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Windham County Observer
Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut
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Pfc. Stephen Zeiba, Jr., a Pearl Harbor veteran serving in the southwest Pacific, was granted a 30-day emergency furlough by the Red Cross to rush home to Putnam, Connecticut, and be at the bedside of his seriously ill mother, Mrs. Ethel M. Zeiba. He was joined by his wife, Anne Constantine.
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Rushed by plane and train from a southwest Pacific combat zone to 'Frisco and across the continent, Pfc. Stephen Zeiba, one of Putnam's few Pearl Harbor veterans, arrived in this city and at the bedside of his seriously-ill mother. Mrs. Ethel M. Zeiba of 25 Milton street, early Monday on a 30-day emergency furlough obtained through intervention of Putnam Chapter, American Red Cross. with military authorities. He was joined at the family home by his wife, the former Anne Constantine of Moosup.
The mother's illness reaching a highly serious stage, it was brought to the attention of Mrs. Albert E. Otto. head of the local Red Cross home service committee, who also was informed of the ill woman's desire to see her boy. Through emergency efforts, Pfc. Zeiba was located, his commanding officer contacted, and the emergency furlough obtained.
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Putnam, Connecticut; Southwest Pacific Combat Zone; San Francisco
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Early Monday
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Pfc. Stephen Zeiba, a Pearl Harbor veteran, is rushed from the Pacific war zone to Putnam to see his seriously ill mother, facilitated by the Red Cross intervention with military authorities; he arrives early Monday on a 30-day emergency furlough and is joined by his wife.