= Me Thursday, November 24, 1940 First Paper in Pennsylvania Printed in Philadelphia, 1719 Today as the world revolves on the roaring cylinders of the print- ing presses, Pennsylvania's role in the development of the mod- ern newspaper is worth attention. The beginnings of the Pennsyl- vania press go back more than 200 years. Badly printed “News Papers” were then being read in the coffey houses of Philadelphia. In 1719, Andrew Bradford, son of Pennsylvania's first printer, published the American Weekly Mercury. This paper was modeled after the New England news- letter-publications, on which Ben Franklin was beginning his long and prolific writing career. Ben- jamin Franklin himself came to Philadelphia in 1723, and within five years was publishing his own Pennsylvania Gazette, another weekly. Many years and much news passed across the coffey house tables before the first daily news- paper in America surprised the loungers and busy merchants of Second and Arch Sts. The new paper bore the imposing title, “Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser,” and was published by John Dunlap. The Packet was ap- pearing weekly, then semi-weekly, and in 1784 boldly launched daily publication. thousands to follow, the progeni- tor of one of America's greatest industries and professions—daily journalism. During the last years of the American Revolution and the first “federal Philadelphia was the center of the newspaper world. Bitter and violent editorial cru- decade of the so-called period,” It was the first of An uninsulated attic robs CAN INSULATE can insulate it yourself. the job may require the $2202 00000000. the cost of material. w on the lath. Be careful beams. stand on. see your savings. BIGLER AVE. BeBe Boe BoePo cB cBe ce Doce ce Be ce co Be Bs Be 8. CREE ETTTTTETTRTReReReTReeeTereeeeeeeeeT IN YOUR ATTIC MAY BE THE BIGGEST HEAT THIEF IN TOWN conducted by the plaster ceiling flows directly into the empty spaces above the attic floor. 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First National Bank Carrolltown, {{Penna. i (A 7 2 od 0 4 7 i If 4 AEX N La HOW TO BE A “SQUARE SHOOTER” On Party-line Telephones WHEN YOU PLAY FAIR AND SQUARE with your party- line neighbors...when you share the service cour- teously...you'll almost always find the courtesy returned! Suppose you want to make a call and find the line in use. If you hang up gently and give the other person a few minutes to finish his call before trying again, your courtesy is appreciated. And suppose, while talk- ing, you realize that your neighbor wants to make a call. He'll appreciate it if you hang up in a few min- utes and free the line. That's “square shooting.” It pays dividends! THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA Ea hh | [ sades were carried on, with the greatest writers and thinkers of the day contributing fuel to the fires. While the political and social storms raged in that city, heavily loaded wagons were moving west- ward. Inevitably, type, printing ink and crude hand presses moved with them. Although paper was at a premium, newspapers of ir- regular publication soon appeared throughout the frontier of the Upper Susquehanna and the Mon- ongahela valleys. In the long- settled towns of the east and south, great papers were being founded. Gradually, weeklies grew into dailies; gradually traditions of servcie were being recognized; gradually the newspaper became a habit. Wars came and went. The newspaper reported them all, fill- ing in the homely little details that formal reocrds and history often miss. Some of our most famous national figures were serving an apprenticeship in the musty but romantic Pennsylvania printshops of the period. Later they would proudly claim: “I was once a newspaper man myself,” Light Fall of Snow Often Dangerous Carelessness Causes Majority of Accidents A light or moderate snowfall may well be as dangerous as a blizzard, motorists are advised by T. Elmer Transeau, director of the Highway Safety Division at Harrisburg. “When blizzard conditions de- velop, no one is fooled,” he says. “Our safety becomes a matter of real concern, and we stay off the highways if possible. “But a light snow is deceiving. Many drivers fail to realize how treacherous snow and ice can be- come until they get stalled or caught in skids. Research by National Safety Council, he says, have yielded these safe winter driving rules as the most basic: 1. Get to know the “feel” of the road, and drive at conserva- tive speeds. 2. Follow other vehicles at safe distances, lengthening the space between your car and the vehicle ahead to allow an ample “safety margin.” 3. Use tire chains when driv- ing on icy or snowy roads. On passenger cars they can reduce braking distances 40 to 50 per- cent, while on trucks they give even greater self help in increas- ing necessary traction. 4. Apply brakes lightly, inter- mittently. Use a minimum of pressure on the foot pedal to prevent the wheels from locking and thereby losing directional control of the vehicle. 5. Keep windshield and win- dows clear of outside snow and ice, and free from inside fog and frost. “Special care must be exercised | when approaching crossroads or| | { | | | street intersections, when nearing | railroad grade crossings, and | when seeing pedestrians about to | cross a roadway,” Transeau con- cludes. { Christmas Party | To Be Held Dec. 6 At Jaffa Mosque The annual Jaffa temple kid- dies’ Christmas party will be held at the Jaffa Mosque in Al- toona on Friday evening, Dec. 6. This event will again be spon- sored by the Jaffa temple en- tertainment committee for child- ren of Shriners of Jaffa temple, 18 years and under. There will be a turkey dinner, carol singing, Christmas music by Jaffa temple band, big time animal and circus acts, cartoon movies in color, a big Santa treat for the children and danc- ing for the adults to music of a good band, This party is limited to a Shriner, one lady and children 18 years and under, and the wi- dows of Shiners. Membership cards for 1949 and tickets must be shown at the entrance doors, as all doors will be tyled and no exceptions will be made to any- one. Tickets will be on sale at booths in dining hall and in the lobbies of the mosque on Cere- monial day, Dec. 1. Tickets will also be on sale each evening at Jaffa Mosque~from Dec. 9 to 14. Money or checks must accompany all mail reservations. Last day for reservations will be Wednes- day, Dec. 14. Pretzel Business In State On Boom The pretzel business is on the boom in Pennsylvania these days and makers of the ‘bent bread sticks” are fairly optimistic. Fact of the matter is, the state! Department of Commerce said this | week, that more pretzels are made | in the Keystone State than any| state in the nation. | Offhand the fashioning and the | manufacture of the taken-for- | granted pretzel may have seemed | fairly obscure to most people, but | nevertheless it is a thriving bus-| iness with Pennsylvania forming | the spearhead of leadership. UNION PRESS.COURIER Liars Club Come Out With Some Big Ones At Contest Cotton Kicking Mule, Hunting Dog Head List This is the season for lies—just before the Burlington (Wis.) Liars Club picks the biggest liar of 1949, Tis C. Hulett, club presi- dent, has recently forwarded some dandies which are entered in this year’s contest. Lie entries have come from all over the world. A gentleman from Panther Burn, Miss., sent in this: “I had a mule which wasn't ood at much else so I taught him to pick cotton. He plucked the blooms with his teeth until about half an hour before quit- ting time. Then he would back into his job and kick 'em off. He seemed to work better and fas- ter backward at the finish so I entered him in the Blythesville, Ark., national cotton-picking con- test. He came up to the finish line 2 pounds behind, turned and State Navy Vets’ Overseas Time Set Up Announced Special Bonus Liaison Force In Readiness The state military affairs de- partment last Thursday announc- ed a plan to avert delays in the processing of bonus applications by Pennsylvania's navy veterans. The bonus will be computed on the basis of $10 a month for domestic service and $15 for every month spent overseas. How- ever, the discharge papers of members of the navy, marines and coast guard, unlike tfie army papers do not differentiate be- tween foreign and domestic ser- vice. State Adjutant General Frank A. Weber said he will appoint special liaison sections to work with the army and navy in ex- pediting applications of those who cannot substantiate their state- ments as to the length of over- seas service or any other claims. Weber said hiss many liaison forces will have the job of verify- ing individual navy applications as they are received and they will work in the navy department. They will check records of units to which the veteran was attach- ed, such as ship's logs, muster rolls, etc., to determine periods of “statewide” and overseas service. The navy has advised Weber that the commonwealth is credit- ed with the service of 390,241 of its members between Pearl Har- | ed as domestic service. por and V-J Day. The extra compensation for overseas duty, Weber said will | be payable to all veterans from the date of departure from the United States continental limits [to the date of return. Sea duty | pay for navy service within the | continental limits will be regard- Tot Watches Firemen Put On Real Show for Him Mike Brown, aged 2, went back to his home in hamlet of Cornelia, Ga., with an exaggerated idea of what city life is like in Atlanta. During a visit at the home of his aunt, Mike had the thrill of seeing a fire engine, siren scream- ing, pull up to the house. The firemen leaped off, and put a big red ladder under a two-story win- dow. Mike watched all the excite- ment from that very window until the firemen cut the screen, pulled him out and carried him down the ladder. He had locked himself in the bathroom. Potato Crop Cut Ordered for 1950 Faced with a price support loss of $60 million on surplus potatoes this year, the government last Thursday asked growers to cut production further next year. Secretary of Agriculture Bran- nan announced a 1950 program providing for a reduction of about 7 percent in the planting allot- ment for commercial areas and a lower dollar-and-cents price support. He set a 1950 production goal of about 335 million bushels. This year’s crop is estimated at 387 million while the 1948 crop totalled 445 million, It cost the department about $230 million to support grower prices of the 1948 crop. Like this year's crop next year’s will be supported at 60 percent of parity, the minimum permitted by law. Parity is a figure calculated to give - the farmer a fair return for his pro- ducts. Joseph L. Laceys Married 25 Years Mr, and Mrs. Joseph L. Lacey | of Ebensburg marked their silver sum hunting. But like his hound dog, he’s lazy. Lazier than the | friend educated the hound; taught the pup to do all the hunting. “This cousin of my friend,” the lady writes, “went even farther than that. He cuts boards the kicked enoungh into his sack to in." FISH-LOVING CAX nothing better than to go pos- | size of the | would like to have. Then he'd show it to the dog and away the dog, in fact. So the cousin of the |dog would go and bring back the right-gsize possum. One day, the wife of the cousin of my friend was doing some ironing and the cousin of my friend was asleep. The dog looked at the ironing possum skins he PAGE NINE board. He went yipping into the woods. They heard of the pup once from a friend of the friend of the cousin—in Louisiana. And not long ago one of the family got a letter saying the dog had been seen in Florida. This cousin of my friend concluded he had a ‘no-good critter.’ Dumb too.” Fred F. Prior of Ashland, Ill. says his wife is right proud of a bowl of gold fish she has at nome. Two little fish and one big one. Also among the family pets is a fish-loving cat. For a long time the cat was content to “set and watch,’ as Fred put it, “purring once in a while.” But finally it pawed up to the rim of the bowl and had a direct look. “That big fish let him have it,” say Fred. “He did a quick turn around the bowl, swished his tail and the water splashed the tab- by in the puss. The cat doesn’t have much use for fish any more. Tom R. McCrea of Philadel- phia swears in a notarized entry that his uncle has a garden so fertile that he has to fetch along a machette when he walks thr- ough his half-acre—to peel the shoots from his peg leg. Herman Schilling of Chili, Wis., who describes himself as a “mem- ber of the Liars Club,” comes up with this one: “The lake looked good so I went fishing for muskey one morning. I took along some bot- tle beer, plus my tackle. I row- ed out a piece and started to bait up when I discovered I had for- gotten the bait. I was in a what- the-heck mood, so I tied a hook and lead into a bottle of that fine Wisconsin beer. I pitched ‘em in: I didn't have long to wait before I had a tug on my line and a fight on my hands. I played with that guy for half-an- hour. Finally I got him alongside and pulled him in. He was very | gentle then, I thought I had a dead fish on my hands. But no. | He was just drunk. The muskey | had yanked the cap off that bot- | tle of beer, finished same, and] Perhaps you want bottle for dear life.” Mrs Joseph Warren of Man-| chester, Iowa, has a friend who has a cousin in Arkansas. | This cousin of the friend loves! Phone 467 NEED CASH FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING? Christmas. = CHECK ==——— to pay cash for gifts to the wife, to the children, to friends. Maybe you want to buy some appliance for the home at Christ- mas. Let us lend you the money to buy for cash . |. . then repay usin easy monthly payments. Call for friendly service today! 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