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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1945
Page
3
Erie's news roundup reports the death of Isaac V. Ewer and a Columbus banquet plans. It notes veterans’ return from Europe, a bee-related fatal accident near Canandaigua, and state education funding for Edinboro and Clarion. It covers Erie real estate gains, tax refunds progress, and a 30th anniversary food tragedy in 1915. Also mentions Beantown Bull’s discharge, bank holiday patterns, and local marriage license increases.
Aug 3. An explosion of gas at a Lehigh Valley Coal Company colliery near Plains Pennsylvania burned six men, two seriously, in a single vein. A preliminary inquiry pointed to a spark from an electric motor as the probable cause. Brattice and supports collapsed, the blast rolling through the section for several hundred feet. Officials said damage was not irreparable, but that the area would be out of service for some time.
Treasury position for August 1 lists receipts 58,868,069.81 dollars and expenditures 155,217,031.27 dollars, leaving a balance of 22,140,063.69. Total debt stands at 262,025,045,121.78 dollars, a decrease of 23,882,648.78 from the previous day.
County officials say military ballots will not be a factor in the coming general election. First mailings end of August with only one soldier requesting a ballot so far. Ballots must be printed and mailed by September 29, but many service members are on the move and unlikely to request ballots.
Plans for the 78th Stoneboro Fair are underway with events set from August 30 to September, featuring higher livestock premiums, youth and adult judging contests attracting around two hundred contestants, a larger modern farm machinery display, eleven pacing events with purses totaling 6200, and nightly stage, aerial, and aerial displays plus a Firemen’s Day Musical.
Aug. Fort Franklin Aug. 12 193? Franklin sensor: Miller 35 of Two Mile Run was struck while pushing a bicycle by a truck driven by Paul T. Steele 902 Grant Franklin at about 12 15 this morning one mile north of Front Street near Bend Road. Dr P B Cunningham Venango county coroner ruled accidental death.
Veteran diplomats hail the Potsdam conference communique outlining Polish western frontier. The western boundary runs from the Baltic to the Oder and Neisse rivers, placing Stettin on the German side but under Polish administration. The Polish name NorSzeceecin is noted for the city.
Aug 3 John Abney a Negro laborer was badly burned when his clothing erupted in flames after an explosion while shoveling water soaked wrap into a glazing furnace at United State Metal Products Company deteriorating clothing. He was taken to Hamot Hospital with first and second degree burns in fair condition.
An old advertisement touts Golden Lax Tablets as a health habit for both young and old. It claims gentle cleansing without irritation and without increasing dosage, available from druggists for 25¢ and 500 count.
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