The price of retail milk in Pennsylvania, was ordered to increase by the State Milk Control Committee to 17 cents a quart effective Oct. 1, 1943. PA governor Edward Martin supported the Milk Committee in its stand for high prices for milk, although the increase didn’t go through because of federal disapproval. Martin said, “there is nothing I can do but encourage farmers to continue to produce milk even if it was at a loss.”
Allied armies were advancing north in Italy. U. S. artillery battered Nazi strongholds north and east of Salerno. Storming across the Ofanta River, the British Eighth Army drove northward to seize the inland town of Cernignelo. Also taken in the drive through the hills shielding Naples was the town of Cassano.
Simultaneously, Gen. Mark Clark with the American Fifth Army, captured the mountain stronghold of Calabritto, 25 miles northeast of Naples.
While in the center of the blazing Italian Front, British troops engulfed the village of Muro. Swarms of allied airplanes fought inclement weather to provide constant air cover over the ground troops and ranged to batter enemy troop concentrations north of Salerno.
At the movies during the week, the Wilson Theater was showing Charles Laughton and Maureen O’Hara in “This Island is Mine,” with George Sanders and Walter Slezak, or Warner Baxter and Margaret Lindsey in “Crime Doctor,” and “Bombardier” with Pat O’Brien and Randolph Scott.
The El Patio right next door was featuring George Raft and Brenda Marshall in “Background to Danger,” “Battle Cry of China,” Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan and Joan Leslie in “The Hard Way,” “Hoppy Serves a Writ,” starring William Boyd as Hopalong Cassiday with Victor Jory and Andy Clyde and “Silver Skates,” with Kenny Baker, Patricia Morrison and Belita.
The Office of Price Administration boosted the ration cost of creamery butter to 16 cents a pound-the weekly allotment for one person and raised eight standard pork cuts one to two points over Sept. values.
The four-point increase in butter and the rise in pork were the major changes in the seventh official meat-fats point table, which was to stay in effect through the end of October, 1943. Earlier the rationing officials raised the point values of eight foods on the canned goods chart-apricots, cherries, figs, grapefruit, plums, grape juice, asparagus and mushrooms, and lowered two-green beans and corn. Dried peas and lentils were made point-free.
Tyrone and Lewistown resumed grid relations in 1943 after a lapse of eight years. The Panthers replaced Morris Township, which had discontinued football on the Tyrone schedule. For those who couldn’t attend the game at Gray Field, it was broadcast over radio station WMRF, courtesy of the Lewistown Broadcasting Company, with Bill Bell of Harrisburg doing the play-by-play.
The Panthers (1-2) were coached by J. M. Riden and had compiled a record of 72-29-3 over the previous 10 years from 1932-42.
Compare that to the present-day Lewistown team that hasn’t had a winning season since the late 1970s.
Tyrone coach Max Cook wasn’t entirely satisfied with the Tyrone defense against the pass for the Lewistown encounter, thus some long drills were held at practice during the week to prepare for the Panthers passing attack.
The extra practice must have worked, because Tyrone improved to 5-1 with a 28-0 win that was a fast-going, hard-fought affair that was only a 7-0 ballgame at halftime.
The only score of the first half was helped along by a Lewistown penalty for roughing the kicker on a Tyrone punt. Clay Lamborn made one yard on first down. Then Fred Bressler picked up seven around end, but the Eagles were forced to punt. The 15-yard penalty gave Tyrone a first down at their own 47. Lamborn went around left end for a dozen yards and a first down. Bressler moved the sticks again, going through the middle for 10 yards. Bressler made it three first downs in as many plays wading through the right side for 12 more yards. Then, with the ball at the L-10, Bressler passed to Wendell Wrye for the touchdown, then rushed for the extra point himself and a 7-0 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, after taking over on downs at midfield, The Eagles drove the distance for a score. Bressler picked up 10 yards through center to the L-35. Bressler then found Wrye again, who was just pushed out of bounds at the Panther-4. Lamborn scored the TD three plays later and Bressler passed to Harris Yaudes for the PAT.
Bressler stopped a Lewistown march with a pass interception, that he returned to the L-29. Yaudes carried to the 18 on the first play from scrimmage, fumbled with Lewistown recovering.
Tyrone forced a punt, which Lamborn returned 25 yards to the L-25. Tyrone lost six yards, but Lamborn got it back a play later, plunging through right guard. Charles McFarland went around left end for 10 yards, then caught a pass from Bressler for four more to the L-10. Lamborn went around left end for the TD. Bressler plunged into the line for the PAT.
Forced to try to get back into the game, down 21 points, Lewistown turned the ball over on downs at Tyrone-22.
After a Tyrone penalty on the first play, Lamborn cut through left tackle for 10 yards. McFarland lopped off 28 yards around left end. Bob Hall went to the other side for a 20-yard pickup to the L-13. After two runs that got nothing, Chet Mingle made five yards around right end. On fourth down at the eight, Hall went to the other side for the TD. A Mingle to McFarland pass completed the scoring with the extra point.
