Beaver County News | 1916-08-18 | Page 9 | Flag Seen in the Clouds

FLAG SEEN IN THE CLOUDS Superstitious In Pennsylvania Town. Believed to Omen Fortellina War's Approach. ) The spectacle of the American flag depicted in its natural colors vividly on low, overhanging clouds oiue nlghl caused a sensation among superstitious supersti-tious people of Pottsvllle, Pa., many of ' whom considered the national emblem in the heavens to be an omen i up- -proochlng war. Courthouse officials have been' heep- - , Ing a searchlight trained upon a big flag flying from a staff on the top1 of ' the courthouse, and believe the un- -usual spectacle was the reflection off the colors of the flag on the low-lylDjj" clouds.