbering, the
| proper use of explosives and dan-
| ger in misuse and necessity of in-
specting transportation equipment.
Joseph Collins, returned World
Var II veteran, told the miners he
was glad to be back among them.
| His father, Bernard W. Collins,
| Barnesboro miner, gave a talk on
| safety.
General safety discussions were
presented by John J. Dougherty
and David Krischer of the Uunited
States Bureau of Mines office in
Johnstown.
Inspector Keenan of the 15th Bi-
tuminous District presented a talk
on recent a fatality in the district.
His disaster plan for rushing ex-
perienced men and materials with-
out delay to the scene of any mine
accident was discussed by John
Rairigh of Sterling Coal Company
on portable communication and
Joseph Jones of St. Benedict, the
weighmaster at Carrolltown Coal
| Company, on the value of the org-
| anization.
Thomas Lamont read a letter
from Lt. Robert Hannegan of
Barnesboro on coal mining in Bur-
ma. At the next meeting John
Dougherty will speak on ‘“Barri-
| cades” and P. L. Stafford on mat-
| erial distribution. W. R. Kelly will
| talk on maps and fans.
|
IN REGULAR ARMY
Physically qualified men be
tween the ages of 18 and 34, in-
clusive, now may enlist in the Reg-
ular Army.
Those now in the Army, or those
recently discharged, may reenlist
in “the “arm ~of 'sérvice “of -their
choice, provided they sign up with-
in three months of discharge.
Discussing the enlistment drive,
Maj. Philip Hayese, commanding
general of the Third Service Com-
mand, embracing Pennsylvania de-
clared:
“In the Regular Army, soldiers
will play a vital role in completing
| the great task that lies before us
and in guarding the victory and |
| peace for which so many of our
| brave men have died.”
| Applicants for enlistment or re-
| enlistment in the Regular Army
| may be offered their choice of the
| overseas theaters in which to serve
| while soldiers who enlist in the
| same arm of service in which they
|are serving automatically will be
| promoted to their former tempor-
|ary grades. Thus, an infantry 1st
| sergeant who reenlists in the field
[artillery would forfeit his present
reentering the cavalry, would im-
mediately be appointed to his rank
of temporary sergeant.
All recruits must receive physi-
cal examinations except those who
reenlist immediately after dis-
discharge.
RITA LEE, ALFRED HINES
MARRIED AT ASHVILLE
Miss Rita Lee, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Lee, Ashville, and
Lambert Hines, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Hines, Cresson, were
united in marriage at 9 a. m. last
Wednesday in St. Thomas’ Catho-
lic Church, Ashville. Rev. Father
John Hackett, pastor, performed
the ceremony and sang the nuptial
niass.
Miss Bernadine Lee, the bride's
sister, served as the maid of hon-
or, with Charles McGonigal, bro-
ther-in-law of the groom, as the
best man. A reception was held at
the home of the bride’s parents
following the ceremony, after
which another was held at the
home of the groom’s parents.
The bride is a graduate of Lilly
High School and had been em-
ployed at the Cresson Sanitorium
prior to the wedding Mr. Hines is
employed on his father's farm and
dairy The couple will reside in
Cresson.
MR. & MRS. PAUL J. WILLS
OFFICERS LORETTO LEGION
During the recent reorganization
meetings of Loretto American Leg-
ion Post 748, and the auxiliary unit
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Wills were
reelected heads of the respective
organizations.
Veterans of World War II won
seven of the nine posts. Only the
finance officer and the historian
are veterans of World War I.
Refuse Plea of Henderson
Once again the State Pardon
Board has refused a commutation
plea by George Henderson, a Cam-
bria County man sentenced to life
imprisonment in 1914 for the slay-
ing of Fern Elaine Davis of Cone-
maugh with a club. Nearly 25 ap-
plications for a pardon have been
made, the office of the Cambria
County District Attorney opposing
each one.
| Balzano.
| members of local boards after sol-
| Dysart soldier, Staff Sgt. John F.|been made at headquarters by the | EE. Sheehan, recently elected pres- |
{ ident of the council. The announce-
Tojo's name was the first that |ciers had appealed for aid under |Mments were made at a dinner-meet-
{appeared on the list. Ten other
| persons, including an American
| civilian and a member of the Mar-
|ine Corps, were admitted on the
| same day as Tojo, Sept. 11.
| began treating Tojo for a gunshot
| wound in the left chest, Sgt. Bal-
| zano said in his letter the Judge
| Nelson. He told of being present
{at the hospital when Tojo was
| brought in after he had attempted
| to commit suicide in his home.
Sgt. Balzano said Tcjo shot him-
self just an inch below his heart.
The Dysart soldier stated that af:
ter the former Jap premier was
admitted many Army officers and
newspapermen rushed to the hos-
pital.
Before entering the Army about
three years ago, Sgt. Balzano was
engaged in the trucking business
in Dysart. He also was interested
inn. baseball and managed many
teams in the northern section of
the county.
SOME INCOME TAX
MAY BE LOWERED
Washington, D. C.—The peace-
time tax cutting mover was oiled
for the first time on Tuesday. It
has provisions, which if approved,
may:
Cut 9,000,000 low income per-
scns from the income tax rolls.
Clip the total income tax bill
of individuals by $2,000,000,000 or
more.
Eliminate or sharply reduce the
excess profits tax.
Chairman Doughton (D.-N. C.)
means committee began its first
peacetime tax work yesterday. The
first of November is the deadline
for reducing levies on 1946 indi-
vidual and corporate income.
Because it is in a hurry the com-
mittee, which originates all tax
legislation, probably won't hold a
public hearing. Treasury Secretary
Vinson probably will submit the
administration tax ideas in execu-
tive session today.
ARMY TO RELEASE
Coal miners and steel workers
in the armed forces now will be
released regardless of their point
scores, it has been announced by
| Washington.
| At the recommendation of the
| Office of War Mobilization and |
| Reconversion, the Army agreed to
release coal and steel workers be-
cause they are needed badly in
reconversion.
This has been a bone of conten-
tion by the coal industry for some
time.
COURT 70 HEAR LAD
ON GIRL'S SLAYING
The Cambria County Juvenile
Court has scheduled a hearing for
Friday, October 5, for Lloyd James
Edwards, nine, of South Fork, in
the slaying of three-year-old Phyl-
lis Jean Epperson, also of South
Fork.
Authorities had originally plan-
ned to bring the youngster before
common pleas court because of the
murder charge, but it was since
ascertained by the district attos-
ney’s office that the hearing could
be held before the juvenille curt.
Young Edwards is accused of the
beating of death of the Epperson
child while the two were playing
along the bank of the Little Cone-
maugh River at South Fork.
LAUNDRY SOAP SURPLUS
IN ARMY, BUT NOT HERE
General Brehon Somervell, chief
of the Army Service Forces, has
announced that approximately
$300,000,000 worth of goods de-
clared surplus by the Army in the
last two weeks of August were
civilian goods items.
Among them were listed 800,000
bed sheets, 300,000 bath towels, 90,_
000 mattresses, 2,160,000 pounds of
laundry soap (powder and chips),
1,818,000 shaving brushes, 425,000
tires, 10,000 jeeps, 369,000 fountain
pens and 3,913,000 radio tubes.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
RESIDING IN PATTON
Saturday, September 29, 1945,
will be the last day five per cent
discount will be allowed on Boro
and County Tax. It is also the last
day to pay School Tax before the
5 per cent penalty is added. Please
do not wait until the last day.
Irvin J. Long, Tax Collector.
BETTER REFLECTION!
Tinted glass is specified for mir-
rors in new vacation cruise ships.
Why ?—So that reflection from the
glass puts color on the cheeks of
the most confined office worker
the moment she enters the boat.
wartime 95 per cent corporations |
announced the House ways and |
[the misapprehension that they
{would be able to facilitate exten-
| sions.
Military authorities are sending |
| out postcards to those who are eli-
man is eligible and does not re-
| ceive his extension by mail he is
|aavised to inquire about it after a
| reasonable length of time.
‘SOLDIERS DISCHARGED
AND REDEPLOYED
| Redeployed.
Sgt. Paul A. Lieb, Carrolltown.
| First Lt. Willis W. Bryand, Pat-
| ton.
Pfc.
boro.
! T-5
| ton.
| Pfc
| T-4
|
|
|
|
|
Lewis W. Musso, Barnes-
Francis L. McCloskey, Pat-
. Frank Yuricin, Barnesboro.
Joseph A. Zahar, Emeigh.
Discharged.
Pfc. Alvie L. Stephens, Nick-
town.
| T-4 Frank J. Cossitor, Hastings.
|~ Pfc. William Rudy, Patton.
| Sgt. Clifford P. Thomas, Patton.
| T-5 Calvin R. George, Colver.
| T-4 Walter F. Walsh, Spangler.
| Pfc. Joseph J. Gisler, Barnes-
| boro, R. D.
| T-5 Paul H. Mansfield, Ashville.
| Staff Sgt. Lewis J. Galera, Bar-
| nesboro R.-D. 2
| Cpl. Frank S. Hollewa, Marstel-
ler.
| Pvt. Frank J. Sheperd, Emeigh.
Pvt. George Verbosky, Colver.
Cpl. Gust Lacount, Patton.
Cpl. Pete Hazy, Colver.
| Staff Sgt. Edward L. O'Leary,
| Patton.
Staff Sgt. Michael B. Gwizdak,
| Carrolltown.
Staff Sgt. Earl C. Crowell, Pat-
|
on.
First Lt. Albert B. Bennett, Fal-
lentimber R. D.
T-5 Robert R. Nedimyer, Flin-
ton R, D. 1.
Staff Sgt. John J. Stefula,
Barnesboro.
Sgt. John L. Crouse, Barnesboro.
Sgt. Russell B. Christoff, Pat-
ton.
Lt. Ray A. Bland, Blandburg.
Sgt. Carl Scalise, Barnesboro.
Cpl. Adrian G. Dillon, Hastings.
Cpl. Dennis J. Murphy, Barnes-
boro.
Pfc. Gilbert L. Miller, Hastings
Jr.,
R.D.1.
Staff Sgt. John J. Mislivy, Bar-
nesboro.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Fiedor, Fall-
entimber.
Pfc. Albert L. Petrunyak, Pat-
ton.
Pfc. Wesley M. Cressley, Barnes-
{boro R. D. 2.
| Pvt. J. B. Cole, Elmora.
| Pvt. Freddie T. Palmison, Bar-
| nesboro.
Staff Sgt. James W. Forsythe,
| Patton.
T-4 Odis C. Black, Fallentimber.
Pfc. George H. McDonald, Bar-
nesboro R. D. 2.
Pfc. Charles M. Downs, Flinton.
First Sgt. John G. Michaels, Bar-
nesboro.
T-5 John E. Pavlick, Barnesboro.
Tech. Sgt. John Campbell, Pat-
ton.
T-
horo.
T-4
Pie.
town.
Pic.
Pfe.
Pfe.
Pte.
Sgt.
mora.
Sgt.
town.
Thomas Sherwin, Barnes-
Howard Kline, Spangler.
Alvin L. Feighner, Carroll-
Raymond Simmers, Patton.
Pete Shevock, Emeigh.
John Nealen, Nicktown.
Robert W. Buck, Colver.
Stanley J. Swinconis, El-
Charles Caprone, Carroll-
MARRIAGE OF COLVER
GIRL IS ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Smith of
Colver announce the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Lorrain (Pat)
Smith, to G. Floyd Cox, son of Mrs.
Lucretia Cox of Washington, D. C.
The ceremony was solemnized at
6:30 o'clock Wesnesday evening,
Sept. 5, in the Holy Comforter
Church, Washington, in the pres-
ence of the immediate families and
close friends of the couple. Rev.
Father Cheatham officiated at the
double-ring ceremony.
Sgt. Albert Masnica, Patton,
Among First to Enter Berlin
Berlin, Germany — (Delayed) —
Among the first troops to enter
this city was Sgt. Albert B. Mas-
nica of Patton, who is a part of the
Berlin District Military Police
Platoon of Maj. Gen. Floyd Parks’
1st Airborn Army, which is estab-
lishing U. S. headquarters in the
Berlin district.
Maintaining traffic control, help-
ing to elimate the black market
ring, and protecting the military
personnel in Berlin are only a few
of the assignments designated for
the Military Police Platoon in the
American sector of the occupied
city. Since July 1st, the date of the
platoons entry into the city, they
have maintained liaison with the
Military Government, Provost Mar.
shall, and the German civilian po-
lice.
{ing of the council's Executive
| Board at the American Legion
Home in Cresson Thursday even-
ing, as follows:
| Finance and budget, Mrs. A. P.
American doctors immediately |gible for furloughs, but in case a |Strollo of Barnesboro; child wel. |
| fare, Miss Sadie Reese of Johns-
| town; news letter, Mrs. Mary Van-
| Kokelberg of Carrolltown; post-
| was planning, Miss Hilma Nord-
| strom of Gallitzin; legislation, Mrs.
| Ann Haluska of Patton, national
defense, Mrs. J. H. Parrish of Cres-
son; community service and music, |
| Mrs. Frank Goazion of Barnes-
| boro; Junior Legion Auxiliary,
| Mrs. H. T. Naugle of Conemaugh;
| junior baseball, Mrs. Margaret By-
| ron of Cresson.
| Americanism, Mrs. Clara Bos-
| trom of Barnesboro; poppies, Mrs.
| Ernest Yanssens of Cresson; mem-
| bership, Mrs. Thomas Owens o
| Carrolltown; Scotland Orphans
| School, Mrs. John Whalen of Sp-
angler; coupons, Mrs. Helen Kline
of Portage; rehabilitation, Mrs. Le-
{ Roy Bidelman of Johnstown; jun-
| ior activities and trophies and
| awards, Mrs. Gladys W. Hartman
of Johnstown; press and radio,
Mrs. Felicia Korns of Johnstown.
About 35 leading and official
members of the American Legion
Auxiliary in this district attended
the meeting. By official action the
council set up its program of ac-
tivities and budget for the current
year. Mrs. Sheehan, president of
the council, and Mrs. George Mat-
tis of Conemaugh, secretary, were
authorized to attend the conference
of auxiliary presidents and secre-
taries in Harrisburg on October 12.
Carrolltown was announced as
the place for the council’s next
regular meeting which will be held
Thursday, October 18.
CROWD ATTENDS
BOROUGH MEETING
Approximately 250 representa.
tives from practically al of the
boroughs in Cambria County heard
interesting talks on financial pro-
grams, public safety and borough
government during a dinner-meet-
ing of the Cambria County Associ-
ation of Boroughs last Thursday
evening in the Barnesboro Ameri-
can Legion Home.
The only woman representative
who attended the meeting was
Agnes Mary Motter, secretary of
East Conemaugh Council.
Richard H. Steele, Barnesboro,
vice president, announced that the
election of officers will take place
during the next meeting of the as:
sociation Thursday evening, April
18, 1946, in Gallitzin.
T. F. Chrostfaite, of Hanover,
president of the State Association
of Boroughs, stressed the necessity
of boroughs operating within their
financial means. He opposed an-
nexation and said that independent
boroughs are the “back bone” of
the state.
Traffic law enforcement and pro”
grams for the prevention of acci-
dents on borough streets were dis-
cussed by George C. Lowe, Harris-
burg, a member of the Department
of Revenue.
L. Z. Holcomb of the State Plan-
ning Board and Mr. Alderfer, sec-
retary of the state association, also
spoke briefly.
HASTINGS BOY LISTED
AS KILLED IN ACTION
Pfc. Stephen A. Dillion, Jr., 19,
15, his parents, Mr.
ents had been informed their son
was missing in action. Member of
an infantry unit, the soldier had
been overseas since last December,
He entered the service December
29, 1943.
The youngest son of a family of
16 children, Stephen was one of
four to serve in the armed forces.
S-Sgt. John J. is at a camp in Cal-
ifornia; Cpl. Regis H, in the Paci-
fic area, and Pvt. Louis received a
ago.
In addition to his parents, and
the above named brothers, these
brothers and sisters survive—MTrs.
Agnes McDonald, R. N.,, of Has-
tings; Louis, at home; Walter, of
Hastings; Mrs. Michael Shuma, of
Barnesboro; Mrs. Lawrence Barnes
of Bakerton; Mrs. Samuel King
King Kerns, Va; Mrs. Joseph Mil-
ler, Spangler; Mrs. Jack Thomp-
son, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Imelda,
Barnesboro; Mrs. Leo Kline, Has-
tings, and Mary, at home.
A solemn memorial high mass
of requiem was sung in St. Ber-
nard’s Church, Hastings, on Thurs-
day morning last for the repose of
the dead hero’s soul.
POLISH CLUBS BACK
NELSON’S REELECTION
Indorsement of A. A. Nelson for
reelection as judge of Cambria
County Sunday afternoon in the
Slavish Citizens Club, Lilly.
of Hastings, is listed as killed in|
action somewhere in Alsace March |
and Mrs. |
Stephen A. Dillon, Sr, were noti- |
fied recently. Last April 8 the par- |
medical discharge about a year!
Street, Barnesboro. The deal was
completed last week, with the sum
recorded in the purchase being
$27,000.
The Murphy Company in past
vears had purchased both the for-
mer Max Lipman and Baron prop-
erties. With the acquisition of the
new property, plans are under way
to make the Barnesboro store one
of the biggest in rank of the com-
added to the present basement
pany. Three thousand, three hun-
dred square feet will be added to
the present basement store, and a
like number of square feet to the
main floor sales room.
W. I. Wilson, manager of the
Barnesboro store, hails the purch-
|ase as a great step forward in
| merchandising in Northern Cam-
bria County.
gin shortly, and will bring the Bar-
nesboro store of the G. C. Murphy
Co. to a magnitude that will com-
mand the attention and patronage
of thrifty buyers over a wide area.
COLVER MACHINE
SHOP BANQUETS
The, Colver Machine Shop, Car
| Shop and Blacksmith employees
| entertained their wives at a ban-
| quet held at Nicktown recently. It
was one of the outstanding events
ever staged by this group of all
time.
A. H. Butterbaugh, shop fore-
man, acted as toastmaster. Steve
Jacobs of Patton and Santo Callio-
no of Colver were called upon to
make a few brief remarks, both
m en expressing themselves as
going on record to make the event
an annual affair.
The banquet was held at the
Nicktown Hotel, and after the eat-
ing the entire group engaged in
dancing, music being furnished by
the Hawaiian Swingerettes, also of
Colver. Clem Kirsch and Charles
Butterbaugh were in charge of all
arrangements.
An old-fashioned dance was sta-
ged by Earl Dunnigan and Mrs.
Steve Jacobs, and some of the
younger folk just sat back and ad-
mired this couple of yesterday. The
following employees were present:
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Jacobs, Mr.
and Mrs. S. D. Evans, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernie Troxell, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Dunegan, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sher-
ry, Mr. and Mrs. Cem Kirsch, Mr.
and Mrs. Shrenus Lilly, Mr. and
Mrs. Santo Callino,b Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Dominick, Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Butterbaugh, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Butterbaugh, Mr. and
Mrs. Reardon Glass, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Cassett, Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kirsch
and Messrs. Steve Bellish, Earl
| Dunegan, Leo Hughes, Joe Troxell,
David Butterbaugh and Jim Glass.
DRIVER ABSOLVED
A coroner's jury Monday even-
ing exonorated Mickey McKotch,
33, Ebensburg, of any criminal
negligence in the death of Charles
Juba, 56, coal miner of Colver, who
was killed on Sept. 16 when struck
by a truck while walking along the
Colver Road.
The jury, impaneled at the Col-
| mott, was told by Mrs. Ethel
Gregg of Colver, only eyewitness
of the accident, that Juba appar-
ently walked or fell into the side
of the truck while it was traveling
along the highway.
The witness said that McKotch
| was driving on his own side of the
road and that Juba was walking in
the same direction as the vehicle.
Mr. McKoctch said that just as his
truck was abreast of Juba, the
man either lurched or fell against
the machine.
HASTINGS SCHOOLS ARE
IN NEED OF TEACHERS
The existence of four vacancies
on the Hastings High School fac-
ulty, has been announced by C. J.
Urich, supervising principal. Ap-
structors in physical education and
health for girls, commercial sub-
jects, arts and shop. A department
of home economics has been add-
ed to the Hastings school system.
Miss Mary Patricia Strittmatter
is teaching home economics in the
high school.
STATE POLICE SAY
Safety Tips to Both Motor-
ist and Pedestrian
The Use of Hand and Mechanical
Signals Play An Important
Part in Accident Reduction
Never leave the driver behind
you in doubt as to your inten-
tions. Always give a clear sig-
nal before starting, stopping, or
turning. Such a signal should be
given before you begin to turn,
stop or start. The accepted
method of signaling, unless a
mechanical signal is used, is by
extending the arm horizontally
and beyond the left side of the
vehicle,
Remodeling will be- |
OF COLVER DEATH
ver Fire Hall by Coroner McDer- |
plications will be accepted for in- |
25 points by November 1, and by
late winter will be supplanted by a
two-year service yardstick.
In a full-dress review of the vast
demobilization program, he dis-
closed that the program for enlist-
ed men will be reduced from the
present 80 points to 70 points on
| October 1, and will drop to 60 one
month later. From Major General
Stephen G. Henry, Army person-
nel chief, Congress also learned the
points for officers—now 100 for
field grade officers and 85 for the
company officers—will be lowered
{to 75 for both classifications on
{ October 1. But this does not alter
| eligibility for age, which remains
| automatic for those 38, and, upon
| application, for men 35.
WAC officers will require only
39 points for demobilization after
[next Monday, as compered to the
present 44, For enlisted women,
| the present 41 points wil be low-
{ered to 36 in October; to 34 the
| following month.
“That,” Marshall said, “affects
| a tremendous number of persons,
| about 2,000,000 I understand.”
“By late winter,” he continued,
| “we will reach a point where, in
| effect, the Army's point system
| will cease and two year§ service
| will govern men wherever they are.
| They will be able to walk up and
| get a discharge, and that includes
| limited-service men.”
Marshall did not mince words.
{ Both houses have been hostile to
| the Army and Navy discharge pro-
|grams and he invited the legisla-
| tors to hear him in the auditorium
of the Library of Congress.
He hammered home to them that
discharges will be increasingly ac-
celerated. He said that a man could
not be released until everything
“had been done to protect his
rights” as an individual. And he
| reveaed these phases of the separa-
tion program:
1. In September, 450,000 troops
will be discharged, in October 550,-
000 will be released, and thereafter
separations will be at the rate of
700,000 to 800,000 a month.
2. In the next four weeks the
Army will reach a point where all
men for whom useful employment
cannot be found can be released.
3. Limited-service personnel, of
whom many are being used in the
maintenance of 3,000 installations
in the states, cannot be released
until men have been trained to re-
place them.
4. By next July 1, Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower's occupation needs
will be 400,000, and Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's will be 200,000. This
latter figure, however, is only for
Japan and Korea and does not in-
clude other Pacific areas such as
China and the Aleutians.
5. Replacements are being train-
ed now to release veterans of long
service. But to terminate “critical
points” systems now “would create
|a situation that would be chaotic.”
6. Troops will be required to
{ handle and dispose of the 6,000,000
| tons of materiel in Europe, and in
| such Pacific bases as Halmaheras.
Gen. Henry, employing lantern
| slides to show how demobilization
| werks, revealed that 17,000 per.
| sons will be discharged today and
| that the daily rate will increase
| gradually until it reaches 25,000 at
Christmas. From May 12 through
| last week, he added, 859,000 men
[and women have changed from
| khaki to civilian clothes.
| Enlisted men will not be sent
overseas if on last Sept. 2 their
| critical point score was 36 points
| or more, or if they were 37 years
[oid or if they were 34 years old
with more than one year of ser-
vice.
| Robert Lundquist of Patton
Aboard ‘Colorado’ Off Japan
Aboard the U.S.S Colorado, Tok-
| yo Bay — (Delayed) — Robert W.
| Lundquist, 22, pharmacist’s mate,
third class, son of Mr. and Mrs.
{ John Lundquist of 801 Magee Ave.,
| Patton, steamed into Tokyo Bay
aboard this ship to support the oc-
cupation of Japan.
The “Colorado”, whose crew had
taken her through 10 invasions to
help bring the final capitulation of
Japan, had been near Tokyo before
when she sailed with American and
British warships into Sagami Bay,
18 miles from Tokyo, to support
[the first landings of airborne
troops at Atsugi airfield. That op-
eration was in preparation for the
arrival of General of the Armies
Douglas MacArthur.
The “Colorado” poured thous-
ands of tons of hot steel into the
Japanese shore installations in pre-
invasion bombardments that gave
Allied forces bastions on Japan's
outer rim. She helped at Tarawa,
the Philippines, Okinawa, and in
other lesser operations for four
years.
ALTOONA MOTHER KILLED
AS CAR HITS ABUTMENT
A 34-year-old Altoona mother
of five children was killed and
three persons injured last Wednes-
day in an automobile accident on
the Cresson-Altoona highway.
State Police said Mrs. Clara
Murtiff, Pennsylvania Railroad
shop worker of Altoona, suffered a
broken neck as the machine struck
an abutment at nearby Cross Keys
and rolled 500 feet.