Wilson Brothers Serve Overseas in Army Duo
Privates Roy and Billy Joe Wilson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ode Wilson, formerly of Ada and now in Richmond California, serve in the U S Army overseas. Roy, a veteran of European Mediterranean campaigns, has been in France since October 1942 and took part in African Tunisian and Sicilian battles. Billy Joe has been stationed since December 1943 with an infantry tank company. Their sister and brother-in-law reside in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wilson
Billy Joe Wilson
Ode Wilson
Ada
Richmond
Calif
Roy
France
Billy Joe
G. R. Holmberg
Thompson Son Held as Prisoner of War in Germany
A telegram from the International Red Cross informs Owen Thompson that his son, S/Segt. Robert Thompson, is a prisoner of war of Germany. Thompson, a member of the 45th Infantry Division, was captured in Italy after serving in Sicily. He grew up in the Lovelady area and attended Chilocco Indian School before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Red Cross
Owen Thompson
S/Segt
Robert Thompson
Sgt
Thompson
Italy
Lovelady
Chillocco
45Th Infantry Division
National Guard
Chilloco
Frank Iona Advances in Navy Radio Instructor Training
Petty Officer Frank Milton Lynn, formerly 15 at Pearl Harbor and later a Navy radio instructor, now undertakes a six month advanced course in Texas after visiting his mother Mrs. S L Burns and Dr Burns of Stonewall and sister Mrs. Lyle J Nagle of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Milton Lynn
S. L. Burns
Burns
Stonewall
Lyle J. Nagle
Ada
Pearl Harbor
P. O. Lynn
Navy
Texas
Welding Wire Output Dashes 1943 Production Record
Output of welding wire in 1943 rose about 45 percent from 1942 to a record 1 166 400 000 pounds marking a peak for steel wire manufacture.
Ausmus in France With Paratroopers
Pvt. J. D. Ausmus serves in France with an airborne division and reports his unit was among the first to land on French soil. He trained at Camp Berkeley Texas and earned parachute wings on May 16 1944 after volunteering in England. His wife Juanita and daughter Lynda Ann live with her mother Pearl Simpson in Oakman. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jeff Ausmus of Phoenix Arizona formerly of Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
J. D. Ausmus
France
Ausmus
Camp Berkeley
Tex
England
Juanita Ausmus
Lynda Ann
Pearl Simpson
Oakman
Pvt. Ausmus
Jeff Ausmus
Phoenix, Ariz
Francis
Waldschmidt Receives Bronze Star for Gallantry in Action
Capt. Hugo F. Waldschmidt in an intelligence team attached to an airborne division earns the Bronze Star for gallantry in action and shares a presidential citation for pre invasion work. His wife Mrs Lou Jean Evans Waldschmidt, a former local resident, is informed. He has three years service ten months overseas and prior combat experience. He is the son of Rev. and Mrs Hors Waldschmidt of Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo F. Waldschmidt
Waldschmidt
Lou Jean Evans
R. B. Evans
Hors Waldschmidt
Sterling, Ep
Eaton to Attend Officers School
Second Lieut. Edward A. Eaton has been selected to attend the Officers Survey course of the Field Artillery school at Ft. Sill. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Eaton of Ada Route 5 and attended East Central college before entering the army. He was previously a highway patrolman with the state Department of Public Safety and now resides in Lawton with his wife and son Donald Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Eaton
Field Artillery School
Ft. Sill
Eaton
W. W. Eaton
Ada
East Central College
Army
State Department of Public Safety
Lieut. Eaton
Donald Arthur
Lawton
German armed trawlers sunk off Brittany coast
An Admiralty communique said one German armed trawler was sunk and another probably sunk by light coastal forces of the Royal Navy in an encounter yesterday with five armed escort vessels off the Brittany coast north of St. Malo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Navy
Brittany
St. Malo
Three Caperton Brothers in Service
First Sgt. Polk Caperton, 23, serves in a Coast Artillery unit that landed in England recently with a letter dated July 13. Pvt. James T. Caperton Jr. is at Damn Hood Texas with an anti-tank group, enlisted May 6 1944. Jack Caperton CM 3/c Sea Bees is stationed in the Hawaiian Islands, enlisted July 27 1943. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Caperton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Caperton
Coast Artillery
England
James T. Caperton Jr
Damn Hood
Texas
Jack Caperton
CM 3
Seabees
Hawaiian Islands
Caperton Brothers
J. T. Caperteen
Kenneth Gay Faces Money Change Woes in Air Corps Life
Pvt. Kenneth B. Gay of the air corps glider maintenance reports money exchange problems as purchases become common while serving since July 12, 1943. A McAlester High School graduate, he trained at Jefferson Barracks Missouri and Sheppard Field Texas, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Gay of McAlester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Pvt
Kenneth B. Gay
Pvt. Gay
Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Sheppard Field
Texas
McAlester High School
Ada Junior High
C. A. Gay
McAlester
Wounded in Action Continue France Frontline Service
Sgt. James I. Cotner of Ada, a heavy tank crew member, was wounded in France on July 6 during World War II. He has endured multiple near escapes, including a tank crew loss incident, while serving with early landed tank forces. Relatives received the telegram July 21 detailing his injury and family ties link him to Ada and Wynnewood areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I. Cotner
France
Conner
Ada
Homer
Harvey Grove
Wynnewood
Hazel Sanborn
Louvinia Cotner
Redlands
Calif
Lee Hampton
Route 2
Coalgate Boy Tops Navy Yeoman School Graduates
Donald L. Jones 18 of Coalgate led 46 shipmates as honor man in the Yeoman School at the U S Naval Training Center San Diego California with an average of 95 70 percent. He earned promotion to yeoman third class and enlisted January 20 1944. His parents Mr and Mrs Arthur B Jones live on a rural route near Coalgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Jones
Coalgate
U. S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Bluejacket Jones
Navy
Arthur B. Jones
Lance Is Stationed At English Base
Sgt. William R. Lance, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Lance of Ada route 2, is serving with an engine repair section of the air forces in England. He entered service in 1943 after working at OCASC. His wife Mrs. Ernestine Lance is living in Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Lance
D. C. Lance
Ada
Route 2
England
Lance
OCASC
Ernestine Lance
Shawnee
Soldier Active in Sports While in School
Pvt. Mearle Morris son of Mr and Mrs O F Morris 710 West Sixth Street served in the marines. Born in Ada he attended Ada public schools and spent a year at East Central State college. In high school he excelled in sports and was a standout member of the choral club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Mearle Morris
O. F. Morris
West Sixth Street
Marines
Pvt. Morris
Ada
East Central State College
Ada High
Sailor Promoted in February to Present Rank
Meyer Morris, chief photographer’s mate, Navy, enlisted 1940, worked at Stall's Studio. He moved to Pearl Harbor duty after boot camp and December 7, 1941 marked his Pearl Harbor voyage. Morris received promotion to his present rank in February. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer Morris
Pacific
Navy
Stall
Morris
Pearl Harbor
O. F. Morris
Roseberry Promoted to Corporal with Italy Campaign Medal
Corporal Marvin E. Roseberry receives the Good Conduct Medal and wears a bronze star for the Italian campaign. He arrived overseas in January and served after induction at Fort Douglas Utah. He is son of Marion D. Roseberry of Francis and husband to Edna Roseberry with daughter Marion Paulette, living in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Marvin E. Roseberry
Cpl. Roseberry
Armed Forces
Ft. Douglas
Utah
California
Marion D. Roseberry
Francis
Edna Roseberry
Marion Paulette
Wisconsin
Paren's Get Lefter From Son in Pacific
Mr and Mrs D W Shilling of 223 South Oak report their son Paul P Shilling is stationed in the Pacific area. Shilling has served 16 years in the navy and spent the last six months at the current base. He works with a submarine repair unit and says everything is OK. His wife Mrs Mary Shilling now lives in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Shilling
South Oak
Paul P. Shilling
Pacific
Shilling
Navy
O. K
Mary Shilling
Lynn
Mass
Owensby Returns From Overseas
T-4th Grade Cleak Owensby has arrived at Jefferson Barracks Missouri after serving 26 months in the Southwest Pacific theater. His father William E Owensby lives in Ada and plans to visit soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleak, Owensby
Jefferson Barracks
Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations
William E. Owensby
Ada
Prewitt Returns From Overseas to Ada Visit
Private Junior D. Prewitt arrived in the United States after 32 months overseas with the infantry in the Southwest Pacific. He plans to visit his wife Mrs. Junior D. Prewitt of Ada in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Junior D. Prewitt
Infantry
States
Junior D. Prewett
Ada
Idle Eastern Oklahoma Farmers to Aid Wyoming Harvest
A group of 3366 idle farmers from eastern Oklahoma will depart tonight to assist Wyoming growers with harvests. An additional 116 workers will leave tomorrow night, including 66 to Wyoming and 50 to Montana, returning by Sept. 20 to aid peanuts and cotton harvests. The War Food Administration will cover transportation costs and workers can earn $5 to $6 daily plus room and board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Montana
War Food Administration
WFA
Shawnee Brown
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Arkansas
Mississippi
Dakotas
Missouri Battleship Missouri Trial Cruise Report
Rep Marion Bennett describes the Missouri during a two day north Atlantic trial run aboard the battleship now in combat service. He notes the ship as the largest in the world with 18 decks seven underwater and 2,700 crew. praises radar demo as magic and compares it to an illuminated surface map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Missouri
Marion Bennett
R.mo
Bennett
North Atlantic
Death of Capt J W Marsh in France
Word comes of Capt J W Marsh dying in France on July 10 while serving with the 90th Division infantry. His widow is the former Beth Edwards of this city, a former East Central College student and Tri Sigma, with a month-old baby. The couple's home was in Billings Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Marsh
France
90Th
Marsh
Beth Edwards
Harold Constant
East Central College
Tri Sigma
Dallas
Billings
Mont
Capt. Marsh
Bell brothers in Italy hospital care during malaria fever
Cpl. Orville Bell, son of Mr and Mrs L D Bell, is in a hospital in Italy with malaria fever. This is his third Malaria ward admission. His brother Pvt Harvey Bell is also serving in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl. Orville Bell
L. D. Bell
Italy
Cpl. Bell
Pvt
Harvey Bell
Lala School To Open August Fourteenth
Latta school will start Monday August 14 with enrolment Friday 9 to 4, Supt H M Zimmerman said. The term runs through fall and winter with no harvest vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latta
H. M. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Promotions for Oklahoma Major Rank Recipients
Washington Aug. 5 The War Department announced three Oklahomans promoted to major Fred Leon Meurer Greenfield Brooks William Booker Jr Oklahoma City and John Reid Hutchens Tishomingo Also eight elevated to first lieutenant Jack Woodfin Small Durant Fred Mahen Jr Kingfisher Adam Benard Peters Muskogee Ray Hulen Quackenbush Shawnee Paul Brenton Hardin Stillwater James Adrian Underwood Waukomis Garfield county Wayne Pershing Orr and William Butler Bellamy Jr Oklahoma City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garfield County
Wayne Pershing Orr
William Butler Bellamy Jr
Oklahoma City
Amburg Receives Good Conduct Medal in England
Pfc. Lloyd J. Amburg son of Mr and Mrs H H Amburg of Konawa is awarded the Good Conduct Medal at a U S air depot in England for exemplary service and conduct while stationed overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Lloyd J. Amburg
H. H. Amburg
Konawa
U. S
England
Mrs Thompson Grows Large Ox Heart Tomato
Mrs. L. A. Thompson of 914 North Texas harvested a remarkable ox heart tomato weighing one and a half pounds with a 16 inch circumference. It is her first attempt at growing this variety and she called herself a pretty good gardener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Thompson
North
Texas
Gardner
Monahans Bans Women in Shorts With Emergency Ordinance
In Monahans Texas the city council approved an emergency ordinance banning shorts for women on the streets. Mayor Ed Duffey supported the measure to curb immodest dress, noting police enforcement by the mayor when needed. No arrests have occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Tex
U?p
Ed Duffey
Magor
J. B. Middleton
Middleton
Farmers Union Exchange Wins Tupelo Gin Plant Bid
The Farmers Union Exchange of Western Coal County was the high bidder for the Farmers Union Gin Co. Tupelo property at a 2 pm auction on Tuesday August 1. Bids were opened by the FSA Regional Office in Dallas and the winning bid includes all plant properties including the peanut warehouse. The new owners plan to have the plant running by the first cotton bale in Tupelo around September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Union Exchange of
Western Coal County
Farmers Union Gin Co
Tupelo
FSA
Dallas
Farmers Union Exchange
Ada Makes July Safety Magazine News in Ada
The July issue of Public Safety in Chicago features Ada as a national example. The Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored a mobile safety clinic with The Mistletoe Express, bringing a clinic to Ada for a day with hundreds examined. A photo shows Ada business leaders in line: B. D. Denton Clyde Alletag Dr Oral Sanders J. O. Abney and Ira Ferguson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Public Safety
Chicago
Ada Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mistletoe Express
B. D. Denton
Clyde Alletag
Oral Sanders
J. O. Abney
Ira Ferguson
High Officers of Mexico Inspect Fort Sill Training
A Mexican army delegation headed by Col Alberti Cardenas visited Fort Sill Oklahoma for a base tour. The group, including Lt Col Alfonso Garza and Maj Jeronimo Gomar, observed replacement training, pack artillery demonstrations, firing technique, communications, transport departments, and training aids shops. They planned moves to Fort Riley next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Okla
Alberti Cardenas
Alfonso Garza
Jeronimo Gomar
Secretariat
National Defense
Gennaro Hemnenez
Fort Riley
Villarroel Sworn Bolivian President for Four-Year Term
Lt. Gen. Gualberto Villarroel, who rose to power after the 1943 revolutionary junta, was sworn in as constitutional president for a four-year term ending in 1948. He took office in La Paz amid the Bolivian capital’s ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Illinois city grants twenty divorces in one week
An Illinois city reported twenty divorces granted in a single week, marking a notable surge in dissolutions. The tally stands out amid legal records and local reporting, reflecting family court activity during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Three County Men In List of Sooners Wounded in Action
War department discloses 36 Oklahoma soldiers wounded in European theater. Names include Pfc Carroll R. Boardman Shawnee and Pfc Hubert E. Brown Tulsa among many others with home towns and statuses listed. A separate Kansas-Nazi encounter recalls a U S tank destroyer action in France and a guard capturing three Nazis with a mess kit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sooners
Washington
Oklahoma
War Department
Carroll R. Boardman
Millie Johnson Boardman
Shawnee
Hubert E. Brown
Daisy E. Brown
Tulsa
Samuel W. Brown
Esther M. Brown
Sapulpa
Ralph C. Cantrell
Hattie May Cantrell
Hasell
Cecil W. Cassity
William A. Cassity
Balko
Bernard M. Clothier
Julia E. Clothier
Route 1
Enid
Dale R. Conaway
Clyde A. Conaway
Howard L. Congram
Robert L. Congram
Blackwell. Tech
David W. Covey
Lola M. Covey
Walters
Thomas S. Crowder
Lura M. Kirk
Raff
Pontotoc County
Albert W. Ferguson
William J. Ferguson
Purcell
Samuel W. Fry
Zela Mae Fry
Eugene E. Goza
Georgia M. Adkins
Anache
Tech
James E. Humphrey
Mattie B. Humphrey
Oklahoma City
Joseph C. Hurst
Clyde W. Hurst
Tahlequah
Heall E. Hutchison
Sarah V. Hutchison
Stillwater
Edward A. Jones
Eulvssie Jones
Marlow
Pfe
Walter F. Joyd
Dorothy L. Loyd
Macomb
Joshua F. Moser
John W. Moser
Valliant
Joseph W. Osburn
Jess J. Osburn
Muldrow
Sequoyah
Billy G. Patterson
Julia Herndon
Seminole
William R. T. Roe Sr
Mary F. Roe
Chickasha
Eli Samuels
C. Samuels
Honobia
le Flore
Clarence D. Snow
Ed G. Snow
Willow
Greer County
Laxerne Sumner
Thelma M. Sumner
Rush Sarings
Victor Vallery Jr
West Sixteenth
Ada
Kenneth R. Wheeler
Opal M. Wheeler
Claude D. Willman
Willie Fout
Davenport
Ralph W. Redden
Ernest S. Redden
Julia Redden
Picher
Vernon D. Young
Albamnette Cerny Young
Prague
Drunken German Sniper Snafu Ends in POW Enclosure
HAL BOYLE reports in France that a drunken German sniper wandered into an American infantry post seeking a drink but was sent to a POW enclosure. Captains Raymond Valliere and Charles Lawrenz scouted a safer HQ site, then, returning after 200 yards, collided with their own men digging in at no mans land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
AEF
France
Hergerow
Raymond A. Valliere
Dover
N. H
Charles Lawrenz
Ottawa
Kansas
Pvt. Thomas
A. Harris
Detroit
No-Mans Land
Bradford Soldier Plays Dead Before Mark IV Tank
Pvt John H. Howard, 22, of Bradford Illinois, surprised by a sudden encounter with a Nazi Mark IV tank, fell into a roadside ditch and then lay motionless for half an hour. The tank opened fire as he moved, bullets passing over his head into the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Howard
Bradford
Til
Howard
Pyle Encounters Ada’s Gen Barton in War Column
War correspondent Ernie Pyle meeting Maj. Gen. Raymond Barton of Ada describes him as a fatherly and thoughtful soldier. Barton led the Fourth Infantry Division in Cherbourg and in subsequent operations in France, with a note on Pyle’s recent Italy meeting with Capt. L. W. Cheek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Raymond O. Barton
Ada
Barton
Cherbourg
France
Pyle
Italy
L. W. Cheek
Aca
Fourth
Gen. Barton
Lavender Brothers Separate Fate In World War II Action
Mrs. Florence Glidewell reports First Lt. Leon Lavender missing in action in Normandy since D-Day June 6 while his brother S Sgt Eugene Lavender was wounded July 12 in the same theatre. Leon, a paratrooper instructor, enlisted January 6 1940 leaving Redvale Colorado CCC camp. Eugene was a CCC camp instructor at Sulphur. Both grew up in the Tishomingo Bromide area and served overseas around December last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Lavender
Eugene Lavender
Normandy
Florence Glidewell
East Fifteenth
Lavender
D-Day
Glidewell
Milburn
Route One
Ireland
England
Belfast
Britain
New York City
Redvale
Colo
Ada
CCC
Fire damages Continental Oil aviation gasoline plant
A blast from an explosion at Continental Oil in Ponca City Okla last night caused extensive damage to the aviation gasoline plant. Pumper W E Bird suffered second degree burns and the isomerization tower was blown 120 feet damaging water cooling towers. Full damage unknown but some plants will operate after quick repairs while the isomerization unit remains out of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Okla
Continental Oil Company
W. E. Bird
Walter Miller
Miller
TCC
Former Adan Radioman Killed in Tampa Bomber Crash
Horace Newton former Adan radioman was killed in a bomber crash at Tampa Florida on July 31. He was about 29 son of William and Mrs. Newton of Peoria Illinois and husband of a Tampa resident. Funeral services were held in Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Newton
Adan
Tampa
Fla
William Newton
Peoria
Iill
Diplomatic Embassies Operate Within Washington DC
Foreign embassies and legations effectively govern within the capital as each represents its nation under its own authority. Kings, dictators, and presidents are cited as ruling entities in these enclaves, shaping cross border influence in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilson Brothers
Billy Wilson
Frank Iona
Frank M. Lynn
Officers School
Ada News
Kenneth Gay
James Cotner
Navy School
English Base
Pvi
Moyer Morris
Roseberry
Paren
Son
Owensby
Prewitt
Scion
Mighty U. 5
Orville Bell
Hatian Hospital
Lala School
Amburg
Mrs. Thompson
Coal County
Tupelo Gin
Safety Magazine
Eenter Safety Clinic
Mexico
Southwest Pacific Pvt
John F. Boyd
Ersula Boyd
Headrick
Jackson County
Warren R. Westbrook
O. O. Westbrook
Idabel
George S. Oakes
Barber
Hampton
N. J
Gen
Brother
Big Ponca City
Tampa, Fla
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