UNION PRESS COURIER
A — —
| “As | See It”
Published Thursday by Thos. A. Owens and Prank P. Cammarata, || Well put Friday
: Pulding. 542 Mages Ave , Patton, Pa. aid entered as second || finishing Leader's od
i Sa mail mae 7. 1936, at the postoffice at Petton, Pa. under the classified Income tax program and
Thomas A. Owens Beiitor
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serving with the Marine Detach.
ment at the Charleston 8 CO
Navil Base :
Sgt. Sauger, who was promoted
» hild present rank July &
Mr and Mrs Pau
iver and is married
Perry 1. Rovall of |
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Thursday, August 11, 1058
of | ined for his erimec dn times of
great iserry disaster
and peril and when death is very
near always think of home’
heritage from the
and vy il Bb
cident of mireuamstian
tion for Che
{ the iHhminalion cope
| points, ROWEV ar
| ght guided our journey
The dead are buried in the
galleries no ng Rorizonia. re
in the wails, Le
12 ranges The grooves
that | Were closed by slabs of no
htige tiles cemented
epitaph Was
painted or
rd
Christians
By ...
STATE SENATOR
JOHN J. HALUSKA
" & . i 20
taeey giresas and
THE UNION PRESS-COURIER
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Good—If It’s Really True!
Our understanding 18 that the Pennsvivania State Police will
shortly begin cavorting over the highways in a sew dress. The chap
who drives like the dickens when all seems sale and clear
lke a respectable, law-abiding citizgen and motorist. when he spots |
oie of the gray police cars in the distance, may be headed for a |
fill. We hear tht the State Patroimen shortly are to go forth in|
ciirs painted in all manner and dress -in conservative black
Bite fashioning, and in a wide variety of pastel shades In
Words, their cars will be no different than the rin-of-mine assort-
mient that is seen on the highways everywhere
We hear, too, that the lettering on the cars stating that
they are “State Police” will be stall and hot discernable at
amy great distance. We also have heurd it rumored that the
patrotmen will not have to wear thelr conspicious hats while
driving. Now if all this Is so, won't there be a lot of surprised
motorists, and won't there be a lot of tickets passed out to
them for infringement they've been getting away with for
years?
The State Police do a good job. Bul they can't
all of the time. The greatest factor to thwart their efforts is the
fEey manner in which their patrol rars are spotted by every
dhe. Most every motorist has reckless daredevil of the
highways suddenly become gentle and law-abiding instantly when
he sights one of those gray cars. The fact of the matter that
the State Motor Patrolmen have to hile themselves in order to
deck down on the offender. A variety of different appearing cars
SNH put the offender on the spot. He just won't know whether he's
il afoul of the law in front of some officer
traffic is heavy.
and is}
and
other
be everywhere
moat
seen the
is
or not, particu.
~ Were They Really So “Good”?
ed
i. Every once in a while one hears some of the older folks speak
of the “Good Old Days” But how good were they” A lot of the
folks who lived in some of those days didn't live long enough to
fits much better days that were in the offing, and yet, by present-
fe Mandurds some of them should have enjoyed many years of the
al tages of the Twentieth Century Take 4 look at the head
g'tones in some of the clder cemeteries in thin section You'll see
nEmes that were prominent in social, civic and business circles
during their tne, but successors to their achivements followed them
nuch sooner than was necessary
= once prominent in Currolliown, for ex-
headstones of the cemetery there.
was the che? reqmon for the short
it was the fast that they just
medical scletice found out what was
causes of these early deaths were disclosed it |
ound that they passed away from inflammation of the
(appendicitis), from diphtheria, or consumption (tuberculosis),
, been smallpox, or pneumonia --and pneumonia cer-
take a lot of people of all ages even within the memory
today who are not yet in middie age
in a bad way. Doctdrs had almost no
hat disease, and some of the ones they were
wrong. Operations had to be performed without
any kind of an operafion prior to the turn
| dangerous. Why, even aspirin wasn't available
| Daye"—how good? Folles had about a 56-50
from potumonia ‘hea, hut now we're given
1 » af the disease today,
e're wearing! more and more clothes made of chemicals, spend
# of our time ih alr conditioning, drive cars that are increasingly
le. Of course, we've seen atomic power come up from the
an impossibility to a reality. Now we're getting ready to
I heavenly bodies to revive around the earth. Our
fear is the fear that we have ourselves created. that we've
much about atomic and super weapons, that we might
off the face of the earth if we get too smart
; Is a small bit of time In
| Propesing .
1s week
fhe Be
3 corrrened
jgst January
The Republi
Senate
steadfast in
posing
v
Can held
Lge
t Fuge
tire
i
Ken. Haluosks
by the Republicans and G Fine
throughout
and more such as
ders
Crement
tenthers
The question is—where
go from herve 7 becca
program of some nature
itely must be placed on the
statutes before the Nenate ad
journs sine die. It is guite ap
parent that the Republican
party definitely is in favor of »
sales tax and will without any
doubt talk slong these Hine for
the next several months
The Ho
stand recessed until Aug
the ia at § 1 ¥ VERY
PARVIDE he »
bonus, and n the
mandate ta the whis
etc
Fry deg? in £
do we
a tax
dein
ine and Benale Ww
ai &* fidl
in the meantime Senators
Wwe fn
have been designated to
thorough tel f
budget and
sey
Fe 4
of whom appen 10 De one
MaKe »n
the 3 are
the
new
Woe
possibilities of
Mran
gE In
ix
fax pr
are emnllir ,
Hy
SX n
abinel members individ
determine
amount of
partments
coming
thereto
tf the
men of
points concerning this
portant matter along
with labor leaders who will
consulied as to
Whether or not all of this
tan be accomplished during
the short recess Is a matier of
speculation.
Sadly last week Renate
WAR preparing 1o convene flor ils
fron
their
YIioWws
Be the
¥
{ iLinersry
written
would be in
attempt to
ciudes many
‘pver, due 10
heeremonies, that is to say
{ those
| works,
Six Solid Weeks
Touring Europe
By MES THOMAS A OWENS SR
This in one of & serien irtiches
a recent (rip to Burn ¥
Mrs. om Owens Sr, Mrs c "
Sharbatgh, and Mrs John J. Hal
tisk, covering ten countries, spun.
By t National Fdiitorial
Amar intion
NO. 11
ROME (Coacluded
Our second full dav in Rome |
in the morning we returned to!
Vatican ity from our hotel and |
the Vatican Museums was the first
vigit the agenda of the dave!
There's been wn much |
this museurs that it!
ill grace for to
detail upon HH. In a
the visit to Bt
Basilica was colnmented
but the Vatican City in.
other bnldings, such
gs the Vatican Palace where the
Pope rexides. the Governors
idence. a railway station,
Palace of Justice, 5s postaffice, a
mosaic factory, a powerful rs
dio station ant the Vatioun Gar
fens. which we viewed, and wher
the Pope seeks relaxation How.
his Bheps, he was
be seen outdoors by our
i
On
of
nie
previoua article
Fleter's
upon
res
the |
not to
group
We wege In several
museums and they all
priceless collections. Homan art |
of historical importance, and
Christian art partioularty is con.
tained in the Vatican Museum
Vestmegnia of the past Popes, re
ligious articles of all, Christian
periods, especially priceless ac.
counterments of churches once
under the Roman faith, salvaged
before they were taken over by
others during the Reformation
periods; priceless lapestries of all
periods, most of them hundreds
of years old
The Vatican Library adjacent
to the museum was nex! visiled
This stands in the very first rank |
among European libraries as re-|
gards to antiquity and wealth of |
manuscripts, It is an stcumuls- |
tion of centuries, and jJrith his
torical conpections throdghout of}
famous librarians, Popes, and
laymen in making the collection
The printed books number some
RS0000 and the manuscripts
about 53.000. Bome of Lhe moat
anciant and valuable works in the
world are here. :
Kistine Chapel Beaswetiful |
Next we went {o the Sistine
Chapel. This Chapel is well known |
at jenst in Catholic circles, and
i= beautiful beyond
European
Contain |
$
i
comproben- |
sion. The Sistine Chapal
served exclusively for
iM ree
Fapal |
those |
carried out by the Pope in person, |
or in his presence. When the Holy |
See falls vacant, the furieral ser-:
vice of the deceased Pope is held
for which the voting for the el-§
sttion of the new Pope also takds
ph here. Wall paintings, by the
ers, were prevalent in many
; of the European Churches and the
{public buildings, and in The Sis
{ tine Chapel, the work of Michael.
angelo predominated, as well as’
of Botticelli and others |
The Chapel isn't large-in fact it}
| seemed small to us after having
jbeen at St. Peter's. Back of the)
i altar, from floor to ceiling, is one!
of Michaelangelo's greitest art)
“The Last Judgement.” |
Another is “The Creation of the
World.” Ceiling and walls are a
veritable picture galliry. The
Sistine Chapel is Michaslangelo's |
ng monument.
‘Now it was about noon We
went out into the Plaza of the
Basilica, and again, as the day
ous, received the blessing of
ope Plus XH. A big crowd again
was present when His Holiness
appearsd al the window,
ed for Kladitorial combats
flrantes
the whole building could be clear
| Lhe exterior being faced wilh
| vertine
toi
era for
members. and one of those Sen
Derk of Lyveoming County. is now
ii the hospital with a heart all
ment
Sry it in £3
» 5 ix Gi
of
ie apparent that
the session
toll, and lttie do the
girain neorw
ita
hack
Ereat this
In the event that
insists upon a sales tax, we
predict It will be 29, om every.
thing without any exgeption, or
81,7 om all terms but food and
clothing. In other words, if vou
buy a 33.000 automobile it will
cout you $115.60 for tax on the
car, along with the same per.
centage based on every ather
iter
realize just
#irain 1s
the GOP
nome
pie
It might
§ Clif that
$1 Posed £ perv
income tax
miignt DAve
fC Wie wy
wotiid
receiving
and
heen called
hat ¢it Deen e#nNafd
Into HY WwW ir
doi ht girike at IhORe
Huge #4
bonds
nr Wg vidends
They
s
ile
gti Ke
nave
Fhe
gregtest part
Wij roien
thal Lf réesd
vi fs
Keep our
rrviact ¢ thé progress
iss 3
{that might be made along hese
it him
4
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8 NOt
#4 Te deadly
ara
thal Lhe
Rd MN i Srinir
i TEBE
my comdition and son
itely must
persml. 31 wild
Ring
'
labor
arry the mirden
turn (gt
the goat
iho! he
stage a er
the enactment
ite They
be
Meet
FAT CF
man Wii
leaders
mcmweaith will
fight against
8 kien Tax
f well Lhe
f hy
f Deis
Row
rang and file will be |
the hardest
The only hepe
mise between Democrats and
Republicans to enact some
kind of program which will be
fairly distributed
But
fess
GOP
kre
is 8 compro
rest! assured
who in
that big bus
rérlity controls the
will make certain that they
eft off as easily as possibile
REN. JOHN J HAILLUBKA
$ of
fF time
Colosseum Finished in A D 8
Bours
into
afternoon
LOOK us
in the
itinerary
rn
our
oid Homan Empire Back
§ rooms
| and
{ even
SRry
f thod ¢
| Re
young n
REVERS; »
I REFIT
F altho ig!
{ tear froey
{catined
fering
{rec Riesaness
fof these th ng
Der Our CFV
ies andl &
| helping hand andes in time of
| feed i
the mod. |
glimpae of the glory of the!
and |
forih in the bus for two days we |
passed many of the ruins of once |
famed buildings Now our
pai destination was ihe
seum, started by the
Vespasian and finshed
son, Titus, in A D 8 IN
prime
Cobos
bY his
then
of Christians by lions
serves amusement for the Pagan
public. In the middie ages it was
transformed into a forlress, and
in the Fourteenth Century Fas
Pe raed aon
was Thursday, April 14th Barly | #00 Plays were performed here
But
tyre
then, this imposing siruc-
was stricken by vandalism
rnuch of the riginal architec
found use
Today, its 7
too the
within and w=
and
ture in
Quarry
imposing
from
Hines
tourist
thou! it had
45.000 spectators
were oS]
and iis 80
arranged
en-
a8 Inn an incredibly
whale is built of {30%
short
The rete
and the
the guide of
tha! have long
interior. we were
Py
bry
miarties
appered
Visit Famous Roman Baths
bY the Colosseum
& preserved run of
hoe one of
# £
Bee SiR
Clisse
visiting
Wan
Foal
the famous Bo
| may baths These ance were § re
cognizsd feature of
It 0 said that once
1.0K) in Rome alone
of the type
Roman life
there were
They were
of the Turkish bath
| With rooms al different tempera-
Lures They
baths They
Hshments of
They were
were more than
were immense estab
great magnificence
really recreation cen
wealthy Romans While
#il within the baths was resplen
dent, the waler in the pools was
Repl warm by furnaces beneath
Lhens, where slaves toiled in pre
sumably total squalor
Iiaring our travels back
forth through Rome, it seemed to
me (hat we were passing the
Arch of Titus or rather its ruins
It was built in A. D 81 to com.
memorate the Emperor's cap
ture of Jerusalem
The Great Applan Way
From the time of my grade
school days 1 had heard of the
Appian Way the greatest of oid
Roman roads Now we were to
travel upon it, but not in any
martial way as Caesars soldiers
did, but by the bus with ils in-
terpreter, and by this time, too
our friendly driver. The modern
and the ancient all seem to Blend
together in Rome. This highway
Was out beyond the old Roman
wall, and was hilt
before Christ's time on earth. On
each side of the road, shadowed
by rows of , We were
Bid of ruins of early Roman
tombs could be seen We didn't
see them. however. The Appian
| Way Was routing our group lo]
in this Chapel, and the meetings 3nolher much read about aprisade |
the Catal
in our church history
comibe.
Catacombs Had Several Levels
The entrance to the Catacombs |
is made through the properties of
the Franciscan Order, and a Bas
fen to St John's honor, is Jo-
catind nearby. Altogether we were
told, there are forty-five, a wast
labyrinth of sublerrenean galier-
ies where the early Christians
buried their dead where they
concealed themselves during time
of Roman persecution wheres
some of them lived and died un.
. derneath the earth.
Rome is built upon a rock. and
$0, we descended a long flight of
Very narrow steps, damp from
seeping water coming down from
the surface. Severs! levels con.
stitute the catacombs, in various
rock stratas The catacomb ave-
nues were from three to four feet
Wide with small chambers at in-
tervals. Of course, in the main
avenues, electric lights now give
we |
i and
' safely
f 34 & # op i pase tes ¢ hy
Emperor | life and stern lessons in wo
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upon when the {ears came
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many of us experiences the
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are guite different fron
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are inchined io react to resdy
made pleasure instead
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with this procedure gis real.
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selves accordingly :
a feeling of regret hat
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