Zem Zem ceremonial set for Erie July 28 with Illustrious Lytle in charge
The Zem Zem ceremonial in Erie draws a large novice class to be initiated next Wednesday June 28 at Erie. Illustrious Potentate Lytle will oversee arrangements with Salsbury in charge. Activities commence 3:30 p.m. with a Shrine Club business meeting, feast 5 to 7 p.m., then the ceremonial at 7:30 p.m. in the Columbia theatre.
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Erie
Columbia Estre
Columbia Theatre
Erle
Erie County
Ben Lawson
White Wing
Peter
Andrew Laska
Frank Adamczyk
Leo Gracea
Adamczyk
Ann
Grucza Af Jin
Parade
Five Northwestern Pennsylvania towns produce senior military leaders
A Pennsylvania Historical Commission survey notes five high officers from northwestern counties contributing generals or admirals to World War II. Notables include Vice Admiral Charles S. Freeman of Seattle born in Erie area in 1915, Maj. Gen. Dawson Olmstead of Corry, and Brig. Gen. Francis Griswold of Erie, among others from Meadville Titusville and Greenville with service across signal corps air force quartermaster and overseas commands.
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Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Pennsylvania
Erle
Charles S. Freeman
13Th Naval Dstrict
Seattle
Wash
Northwestern
Admiral Freeman
Erie
Dawson Olmstead
Corry
Signal Corps
War Department
Telecommunication Board
Bria
Francis Griswold
R. Todd Griswold
Air Corps
Frank F. Scowden
Meadville
Quartermaster General
Washington, D. C
Crawford County
George G. Lundberg
Titusville
Lundberg
Middletown Sit
Sylvester D. Downs
Greenville
Port Greely
Alaska
Nazis Tighten Grip On Italian Front As Allied Push
Associated Press report from Rome dated June four describes Fifth Army tanks and infantry advancing to Roccastrada and Pollonica while German resistance stiffens east and west of Lake Trasimeno. Allied lines near San Alpedro and Morro Valle noted. floods hit Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, causing extensive damage as Norris Brook flooded roads and homes.
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Associated Presa
Rome
Fifth Army
Roccastrada
Pollonica
Livorno
Pisa
Eighth Army
Thqly
Lake Transimeno
Trinly
Chios
Perugia
Adriatic
San Alpedro
Morro- Valle
Montecosaro
Park of
Ancons
Wellsboro
Middlebury
Here
Norris Brook
Victory Gardens
Jamestown Board Funds Plasma for Mathews Tie and Tread Victims
Jamestown Health and Hospital Board approved paying 57 units of blood plasma at 3940.50 to replace plasma nets for victims of the Mathews Tie and Tread Co explosion. Nearly a score of injured persons benefited with plasma and penicillin used to combat infection. The proprietor Kenneth H Matthews required 45 units. Shary and Dolitie Co of New York City will supply the plasma, restoring 144 units. Jamestown General Hospital has been a penicillin distributing depot, with 9.5 million units used in the area.
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Jameistown
Matthes
Bard
Kenneth H. Matthews
126 Dead in Tornado W Pennsylvan ia and West Virginia
A severe tornado struck Pennsylvan ia and West Virginia causing widespread devastation. In Chartiers Greene County near Clarksville, many homes were leveled with eight dead confirmed and 40 to 60 homes destroyed. Shinnston area saw over 400 injured and morgues and roads clogged with casualties. Gov Neely ordered West Virginia state guards to aid relief efforts as power and communications faltered across affected counties.
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Clarksville
Chartiers
Greene County
Stanley Granger
Pittsburgh
Waynesburg
Shinnston
W. Va
Shinn’s Run
Matthew M. Neely
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Shinnston Methodist ‘Church
Shinuston
In Memoriam for Roméo Ficcardi Jr
An in memoriam notice marks the seventeenth anniversary of Roméo Ficcardi Jr’s passing on June 24 1927. Parents and siblings express sorrow and enduring memory, noting a changed home and lifelong grief while honoring the deceased with lines of verse and love.
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Roméo Ficcardi, Jr
Agway
Storm leaves multiple towns hit and many dead
The report lists eight living in Prospect Valley and eight in Simpson, with five in Randolph County and five hospital deaths in Clarksburg after the storm. In Shinnston area, at least nine are feared dead. Rescue teams from National Guard, Red Cross, Civilian Defense, and State Police are on duty as recovery continues.
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Prospect Valley
Simpson
Une
Barbour County
Randolph County
Clarksburg
A.V. Spln
Harrison County
W. Yate
Sia
West Fork
Shinnston
National Guard
Red Cross
Stephen Barnish
Chartiers
Barnish
Answers to I Q Quiz Editorial Page Questions
The quiz item lists corrected answers on the editorial page including Roosevelt as Q1 and other facts. It identifies True for Q2, three days for Q3, Jonathan Daniels for Q4, a phrase about “no voice in the matter” for Q5, No for Q6, Ally of Great Britain for Q7, Chaucer for Q8, Yukon for Q9, and a test by Presidential command for Q10.
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President Roosevelt
True
Jonathan Daniels
Great Britain
Chaucer
Yukon
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Kennedy
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