Three Brothers in Army S/Sgt Frye Serves Overseas
S/Sgt Warren J Frye former National Aid unit member of Roff served 21 months in the 45th Division. His first combat was Salerno, then Italy until the Southern France invasion and now with the Seventh Army in France. He earned the Bronze Star and was promoted, wounded in action receiving the Purple Heart December 24 1944. he is back on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren J. Frye
National Aid Unit
Roff
Salerno
Italy
France
Seventh Army
Frye
A. J. Frye
Route 3
Ada
Ada native Pfc Frye serves overseas with 45th Division
Pfc Jack Frye now an MP at Camp Gordon Johnston Florida served six months overseas with the 45th Division. A member of the Ada National Guard unit he went active when mobilized and fought in Sicily Salerno and a German battle area where his group went 10 days without supplies. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A J Frye of Ada Route 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frye
Camp Gordon
Johnston
Fla
Ada
National Guard
Frye
Salerno
Italy
Germany
A. J. Frye
Route 3
James E Chandler Commissioned as Air Corps Officer
Second Lt. James E. Chandler of Francis receives a commission after graduating from the Army Air Forces Bombardier School at Big Spring Texas on January 6. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J E Chandler of Francis and attended Oklahoma A and M College before working for Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Chandler
Francis
Army Flyer
AAF
Big Spring
Tex
Bombardier School
J. E. Chandler
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Consolidated Aircraft
San Diego
Visiting Captain Rice Returns Home From War Tour
Captain Howard P. Rice principal of Glenwood school visits home for a short leave before resuming service in the European theater. He served in Sicily Italy Southern France Vosges Alsace and held a guard officer role prior to the leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P. Rice
Glenwood School
Sicily
Italy
France
Vosges Mountains
Alsace
Rice
Oklahoma National Guard
U. S. Army
Crabtree Earns Distinguished Flying Cross for Normandy Mission
Captain Jean E. Crabtree of 901 East Fifteenth received the Distinguished Flying Cross for skillful handling of his B-26 Marauder after heavy flak set fire to the right engine while bombing a railroad bridge at Nogent-Sur-Seine France. He ordered the crew to bail out and piloted a one engine landing on a Normandy airstrip. He serves as squadron operations officer with the Bridge Buster B-26 group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean E. Crabtree
East Fifteenth
Ninth
D.F.C
Crabtree
Rful
Nogent-Sur-Seine
France
Normandy
Watson Assigned To Glider Base As Instructor
First Lt. Ralph P. Watson 26 of Ada reports to the Max ton North Carolina Army Air Base as one of five infantry officers to instruct glider pilots in infantry tactics. Watson enlisted 1940 and served in the Solomon Islands campaigns earning the Infantry Combat Award and theater ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph P. Watson
Ada
Maxton
N. C
Army Air Base
Camp Robinson
Ark
First Troop Carrier Command
Military Training Division
Watson
Barksdale
40Th
U. S
Ft. Benning
Solomon Island
Pearl Harbor
Caribbean
Durant Soldier Promoted to First Lieutenant
Jack H. Ridgway twenty one of Durant is promoted to first lieutenant. He is a bombardier with a B 25 Mitchell group overseas three months and has flown twenty combat missions. He wears the Distinguished Unit Badge with Oak Leaf for two War Department citations, the Purple Heart for a flak wound, and the Air Medal. His wife Margaret Hill of Ada resides with his parents in Durant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack H. Ridgway
Durant
Corsica
Ridgway
War Department
Lt. Ridgway
Margaret Hill
Ada
Warren Lewis Receives Honorable Discharge
Pvt. Warren H. Lewis son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lewis of 223 South Francis arrived in Ada from Amarillo and will enter East Central at the start of the second semester. He was honorably discharged due to a skin disease troubling him for over two years. His three older brothers are commissioned officers in foreign service, and his younger brother Raymond will enter the army this month, keeping four Lewis boys in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren H. Lewis
James W. Lewis
South
Francis
Ada
Amarillo
East Central
Warren
Raymond
Lewis
Jess Creech Receives Distinguished Unit Badge
Sgt Jesse Creech 21, of Fitzhugh, authorized to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge. He joined in December 1942 and earned the honor for the 465th Group in a July 8 1944 mission against the Floridadorf oil refinery in Vienna Austria. The raid scored direct hits and the group repelled enemy aircraft in a 20 minute engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Creech
Jesse E. Creech
Fitzhugh
465Th
Floridadorf
Vienna
Austria
Alsman Returns To Texas Camp
Pfe. Floyd A. Alsman returns to Fort Sam Houston Texas after a 15 day furlough in Ada with his mother Mrs Tishil Alsman then to visit his wife and two daughters in Okmulgee. He is transferred to Camp Maxey Texas for six weeks training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Floyd A. Alsman
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Ada
Tishil Alsman
Okmulgee
Pfe. Alsman
Camp Maxey
Berry Complete Training Course at Chanute Field
Pvt. Alva A. Berry spouse Mrs. Alva A. Berry of 801 West Fifteenth has graduated from Chanute Field Illinois. He completed the airplane electrical mechanics course during the training school period.
Greater Returns for Amount in Vested Ada News Classified Ads
An Ada News classified ad notes higher returns on investments tied to vested amounts. The notice emphasizes favorable terms for readers seeking better yields and clarified investment conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Ada High Grad Joins Infantry in France After Four Months Overseas
Sgt. Jack P. Wilburn, now with an infantry unit in France, has seen action since being overseas four months. A 1940 Ada High School graduate, he served in the National Guard and in the old 160th Field Artillery Band. His wife and son live at 918 East Winth, with his mother at 831 East Thirteenth. his father is stationed in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack P. Wilburn
France
Wilburn
Ada High School
Mational Guard
160Th Field Artillery
Ft. Sill
Camp Barkeley
Tex
Camp Grant
Laten
Camp Crowder
Army Air Corps
Infantry
Camp Howze
Jackie Charles
East Winth
J. H. Wilburn
East Thirteenth
Africa
Porter Roberts Sends Christmas Letter From Germany
Pfc Porter Roberts now in Germany writes home that he and fellow soldiers decorated a tree in the woods for Christmas. He sends a photo and notes they are awaiting gifts from home. Roberts, a medical detachment member with an infantry division, graduated Ada High in 1942 and trained at Camp Butner and Camp Pickett after enlisting in 1943. Previously employed at Knotts Service Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Roberts
Pfc
Porter Robers
Germany
Pfc. Roberts
Roberts
Ada High School
Camp Butner
N. C
Camp Pickett
Knotts
Life Imprisonment For This Soldier
Pvt. Level Ealy received life imprisonment from a court martial in Oise for illegal sale of 20 gallons of U S Army gasoline to the French black market. Two other enlisted men were sentenced to 25 years hard labor for train looting schemes tied to a U S Army Railway Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Warner
Paris
Level Easy
Oise
Ealy
Thas
Frank C. Pozzi
Chicago
Walter G. Thorsell
Portland
Ore
Christmas Mail Pours In On Overseas 36th Division
Pfc Marion McCoy of Ada serving with the 36th Division in Europe writes from the front about an unbelievable volume of Christmas presents reaching his unit. He has been overseas seven months. His mother, Mrs R D McCoy, lives at 801 South Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion McCoy
Ada
Europe
R. D. McCoy
South Oak
Ovids Insistent Motos Omina and Fly Usage
This fragment notes a recurring remark about motos ovina and their use by flies, suggesting a rustic or speculative topic without clear context or date. It presents a terse, cryptic observation rather than a full event or report.
T-Sgt Amon Cathey Recalls Capturing 1400 Germans
T Sgt Amon W Cathey formerly of Roff tells how U S forces trapped 1400 German troops near Grenoble France while attached to the Seventh Army He recalls landing at Salerno Venafro and Epinal noting the Germans offered little resistance and were elated to be prisoners Cathey earned the Purple Heart and served in Sicily Anzio France and Germany He plans furlough with his mother Mrs Ellen Cathey at Roff and praises German artillery while wearing campaign ribbons and hash marks earned overseas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Amon W. Cathey
Roff
States
Cathey
U. S
French Riviera
Seventh Army
Grenoble
Venafro
Salerno
McCathy
Sicily
Anzio
Italy
Germany
Epinal
Fort Sill
Ellen Cathey
Pvt. Timmons Spent Furlough in Ada
Pvt. Willi. A. Timmons spent six days in Ada visiting relatives after entering service on August 28 1944. He trained at Fort Sam Houston Texas before Camp Waters Texas and is now stationed at Fort Meade Maryland awaiting a new assignment. W J Timmons 730 West First and his wife with two daughters live at 315 East Ninth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willi
A. Timmons
Ada
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Camp Waters
Fort Meade
W. J. Timmons
West First
East Ninth
Cavener Returns From Overseas Duty
Pfc. Edmond C. Cavener has returned from 18 months in the Asiatic-Pacific theatre. He is visiting relatives in Stratford after a furlough from Camp Swift, Texas. He is the son of E. E. Cavener of Stratford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Edmond C. Cavener
Stratford
Camp Swift
Tex
Cavener
E. E. Cavener
Auto Tag Penalty Looms Closer Now
Penalties for not obtaining automobile licenses rise daily and may equal the tag price. A H Thornton, tag agent, urges Pontotoc county owners to visit his office before the penalty starts. Only 14 workdays remain and 2,300 tags must be issued before Jan 30 to avoid penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Thornton
Pontotoc County
Thornton
Wilhite Assigned to Bomber Group in Mediterranean
Mear Q Willhite 20 of Route 1 Ada is assigned to the oldest heavy bombardment group in the Mediterranean theatre and promoted to sergeant. He serves as engineer gunner on a 15th Air Force Flying Fortress. The unit recently became the first American heavy bomber group to fly 400 combat missions. Willhite attended Latta High School and worked in Richmond California shipyards before enlisting May 19 1943. He completed air mechanics school at Amarillo Texas and aerial gunnery school at Las Vegas Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mear Q. Willhite
Route 1
Ada
Mediterranean
15Th Air Force Flying Fortress
Willhite
Latta High School
Richmond
Calif
Air Mechanics
Amarillo
Tex
Aeral
Las Vegas
Nev
Pvt. Paul Kerley Completes Training
Pvt. Paul D. Kerley Jr. completed training and spent furlough visiting his mother Mrs. Peggie V. Smith and grandmother in Ada. He moved from Camp Wolters Texas to Maryland and took part in athletics in 1943 after high school. He trained at San Antonio before Camp Wolters infantry training and was employed by Smith Funeral Home before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul D. Kerley
Peggie V. Smith
Ada
Kerley
Camp Wolters
Tex
Maryland
Ada Hiehsche
San Antonio
The
Smith Funeral Home
Lt Hensler Wins Distinguished Flying Cross
Second Lt. Homer Hensler earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for 300 hours in transport aircraft over the India China air routes known as the Hump. The period cited spans Feb 9 to July 31, 1944, and he is listed at 306 West Twenty fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer H. Fensler
India- China
Himalaya
Homer Hensler
West Twenty-fifth
After Forty Years O C A and A Station Gets Face Lifting
The O C A and A railroad station built in 1904 underwent a major overhaul. The north half was torn down while the south half was rebuilt or removed. The siding was changed to white asbestos with a green roof and landscaping along the track was added. Plans include paving East Tenth Street where it crosses the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. A. and A
East Fifteenth
East Tenth Street
Navy Names Pontotoc County Vessel Among 310 County Ships
A Navy Department release notes 310 transports and cargo vessels carry U.S. county names including 10 Oklahoma counties Adair Beckham Custer Has kell Latimer Logan Noble Ottawa Pontotoc and Seminole. Vessels are built by the U S time Commerce and loaned to the Navy on completion with Pontotoc sharing its name with Pontotoe County Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Oklahoma
Navy Department
Washington
Adair
Beckham, Custer
Haskell Latimer
Logan, Noble
Ottawa
Pontotoc
Seminole
APA
Navy
U. S. Iuntime Commission
Beckham and Latimer
U. S. S. Beckham
U.S.S. Latimer
Pontotoc County
U. S. S. Ponotoe
Mississippi
Fittstown Topples Fitzhugh In Close Friday Derby
Fittstown high boys rallied past Fitzhugh 23 to 18 in a three game program at Fitzhugh gym. Earlier Fittstown junior high beat Fitzhugh 24-18. Fitzhugh girls then won decisively led by Heatley and Clark before the Fittstown boys finished with a five point margin to keep their conference record intact. The Fitzhugh teams travel to Byng this week for more county action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittstown High
Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh School
Fittstown Junior High
Fitzhugh Girls
Heatley
Clark
Fittstowners
Byng
Garvin County Tops State In E Bond Purchases
Garvin County nearly led Oklahoma in E bond sales during the late Sixth War Loan drive. Garvin bought 511,663 dollars against a 304,000 quota, 170.6 percent. Cimarron and Texas counties also exceeded 170 percent with quotas of 110,000 and 284,000 respectively. District Eight, led by F C Norris and Sam K Grant, totaled 2,153,488 dollars, ranking third statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garvin
Panhandle
Cimmarron
Texas County
Carter, Coal
Johnston
Love
Marshall
Murray
Pontotoc
Pontotoc County
F. C. Norris
Sam K. Grant
Coyotes Outsmart Hunters In Airplane Hunt
PAWHUSKA Okla Jan 15 The coyote figure out man traps by using airplanes to spot cattle killing coyotes over Geary county s 2 000 000 acres Only seven coyotes killed Growled warden Jeff Kendall Poorest showing I ever saw Jack Pemberton at Radio School Pvt now visiting parents in Oklahoma City Joe Hensley promoted to first class petty officer in the Pacific area with a Naval Air Supply depot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Okla
Osage County
Jeff Kendall
Joe Hensley
Pacific Area
Army figures pledge rapid island base development
Lt Gen Somervell and Maj Gen Campbell vow swift construction of ports roads airfields housing facilities and storage dumps to transform an island into an American base. They assert generals cannot have all munitions yet and emphasize vast potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Eisenhower
Levin H. Campbell
Army Ordnance
Shocking Plant Life and Linnaeus Sex System Ban
The eighteenth century reaction to Linnaeus's sex system in plants shocked religious authorities and led to bans and wars across several European countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnaeus
Paratrooper Wings Awarded to Pvt George Myrick
Pvt George Myrick son of S J Myrick of Roff has earned the right to wear the Wings and Boots of a paratrooper in a ceremonial or training context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
George Myrick
S. J. Myrick
Roff
Red Cross Aids County Mother in Wartime Travel
A Pon totoc County mother sought help when her son fell critically ill in a western naval hospital. The Red Cross arranged transportation, wired the field director, and offered a plane ride midway. After the son died, a hospital ward visit and kind care were provided, and the mother was allowed to accompany the funeral trip home with expenses covered by the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Pontotoc County
Naval
Ada
M. I
War Department
Truce Ends Greek Hostilities as British Guard Peace
In Athens a truce between leftist Elas militia and British forces took effect. Lt. Gen. Scobie announced protection of Greek liberties, while Elas begin evacuations and withdrawal to a new line. Moderates distance from Elas and support inclusion of communists in a cabinet under strict conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Elas
Eam
Ronald M. Scobie
Salonika
Scobie
Greece
Flas
Anexartissa
Pygros
Nauplion
Peleoponessus
Volos
Collision Fatal To Three Soldiers Near Camp Hood
Three soldiers stationed at Camp Hood Texas died in a collision with a loaded gasoline truck one mile south of Hillsboro. The dead are Staff Sgt E J Beckman Lawton T F James F Kirk Lawton and Cpl Delmak Eugene Moore Linton Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Tex
Lawton
Okla
Camp Hood
Here
E. J. Beckman
James F. Kirk
Delmak Eugene Moore
Linton
Ind
Two Siblings Die Within Hours as Son Returns from War
Fitchburg Massachusetts report says Mr and Mrs William Lamore died within two hours of each other today as their son Pharmacists Mate 2/c William J Lamore Jr arrived in San Francisco from overseas duty. A second son remains in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Mass
William Lamore
William J., Jr
San Francisco
France
Hill Dies Of His Injuries In Fishing Trip Crash
Earl Hill aged 58 died in a local hospital after a Saturday afternoon crash while en route to Denison Texas with two companions. John F McCartney 59 suffered injuries. Others from the Saddler Electric crew were treated, with several listed as fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hill
Denison
Tex
Atwood
Hill
Caddo
John F. McCartney
Johnston County
Tishomingo
Pete Graham
Ada
Mr. Hill
Martin Buckelew
Mr. McCartney
Hosan
Daniel Matlock
Earl Williams
C. J. Ragland
Valley View Hospital
D. A. Brassell
Saddler Electric Company
Nashville
Labor Leaders Oppose Bill on War Manpower and Wages
AFL and Socialist leaders urged replacing wage freezes with targeted increases to speed production, arguing 4-Fs should not be drafted. They challenged work-or-fight plans, saying government must decide whether wage policy or recruitment matters most, and calling for reassessment of manpower needs by a Senate committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Socialist Party
House Military Committee
Lewis G. Hines
AFL
War Labor Board
War Labor Board In Certain Plants.” Hines
Albert Hamilton
Vienna
Hamilton
Norman Thomas
Mead
D-Ny
Secreral Investigating Committee
Weekend Fires Keep City Firemen Busy
City firemen fought five calls Sunday including four grass fires and a house blaze at 623 West First. After dousing the Dicus fire they returned to both scenes and to 229 West Sixth where a house fire was quickly controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dicus
West Sixth
West First
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Warren Frye
Paul Frye
Cpl
Third Army
Cpl. Frye
James Chandler
Capt
Howard Rice
John Ruskin
Vnl
Durant Soldier
Warren Lewis
Jess Creech
Alsman
Texas
Sgt
Jack Wilburn
Pvi
Porter Roberts
Amon Cathey
45Th Div
Purple
Timmons
Wilhite
Paul Kerley
Hensler
Dfc
Uss Pontotoc
Miss
Fittstown
Garvin County
Jack Pemberton
Radio School
Truax Field
Madison
Wis
Oklahoma City
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