Trans Atlantic glider crossing described by Richard Seys
Squadron Leader Richard G. Seys recounts the 28 hour glide from Montreal to Britain with co pilot Gobeil We faced heavy loads fierce weather and multiple thunderstorm belts yet reached Europe and landed safely The account notes the tow rope maneuvers cabin conditions and the thrill of a historic crossing for glider pilots.
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Richard G. Seys
NEA
London
Atlantic
Montreal
Bill Longhurst
Gobeil
North American
North America
Britain
England
R. G. Seys
R.A.F. Transport Command
Russia
Sgt Rogers Returns From Guarding Panama Isthmus Outpost
Sgt. B. J. Rogers son of Mrs Lenora Rogers of 509 West Sixth street returns from Panama where he served with the Field Artillery and the 45th Division. He describes jungle heat and humidity, USO clubs in Panama City and Colon, and guards against German and Japanese agents during the Pearl Harbor period. He notes the Army favored men with dark features to endure heat and recalls torpedo risks and the need for patrol vigilance along the canal zone.
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B. J. Rogers
Lenora Rogers
West Sixth Street
Panama
Rogers
Field Artillery
Pearl Harbor
Canal
Continental
United States
Sgt. Rogers
USO
Panama City
Colon
Coast Artillery
Grudge Behind Pryor High School Fire Suspects Identified
Oklahoma City July 10 three Pryor youths confessed arson at Pryor high school after a grudge against teachers. The fire alarm at 2 45 a m woke residents. the trio, all students, were jailed before daylight. Loss estimated 4500 dollars. two are 17 and the third 16.
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Oklahoma City
W. G. Banister
Oklahoma
FBI
Pryor
Pryor High School
Banister
CCC
Pryor High
White. Maury
U. S
Tulsa
Lt Roling Graduates as Flying Fort Pilot
Lt. Hal E. Roling of Ada Ohio has completed a nine weeks Army Air Forces Pilot course at Lockbourne AAB Columbus. He is now qualified to pilot a Flying Fortress anywhere and will be assigned to another station for final training and service with a bomber crew. Also notes on rubber substitutes from cotton alcohol and plant tests.
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Hal E. Roling
South
Ada
Army Air Forces
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Columbus
Sgt LaBarge Joins Army Airborne Battalion
Walter E. LaBarge Sr. formerly of Ada now serves in the 877th Airborne Avn Battalion after enlisting in January 1943. He trained at Jefferson Barracks and Westover Field and is stationed at Millville Army Air Base. He previously worked as a driller for Phillips Petroleum.
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Walter E. LaBarge
Ada
Joe A LaBarge
South Johnston
Army Air Forces
Jefferson Barracks
877Th Airborne
Westover Field
Massachusetts
LaBarge
Army Air Base
Millville
N. J
Army
Pvt. Cook Fires Machine Gun In North Africa
Private Benjamin F. Cook, now in North Africa with the Armored Force, writes home of the fighting at Gabes and Gafsa and of hopes to fish and to have a chicken. He enlisted August 19 1942 and trained at Fort Knox after leaving Ft. Sill. He is the son of Mrs. Alice Janet Cook and husband of Mrs. Gertie Lou Cook.
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Pvt. Cook
North Africa
Benjamin F. Cook
Armored Force
Ft. Sill
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Gafsa
Eighth Army
Gabes
Alice Janet Cook
West Seventh
Gertie Lou Cook
Pvt
Cook
Knox School
Huddleston Stationed at San Diego Navy Base
Oliver Joe Huddleston is stationed at the United States Naval Training Station San Diego California. A naval physician advised a forthcoming medical discharge as his service would be more effective in war industry. Huddleston grew up in Ada Oklahoma and attended Purcell Vanoss and Ada schools. He is the son of Stella Huddleston and grandson of Mr and Mrs J P Walker of Vanoss. He once worked for The News and enjoys Navy life and San Diego steak.
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Oliver Joe Huddleston
United States Naval Training Station
San Diego
California
Huddleston
Ada
Vicinity
Purcell
Vanoss
Stella Huddleston
Houston
J. P. Walker
Vaness
the News
Carpenter's Mate Forest Bratton Returns Home
First Class Carpenter's Mate Forest Bratton of the United States Naval Construction Battalions has just returned from North Africa. He is visiting his sister Mrs. Ray Fields. The Construction Battalions engage the enemy in landing operations and help establish installations, landing facilities, water supplies, and barracks on newly captured beachheads.
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Forest Bratton
United States Naval Construction Battalions
North Africa
Ray Fields
New Family Sends Two Sons to Army and Notes Local Courses
Rev and Mrs Thomas D New announce their two sons Francis and John serving in the army chaplaincy and mechanics. Capt John W New US Army Chaplain stationed in England, brother of Thomas David New, formerly pastor at Rofts and Allen. Latin American affairs unification urged by observers amid federal bureau overlap.
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Thomas D. New
Army
John W. New
United States Army
England
Thomas David
Thomas David New
New
Fort McClelland
Alabama
Oklahoma Baptist Uiversity
First Baptist Church
Rofs
Allen
Cape Horn
Congress
Pvt Cotham Ends Armored Force Basic Training
Fort Knox Ky thirteen weeks of basic training have prepared over 2000 recruits in the 1st Armored Group to be line soldiers of the Armored Force Col Farl C Horan commands the unit which focuses on coordination between infantry and tanks The graduates learned Army and Armored Force organization rank insignia drill discipline and equipment care Pvt Jas C Cotham son of Mrs Roy L Cotlam Ada is among the graduates
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Fort Knox
1St Armored Group
Pvt
Jas. C. Cotham
Roy L. Cotlam
West 15Th St
Ada
Farl C. Horan
Rainbow Division Reactivated At Camp Gruber
Veterans from World War I join World War II volunteers in reactivating the Rainbow Division at Camp Gruber. The ceremony features a hollow rectangle parade, state banners, and a reading of activation orders with the governor and Gen Collins present. Private Thomas David New, son of Rev. and Mrs. Thomas New, is assigned to North Africa with the Ordnance Corps after training at Camp McCoy.
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Camp Gruber
Rainbow
de Brig.n. Harry J. Collins
Tulsa
District of Columbia
Governor Kerr
Lester A. Sprinkle
Collins
Douglas MacArthur
Thomas David New
North Africa
Ordnance Corps
Pvt. New
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Camp Sutton
North Carolina
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
East Fourth
Barrelhouse Bessie Barely Gets Home
A United States bomber crew flying the Flying Fortress Barrelhouse Bessie from Basin Street completed a raid on Nantes France with two and a half engines. They faced ten enemy fighters and heavy anti aircraft fire while the wounded radio gunner received care midflight. An engine was lost and an emergency landing was made in England, described by Lieut. Jaged F. Fields as the toughest workout he wants over here.
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United States
England
Frank E. Williams
Ponca City
Okla
Bessie
Basin Street
Nantes
France
Jaged F. Fields
Kewpiell Fields
Roosevelt Signs Induction Delay Bill for Older High Schoolers
A measure postponing induction of 18 and 19 year old high school students who completed more than half of their academic year until they finish that year became law with President Roosevelt's signature.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mileage ration stamps placement guidance
Instructions state stamps should be placed on the left rear side window to facilitate checking during gas purchases and to eliminate obstruction to the front view.
Too Many Cooks in the Good Neighbor Policy Debate
Washington commentary weighs who should lead a unified Good Neighbor Policy. Former Hoover era policy roots, Wallace and Jones clash over Latin America affairs, with Rockefeller as a possible alternative. Overlapping agencies fuel debates amid cross party considerations.
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Henry A. Wallace
Hoover
Wallace
RFC
Jesse Jones
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Office of Inter- American Affairs
Rockefeller
CIAA
State Department
Manhattan
Congress
Rio Grande
Son of Ada Couple Dies in North Africa
Sergeant Wesley Clarida, son of Mr and Mrs W Ada, died from battle injuries in North Africa on June 20 1943 after a head injury on April 23. He served with the Fifth Armored Division and died three days after a War Department telegram dated June 30. He grew up in Shawnee where his parents moved to Ada three years ago. his wife Mrs Geraldine Clarida works in Shawnee.
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Wesley Clarida
W. A
North Africa
War Department
Clarida
Fifth Armored Division
Shawnee
Ada
Geraldine Clarida
Soybean Meal Shortage Affects Pontotoc County Farms
County Agent C H Hailey and A A A head W B Johnson report no soybean meal available this week. They and state A A A officials searched sources but high protein feed remains scarce for Pontotoc County mills and dairy feeds. When market availability returns, Pontotoc County will receive a portion of the needed supply.
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C. H. Hailey
W. B. Johnson
A.A.A
Pontotoc County
Hailey
Pontotoco County
Criminals Are Really Young
Deputy U S marshal Allen Stanfield said he arrested seven youths under 20 last week for major crimes including Hulbert bank robbery. The youths were arraigned in Muskogee before Commissioner Forrest Brewster and jailed. Other arrests covered car theft and mail interference, including a 16 year old in Ada who took a pension check. He plans to keep monitoring youth crime.
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Allen Stanfield
U. S
Stanfield
Hulbert
Muskogee
Forrest Brewster
Ada
Soldiers See Special Movie at McSwain Theater
Captain W. F. Pyle of the 343rd College Training Detachment arranged for soldiers to view the motion picture Prelude to War at the McSwain theater. The group marched in two contingents from the college to the theater downtown Saturday morning.
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W. F. Pyle
343Rd College Training Detachment
Air Crew
McSwain
Tractor overturns injuring D. Howell and daughter near Davenport
CHANDLER July 10 P J D Howell 69 and daughter Evelyn 18 were critically hurt when a tractor they rode went off a bridge on a country road near Davenport and dropped 15 feet into Deep Fork river. Neighbors said Evelyn was practicing driving.
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Chandler
P.J. D. Howell
Evelyn
Davenport
Deep Fork River
Second Lieutenant Jack Bates Arrives From New Haven
Second Lieutenant Jack Bates arrives Tuesday evening from New Haven Connecticut where he recently graduated from the Army Air Force Engineering School. He has been assigned to a Bomb Squadron at Clovis New Mexico. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Bates.
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Jack Bates
New Haven
Connecticu
Army Air Force Engineering School
Clovis
New Mexico
Charles Tates
Pontotoc County Ration Office Closes Earlier Weekdays
The Pontotoc county price and ration board announces a change in closing time for the Ada office. Weekday closing is now 4 p m from Monday through Friday, replacing the former 5 o'clock closing. Saturday noon closing remains unchanged.
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Pontotoc
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Sgt. LaBarge
Airborne
Sgt
Walter LaBarge
Oliver Huddleston
Navy Base
Carpenter's
N. Africa
Stonewall and Canning Course
Pvt. Cotham
America
Marshal Stanfield
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