Bronze Star Awarded to T/Sgt Larence C McBroom in Italy
T/Sgt Larence C McBroom infantryman received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in combat in Italy from Nov 1, 1944, to May 2, 1945. As platoon sergeant he protected men under fire, led patrols with cool judgment, and earned officers and men’ s respect during harsh winter fighting in the Apennines. He volunteered from Ada on Aug 10, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larence C. McBroom
Italy
McBroom
Appenines Mountains
Ada
Roberts in Four Battles in the South Pacific
Si/c L. E. Roberts serves in the South Pacific with 13 months in uniform and seven overseas. He fought in four major battles after basic training in San Diego. He recently returned to the States to escort discharged veterans to San Francisco and is now overseas again. His wife and two children live in Ada, with his parents in Oil Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Roberts
South Pacific
San Diego
Calif
San Francisco
Ada
D. E. Roberts
Oil Center
Ada graduate to command troop ship in Atlantic service
Ensign Ray Ellison of Ada is aboard a converted merchant vessel now in Atlantic troop transport duty. The ship spent two months in a shipyard for conversion and was set for its first voyage last week. Ellison trained in California, crossed the country for service in the Atlantic area after an engineering course in London Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ens
Ray Ellison
Merchant Marine
Atlantic
Europe
Ellison
Bud Ellison
Ada
Ada High School
California
Conn
Purple Heart For Sot. Jack McCurry
Sgt. Jack T. McCurry of Ada Oklahoma earned the Purple Heart for wounds on Okinawa. A squad leader in the 321st Engineer Battalion with the 96th Infantry Division, he has served overseas since July 1944 and fought in Leyte and Okinawa. He is the son of Mr and Mrs D F McCurry and is married to Almarine McCurry. He worked for Bishop Oil Co. Ada before joining the army and has fully recovered and is back on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
96Th Infantry
Okinawa
Jack T. McCurry
Ada
Okla
321St
McCurry
Leyte
D. F. McCurry
Almarine McCurry
Bishop Oil Co
Peercy Returns After 23 Months With 8th Air Force
Sgt. Tasker Peercy of Sasakwa recently returned from overseas with 23 months in the 8th Air Force based in England. He earned one silver star and four Bronze Stars with 103 discharge points. Peercy, former Cunningham Furniture Store employee, now goes to Camp Chaffee Arkansas for reassignment. His brother Pvt. Carl Peercy serves in England.
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Tasker Peercy
Sasakwa
Johnnie Jones
Ada
Route 5
W. B. Peercy
Wewoka
8Th Air Force
England
Peercy
Cunningham Furniture Store
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Pvt
Carl Peercy
Ada airman wins Purple Heart for Bunker Hill wounds
Allen C. Eaves AOM 3/c of Ada received the Purple Heart for injuries from the USS Bunker Hill attack. He endured shrapnel with 30 pieces counted, eight remaining, after a galley deck fire trapped him. Eaves served 26 months in the navy, 20 overseas in the Pacific, earning two silver stars for ten major engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
Dottor
Allen C. Eaves
AOM 3/c
Aviation Ordnance Man
Ada
General Assembly
Naval Hospital
Norman
E. C. Carr
Eaves
Cpl Minnie Waters Visits Home After Long Separation
Cpl Minnie O Waters a medic with William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso Texas and her husband Henry W Waters of Long Beach California and their son Henry W Waters Jr of Ada Alabama recently had a reunion at Ada Their meeting came as Waters received her first furlough since enlisting with the WAC on December 19 1944 and both travelers arrived within a day of each other after separate trips Waters trained at Des Moines Iowa and is now in charge of an ambulatory ward at the El Paso hospital She enjoys being a WAC and the duties assigned by her superiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Minnie O. Waters
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Tex
Henry W. Waters
Long Beach
Calif
Henry W. Waters Jr
Ada
Mr. Waters
Douglas Aircraft
Cpl. Waters
WAC
Des Moines
Iowa
Welch earns Good Conduct Medal for Palau action
Pfc. Benjamin M. Welch of Ada is awarded the Good Conduct Medal for his service with the 81st Infantry Wildcat Division which helped seize Palau and other Western Caroline Islands from Japan. His mother is Martha Welch of Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Benjamin M. Welch
Ada
81St Infantry
Wildcat
Palau
Caroline Islands
Martha Welch
Powell Assigned to European Air Force Unit in WWII
Cpl. Harold J. Powell of Ada is assigned to the occupation air force in Europe as part of the 99th Bombardment Group 346th Bomb Squadron, a veteran B 17 Flying Fortress unit of the 15th Air Force. Powell completed 12 months overseas as an electrical specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Europe
Harold J. Powell
Maude Powell
Ada
Occupational Air Force
99Th
15Th Air Force
Lonnie V Norris Arrives at Brooks Hospital Texas
Private Lonnie V. Norris son of Mr and Mrs Jason Ben Norris Francis Oklahoma recently arrived at Brooke Convalescent Hospital Fort Sam Houston Texas Norris joined the army April 12 1943 trained at Camp Polk Louisiana served fourteen months overseas as rifleman with Company B 44th Battalion 6th Armored Division in the European Theater of Operations Normandy northern France and Ardennes wounded near Bastogne Belgium earning the Purple Heart Combat Infantryman Badge Good Conduct Medal and European Theater of Operations ribbon with three campaign stars He attended Francis High School prior to service and now awaits assignment to a company for rehabilitation under Brooke Hospital policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie V. Norris
Jason Ben Norris
Fancis
Oklahoma
Brooke Convalescent Hospital
Brooke Hospital Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Norris
Camp Polk
Louisiana
44Th Battalion
6Th Armored Division
Normandy
France
Ardennes
Bastogne
Belgium
Francis High School
Vann Receives Letter of Commendation From Nimitz
Ada resident Allen E. Vann chief torpedomen’s mate USNR earned a letter of commendation with ribbon for meritorious conduct during a war patrol aboard a submarine in the Pacific. Captain Moseley cited Vann’s battle station proficiency and calm devotion aiding attacks that sank over 1,500 tons of enemy shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Allen E. Vann
USNR
Ada
Okla
Fleet
C. W. Nimitz
Vann
Catherine
East Main St
E. S. McElroy
S. P. Moseley
USN
Admiral Nimitz
Death Sentence for German Corporal in Flier Killing
German corporal Ernest Waldmann was sentenced to hanging for the fatal shooting of an American airman who parachuted from a bomber near Regensburg on December 28, 1944. Trial by military commission heard war crimes investigators evidence. sentence subject to review by Gen. George S. Patton. Waldmann claimed self defense. witnesses said the flier had one hand up and flew with a parachute and boots. Four-man commission led by Col. Claude Haswell presided with Lt. Col. Robert Wing Maj. James Latta and Maj. William Denson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cowan
Munich
Ernest Waldmann
Regensburg
Waldmann
War Crimes Commission
George S. Patton
Claude Haswell
Eldorado
Ark
Robert Wing
Wichita Falls
Tex
James Latta
San Antonio
William Denson
Birmingham
Ala
Ada Rodeo Plans 12500 Capacity With Additional Seats
Ada Oklahoma prepares for the August 8 12 rodeo with 150 feet of 11 high bleachers adding 1000 seats at the east end of the concrete stands bringing total capacity to 12500 reserved seats plus 600 box seats and thousands more for four night shows and the Sunday finale. World and leading cowboys from Cheyenne and other midwestern rodeos converge for the event with a large Round-up presence expected in Ada's main street parade Wednesday August 8 at 3 p.m.
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Owever
East Twelfth
Oklahoma
Texas
H. D. Binns
Cheyenne
Dalhart
Tex
Ada
Midwest
American Military Runs Okinawa School For Young Natives
On Okinawa a school for local children is run by the American military government to curb road interference and teach English alongside Japanese. Principal Leroy Brown leads a bare classroom with 800 pupils, no furniture, and scarce supplies while native teachers aid in a reform minded program emphasizing writing reading arithmetic and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Wiley
Okinawa
Leroy Brown
Heflin
Ala
Kuga Village
Brown
John W. Fowler
Newportnews
Ada City Court Outcomes Narrowly Favor Residents
Last week Ada district court cleared its jury trial docket. The city won one case and lost three. A jury valued oil and gas lease land taken for the airport at nil. Plaintiffs Caney Hass and Farmer received 400 dollars each for sewage overflow damages. C L Bolding got 530 dollars for injuries from a glass door cut. R E Crothers was defendant. J R Goodwin vs A P King Cecil King awarded one dollar to the plaintiff in an auto collision related suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
City of
Ada
J. M. Caney
F. O. Hass
Lela Farmer
C. L. Bolding
R. E. Crothers
J. R. Goodwin
A. P. King
Cecil King
Farm Woman Killed Crossing Highway Near Pauls Valley
Mrs. Jess Lopez a farm woman living four miles north of Pauls Valley Oklahoma was killed today when struck by a car while crossing U S highway 77 to fetch her mail. She leaves a husband and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauls Valley
Okla
Jess Lopez
Here
Separation Center May Be Named For Divorce Ease
The piece suggests soldiers accept the term separation center as a label while preferring a divorce as a simpler exit from service. It reflects wartime attitudes toward handling personnel separations and personal remains of duty.
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G.I
Missing in World War II Lt. Morris Presumed Dead
Mrs. Roy Q. Morris of Ada receives word from the war department that her husband, 1st Lt. Roy Morris, missing since July 19, 1944, on a Munich bound B-24 mission, is presumed dead after 12 months without evidence of survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Q. Morris
Ada
War Department
Morris
Munich
Germany
Arkansas Governor Confident of Garden Contest Win
Little Rock July 28 Governor Laney says he is sure to win the Governor's gardening contest after dining on home grown vegetables. He notes peas corn onions and tomatoes for dinner and claims Mississippi Governor Bailey doubted his chances calling himself a future farmer while Laney boasts of being a present farmer.
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Little Rock
Laney
Arkansas
Tom Bailey
Mississippi
Stolen Cars Recovered with Little Damage
Two automobiles stolen in the county in recent days have been found safely. One belonged to Charles Fidler of Konawa and was taken near Ada on Saturday night July 21. The other was stolen from Mrs Carl Ellis in Stonewall on Sunday night and was recovered in the southern part of the county.
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Charles Fidler
Konawa
Ada
Carl Ellis
Stonewall
Byng School Announces Open Date and Enrollment
Byng school will open August 24 with enrollment and classification to be completed that day. Superintendent J E Teague said buses will run on their regular schedules to help students reach the campus. Classes begin Monday, August 27.
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Byng
Supt
J. E. Teague
Kerr Predicts Cattle Boom Heading to Markets Soon
Oklahoma Governor Robert S. Kerr forecast a large cattle movement to market within 30 days as drought dries range grass. He spoke ahead of a state Democratic picnic, saying packers and feeders would face unprecedented cattle lots and strong gains for cattle prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr
Denver
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Highway Pay Raises Authorized by State Commission
Oklahoma City July 28 P Chief Highway Engineer H E Bailey said wage increases approved by the state highway commission will take effect August 1 by division engineers. About 20 percent raise for semi skilled and unskilled labor, with smaller increases in higher brackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Oklahoma City
H. E. Bailey
State Highway Commission
Favoritism Claim By Pan American At CAB Over Transatlantic Route
Pan American Airways filed a petition accusing the Civil Aeronautics Board of gross favoritism toward Transcontinental and Western Air and American Export Airlines in the July 5 North Atlantic route allocation. It urged reconsideration to allow wider Pan American access and warned the decision could limit its role and share across Europe and the Atlantic. The CAB noted some adverse competitive effect but said Pan American can operate to Chicago Detroit Boston Philadelphia and Washington in addition to New York.
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Washington
Pan American Airways, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Pan Americar
CAB
TWA
American Export Airlines, Inc
Pan American
American Airlines, Inc
American Export
United Kingdom
France
Eire
Portugal
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
American Airlines
North Atlantic
American
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Foster Heads Reconstituted Communist Party New Constitution Adopted
William Z. Foster is elected chairman of the party's national committee as the reconstituted communist party adopts a new constitution not yet public. The move follows the national convention of the Communist Political Association once led by Earl Browder and signals a repudiation of Browder’s policies.
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New York
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
Foster
Communist Political Association
Earl Browder
Browder
Successor to Soong is Wang Shih-Chieh
CHUNGKING July 30 Minister of information Wang Shih-Chieh who headed the Chinese mission to Britain was appointed minister of foreign affairs today taking the post held by Premier T V Soong Soong had served as foreign minister since Dec 23 1941 attending the San Francisco World Security conference in that capacity He was elevated to the premiership last Dec 4 but continued to hold the foreign ministry portfolio concurrently Soong recently returned from conferences with Premier Stalin and other high Soviet officials in Moscow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Wang Shih-Chieh
Britain
T. V. Soong
Soong
San Francisco
Stalin
Moscow
Old Miami law bans giving cigarettes within town limits
Officials in Miami Oklahoma on July 30 find an old Sinai 20 ordinance making it unlawful for any person to dispose of or give away a cigarette or cigarette paper to another person within the town limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Okla
Mator
Understanding the United Nations Then and Now
A July 30 Washington explainer outlines how nations join the United Nations and the Big Five roles. It details the charter approval process, potential congressional debates over armed force and security council power, and the four main UN organs with their functions and voting rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United Nations
United States
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Nicaragua
San Francisco
Britain
Russia
France
China
Congress
Security Council
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
International Court of Justice
American Planes Strike Haruna and Kure in Pacific Raid
U S army planes hit the Japanese battleship Haruna in heavy strikes on Kure and Sasebo, with likely destruction of an escort carrier and a cruiser. Fifteen other ships were reported destroyed or damaged as air forces backed by carrier planes attacked bases from Japan to Malaya. Six American planes were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Kure
Sasebo
MacArthur
Okinawa
Far East Air Forces
Guthrie Man Named To Legion Post
Maj Ray Fields of Guthrie Oklahoma was named by the American Legion executive committee to head the Legion public relations department at a $10 000 a year post He is awaiting discharge from the army and was chosen at a three day meeting where resolutions backed a free world press and favored universal military training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Executive Committee
The
American Legion
Maj
Ray Fields
Guthrie
Okla
Legion
Fields
Oklahoma
Army
Greater returns for amount In vested
Readers see improved value in the Ada News Classified Ads as ad rates and placement options shift to boost visibility and potential returns for sellers. Local businesses and individuals report steadier inquiries and clearer scheduling of promotions through enhanced ad packages.
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Ada News
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Roberts
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Jack McCurry
Outfit
Sgt. Peercy
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Allen
Sailor
Minnie Waters
Brooks Hospital
Francis
Adm
Nimitz
Commission
Yank
AMG
Roy Morris
Byng School
CAB Say
Pan American Airways
Ask Cab
TWA Power
Japan
20Th Aaf
By James Marlow
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International Court of Agnor
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