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’48 District Coal Production
Cut by Stoppages, Shortages
Operators Say More
Miners Could Be Used ‘MarriageLicenses
Slowed down by three big ob- Frederick Rosian, Jr. and Dora
stacles, the coal production in |Gobert, both of Patton.
this district skidded to near rock Blanford M. Keith, Barnesboro
bottom in the first quarter of the |R. D. 2, and Kathleen Delattre,
present year. | Barnesboro. :
A month-long strike and short- | John Zern, Jr., Patton, and Do-
ages of both men and railroad [ris R. Shoemaker, Ebensburg.
cars are attributed as major |
sprags on mine output in the re- | J, and Martha Turek, Patton.
gion. J William Yegdon Jr., Colver, and
The district mine field in the [Ruth Chigas, Hastings,
first four months of the year por- John Suhoza, E i
duced 11,095,000 tons of coal, ac- | Zdynak, i Th and Am
cording to figures of the State | ——
Department of Mines. | —Place a Classified Ad.
Biggest dips in production were | ————————— ak
Paul Sajko, Ft. Monmouth, N.|
Cars Hard 0 Get; | Sesser na omencii®sir|
cle registrations reveals that 1947
Registration Ri
‘hegistrarion hises
2,431,710 Vehicles
tions.
Driven in State in "47
Similarly, total receipts from
Although a shortage of auto-|such registrations followed regis- |
mobiles still plagues the State | tration figures.
and Nation today, registration | Last year, receipts from all |
figures for the year 1947 shows | types of registration fees for mo- |
that in the twelve month period tor license fees, including motor-
the second highest number of mo- cycles, buses, operators’ “licenses,
{two types of vehicles of 2,431,710. |
| The next highest year, again 1941, |
| contained 2,329,899 such registra- |
tor vehicles in the history of the |etc., amounted to the amazing |
state was logged by the State sum of $43,749,185.19. |
Department of Revenue. | And back to 1941 again—the |
A review of the figures shows | riext highest year—receipts total- |
that 1947 automobile registrations led $41,252,411.92.
totaled 2,024,119 as compared to |
‘or a difference of only 5,001.
a el a 2 pu It is interesting to note that in| ~
h ord year o when re- | 1906, when registration first star- | registration in Pennsylvania am- |
| gistrations numbered 2,029,120 | ted, the combined figure for pas- counted to 10,954 C t
gsenger and commercial vehicle 2,431,710 last year.
UNION PRESS-COURIER
President to Get Report
On Planned Expenditure
President Truman signed the
70-group Air Force bill into law
last Friday but served notice that
he may not approve spending of
the full $3,198,100,000 voted by
Congress for aviation.
Mr. Truman's statement reop-
ened a controversy which began
when his administration
mended keeping
as compared to
| was the banner year in the his- Truman Signs Air Force Bill; |
ory of pemssiania win + | Spending May Be Held Dow
| President said, “to provide $822 -
recom- |
the present 55- |
|group armada, but strengthening
| are necessary in the national de-
| and equipment consistent with the
| defense needs of the U. 8.
“To assist me in discharging |
[this responsibility, I have asked |
{the Secretary of Defense and the
Director of the Bureau of Bud-
get to formulate and recommend |
it. Congress, by an overwhelm. | AF propriate expenditures.”
ing vote in each house, upped the| the officials Mr. Truman nam-
Nation's future air strength to|°d are Secretary of Defense For- |
76 groups. | restal and Budget Director James |
The i | Webb. Recalling that he has pro- |
e congress has seen fit,” the mised to review the entire mili- |
C tary program next September
000,000 beyond the amount which!and again in December, the Pres:
apg iolifow ad Culm
oy = ok Pores, ee er “Our National security requires |
~Provision Fas Leen teats. hows that the Ste national defense |
ever, that the funds shal not RL ee
WR 8 fining by the | a level of expenditiures which can |
contracts let be supported in subsequent years. |
[It is therefore my intention to |
carry out provisions of the pres- |
ent act with this in mind.”
In giving final approval to the |
70-group air force last May 11, |
fense and that the procurement
results in the maximum utiliza-
tion of improvements in aircraft |
|and require
PAGE NINE
Congress overrode the objections
of Forrestal and others that such
a large armada would throw the
defense machine out of balance
costly expansion of
the Army and Navy to support
| the axpanded air force.
In the present 55-group force
there are 5,500 active combat
planes, 7,500 in storage.
That doesn’t mean just increas-
ing the 5,500 planes in the 55
groups to 6,869 in 70 groups, as
year by year the old planes will
have to be replaced.
This will mean building thous-
ands of planes, costing billions of
dollars. The funds being provided
now are just a starter.
The bill makes $3,198,100,000
available for the air force and
the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics
to place orders for new planes.
—50¢! A good investment in a
Classified ad.
noted in March and April when
mines lay idele as workers fought
for $100 a month pensions. | ¢
With contract negotiations cur-
rently stymied, another big treat
to coal output is posed after the |
present pact expires June 30.
At the present rate of produc-
tion the district would produce |
approximately 35,000,000 tons for
the year, a big drop under the
1947 tonnage.
If the contract barrier is hur-
dled without a walkout, produc-
tion is expected to sprint quick- |
ly upward during the remainder
of the year. |
Railroad car shortages were |
crippling especially in January |
and February. The tight trans-|¢
portation situation still holds | ¢
down production at a number of | ¢
district operations. | §
Many mines in the district sig-
nified they could handle many
more men if miners were avail-
ble.
Production in April rose slight-
ly over March. Last month the
district produced 2,296,000 tons of |
coal, compared to March output
of 2,246,000 tons.
January production was the
highest with 3,561,000 tons, but
this figure is below the average.
February output sank to 3,092,000
as rough winter weather stalled
further the transportation situa-
tion.
St. Francis College
Presents 34 With
Degrees on Sunday
Sen. Francis J. Myers
Is Principal Speaker
Thirty-four young men and wo-
men received bachelor of arts and
science degrees at impressive
commencement exercises Sunday
afternoon at St. Francis College,
Loretto.
One of the highlights of the
ceremonies was the presentation |4
of an hororary degree of doctor
of law to Sen. Francis J. Myers,
Philadelphia. The Senator was
principal speaker at the exercises.
Rev. Father Adrian J. M. Veigle
T. O. R., president of the “College
Among the Pines,” presented the
degree to the Philadelphia Sena-
tor.
Doyle Hall was filled to capa-
city with relatives and friends of
members of the graduating class.
In his address Sen. Myers rap-
ped Communism and those who
promote Communistic ideas. He
appealed to the graduates to fol-
low the teachings of God as advo-
cated by their college professors | ¢
and spiritual leaders. ¢
The speaker said Communism 3
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is spreading in the United States
because of the present unrest. He
urged the college students and
graduates to unite solidly and
work toward curbing spread of |¢
un-American activities.
Sen. Myers was introducted by
Attorney Charles Margiotti, Pitts-
burgh, president of the board of |
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h ther Ee ee the ser- | { least we can do — the throu h th . ih d h
¢ y gh their sacrifice earned the most we can do -- and that
mon at baccalaureate services on |
Sunday morning in St. Michael’s |
Catholic Church, Loretto. Cele-
brant of the Mass was Rev. Fa-|
ther Giles Wade, a Franciscan
priest at the college.
The college president was guest
speaker at a luncheon for grad-
uates, their parents and members
of the faculty.
3 National Guar
Camps, Indiantown,
Slated This Summer
Three separate military encamp-
ments, bringing a total of ap-
proximately 15,000 officers and
men will be held at the expansive
Indiantown Gap Military Reserva-
tion near Harrisburg this sum-
mer.
The summer training schedule
at the Gap will be started July
10 to 24, by the 79th Infantry
Division, Organized Reserve, un-
der command of Maj. Gen. R. W.
Wilson, Philadelphia. Fifty re-
serve units from as many com-
munities throughout the state will
take field training in basic wea-
pons and also refresher courses.
On July 25th, the day after the
Reserves depart, five artillery bat-
talions of the 29th Division Ar-
tillery, Marylan-Virginia National
Guard will come in to conduct
two weeks’ artillery firing.
From Aug. 14 to 28, approxi-
matey 10,500 officers and men of 1
the 28th Division, Pennsylvania |§
National Guard, will conduct their
second post-war encampment at
the reservation under the com-
mand of Maj. Gen. Daniel P. |¢
Strickler, Pennsylvania’s Lieuten-
ant Governor.
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NICE BOYS, THESE!
My mother rented a room in
our house to two boys whom she
did not know. She was a little
worried at first, but in a few
days she stopped fretting, “They
must be nice boys,” she explain-
ed. “They have towels from the | §
YMCA."
BETTER TIMES AHEAD!
Could this be an indication of
better times ahead? A recent tre-
asury department bureau of fed-
eral supply surplus material list
includes: “Tape, linen finish, cot-
ton, red—45,000 spools.” oe
The least we can do is lay flowers at their graves, and go to Church with reverent
thoughts of them, and come home and bring them to verbal life for a moment while
we sit around a comfortable living room. That's the least we can do for the men and
boys whose memories this Memorial Day honors. But they deserve more than the
means keeping this country free . . . keeping the world free from war . .. keeping all
the people of all the world free to live at peace!
WE PAY TRIBUTE
TO THE HEROES
WHO FOUGHT AND DIED
SO VALIANTLY + =
WALTER McCOY POST No. 614, AMERICAN LEGION
PATTON, PA.
JOHN WHITE POST No. 779, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
PATTON, PA.
POST No. 934, CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS
PATTON, PA.
FOX-PEALE POST No. 506, AMERICAN LEGION
CARROLLTOWN, PA.
HASTINGS, PA.
PATRICK D. RIORDAN POST No, 1586, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
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