rg, tto. ne- ) of and of and of Thursday, September 22, 1949 UNION PRESS-COURIER PAGE ELEVEN Soldier Bonus On November Big Question Election Ballot Veterans Organizations Laying Plans for Drive The emphasis is on the §500 million soldier bonus in Pennsyl- vania’s short local election camp- aign, opening last week. The biggest bond issue ever proposed in the Keystone State kept pretty much in the back- ground during the primary camp- aign, But with party candidates nominated the question comes up for a full-dress discussion during the seven-week election campaign. Veterans’ organizarmsns, which conducted voter registration drive this summer, planned to renew that campaign for the Nov. 8 el- ection when the bond issue will be decided at_a statewide referen- dum. The registration lists will he open to Oct. 3 The big bond issue, already ap- proved by the 1947 and 1949 ses- sions of the Legislature, calls for a maximum payment of $500 to 1.3 million veterans of World War II. This is on the basis of $15 monthly for overseas service and $10 monthly for home service, Financing of the bond issue, if approved by the voters, will be a job for the 1951 Legislature, un- less a special session is called in 1950 for the purpose. With an eye on the calendar both Democratic and Reupblican organizations across the state buckled down to the job of get- ting the voters to elect a slate of candidates picked in Tuesday's primary election. It will be next week before the real campaigning gets under way. That will allow only seven weeks for the candidates to talk with the voters. But the Legislature, in fixing the September date for local primary elections in odd- numbered years, figured local candidateg didn’t need as much time as those running for state- wide offices in even-numbered years. One statewide contest is at | Gallitzin Miner Retires from Pits After 45 Years William Price of Gallitzin has retired to his hobbies of rasing chickens and collecting stamps after 48 years at the coal mining trade. He laid down his tools June 24 to end a career which began in the coal fields of England at the turn of the century. Mr. Price was worn In Great Britain Nov. 4, 1884. He took his first job picking boney for an English mining concern when he was a lad of 13. Later he workex as a digger in | the mines at Rushaw, near Wal- | saw, Staffordshire, England. He left his native land in 1910 to come to America. Mr. Price first settled in Indiana, moved on to Jerome and finally made his rome in Gallitzin in 1924. The veteran miner spent the past 25 years in the employ of No. 10 Mine of Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corp. During that time | he held down a number of jobs— ‘digger, loader, machine operator, ete. Although he has not been back to the land of his birth since | striking out for the states, Mr. | Price has fond memories of his | experiences in Britain. | He tells of the old-fashion | mining methods that were in vo- | gue in those days, the hardships, | the handicaps, etc. However, Mr. Price concedes that fortune smiled on him in |that he worked almost half a century at his trade without be- | coming involved in a single lost- | time accident. 1 | Motorist Injured Thursday stake in November, judge of the | In Crash Near Cherry Tree State Superior Court, but judicial| Robert Stuart, 21, of Cherry candidates traditionally conduct |Tree was admitted to the Miners’ quiet campaigns. Judge Harry M. Hospital in Spangler last Thurs- Montgomery. Democrat of Alleg- | day evening for treatment of in- heny County is seeking to unseat |juries suffered in a traffic ac- Judge William E. Hirt, Republi- | cident. He told authorieies his car can. 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There’s no embarassing red tape— all our service is strictly confidential. Let us show you how easy it is to borrow. BARNESBORO $30,000 Fire Loss At Ebensburg As Huge Truck Burns Molten Asphalt Blaze Of Undetermined Origin Loss that might reach $30,000 resulted from .a huge blaze Fri- day afternoon in Ebensburg when a huge tank truck used in haul- ing hot asphalt for a highway job caught fire. The truck was destroyed, along with about 1,300 gallons of molten asphalt. The fire started about 5 p. m. while the hot paving material was being piped from a railroad tank car into the tank truck for transfer to a road project on Route 422 between Ebensburg and Revloc. The asphalt was being used to wunderseal the concrete paving of the highway. Officials of the Highway Dept. have been unable to determine what caused the fire. The asphalt was heated in a tank car and kept hot by a heating device in the truck. The huge vehicle is one of three similar machines owned by Charles McIntosh of Virginia, an asphalt distributor, being used on road projects in this county. The last of the carload of asphalt was being transferred to the truck from a railroad car when the blaze broke out. The Dauntless Fire Co. of Eb- ensburg was called to the scene, but the flames ruined the big truck and most of its cargo be- fore they were brought under control. The other two trucks were not at the scene of the fire. The cab of the truck was de- stroyed, the tires burned off and the chassis badly warped by the intense heat. The paving also was destroyed. Miss Betty Lantzy Weds Nicktown Vet Miss Betty Lantzy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Lantzy of Spangler, became the bride of Elto Krumenacker, son of Gilbert Krumenacker of Nicktown at 9 a. m. on Monday of this week in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Spangler. Rev. Father John R. Reichert performed the double- ring ceremony. | The bride was given in marri- | age by her father. Joanne Lantzy | cousin of the bride was the maid of honor. George Krumenacker, was his brother's best man. A wedding dinner was served in Wissinger’s Inn in Ebensburg and a reception was held at the Lantzy home, Following a wedding trip to New England States the couple will reside in Nicktown. Mrs. Krumenacker is a gradu- ate of the Spangler High School and Indiana School of Nursing, Indiana. She is employed at the Indiana Hospital as a nurse. Her husband, also a graduate of the Spangler High Sthool is an army veteran of World War II, having served in the ETO. He is associ- ated with his father in the lum- ber business at Nicktown. Eileen Ratchford Bride At Gallitzin Miss Eileen Ratchford. daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rat- chford of Gallitzin, and Thomas Yeckley, son of Mrs. Charles Yeckley of Gallitzin, were mar- ried at 8 a. m. Saturday, Sept. 3, in ‘St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Gallitzin. Rev. Father Paul A. Lenz, Gal- litzin, a close friend of the newly- weds, performed the single-ring ceremony. The wedding marked the first nuptial mass celebrated by the young priest who was or- dained Apr. 2 in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoo- na. He has not yet been assigned to a parish. Margaret Ratchford sister of the bride, and Herbert Frazier, nephew of the bridegroom, at- tended the couple. Miss Ratchford was given in marriage by her father. Donna Back presided at the organ. A wedding breakfast and | reception were held at the bride's { home. After a honeymoon in | Pittsburgh, the couple plans to | The bride is a graduate of the | Gallitzin High School and attend- |ed Mt. Aloysius Junior College, | Cresson. She now is employed by Publix Shirt Factory in Gallitzin. | Her husband is a graduate of the | same high school and now is at- | tending Penn State College. Gallitzin Church Is Wedding Scene | Miss Lena Michaelangelo, dau- | ghter of Mrs. Elsie Michaelangelo | of Gallitzin and Thomas Cooper, | son of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Coop- | er of Gallitzin, were united in | marriage at a nuptial mass at 8 |a. m. last Saturday. Rev. Father James S. Kirkpat- rick, assistant pastor, performed the single-ring ceremony in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Gallitzin. Virginia Michaelangelo, Wash- ington, D. C., sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. Richard Cooper was his brother's best man. A breakfast for the bridal party and relatives was held in the Horseshoe Trail Tavern in Gallitzin, After a wedding trip to Washington, D. C., the couple will reside at 813 Quarry Street in Gallitzin. The bride is a graduate of the Gallitzin High School and later graduated from the Hammond School of Beauty Culture in Al- toona. Her husband, a marine corps veteran, is also a graduate of the Gallitzin High School and later graduated from the Pennsyl- vania State College. At present he is employed as an accountant in the Simms Jewelry Store in Altoona. —It's a tragedy when a man loses his best friend simply by marrying her. St. Francis College To Open 102nd Year, Tuesday, Sept. 27 St. Francis College, Loretto, will open its 102nd academic year Tuesday, Sept. 27. The college, founded in 1847 by the Francis- cans, has prepared a six-day or- ientation program and registra- tion to signal the opening of the fall semester. Rev. Thomas Callan, TOR, head of the English department, will be celebrant at a solemn high mass marking the official open- ing of the school year on Tues- day, Sept. 27. College president, Rev. Adrian J. M. Veigle, TOR, wil deliver the sermon. Tuesday, Sept. 20, Freshman orientation will begin and will last for three days. Following a number of welcome gatherings, new students will be treated to a theatre party, a two-day tour of the college area, a skating party, a fraternity open house, and a Freshman welcome dance. | A series of pre-class exams has been scheduled, with tests in En- glish and mathematics given in addition to the series of advisory conferences to be held with each new students to aid them in plan- ning courses in the fields of en- gineering, teaching pre-law, pre- medicine and other arts and sci- ences. Registration for non-resident upper classmen will take place on Sept. 22 and 28, and on the 24th all Freshmen will be registered. Resident students who are mem- bers of the upper class will be registered Monday, Sept. 26. Dr. A. M. Bergstein Named At Gallitzin Dr. A. M. Bearstein of Gallit- zin last Thursday night was re- elected president of the home as- sociation of Memorial Post 174, American Legion, Gallitzin, Named directors are D. Russell Chase, three years; Faber V. Mc- Closkey, two years, and John R. Gillen, one year. Other officers, who assume po- sitions automatically because of similar offices in the Legion post. are Charles Parizack, vice president; W. Howard Weston, secretary, and Joseph F. Bernard, treasurer. Mr. Weston announced that the membership is 106 to date this year. Six new members were ini- tiated last Thursday night. A report of the national con- vention in Philadelphia was given by Mr. Bernard, who also is com- mander of 20th District (Cam- bria County) of the Legion. Dr. Bergstein announced the first annual picnic of the Cam- bria County Federation of Social and Fraternal Clubs to be held nexth month in the Oriental Ball- room in Gallitzin. The next post meeting will be held Oct. 20. —A clock runs fast or slow, but no matter which, it always winds up at the same place. WHY THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD STRIKE? Over twenty years ago, the Congress of the United States passed the Railway Labor Act. It was hailed by union leaders as a model for the settlement of labor disputes. President Truman’s Board Condemns Strike There is an established legal method for handling disputes involving existing writ- ten contracts—just as there is such a method of settling any contract dispute which you may have in your daily life. The President of the United States ap- pointed a Fact Finding Board to investi- gate and adjust the Missouri Pacific dis- pute. This Board reported, in part, as follows: HE LEADERS of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railway Conductors, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the Missouri Pacific Railroad have refused to avail themselves of the peaceful means provided by this Act for settling their dis- putes. They insist that they be the sole umpire of their own disputes over the meaning of contracts. There is no Need for Strikes With all of the available methods for the interpretation of contracts, there is no need for a strike or even a threat of a strike, but the leaders of these railroad unions have ignored the ordinary pro- cedures established by law and insist upon imposing their own interpretations of their contracts by means of a strike. The wheels have stopped rolling on the Missouri Pacific. They may stop rolling on other railroads at any time. Recently the Wabash Railroad was forced to dis- continue operation for several days under similar circumstances. «itis with a deep sense of regret that we are obliged to report the failure of our mis- sion. It seems inconceivable to us that a coercive strike should occur on one of the nation’s major transportation systems, with all of the losses and hardships that would follow, in view of the fact that the Railway Labor Act provides an orderly, efficient and complete remedy for the fair and just set- tlement of the matters in dispute. Griev- ances of the character here under discussion are so numerous and of such frequent occur- rence on all railroads that the general adop- tion of the policy pursued by the organiza- tions in this case would soon result in the eomplete nullification of the Railway Labor Act..." Obviously the railroads cannot be run Jv hat are These Strikes About? These strikes and strike threats are not about wage rates or hours. They result from disputes over the meaning of exist- ing contracts. They cover claims for a full day’s pay for less than a day’s work, or for payments for services performed by others who were fully paid for the work done. 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