Navy Lt McDonald crosses oceans from Atlantic to Pacific battles
Navy Lt M D McDonald USN completed 19 months at sea aboard an aircraft carrier. He saw action in Gilbert Islands Makin Tarawa Truk Guam Saipan Northern New Guinea and the Palau Islands. He logged 7000 landings with no major accidents crossed the equator 37 times and traveled over 170000 miles. He visits Ada then heads to Jacksonville after 30 days leave. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J G Bennett Stonewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. McDonald
USN
Regular Navy
Atlantic
Southwest Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Makin
Tarawa
Bismarck Archipelago
Marshall Islands
Truk
Guam
Saipan
New Guinea
Palea
Marianas
Philippine Islands
McDonald
Equator
Ada
Jacksonville
Fla
Blackwell Stationed In South Pacific
Petty Officer E. W. Blackwell mm 3/c has served 13 months and is now stationed in the Southwest Pacific. He volunteered for Seabee service in October 1943 and trained at Camp Peary Virginia and Port Hueneme California. Before Navy service he ran a truck line in Oklahoma and says he still works long hours though the work is never done. His wife and four sons William Austin Bobbie and Tommie live at 502 West Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Blackwell
Southwest Pacific
Camp Peary
Port Hueneme
Calif
Navy
Blackwell
Oklahoma
William
Austin
Bobbie
Tommie
West
Ted Sears Returns From Overseas Duty on Arcadia
Pvt. Ted Sears has come home after eight months overseas in Europe aboard the U S Hospital Ship Arcadia. He is at Stark General Hospital awaiting transfer for definitive treatment. His wife Georgia E. Sears resides in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Ted Sears
U. S
Arcadia
Stark General Hospital
Army Hospital
Georgia E. Sears
Ada
Garland Bundy Sees 600th Combat Mission Flight
Technical Sergeant Garland Bundy served as radio operator gunner in a B-25 Mitchell group during its 600th combat mission. The mission occurred between two heavy flak barrages and achieved excellent results with no losses. His wife Mary accompanied the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Bundy
Sgt
Garland
Mary
Ada
Pvt Joseph Bennett Commended by Officer in England
Pvt Joseph A Bennett of Stonewall was commended by his commanding officer in England. The report notes his service and recognition, reflecting the wartime honors accorded to allied troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Bennett
Stonewall
England
Pvt
Bennett
T Sgt Jones Receives Bronze Star for Combat Service
T Sgt Lowell E Jones is awarded the Bronze Star in France for meritorious service in combat as platoon sergeant with an infantry regiment. The presentation order is signed by Major General W W Eagles of the 45th Division, with actions spanning Sicily Italy and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell E. Jones
W. W. Eagles
45Th
France
Sgt. Jones
Sicily
Italy
Ada High School Graduate Earns Silver Wings at Pampa Base
George L Buddy Hollingsworth son of Mrs Albert Eppler 400 West Fifteenth received silver pilot wings and became a second lieutenant at Pampa Air Base Texas on November 20 He is 21 and a graduate of Ada High School and East Central College He will be assigned after furlough in Enid and flies a B 25 bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L
Buddy” Hollingsworth
Albert Eppler
West Fifteenth
Pampa Air Base
Pampa
Tex
Buddy
Ada High School
East Central College
Enid
Four Chambers Brothers See Action In Two Service Groups
Four Chambers brothers from Fittstown serve in separate branches. T/Sgt Laverne L. Chambers flies as aerial engineer gunner on a B 17, with 25 combat missions and European theater ribbons. Pvt William B. Chambers trained at Camp Robinson and has served overseas in the European theater since Oct 1944. Elmo L. Chambers serves as a Navy coxswain with Sea Bees, two years in service and 18 months in the Aleutians, recently on 30 day leave awaiting reassignment. Vel Dean Chambers trained at San Diego then Norman cadet training before a medical discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne L. Chambers
William B. Chambers
Elmo L. Chambers
Vel Dean Chambers
S. R. Chambers
Fittstown
McLish
Sgt. Chambers
Army
Las Vegas
Nev
Odertal
Germany
Chambers
William Chambers
Camp Robinson
Ark
Francis Chambers
Navy
Seabees
Camp Endicott
R. I
Aleutians
Camp Parks
Shoemaker
Calif
Vel
Dean Chambers
San Diego
Norman
McKaskle Stationed At English Base In Belgium
Pvt. Gaines McKaskle, now with a railroad operating battalion in Belgium, left wife and young daughter with her parents in Konawa. He joined March 13, 1944, and moved from Fort Sill to Camp Plauche, Camp Beale, Jefferson Barracks, then overseas in September. He formerly worked for Oklahoma Portland Cement and is son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. McKaskle of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaines McKaskle
Belgium
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
S. C. McKasle
Ada
Loyse Wilson Promoted Again in Army Technicians
Loyse J. Wilson son of Mrs. C. C. Bishop has been promoted from technician fifth grade to technician fourth grade. He joined the army February 2, 1942 and has served overseas as a surgical technician. He is authorized to wear the Good Conduct Medal and the Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon with one star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyse J. Wilson
C. C. Bishop
Sgt. Wilson
Army
Pvt. David E. Wright Trains at Camp Fannin and Chaffee
Pvt. David E. Wright 19 trained at Camp Fannin Texas and Camp Chaffee Arkansas before deployment. He played in his high school band and belonged to an FFA chapter at Allen. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Wright of Allen. a sister Barbara Nell Wright works at the Eighth Service Command in Dallas. The note explains the origin of the word sniper and Allspice origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Wright
Camp Fannin
Tex
Camp Chaffee
Ark
FFA
Allen
Wright
Willard Wright
Barbara Nell Wright
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Greenhorns Sign Bankruptcy in Early Payment Shakeup
The first greenhorns were sent notices as five watt signs indicated their bankrupt status. This mark signals a broader financial tightening and the start of a restructuring period for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenhorns
Hunsucker Nears Training End at Pueblo Army Base
2nd Lt. Austin N. Hunsucker son of Mrs Ada C. Hunsucker completes Liberator bomber training at Pueblo Army Air Base as bombardier. An aircraft assembler by trade, he entered service in June 1943. His father N. Hunsucker resides at 615 North Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin N. Hunsucker
Ada C. Hunsucker
North Stonewall
Pueblo Army Air Base
Hunsucker
N. Hunsucker
North Miss
Ramer Completes Gunnery Training
Pfc. Cyrus B. Ramer son of Mr and Mrs R P Ramer 510 West Second recently graduated from the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School at Laredo Army Air Field Texas He earned a diploma silver wings and a promotion in rank at the brief graduation exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus B. Ramer
R. P. Ramer
West Second
Army Air Forces
Laredo Army Air Field
Laredo
Texas
Thomas A. Hogue Returns to States From Europe
T/Sgt Thomas A Hogue arrived at Camp Chaffee Arkansas after 13 months overseas in the European theater. He visited his parents Mr and Mrs C T Hogue Route 1 Allen and is noted for 30 combat missions and 220 operational hours as an engineer on a B 17 Fortress with the Eighth Bomber Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Hogue
States
Camp Chaffee
Ark
C. T. Hogue
Route 1
Allen
Sgt. Hogue
Eighth Bomber Command
Sweater Keeps Warm In Still Air Poor In Wind
A sweater insulates well in calm conditions but loses most of its thermal effectiveness when wind increases. The fabric traps air to retain heat, while moving air removes that layer, reducing warmth quickly.
Ailey Awarded DFC in England for bombing missions
T/Sgt Samuel H. Ailey engineer and top turret gunner on a B 17 receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in more than twenty heavy bombing raids on Nazi targets in Germany and Europe. He serves with the Eighth Air Force Fortress group praised for Berlin raids and Munster yard strikes. He also holds the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. Ailey is the son of Mr and Mrs E Ailey of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Ailey
Germay
Europe
Eighth Air Force Fortress Group
Berlin
Munster
Germany
England-Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Sgt
Ailey
E. Ailey
Ada
Harbord Sugg Makes First Combat Trip Over Augsburg
Second Lt. Harbord P. Sugg Jr. flew his first combat mission as a navigator in a B 24 group over Germany. After the Augsburg rail yards attack he noted heavy anti aircraft fire. Sugg joined the AAF May 26 1943 and is an Ada High School 1940 graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbord P. Sugg, Jr
Augsburg
Germany
Sugg
AAF
Ada High School
Marcum Starts 30 Day Transition Course in Brownsville
Flight Officer Gordon G. Marcum son of Mr and Mrs Claude Marcum 601 West Twenty fourth is attending a 30 day transition course in pursuit flying at the Fourth Operational Training Unit Ferrying Division of the Air Transport Command at Brownsville Texas Pilots are trained to fly P 39 P 40 P 47 P 51 and P 63 After training Marcum will return to Love Field Dallas and be eligible to fly pursuit planes worldwide Prior to service he taught at Bonham Aviation Co and worked for Patsy Oil Co in Ada He is a Oklahoma City high school graduate and attended the University of Oklahoma two years earning a baseball letter He is married to Marjorie Pearl Shelton who lives at 601 West Twenty fourth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon G. Marcum
Claude Marcum
West Twenty-fourth
Air On Command
Brownsville
Tex
F/O Marcum
Love Field
Dallas
Marcum
Bonham Aviation Co
Bonham
Patsy Oil Co
Ada
Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
Marjorie Pearl Shelton
West Twentyfourth
DFC Awarded to Sgt Robert M Markley of Stonewall
The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to S/Sgt Robert M Markley of Stonewall for extraordinary achievement in aerial combat. A gunner in a Bombardment Group, he has completed 30 bombing missions over Germany and occupied Europe. He is married to Lot tie Belle Markley and previously worked for an oil firm before enlisting on January 20, 1941. He also holds the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Markley
Stonewall
Markley
Germany
Europe
Lottie Belle Markley
Army
Davis Receives Silver Wings and Commission at Harlingen Field
John B. Davis Jr son of Mr and Mrs John B Davis of Stonewall and husband of Mary Jo Davis 219 South Hope received silver pilot wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant at graduation exercises held at Harlingen Army Air Field Texas. He was assigned to Freeman Field Seymour Indiana but sent to Harlingen for advanced co pilot training when the program was extended five weeks in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bob Davis, Jr
John B. Davis
Stonewall
Mary Jo Davis
South Hope
Harlingen Army Air Field
Tex
Freeman Field
Seymour
Ind
Harlingen Field
Freeman
Morrison Completes Training Course
Bluejacket Oral R Morrison recently graduated from the Naval Training School at Iowa State College Ames Iowa. Selection to attend the special ty school is based on results of recruit training aptitude test scores. The graduate awaits further duty orders to sea or to a shore station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluejacket
Oral R. Morrison
Naval Training School
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Sgt Marvin Loyd Aids Repairs For Sixth Army Group
Sgt Marvin S Loyd keeps hundreds of jeeps and other vehicles for the Sixth Army Group headquarters in running order. He also operates a small arms repair shop for the headquarters, handling automotive maintenance and weapon repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin S. Loyd
Sixth Army Group
Guests Trapped In Hotel Fire In Kansas City
Dense smoke trapped 11 guests on the fifth floor of the Sexton hotel in downtown Kansas City. Firemen carried three victims down ladders while 45 others fled by stairs and fire escapes as crowds gathered on Twelfth Street and Baltimore Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sexton
Ton
Peggy Munger
Don Hamil
Twelfth Street
Baltimore Avenue
E. E. Smith
Roff Brothers Score First Jap Kill In Pacific Flight
Lieutenant Colonel Milton W. Johnson and his brother Major Charles W. Johnson served on a hazardous special mission over the Netherlands East Indies in the Pacific. Milton downed a Japanese float plane, with Charles’s attack preceding a jammed gun. Milton, a former Oklahoma A&M graduate, already held the Silver Star and Air Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton W. Johnson
Colonel Johnson
5Th Aaf
Col. Johnson
Charles W. Johnson
Netherlands East Indies
Major Johnson
W. J. Johnson
Roff
Mary Belle Johnson
Tulsa
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Christmas Seals Drive Aims to Raise County Quota
Pontotoc County Tuberculosis association launches a drive to raise 2500 dollars, matching the county's target after a year of meeting quotas. Harvey J. Lambert says letters to firms and individuals will mail, urging residents to buy two dollars worth of seals. Willard school students prepare 7500 letters and address envelopes for the mail campaign. Ten TB cases sent to sanatoria, 15 at home, two deaths, five total TB deaths in Pontotoc this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Willard School
J. W. Huff
Shoots Self In Foot While Hunting Pvt Morgan Moved
Pvt Tony Morgan was moved from Ada to Chickasha Army Hospital after a hunting accident left him with a foot wound. He is visiting his parents in Roff before reporting to Fort Ord California. He had been at Camp Robinson Arkansas and was being sent to a new camp near the Morgan farm at Roff. Arthur L Bowles Jr promoted to corporal at Alamagordo New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Morgan
Ada
Chickasha
Army
Pvt
Morgan
Elmer Morgan
Roff
Fort Ord
Calif
Camp Robinson
Ark
Weather Turns Cooler as Soldier Describes War Time Life
Cpl Audry L Smith entered the army on March 17 1943 and trained at Ft Lawton Wash. He went from Washington to Virginia then overseas and is now stationed in India. A Byng Oklahoma son of Mr and Mrs John D Smith he reports feeling well and enjoying the cooler weather which is a welcome change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Audry L. Smith
Ft. Lawton
Wash
Washington
Virginia
Inia
Cpl. Smith
Byng High School
John D. Smith
Byng
Wia
A I Tilley Dies At Home In Ada Area
Alfred Thomas Tilley 85 a long time Ada resident died at his home eight miles northwest of Ada. He was born in Marshall Arkansas in 1859 and moved to Indian Territory in 1895. Surviving are five daughters and three sons with a nephew killed in action in Europe. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Criswell Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Thomas Tilley
Ada
Criswell Funeral Home
Mr. Tilley
Marshall
Ark
Old Indian Territory
Bob
Bill Hatcher
Jeff Reed
Europe
Gillie Dorman
Ydro
Floy Burch
Marlow
Dessie Collins
Coalgate
Davie Weston
Bessie Keeling
California
Walker
Pauls Valley
Dewey Tilley
Oklahoma Counties Oversubscribe Sixth War Loan Quotas
Muskogee and Carter counties lead Oklahoma by oversubscribing their total bond quotas in the Sixth War Loan campaign. Muskogee sold 2.835 million against 2.656 million, Carter county 1.394 million against 1.388 million. Both lag in E bond sales, with state and nation planning stimulants next week. Tulsa also reports bond totals and E bond progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Muskogee
Carter Counties
Oklahoma
State War Finance
Harry Gibson, Jr
Carter County
Tom Hefley
Eighth District
Roger Mills
Garvin
County Pecan Meeting Highlights Grower Exhibits and Disease Talks
About 50 pecan growers attended the Pontotoc County Pecan Growers Association meeting in Muleshoe. E N Jones presided as chair. D C Mooring judged exhibits and discussed pecan show value. Lyman Coe reported on mildew and scab in a state survey noting Burkett and Halbert as most susceptible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Lyman Coe
State Department of Agriculture
German Rifle to Be Sold at War Bond Auction
A German rifle in good condition will be sold at a war bond sale on December 13 at the Ada Community Sales Barn. Sgt. Ray Stephens of Konawa sent the rifle home from a European battlefield after being wounded in Germany. The auction, arranged by H. J. Huddleston of the Oklahoma State Bank, also lists a Guernsey cow and calf, hogs, and other farm items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ray Stephens
Konawa
C. B. Stephens
Stonewall
Seminole
Germany
H. J. Huddleston
Oklahoma State Bank
Navy Reports Birth On LST At Sea
Navy officials announce likely first birth aboard a landing ship tank at sea. The newborn arose during evacuation operations as LSTs served as sea ambulances to move casualties and refugees from a tropical island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
U. S. Naval Medical Bulletin
Vast 10 Quadrillion Stars Seen in Leading Telescopes Range
Astronomers report that ten quadrillion stars lie within the photographic reach of our largest telescopes, expanding the visible universe. Researchers note the finding underscores the scale of the cosmos and the capacity of modern instrumentation to chart distant celestial bodies.
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Pvt. Bennett
J. G. Bennett
South Pacific
Joseph Bennett
Hollingsworth
Buddy Hollingsworth
Chambers Brothers
Ves Dean Chambers
Loyse Wilson
David Wright
Camp Fannin, Tex
Ramer
Harbord
Ada News
Brownville
Robert Markley
Morrison
Marvin Loyd
War Prodition Board
J. A. Krug
Krug
Pacific Theater
Harvey J. Lambert
Chickasha Hospital
Arthur L. Bowles, Jr
A. L. Bowles
Alamogordo, N. M
Audry Smith
India
A. I. Tilley
Hemisphere
M. R. Wood
C. Dodson
Zame C. Dodson
Burkett
W. T. Phillips
Success
A . L. Patterson
Garner
G. Montgomery
R. H. Brians
Harold Gilmore
Byars
W. T. Melton
Williamson
E. L. Patterson
A. C. Dodson
Byron Norrell
Denton Floyd
E. N. Jones
L. C. Cales
D. Dodson
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