Three Brothers and Brother-in-Law Serve in Army and Navy
Pvt Curtis McCoy volunteered in October 1942 and served at Enid Army Airfield 950th Military Police then Waco and Seymour Johnson Fields before combat in North Africa. Pvt Marion J L McCoy enlisted November 1943 and fought in North Africa and Italy, wounded in left arm and awarded Purple Heart. his chaplain will deliver the award to his parents. Pfc Samuel Raymond McCoy joined in January 1942, trained in California, sent to Australia and New Guinea over two years, praises Red Cross facilities and hopes for furlough. John Paul Fowler, fireman second class, joined Navy August 1943, trained in San Diego, served on a destroyer escort in Pearl Harbor and Central Pacific. formerly with Oklahoma City Air Depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Curtis McCoy
Enid Army Airfield
950Th Military Police
Waco Army Airfield
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
N. C
North Africa
Pvt. McCoy
Kaiser Shipyards
California
Marion J. L. McCoy
Army
Camp Wolters
Tex
McCoy
Fort George G. Meade
Pfc
Samuel Raymond McCoy
Armed Service
Camp Roberts
Calif
Australia
New Guinea
Re Cross
John Paul Fowler
Navy
San Diego
Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Fowler
Oklahoma City Air Depot
Paula Katherine
R. D. McCoy
Mary Fowler
Ada
Mahaffey Spends Furlough at Home
Mahaffey, a 5th grader and corporal, spent a week at home on furlough after nearly a year overseas. He served in Sicily, was wounded, and witnessed Casiano’s fall. He volunteered March 20, 1941, trained at Ft. Knox, Camp Polk, and Camp Hood, and landed at Oran on May 27, 1943, seeing many battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Raymond Mahaffey
Sicily
Cassino
Cpl. Mahaffey
Ft. Knox
Camp Polk
Camp Hood
Texas
Oran
North Africa
Carl Cloud Promoted To Captain In Air Corps
Carl E. Cloud of Konawa was promoted from lieutenant to captain in the Eighth Air Force in England. He serves under Lt. Col. John B. Henry Jr. of Wichita Falls Texas and has flown bomber escort missions and fighter sweeps, participating in a heavy assault on Nazi communications. He is a flight leader and a Konawa school graduate who attended East Central College. Before enlisting he was a surveyor with the state department of culture. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. F. Mud of Konawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Cloud
Konawain
Ugue
Re Pet
Eighth Air Force
England
John B. Henry Jr
Wichita Falls
Tex
Cloud
Konawa School
East Central College
State Department of Cculture
F. Mud
Konawa
Ancient cloisters Remnants Dense in London History
Ancient cloisters and fragments linger in many London areas, echoing the era when the city housed notable monastic establishments and religious houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Smith Promoted to First Lieutenant
Hicks A. Smith Jr. has been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in the Marine corps.
Norman son of Mr and Mrs Norman awaits overseas duty
W. W. Norman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman, is not training as a pilot of a C47. He has served as first pilot of a B-26 and C47 for the past year and is now waiting for duty overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Norman
3. F. Norman
Willis in England With Army Air Corps
Mr and Mrs H C Willis of Fittstown are parents of S Sgt Tudor Willis a ground crew worker in the Army Air Corps He volunteered June 16 1941 trained in Louisiana and Illinois before going overseas in 1943 Now in England with a brother Sgt Guy Willis in Italy Rita Willis of Kenneth Mo is his sister in law
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Willis
Fittstown
Tudor Willis
Air Corps
Louisiana
Illinois
England
Guy Willis
Italy
Sgt. Willis
Rita Willis
Kenneth, Mo
Leonard Morgan on Bougainville in WWII service
Pvt Leonard D Morgan is stationed on Bougainville with a Quartermaster unit repairing typewriters. A 20 year old son of Mr and Mrs D L Morgan of Fitzhugh he entered the army in June 1943 after basic training at Camp Barkeley Texas and Camp Reynolds Pa. He sailed in March 1944 and served in New Caledonia before Bougainville. He finished high school at Fitzhugh and worked for Thompson Book Store prior to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard D. Morgan
Bougainville
D. L. Morgan
Fitzhugh
Army
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Camp Reynolds
New Caledonia
Thompson Book Store
Oklahoma City triple murder suicide shocks city
In Oklahoma City three people died by gunfire in two early morning incidents. Luther E. Mayes killed Mary Mayes and her son Paul Dailey, then shot himself in a downtown hotel room. Police found notes and the slain woman had filed for divorce hours earlier. Lt. Harbort said investigators linked Mayes to the two slayings. Evert Crismore expected to issue a verdict aligning with police findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Luther E. Mayes
Mayes
Paul Dailey
Wayne Harbort
Harbolt
Evert Crismore
Justice of the Peace
Mary Mayes
Oklahoma City Air Depot
Crismore
Pfc Leon Overton Wounded In Action In France
Pfc Leon Overton entered service July 14 1943 trained at Camp Barkeley Texas joined the medical corps and went to England. He was wounded in action in France June 21 and sent to England for hospitalization. He is survived by his wife W R Overton and their son Larry Leon living with his parents in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Leon Overton
Camp Barkeley
Tex
England
France
W. R. Overton
Ada
Larry Leon
Ada Soldier Jimmy Burns Serves in Italy 15th AAF
Technical Sergeant Jimmy Burns, 23, an engineer gunner on a B-17, is stationed at an advanced base in Italy with the 15th Army Air Force. He completed 33 combat missions in the Mediterranean Theater after training in Gulfport and earning his gunner wings in Las Vegas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Burns of Ada and has a brother in the infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
15Th Aaf
Italy
Jimmy Burns
G. W. Burns
East 10Th
Ada
Sgt
Burns
Army Air Force
Gulfport
Miss
Las Vegas
Nev
Cpl
Ralph L. Burns
Russia
Waters Joins U S Maritime Service Sailor In Hurry
W F Bill Waters 29 entered the U S Maritime Service around June 1. He spent weeks at Avalon Catalina Island and Portland Oregon in the graduate school. A letter to a brother notes one trip to a war zone and his pride in the service. Waters is six feet one inch tall and about 200 pounds. Before enlistment he was a machinist at Douglas Aircraft Los Angeles. His parents Mr and Mrs Henry Waters work at Beach for Douglas with him in a lathe shop and his mother as a riveter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F
Bill’ Waters
U. S. Maritime Service
Avalon
Calif
Catalina Island
Portland
Ore
Maritime Service
Douglas Aircraft
Los Angees
Henry Waters
Beach
Douglas
Miller Finishes Boot Training
Pvt. Herman E. Miller of route 5 Ada entered the U S Marines February 3 1944 and after three months of boot training at San Diego Calif is now at Oceanside Calif He completed high school at Vanoss and is the son of Mrs Minnie Miller He recently visited his mother wife and daughter Carolyn on furlough and has earned expert rifleman and several medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman E. Miller
Route 5
Ada
U. S. Marines
San Diego
Calif
Frederick
Vanoss
Minnie Miller
Carolyn
Oceanside
Otto Uhlich Wears Sergeants Stripes
Otto Uhlich, son of R O Uhlich of Stonewall Oklahoma, was promoted from corporal to sergeant on June 21 at an Army Airways Communications System detachment in the New Hebrides. His wife Pearl Uhlich resides in Long Beach California. He now handles cryptography and message center clerical tasks after training at Fort Logan and in New Caledonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hebrides
Otto Uhlich
R. O. Uhlich
Stonewall
Okla
Army Airways Communications System
New Hebrides Air Field
Pearl Uhlich
Long Beach
California
Uhlich
Army Administration
Fort Logan
Colorado
States
New Caledonia
Heat Wave Grip North Idaho With 101 Degree Day
Coeur d Alene fire crews tackle a Lions Club ice box blaze as residents suffer through a multi day heat spell. Nights stayed hot with lows around 73 to 74 as no significant rainfall appeared. An optimistic note ends with a pun about War Bonds and a crossword puzzle challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Lions Club
Perrin Duke of Ninth Air Force Stationed in France
Cpl Woodrow W Perrin 24 son of Rev and Mrs L E Perrin Pauls Valley formerly of Fitts town is stationed with the Ninth Air Force in France in a special service unit entertaining service men in combat areas He is a Fittstown high school graduate who attended East Central College and Sherman Junior College He worked for the census bureau in Washington before entering service His wife Mrs Ethel Perrin resides at 828 East Fifteenth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Woodrow W. Perrin
L. E. Perrin
Pauls Valley
Fittstown
Ninth Air Force
France
Ethel Perrin
East Fifteenth
Fittstown High School
East Central College
Sherman Junior College
Bureau of Census
Washington, D. C
Buchanan Stationed In European Theater
Private Lonnie L. Buchanan of Ada is stationed at an Eighth Air Force Depot bomber repair base in the European Theater. He serves in the Military Police Detachment guarding the base. He was a farmer before enlisting and has served 18 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie L. Buchanan
J. Buchanan
Route 2
Ada
Eighth Air Force
Buchanan
England King's Veto Power Not Used in Two Centuries
The article notes there is no record of the king refusing to approve any act passed by Parliament in the past 200 years, implying royal vetoes have become effectively extinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Edmonston Family News of Navy Promotions
L. E. Edmonston, former Ada driller, sworn as warrant officer in the Seabees in the Southwest Pacific amid Fourth of July events. W. O. Edmonston left service in April 1942 and has been overseas since November. His son Larry Edmonston Jr., seaman first class, serves in the South Pacific war zone after enlisting, training at San Diego Norman and Olathe. Mrs. Sylvia Edmonston, wife of the two sailors, is chief clerk of Draft Board 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Edmonston
Ada
Seabees
Southwest Pacific
W. O. Edmonston
Norfolk
Larry Edmonston Jr
USN
Edmonston
South Pacific War Zone
San Diego
Norman
Olathe
Kan
Sylvia Edmonston
Draft Board 2
Harrel to Paebody For Special Study
Gordon M. Harrel an associate professor of social science at East Central State College will leave today for George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville Tennessee for five weeks of study He will take geography courses to aid re interpretation of world geography at the college after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon M. Harrel
East Central State College
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tennessee
Mr. Harrell
Wilson Visits Wife On Shore Base Leave
Thomas C. Wilson MM 2/c has spent a short leave with his wife southeast of Ada and returned to base Friday. He served since August 1943, formerly operated Wilson Salvage, and now repairs PT units in San Diego California before transferring to a destroyer base there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Wilson
Ada
Wilson Salvage
San Diego
Cailif
Shaw Completes Four Weeks Training at Fort Belvoir
William Houston Shaw a private in the corps of engineers completed four weeks of mechanical equipment training at Fort Belvoir Virginia He is 29 son of Mr and Mrs J J Shaw Vanoss community married to Ia Mae Keef and they reside in Vaness He worked as a carpenter before entering the service in January
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Houston Shaw
Fort Belvoir
Corps of Engineers
J. J. Shaw
Vanoss
Vanoss High School
Ia Mae Keef
Vaness
Fruit Retailers Seek OPA Backing for Tie-in Sales Plan
Fruit wholesalers warn of calamity if tie-in sales are banned while OPA weighs legalizing tying arrangements for apples citrus fruits and melons. Regulators note higher markups cover small fruits yet wholesalers demand rationing to move low quality stock. Outcome expected a compromise keeping prices steady and ordinary fruit purchases continuing. Infant shoes size 4 1/2 to 8 will get production priority and more canned unpeeled apricots are planned as canner sugar allocations rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Stevick
NEA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OPA Consumer Advisory Committee
Lt Melvin Hendrex Awarded Air Medal During War Service
Lt Melvin C Hendrex son of Mr and Mrs J H Hendrex of Roff is a bombardier on a B 26 with the Twelfth Air Force overseas. He has served eight months and completed 36 missions. He trained in Texas and earned his wings at San Angelo Army Air School in February 1943. Known locally as Cody he grew up in Roff and attended Hills Business College before joining the National Guard and later the air forces in 1942. His wife lives in Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin C. Hendrex
J. H. Hendrex
Roff
Twelfth Air Force
Texas
San Angelo Army Air School
Cody
Hendrex
National Guard
Hills Business College
45Th
Air Forces
Houston
Tex
McFarland Promoted to Corporal in France Duty
Houston W. McFarland 21, son of Mr and Mrs H W Mc Farland of Fitzhugh, now serves in France with the Combat Engineers. He enlisted January 21, 1943, trained at Camp Swift Texas, sailed to England in October, and was promoted to corporal and technician 5 6. He grew up in Fitzhugh, graduated from local high school, and worked 14 months for North American Aircraft in Dallas before entering service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Houston W. McFarland
H. W. McFarland
Fitzhugh
France
Combat Engineers
Camp Swift
Tex
England
North American Aircraft
Dallas
Willis Aids WAVE Recruiters in Ada
Mrs Elizabeth Willis a librarian is named WAVE civilian recruiter Martha Hudson Walsh says Walsh is a specialist recruiter third class with the Oklahoma City procurement office. When Walsh is away Ada residents may obtain WAVE booklets and applications from Mrs Willis at the Ada Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Willis
Martha Hudson Walsh
Oklahoma City
Tueday
Walsh
Ada Navy
Willis
Ada Public Library
WACs Await Overseas Deployments Across War Fronts
Ada's Bess Hicks reports most WACs want overseas duty but a critical labor shortage keeps many on state side duty. Hicks, secretary to Col. C. C. Odom at Mason General Hospital, notes the work is demanding and reveals wartime strains. Her son, Seaman J-c Hicks Jr., is on leave before Athens transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wacs
Bess Hicks
Ada
Oklahoma
Women’s Army Corps
C. O. Pfc. Hicks
Mason General Hospital
Brentwood
L. I
Col. C. C. Odom
Navy
Claude M. Hicks Jr
J-c
Athens
Lafayette
Gas and oil drilling activity in Garvin and nearby counties
Drilling progresses reported in Garvin county with No. 2 Gat Russell at 1 780 feet and No. 1 Russell undergoing prep work. No. 1 Burks wildcat derrick rising west of Stratford, while No. 1 McCall waits on rotary. Hughes county shows No. 1 Cissie Kalaney at 4 090 feet in Woodford shale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Delaney Jr
Russell
Garvin County
Burks
Stratford
Delaney
McCall
Allen
Hughes County
Cissie Kalaney
Woodford
C. W. Roadhouse
Minnie Mercer
Mable Tyson
Pontotoc County
Ark
Fuel Oil Co
Shreveport
Mattie Harjo
Ed J. Kubats
Dickson
Ada Rodeo Gears Up for August Spectacle
Ada gears toward its big rodeo August 10 through 13 with full features and contests. H D Binns and Earl McKendree lead arrangements with announcer, clown, stock, and horses secured while past favorites plan to return for top purses in bronc steer riding calf roping steer wrestling and steer roping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
H.D. Binns
Earl McKendree
Ada Rodeo
Last British King George II Fought in Battle
The long reign of George II from 1727 to 1760s saw him actively participate in military campaigns and battlefield actions, making him the last British monarch to join combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George II
Great Britain
Remembering when speaking Scotch was harder than drinking
A playful line reminisces that using Scots dialect was tougher than enjoying the drink, hinting at linguistic bravado and cultural pride in informal speech.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marion McCoy
Samuel McCoy
John Fowler
Mahaffey
Carl Cloud
London Cloisters
Army Air Corps
Leonard Morgan
Quartermaster Corps
Overton
Waters
Miller
Pvt. Smith
Camp Fannin
J. B. Smith
Ft. Sill
Tyler
Fort Meade
Camp Butner
Maggie M. Smith
Woodrow Perrin
Wright
Troy Wright
Flo
C. E. Wright
San Francisco
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Gilbert Islands
Troy
Oakman
Byng
Wilson
Wife
Shaw
Melvin Hendrex
McFarland
Underwood
David Underwood
L. W. Underwood
Mrs. Willis
Ada News
Seaman Hicks
North Atlantic
Jim Denton
Mississippi
Frc
Hicks
WAC
New York City
Garvin
Gat Russell
Kalaney
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