NORTH CAMBRIA'S BEST AND LARGEST WEEKLY Reflecting the Interests of All the Communities of Its Coverage “COURIER RECOGNIZED MEDIUM OF UNION LABOR INTERESTS Central Press and King Features Pictorial, Comics, Sports Services VOL. 54. NO. 4. PATTON HOMECOMING PROGRAM PATTON VFW, LEGION LAUD EX-SERVICEMEN | { | | The Water McCoy Post, Ameri- [can Legion, and the John White | Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, desire to take this method in con- A SUCCESS PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA, TH URSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1946. PRICE CONTROLS PRACTICALLY | - ABANDONED AND CONTROLS ON Ten Pages—Eighty Columns PRESENT TIME BEST FOR NEW CONTRACT While higher pay for bitumin- ous miners appears to be the chief aim of John L. Lewis in his SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR Operators Invited to the Coal Conference Oem ~ WAGES DROPPED BY TRUMAN | negotiations with the government, {the UMW head apparently has decontrol of prices “accelerated | not overlooked the advantage of inflation and will bring the crash | shifting the season for contract that much sooner.” | talks from spring to fall or win- An AFL spokesman said the | ter. gratulating the ex-servicemen and women of the Patton community | For the first time since op: | Initial Meeting Is Called for Wednesday Afternoon of This Week ea MISS RUTH CARPER. TO SPEAK TONIGHT Approximately 200 Veterans in Parade Despite Rainfall; * Dinners Enjoyed [for their orderly and appreciative [the Nation Monday resumed op- | conduct at the Homecoming Cele- | erations under a free economy but Drawing of Factory bration on Armistice Day. [amid prospects that the general he | aecon Patton was a busy, gala place on Monday—Armistice Day—dur- ing the GI Homecoming Celebra- tion despite the fact that a misty | rain fell during the whole time. The affair began, really, Sunday evening with joint memorial ser- | vices at the Methodist Church. High Masses were sung in both St. Mary's and St. George's Cath- | 1 morning. | All the services were well attend- | olic Churches Monday ed by veterans and older folk. Approximately 200 men and women, at 10 a. m. The parade route wound up at the scheduled time at the Patton Honor Roll, where { a short outdoor memorial ser- | vice was held by all the Patton | clergymen. Turkey Dinner Just Right At noon the World War II vet- | erans were the guests of the town at a turkey dinner—held in five halls in order to accomodate the | crowd. The dinner was served at the Fire Hall, Moose Hall, Eagles Hall and the Presbyterian and Methodist Church Halls by the various ladies’ groups of the com- munity. The tables were ably dec- orated with evergreens and small flags by members of the Garden Study Club. The tasty turkey was cooked by the personnel at Mertens Bakery, with the GIs doing real justice to the bird and all that went with it, including cake and ice cream. Given $1.5¢ in Tickets As the guests enterad their re- spective dining halls, handed small envelopes with $1.50 worth of “script money” inside, good for $1.50 in any business es- tablishment throughout Patton on Monday only. Fatton Beats Cherry ‘Lree The Patton High School football | eleven added their bit to the day | by defeating the Cherry Tree ele- ven, 6-0, on the locdl field during the afternoon. The game was fought in a drizzling rain, with the players emerging mud-soaked. The festivities didn’t stop with the advent of dusk either. At 7 p. m. the PHS Band again turned out and gave an hour’s concert at the corner of Magee and Fifth. Lights were strung over the cor- ner lot to provide illumination. AYter the concert, ‘dancing “went on -into the wee small hours of the morning at virtually every available place in town. The local clubs and taprooms provided or- chestras and other entertainment. All in all, it was a glorious day for the veterans, with the wet weather bringing bad spirits to no one. MARKED FOR PLANES A-S-H-V-I-L-L-E, in letters 10 feet high, as well as the latitude and longtitude in letters five feet high and an arrow pointing to the nearest airport and the dis- tance, have been painted on the roof of a promjnent Ashville build- ing by the Pennsylvania Aeronau- tics Commission as part of a pro- gram to place air markers along | the main air routes in the state. Similiar markings have been painted on the roofs of buildings in Barnesboro, Cresson, Roaring Spring, who has contrac- ted for the job at $87.50 per sign. | The commission plans the erec- | tion of a total of 200 such mark- | ers throughout the state. They are to be placed along airways adja- | cent to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh. Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Reading, Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, | Lancaster, Harrisburg, Wailliams- | port, Lock Haven and Erie. | CARROLLTOWN WOMEN | TALK ABOUT INFLATION | “Inflation — And How to Beat | It” was the chief topic at a meet- | ing of the Carrolltown Women's Republican Club Monday at the Wilfred Blum home. Hostesses in- cluded Mrs. P. H. Ertter, Mrs. | Casper Lehmier and Mrs. Hanford Barnicle. The next session will be held in the form of a Christmas party on Dec. 9 at the home of Mrs. C. A. Grieff. 14,200 Square Miles of Soft Coal Fields in Pennsylvania The soft coal fields of this state cover an area of about 14,200 square miles in the western half of the state and form the north- eastern end of the great Appala- chian coal measures. For many years Pennsylvania was chief producer of coal, but a postwar expansion in West Vir- gina has put this state in second QUERY? The Ladies of the VFW Auxili- ary would like to make a correc- tion concerning a statement made in last week’s “Courier.” It was said that they were helping with the banquet for the GIs, and they were not asked. Why? —Trustees. FOUND DEAD AT CRESSON Mrs. Mae A. Honsaker, 50, of Fairbanks, Pa., was found dead in a bathtub at the Cresson Sana- torium at 1:20 a. m. Tuesday. Coroner Paul Wills reports that the woman committed suicide by ex-service- | as well as the | Patton High School Band and the | school children and other organi- | zations, turned out for the parade | they were | mn Window Display It was a fine testimonial of the | cooperative spirit of our town. An architect's drawing of the new Phillips-Jones factory to be constructed in Patton, aiong || with a display of five suits of Van Heusen pajamas, which {| will be manufactured there, is to be seen in the window of || Solomon's Sweet Shop, Magee || Ave, { The drawing, i made by Philip A. Knobloch, || architect in charge of plans, | LEARFIELD BRANCH NAMES MRS. SWOPE Fallentimber Resident Selected Co-Chairman of District Red Cross Group in color, was Mrs. Robert Swope of Patton was selected as chairman of the Clearfield Branch of the Cambria | Co. American Red Cross Chapter at the annual election of officers |of the group held in the Red [Cross rooms at Patton Thursday. J. and is complete with paved streets and shrubbery. | | | | 1 Mrs. Swope will be assisted by L. Marks of Fallentimber, first | | co-chairman; H. H. Nehrig, Pat- | Will Be Held at Barnesboro OR} ion, Secon) So chaignen; Pesos Evi [X. Young, Patton, treasurer, anc Bud Beginning o | Mrs. Fred McCann, also of Pat- :30 in Afternoon | ton, secretary. Final ur os — . le | Community Chairmen Listed Lie ee ae Community chairmen for 1947 | ec an in g E ’aried | will be Mrs. Frank Gregg, Dysart: | program for the 31st annual 15th | Mrs Eulalia Godfrey pv Ao iy 5 | Bituminous District Coal Mining |g Routch, Hastings; Ralph Lit- | Institute Saturday at Barnesboro. | zinger, Patton, and Charles Chil- |A large crowd is expected to at- | cote, Blandburg. All also are lis- fond, inelnging a rumiber of prom- | teq as chapter vice chairmen. |inent coal officials. Mrs. Robert Forsythe will be [ip The conference Wil mente production chairman; Mrs. Robert | rnesbor “10 Swope, home service chairman: is Stiornoon. Jn the svenim2 Jat | Mrs. Gerald Fisher, staff assist- mine inspector for the district, ig ae Chairman, and John 1. Bar. to preside at a dinner to be held | hard, Sector of i All of t 8 ! Lob [the above are from Patton. |in the St. Thomas Parish Hall. | 'n addition, Mrs. Ruth Beers of | Shanles 9 Nell lo Poe ot by | Ashville will be the home nursing esses wi e given | chairman. i | Charles O'Neill, vice president of | promis of Compa Binnegan Sa, hed, Tray overing | pre ¢ 3 ec. 5, in the Ban s | Coal Producers Assn.; Andrew B.| e - z | Crichton Sr., president of Johns- Portage | and Coalpert by H. K. Rhoades of | | town Coal & Coke Corp.; W. Gar- {field Thomas, deputy secretary of E | AT HOME IN PATTON the State Dept. of Mines; E. | Quenin of the TU. Walsh, Mine Safety Appliances. FIREMEN'S BAZAAR 8 o’clock. | are the only jin urged to turn out for the affair Tuesday afternoon the firemen | { contacted all homes and business | establishments in the borough for | | contributions of either merchan- | dise for the raffle and bazaar or money. They have quite a display {on hand for you to choose from. Anyone missed by the firemen or are asked to bring their donation along to the Fire Hall on Friday right. Help maintain the Fire Co. is always ready to help you. I SAFETY DINNER SET Joseph A. Holmes Safety Assn. which takes in Co., including Colver and Revloc, | will hold its annual fall banquet { Saturday evening, Nov. 23, at the Ebensburg Congregational Church. | A program is now being worked on by the committee in charge, and a number of prominent state | and national mining officials have been invited. The group recently sponsored a very successful picnic at Nick- town. MISS FRANCIS C. BROWN BRIDE OF ROBERT ILLIG Miss Frances C. Brown, daugh- | ter of Paul Brown of Ebensburg, | | became the bride of Ronld J. Illig | | of Ebensburg R. D. 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anicetus Illig, at a wed- Name Catholic Church, Ebens- burg, at 8 a. m. last Saturday. Attendants were Miss Rita Illig and Clark Brown. The couple will reside in Ebensburg. Wage Increase Being Sought for Cambria County Janitors Representatives of the Custo- dians, Firemen and Helpers Assn. of the Johnstown School district, have requested a meeting with the county commissioners to dis- cuss janitor wages. The commit- tee seeks to arbitrate an alleged discrimination against county jan- itors. The janitors, it is claimed, were not given a wage increase when other county employees’ wa- ges were boosted. STATE POLICE SAY BE CAREFUL AT NIGHT Lowered visibility seems to be the major difference in the haz- ards of night and day driving. It is necessary that drivers and pedestrians realize this and give more attention to their safety under those adverse conditions. drowning herself in the tub. S. Bureau of Mines; J. J. Snure, Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co., and Robert Richard Maize, secretary of the State Dept. of Mines, also is ex- pected to be a guest at the affair. ~ ONFRIDAY EVENING The Annual Raffle and Bazaar of Patton Fire Co. No. 1 will be held on Friday evening of this week at the Fire Hall in Patton. The affair will begin promptly at | These bazaars and bingos con- | | ducted by the Patton volunteers | means of raising funds the company has. Everyone | | Bessie Decker, who were not home Tuesday BY HOLMES COUNCIL The Ebensburg Council of the |at the Central Cambria | | Patton recently. | Clifton Derringer and Miss Agnes | Palcho, members of the board of ding ceremony performed in Holy | A. C. WINSLOW DIES best known residents of the Pat- ton community, aged 81 years, a home on West Magee Avenue on of long duration. He was born on April 9, 1865, at Benzette, Pa., a son of Charles 4nd Ellen (Derr) Winslow. His wife, Martha (Grove) Winslow, died on January 11, 1936. Surviving are four sons--Ralph, of Meadville; E. Wellwood Wins- of Patton; and Derr G. Winslow, of Curwensville; and a daughter, Mrs. Ada Rodkey, of Patton. Al- So surviving are three sisters— Mrs. Minnie Barton, Freeport, N. Y.; Mrs. Larue Riley, and Mrs. both of Benzette, and a brother, H. O. Winslow, lo- | cal justice of the peace for many | years. There are two grandchild- ren. Mr. inslow was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. He was a descendant of the Win- slow family which came to this country from England on the Mayflower in 1620. The deceased moved to Patton in 1893, the year Patton was in- corporated as a borough. He had xr y | been a resident here ever since. With his brother and brother- | in-law, he established the Barton | & Winslow Store, one of the first | stores in Patton. Later he engag- ed in other businesses, retiring in 1936. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon Winslow home with Rev. | Ralph Krouse, pastor of the local | Methodist Church, officiating. In- terment was made in cemetery. MRS. JERRY SHEEHAN IS | 1947 GARDEN CLUB HEAD | Fairview | president for the Patton Garden | Study Club for 1947, as announ- ced after the regular meeting and | annual election of officers held at | Mrs. J. J. Sheehan will be the | Other officers are Mrs. Robert | Swope, vice president, and Mes | dames Charles Snyder, E. P. Coop- | er, William Lamont, Joseph Graft Sr., Frank Schwab, Bert Douglass, Walter Little, Andrew Rhody, directors. The group's annual Christmas party will be held Dec. 7. . DISPLAYS VETS PHOTOS One of the features in store windows in Patton for the Home- ceming Celebration was the dis- play by Russ Little of the collec- tion of photographs he has of vet- erans from the Patton area. Those killed in action are marked by a gold star. All the photos did not fit in Russ's windows, the over- flow being placed in Davis’ Mili- nery Store. METER HOLES FILLED Patton Borough workmen were engaged in refilling with gravel holes placed in sidewalks on Ma- gee Ave. in Patton last week. The excavations were made previously in preparation for the installation of parking meters on the street. CHEVROLET, BUICK UP $100.00 The price tags on General Mot- tors cars and trucks was made $100 higher Monday, while Ford and Chrysler are still pondering on possible action of this type fol- lowing the removal of OPA con- retired businessman, died at id Sunday morning, after an illness low and Barton C. Winslow, both | 1 | brought | complete with pigtails | Fools” trol order may bring a wave |of strikes that will produce | deadlock between {and the new Republican Congress. | Some prices already have soar- |ed since the President returned | wages, hours and prices to a free collective bargaining basis Satur- {day midnight when he abolished | nearly all war-born wage and | price curbs. He retained only his {wartime power to seize properties (to end labor disputes and controls |over rents, sugar and rice. | Spokesmen for all segments of {labor say that the first result of I'this will be a sharp rise in prices of nearly all commodities. This, |they say, may bring increased {pressure for wage raises and an- other round of strikes to obtain | [them if industry rejects unions’ | demands. CIO official has stated that | prices will go up very fast but | | selectivity would force the prices | | down soon. | Already, General Motors has | | ordered a $100 increase on nearly |all their cars. | See Mine Troubles | Some union spokesmen predict | | that the biggest immediate trouble spots will be in the soft coal in- |dutry and the building construc- | tion trades. But the worst is fear- | ed when the big CIO unions in the | basic industries of steel, rubber, | oil, meat packing, electrical manu- | facturing, automotive and farm esuipment, move in a united front in 60 to 90 days for cost-of-living | | wage adjustments. | Trouble between the President and the new GOP Congress may come if open and disastrous indus- | trial warfare develops. MANY VETS ENROLL IN ‘ON-JOB’ CLASSES AT EBENSBURG HIGH ! Approximately 125 North Cam- bria veterans attended the even- ling classes Tuesday at the Ebens- | burg-Cambria High school. These men are taking courses in accord- |ance with provisions of the ‘“on- | the-job” training program, stating | they must devote 144 hours a yedr | to school work relating to the job | for which they are training. | The classes are conducted each The next meeting of the branch [Tuesday and Thursday evening | Navy survey covering health and [from T to 9 o'clock. | Courses, which are under the | supervision of the Johnstown of- | Veterans Administra- | | fice of the | tion, include salesmanship, book- | keeping, blueprint reading, mech- |anical drawing, electricity and | mechanics. | KE. M. Johnson, supervising prin- [cipal at Ebensburg-Cambria, was | named to set up and supervise the | program for the veterans. Edward Ammann and Joseph Dugoni, both of Ebensburg, will teach science and shop subjects respectively, and Paul Yingling of Nanty-Glo will teach commercial subjects: GOAL CONSUMPTION _ During the past 33 years, the consumption of soft coal in the United States has risen approxi- mately 100,000,000 tons, according | to statistics released by the U. S. | Bureau of Mines for the period {of 1913-46. Peak production is listed a | being in 1942, when nearly 600, 000,000 tons of the black dia- monds were used. The number of days worked has risen steadily since 1937, with a peak of 280 days in 1945. The low | marks were in 1921, when mines perated only 130 days, and in 932, when they worked only 150 ys during the year. © da ‘THREE WISE FOOLS’ AT PATTON'S GRAND Whether or not you believe in fairies, you will unquestionably be over to little lightful little Irish miss who puts up a battle for her pixies against three unimaginative old men, as unfolded on the screen at the Grand “Three Wise Fools.” The irresistible and Irish brogue, offers an enchanting por- trayal as Sheila, and with seem- ingly no effort can make the spectator laugh or cry at will. Don’t miss the “Three Wise at the Grand. Army Volunteer Enlistments Show Drop During October Army enlistments took a sharp drop during October, it has been revealed by the War Dept. which lists 61,750 in September and only 48,769 in October. Spokesmen also say that November and December prospects are ‘tougher” because of draft suspension. The department states a hope that they will be able to keep up to the 37,000 monthly average Secretary of War Patterson says is the alternative to resuming the drafting of men, VFW POST WILL Nov. 19 PATTON INITIATE CLASS The John White Post No. 779, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Patton, will obligate a class of recruits on Tuesday of next week, Nov. 19, at 8 p. m,, in the Post Home. A lunch will be served following the obligation. CHANGE MEETING DATES The Federated Women’s Demo- cratic Club of Cambria Co. will meet the third Thursday instead of the second Tuesday of each month. S/Sgt. George Crowell Released S/Sgt. George R. Crowell of Patton was granted an honorable discharge fron: the Army at Fort trols Saturday midnight. Dix, N. J, oyer the week end. Lowest mark— | { 30,000,000 tons—was in 1932. Margaret | O'Brien's point of view as the de- | Theatre in Patton Friday | and Saturday of this week in the | Miss O'Brien, | VING CONDITIONS | u IN MINING TOWNS SAID DISGRACEFUL | | Adm. Ben Moreell, former fed- | eral coal mines administrator, | | with specfiic reference to “dis- | | graceful conditions” in some coal | | mining communities, last week [called on industry “to accept its | | role as trustee of human welfare.” | | In speaking at a meeting of the | Industrial Hygiene Foundation at | the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, | |he told of findings of a recent | | sanitation conditions in the soft | | coal mining areas of 26 states. | | In one survey report sent to] him from an unnamed community, | Moreell said general sanitation | was described as ‘deplorable and | disgraceful.” | “There is no first-class water | supply or sewage disposal in the | entire county,” he quoted the re- | port as stating. “All sewage is | dumped into all the streams in | this area and some of the towns obtain their water supply from these massive, contaminated, pol- luted ‘bacteriological tubes.’ ” He said “there is no intent to fix blame for such conditions,” and contin . “Rather would I attribute them terour habit of thought, our com- placency, our indifference to the responsibility of industry to the public interest.” He declared the responsibility “weighs equally on both manage- ment and labor.” SCOUTS SET DATES FOR COMING EVENTS An advanced scoutmasters’| training course in January heads | the 1947 schedule of events for | | the North Cambria District of the | the Adm. Robert E. Peary Council {of Boy Scouts of America as set | up by a district planning confer- | ence at a meeting in the Bakerton Public School last Thursday night. | The course will be conducted in | conjunction with a scouters’ first- aid course. Instructor for the two | groups will be Rev. Gustav And- | erson, pastor of Barnesboro Meth- | odist Church. | The winter camp will be held in | February at Blue Knob, while the | spring camporee will take place | near Patton June 12 to 15. The annual pilgrimage to the Adm. Peary Monument at Cresson | will take place on Sept. 7. ANGELINE BIANO TO BE BRIDE THIS SATURDAY AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH | | | | | Miss Angeline Bianco, a well- | known Patton young lady, daugh- | ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Bi- {anco, will become the bride of | Joseph Carnicella, son of Mrs. An- |thony Carnicella of Altoona, this | Saturday in St. Mary's Catholic | Church in Patton. Rev. Father Rupert Stadtmiller, pastor, will officiate. | Miss Bianco is a graduate of | Patton High and is in charge of | the Balsinger & Luther Flower Shop in Patton. Mr. Carnicella, a | World War II vet, is employed as | a mechanic by the PRR. The cou- | ple plan to reside in Patton. | OPENS RADIO SHOP | Vincent B. Lehmier of Carroll- | town announces the opening of a | radio repair shop in the Lehmier | Bldg., across from the Main St. Garage, Carrolltown. He also will handle tubes and parts and Sonora and Trav-ler Radios. CO. HOME ATTENDANT DIES John T. Mackeye, 76, Scottish newspaperman who came to this country on an assignment and stayed, and who was an attendant at the Cambria Co. Home for the past 30 years, died of a heart ail- ment on Sunday. Miss Angeline Bianco of Patton was honored at a showed last week at the home of Mrs. Anna | Donahue. Hostesses were Misses | Bess and Rose Donauhe, Cards and lunch were a feature. INDIANA CO. RENTS HIGHER Rents in Indiana Co. average $12 per month more than they do in Cambria Co., says Leo Akers, director of the Johnstown defense | Sec. of Internal A | last The advantage of such a move a (they should not stay there very |is that more pressure can be built the President long.” He predicted that buyers’ | up at the season whe n coal is in greatest demand, rather than in the spring at the beginning of the warm season. PAYROLL BOND PLAN T0 BE INAUGURATED FOR NORTH CAMBRIA A payroll savings promotion is being inaugurated at many mines and factories in Northern C bria Co. this week as part of nationwide savings promotion. “Sign up for Security” is the slogan for the campaign. The ob- ect of the drive is to enroll every ; J worker in the peacetime payroll | savings plan, whereby they would set aside a certain sum out of each pay for the purchase of U. | . Government Savings Bonds, or | Q War Bonds as they were called during the war. The drive is to continue until Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Day. Em- ployes of each business or indus- trial concern in cooperation with the management, will be asked to select a U. 8S. Savings Bond of- ficer, team captains and a treas- ury representative. T. F. Hughes, head of the drive in this area, states that ‘the thrift habit developed during the | war years should be maintained.” | the OFFICIAL COUNT 1S LISTED BY COUNTY | Revisions from | Unofficial Figures Made | By Election Board No Material No material changes were dis- covered in the official tally of votes in the election of last week when the computation board fin- ished their work at the week end. Down in Johnstown the Repub- licans are endeavoring to have a recount of all the city precincts made, in the hope that they may unseat H, G. Andrews, who won The official vote is as follows: U. S. Senator ) Guffey... ..5L. Martin .. Governor Rice . Duff . vr Lieutenant Governor Dent . he Strickler ... - 28,197 . 27,617 we 21,723 . 28,249 —— 27,622 Sis ST, 00 ffairs Schmidt Livengood . Congress Owens Tibbott ssembly (2nd Dist.) Chervenak O’Connor . Evans reese Williams Binder 28,085 27,146 A 18,054 SPANGLER NIMROD WOUNDED IN LEGS Albert Mulhaney of Spangler was painfully injured Monday of week when pellets from a shotgun charge entered both legs. Mr. Mulhaney and Dalton Ful- | ton, also of Spangler, were hunt- ing small" game in the vicinity | when Fulton’s gun went off acci- | dentally. The wounded man was treated by a physician and return- ed to his home, receiving addition- | al treatment later. same Protector N. M. Rhua, in | which | was not reported until Wednesday, | ccnnection with this case, has warned that hunters are re- cuired to notify him of all hunt- | ing accidents, regardless of their nature, within 72 hours. He says | nimrods failing to do so will be prosecuted. 162,136 Coal Miners Taken Into Army During War II A total of 162,136 coal miners were inducted into the armed ser- | vices of the Nation between Pearl | Harbor and July 1, 1944, says a |that report issued by the UMWA. Those killed, died or missing in action numbered 3,345, while there were 10,125 wounded. War savings bond purchases of the UMWA and its members amounted to $175,- 000,000. Contributions to war relief ag- encies were about $5,000,000. The report is being furthered to the period ending the war. BAZAAR AT ST. LAWRENCE The annual St. Lawrence Ba- zaar for the benefit of the St. Lawrence Church will be held in the church social rooms Sunday, Nov. 10. The public is invited to attend the event, which is to fea- ture a turkey raffle, amusements and lunch. Rev. Father Regis Mec- Coy, OSB, is pastor of the church. COLVER CHURCH BAZAAR The Fidelis Circle of the Colver Presbyterian Church will hold its annual bazaar in the church base- ment this Friday at 6:30 p. Fancywork, baked goods, cake, ice cream and sandwiches will be sold during the evening. Funds will go rental area. Rent control began in Indiana Co. only recently. | toward purchase of a new carpet | held at the Nurses’ Home, Span- |g. for the church. am- | 3, | on the official count by 49 votes. The men who have so far been | left out of the coal dispute—the | cperators—were called back into the picture on Tuesday night as | the government strove to get out | of the coal business and avert a | strike of 400,000 miners. Secretary of the Interior Krug, hoss of the mines since they were seized to avert a strike last | spring, invited operator spokes- men to meet with him on Wed- nesday. Hitherto negotiations over the mine leaders’ demand for re- vision of existing contracts has {been solely between the United | Mine Workers and government of- | ficials. [Could Have Strike |- Lewis, in his attempt to better the contract, presumably by ob- | taining higher pay or other bene- | fits, is proceeding with plans to | negotiate with Krug until Friday {ef this week, then serve notice he | will terminate the contract Nov. | 26-—next Wednesday. An operator-spokesman has indi- cated to newsmen that his group | remains as opposed as ever to the | unionization of mine supervisors, | | the 5-cent royalty on each ton of coal produced, for a union health and welfare fund; and the federal | | mine safety code adopted as a re- [sult of the Krug-Lewis agreement | |in May. | | Demands As Yet Secret f Just was Lewis’ demands will |be were still a secret at the time {this paper went to press. Most |cperators think he will ask that | present work week of 54 | hours be cut with little or no loss |in take home pay. They think he | will propose a five-day work week {of 40 or 45 hours. | However, wages may not be the [big barrier. The controversy over | unionizing foremen also is a big | issue. { Coal still is in a slightly differ- |ent classification than other in- | dustries where wage struggles are | { is operating the mines. Changes Must Be Approved tion Board or its successer still will have to pass on any change in the pay or working conditions of the soft coal mines because of provisions in the Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes Act under which they were seized last spring after a 59-day shutdown. ‘The Krug-Lewis agreement calls for an 1&%-cent hourly increase and other concessions ‘which coal operators have not yet agreed to accept. The UMW chief wants to end | that agreement and up the wage scale for a shorter work week. To that end he had laid down a tification to the government this Friday that he intends to termin- | ate the contract five days later, or | | Nov. 20. Under traditional “no contract, no work” policy of the miners, | that could mean a new strike. GET HEAVY ‘FINES FOR KILLING DEER | Francis McDermott of Cresson {and L. A. Conrad of Altoona each ¥ thcy were arrested by Deputy Game Protector Edward Wilt of | Gallitzin as they sneaked in to the weeds near Cresson to claim an iitegally-killed doe. | It is said the men killed the doe by shooting it through the head with a pumpkin ball from a shot- gun near the Sanitorium Wednes- jday afternoon. The carcass was | discovered shortly after. | LITTLE HOPE HELD FOR | A dark outlook for sal training plan in the new Con- gress is noted by Army represen- tatives concerned with the gram. The war department plans a | vigorous campaign for its proposal to make every man subject to 6 months of basic training at the ing in the reserves or by other means. | But Army legislative advisers | hold little hope that the Repub- lican-dominated Congress will pass it. In fact they see grave doubts it will even get past the committee stage. As for an extension of the draft act, expiring March 31, they con- fided that the Army may not even ask for that. VFW BANQUET AT HASTINGS St. Bernard's Church Hall in Hastings was the scene of much festivity Monday night when the Patrick D. Riordan Post, 1586, Veterans of Foreign Wars, held its annual Armistice Day banquet. A turkey dinner was served by | the Rosary Society of the church. COLVER IDLE ON MONDAY Armistice Day was observed as a holiday at the operations of the | Ebensburg Coal Co. in Colver. | Offices in the Ebensburg Court- | house also were closed. | | TRESPASS NOTICES HERE The Union Press-Courier has| | “No Trespass” notices for sale at reasonable prices. | me a HOSPITAL LADIES TO MEET The regular meeting of the Miners’ Hospital Auxiliary will be ger, Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 8 p. m. | week scored the iP, their duties in providing and | maintaining a juvenile detention going on—because the government | The liquidating Wage Stabiliza- | timetable that could call for a no- | made field settlements of $100 in | fines last Wednesday night when | ARMY ‘TRAINING’ BILL | the univer- | pro- | |age of 18, plus additional train- | To Be Guest of North Cambria Kiwanis at Dinner-Meet It is announced by the program committee of the Northern Cam- | bria Kiwanis Club that Miss Ruth K. Carper, Child Welfare Secre- tary for Cambria County, will be the speaker at the regular week- ly meeting on November 14. The meeting will be held in the Smith Hotel, Patton, at 6:30 pn. m., on Thursday evening, It is urged that all members be | present to hear Miss Carper dis- cuss how child welfare services operate in this county and what we see as needs for dependent, neglected and those children in danger of becoming delinquent. The meeting last week, Nov. 7, was one of the best attended of this current year. “Farmers Night” was observed, YOUTH DETENTION HOME LACK CITED BY THREE JUDGES Three Cambria Co. judges this failure of the three county commissioners to act immediately on the establishment of a juvenile detention home in Cambria Co. In a prepared statement, Judges John H. McCann, George W. Grif- fith and Ivan J. McKenrick laid the blame directly on the should- |ers of Commissioners Cyrus W. Davis, John Thomas Jr. and Frank Hollern for failing to meet { home. | According to the judges, the county commissioners should ob- | tain a building in the county and reconvert it into a juvewmile deten- { tion home as soon as possible. They stated that plans for the | erection of a new $85,000 modern | home probably would not mater- |ialize for years. The three jurists pointed out | that a building could be purchased and renovated to provide adequate quarters for one-fifth to one-sixth jo the cost of the proposed new building, “& "LOCAL KIWANIS HAS ~ FARMERS AS GUESTS Breeders Cooperative Subject of Edward A. Mintmier | Fifteen farmers, representing all of the Northern Cambria Co. area, were guests at the regular month- ly meeting of the Northern Cam- bria Co. Kiwanis Club last Thurs- day evening at the Smith Hotel in Patton. The speaker for the evening | was Mr. Edward A. Mintmier, as- sistant Cambria Co. farm agent, whose talk consisted of the value of different potato sprays and in- formation on the Agricultural Breeders Cooperative, in which work is planned beginning Dec. 1. The meeting was very instruc- tive, with the hungry farmers and others present agreeing that | “Mid” gave a swell dinner—as per usual. The local Kiwanis Club gave their full support to the planned 4-H Club proposals. Plans were made to form a Capon Club next vear, which will be sponsored by the Northern Cambria Kiwanis. The meeting was in charge of Harry Nehrig and George Hoppel. | RITA. ESTEP TO WED HERE FRIDAY NIGHT Miss Rita Estep will become the bride of Charles Jolly, both of Patton, at a ceremony to be per- formed this Friday evening at 7 |o’clock in the Methodist Church here by Rev. Ralph Krouse, pas- tor. A reception will follow at the home of the prospective bride's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Humphrey of Lang Ave. Miss Estep is a 1946 graduate of Patton High and had been em- ployed in the Jolly Grocery Store. The prospective groom, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jolly, return- ed recently from Japan and is now on terminal leave. He will be discharged in December. SEEK MARSTELLER MAN FLEEING ‘WORK PARTY’ County police officers are seek- ing McKinley Long of Marsteller, who escaped from a prison labor gang at work in a field near the County Children’s Home last Sat- urday. Long was awaiting trial at the December court term on a charge of assault and battery. He was placed in the county jail about a | month ago by a Spangler justice | of the peace. | 28 NEW MOOSE MEMBERS A total of 28 new members were |initiated into Patton Lodge 488, | Loyal Order of Moose, at recent ceremonies in Patton. The total membership of the Patton lodge |is now approximately 700. Bill Westrick Discharged Cpl. William F. Westrick, Span- |gler St., Hastings, received his | honorable discharge from the TU. Army at Ft. Meade, Md., last week, at is now at his home. AF mtn rN Pl,
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