S Sir Alton Dobbs Receives Cross and Air Medal Honors
S Sgt Alton L Dobbs 28 of Caney Route 1 earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster for 42 missions as a B 25 radio gunner in the North Africa campaign. He later served 20 months overseas and now teaches radio with a C 82 mobile training unit at Fairchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Alton L. Dobbs
Sam J. Dobbs
Route 1
Caney
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Hagerstown
Dobbs
States
England
Pvt. E. H. Johnson Guards German Prisoners
Ernest H. Johnson is serving in Germany with the 106th Division as a guard for German prisoners. He writes that Allied air power has caused widespread devastation seen near Cologne and Frankfurt. Johnson trained at Camp Barkeley, Camp Maxey, and was stationed briefly at Fort Meade before going overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest H. Johnson
Tupelo
Germany
Johnson
Cologne
Frankrt
Camp Barkeley
Camp Maxey
Texas
Fort George G. Meade
Maryland
Sinnett Appointed As Flight Officer
Guy C. Sinnett Jr, 25, son of Mr and Mrs Sinnett, earned his pilot wings and was named a flight officer after completing twin engined advanced training at Pampa Army Air Field Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy C. Sinnett, Jr
Guy CC. Sinnett
Pampa Army Air Field
Pampa
Texas
Pvt Billie M Dove Joins 123rd Infantry at Ada Route 3
Pvt Billie M Dove of Route 3 Ada joins the 123rd Infantry Regiment Company G. The unit ended a two month mountain campaign in Central Luzon by capturing Baguio, summer capital of the Philippines. Originally Illinois National Guardsmen, the 175th Regiment is a seasoned outfit with veterans who fought in Dutch New Guinea. Dove was inducted Sept 25 1944 and left for overseas duty March 26 1945. prior to the army he was employed as a rig builder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie M. Dove
Route 3
Ada
123Rd Infantry
Luzon
Baguio
Philippines
Illinois
Dutch New Guinea
Deve
Damron On Leave From Navy Visits Here
Storekeeper Third Class W. B. Damron, 24, who joined the Navy May 27, 1943, after Oklahoma A and M, has spent over 12 months in the Central Pacific. While on leave he visited Gene Smith and spoke with him before returning to Portland, Oregon, after staying with Mr and Mrs E P Johnson at 1209 South Cherry Street. He saw action at Peleliu, Leyte, and Okinawa and will report back to his base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Damron
Central Pacific
San Diego
California
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Damion
Peliliu
Phillipine Islands
Okinawa
Pacific
Gene Smith
Adan
States
E. P. Johnson
South Cherry
Navy
Portland
Oregon
Caperton Brothers See Action Aplenty In Pacific Theater
Caperton family story from World War II highlights three brothers in combat. Pork Caperton, 18 when enlisting in 1939, earns five battle stars and a Bronze Star later, now a first sergeant with a 96 point total. Pfc J T Caperton Jr, 26, serves with the Fifth Army in Italy since October, praises the 34th Infantry Division. Jack Caperton, 20, in the Seabees in the Philippines, previously worked as a carpenter’s mate at Ada theater. Their spouses and families are noted in California and McAlester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pork Caperton
En Atlantic
England
California
J. T. Caperton
Pfc
J. T. Caperton Jr
Fifth Army
Italy
34Th Infantry
Army
McAlester
Jack Caperton
Seabees
Philippines
Ada
Paul W Swinford Commissioned Second Lieutenant
Paul W. Swinford was commissioned a second lieutenant after completing Officer Candidate course at Fort Benning Georgia. He was inducted August 31 1944 and served at Camp Roberts California before entering OCS four months ago. He is the son of Mrs Fay Swinford and a Horace Mann East Central graduate noted as a tennis player and debater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Swinford
Army
Fort Benning
St. Swinford
Fay Swinford
South Rennie
Camp Roberts
Calif
Lt. Swinford
Horace Mann
East Central
Paratrooper Zeigler Sees Action in Pacific Theater
Pfc. Zeigler Jr. a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne on Luzon has fought in New Guinea Leyte and took part in the final mop up on Luzon. Overseas duty since May 16 1944 the 24 year old Stonewall High School graduate formerly worked in Oklahoma City. He was wounded during early Luzon fighting and awarded the Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Coy Ziegler, Jr
11Fth
Luzon
New Guinea
Leyte
Stonewall High School
Oklahoma City
Zigler
Pfc John Kimbell Killed in Action in Mindanao
Pfc John E Kimbell was killed in action May 4 near Davao Mindanao from shrapnel wounds when a truck struck an enemy mine. He entered service January 1944 and served overseas several months. Information came to his mother Mrs Cena Kennedy of Mossier Oregon formerly Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John, E. Kimbell
Cena Kennedy
Mosier
Oregon
Ada
Kimbell
Davao
Mindanao
Brecheen With Army Now in Germany
Pfc. William F. Brecheen informs his mother Mrs. Effie Brecheen of 826 West Tenth that he is stationed in Bonn Germany with occupation forces. He has served three years in the army and has been overseas since just before D-Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Brecheen
Effie Brecheen
West Tenth
Bonn
Germany
Returning Sgt McGhee From Year Overseas With 15th Air Force
S/Sgt James C. McGhee 28 of 315 East Twelfth returns to the United States after a year overseas with the 456th Bombardment Group. Nose turret gunner on a B 24 Liberator, he helped bomb 126 targets in southern Europe and the Balkans, destroying 130 enemy aircraft and aiding a Tarvisio depot strike in Northern Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
15Th Air Force
James C. McGhee
East Twelfth
United States
456Th
Europe
Balkans
15Th Aaf
Eto
Tarvisio
Walter L. Wilson Returns Home From War Hospital
Pfc Walter L Wilson arrived at Borden General Hospital Chickasha after more than a year overseas in the European Theater He served in Italy France and Germany and was a German prisoner for three months He received the Purple Heart for wounds to his right leg He previously ran a cleaning and pressing business in Ada He is the son of Mrs Fannie Wilson and his wife Wilma Wilson resides in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Wilson
Borden General Hospital
Chickasha
Actain
Italy
France
Germany
99Th
Pic. Wilson
Ada
Fannie Wilson
Wilma Wilson
Joe Bennett Promoted to First Lieutenant in Luzon Combat
Lt. Joe D. Bennett husband of Frances E. Bennett of 130 West Seventeenth has been promoted to first lieutenant. He serves with the 98th Chemical Mortar Battalion under General Walter Krueger in the Sixth Army and earned the combat promotion for leadership in combat against the Japanese on Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe D. Bennett
Frances E. Bennett
West Seventeenth
98Th Chemical Mortar Battalion
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Luzon
First Lieutenant Charles Xk Davis Arrives at Fort Lewis
First Lieutenant Charles Xk Davis of 712 East Fifteenth has arrived for duty at the Fort Lewis Washington Army Service Forces training center after arriving last week for assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles. XK. Davis
East Fifteenth
Fort Lewis, Wash
Army Service Forces Training Center
Fireman Glover Aboard USS Allen Oldest Destroyer
Charles R. Glover of Ada serves as fireman first class aboard the USS Allen, the oldest US Navy destroyer, attached to the Hawaiian Sea Frontier. The ship, commissioned in 1916 and seen action in Pearl Harbor, is nicknamed Gracie by its crew. Glover has 10 months on the ship and serves in the fireroom, after Navy service beginning in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Gracie
Charles R. Glover
Ada
Glover
Elmore City
Navy
Boilermaker School
San Diego
Calif
W. G. Glover
Allen
Bath
Maine
Pearl Harbor
Seigenthaler Returns From Overseas Visit in Ada
S/Sgt. and Mrs. J. S. Siegenthaler arrive in Ada to settle briefly. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Siegenthaler of Muskogee and wife Patsy Sloan of Ada. He served 43 months in the U S Army Air Forces with the Ninth Air Force, completed 80 missions, and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 14 oak leaf clusters, Good Conduct Medal, ETO campaign ribbon with three battle stars, and American Theater of Operations ribbon. Discharged with 155 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Siegenthaler
Ada
Siegenthaler
I. E. Siegenthaler
Muskogee
Patsy Sloan
U. S. Army Air Forces
Ninth Air Force
J. P. Edwards Receives Navy Honorable Discharge
J P Edwards, son of Mr and Mrs B F Edwards of 529 East Tenth, is home with his family at 810 West Thirteenth after receiving an honorable discharge on June 12. A radio technician first class, he served since December 18, 1941, on North Atlantic convoy duty and radar instruction duty in Miami and New Orleans with family accompanying during periods ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Edwards
B. F. Edwards
East Tenth
Naval Hospital
New Orleans
Sharon Lynn
Jerry Don
Benny Frank
West Thirteenth
Edwards
Dallas
Tex
North Atlantic
Miami
Fla
Grand Jury At Work In Tulsa County Jails Visit
Tulsa county grand jury began its second week inspecting the city and county jails and the county poor farm after hearings on police department efficiency. The session, held in Tulsa, aims to review local detention facilities and welfare operations as part of ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Seabees Survey Okinawa Air Strip Under Fire
Roy C. Alletag a storekeeper third class and five Seabees surveyed for a proposed air strip 1000 yards beyond front lines during Okinawa fighting. They worked two days under Marine fire power in enemy territory. On day three the front line advanced, easing their task. Alletag is son of Clyde and Mrs Alletag of 726 East Fourteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy C. Alletag
Okinawa
Japeeire
Alletag
Clyde Alletag
East Fourteenth
Army Reports 102 Soldiers Executed During This War
The army announced 102 soldiers have been executed in this war with 47 for murder and 43 for rape and 11 for both. All but one were executed for military offenses. 33,519 convicts remain in confinement. Patterson praised the soldiers for their conduct amid wartime strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
U. S
Patterson
Londoners Reassess Style After Blitz Years of Scarcity
Londoners grown used to rationing and bomb damage now face worn clothing and unrepaired houses. Women dress in frayed suits and old stockings while hats hide overworked eyes. They long for new fabric, paint, and basic comforts as fatigue from years of hardship sets in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Camp
London
New York
Japan
Dunn Prepares For Cruiser Duty From Stratford Family
Charles E. Dunn radioman second class, stationed at Newport Rhode Island, trains for duty aboard a cruiser. At 25 he has served 21 months overseas and earned the American and Asiatic-Pacific theater and Philippine Liberation ribbons plus the Good Conduct Medal. Dunn, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dunn of Route 2 Wilson, is a Stratford High School graduate who attended Oklahoma A and M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Dunn
Stratford
Newport
R. I
Dunn
C. M. Dunn
Wilson
Navy
Woodlark Island
Pacific
Stratford High School
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Pfc Elmore Returns Home to Fort Sam Houston
Pfc Arthur C. Elmore husband of Mrs Jewell Marion Elmore of Pryo and son of Mr and Mrs Harry Elmore 512 South Rennie has arrived at Brooks Convalescent Hospital Fort Sam Houston Texas. He served overseas as rifleman with the 310th Infantry Regiment 78th Division in the European theatre. After processing in the receiving company at Brooks he will be assigned to a company medical officer who will supervise his return to full health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Elmore
Jewell Marion Elmore
Pryo
Harry Elmore
South Rennie
Brooks Convalescent Hospital
Fort Sam Souston
Texas
Elmore
310Th Infantry Regiment
Brooks
Los
Bill Gray Enlists in Navy Boot Training Near California
Bill Gray son of Mr and Mrs W C Gray of 231 West Twenty first street left June 24 for Sana Calif to begin Navy boot training He attended Horace Mann High School and worked for Consumers Oil company He expects boot training in August and will turn 18 in October
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Gray
W. C. Gray
West Twentyfirst
Sana Calif
Navy
Horace Mann High School
Consumers Oil Company
Gray
Oklahoma Far Over Seventh War Bond Goal
Oklahoma has raised 167.9 million dollars in the Seventh War Loan campaign, surpassing the 99 million quota by nearly 69 million. Officials note E bond sales are not yet finished but postmark by tonight could push past 45 million, with praise from A. E. Bradshaw for the campaign’s record performance and the workers involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
A. E. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Poag Resigns Ada Assembly of God Pastorate
Rev. Floyd L. Poag resigns as pastor of the Assembly of God church at Seventh and Hope Ada. He will preach his final sermon, then begin a Seminole meeting and devote himself to evangelism with wife Mrs Poag and six month old daughter Linda Kaye. The family will live in Haskell. The Ada church has grown, added a $2,000 building addition, paid off debt, installed oak pews and a hardwood floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd L. Poag
Assembly of God Church Seventh and Hope
Seminole
Final Report On 7th War Loan for Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County completes the Seventh War Loan with strong figures. The county total reaches 1 592 971 04 dollars or 129 percent of the quota. Bond sales total 558 302 75 dollars or 104 percent of the 535 000 quota. Other issues raise to 1 034 668 29 dollars or 164 percent. Drive leaders praise committees and buyers for meeting the war effort targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc
Germans Executed AP Correspondent Taken In Slovakia
AP war correspondent Joseph Morton was captured during a Slovak uprising and executed January 24 in Mauthausen by order of Himmler staff in Berlin. Heinzerling, who investigated, confirmed Morton’s death after questioning German officials and guards. The fate of the others captured at Banska Bystrica remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Linz
Austria
Joseph Morton
Associated Press
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Mauthausen
Heinrich Himmler
Berlin
Morton
Romania
Mihai
Plomka
Rome
Mediterranean
Banska Bystrica
Budapest
Heinzerling
Mauhausen
Danube
Lettric Calls Mortons Death a Brutal Assassination
Dispatch from Bratislava reports Dr. Joseph Lettric, Slovakia’s co president, describing Morton as a war correspondent who always wore the American uniform with insignia. Lettric referenced a Berlin dispatch quoting a Slovak clipping about Morton's capture. He called Morton's death a brutal assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
A. I. Goldberg
Bratislava
Joseph Lettric
Slovakia
Morton
Banska Bystrica
Berlin
Lettric
Jap Trains Groups In Firefighting And Rescue
San Francisco dispatch reports Japan hastily trains volunteer fighters from Korea to Singapore for firefighting and rescue drills as part of defense preparations. In Singapore 24,000 non‑Japanese residents stand by for emergencies and thousands of office workers volunteer for labor service. A first five day construction defense job began Saturday. Similar volunteers are formed in Korea per Tokyo broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Japan
Korea
Singapore
Tavia Radio
Tokyo
Federal Communion Commission
Lon L. Moore Pioneer Dies at 72 in Ada
Lon L. Moore 72 of 701 South Rennie Ada died Sunday at 2 a m after a stroke. Funeral at Criswell Chapel with Rev J O Michael and Rev Virgil Alexander. burial Memorial Park. Survivors: widow Abbie Croner two daughters Erma and Londa Lee a sister Mrs Gaudie Cole and a step brother J H Frank plus other relatives. He was a merchant in Wynnewood and Ada and held Masonic and Elks memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon L. Moore
South Rennie
Criswell Funeral Chapel
J. O. Michael
Virgil Alexander
Memorial Park
Bud Harman
Dr. Pendly
Pach
John A. Smith
Robert Williamson
J. E. Williams
Charles Auten
R. A. Herndon
Roy Meek
Henry M. Rice
Roy Loliar
Bob Love
O. E. Parker
Mr. Moore
Linchester
Franklin County
Tenn
Texas
Indian Territory
Wynnewood
Abbie Croner
Cushing
Ada
Christian Church
Guthrie
Elks Club
Erma
Oklahoma City
Londa Lee
Gaudie Cole
Paoli
J. H. Frank
Cotton Acreage Declines From 1944 Levels
The Agriculture Department estimated U S cotton in cultivation July 1 at 18,355,000 acres, down 2,000,000 from last year and 30 percent from the 10 year 1934-43 average. Only 40 percent of 1925 record acreage is planted in 1945, with nearly half of reductions in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Texas
Mississippi River
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Car Stolen Here Is Found In Texas
A 1936 Dodge coupe owned by Joe Burkhart was stolen from a North block parking area last Thursday night while he attended a movie. The car was recovered by the sheriff's force in Paris Texas. William L. Clark was arrested and is being returned to Ada. No charges have been filed yet. Clark is not believed to be an Ada resident and has no local police record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Burkhart
North
Burkhart
Sheriffs Force
Paris
Tex
William L. Clark
Ada
County Sheriff's Force
Dudley Lester
Clark
Graham-Paige resumes aircraft rod production after strike
In Detroit on July 9 production of aircraft connecting rods restarted at Graham Paige Motors as a CIO local strike by 524 polishers ended. Strikers voted to return to work after dispute over upgrading two instructors on leave. About 300 machining department workers also returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers (Cio
One Queen Wasp Produces Up To 25000 Offspring Per Season
A queen wasp can generate as many as twenty five thousand offspring in a single season, indicating the species' high reproductive capacity and potential impact on local ecosystems and wasp populations.
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Alton Dobbs
Pvt
E. H. Johnson
Ernest Johnson
Sinnett
Guy Sinnett
Billie Dove
Peene
Ada News
Damron
W. B. Camron
Ocean
Caperton Brothers
Pfc. Zeigler
John Kimbell
Brecheen
William Brecheen
Sgt. McGhee
Walter Wilson
Joe Bennett
Uss
Seigenthaler
J. S. Seigenthaler
J. P. Edwards
Roy Alletag
Rev. Poag
Pontotoc County
Pioneer
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