Army casualty totals update from Stimson figures July week
War Secretary Stimson announces weekly Allied casualties totaling 11,190 for 6 to 13 July, bringing the overall war losses to 270,344 across Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Navy counts stand at 51,871, with breakdowns of killed, wounded and missing. combined figures reflect Normandy early losses and broader theater totals.
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Stimson
Navy
Marines Coast Guard
Normandy
Marianas Islands
Ravy
Marines
Coast Guard
Aerial Acts Dazzle Crowd At Wednesday Show
Aerial performers and acrobats entertained a small crowd despite heat as Phil and Nancy Long wowed on a moving dial. Kay and Eric soared high in the air while Page cycle artists and Page-Jewett-Kiki act drew cheers. Prof Cheer delivered comic routines with xylophone head and musical saw.
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Phil
Nancy Long
Nancy
Prof
Cheer
Profesor
Tom
Betty Perch
Page
Joe Thomas
Four T Owns
Weather Report Confuses Readers In Red Bluff
Fragmentary notes from Red Bluff California describe a weather section with garbled phrases and odd details. The report mentions moisture in the sound and an all day search ending with an animal interaction, suggesting a reporting error or misprint.
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Red Bluff
Calif
Digger Butte
Badle
Bowlegged Pants Mystery Near Norman Pioneer Notes Change
A fragmented Western era item mentions Dr. Carl Wiley commenting on bowlegged pants and old-time cow fashion. The piece notes military rules limiting paints varnish lac and putty use, reflecting era constraints.
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Norman
Okla
Carl 5 Meter
Wileys
Defend Use of Italian Troops in Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island Illinois dispatch reports army officials defend Italian signees stationed at the arsenal as non prisoner workers under strict discipline. They aid shipping and salvage lumber, earn pay under Geneva rules, and may visit churches and museums with escorts, while remaining outside city limits except on authorized outings.
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Rock Island, Ill
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island Ordnance Depot
Norman F. Ramsey
Rock Island
Ramsey
Camp Ellis
Italy
Britain
Russia
Germany
Has Anyone Told Fala About This
In Salina Kansas Sgt Erwin Rydstrom visiting Manhattan met a five year old playing with a Scotty dog labeled Telek jr care of M F Eisenhower He learned the child was Gen Dwight Eisenhowers niece and the dog belonged to Ike with brother M F Eisenhower president of Kansas State College in Manhattan Also mentions hurricanes and earthquakes in the Marianas Islands.
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Salina
Kas
Erwin Rydstrom
Smoky Hill Army Air Field
Manhattan
Rydstrom
Telek, Jr
M. F. Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Ike
Kansas State College
Soldiers Want Eggs To Look Like Eggs
CHICAGO Ill Sandwich night at the United Service center shows that armed forces prefer fried sunny side up eggs and refuse scrambled eggs. Supervisor Stuart McCutcheon notes powder eggs in rations make real eggs valued and they want them to resemble real eggs. He predicts this custom will persist after the war, as scrambled eggs are seen as unlucky.
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Chicago
Ill
United Service Center
Stuart McCutcheon
Marine trainee walks miles daily at State College
A marine trainee at State College, Pennsylvania, is noted for logging extensive daily miles as part of his rigorous walking routine. Details on distance and schedule are limited in the fragment.
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State College
Now She Shops Cash and Carry
A brief item notes a shopper visiting a cash and carry, with advertisements and product displays described in a concise, period style. The piece hints at ailments and remedies but focuses on consumer activity and shopping atmosphere rather than medical claims.
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Netare
College Student Tracks Daily Walk With Pedometer
A Pennsylvania state college used a pedometer to learn his daily average was seven and three tenths miles. Nine miles was the top for a single day.
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Pennsylvania State College
Weasels Moved From Camp McCoy Snow Operations
Camp McCoy Wisconsin revealed the army s snow jeep the weasel is the M28 and M29 cargo carrier capable of 35 mph on tracks 20 inches wide. The vehicle is semi amphibious with a water tight body and strong for snow and swampy terrain. Maj Robert E Sawyer noted hundreds processed and 250 rushed to overseas duty via Camp Hale with help from the 271st Ordnance Maintenance Co WACs and the 1620 H and S Co.
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Army Signal Corps
Camp McCoy
Wis
George M. MacMullin
War Department
Robert E. Sawyer
McCoy
Camp Hale
Army
Colorado
Maj
Sawyer
271St Ordnance Maintenance Co. Wacs
H and S Co
Soren Hansen
Studebaker
Maj. Sawyer
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