Bronze Star Medal Awarded First Lieutenant H. J. Johnson
First Lieutenant H. J. Johnson receives the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in the Okinawa campaign from April 1 to 30. He maintained battle communications, led wire parties under heavy fire, repaired a 100 yard regimental line, and continued overseas service with the 96th Division since July 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
H. J. Johnson
Johnson
96Th Division
Geraldine Johnson
Holy J. Johnson
Photographer Morris Fighting in Pacific
The air and sea war against Japan is supported by Midway Island as a major base for the Pacific Fleet. Meyer M. Morris, chief photographer's mate USN, serves as photographer on Midway after entering the Navy in April 1940 and 42 months overseas. Parents Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Morris live at 710 West Sixth. he was a Stall's studio photographer before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Midway Island
Midway
Meyer M. Morris
USN
Morris
Navy
O. F. Morris
West Sixth
Stall’s
Holly A Stephens Discharged VetsVisits Ada
Holly A Stephens, a veteran of 50 combat missions with the 8th and 15th Air Forces in Europe, visits Ada with his wife Martha. He holds the Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters and the Presidential Unit citation ribbon and will live in Perry where he works for Delaney Drilling. He is the son of Mrs. F Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly A. Stephens
Ada
15Th Air Forces
Stephens
RAF
Martha
Perry
Delaney Drilling Company
OPA to Inspect Food Locker Meat Across Five States
The OPA fifth region starts a five state inspection campaign in Texas Missouri Louisiana Arkansas and Oklahoma to recover illegally held meat. Seventy investigators report a surge in lockers since rationing as Kansas yields 100450 pounds of illegal meat and 590000 points surrendered. Court action may follow against non cooperating Kansas operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
OPA
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Harry Hall
Lester Boone
Brothers in Law in Service Updates and Moves
S/Sgt. Jack P. Wilburn wounded in Germany on April 23 remains in a Nancy France army hospital. His wife and son live at 809 East Sixteenth, he is son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilburn of 831 East Thirteenth. S/Sgt. Lloyd T. Clifton and wife visited his parents at 831 East Thirteenth before traveling to Abilene Texas for a week with his father Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Clifton then to Lawton for reassignment. Clifton, from the 451st bomber group, entered service December 2 1942 spent 11 months overseas earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart on August 15 1944 and carries the Presidential Citation badge. The group will join the Air Transport Command at Bangor Maine. Clifton was top of his class with 91 points and was among East Central State college’s first air cadets. Mrs. Clifton is the former Miss Sue Ann Wilburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack P. Wilburn
Germany
Nancy
France
Wilburn
East Sixteenth
Harry Wilburn
East Thirteenth
Lloyd T. Clifton
Abilene
Tex
Oliver Clifon
Clifton
Lawton
451St
Clinton
Air Transport Command
Bangor
Maine
East Central State College
Sue Ann Wilburn
Fleming Joins Navy Seabees On Saipan
James T. Fleming a 28 year old Ada, Oklahoma storekeeper joined the Navy Seabees in 1943. He serves with the 31st Special NCB Battalion on Saipan after training at Camp Peary Virginia Camp Endicott Rhode Island and overseas departure from Port Hueneme California. His wife Helen and son Jim live in Ada with his parents and brother serving in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Fleming
Bill” Fleming
Navy Seabees
Saipan
N.C.B
Fleming
Seabees
Ocober
Camp Peary
Camp Endicott
R.I
Pere Hueneme
Calif
Vaness
East Central State College
Route 2
Ada
Helen
Jimmy
Mack Fleming
Pvt
Lawton Fleming
Germany
Nadine Fleming
Bradley, A
Pfc. Ray Fisher Leads Rapid Aircraft Repair Crew
Pfc. Paul Ray Fisher of Ada and a team of maintenance technicians in England repaired and modified thousands of combat planes in 18 months averaging over 20 a day. Their depot’s output exceeded Luftwaffe peak strength as Allied offensives progressed. Fisher, grandson of Mrs. C. D. Murphy of 728 West Tenth, served 16 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Paul Ray Fisher
Ada
England
Fisher
Pfc. Fisher
C. D. Murphy
West Tenth
T Sgt Dee Maddox Joins Pacific Liberator Unit
T Sgt Dee Maddox of Typeol airplane mechanic with eight years service joins the Fifth Air Force Jolly Rogers in the Philippines. He becomes ground crew chief of the bomber Briney Marlin, which has flown 1240 hours and 115 combat missions. Maddox, 29, from Oklahoma, is married to Edwina with son Freddie Dee Jr. and has two brothers in military service.
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Dee Maddox
Typeol
Philippines
Fifth Air Force
Jolly Rogers
Australia
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Formosa
China
French Indo- China
Maddox
Edwina
Freddie Dee, Jr
Seagel
Wilburn Maddox
Tupelo
Pfc. Forest
Signal Corps
Cpl
Floyd
Infantry
Europe
Scroggins Brothers Serve Aboard Pacific Naval Vessel
Andrew J. Scroggins, 17, serves aboard an amphibious flagship in the Pacific after enlisting in the naval reserve in October 1944 and basic training at San Diego. His brother Edwin E. Scroggins, 19, is a seaman second class. both are sons of Mrs. Clifford An son of Ada and former Latta High students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Scroggins
Pacific
Naval Reserve
San Diego
Calif
Latta High School
Scroggins
Edwin E. Scroggins
Clifford Anson
Ada
Two German POWs Hanged for Murder at Leavenworth
Two German prisoners of war Rudolph Straub and Erich Gauss were hanged at the U S disciplinary barracks Leavenworth Kansas on the same gallows used earlier for five other executions. They were executed for the April 5 1945 murder of Horst Guenther at a work camp in Aiken South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Leavenworth
Kas
U. S
Rudolph Straub
Erich Gauss
Horst Guenther
Aiken
S. C
Straub
Germany
Gauss
Army
Sorrels and Roberts in the Southwest Pacific Deployment
Navy sailors Zeke Sorrels 29 and Eugene Roberts 20, both from Ada, are serving in World War II. Sorrels trained at Farragut Idaho, served aboard a battleship in the Southwest Pacific since September, with wife and two children in Dallas. Roberts entered service May 1944, has been in the Philippine Islands campaign since last November, wife and baby in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeke Sorrels
Southwest Pacific
W. T. Sorrels
Ada
Farragut
Idaho
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Dallas
Philippine Islands
Ada high school Marine writes parents of Okinawa service
Cpl. Philip M. Johnston of the First Marine Division reported to his parents that he came safely through the Okinawa campaign without a scratch while noting many of his close friends were wounded or killed. He enlisted in 1944, sailed overseas in September, and was 19 in March. He sent letters from the battlefield on the bottom of an inverted gallon bucket. The division highlighted the capture of Shuri Castle as a key achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip M. Johnston
Marine
Okinawa
O. F. Johnston
Ada High School
Johnston
Shuri Castle
Pvt Roy H Allen Assigned to Infantry Division on Luzon
Pvt Roy H Allen husband of Irene Allen has been assigned to an infantry division on Luzon as a rifleman. He was a farmer and truck driver before induction in 1944 and trained at Camp Robinson Arkansas. He sailed for the Philippines in March 1945 and joined the 136th Infantry on Luzon in May near Baguio. He is entitled to the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon and the Philippine Liberation ribbon with a battle star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy H. Allen
Irene Allen
Luzon
Pvt
Allen
Camp Robinson
Ark
Philippines
136Th Infantry
Baguio
Ada youth joins navy with top scholastic record
James Olterman apprentice seaman son of Mr and Mrs J H Olterman northwest of Ada is training at the naval training center in San Diego after enlisting. He left June 19 following a June 15 physical in Oklahoma City. Ada High school graduate with the highest scholastic average he lettered in football in 1944 and will be 18 next February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Olterman
J. H. Olterman
Ada
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Oklahoma City
Ada High School
Court martial at Ft McPherson on traitor charge
At Ft McPherson Georgia on June 17 1944 Guenther faced a court martial after fellow prisoners charged him as a traitor to his oath flag and fatherland. He was also accused by a kitchen orderly of unfair milk distribution between German prisoners and Americans and of reporting others to American officers for taking too much food and for revealing a threatened strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. McPherson, Ga
Guenther
Friday Adds A Bit To Rainfall Record
A weather recap shows Friday brought light showers totaling 0.04 inches, cooling to a 67 degree low overnight, and a 85 degree high. July rainfall reached 3.82 inches by Saturday morning, with clear skies and warmer daytime conditions anticipated. meanwhile automotive tire makers foresee postwar tires lasting 100000 miles with lower blowout risk and improved traction.
Bowles Trains as Gunner in B 29 Crew Deployment
Sgt. Arthur L. Bowles Jr., son of A. L. Bowles of 831 East Orchard, trains at Grand Island Army Air Field as a gunner on a B 29 crew preparing to carry the war to Japan. He previously worked as an aircraft mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Bowles, Jr
A. L. Bowles
East Orchard
Grand Island Army Air Field
Bowles
Feed shortage bars expansion in meat dairy poultry output
Industry spokesmen said poor crop prospects will tighten feed supplies and prevent expanding livestock production for 15 months. After talks with Secretary Anderson, the livestock feed council urged diverting non domestic wheat to feed in shortage regions with subsidy. California reports gold found in all 56 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Livestock Feed Processing and Distributing Industry
Anderson
Agriculture Department
New England
Middle Atlantic
Southeast
Midwest
Pfc Jack Lamb Arrives Safely in Philippines
Mrs Jack W Lamb. 501 1/2 West Fifth, reports from Manila that Pfc Jack Lamb has safely arrived in the Philippines and is temporarily stationed with a medical aid replacement company. Inducted March 13 1944, he trained at Camp Lee and Ft Lewis before embarkation. Patsy and his wife and daughter remain in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack W. Lamb
West Fifth
Pfc
Jack Lamb
Philippines
Manila
Lamb
Camp Lee
Ft. Lewis
Washinton
Pfc. Lamb
Standard
Patsy
Ada
Ada Marine Captain Earns Purple Heart for Saipan Wounds
Wendell Crain 26 of Ada receives the Purple Heart for a Saipan wound while commanding a rifle company. He already holds the Silver Star. son of A J Crain, he is Northwestern University educated and his wife Louise now lives in San Diego.
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Marine Corps
James Wendell Crain
Ada
Saipan
A. J. Crain
West Thirteenth
Northwestern University
Evanston
Iil
Louise Crain
San Diego
Calif
Navy Shifts Command in Carrier Air Arm Amid Pacific War Drive
Secretary Forrestal announces a series of flag officer reshuffles in the Pacific carrier force. Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman will replace Vice Admiral Mitscher as commander of the first fleet carrier task force, while Vice Admiral Towers will succeed McCain as commander of the second carrier task force. Mitscher moves to Washington as deputy chief of naval operations for air. The changes affect about 29 flag shifts but are not a shakeup.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Japan
Forrestal
Frederick C. Sherman
Marc A. Mitscher
John H. Towers
John S. McCain
Mitscher
Adm
William F. Halsey
Naval Operations
Admr
Mitcher
Sherman
Towers
Glenn Curtiss
Fast Carrier Task Force
Naval Air War
Lexington
Ada airman Ollie Hatcher promoted to captain in AAF
Ollie E Hatcher 21 of Ada promoted to captain serving as assistant operations officer in the Air Apaches 345th Bombardment Group 5th Air Force He has flown 37 missions 252 combat hours against Japan in Southwest and Western Pacific He planted 500 pounds on a Nipponese transport off the China coast bringing total ships sunk or damaged to 487 He holds the Air Medal Pineapple Liberation ribbon and Star and three battle stars on his Asiatic Pacific ribbon He is a 1940 Stroud High School graduate who attended Oklahoma A and M before entering the air forces in 1942
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Ollie E. Hatcher
Ada
Air Apaches
5Th Air Force
Mary Hatcher
Columbia
S. C
Southwest
Pacific
Ada Flyer
China
Hatcher
New Guinea
Philippines
Luzon
Stroud High School
Capt
Oklahoma A
M. Be“Eo
Air Forces
Lewis With Forces Left in Germany
Elbert Lewis 22, is serving with U S occupation forces in Germany after 30 months in the army and 24 months in the European theater. He served with the U S First Army in England France and Belgium as a member of engineers and was later with the Third Army in Germany with combat engineers until V E day. Formerly of Stratford he is husband of Mrs Christine Gurley Lewis of Richmond California.
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T/5
Elbert Lewis
Germany
Cpl. Lewis
U. S. First Army
England
France
Belgium
Engineers
Third Army
Stratford
Lewis
Christine Gurley Lewis
Richmond
California
Pfc Buil W Whitaker Assigned To Tinian Island
Pfc Buil W Whitaker serves with the 58th Bombardment Wing on Tinian in the Marianas, a pioneer Superfort unit shifted from India China theater to the Pacific. The 32nd automotive equipment operator helps maintain the field’s bombers for missions. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Whitaker, reside at 804 West Ninth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Buil W. Whitaker
Tinian
Marianas Islands
58Th
India-China
Pacific
21St Bomber Command
Charles A. Whitaker
West Ninth
Lt Lewis G Colbert Receives Bronze Star Medal
Lt Lewis G Colbert is awarded the Bronze Star Medal for service from D Day to March 1945. Brig Gen Williston Palmer presented the medal as Colbert, promoted to first lieutenant, has three years in the Army and twenty months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D-Day
Lewis G. Colbert
Williston Palmer
7Th Corps Artillery
9Th U. S. Army
Colbert
Sgt Dale West Feted With Dinner
Mr and Mrs Dale West hosted a barbecue dinner at Wintersmith Park Friday evening to honor their son Sgt Dale West on furlough in Ada He has served in Australia New Guinea and the East Indies for 37 months Before sailing home he visited his brother S Sgt Jack West on Okinawa Sgt Dale reports to Ft Sam Houston Texas on July 19 for reassignment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale West
Wintersmith Park
Sgt
Ada
Sgt. West
Australia
New Guinea
East Indies
Jack West
Jack
Okinawa
Dale
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
New Panama Region Commandant Named by School Board
The academy superintendent will relieve Adm. Howard F. Kingman as commandant of the 15th Naval District and commander of the Panama Sea Frontier and Southeast Pacific Fleet Commander in Chief for this assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adm
Howard F. Kingman
15Th Naval District
Panama Sea Frontier
Southeast Pacific Fleet
Chennault Announces Retirement After China Air War
Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault, commander of the U S 14th Air Force in China and former Flying Tigers leader, says he will retire from the army and return to America. He notes Japan is beaten in the air in China and Stratemeyer confirms the loss of an outstanding officer as the allied air command reorganizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Kunming
China
Claire Lee Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Flying Tigers
America
Chennault
George E. Stratemeyer
Fourteenth
14Th Air Force
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S. Army
Stratemeyers
Calcutta
Stratemeyer
Eastern Air Command
Army Air Force
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Moyer Morris
F. Stephens
A. R. Gunn
Battle Creek
Midh
Jack Wilburn
Lloyd Clifton
Bill Fleming
James Fleming
Ray Fisher
Veteran
Air Force Group
Eugene Roberts
Odis Roberts
Lightning Ridge
W. T. Sorrell
Ead
Phillip Johnston
James Olferman
Bowles Trains
Crain
Purple Heart
Wendell Crain
Carrier Air Arm
AAF
Reich
Pic. W. Whitaker
Tinian Island
Lewis Colbert
Jacks
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