Cpl Bob Reynolds Ships Overseas as B 17 Gunner
Cpl. Bob Reynolds 19 entered service July 10 1943 and trained in Denver Colorado and Las Vegas Nevada before shipping on June 25 1944. He serves as a B 17 gunner and reported landing safely in Italy. Reynolds, from Ada and Camden Arkansas, is the son of Mrs C A Carswell of 701 West Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Bob Reynolds
Denver
Colo
Las Vegas
Ney
Italy
Caliornia
New York City
Pepsi- Cola
Reynolds
Ada
Camden, Ark
C. A. Carswell
West Main
England Davis In Normandy With Army Engineers
Pvt. England Davis, son of Mrs. C. J. Ragland, trained at Camp Swift Texas and took part in the D day invasion. He has been overseas nine months, was based in England before the invasion, and now lives in pup tents in France while serving as a brick mason with the army engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
England
Davis
Camp Swift
Tex
D-day
France
Pup
Army Engineers
C. J. Ragland
Sea Going Man Has Seen Action in Five Battles
Conway A Oberlin coxswain son of Mr and Mrs A W Oberlin of Los Angeles California, Ada resident, enlisted in March 1942 and spent 22 months in the Southwest Pacific. He is credited with nine Jap planes and two ships destroyed, nine bombardments and six major landings. Oberlin visited his parents on 30 day leave and is temporarily stationed in Yorktown Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway A. Oberlin
A. W. Oberlin
Los Angeles
Calif
Ada
Oberlin
Navy
Southwest Pacific
Midway
Santa Cruz
Ellis Island
New Guinea
New Britain
Admiralty Islands
Yorktown
Cadet James E Chandler Reports for Duty at Big Springs
Aviation cadet James E Chandler reports for duty at the Big Springs Bombardier School in Texas to begin training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J E Chandler of Francis and is a graduate of Francis High School and A and M College at Stillwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Chandler
Big Springs
Tex
Bombardier School
Chandler
J. E. Chandler
Francis
Francis High
A. and
M. College
Stillwater
Three Glover Brothers Now Serving Overseas in Pacific Theater
Lloyd W. Glover joined as Seabee in 1943 and trained in Virginia before sailing to Hawaii and the Marshall Islands. Charles Russell Glover, in the naval reserve, trained in San Diego and serves in the Pacific Theater alongside his brother. James W. Glover, inducted in 1944, arrived in the Pacific area after sailing in June. Their wife, two children, and parents reside in Ada with the Glover household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd W. Glover
Williamsbourg
Hawaii
Marshall Islands
Charles Russell Glover
Naval Reserve
San Diego
Calif
Pacific
James W. Glover
Pacific Area
Navy
Firestone Stores
Ada
W. G. Glover
Frye Brothers in Service Both Siblings Abroad and Stateside
Mrs. J. C. Frye reports Pvt. J. C. Frye has arrived in England after qualifying as a paratrooper at Ft. Benning Georgia and earning his wings. Sgt. Merle Frye, after 19 months in Porto Rico and a January return to the U.S., serves with an anti aircraft unit at Camp Stewart Georgia. The brothers are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frye and husband of Mrs. Essie Frye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Frye
Pvt
J. C
Buddy) Frye
England
Ft. Benning
Merle Frye
Porto Rico
States
Camp Stewart
Sgt. Frye
Essie Frye
Henry Frye
Patterson Spends Leave Visiting Here
William C. Patterson, mm 2/c, on a 21 day leave in Ada after 27 months overseas, now based in San Francisco. He served 29 months with a U S Navy and was at a supply depot in Australia. His brother T Sgt Carl H Patterson, an engineer in a non combat construction battalion, rose to his present rank in four months. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. W A Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Patterson
Ada
San Francisco
Calif
Navy
U. S
Australia
Patterson
Carl H. Patterson
W. A. Patterson
Pvt. Charles J. Smith Returns to Army Hospital
Pvt. Charles J. Smith has reported back to the army hospital at Longview Texas after two weeks in Ada visiting relatives. He sailed to England last October with a chemical warfare service later part of an air force and met his nephew James Richard Smith with the Eighth Air Forces. He returned to the States in May for medical treatment. He is the son of Mrs. Virginia E. Smith of 423 North Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Smith
Longview
Bex
Ada
Smith
England
Thile
James Richard Smith
Eighth Air Forces
Pvt
States
Virginia E. Smith
North Johnston
Sgt McKissack Joins Mediterranean Bombardment Wing
Technical Sgt. Roy McKissack Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. McKissack of Ada is weather observer and forecaster now with a Twelfth Air Force B 25 Mitchell bombardment wing headquarters in the Mediterranean theater. He entered the RAF in 1941 and has served in England Scotland and Algeria. He plans to resume Oklahoma A and M studies after the war and is awarded the European African Middle East campaign ribbon with one battle star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McKissack
Roy W. McKissack
West Fifteenth
Army Air Forces
Twelfth Air Force
Mediterranean
Ada
RAF
Chanute Field
Scotland
Algeria
Billy Mitchell
Oklahoma A
Sgt. McKissack
Campbell Flying P-38 Lightning Pilot
Second Lt. Robert E. Campbell son of C. F. Campbell of 411 South Rennie flies a P-38 Lightning on high level bombing missions behind German lines. With the 8th Fighter Command group he helped pioneer precision bombing. Campbell and his wife Wanda June Campbell live in Ada. He has destroyed four railway locomotives and damaged other German ground targets since joining the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Campbell
C. F. Campbell
South Rennie
8Th Fighter Command
Campbell
Wanda June Campbell
Ada
Lightning Group
William G Harris Promoted to Captain
William G Harris rises from first lieutenant to captain. A native of Ada he is the son of Mr and Mrs John R Harris of 911 South Broadway. Yale graduate Harris becomes senior flying instructor at Alliance Air Base in the 1st Troop Carrier Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Harris
Ada
John R. Harris
South Broadway
Capt. Harris
Yale University
Alliance Air Base
1St Troop Carrier Command
Ailey Receives Second Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal
Technical Sergeant Samuel H. Ailey, 23, top turret gunner on an Eighth Force B 17, has been awarded the second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious service during heavy bombing missions over Germany and occupied Europe. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Ailey and entered service February 4, 1943 after working in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Ailey
Germany
Europe
Sgt
Ailey
E. B. Ailey
Washington
Brandon Returns After Furlough
Cpl. Olen V. Brandon of Fort Knox Kentucky spent a 15 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs D I Brandon of Hickory He is 19 and a Hickory High School graduate He returned to his camp in Kentucky and is now stationed in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Olen V. Brandon
Fort Knox
D. I. Brandon
Hickory
Hickory High School
Kentucky
New York
Lt. David Kyser Recovers in England After Injury
Ada man Lt. David Kyser, a bombardier, reports recovery in England from flak injuries suffered June 20 over Germany. He says he earned the Order of the Purple Heart and the Air Medal, and that he flew two missions after leaving the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kyser
Ada
Germany
England
Kyser
Snayser
Ernest Kyser
Welden Completes Training in Florida
Sgt Bill C Welden son of Mr and Mrs Carl R Welden completed training at Drew Field Florida He graduated Ada High School and studied aeronautical engineering at Oklahoma A and M He worked for Cessna and Culner Aircraft Company He volunteered for army service in January 1942 and trained at St Peters berg Florida He has over 1000 flying hours to his credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill C. Welden
Carl R. Welden
Drew Field
Fla
Welden
Ada High School
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Cessna and
Culner Aircraft Compay
St. Petersberg
Fila
Set. Welden
Olson Graduates Navy Aviation Machinist School
James O. Olson of Ada has completed training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Norman with aviation machinist mate third class rating. He placed fourth in his class and earned petty officer, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Olson, wife at 827 East Twelfth. He awaits transfer to a naval unit afloat or shore station for further duty. Olson is Ada High School graduate and former Atlas Supply employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. Olson
Ada
Aviation Machinist
Navel Air Technical Training Center
Norman
Olson
L. H. Olson
East Twelfth
Ada High School
University of Oklahoma
Atlas Supply Company
Muskogee
Navy
John Branch One of First in France
Flight Officer John W. Branch, a pioneer Ninth Troop Carrier glider pilot, helped land on Normandy beaches during D day. A Ada High and Oklahoma A and M alumnus recalls the invasion as a life changing moment, saying he would not have missed it. The piece also notes a yearly beetle flight program and a call for prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Troop Carrier Command
Normandy
France
John W. Branch
F. O. Branch
Ada High
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Pvt Junior Lee Scroggins Completes Camp Fannin Training
Pvt Junior Lee Scroggins entered service January 13 1944 and trained at Camp Fannin Tyler Texas before a 14 day furlough. He was later moved to Fort Meade Maryland and Camp Butner North Carolina for additional training lasting 15 weeks. He graduated Francis High School in May 1943 and is the son of Mr and Mrs Lee Scroggins of Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Scroggins
IRTC
Camp Fannin
Tyler
Tex
Ft. Meade
Camp Butner
N. C
Pvt
Scroggins
Cedar Grove
Francis High School
Francis
Oklahoma Native Capt. Lucas Reports Overseas Action
Captain John D. Lucas, an Oklahoma A and M graduate born in Antlers and raised in Paris Texas, serves in Italy after leaving the U. S. in March. He trained at Camp Wolters and Ft. Benning and spent three months in Algeria before two months of combat in Italy. His wife Cherry Clotelde Smith Lucas and son John Edmond reside at 626 West Twenty fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Lucas
Italy
Oklahoma
Lucas
Antlers
Paris
Texas
Oklahoma A
M. College
Infantry
Camp Wolters
Ft. Benning
Algeria
Stinnett Assigned to Medical Corps at Camp Barkeley
Pvt. J. C. Stinnett is stationed with a medical corps unit at Camp Barkeley Texas, after transfer from Camp Robinson Arkansas. He attended Parish Chapel and Vaness schools and worked in California before enlisting in May 1944. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Stinnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
J. C. Stinnett
Medical Corps
Camp Barkeley
Tex
Camp Robinson
Ark
Parish Chapel
Vaness
California
Army
Pvt. Stinnett
C. C. Stinnett
Training at Transbay Coronado Amphib Base Notables
At the landing craft school sailors in training include S. O. Martini J. Champagne A. Cola J. Beer W. H. Redwine and M. Boozer. The note suggests German women expect their men home sooner than expected on the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Transbay Coronado
S. O. Martini
S. J. Champagne
A. Cola
J. Beer
W. H. Redwine
M. Boozer
Navy man Buckley visits family amid radio censorship
Cm Buckley on leave to visit his mother Mrs Beulah Buckley and three sisters at 900 North Francis in a South Pacific veteran story. He wears campaign ribbons for Pearl Harbor and other major engagements while steering talks to local topics. Buckley and Miss Esther Buckley visit Oklahoma City for a weekend. he reports for reassignment after August 20. The family moved from DeQueen Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Buckley Cm
Navy
South Pacific
Cm Buckley
Nome
Beulah Buckley
Glenn Empey
Esther and
Jewell Buckley
North Francis
Pearl Harbor
Esther Buckley
Oklahoma City
DeQueen
Ark
Smith Returns To Camp After Leave
Darrel W. Smith seaman first class returned from a leave August 5 to 10 at his parents home 512 West Tenth before reporting to duty at Texas A. and M. college. He entered the navy January 18 and completed boat training at Camp Scott Farragut Idaho and naval radio school Los Angeles. Smith, Ada High School graduate, was active in Scout work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrel W. Smith
R. D. Smith
West Tenth
Texas A. and
M. College
Seaman Smith
Navy
Camp Scott
Farragut
Idaho
Naval Radio School
Los Angeles
Calif
Smith
Ada High School
Sgt Charles Coffey Stationed at Italian Bomber Base
Sgt Charles E Coffey now stationed at a heavy bomber base in Italy. An aerial gunner on a B 24 Liberator he arrived overseas early this month and is taking part in regular heavy bombing attacks on enemy installations. He is a Stanberry high school graduate and enlisted in the AAF in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Coffey
Italy
Imogene Coffey
West Eighteenth
Coffey
Stanberry High School
AAF
William Rice Receives Air Medal and Bronze Star
S/Sgt. William H. Rice based in England has been awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Bronze Star. His parents Mr and Mrs Sam Rice of Francis have been notified. Rice reports “seen plenty of action” and notes he has been overseas since March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Rice
England
Sam Rice
Francis
Sgt. Rice
Bob Klepper Seeks Return Visit to Brest
Electrician 2/c Bob Klepper, visiting with his wife and daughter Char lyce Ann, recalls Brest as he expresses desire to return. He served in World War I Navy and has since been in Purcell as gunnery and electrician instructor, with Atlantic and Mediterranean postings aboard PT boats and submarines. He has been at Fort Lauderdale, Florida for months and will return there after this leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
Bob Klepper
Klepper
Charlyce Ann
Navy
Purcell
Thetlantic
Azores
French
Morrocco
Uncle Sam
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Defiant Battalion Rescued Near Mortain France
Aug 12. An American infantry battalion near Mortain, cut off by German forces for five and a half days on an ear shaped hill east of Mortain, was relieved. Captain R A Kerley refused surrender, vowing to fight until every bullet and bayonet were expended. A relief regiment broke through to their position tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortain
France
R. A. Kerley
Hay auction ends with OPA priced checks at cream can
Seventy eight farmers at Harold Ottinger’s auction in Marysville Kansas paid OPA ceiling prices for hay. They placed their checks in an empty cream can while a bystander drew Henry Borgerding’s check as the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Kans
Harold Ottinger
OPA
Henry Borgerding
Help Available To Service Man When He Returns Home
Veterans will seek civilian jobs matching their army training and new skills. The War Manpower Commission released a 500 page book on Job Families to guide displaced service members through related occupations. The guide lists 23 000 civilian jobs and will be distributed to U S employment service offices for veteran placement assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Army
The
War Manpower Commission
WMC
U. S. Employment Service
John Jones
Tom Jones
Indians Celebrate Bountiful Harvest at Native Thanksgiving
Senecas and Cayugas camped around a log shelter near Ford for an annual harvest ceremony in Bassett's Grove. Chief Tom Armstrong welcomed attendees as the tribes honor a bountiful crop with beef and bread shared by the tribal council. Newborns will receive ancestral names as prayers rise and dances circle the campfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey Ford
Okla
Delaware County
Bassett’s Grove
Tom Armstrong
Oklahoma
R. J. Hough Dies Longtime Santa Fe Foreman
R J Hough 61 longtime section foreman for the Santa Fe railway died suddenly of a heart attack Friday at 5 55 p m in Ada Oklahoma burial will be here Criswell Funeral Home announced he had worked 28 years with the Santa Fe born Charlotte North Carolina family moved to Texas and then Oklahoma survivors include widow 301 West Fourteenth Ada a daughter Mrs Helen Williamson and a son J W Hough both of Los Angeles California deceased was stricken near Stockton and Twelfth while returning from work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Hough
Santa Fe Railway
Criswell Funeral Home
Mr. Hough
Charlotte
N. C
Texas
The
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Ada
Hough
Stockton
Twelfth
West Fourteenth
Helen Williamson
J. W. Hough
Los Angeles
Calif
Missing in Action over Yugoslavia: Lt Robert Duncan
First Lieutenant Robert Duncan, nephew of Ada residents Mr and Mrs Bud Duncan, has been reported missing in action over Yugoslavia since July 28. A B 24 pilot born in Ada and later based in Louisville, he was 24, overseas since June, with several missions flown before the disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Duncan
Bud Duncan
Ada
Yugoslavia
J. Audra Duncan
Louisville
War Department
Duncan
Bob Duncan
Pontotoc
Oklahoma City
National Guard
Air Forces
Mrs. J. R. Kitchel Taken By Death Funeral Today
Mrs. J R Kitchel 835 South Stockton died Friday night after a several day illness. Funeral services are at 4 p m from Criswell Funeral Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. Survived by husband J R Kitchel two daughters Marjorie and Nell two sons J Roderick Graham and George and New York City and Dallas relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criswell
J. R. Kitchel
South
Stockton
Memorial Park
Kitchell
Boetcher Oil and Gas Company
Ada
Texas
Kitchel
Galveston
First Baptist Church
Marjorie Kitchel
New Orleans
Nell Kitchel
Houston
J. Roderick Kitchel
Philadelphia
George Kitchel
Graham Kitchel
New York City
July busiest month in Valley View hospital history
Valley View hospital in its seventh year saw July as its peak period with an average of 51 patients daily and 288 admissions. The maternity ward delivered 42 babies, and the facility operated at full capacity across departments though August slowed somewhat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley View
Valley View Hospital
Joe Bush
Professor Warren Leaves East Central For Ohio College
Dr. William D. Warren resigns after 14 years at East Central State College to become head of the chemistry department at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio. He holds a BS and MS from Cornell and a PhD earned in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Warren
East Central State College
Western College For Women
Oxford
Ohio
Warren
East Central
Cornelliiversity
Ithica
New York
Oklahoma
A. Inscheid
The Color of American Food In Duced a Jap to Surrender
A cryptic wartime note claims color of American food influenced a Japanese surrender and mentions a secret weapon. The text references wartime deception and unnamed sources without factual details.
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Country Fine
Conway Oberlin
Glover Brothers
Lloyd and
James Glover
Russell Glover
Frye Brothers
Frye
Merel Frye
Pvt. Smith
Army Hospital
Fore
Air Corps
Charles Smith
Brandon
Florida
Ada News
Training
John
James Scroggins
John Lucas
Owen Buckley
Charles Coffey
William Rice
W. D. Warren
Women's College
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