Local men in service begin advanced training and assignments
Private Jesse Stephens advances at Randolph Field while Private Merl Dunlap arrives at Fort Knox for Armored Force training. Private Carl Wright begins advanced training instructors at Randolph Field and Private Jesse Flowers starts basic Armored Force training at Fort Knox. Private J E. O ason arrives for Field Artillery replacement training Fort Bliss. Private Roy F. McKissack earns Air Forces technician status after Aero Los Angeles training. 2nd Lieutenant Alfred J. Vaden serves on active duty at Geiger Field Spokane. Private John W. Davis heads to Coe College for Army Air Forces instruction en route to pilot navigator or bombardier training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merl L. Dunlap
Tom LeeRoy Dunlap
West Sixth
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Armored Replacement Training Center
Army
Alfred J. Vaden
Army Air Forces
Geiger Field
Spokane
Wash
Vaden
East Eighth
Ada
U. S. Post Office
John W. Davis
Stonewall
Okla
Wm. H. Davis
Coe College
Army Air Force
Flying Training Command
Not Strutting Veterans Return to Duty Dream
Gibbs, a Marine, survived a Shanghai capture and a severe battlefield injury. He was paralyzed with major chest and spine damage but recovered enough to travel to the California coast. Now at East Central he visits the hospital every few months and remains eager to rejoin combat, recalling the quick, fleeting years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbs
Lawler
Shanghai
Sgt
California
Australia
East Central
Former Marine Paratrooper Now Employed at College
Former Staff Sergeant Donald Gibbs of the United States Marine Corps paratrooped into combat on a tiny Philippine island during World War II. He later worked in the kitchen of East Central college dining hall and is on sick leave, holding the Soldier's Medal and Purple Heart though Marine tradition limits additional decorations. Gibbs enlisted December 1941 and completed five combat jumps including Guadalcanal and the Philippines amid harsh conditions and scarce supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Gibbs
United States Marine Corps
Philippines
Gibbs
Sgt
Emboy
East Central College
Marines
Paris Island
Guadalcanal
Stringer Joins Camp Howze Engineers Corps
Cpl. Orbie O Stringer stationed at Camp Howze Texas after completing basic with the Engineers Corps. He visited his wife and son Max on a ten day furlough. Previously he served in the Army during the prewar draft training at Camp Barkele Texas and was discharged in October 1942. He had worked for Pepsi Cola Bottling Co before enlisting in November 1942 and being sent to Camp Wze. He attended Byng High School and recalled combat on a Pacific island with paratrooper jumps and heavy enemy fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Orbie O. Stringer
Camp Howze
Texas
Engineers Corps
Berlin
Tokyo
Stringer
Max
Rmy
Camp Barkele
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Cam Wze
Byng High School
Light Robes and Cookies Aid Fort Sill Hospital Patients
Red Cross and church groups boost Fort Sill Station Hospital with summer bath robes thin enough for hot weather. Ada Chapter via Douglas MacArthur club sent 53 robes. 75 dozen cookies planned. 24 pairs slippers added, totaling over 400 slippers produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Fort Sill
J. Hugh Biles
Medical Corps
Council
Ada
Douglas MacArthur Club
M. F. West
The
Presbyterian Church
Red Cross Reports Mercy Aid To Oklahoma Flood Area
The American Red Cross reports a total outlay of 145000 dollars for Oklahoma flood relief with rehabilitation nearly complete. About 94 percent of 4000 families registered received help. 55 national staff aided, and 7325 seed packets distributed to replant crops. over 5000 were inoculated against typhoid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
American Red Cross
Oklahoma
David Sanderson
St. Louis
Galveston
Tex
Red Cross
Sanderson
Ifty
Redross
Nelson Brothers Going to Army
Dr and Mrs Nelson add stars to their service flag as Leland Nelson joins the U S Army at Camp Hednesday. Gilmer Nelson teaching at Duncan heads for service while Jd Nelson of Ada Oklahoma State Bank has served in the Navy and is assigned to the Sell it with a News want ad. Two more sons expected to enlist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Nelson
Leland Nelson
U. S
Camp Heddesday
Gilmer Nelson
Duncan
Jd Nelson
Oklahoma State Bank
Ada
U. S. Navy
Bank Robbers Soon Taken in Oklahoma Frontier Hunt
Two armed bank robbers seized the bank in Broken Arrow and held staff at gunpoint before six hours of pursuit ended near Ponca City. Paul Bibee and Chester Don Peeler, both ex-convicts, faced federal charges after authorities recovered nearly $4,000. Victims included bank president K. M. Rowe and three officials. Rowe attacked, his wife tied, and a guard released. Police mobilized 25 patrol crews across northern Oklahoma as floods prompted relief aid and Red Cross assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broken Arrow
Poncally
Oklahoma
U. S
Whit Uey
Tulsa
Paul Bibee
Chester Don Peeler
K. M. Rowe
Rowe
Mrs. Rowe
A. M. Laws
W. E. Laws
Roy F. Smith
W. D. Owney
J. O. Pike
State Highway Patrol
Oklaones
Polio Count Remains Four in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County remains at four polio cases with no new illnesses reported. Dr. R F E Mayes, head of the county health unit, said all patients were transported to Oklahoma City’s Children's Hospital for treatment and urged early medical care if symptoms appear. The four cases are scattered across the county including Ada and areas in the east, south and northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
R. F E. Mayes
Childrens H Hospital
Oklahoma City
Ayes
Ada
Driver's License Bargain Sparks County Charges
State drivers licenses cost 50 cents, but fines for lacking one exceed the license price. Patrolmen will file charges in Pontot county as tests and licensing procedures restart, with Friday tests at the county tag office and penalties around $37.75 total for the license-less driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
Lovin Fires At Nazis From Fort
Walter Lovin and family share a letter from son Johnny Lovin who reports a friendly reception and urges fighters to be sent to England. Levin, a Staff Sergeant, serves as radio operator and aerial gunner on a Flying Fortress. He trained in Chicago and Fort Myers and is stationed in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lovin
Johnny Lovin
England
Levin
Chicago
Fort Myers
Fiorida
Kearney
Nebraska
Ada
Ada High School
Farm Labor Surplus In Some Areas
STILLWATER July 31 Farm labor surplus in some areas is noted by Shawnee Brown director of the Oklahoma A and M college extension service. Brown said there are farmers available for four to six weeks of work before their crops are ready for harvest and they are willing to work elsewhere in the state if satisfactory wages are offered. He cited an out of state demand for experienced help but said efforts will be made to meet needs within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Anoma
Shawnee Brown
Oklahoma A. & M. College Extension Service
Brown
July Rain Records Set in Ada
Ada logged only .22 inches of rain in July, far beneath the monthly average. Moisture fell twice: .17 inch on the ninth with a dust storm and .05 inch early Sunday after lightning and wind, while daily rain stayed under .01 inch on most days. Highs reached 104 and lows averaged around 74 with a week overall drier than prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
W. E. Pitt
Bergen Buys Jail of Harvard Nebraska Town
Los Angeles radios report Edgar Bergen purchased the Harvard Nebraska jail for 10 000 in war bonds. The two cell structure with iron door and running water was bought after a local boy won it at tax sale and resold it during a war bond drive that exceeded 60 million in total. Bergen has no immediate plan for the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Harvard
Neb
Edgar Bergen
Bergen
Robert Pinckney
Eighth Service Command grads begin ASTP college studies
About six hundred high school graduates in five states of the Eighth Service Command are instructed to report Tuesday to start college studies under the Army Specialized Training Reserve program, according to the AST branch in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Eighth Service Command
Army Specialized Training Reserve Program
AST
Chriss Instructs at Gulfport Army Air Field
Cpl Doyle G Chriss son of Mr and Mrs L G Chriss of Stonewall Okla is serving as an instructor at Gulfport Field Miss a Technical Training Command school for airplane mechanics He teaches in the inspection branch guiding hundreds of students in wartime aircraft maintenance training Chriss trained as a mechanic at Gulfport Field prior to teaching duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport Field
Miss
Doyle G. Chriss
L. G. Chriss
Stonewall
Okla
Army Air Forces
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Chriss
Army Air Forces Technical Command School
S Sgt Stephens Assigned To 13th Bomb Squadron
Sgt Stephen s graduated from the Wenover Utah army air field s aerial gunnery school last Saturday. He is trained to operate the Liberator top turret gun and entered the army on Sept 6 1940. He has been assigned to the 19th Bombardment Squadron once famous for supporting General MacArthur in Bataan. The squadron is currently being reorganized in the United States. He also trained as an air crew engineer at Ellington Field Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Stephens
Wen Over
Utah
Army Air Field
Stephens
Army
General MacArthur
Bataan
Ellington Field
Texas
Pvt Hurley Training In Anti Aircraft Light Defense
Private T P Hurley Jr is stationed at Camp Hoan California with a searchlight battalion training in anti aircraft defense. He has served about six months in the U S Army and recently returned home on furlough. Hurley grew up in Ada and finished grade school here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Hurley, Jr
Camp Hoan
California
Pvt
Hurley
Army of the
Ada
Oklahoma Portland Cement Co
Florida
Pfc Johnson Completes Photo School At Lowry Field
Private First Class William F. Johnson has graduated from Lowry Field Colorado Aerial Photography School. He entered service February 23 1943 and spent his youth in Ada graduating from Ada High School in 1940. He later attended East Central College and worked for Prier Studio before induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Johnson
Lowry Field
Colorado
J. D. Johnson
South Cherry
Pfe Johnson
Ada
Ada High School
East Central College
Prier Studio
Cadet Halpin To Graduate Soon From Stockton Field
Cadet Edward Dalton Halpin son of Mrs. Ropie A. Halpin of Ada Oklahoma is in the Army Air Forces advanced flying school class at Stockton Field California. He will receive silver wings and be placed on active duty after completing 18 weeks of primary and basic training in Ontario and Merced California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Oa
Ewen Gale
East Eighth Street
Ada
Field Artillery Replacement Training Center
Fortis
Gale
8Th Training Regiment
Oklahoma City
Edward Dalton Halpin
Ropie A. Halpin
West Twelfth
Okla
Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School
Stockton Field
California
Army Air Forces
Halpin
Ontario
Merced
Caliornia
Culling Poultry At The Barnyard Gate
Guidance on trimming a laying flock during July and August when non producers quit laying. Identify layers by red combs, bright eyes, and absence of excess fat. non layers show shriveled combs, dry wattles, and early molt signs. Monthly culling recommended until Sept 15 to keep profitable layers.
Four-H Clubs Sponsor Bond and Stamp Sales Drive
Four-H clubs in Centrahoma Clarita Olney Eureka and Pleasant Hill visit this week to promote summer activities. The drive aims to sell over $300 000 in war bonds to fund bomber purchases with final ceremonies at the Oklahoma State Fair on September 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centrahoma
Clarita
Olney
Eureka
Pleasant Hill
Oklahoma
Special Call for Farmers to Aid War Effort
A call seeks farmers with spare cropland and 45 days to work in another area. If available and not currently employed, contact the office or labor assistant clerk for immediate assignment.
Priorities Balk One Highway Job
Oklahoma highway commission refused to open bids on a 1.4 mile drainage and paving project in Le Flore County due to tightening priorities. The project, estimated at 47243 dollars, was postponed as the engineering division was told to revise plans to reduce lumber and steel. The delay may force further curtailment of the year's highway building program owing to material shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Hihway Commission
LeFlore
Ben Childers
Arkansas
Childers
Contracts Awarded War Department Notices
War Department awards construction contracts valued between $50,000 and $100,000. Drake Construction Company of Muskogee Oklahoma to shoulder dust control in Jackson County Oklahoma. P. E. om Construction Company and Maurice M. Pike of Oklahoma City to supply facilities in Muskogee County Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Drake Construction Company
Muskogee
Okla
Shoulder Dust Control
Jackson County
P. E. Om Construction
Comany
Maurice M. Pike
Oklames City
Muskogee County
Okia
Three Sooners Prisoners in German POW List
Washington July 31. The war department announced three more Oklahomans added to the list of American soldiers held prisoner of war by Germany. Corporal Ernest J. Havlik of Bison Tech Set, Clifford E. Montgomery of Optime, and Private First Class Bur Page of Henryetta are named as prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sooners
Washington
War Department
Germany
Ernest J. Havlik
Frank J. Vavlik
Bison
Tech
Clifford E. Montgomery
Ida F. Gregg
Optime
Pfc
Bur] Page
Ellis Bowman
Henryetta
Fire damages Poteau mine tipple and cars
Fire gutted the Clifford Gaither coal company mine tipple and damaged several railroad cars near Poteau. Origin undetermined. The mine employs about 140 men and owners estimate $50,000 in damage. Reconstruction and repairs start immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poteau Mine
Clifford Gaither Oal Company
Training pace on Parris Island rises in summer surge
The Marine Corps maintains glide training on Parris Island South Carolina since the summer of 1941 with a notable rise in personnel learning efficiency. The data indicate a higher consumption rate, nearly five times greater, per hour than during earlier periods, signaling intensified instruction and resource use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Marine
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Jesse Stephens
Randolph Field
Carl Wright
Ran
Jesse Flowers
Armored Force
Vinnie Lea Flowers
South Johnston
Roy F. McKissack
Roy W. McKissack
West 15Th St
Army Air Forces Technical
Aero LT
Calif
Saw Angeles
Galleazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Rman War Memorial
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Vatican
Pacific
Victor Emmanuel
Marshal Badoglio
Cpl. Stringer
Joan
A Gibbs
Sicily
Cplorbie Stringer
Sill Hospital
Nelson Brothers
Fort
Axis
U.S. Treasury Department
Houston
NEA
Raf Gulfport
Sgt. Stephens
13Th Bomb
Pvt. Hurley
Johnson
Colo
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