Stool Confusion Stalls Cash Leaders at Late Model Event
A late model race produced a puzzling moment as a stool mishap sidelined cash leaders briefly, delaying the field before resuming action. No injuries reported.
23 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1943
Page
1
A late model race produced a puzzling moment as a stool mishap sidelined cash leaders briefly, delaying the field before resuming action. No injuries reported.
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Moscow backs a new National Committee of Free Germany urging Hitler's overthrow and immediate peace. The manifesto envisions a genuine German government halting hostilities and opening talks, seen in Washington as a propaganda tool to weaken the German home front and possibly seed a pro Soviet authority in Germany. A 12 member Communist exile group leads the effort, including Erion Weinert and Wilhelm Pieck.
Governor Martis announces the reappointment of Clifford Welsh of Erie to the Board of Fish Commissioners in Harrisburg. The action confirms Welsh’s continued tenure on the regulatory body overseeing state fish management and coastal resources.
Allied air raid targets Soerabaja in the Southwest Pacific destroying an oil refinery and warehouses. Liberator bombers dropped 500-pound bombs and incendiaries. fires raged across docks and industry as ground batteries fought back. The mission covered nearly 3,400 miles, setting a new record.
Corry's campaign to buy war bonds raised 145,450 dollars by Friday leaving 22,550 dollars still needed to reach 316,800 dollars. Officials urge residents to accelerate purchases in coming days to secure Wings of Corry donated to the armed forces and to aid the July drive. Treasury report shows receipts and expenditures for July 21 with total debt noted.
Pending labor shortages and union leaders demand for lower prices or higher wages create new war production and stabilization problems. The War Manpower Commission hints at policy shifts while AFL-CIO push for price rollbacks or abandonment of the Little Steel formula dominates labor talks with Price Administrator Prentiss Brown. Executives warn labor reserves near depletion as September looms.
President Roosevelt disclosed at a press radio conference that the administration is weighing new price control and stabilization ideas. He said no agreement has been reached and labor has not issued an ultimatum, noting food prices are not yet rolled back to September levels. He added any plan would require Congressional approval due to cost.
Three residents of Wayne were treated at Corry hospital last evening for suspected food poisoning after allegedly eating toadstools mistaken for mushrooms. Mir and Mrs. Alton Miller and son Ellis, 10, were brought to the hospital after the evening meal but none were in serious condition and all were discharged.
Allied forces seal off western Sicily by seizing Palermo after a swift push, trapping retreating Axis units. Montgomery’s Eighth Army breaches defenses near Mount Etna and advances toward Catania as Axis forces withdraw western Sicily.
Chief Petty Officer Frederick W. Parkhurst, with nineteen years in the U S Navy, arrives in Cory for a week with his wife and two children. A Pearl Harbor and Midway veteran, he recently completed training in Chicago as an instructor and may soon transfer. He recalls Pearl Harbor, Midway battles, and the rebuilding of Midway by the Seabees.
Miss Costello Ressler returns to Corry after attending the University of Florida Summer School of Trade and Industrial Education in Daytona Beach. She has worked as an instructor of advanced typing production and military correspondence in Jacksonville, and trained soldiers at military headquarters in cooperation with the Army training program. Ressler pursued continuation studies toward certification in the Florida vocational schools system and will stay in Corry for the summer before resuming Army training duties in Jacksonville this fall.
Barbara Jean Schonthaler, one month old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Schonthaler, died after being dragged from a small pool at her grandparents home in Erie. The coroner noted the child wandered away briefly. she was found in the pool and pronounced dead after arrival at St Vincent's Hospital.
Reports from Berlin quote Soviet and German sources on the fighting around Orel in the Russian campaign. The liquidation of northern fortifications near the city and heavy casualties are cited, with claimed German and Soviet losses mounting in the broader mid war clash.
U S Navy reports heavy and light surface units bombarded Japanese positions on Kiska Island, aimed at softening defenses for an amphibious assault. Enemy guns replied but caused no damage to American ships. A 24 hour air raid by army bombers followed, with fires and strikes on the runway and camp area as Japan reportedly completed a long runway on Kiska.
Ayer Massachusetts reported five sailors killed and 18 injured when an Army test misfired and crashed through an abutment into the Nashua River in morning hours. At Fort Devens officials confirmed the fatalities and noted the incident involved military hardware.
Bromley, already serving seven years in Western penitentiary, is slated to begin an additional 14 year term after being found guilty of burglary in connection with a break-in at the Aismutie Service Station at North Center and East Irving streets. Judge Miles B. Kitts called previous assault sentence “ridiculously light” and ordered the new term to run concurrent with the existing sentence.
A 29 year old man from Smethport area reports a boy fell about twenty to twenty five feet on his grandfather’s farm. The youth sustained a severe wrist fracture and possible head injuries. He was taken to Bradford Hospital with conditions pending from doctors.
W Waterhouse, a Republican city batman, entered the race for city treasurer as Howard M Loveland withdrew. Petitions circulated, others announce for school director posts, and municipal races see rapid movement with candidates Bowen and Edinger seeking the school board.
President Roosevelt told a press conference that Allied efforts to open Rome as a civilian open city failed after a year of attempts. He noted German and Italian defenses and discussed the Rome air raid highlighting bombed airports and railroad yards used to move troops and ammunition toward the south.
OWI officials disclose air drops and underground deliveries of sewing kits seeds soup tea crackers and chocolate to occupied Europe. messages of encouragement accompany each gift showing a determined U S effort to ease suffering and support resistance against Axis rulers. deliveries also reach neutral lands as visual proof of a friendly United States and include compact printing devices aiding underground propaganda efforts.
Fire swept the Johnstown Packing Company plant in Johnstown Pennsylvania causing extensive damage estimated at 95 thousand dollars. Flames threatened adjacent buildings as fire crews battled the blaze, with the fire reaching parts of the warehouse and storage areas.
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