Sgt Curtis Henley Sees Sicily on Army Assignment
Sgt Curtis Henley now overseas with the pro vost marshal prisoner of war administration after crossing with the 45th Division. He toured a Sicilian city during a pass and described crowded streets, crowded living conditions, and local life as he observed farms, markets, and daily chores while noting limited cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Henley
Prisoner of War Administration
45Th
Thelma
Sicily
Sgt. Henley
Meadows Seeks Overseas Duty After Army Induction
Pvt. Carl D. Meadows, former Sunray employee from Allen, says he is glad to be in the army and proud of his marksmanship score. He is stationed at Fort Lewis Washington after transfer from Camp Abbott Oregon for engineers training. Inducted May 4 from Houston, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Meadows and his wife and two children live in San Bernardino California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl D. Meadows
Sunray
Allen
Pvt
Meadows
Fort Lewis
Wash
Camp Abbott
Ore
R. W. Meadows
East Sith
Houston
Carleen
Robert
San Bernardino
Calif
Wright on 10 day furlough visits Ada relatives
Private Arthur Wright who joined the army in December 1942 has spent time at Ft Sill and been stationed in four states. He recently arrived in Ada for a 10 day furlough to visit his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Clarence Philpot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Arthur Wright
Army
Ft. Sill
Ada
Clarence Philpot
Wright
Edward Halpin Awarded Air Medal in England
2nd Lt. Edward D. Halpin of Ada is awarded the Air Medal at his Eighth Air Force base in England where he serves as a co pilot of a B 24 Liberator. He hails from Ada and is a graduate of Ada High School and East Central. His brother Pfc. Arthur J. Halpin and another relative Charles B. Halpin also serve in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Halpin
Eighth Air Force
England
Halpin
RAF
Europe
Roxie A. Halpin
Ada
Ada High
East Central
Hlpin
Pfc
Arthur J. Halpin
Charles B. Halpin
Merchant Marines
Small fall hat worry downplayed by observers
Observers suggest concerns about a fall hat are minor noting the issue appears small in scope and not likely to cause widespread worry.
Glad News On Way To Dad In India
Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Johnson become parents of a daughter named Jerry Lynn at 2 o clock Saturday morning A cablegram V mail and air mail letter are sent to Lt Johnson somewhere in India to share the glad news The baby is the first child of the couple and the first grandchild of Mr and Mrs H D Johnson 1019 South Cherry Her Woods of Stonewall maternal grandfather is O P Mrs Johnson is the former Willie Lee Woods Home is at 118 West Eighteenth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Johnson
Ada
Jerry Lynn
Lt. Johnson
India
H. D. Johnson
South Cherry
Woods
Stonewall
O. P
Johnson
Willie Lee Woods
West Eighteenth
S Sgt Burns Awarded Air Medal
T Sgt Burns, son of Mr and Mrs G W Burns of 315 North Bluff Ada, has been awarded the Air Medal as a gunner on a Flying Fortress in Italy. He volunteered Oct 7 1942, grew up in Ada and worked for Bob Cason Motor Co before service. His brother Cpl Ralph Burns is stationed in New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Burns
North Bluff
Jimmy Burns
Burns
Italy
Ada
Bob Cason Motor Company
Cpl
Ralph Burns
New Guinea
Young Edmonston Sailor Injured in Central Pacific Duty
Sailor Larry Edmondston Jr. 1/C 17 sustained a back injury while on navy duty in the Central Pacific. He informed his mother Mrs. Larry Edmonston in a letter received Saturday. He did not specify severity but expects about a month in hospital. His father, a Seabees petty officer, is also on Pacific duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Edmondston Jr
Central Pacific
Larry Edmonston
Edmonston
Seabees
Pacific
Raymond Williamson Returns To Camp Shelby
Pfc. Raymond Williamson returns to Camp Shelby Mississippi after a 20 day furlough with wife and relatives in Ada. He has served 30 months with two years in the Aleutians. Training at Camp Roberts California and shipped overseas on completion. On return from the Aleutians he visited his 23 month old son Darwin whom he had never seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Raymond Williamson
Camp Shelby
Mis
Ada
Aleutians
Williamson
Camp Roberts
Calif
Completon
Darwin
Sg Alvie Parker Leaves U S for Overseas Duty
Sg Alvie Parker now overseas with an infantry division after leaving the United States July 14 1944 from Camp Adair Ore. He trained at the local airport before joining the army. His parents Mr and Mrs Delbert Poates live at 800 West Fourteenth. Parker is father to a 20 month old son Alvan Eugene Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvie Parker
States
Camp Adair
Ore
Parker
Army
Delbert Poates
West Fourteenth
Sat. Parker
Alvan Eugene Parker
Bunny Rogers Receives Promotion During War Service
Staff Sergeant Bunny C. Rogers, son of J A Rogers of Ada Route 5, was promoted by the 13th A A F in the Southwest Pacific. He serves as an engineer on a Liberator bomber targeting Jop held installations and shipping in the South and Southwest Pacific. A Vanoss high school graduate, class of 1940, he joined January 10 1942 at Ft Sill and trained at Sheppard Field. Overseas since October 1942 he has flown six combat strike missions against the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunny C. Rogers
J. A. Rogers
Route 5
Ada
A.A.F
Southwest Pacific
Rogers
South
Sgt
Vaness High School
Ft. Sill
Sheppard Field
Texas
Green Twins Promoted in Navy Separate Commands
Clifton D. Green and Clifford A. Green, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Green, have both been promoted from ensign to lieutenant (jg) effective July 1. Clifton D. serves as executive officer of an LST in the Atlantic service, while Clifford A. is executive officer of an LST in the South Pacific. They were briefly in the same fleet after commissioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton D
Clifford A. Green
H. A. Green
U. S. Navy
Atlantic
South Pacific
Navy
Captain Pat E. Goforth Reports New Guinea Base Life
Captain Pat E. Goforth, military intelligence officer, writes from a New Guinea advance base that the war area looks favorable and operations proceed as planned. He describes leave in Australia, a visit to a photo studio, and meeting Lt. Glenn D. Emmerson, a former East Central student. He seeks two assistants as prior aides were killed in action. he has served six years and spent 16 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat E. Goforth
New Guinea
E. P. Goforth
Goforth
Australia
Glenn D. Emmerson
East Central
Army
Robert C. Gordon Graduates Air Forces Gunnery School
Pfc. Robert C. Gordon son of Mrs. Lena B. Gordon of 126 West Fifteenth recently graduated from the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School at Laredo Army Air Field Texas. He earned a diploma and aerial gunner silver wings plus a promotion after completing training in weaponry turret manipulation and aircraft identification. He concluded with air firing on towed targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Gordon
Lena B. Gordon
West Fifteenth
Army Air Forces
Laredo Army Air Field
Laredo
Texas
Farewell Party Honoring Overtons At Oil Center Home
Members and friends of Oil Center Baptist church gathered at the Overtons home for a social and handkerchief shower as they prepare to move to Texas. Hosts Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Overton received gifts and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil Center Baptist Church
W. R. Overton
Texas
T. A. Sammons
F. L. Cunningham
Ray Kemp
Hamp Northam
W. B. Storey
Glenn Norton
Arch Neighors
Lewis Choate
John Layne
Ronnie
Everette Taylor
Billie
Bryan
la Vaughn
Stanley
Ralph Kendall
Betty
Jackie
Leon Overton
Arry
Sue
Cloyd Overton
Patricia Ann
Overton
Mrs. Love
Harold Lee
Glenn
Leniol
William Rollow Receives Merchant Marine Cadet Appointment
William H. Rollow Jr., age 18, has been appointed to the U S Merchant Marine Cadet Corps. He reports to San Mateo California for basic training before sea duty aboard a merchant vessel for six to eight months. He will then attend Kings Point New York for advance training and commissioning as an ensign in the U S Naval Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Rollow Jr
U. S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
Annapolis
Merchant Marine
Kansas City
Rollow
San Mateo
Calif
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
New York
U. S. Naval Reserve
Maritime Service
Young Turner Receives Second Lieutenant Promotion
John J. Turner Jr. is commissioned a second lieutenant of field artillery after completing the Field Artillery Officer Candidate course at Ft. Sill. He is the son of Col. and Mrs. J J Turner of Ada and attended the University of Oklahoma where he was a Sigma Chi member. His father is stationed at Ft. Sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Turner, Jr
Field
Field Artillery
Ft. Sill
Lt. Turner
J J. Turner
Ada
University of Oklahoma
Sigma Chi
Holbird Returns From 28 Months Overseas Service
Capt. James R. Holbird former Garfield county attorney arrived at a Miami Beach redistribution station for reassignment after 28 months of service in the Caribbean. He traveled with his wife Anna Mae Holbird of Enid. Son of L. B. and the late Mrs. Holbird, he flew 90 missions in the Canal Zone and served as an aircraft observer group intelligence officer and airdrome commander, noting mosquitoes as his only enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Holbird
Garfield County
Caribbean
Miami Beach
Apt. Holbird
Anna Mae Holbird
Enid
L. B. Holbird
South
Stockton
Canal Zone
Holbird
Ailey Receives Oak Leaf Cluster for Air Medal
T/Sgt. Samuel H. Ailey, 23, is presented an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious missions in heavy bombing over Germany and occupied Europe. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Riley, entered service Feb 4 1943, and was a riveter at Boeing Seattle before enlisting. He serves as a turret gunner on an Eighth Air Force B 17 Fortress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Ailey
Germany
Europe
Sgt
Ailey
E. B. Riley
Boeing Aircraft Co
Seattle
Wash
Cpl McDaniel Lands Safely in Pacific War Zone
Cpl McDaniel, radioman on a bomber, has landed safely in the Pacific area after about 21 months in service. He is the son of Mr and Mrs M H McDaniels of Ada, grew up in Ada, and is a graduate of Ada High School and East Central State College where he excelled in basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ics
Sgt. Henley
Ada High
East Central
Cpl
Mitchell
Mickey) McDaniels
M. H. McDaniels
East Fifteenth
Pacific War Area
Cpl. McDaniels
Greenville
S. C
Ada
Ada High School
East Central State College
Lt. Jack Price Receives Air Medal for Combat Merit
Lt. Jack B. Price 21 of the Eighth AAF Fighter Command P 51 Mustang squadron earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in combat. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jack Price and the grandson of Mrs D Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ist
Jack B. Price
Or Eighth Aaf Fighter Command
Air Medal
Jack Price
D. Price
Kyser Returns From Pacific Theater
Buddy Kyser, a second class petty officer in the Seabees, returns after 22 months in the Pacific. He visited his mother Mrs. M. S. Kyser and sister Miss Nona Kyser, having been stationed at Pearl Harbor and in the Solomons. He is visiting with son Buddy Kyser Jr. who will stay through the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Seabees
Buddy Kyser
M. S. Kyser
Nona Kyser
Kyser
Pearl Harbor
Solomons
Coolidge
Aziz
Buddy Kyser Jr
Private Holland Wins Wings and Boots Title
Pvt. Auburn O. Holland, husband of Beatrice Holland of Pitts town, earned the Wings and Boots of the paratrooper after four weeks of jump training including five plane drops and a nighttime tactical landing jump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Auburn O. Holland
Beatrice Holland
Fittstown
Canning Sugar Open to All Eligible Home Canners
Sugar for home canning is available to those who have not received any since March 1 with a limit of 20 pounds per person. Applicants may renew requests up to the remaining balance of 20 pounds if prior allotments were partial. Applications are accepted through December 1, with spare stamp No 37 accompanying initial filings.
Snake Causes Ogden Power Outage With 44 000-Volt Short
In Ogden Utah a four foot blowsnake shorted a 44 000 volt line leaving the city without power. Power Superintendent J M Jones said the stunned reptile climbed a 30 foot tower and acted as a conductor. The snake remained mobile despite the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
J. M. Jones
Coalgate Man Honored For Plane Name Choice
Frank N. Pappy Burns of Coalgate won the Name Your Superfortress contest at Wichita for voting a B 29 to be named 293 The crowd favored the crew of the first 293 and Burns received the most ballots over Eddie Allen and Pappy Burns as names for the aircraft
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeing-Wichita
Eddie Allen
Pappy Burns
Frank N
Pappy” Burns
Fire Department of Plant Protection
Coalgate
Longtime Ada Resident T O Cullins Dies at 69
T O Cullins 69 longtime Ada resident died Monday night at a local hospital. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 4 pm from First Methodist Church with burial in Rosedale Cemetery. He served as justice of the peace for years and had recently retired due to ill health. Survivors include widow Ethel M Cullins two sisters Mrs Shelby Tracy and Mrs Drell Sarling two brothers O R Cullins and R B Cullins and a son Cam O Cullins Jr a Navy officer now in the Mediterranean plus a daughter Helen Frances Cullins a student at Oklahoma University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. O. Cullins
Ada
First Methodist Church
Rosedale
Cullins
Cam O. Cullins Jr
U. S. Navy
Mediterranean
U. S
Oklahoma
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Helen Frances Cullins
Oklahoma University
Ethel M. Cullins
East Twelfth
Shelby Tracy
New York
Drell Sarling
Dallas
O. R. Cullins
Memphis
R. B. Cullins
Shawnee
Mules Stage Delta Derby Amid Holiday Heat
In Greenwood Mississippi nearly 100 mules leave the cotton rows for Delta’s fourth Mule Derby. More than 4500 spectators are expected to watch bareback plantation riders compete for cash prizes with names like Army Worm Boll Weevil Jack Rabbit and Minnow Jim among the contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Miss
Mississippi Delta
Delta
Delta Society
Army Worm
Boll Weevil
Jack Rabbit
Minnow Jim
Cafe Ceiling Price Posters Going Up in Ada
Distribution of new ceiling price posters for 40 basic menu items begins today in Ada eating establishments. Nine leading Oklahoma restaurant cafe and hotel proprietors helped select the items. Posters must be displayed by the middle of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Oklahoma
Ben L. Morrison
Ration Board
Temperance pledge of the Order of St Christopher in 1517
Members of the first temper ance society the Order of St Christopher pledged themselves in 1517 to drink not more than seven goblets of liquor at a meal except when this amount did not quench thirst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of St. Christopher
Lone Sooner Got Job Done
Staff Sgt. Gaylon Clay of Muskogee Oklahoma led a squad to silence a German machine gun nest in Normandy. Under heavy fire the squad was killed or wounded. Clay crawled forward, seized the weapon pit, and killed the crew with grenades despite severe injuries and a grenade strike to his face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Normandy
Sae 1
Gaylon Clay
Muskogee
Okla
Sgt
Clay
George R. Mitchell
Luzerne, Pa
Lovelady Family Learns Son Is German Prisoner of War
Mr and Mrs Owen Thompson of Lovelady learn their son S/Sgt Robert Thompson, 25, of the 45th Division Infantry was captured in Italy, then listed as missing in action, and now confirmed as a prisoner of war in Germany with a Red Cross letter to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Thompson
Lovelady
Robert Thompson
Thompson
Sgtompson
Italy
45Th
International Red Cross
Germany
Finishing Touches On Pecan Grove Bridge
County Commissioner Earl Parker finishes a southeast of Pecan Grove bridge over Clear Boggy the fourth in the area in his first year. Fourteen district bridges are completed of permanent steel and concrete with reused pipe and native timber, built to endure floods that washed others away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Parker
Pecan Grove
Parker
Argentina Breaks Pledge On Censorship in News
Acting Secretary of State Stettinius said censorship in Argentina on all incoming and outgoing news continues despite a pledge by Foreign Minister Peluffo that restrictions would end. He noted newspapers still cannot publish names and information about firms on the allied blacklist, with publicity key to enforcing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Washington
Stettnius
Orlando Peluffo
Stettinius
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl Meadows
Edward Halpin
English Base
Cpl. Smith
Orel E. Smith
Army Air Force
W. L. Smith
Young Edmonston
Camp Adair, Ore
Bunny Rogers
Ada News
Green
Capt
Eli P. Goforth
Air Forces Gunnery School
Oil Center
William Rollow
Young Turner
Ailey 'S
Cpl. McDaniel
Pacific Area
Pacific Theater
Frank
Sof. Thompson
Pecan Grove Bridge
Cam. Parker
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