Billie Brumley in Navy Sister Nurse Brother in Training
Ray E. Tipton husband of former Miss Joe Lee Brumley and son-in-law of Virgil Brumley is in the Navy. A native of Ada, he graduated from Ada High School and entered service in April 1944. He trained at Farragut Idaho and remains stationed there with a ships company after leaving the State Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray E. Tipton
Joe Lee Brumleyy
Virgil Brumley
J. O. Tipton
Eighteenth
Ada
Farragut
Idaho
Tipton
State Highway Department
Brumley Family Noted in Cadet Nurse and Navy Service
Dennis Faye Brumley 18 joined the Cadet Nurses Corps and was sent to Jefferson Davis Hospital Houston Texas in August. Billie V Brumley Seaman first class son of Virgil Brumley grew up near Byng Oklahoma and served in the navy including a carrier and a cruiser in the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Faye Brumley
Cadet Nurses Corps
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Houston
Tex
Byng
Miss Brumley
Virgil Brumley
Billie V. Brumley
Byng High School
Navy
San Diego
Seaman Brumley
Southwest Pacific
Swisher Repairs Damaged Planes in England
Private Jack Swisher serves as an air craft mechanic with the Eighth Air Force Service Command in England where battle damaged planes are repaired. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Swisher and entered service in November 1940 after attending East Central College and Cha nute Field Illinois. His brother Private Richard Swisher serves with the Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Swisher
Eighth Air Force Service Command
England
J. W. Swisher
Swisher
Fittstown High School
Army Air Force Mechanic’s School
Chanute Field
Ill
East Central College
Armed Forces
Richard Swisher
Army Corps of Engineers
Fort Leonard Wood
Brewer Completes MP Training at Barksdale Field
Sgt. J. I. Brewer has completed a four week course in specialized training at the Military Police Training Center located at Barksdale Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt. J. I. Brewer
Military Police Training Center
Barksdale Field
Ada Soldiers Reunite Near Italian Air Depot Front
Three Ada servicemen meet on a battlefront in Italy. Technical Sergeant Case, formerly of Ada, visits Lt. Sherman F. Jones and Lt. Herman C. Bonds at an Air Service Command depot area. Case, now in charge of air freight shipments, recalls army life from private to staff sergeant. Jones and Bonds, veterans since before Pearl Harbor, earned commissions in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Italy
45Th
Case
Sherman F. Jones
Herman C. Bonds
Air Corps
Air Service Command
Jones
Infantry
Cora Case
East Tenth
Oklahoma City
Bonds
Army
Pearl Harbor
Mardis Arrives Safely in England
Sgt Gordon L Mardis has arrived safely in England after serving in the Panama Canal Zone for 18 months. He previously entered the army with the national guard and is en route to Matagorda Peninsula Faster Field Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon L. Mardis
England
Sgt
Mardis
Army
National Guard
Panama Canal Zone
States
G. E. Mardis
West Ninth
Ted Stout Enlists Fireman Training in Electrical Course
Fireman 2/c Ted R. Stout is taking an electrical course in St. Louis Missouri while on leave. He entered service April 12 1944 and trained at San Diego. Former DuPont employee and son Teddy Ray Stout 2 1/2 years old live with his maternal grandmother Mrs. J J King of Roff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted R. Stout
St. Louis
San Diego
DuPont Company
Teddy Ray Stout
J. J. King
Roff
Doner Brothers Debut in California Marine Corps
Gene Doner is stationed in San Diego and Pvt David Doner in Oceanside California. Both privates in the Marine Corps. sons of Mr and Mrs A Doner of Francis. They attended Francis School and lived in Dallas before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic
Gene Doner
San Diego
Pvt
David Doner
Oceanside
Calif
Marine Corps
A. Doner
Francis
Dallas
Jones Receives Silver Star for Gallantry in Italy
Second Lt. Sherman F. Jones of the 45th Division in Italy earned the Silver Star for leading an anti tank platoon after his leader was mortally wounded. He reorganized, evacuated the wounded, covered rifle company movements, and pulled his guns under fire to defend frontline units. His mother Mrs. Nora Jones resides in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman F. Jones
Italy
Jones
Nora Jones
Ada
Ensign Johnson Stationed in South Pacific Theater
Ensign Byrum S. Johnson son of Mr and Mrs J A Johnson of Paden was stationed in the South Pacific after earning a B S in education at East Central in 1944 and naval commission in 1944. He served in Washington D C and the Panama Canal Zone before overseas duties. His wife Miss Lavern Sullinger lives with her mother in Seminole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign Byrum S. Johnson
J. A. Johnson
Paden
South Pacific
Fred ‘Knight
West Fifteenth
East Central
Naval Training
Ensign Johnson
Washington, D. C
Johnson
Panama Canal Zone
Solomons
Laverne Sullinger
Seminole
Marine flyer Bert Ratliff patrols in the Marshall Islands
2nd Lt. Bert E. Ratliff Jr., 22, of Ada Oklahoma, serves in a fighter squadron in the Marshall Islands. A graduate of Ada High School, he studied at East Central, worked for the FBI before the war, earned wings at Pensacola, entered service Sept 17 1942, and went overseas in January after boat training in Athens Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Islands
Bert E. Ratliff
Flyer
Ada High School
East Central
FBI
Washington
B. E. Ratliff
Pensacola
Fla
Ratliff
Athens
Hicks Takes Naval Training at Pre-Flight School
Claude M. Hicks Jr. aviation machinist’s mate first class has reported to the U S Navy Pre-Flight school at Athens for intensive physical training and WAC ground school. Hicks is the son of Mrs. Bess Hicks formerly of Ada and a veteran of anti submarine patrol duty in the Atlantic. He previously completed Naval Flight Preparatory School at Natchitoches Louisiana and attended the CAA War Training Service school in Lafayette Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude M. Hicks
U. S. Navy
Athens
Hicks
Bess Hicks
Ada
Atlantic
Natchitoches
CAA
War Training Service
Lafayette
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A reader notes improved value from investing in vested Ada News classified ads. The item highlights how higher spend yields better exposure and stronger response rates for local listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Frank Harper Wounded In Saipan Battle
Private first class Frank Harper Jr of the Marines was wounded in action on Saipan July 10 with an intra spinal injury. He was treated in a Southwest Pacific hospital for seven days and arrived in California August 19. Harper joined the Marines in February 1943, saw action at Tarawa and Guadalcanal, and is a Stonewall High School graduate who attended East Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harper, Jr
Mariner
Saipan
Minnie Harper
Stonewall
Southwest Pacific
California
Pfc. Harper
Marines
Tarawa
Guadalcanal
Stonewall High School
East Central
Coffey Returns to U S From Italy Wounded in Action
Pfc. John W. Coffey, 20, wounded July 4, has been transported to a hospital in Charleston South Carolina for treatment of a shoulder wound. He entered service March 3 1943, served at Camp Butner Camp Pickett and overseas. He is son of W W Coffey Ada and Mrs Della Latia Richmond Calif. He is grandson of Mrs A J Houston and brother of several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Coffey
Robert Duncan
Yugoslavia
Italy
Mediterranean
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
France
Imogene Coffey
Ada
Winfield
Kan
John W. Coffey
Charleston
S. C
Camp Butner
N. C
Camp Pickett
W. W. Coffey
Della Latia
Richmond
Calif
A. J.houston
West Seventh
Alice Blondell
Ethel Frost
Wichita Falls
Tex
Charley L. Coffey
Camp Gordon
Woodrow and
Richard Coffey
Quentin Phillips Returns After Leave
Quentin T. Phillips CCM of the Seabees has returned to Camp Parks California after a seven day leave visiting his wife and friends. He has served since June 1942 and spent 15 months in the South Pacific. He returned to the States last December and is awaiting orders to ship out again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin T. Phillips
CCM
The
Seabees
Camp Parks
Calif
Ada
Phillips
Adams Lumber Company
Chief Phillips
South Pacific
Navy Chief Henry Barton Returns From Nine Months Overseas
Aviation Chief Machinist Mate Henry Barton spends 30 days leave with his parents at Byng after nine months overseas in the Solomons and New Georgia Islands. He recalls tropical rains and swarms of insects, wore shorts in service, traded gum for beads, and notes Pacific island natives’ customs. His brother J R Barton AM 3/c is also overseas with the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACM
Henry Barton
W. H. Barton
Byng
Navy
Solomons
New Georgia Islands
States
Chief Barton
Moffit Field
Calif
Hollister
Byng High School
Southwest Pacific Islands
New Georgia
Barton
Ada
Pacific Islands
J. R. Barton
The
Captain Rice Awarded Bronze Star for Service in Italy
Captain Howard P. Rice has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in direct support of combat operations with the 45th Thunderbird Division on the Fifth Army front in Italy. His wife Mary Louise Rice resides at 719 West Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P. Rice
45Th “Thunderbird
Italy
Rice
Mary Louise Rice
West Main
Trahern Completes First Half of B 24 Bomber Mechanic Training
Pvt. Conrad L. Trahern son of Mr and Mrs Roy D Teahern 1010 East Ninth graduated last week from the AAF training command B 24 Liberator bomber mechanics school at Keesler Field Mississippi The 17 week course completed marks the first half of a training program that will prepare him for service with a combat crew
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Conrad L. Trahern
Roy D. Teahern
East Ninth
AAF Training Command
Keesler Field
Miss
Sgt Dale McKoy Receives Honorable Discharge
Marine Gunnery Sergeant Dale E McKoy, based at the Ba mana River Florida base for 22 months, will be honorably discharged this month under a special order due to age. His wife resides at 214 West Twelfth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale E. McKoy
Marine Guard
Bamana River
Fla
Corps
McKoy
West Twelfth
Caldwell cadet joins army pre flight at Maxwell Field
Cadet Charles J. Caldwell, 22, son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Caldwell, is enrolled as an aviation cadet in the army pre flight school at Maxwell Field Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Charles J. Caldwell
Leonard Caldwell
Army
Maxwell Field
Ala
Major Sherwood Receives Air Medal and Oak Leaves
Major Joseph H. Sherwood in France with a P 47 Thunderbolt squadron earns the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters for meritorious achievement during 43 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations. He flew close support missions for American ground forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Sherwood
France
Sherwood
Johnsons Honored With Air Medal And Promotions
Mrs. W. C. Johnson of Roff reports her son Charles W. Johnson has been decorated with the Air Medal for courageous service in a South Pacific combat unit. Another son, Wayne Johnson, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel and serves in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Johnson
Roff
War Department
Charles W. Johnson
South Pacific
Wayne Johnson
Sgt Wayne Laird Deploys to New Guinea
Sgt Wayne M. Lairdson of Mrs Rebecca Laird is serving in New Guinea after a transfer from Hawaii. A five year veteran in the field artillery he attended Maddil schools and is well known locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne M. Laird
Rebecca Laird
New Guinea
Hawaii
Laird
Field Artillery
Madill
Stolen Chain Hoist Recovered by Sheriff Force
Sheriff’s deputies recovered a stolen chain hoist from a brick plant about six weeks after the theft. One juvenile suspect was sent to Pauls Valley Boys School, while the second suspect, now in the armed forces, will not be returned on the charge. The hoist had been sold to a local mechanic for 27.50 and was never used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauls Valley
Swift heir Gus F. Swift estate value set in probate
Gustau s F Swift son of Swift & Co founder and former president left an estate valued at 1 361 387 in an inheritance appraisal filed in Cook County court He died October 28 1943 at age 62 in Chicago August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gustavus F. Swift
Swift & Co., Packing Company
Cook County
Wire Length in B 29 System and 1944 Air Rail Express Growth
In the electrical system of a B 29 Superfortress there are 7000 feet of wire. Air express shipments carried in combined air and rail express service in June 1944 merged an increase of 10.7 percent over June 1943.
Chaplain Cronin Set for reassignment to Camp Howze
Chaplain Leonard Cronin visited Ada with his wife and daughter Elizabeth Ann before reporting for duty at Camp Howze Texas. He recently returned from 18 months overseas in the South Pacific where he served on Mundy Island New Georgia and Guadalcanal. He began ministry in Ada eleven years ago and has since preached locally and for Pete Trone now pastor at Holy Memorial Methodist Church Sherman Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Cronin
Ada
Elizabeth Ann
Camp Howze
Tex
States
South Pacific
Mundy
New Georgia
Guadalcanal
Cronin
Texas
Port of Embarkation
New York
Pete Trone
Trone
The
Holy Memorial Methodist Church
Sherman
Ginners Seek Rate Hike Before Oklahoma Corp Commission
Oklahoma Cotton Ginners association led by Jim Hatcher asked the state corporation commission for rate increases of seven and a half cents per hundred for picked cotton and five cents for snaps. They argued more than 300 of 471 gins operated at a loss last year and would again without higher rates. The OPA did not participate. the request aims to lift picked cotton rates from 3.23 to 4.0 dollars per hundred and snaps from 0.35 to 0.40 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Cotton Ginners Association
Corporation Commission
Jim Hatcher
Chickasha
Floyd Green
Commission
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Tulsa Woman Falls 23 Floors Killed
Mrs. Leona E. Ratcliff of Tulsa, 24, an oil company clerk, fell 23 floors from the First National Bank building and died. Her husband Tech Sgt. R. M. Ratcliff served in France. Fellow worker Miss Helen Nickell said she had fainting spells due to a severe cold. The coroner ruled the death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Leona E. Ratcliff
Oil Company
First National Bank
Tech
R. M. Ratcliff
France
Helen Nickell
Evert Crismore
Justice of the Peace
Oklahoma Output of Oil Increases
Oklahoma production rose by 2 000 barrels daily to 342 000 in the week ending August 26, while U S crude fell 5 400 barrels to 4 673 050. California and other regions posted mixed gains and declines across several states and fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Eastern
California
Oklahoma
East Texas
Michigan
Rocky Mountain Area
Soldier John Sears Receives Bronze Star in France
Corporal John P. Sears is awarded the Bronze Star for gallantry in action in France. His wife, Mrs. Alice B. Sears, resides in Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
John P. Sears
France
Alice B. Sears
Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Billie Brumley
Sister
Roy Tipton
Billie V. Br.mley
Brewer
Air Transport Command
U. S
Gordon Mardis
Ted Stout
Doner Brothers
Gene David Doner
Lt. Jones
Silver
South Pacific Theater
Byrum Johnson
Bert Ratliff
Laude Hicks
Frank Harper
Coffey
John C. Coffey
Quentin Phillips
Quenton Phillips
Captain Rice
Bronze
Trahern
Dale McKoy
Major Sherwood
Wayne Laird
Southwest Pacific War Service
Paris
Arc D’ Triomphe
Signal Corps
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