Briton Who Fled Nazis Speaks at New Castile Rotary
Leslie Ditchfield, chief engineer writer and Merchant Marine veteran, told New Castile Rotary members how he was captured in Paris by the Nazis, escaped with French underground help on February 12, 1942, and reached England via Gibraltar. The club also dedicated an honor roll listing Elmer W. Reiber and others. Ditchfield attends with fiancée Elizabeth Lewis of Waldo Street.
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New Castile
Paris
Ditchfield
Gibraltar
England
Vandegrift Siblings Enter Military Service
Robert Vandegrift son of Mr and Mrs Ed Vandegrift formerly of New Castle is called to report to the University of Pittsburgh on June 8 as an army reserve cadet. Bob enlisted last February and now lives in Brentwood. His brother has served in the navy since February and is currently somewhere in the Atlantic.
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Robert Vandegrift
Ed Vandegrift
New Castle
University of Pittsburgh
Bob
Brentwood
Navy
Atlantic
Smedley Pyle
Seaman Sc
South Pacific
Seaman Pyle
John Gallagher
Patterson Avenue
George Schetrom
Fort Dix
N. J
James Schetrom
Croton Avenue
Frederick E. Rowland
Aviation Radioman 3-c
U. S. Naval Air Gunners School
Jacksonville
Fila
Memphis
Tenn
Rowland
Naval
F. M. Rowland
Crawford Avenue
John J. Susko
Bessemer High School
Robert C. Probst
Atlantic City
C. A. Probst
East Leasure Avenue
Army Air Force Base Field
Fort Wayne
Ind
Set. Probst
New Guinea
State Will Protect Pymatuning Ducks
In Sharon on June 6 the Pennsylvania department of forests and waters announced measures to protect ducks at Pymatuning. Ducks will be allowed to sell stale bread to visitors and a parking area for 300 cars will be built near the Linesville Espyville spillway.
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Sharon
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters
Linesville-Espyville
New Pymatuning Improvement Association
Relief records fall to new county low in Lawrence
The Lawrence County Board of Assistance reports record low aid cases at 12 percent of the population. Old age assistance remains about 65 percent of caseload while general assistance drops to roughly 10 percent. Wartime vacancies and summer work drive the decline, enabling staff reductions and benefiting the community.
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Lawrence County
Board of Assistance
John Biinton
Brinton
Notable AAF air action reports flawless 50 cal ammo use
In a single North Africa air action Army Air Forces pilots fired 25 000 rounds of 50 caliber ammunition without a single malfunction attributable to either the Army Ordnance gun or ammunition.
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North Africa
Army Air Forces
Army Ordnance
Local servicemen receive promotions and transfers across bases
Cpl Agnes V Hietsch of the U S Marines Women Reserves is promoted to sergeant at Henderson Hall Arlington Va She is recently released from the base hospital after a back injury from a fall Other notices include Navy and Army personnel arriving home overseas on furlough transfers training and deployments with units at Bainbridge Md Great Lakes Chicago Cleveland and Camp Polk La Also named are personnel attending schools and receiving promotions in aviation radioman and infantry roles with The 100th division and Army Air Forces.
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Agnes V. Hietsch
North Mercer Street
U.S. Marines
Sgt
Hietsch
Henderson Hall
Arlington
Robert L. Mort
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Lamont Wagner
Russell D. Pearsall
New Castle
David Pearsall
State Street
Penna
Pearsall
Great Lake
Chicago
Illinois
Katherine Pearsall
Polly Reese
Spruce Street
Robert Reese
Key West Florida
Stephen J. Dutko
Bessemer
Fot Brage
N.C
Artmny
100Th Division
Lena Dalesandro
Wampum
Pvt
Joseph Dalesandro
Medical Corps
Camp Grant, Til
Philip Phelps
Thomas Phelps
Tempalena Avenue
New Guinea
Homer Miles
Cunningham Avenue
Homer V. Miles
Travis A. French
East Sheridan Avenue
Camp Reynold
Camp Holabird Signal Depot
Baltimore
Fort Meade
Norman E. VanHorn
Harlingen Army Airfield
Harlingen
Tex
W. A. VanHorn
Bluff Street
Rocco DeMase
Frank DeMase
Renew Street
New Cumberland
Camp Bowie
Army Engineers Corps
Tony Campelio
McCord Field
Tacoma
Wash
Camp Haan Calif
Letters From Sgt Paul Johnson Detail Narrow Aircrew Escape
Letters received from Sgt Paul R Johnson in Europe describe a bomber mission over the Adriatic Sea. The crew survived 80 seconds after the crash and floated for about an hour before a British ship rescued them. Johnson had returned to duty after two weeks at a Capri rest camp with four officers and the engineer.
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Paul R. Johnson
Europe
George Johnson
Bessemer
War Department
Sat Johnson
Adriatic Sea
Set. Johnson
Isle of
Capri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pymatuning
County Assistance Board
Eugene A. Mayfield
Vogue Upholstering Co
Lawrence Savings and Trust
Castle PA
Beaver Falls
U. S
F. L. Williamson Sr
East Washington Street
Pfe
Richard Williamson
Air Corps
Stetson Hospital
Amarillo Army Air Field
Texas
Trainig
Italy
Africa
Lawton R. Huling
Grandview Avenue
Cpl
Joseph Congress
East Home Street
Set. Lawrence S. Jaworski
Park Avenue
Ralph C. Stoner
W. C. Stoner
Harrison Street
Air Transport Command
Nashville Tenn
J. Francis Domer
Cora Donley
Butler Avenue
Aviation Radioman School
U. S. Naval Air Station
Fla
U. S. Marine Corps
Corporal Donley
A. C. Charles Bailey
Mary Bailey
Army Air Forces Training Command Station
Army Air Field
Greenville
Jack Butera
J. Butera
West Pittsburg
Willow Grove
Richard Milton Fortney
Bainbridge
John R. Fortney
Levine Way
Mario O. Novalesi
John Falatko
Bainbridge, Md
George Falatko
John DeMonco
Alex Senatore
Fred Cronni
Pacific
Carmen Perrone
Carmen V. Perrone
George Cronni
V. Cronni
James N. DeBlasio
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Calif
Navy Air Corps
N DeBlasio
T. Tomas
West Pittsboro
Donald W. Ferguson
Air Forces
D. L Ferguson
East
Sheridan Avenue
Paul Johnson
Adriatic
Erec
Thernton & Minor
Roesuct Awn Co
Sears
National
N. Mill ST
the National Cash Register Company
Dayton Ohio
Iadibiak
Peoples Realty Co
Washington St
Minneapolis
Ins
Minneapolis - Honeywell Regulator Company
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