Thursday, February 13, 1947 Relief Costs Up, With Fewer Jobs Governor James H. Duff, who plans an investigation of Pennsyl- vania's relief rolls, was informed on Monday that 30,000 families were added to the dole since the end of the war because there are “several hundred thousand fewer jobs” than during the war-time peak. This report was made by Public] Assistance Secretary Frank . Robbins, Jr., in reconciling the public dependency increase since V-J Day with the currently high level of employment. tionably at a high level,” Robbins said, “but total civilian and mili- tary employment in Pennsylvania is now several hundred thousand | below its war-time peak. “The present assistance case load appears high only when rela- ted to its war time low. It is far below any pre-war or early war level, It still consists primarily of completely unemployable per- sons, including the aged and the dependent children lacking paren- tal support.” Robbins said that the “relatively few” persons on the rolls with any degree of employability are main- ly handicapped workers who have been forced out of jobs by the re- turn of more employable persons to their former jobs. Between Pearl Harbor and V-J Day, the rolls decreased at a rate of approximately 2,500 cases a month, from the end of the war to the present time. U.S. Coal Output Close All-Time High The Solid Fuels Administration estimated this week that the Na- tion’s mines produced 13,775,000 tons of soft coal during the week ending Feb, 1, the second greatest cutput on record. It was the fourth week in suc- cession that production exceeded 13,000,000 tons. Since coal exports have not in- creased, some authorities have expressed mystification as to just where the coal is going. Some be- lieve large consumers are stock- piling as a precaution against fu- ture shortages. One reason given for the incre- ased production is that miners are attempting to increase their earn- ings because of pay lost during last year’s coal strikes and in pre- paration for any forthcoming la- bor difficulties. The production for the week en- ding Feb. 1, was exceeded only by the output of 13,970,000 tons in the week ending Dec. 11 last. —Adults are always children at heart. During childhood they be- lieve fairy stories, and when they grow up they believe campaign promises. Juror Goes to Work —in Wrong County A series of slight mistakes by a | | | very weil intentioned Ligonier gen- | | tleman may cause double work for | | the Westmoreland Co. grand jury. | | A ‘total of 147 indictments may | | have to be discarded and new in- | | dictments drawn up. C. H. Berky, 65, was the main | | character in the comedy of errors. | elevator with a number of grand jurors when he reported at By mistake Berky got on the | the | | Westmoreland Co. courthouse on | | Monday morning of last week for at the fourth floor, He missed the question when a clared he was. the Grand pury. John J. Combers, North Belle Vernon, had sent in a card of acceptance. He died after he sent the card and neither the court nor the sheriff heard about his death. Berky was sworn in as the 12th member. When Comber’s name was called he missed the name and said “here.” From Monday through Friday, Berky sat with the grand jury. He considered 147 bills, inspected the county jail, juvenile detention quarters and the county poor farm. Berky went to collect his pay. The clerk found his name on the list of civil jurors. That the Grand Jury's work, 147 bills, will have to be done over ag- ain, is according to District At- torney Edward G. Bauer, ‘very likely.” Hospitals Plan Free Care Cuts Governor Duff has been told that private hospitals must curtail free service to the needy unless state aid is increased. Spokesmen for the 168 hospitals now getting commonwealth funds —46 of them in this area— are reported to have urged the Gover- ernor to raise the aid from the present $8,735,550 level to a rec- ord peak of $22,900,000 for the 1947-49 biennium. The hospitals also proposed that the state adopt a new policy and use part of the appropriation to grant the institutions their first reimbursements for service given the indigent in out-patient depart- ments. = Pointing to the hospitals’ criti- cal financial problems, the spokes- men told the Governor that rates on private and semi-private rooms have been raised as much as eight times in the last three years in an | attempt to meet soaring costs and still maintaining free care for the needy. Juweliy rngeer \ALENTINE ivili cont | Common Pleas Court jury service. | " nt is unques- | | Civilian employment | g He followed the grand purors off | tipstaff asked him if he was there | to serve on the grand jury. He de- | Judge Hillery Keenan had excus- | 9 ed 12 of the 24 persons called for | } UNION PRESS-COURIER CUT BREEN’S gare 75¢ Noxema CREAM 49¢ KODAK Fresh Film SIZES 127—120— 620—116—616 At Popular Prices! BABY NEEDS 50c J&J BABY TALC, 39 1-tbDextri Maltose .... 63c 10c Anticolic Nipple, 3 25c 1-1b SMA Baby Powder 94c Large (108) Q-TIPS .. 43c 13-0z. FORMULAC ... 19c 50c PABLUM 8-0z. PYREX Bottles ..20c 1-1b SIMILAC FOOD 99c 60c Teething LOTION. 39c 13-0z. 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Statement of all property ac- quired from the Authority and la- ter transferred to Pennsylvania For the heart you aim to please the loveliest gift is a fine piece of jewelry. DIAMONDS That Say . . . “I Love You” $3750 to LOCKET SETS COMPACTS EARRINGS TIE SETS WATCH BANDS INITIAL RINGS 10th Street MOST COMPLETE SELECTION OF BRILLIANT DIAMONDS GIFTS FOR “SWEETHEARTS”. . . PEARLS CHOCKERS GIFTS FOR “BOY FRIENDS”. . . CRAVAT SETS WALLETS Karp’s Jewelry Store Convenient Credit Terms 150000 BROOCHES CROSSES WATCHES KEY CHAINS BIRTHSTONE RINGS FAMOUS PENS BARNESBORO Authority Report An itemized accounting of all the property turned over to the state when the General State Authority was liquidated in 1945 has been demanded by the Democratic mi- nority of the Legislature. Representative H. G. Andrews, State College and the State Farm Show Commission. Andrews said that he is partic- ularly interested in a schedule showing the disposition of the per- sonal and mixed property ,togeth- er with the names of agencies, or firms or individuals who acquired of Johnstown, minority floor lead- | jt er in the House, made public a letter written to C. M. Woolworth, Secretary of Propert and Supplies, in which he asked for detailed in- formation. General State Authority was set up during the administration of former Governor George H. Earle. It carried on an extensive building program at state institutions. Ab- out $48,000.000 in outstanding bonds was liquidated last year. Under the law all properties still held by the Authority were supposed to be turned over to the State. Andrews specifically asked for the following information in item- ized form: All properties of the Authority acquired by the State. List of all bonds retired. List of all leases cancelled, all obligations discharged by the Au- thority and transferred to the State. Statement of all property, real, ASTOUNDED AT ATOM POLICY WHILE WHOLEHEARTEDLY endorsing the nomination of David E. Lilien- thal as head of the Atomic Energy Commission, Bernard Baruch, ap- pearing before the Joint Atomic Committee in Washington, declares he was “astonished” at the policy of Congress which made it necessary to place atomic energy control in the hands of civilian rather than military leaders. The elder statesman is shown leaning over a table to speak to Sen. Brien McMahon, of Connecticut, and the Committee Chairman, Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, of Iowa. Arnold Smorto Speaks to St. Francis Alumni Despite freezing weather a large turnout attended the annual Cen- | | Extension Group Convention Held Bankers’ Group Discusses Policies Discussion of banking policies and trends during the coming year featured the 22nd annual meeting of group 6, Pennsylvania Bankers’ ‘This Wednesday The 32nd annual meeting of the (1,080 Rabbits Released | Area in Past 2 Months Game Protector N. M. Ruha of Ebensburg has stocked 1,080 rab- bits in Cambria Co. in the past two months. The State Game Commission purchased 864 of the animals and an additional 216 other places where hunting is not allowed. Sportsmen’s organizations and Boy Scouts trap the rabbits and turn them over to game wardens to be restocked in the best prop- agating areas. The current trapping will con- tinue until mid-March. —Use our Classified Column! association in Altoona on Wednes-| cambria County Agricultural Ex- day morning and afternoon this|tension Association was held in week. the Ebensburg courthouse on Wed- Composed of member banks in|nesday of this week. Conferences Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, | were held in courtroom No. 11, and Clearfield and Huntingdon coun-| sessions were held both morning ties, the sessions were presided ov-|and afternoon. Election of offi- er by John H. Dillen, president of | cers featured the afternoon sess- group 6. Guest of honor was Ed-|icn, but because of the presstime mund W. Thomas, president of the |of this newspaper on Wednesday Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association | at noon, new officers will be pub- were trapped in boroughs and in Tops in HEART Appeal gv” “Heartiest con- ¥ : |and president of the First Nation- tral Region chapter dinner of St. al Bank, of Gettysburg who spoke Francis College alumni held at the | ure) Bl) Fenn Allo hotel in Altoona last ?t tne funcheoOn sesmon. Saturday night. - Dr. Gerald Cesna of Cresson . was toastmaster and introduced | Bea ver Trapping Attorney Arnold Smorto of Bar-| nesboro, and Attorney Wane Cl d . C . Criste of Cresson. Each comment- b ed briefly on the activities of the 0S€ In am Ila alumni and plans for further ads An open season on beavers gets vancement of additional alumni|ynder way in Pennsylvania Satur- gatherings. : ; | day and will continue until March The Saturday night dinner was|1, in all but 20 counties of the 67 the first of a series. The alumni in the state. agreed on more gatherings. John! Cambria, Blair and Bedford are and Philip Criste provided musi-| listed among the counties closed cal entertainment by rendering to trapping, however, so don't get vocal selections. excited in this area. In the open counties the season limit is two beaver per trapper, and one person may set, tend, or operate only 10 traps. Universal Training Fight Expected at Washington | Congressional leaders are showing | new reluctance to write off uni- | versal military training as a dead issue. Hill indicated privately that the outlook may change. ternational developments not now foreseen. Marshall, in his first news con- ference as a cabinet officer last week listed universal milftary tra- tion is to have any real and posi- tive military power to back up its foreign policy. On the surface his declaration made no deep impression on those any plan for peacetime conscrip- tion. Truck Overturns, Injures Altoona Man Cheayvilier J, Arthur, aged 28 of Altoona, was injured on Saturday afternoon when the pick-up truck he was operating struck a state highway department cindering bank along the Buckhorn Road and overturned. Rendered uncon- scious by the impact, the driver was treated at the Mercy Hospital in Altoona. (International Soundphoto) While every sign still points to the toughest kind of a fight ahead, | top men on both sides of Capitol | They cite two factors: first, the | tremendous personal popularity of | Secretary of State Marshall in the | Congress, and second, possible in- | ining as a requirement if this na- | who have been outspoken against | {lished next week. Rural leaders in agriculture and home economics reported during the session on the more important projects conducted cooperatively. | Reports on home economics ac- | tivities were given by Mrs. Lester | Jones, Ebensburg R. D.; Mrs. Geo. | Lieb, Nicktown; Mrs. Clarence M. | Lane, Johnstown R. D. 2; Mrs. Gal- | en Metzgar, Johnstown R. D. 1; | Mary Margaret Jones, Colver; | Mrs. W. A. Westrick, Patton R. D Mrs. Thomas Kittell, Chest Springs; Mrs. Flo Kelly, Chest Springs, and Mrs. Wendell Myers, | Portage R. D. | Reports on agricultural projects | were made as follows: State Farm Show, Paul Strittmatter, Patton R. Senior Extension Activities, * | Donald Dumm, Johnstown R. D. 1; Strip Farm- ing and Soy Bean Production, Har- | vey Bearer, Hastings R. D.; Pota- to Variety Demonstration, E. J. Westrick, Patton R. D.; Corn Va- riety Demonstration, Fred Bechel, | Nicktown R. D.; Artifical Breed- ling Cooperative, E. J. Farabaugh, i Loretto R. D.; dairy calf club or- ganization, John N. Pryce, Ebens- burg R. D.; Dairy Herd Improve- ment Assn. and Bull Assn. Galen | Metzgar, Johnstown R. D. 1; and | Oat Varieties, Fred Bloom, Ebens- | burg R. D. Reports also were given by Miss June Kunkle, home economics wor- ker, Mrs. Hazel Knipe, assistant home economics worker, H. C. Mc- Williams, county agent, and Ed- ward Mintmyer, assistant county agent. Small Child Cremated in Blaze at Bellefonte Gilbert John Petit, 16-month ald son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Petit, was burned to death on Sunday when fire swept a three-story ap- artment house in Bellefonte, driv- ing out three families. The fam- ily recently moved to Bellefonte from Altoona. Holmes Assn. to Meet at Ebensburg Friday The 1947 objectives will be out- lined Friday evening at 7:30 at a meeting of the Ebensburg Coun- cil, Holmes Safety Assn. The objectives will be present- ed by State Mines Inspectors C. E. Fisher, S. S. Johns and Sam Cortis. | Ebensburg R. D.; | | Turkey Production, Carl Harrison, | gratulations to the girl who chooses one of our beautifully tailored blouses —all in rayon crepe, A Smart Selection of SMART SHOP Gifts for “Your” Valentine! LIPMAN’S BARNESBORO
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