Allied and German Losses Rise in Normandy and Italy
Allied and German forces traded costly counter-attacks in Normandy as Rommel’s tanks suffered heavy losses around Caen and St Lo. American units pressed toward St Lo with limited gains near Pont Hebert while the Red Army advanced toward German soil as Moscow predicted a rapid push. In Italy, German resistance remained stiff as American light armor pushed forward.
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Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
Red Army
Russia
Moscow
Rommel
St. Lo
Hottot
Vimont
Caen
Pont Hebert
Circle of twenty graduates shrinks as 1912 Logan High recalls loss
The Logan High School class of 1912 loses one member John McBroom, ending a group of twenty with ten boys and ten girls. The surviving members include Donald Bort, Rugg Brandt, Myron Hansel, Harold Larimer, and others. A feature notes the union of Helen Heft and Robert Green and urges towns to proudly display their name on trains, roads, and stations to offset anonymity.
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John McBroom
Logan High School
Donald Bort
Rugg Brandt
Myron Hansel
Harold Larimer
John Lohr
Carl Lutz
Frank Tipton
Robert D. Green
Harry Yontz
Winifred Rulon Engle
Irene Gladman Zemer
Nancy Easterling Sparnon
Florence Roby Myers
Minnie Evans Scott
Mary Francis Thompson
Ethel Tannahill Wilson
Armel Allen Walker
Helen Heft Green
Ruth Hillery
Helen Heft
Robert Green
Roosevelt backs Wallace for 1940 vice presidency
President Roosevelt, in advance acceptance of a fourth term, is expected to recommend Wallace for vice president. Delegates at the Chicago convention face the major task of selecting a running mate, with Wallace in strong position but facing southern and Capitol Hill opposition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Chicago
Capitol Hill
Senate
Barkley
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
China
White House
Iowa
International Soundphoto
Airplane crash in Maine leaves 15 dead
South Portland dispatch reports Maine worst aviation disaster with 15 dead and seven of many injured in a light army plane crash into a wartime workers camp of 100 trailers. Among the dead are Lt. Philip I. Russell 23 and Staff Sgt. Wallace Mifflin, plus Edward A. Dorrish and several children. Identification of victims awaited at funeral homes.
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South Portland
Maine
Philip I. Russell
Wallace Mifflin
Seattle
Wash
Germans Accused of Decapitating Yank Paratroopers
Pvt. Kenneth P. Knight, wounded and at McClosky General Hospital, recalls Allied paratroopers hung in trees with heads cut off by Germans during the invasion of France. He describes neck stumps facedown and notes seeing a paratrooper throat cut, adding he bayoneted three Germans in the early fighting push after landing.
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Kansas City
Kans
Rep Brown Says Fourth Term Means Fifth Term
Congressman Clarence Brown of Blanchester Ohio says President Roosevelt will seek a fifth term if elected to a fourth term. The remark aired in Washington on July 12.
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Rep
Brown
Washington
Clarence Brown, Blanchester
Roosevelt
After Saipan Victory Nips Drive Across Pacific Widened
Allied forces push across 4000 miles of Pacific FRONT, with Nimitz and MacArthur not committing to a single target. Combat ships and air power target Japanese positions from Ceram to Kuriles as Tokyo reports intensified raids near Saipan and Guam. U S troops mop up on Saipan and Noemfoor, noting enemy swimmers exiting to sea.
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Pacific
Nimitz
MacArthur
Saipan
Ceram
Kuriles
Noemfoor
Tokyo
Linian
U. S
Guam
Marianas
Marianas Islands
Rescue Workers Abandon Efforts In Mine Tragedy
In Bellaire Ohio 66 miners entombed since last Wednesday in Powhatan mine were declared dead after rescue teams failed to reach them through a three inch shaft. A nine inch shaft yielded no response as high carbon monoxide in the air confirmed the fate. Crews proceed with hillside shafting and may need three weeks to reach the victims.
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Bellaire
Powhatan
Nelson Hovey
Hovey
Change in rocket bomb tactics reported in London
A scattered barrage of flying bombs struck southern England and the London area today. It was disclosed that some projectiles drop silently in long glides, making them harder to evade.
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London
England
Head dies Lancaster superintendent Cletus C Sheetz dies
Cletus C. Sheetz 43 longtime superintendent of the State Boys Industrial School in Lancaster died Tuesday afternoon after a heart attack suffered at midnight. Funeral arrangements and full career details were not immediately released.
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Head
Lancaster
Cletus C. Sheetz
State Boys Industrial School
Highest water usage in Logan marks new daily record
Logan residents on Tuesday used 1,485,000 gallons into the water mains, the highest single day in city history, according to Service Director Roy R. Loomis. Pumping station capacity and two deep wells support near 1,500,000 gallons daily, though pressure drops in hill districts during peak evening hours due to faster withdrawal than replacement. A heavy rain could restore normal pressure.
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Logan
Roy R. Loomis
Loomis
Betwen
Mrs. Roosevelt Calls for World Police to Avert War
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt urged an Antioch College audience that an international police force is needed to prevent a World War Three. She warned against isolationism, urged U S leadership in postwar rehabilitation, and emphasized cooperation and individual equality to defuse racial tensions.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Antioch College
Antioch
United States
Roosevelt
Antioch Institute
Drought reduces Ohio crop outlook amid widespread heat
Thundershowers brought brief relief but Ohio remains drought bound with Central and Southern regions hardest hit. Columbus endured a 19th rainless day while Cincinnati saw rare rain since May. Streams, wells run low and water restrictions spread as temps reached near 100. Many farmers sought city work as crop losses mount.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
George W. Hamlin
John W. Baker
Wheat Crop Overloads Elevators in Kansas City
Kansas City July 12. A record harvest floods granaries, rail lines, and mills as grain piles along tracks. Senator Clyde M Reed with railroad, mill, elevator officials and Army representatives discusses the bottleneck, citing boxcars and unloading labor as chief worries. He proposes contacting the Army's Seventh Service Command in Omaha for potential POW labor, possibly up to 3000 workers.
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Kansas City
Clyde M. Reed
R-Kans
Reed
Army
Seventh Service Command
Omaha
Full Officer Status Granted to Army Nurses
President Roosevelt ordered all Army nurses commissioned as actual Army officers, elevating the status of female dieticians and physical therapy personnel in the Army medical department. The change ends relative rank and grants full officer authority to these professionals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army Medical Department
Captain Yaw Home From South Pacific
Captain Owen Yaw returns from 28 months overseas medical service and arrives Tuesday night to a North Street home with wife and children and mother Mrs. Ora Yaw. He reports to reassignment in early August at Camp Butner North Carolina after duties in New York Harbor and San Francisco.
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Owen Yaw
North Street
Ora Yaw
North Orchard Street
New York City
San Francisco
South Pacific
Camp Butner
North Carolina
Logan Man Named to State IOOF Post in Ohio
Logan man Paul M. Highmiller of Springfield was installed as Grand Patriarch of the Ohio Grand Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Toledo. Other officers installed include R. S. Roblentz of Dayton Grand High Priest W. G. Collins of Lebanon Grand Senior Warden Leroy Braun of Toledo Grand Junior Warden W. H. Russell of Lebanon Grand Scribe Roland Bright of Logan Grand Treasurer Frank S. Culp of Mansfield Grand Representative and Carl Berger of Oberlin Grand Trustee.
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Toledo
Paul M. Highmiller
Springfield
Ohio
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
R. S. Roblentz
Dayton
W.G. Collins
Lebanon
Leroy Braun
W. H. Russell
Roland Bright
Logan
Frank S. Culp
Mansfield
Carl Berger
Oberlin
Primaries Held in Six States Across Nation
Associated Press reports six state primaries shaping party races. CIO backed Boston Mayor Maurice Tobin wins Massachusetts Democratic governorship nomination while Elmer Thomas and Charles Tobey secure renominations in Oklahoma and New Hampshire. Washington Michigan Utah and other results show incumbent GOP and Democratic contenders facing nominating battles in key races.
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Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Maurice J. Tobin
Boston
Massachusetts
Michigan
Washington
Utah
Robert O. Blood
Tobin
Francis X. Hurley
CIO
Political Action Committee
Arthur B. Langlie
Louis Wasmer
Spokane
Mon C. Wallgren
Vernon J. Brown
Eugene C. Keyes
Edward J. Fry
Harry F. Kelly
Germans Losing One General Per Day
Allied communiques and German reports show that since the June 6 invasion of France Hitler’s army has lost about one general officer daily. Of 33 killed or captured, two thirds were taken by the Russians, with three killed and 19 captured in eastern advances, while in France the Allies report seven generals killed or captured and three top officers seized.
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Associated Press
Hitler
France
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