Three From Pantotes County Sailors From Indian apolis Sinking
Three Pantotes County men on the cruiser Indianapolis perished when torpedoed with over 600 missing and fewer than 400 rescued. Herman C. Pogue survived with multiple wounds. H. B. Myers 19, Harden City, survived after immersion, slated for four battle stars. Myers spent 15 days leave in May before July 1944 service start. Jackie E. Myers trains at Avon, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Todd
Herman C. Pogue
H. B. Myers
Indianapolis
Pantotes County
Herman _C. Pogue
Rot
Harden City
Myers
Navy
Young Myers
Missing CM 3/e Harold Orton Todd from Ada
Harold Orton Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. B H Todd, reported missing in action after Okinawa. Born in Ada, he joined the service August 3, 1945, after San Diego training, served in seven major battles including Saipan and Leyte, and was 29. Wife Elia Mae Eddings of Cvalpate, two children, and a brother Ben T. Todd Jr. are listed, with the family in Oakland awaiting word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Orton Todd
B. H. Todd
Busby Addition
Ada
San Diego
Calif
U.S
Philippines
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Leyte
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Palaus
Harald
First Baptist Church
Elia Mae Eddings
Cvalpate
Nancy
Harold Lynn
Oakland
Fpo
Ben T. Todd Jr
An Cal
Miss Hazel Whaley Named Librarian for Aga Public Library
Miss Hazel Whaley begins duties as Librarian for the Aga Public Library announced by Library Board chairman Rev Mitchell Epperson. She comes from Will Rogers Library Claemore after 15 years at Yale Oklahoma and studied at the University of Oklahoma and A M College. Assistant librarians are Miss Pat Jeter and Douglas Epperson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Whaley
Aga Public Library
Mitchell S Epperson
Ada
Will Rogers
Claemore
Yale
Oklahoma
N. Z. Whaley
E. 13Th
Miss Whaley
J. R. Dale
Oklahoma Library Commission
University of Oklahoma
A & M College
Charles M. Sheldon
Casper Dulfer
C. C. Scott
Snyder Soldier To Get Highest Medal
Snyder Oklahoma August 18 Captain Jack L Treadwell will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman in Washington. He was wounded four times in Europe after earning a battlefield commission with the 43rd Division. Treadwell already holds the Distinguished Service Cross and Unit Citation for actions in Italy and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder, Okls
Jack L Treadwell
Washington
Batttefields
Europe
Treadwell
Whittie Mae
Snyder
Palm Springs
Tla
United States
Truman
43Rd
Sicily
Italy
France
Carano
45Th Division
Battlewagon Gunner Ralph Evans Fights Across Pacific Fronts
Ralph Evans serves as a gunner on the USS West Virginia, part of a 16 inch gun crew. He has fought in Leyte, Luzon, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa campaigns, and the battleship has fired thousands of rounds while earning a reputation as a “one ship task force.” Evans, a Ada High School graduate, enlisted the day after Pearl Harbor and has sailed with the West Virginia through Pearl Harbor damage and wartime action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Evans
West Virginia
Leyte
Luzon
Iwa
Okinawa
U. S
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Evans
Philippines
Ada High School
R. H. Evans
West
Allen Schools Set Sept 3 To Open
Allen public schools will begin Monday September 3 according to Lunt Loyd Watson. Enrollment and start of classes are set for opening day. Three buses will run on regular schedules. Buildings are refurbished and in good condition with full faculty lists. Last year 425 in the Allen gende school and 169 in the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Public Schools
Lunt
Loyd Watson
Watana
Allen Gende
Sgt Dempsey Moore Waits Boat Home
Sgt Dempsey R Moore of 815 West Eighth waits at Camp Oklahoma City in France where his outfit is redeploying and will likely head home soon. He holds the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Presidential Citation, and ETO ribbon with service stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Dempsey R. Moore
West Eighth
Camp Oklahoma City
France
Sgt. Moore
Mira
Ada News
War Ends Aboard Carrier Flier Sheds Mustache
Aboard Vice Adm. John McCain's flagship off Japan August 17. Navy men celebrate after a carrier torpedo bomber squadron is declared at peace. Lt. Cmdr. Eddie Weddell shaves his mustache, tape preserves it for the scrapbook. Crew members reflect on the discharge point system becoming a daily pastime as rumors fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard K. O'Malley
Hal Boyle
ADM
John McCain
Japan
Carrier
Cmdr
Eddie V. Weddell
Eddie
Coronado
Calif
Sam
Kevin Callahan
Reno
Nev
Nevada
Callahan
Navy
Dewr
Yeoman Ferguson Transferred Amid Navy Career Update
Aiva Ferguson, 23, Yeoman 3/c, who enlisted three years ago and served at Norman Naval Base and Shawnee, has been transferred to Pennsylvania. His wife and young son Donald accompany him to Philadelphia as he awaits orders for service aboard the USS Los Angeles. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Aid Ferguson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiva Ferguson
Yeoman
Norman Naval Base
Shawnee
Pennsylvania
Donald
Philadelphia
Ada
Los Angeles
Yeoman Ferguson
Aid. Ferguson
Ben Flaming Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Germany
Ben H Flaming of Ada receives promotion to staff sergeant announced by Ninth Air Force Service Command unit in Germany. He serves as automotive maintenance shop foreman for the 475th Air Service Group and has served in England Ireland and the liberated European nations since February 1944. Prior to enlistment in February 1943 he worked as a brick mason for over ten years. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry R Flaming of 802 South Cherry Ada. His wife Velma R Flaming is of Denison Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Flamingt
Ada
Weant
Ninth Air Force Service Command
Germany
Flaming
475Th Air Service Group
England
Ireland
Counies
Europe
Armed Forces
Spt
Henry R. Flaming
South Cherry
Sat
Velma R&r. Flaming
Denison
Texas
Sgt Joe Meaders Is Aerial Gunner
Sgt Joe W Meaders 28 son of Mr and Mrs F W Meaders 521 South Broadway recently graduated as an aerial gunner of a B 29 from Davis-Monthan Field Tucson Ariz Meaders was member of the fifth B 29 crew class to be readied for combat A graduate of Ada High School in 1934 he entered the Air Corps in May 1943
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe W. Meaders
F. W. Meaders
South Broadway
Davis-Mon-athan Field
Tucson
Ariz
Meaders
Ada High School
Sgt
Meadera
Air Corps
Wisdom Patterned Life on Navy Father From Bromide
Harry Miller profiles Lige L. Wisdom, a Bromide native serving two years in the U. S. Navy in the South Pacific. He lived with missionary Rev. Allen Cravatt and modeled his life on him, remaining devout and dependable. His family awaits his return as his daughters Imogene and Melvyn and his wife hope for him to be home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
South Pacific
U. S. Navy
Li Ie
Lige L. Wisdom
Allen Cravatt
Little Presbyterian Church
Bromide
Atkins
Old Church House
G.I
Chin
Sir Wisdom
Pacific
Humidity Flares in Ada Heat Wave Relief Briefly Arrives
Weather notes in Ada report three days of seacoast humidity heightening heat under nineties temperatures. Friday hit 92, Saturday 97, with a 74 overnight low. A northeast thunderstorm later cleared heat briefly, but rainfall was minimal at the Ada Greenhouse gauge, though some county areas received rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Overseas Service Record of Pfc Harold Elam 23 Months
Pfc Harold S Elam Route 4 da has been overseas 28 months with Battery 0 550 Field Artillery battalion in Orange Germany and the Asiatic Pacific theater Under the deployment program he has 65 points ta ig credit He attended Chilocco Indian school Goodland High school and Lovelady grade school ages War time on our clocks is expected to be an early casualty of perce with the nation set back an hour Think how far Japan has s been act back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold S. Elam
Route 4
550 Field Artillery
Orange
Germany
Proram
Pfc
Elam
Chilocco
Japan
More Shells Are Probable This Fall
Oklahoma sportsmen expect improved shotgun ammo supplies after Japan’s surrender though no official release is announced. Dealers see better prospects for dove season starting September 1, with factories able to resume civilian production quickly. Porcupines appear in Oklahoma wildlife reports as rare but noted sightings. Ranger L E Crawford encounters Myrl M Meder with 37 licenses, a long history of holding fishing and hunting permits since 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Brisco
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Hether
Civilia
L. E. Crawford
Lake Overholser
Oklahoma City
Myrl M. Meder
Pfc Robbins Returns From 32 Months in European Theatre
Roy G Robbins arrived home July 23 after 32 months overseas in the European Theater of Operations He served in seven campaigns including the Normandy invasion and spent five and a half years in the Army He is visiting his brother Sherman Robbins and sisters Mrs Clara Lilly Mrs Violet Wainscott Mrs Iva Banks and Mrs Vera Walker in California after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Shannon of Stonewall and brother Vergil Shannon of Sensinole An aunt Mrs Maud Hammette welcomed him in Phoenix Arizona on the way west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy G. Robbins
Robbins
California
Sherman Robbins
Clara Lilly
Violet Wainscott
Iva Banks
Vera Walker
Thomas Shannon
Stonewall
Vergil Shannon
Lee Roy Douglas Presumed Dead Parents Notified
Mr and Mrs Henry Douglas of Riverside California were informed that their son Lee Roy Douglas USNR 23 is presumed dead. He was missing since June 21 1944 when the bomber he crewed as waist gunner on a night Saipan patrol was lost. The aircraft last reported investigating a suspicious vessel. A search ship found part of the bomber, believed downed by anti aircraft fire. He enlisted from Ada in 1942. His brother Carroll is aboard the USS Hornet 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Douglas
Riverside
Calif
Lee Roy Douglas
USNR
Saipan
Ada
S Ie Carroll J. Douglas
West
Carroll
Japan
Radar Scope pinpoints bombing through fog using radar signals
A bomber device named radar scope operates like standard radar to enable precise bombing through fog or clouds. It sends electron streams downward, penetrates obscuring fog, strikes ground, and returns to a screen. Screen brightness indicates terrain and reveals cities and factories.
Ralph H Leasure Spends Leave in Ada News
Ralph H. Leasure ART 3/c recently spent a few days visiting his parents and friends in Ada before returning to his base at Vera Beach Florida. He was transferred from Corpus Christi Texas and is the son of Mr and Mrs L L Leasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H. Leasure
Art
Ada
Vera Beach
Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
Art Leasure
L. L. Leasure
Last Day of Fighting on Wasp in Pacific War
On August 9 Lt Armindt Holderman engaged a kamikaze attempting to strike the carrier Wasp. The plane's wing was shot away as it fell short, while Wasp gunners forced the Japanese craft to crash. Two pilots later watched a Java plane crash after Morrison and Dobson fired on it, marking a final act before peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Dopking
Halsey
Japan
Pas
Third Feet
Wasp
South Pacific
Armindt
Holy Joe) Holderman
Long Beach
Calif
Carrier
Holderman
Greece
Mahlon Jack Morrison
Everett
Wash
Cleo J. Dobson
Coyle
Okla
Morrison
Barge
Dobson
Pacific
Official Tries To Tell Japs They Were Defeated
San Francisco August 18 The Domei agency broadcast in English that Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigenitsu told America Japan were beaten and must face the facts but later aired the full Japanese text without that statement The reports cite his warning that Japan must read and honor the Potsdam terms and change its mindset to face defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Domei
America
Mamoru Shigenitsu
Orient
Federal Communications Commission
Cfient
Shigemitsu
Asa~hi
MacArthur
Essary
Japan
Tokyo
Nippon
Shimoda
Osaka
Naruhiko Higashi-Kunii
Watson Earns Air Medal and Receives Promotion
Lt Albert T. Watson Jr. receives the Air Medal for meritorious aerial service in the Pacific from March 26 to June 22 1945. He flew B 25 missions against enemy airfields and ships under heavy fire, rising from second lieutenant to first lieutenant and advancing to pilot with a 2 B 25 group. General Kenney praised his courage and leadership in a letter to his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T. Watson, Jr
Air Medal
War Department
Pacific
George “ Kenney
A.T. Watson
Watson
Snowslide Reveals Wreckage of Plane Hunted Since 1943
The Second Army Air Force identified ten airmen found at Cloud Peak in the Wyoming Rockies. The B 17 disappeared June 28, 1943 after departing Pendleton Oregon en route to a staging base. Cowboys spotted the wreckage and forest rangers confirmed it near the mountain summit. Bodies were lowered by rope to pack horses and moved to Tyrell then Rapid City. Next of kin listed include Charles E Newburn Je Ferguson T Bell Jr Jake F Penick and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Army
Wyoming Rockies
Second Army Air Force
Pendleton
Ore
Forest Rangers
Rapid City
S. D., Army Air Base
Second Air Force
Ranger
Tyrell
Wyo
Bose
Buffalo
Air Force
Japs Fight Hard Says J L Stevens on Okinawa
Navy veteran J L Stevens aboard USS Hambleton, among 150 sailors, claims the Japs were superior to Nazis in air sea and land, citing airpower as decisive and noting nervousness from their suicide planes. War news and a separate item report OK bridge approval near Eufaula on US 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Stevens
West
Hambleton
Stevens
Okinawa
Set Up Occupation Hospitals Headquaters US Forces in Europe
Aug 18 report notes 31 hospitals with 20 000 beds are being established in Germany and Austria to care for the American army of occupation. Americans have invested about 15 billion dollars in building some 5663 merchant ships as part of postwar logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Germany
Austria
Amazon River
Moonshine Cache Recovered From Tennessee River
Chattanooga agents closed an inland inquiry by diving the Tennessee River after spotting a man pouring whiskey into bottles. They found 22 gallons of moonshine stored in jugs chained at the riverbed and arrested the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Sicorial Tax Unit
Tennessee
Just Another Okie Sees War End Wish and Prayer
A wartime verse expresses Okies pride in working to support Uncle Sam and defeating Japan. It celebrates Allied strength, asks for endurance, and offers thanks to God for victory and peace. The poem ends with a plea to cherish freedom and the soldiers who sacrificed.
Pvt Willie Massey Enroute Home From Europe
Pvt Willie J. Massey sails home from Europe with the S star Santa Fe Division after 10 months of service across the Elbe River and toward Berlin. He is married to Betty Lou Massey of 63 West Main and holds the Good Conduct Medal and ETO ribbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie J. Massey
Europe
S-star
Santa Fe
Elbe River
Berlin
Massey
Betty Lou Massey
West Main
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Hazel Whaley
City Library
Battlewagon
Battle Front
Allen
Dempsey Moore
Har
CPO
Saluting
Alva Ferguson
Norman
Naval Base
Ben Flaming
Sargeant
Joe Meaders
Choctawa
Harold Elam
J. F. Dillahunty
Bill Gagnebin
Dillahunty
Granite
Gagnebin
Carmen
Lolt Woods
Pfc. Robbins
Roy Robbins
Ralph Leasure
A. T. Watson, Jr
Charles E. Newburn
Charles E.newburn
Wister
Ferguson T. Bell, Jr
Frances D. Bell
Little Rock
Ark
Jake F. Penick
Dorothy Jo Penick
Cement
J. L. Stevens
WPB
War Prodection Board
North Canadian River
Eufaula
U. S. 69
H. E. Bailey
Walett
Galitarale
Arkies
Okies
Uncle Sam
Willie Massey
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