Background
Frantz, Ralph Jules was born on November 1, 1902 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of George F. and Lillian R. (Schaefer) Frantz.
Frantz, Ralph Jules was born on November 1, 1902 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of George F. and Lillian R. (Schaefer) Frantz.
Student Wittenberg Academy, Springfield, 1917-1918. Wittenberg College, 1919-1920.
January 28, 1967); married second, Maxine Coulson, June 15, 1968. Reporter, later sports editor, Springfield (O.) Sun, 1919-1922. With Cleveland Times in various capacities including day city editor, state editor and Sunday editor, 1922-1925.
Joined Paris edition, Chicago Tribune, December, 1925, night editor, 1927, managing editor, 1929 until merger of paper with Paris Herald, 1934.
With New York Herald Tribune from 1935, assistant to night editor 1950-1951, telegraph editor, 1951-1965, suburban editor, 1965-1971. Trustee, secretary Corrs.
Fund. Head psychological warfare branch Allied Force Headquarters in Morocco, April-August 1943, in Algiers, September-December 1943, in Sicily, January 1944-March 1945.
Established United States information service for State Department in Palermo, Sicily, March-November 1945. European tour, 1925.
Clubs: Overseas Press of America (a founder, 1939, treasurer 1940-1943, 46-50.
Married Loulette Isabelle Desrumaux, March 6, 1926 (deceased. Married second, Maxine Coulson, June 15, 1968.