Turning point in battle against U Boat threats
War report argues Atlantic crisis marks a turning point with Allied production up and U boats diminished. New light craft and aerial depth bombs expand convoy escort and patrols. helicopters may arm cargo ships. Submarine fleets sustain threat yet U boat losses outpace new builds for first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Johnson
Stalingrad
J. Churchill
Royal Navy
United Nations
Perses
Churchill
Coast Guard
U. S
U.S. Engineers Ordered to Arkansas Flood Repair Duty
The War Department ordered two general service regiments of United States Engineers to Arkansas to repair flood damaged roads. They will work on farm to market and county to market routes, with the state supplying materials and about three weeks of duty. One unit is already on site and another would report soon, part of a training effort for overseas emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
General Service
United States Engineers
Army Service Forces
Arkansas
Senator Caraway
D-Ark
Brehon Somervell
Department
Transport Fliers Given Decorations
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA June 26 UP Four officers and six enlisted men who fly transport planes to New Guinea were awarded the Air Medal by Lieut Gen George C Kenney. Each had 25 operational flights under hostile conditions at low altitudes over rugged terrain often near enemy bases. Wendell D Boettcher of Holton Kansas is among the recipients for flights January 15 February 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Australia
New Guinea
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Wendell D. Boettcher
Holton
Kas
Jungle Division notes home comforts from Pacific stations
Capt. Oliver A. Roholt reports jungle fighters at Pacific stations have improvised home like conveniences using native materials. He describes making a bamboo pipe shower with adhesive tape joints. Leaks exist but water is plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jungle Division
Butte
Mont.p
Pacific
Oliver A. Roholt
FBI Seizes 785 Men Accused of Draft Evasion
FBI agents in 40 cities arrested 786 men for draft law violations in the 24 hours to noon. Director J Edgar Hoover said New York City's 161 arrests were the highest among field offices as in May 15 report 638 men were taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York City
Larest
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Oover
Chicago
Japs misled by own propaganda says Maj Brady
Maj Sidney O Brady, after nine months in the Southwest Pacific, cites enemy propaganda as proof of false optimism among Japanese troops. He recalls a captured naval officer who boasted of seizing San Francisco and pushing 200 miles inland, illustrating wartime misinformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Southwest Pacific
Sidney O. Brady
Jady
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Kas
San Francisco
Osage Osage Bluestem Pastures Shift To Cattle Raising
Pawhuska reports Osage county blue stem pastures plan a shift to home bred cattle. About 225000 cattle on Osage ranges, 65000 shipped from Texas previously. New system emphasizes Hereford cattle and home bred stock with Osage tribal ownership of lands and leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Osage County
Osage
Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas City
Iage
New German Terror Sweeping Poland
London reports from the Polish government in exile cite widespread Nazi terror in Poland. More than 500 blacklisted individuals shot in recent weeks and about 2,000 others arrested. The Gestapo sweep centered on Warsaw with 1,800 rounded up, and 426 of 700 accused of anti-German activity shot on May 29 in the Warsaw ghetto ruins. Instances include killings in Gedzice, Tursk, Rzescow, and Lezaysk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw Ghetto
Gedzice
Tursk
Rzescow
Lezaysk
Nest hides mixed eggs on Edgar McElwain farm
Mr and Mrs Edgar McElwain near ADA discover a ground nest with three turkey eggs, eight quail eggs, and two pheasant eggs. They wonder what will hatch and who will watch the nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ohio
Edgar McElwain
Here
Edenton Banker Guilty of Self-Inflicted Murder in 1828
Samuel H. Pullen, a banker from Edenton North Carolina, was found dead by suicide in 1828. The coroner's jury ruled he had murdered himself in the first degree at the instigation of the devil by firing a pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self Samuel H. Pullen
Edenton
N. C
Japs Capture Pfc Waldron Parents Notified by Army
Pfc Guy L Waldron reportedly captured by Japanese in the Philippine Islands. A telegram from the War Department dated Friday June 18 said Waldron was all right. Parents Mr and Mrs Wesley Waldron, route 2, Stratford, informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Waldron
Guy L. Waldron
Philippine Islands
Wesley Waldron
Route 2
Stratford
Pfc. Waldron
Major Turner Returns to America Grievously Wounded
Mrs. F. L. Finley of 720 East Seventeenth reports her son Major Herbert N. Turner has landed in the United States from Boston Mass. He says he will be in a hospital about ten days before coming to Ada. Turner was wounded in battle on April 4 during the North African campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Finley
East Seventeenth
Herbert N. Turner
Boston Mass
United States
Ada
Turner
Get Killer Urge Young Pilots Told
Frederick June 26 Brig Gen Aubrey Hornsby told the first graduating bomber pilots at Frederick Army Air Field that a flier must have a killer urge a fighting spirit to kill the enemy. The ceremony included aerial and ground reviews with cadets and staff. Oklahomans Julius J Sas Bartlesville and Billie C Amonette Durant were in the class. Capt I P Sas watched his brother receive wings after 11 months in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick Army Air Field
Aubrey Hornsby
32Nd
Perrin Field
Texas
Julius J. Sas
Bartlesville
Billie C. Amonette
Durant
Capt
I. P. Sas
North Africa
Wichitas Crane Pins Wings on Brother at Field Graduation
First Lt Edwin R Crane of Wichita Kansas earned three aerial victories over North Africa but blamed a German pilot who flew directly into his line of fire. He returned to Pampa Army Air Field for graduation exercises to pin the wings on his brother Larry Crane as the ceremony drew to a close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa, Tex
Edwin R. Crane
Wichita
Kas
North Africa
Larry
Pampa Army Air Field
Promotions and Training Notes for Army Air Forces Recruits
Corporal John F. Leslie receives a promotion at Basic Training Center No. 10 Greensboro NC. He arrived April 30 1943 to begin drill and technical training. Private Joe D. Morse arrives at Fort Knox KY for three months in the Armored Force Replacement Training Center with six weeks of basic training followed by weapon specific instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Leslie
Basic Training Center No
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Greensboro
North Carolina
Basic Training Center
Army Air Force
Leslie
Will Leslie
Route 1
Stonewall
Joe D. Morse
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Armored Force Replacement Training Center
Pvt. Morse
Armored Force
Private H. E. Leverett Begins Training at Fort Knox
Private H. E. Leverett starts basic recourse in the Armored Force Replacement Training Center at Fort Knox Kentucky after 13 weeks of orientation and a full week of battle training with live ammunition. He is the son of Mrs. Myrtle Leverett Route 4 Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Leverett
Armored Force Replacement Training Center
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Pvt. Leverett
Myrtle Leverett
Route 4
Ada
Tipton Receives Commission in Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth
Lloyd Tipton son of Mr and Mrs Ross Tipton completed officer training at Fort Monmouth New Jersey on May 26 and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Signal Corps He remains at Fort Monmouth for six weeks of advanced training Tipton attended Ada high school East Central college and Oklahoma A M He worked as a ham radio operator for the state patrol at Duncan and was chief operator for the highway patrol for 18 months He later taught radio work at Broken Bow and enlisted November 1 to serve in the Signal Corps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Tipton
Ross Tipton
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Signal Corps
Ada High School
Tipton
East Central College
Oklahoma A. & M
Duncan
Broken Bow
Lawton Hero Seeks Return to Combat Duty
Lt Col Sam Maddux of Lawton Oklahoma a 27 year old general staff officer in Washington wishes to return to combat. He piloted a Flying Fortress in operations over Java the Philippines and Australia and earned the Purple Heart and Unit Citation with the 19th Bombardment group. He notes he would rather not discuss wartime experiences beyond brief mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Java
Philippines
Australia
Sam Maddux
Lawton
Okla
Maddux
Meddux
Workshop Refresher Course Opens Soon
East Central State College will run a two week workshop from July 5 to July 16 to ease rural teacher shortages. Director T. K. Dreadwell said the program targets longtime teachers and recent graduates seeking quick rural teaching eligibility. War emergency certificates will be issued valid for one year for rural schools only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
T. K. Dreadwell
Work Order Initiates Ada Municipal Airport Expansion
The Ada Municipal Airport enlargement project has begun. L. P. Reed and M. L. Bowers report progress after receiving the work order last week. Tom Morris, a CAA engineer, confirms the order and says Empire Electric Co. of Fort Worth has been directed to proceed with wiring and lighting. Electrical work is expected to start this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Municipal
L. P. Reed
M. L. Bowers
Tom Morris
CAA
Empire Electric Co
Fort Worth
Morris
Six Indicted On Hoosier Ordnance Plant Conspiracy
An army officer and five others were indicted by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government in the Hoosier Ordnance plant project near Charlestown. The scheme involved rental of trucks tractors and cranes used in construction and operations that began September 2 1941. Officials said overcharges were claimed at 190000 with FBI evidence suggesting about 600000 and a concurrent civil suit in Louisville estimated the loss above 800000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Charlestown
Ind
Biddle
FBI
Louisville
Stalin Thanks FDR For Compiments
Stalin in a Moscow radio broadcast thanked President Roosevelt for his high estimation of Soviet resolve and bravery. He urged joint east west blows against the enemy to hasten final victory and noted unity will guide postwar tasks. The message echoed Roosevelt’s anniversary note and was recorded by the Soviet Monitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stalin
Russia
Roosevelt
Moscow Radio
Reputo
State Cadets In Altus Grad Class
Thirteen Oklahoma aviation cadets were named in the Altus Army Air Field graduation list. Included are Ollie J. Blankenship Norman William B. Barnes Nowata Donald Boulineau Oklahoma City George A. Burton Tulsa Harold G. Evatt Shawnee William H. Forney Kingfisher George O. Hambrick Altus Paul Huston Guthrie William P. Masters Ponca City Basil W. Romans Okmulgee George A. Singletary Altus Clifford S. Vaughn Oklahoma City Jack R. Wallace Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altus
R. G. Evatt
Shawnee
William H. Forney
Harry L. Forney
Kingfisher
George O. Hambrick
G. W. Fanning
Sayre
Paul Huston
N. §. Huston
Guthrie
William P. Masters
Ponca City
Basil W. Romans
J. Romans
Okmulgee
George A. Singletary
George M. Singletary
Clifford S. Vaughn
John S. Vaughn
Oklahoma City
Jack R. Wallace
Mrs Goebbels Away With Children in Spain Castle Claim
Moscow radio quoted Bern sources saying Mrs Goebbels, wife of Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels, is abroad with her children and delaying return to Berlin due to air raid danger. The broadcast also claimed Goebbels bought a castle near Seville to retreat to during a rumored summer and possibly winter exile in Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Moscow Radio
United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Fran Goebbels
Moscow
Bern
Spai
Goebbels
Seville
Surplus Spud Buying Begun at Ada Seed Company
C. W. Zorn of Ada Seed Company began surplus potato purchases for the government on Saturday. About 300 bushels were graded, bagged and readied for shipment by Monday while Zorn pays $1.75 per 100 pounds for grade No. 1 potatoes and the government covers handling, sacking, and cuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Zorn
Ada Seed Company
Mr. Zorn
Market at Allen opens with potato surplus buy
A potato surplus market will open in Allen on Tuesday morning June 29 with a grading machine at the gin and service extending into Hughes county. Robert I. Pollock, a sweep rancher near Roff, reports potato culls under 10 percent and about 100 bushels per acre on a four acre patch, noting this is his first commercial potato crop. He used fertilizer but plans to replant in fall. Mr. Zorn expects shipping at least one car-load of potatoes daily this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Hughes County
Robert I. Bullock
Roff
Mr. Pollock
Captain English Wounded in Africa Visits Ada Wife
Captain Graham F. English, 31, formerly of Ardmore, now at Walter Reed Hospital, is visiting Ada with his wife Mildred Jeter after 18 months as an enlisted man and over a year as an officer. He served with the 45th Division in North Africa and earned the Purple Heart after a bombing raid near Tunis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham F. English
Ada
Mildred’ Jeter
English
Texas
Flying Ordnance Command
North Africa
Jimmy Doolittle
Ireland
England
Amon
Tunis
Bizerte
United States
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Captain English
Ardmore
Couple Reunites After War Separation in Australia
Mrs Gabrielle Lyon and her baby waited in Australia for months for news of Captain Ian Lyon of the British Army who escaped from Malaya through Burma to India. A cable said he was safe and well. She sailed aboard the Nanking to join him in India, but the Nanking later was sunk by the Japanese and survivors were interned. Captain Lyon then reached the Perth hotel where his wife stayed before sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Gabrielle Lyon
Australia
Ian Lyon
British Rmy
Maaya
Burma
India
Lyon
Perth
Western Australia
Bob Ope Signs for Troops Hits Grandfather in Hitchin
Comedian Bob Ope planned a quiet visit to his 99-year-old grandfather James Hope in Hitchin Hertfordshire to entertain U S troops. Crowds pressed for autographs and handshakes forcing him to flee to his car. Hope, who turns 100 on August 21, enjoyed the moment despite illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bob Ope
U. S
James Hope
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
Grandfather Hope
Bob
Grandad
Mixing formulas cut linseed oil loss for lead paints
New formulas using red white and blue lead paints aim to conserve linseed oil by reducing its usage to as low as 50 percent of normal requirements. The adjustment targets improved efficiency in pigment mixtures for safer, cost effective paint production.
Food Production Plans For 1944 May Drop Restrictions
Food Administrator Chester C. Davis is expected to unveil an all out 1944 food production program that could abolish AAA allotments and easing acreage controls. The plan targets about 380 million cultivated acres for crops up from 350 million in 1942 with large wheat gains and shifts in beans soy peanuts flax and corn toward feed and processing uses. Decreases in cotton tobacco sugar beets cane are possible as officials reassess production prospects and align livestock output with feed supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Chester C. Davis
Miskovsky Poised to File Charges in Kissminger Payoff
Oklahoma County Attorney George Miskovsky said charges likely by mid week against two prominent figures in the Kissminger money payoff case. Fred Lowe, ex county tag agent, had accused the pair of sharing an $8,000 payment to free a life-term prisoner. Former Gov. Leon C. Phillips denied receipt of funds and called the move an smear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
George Miskovsky
Fred Lowe
Oklahoma County
J. W. Eissminger
Leon C. Phillips
Muskogee
Miskovsky
Phillips
Weleetka
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Receives Honorary Degree
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of China's generalissimo, received an honorary doctor of laws from Wesleyan College in Macon Georgia. She offered a rule for living kindness in others troubles courage in your own and praised her sisters Madame Sung Yat-Sen and Madame H Kung as her honored co-graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Wesleyan College
Chiang
Sung Yat-Sen
H. H. Kung
Wesleyan
Red Cross Training Arrives at Scott Field Illinois
Robert D. Moore of Ada former Peru State Teachers College professor arrives with a new class of Red Cross men at Scott Field Illinois. The radio school under the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command offers a course that leads to assistant field director positions. Graduates will be assigned to other military installations for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Field, Ill
Robert D. Moore
Ada
Peru State Teachers College
Peru
Neb
Red Cross
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
American Red Cross
Straight Swimming Bears
A black bear swims in a straight line toward the opposite shore and will crawl over a boat to upset it if in its path. If you move out of the line of travel, you are safe.
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Mr. Churchill
English Channel
North Sea
Mediterranean
U.S. Engineers
Maj. Turner
America
Ada News
Lawton Hero
East Central
Fdr
Altus Grad
Mrs. Goebbels
Madame Kai Shek
Robert Moore
Scott Field
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