Rome Air Raid Alarms Ring as War Fronts Widen
Ancient Rome faced dawn air raids as British bombers targeted the capital while German raids and RAF counterattacks raged across Europe. Submarine and patrol-boat losses were reported as Romania seized British oil assets for Germany. Daladier and Petain-era actions stirred in France as talks of trusteeship and territory shifts emerged amid global conflict.
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Wheat yield at County Home drops from past years
ED STAFF reports County Home superintendent S W Arnold says the 1939 wheat crop at the home averaged 37% to the acre, down to 19 bushels this year, with the overall crop just over 18 bushels. He cites early floods high winds and hail as causes, noting one field was submerged three times.
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Replica of Old Man's Head Shown by Local Youth
Ned Myers presents a limestone replica resembling the Old Man's head to Ed Staff. Myers found the limestone shape in an alley behind his home at 412 Hunter Hunter Street and it is now on display in the Daily News window.
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Court House Interior Washed by Jail Prisoner Work
Prisoner Phil lip Mays from the county jail is washing down the Court House interior this week. He has finished door entrances and first floor hallways and on Wednesday began work on the X ray room in Dr. W. B. Lacock’s suite. County health commissioner, George Bolden the custodian, supervises the project as a special powder cleans instead of soap, giving a look like a fresh paint job.
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Two Boys Die Near Lima in July Accidents
Lima Ohio July 24 AP two boys died in nearby accidents yesterday William Smith 15 drowned in four feet of water at Sugar Creek during a 4 H club weiner roast Leonard Purley 9 killed in an automobile collision near Lima authorities said both incidents are under investigation and no other details were released
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Father of 15 dies in Columbus building contractor
James C. McAllister 50 a building contractor died yesterday leaving 15 children fatherless. His widow survives.
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Willkie Denounces Big Government at Wyoming Dinner
Wendell L. Willkie urged Wyoming Republicans to curb big government and curb backroom influence at a Cheyenne dinner before moving on to Salt Lake City. He vowed no brain trusters in back rooms and praised new party leadership as 700 attendees listened amid 97 degree heat at Cheyenne Frontier Days.
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Ohio Republicans free of debt after 1938 deficit liquidated
Ohio Republicans will enter the fall election campaign free of debt. State Chairman Ed D. Schorr said the $75,173 deficit of the Republican state committee after the 1938 election has been liquidated. Democrats still owe about $30,000 from their unsuccessful 1938 drive and related activity.
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Motorcycle Crash Mangles Left Legs Of Two Soldiers
In Xenia Ohio a motorcycle collided with a car injuring two soldiers from Patterson Field. Joseph Newcomer 21 of Xenia and Robert Smith 22 of Zanesville suffered mangled left legs, while three youths in the car also sustained injuries.
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States Begin Preparations for Training
The AP reports tentative registration for September 1 under a pending conscription plan with 400000 expected to start training a month later. Initial trainees likely aged 21 to 31, with 24000000 eligible. Congress debates Burke-Wadsworth bill amid opposition.
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Heat Wave Grim Winds Safer Temps Yet Uncertain
The nation endures the hottest spell of the year with 68 heat related deaths and 179 drownings. Hot spots push readings to 115 at Pierre South Dakota and 109 in Phoenix Arizona as drought raises crop damage concerns in Nebraska and New Mexico. Forecasters expect some relief in the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes by Friday but no broad break in heat is seen.
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Weather promises relief as heat peaks in southern Ohio
Cooler weather is forecast for Hocking County and southern Ohio by Friday after six days of heat. Thunderstorms are expected Wednesday night and Thursday, following a 94 degree high in Logan and a 15 degree drop from a noon shower. One inch of rain fell, and temperatures edged back to 90 in the afternoon. A severe storm later impacted Morgan and Perry counties.
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Heavily Laden Truck Causes Death on Granger Road Hill
A truck loaded with sheet steel ran down Granger Road hill in Valley View, crashing into two cars and plunging into the old Ohio Canal. Driver John F. Bowker, 43, of Garfield Heights, was killed. passenger Miss Caroline Deucher, 27, of Cleveland, was seriously injured. truck driver Robert Dunigan, 25, of Clyde, suffered grave head injuries.
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Kiwanis hears Big Brother camp work in Hocking County
E R Wagner of the Columbus Big Brother Association spoke to the Kiwanis Club at the White House about the group’s camp on the painter farm between Camp Hocking and Old Man's Cave. The program noted underprivileged Columbus boys, eight counsellors, 50 campers, and a 60 boy next session arriving August 4 for three weeks. Sheriff Joe Farbearn John Roberts and Jack Pierce were inducted as new members.
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Secret sessions mark Pan American conference progress
Havana July 24 delegates from the 21 American republics held three commissions in secret session seeking fast agreements on Western Hemisphere issues. They aim to close the conference by July 30 with Rio Janeiro as a possible next meeting site. US proposals on colonial mandates and economic cooperation proceed, while plans on fifth column activity are to be reviewed.
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Roosevelt Attacks Four Democrats Who Shifted to Willkie
President Roosevelt accused four Democratic ex-supporters who backed Willkie of desertion at a press conference. He denounced Sen. Edward R. Burke former Sen. James A. Reed Lewis W. Douglas and John W. Hanes for their switch amid 1940 campaign tensions.
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Rest-Home Racket Charged in Cincinnati
Hamilton County prosecutor Carl W. Rich told Cincinnati city officials that rest-home schemes target elderly pensioners. He cited cases of false promises of lifelong care and living in pleasant surroundings, with victims later sharing cot beds in crowded rooms. He urged the city to pass an ordinance to shut down rest homes.
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Death of Mrs Zahner in junk yard ruled heart attack exposure
Coroner Paul Keller reported that Tillie Zahner, 52, was found dead in a Newark junk yard. The coroner ruled the cause as heart attack and exposure.
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Defiance approves 246500 bond for school buildings
A $246 500 bond issue for construction of new buildings to replace three condemned grade schools was approved at a special session yesterday in Defiance Ohio. The plan funds replacement facilities and updates to district infrastructure.
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