Missing in Action Sgt. Leo Crow Back Home Or Not
Sgt. Leo Crow is missing in action after his B 24 over Sea 2s mission on April 23. He formerly lived in Ada and now resides in California with parents Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Crow. He earned the Air Medal for meritorious aerial achievement and is a nose turret gunner who joined the service in 1942. A brother, Terry Crow, has served three years in the Pacific and participated in the battle of Makin Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Leo Crow
Bill Holt
W. T. Crow
Ada
California
15Th Army Air Forces
Set
Crow
Mid-Continent Petroleum Co
Sgt
Air Force Radio School
Lions Falls
N. D
Terry Crow
Pacific
Makin Island
Sgt Ogden Receives Special Citation for Ploesti Raid
Staff Sergeant C O Ogden 24 of 807 West 14th is cited by the president and war department for his role as tail gunner in the Ploesti raid. He has 27 raids, Air Medal with Oak Leaf, Purple Heart, and D A R. He was released from hospital to a rest home after an operation and grew up in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Ogden
West 14Th
War Department
Ploesti
Fred York
Sgt Samuel Ailey Goes Overseas in War Service
S/Sgt Samuel Harold Ailey son of Mrs M Ailey 101 East Seventeenth is now overseas after completing training to bridge state and active theater service His next station will be where American combat planes depart for enemy territory Previously he worked as a riveter for Boeing Aircraft Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Harold Ailey
M. Ailey
East Seventeenth
America
Set. Riley
Boeing Aircraft Co
Cadet Dale H. Hayden Receives Silver Wings at La Junta
Dale H. Hayden 20 receives silver wings at La Junta Army Air Field Colorado after finishing final flight training. He is graduated as a second lieutenant following completion of aviation cadet AT 24 coursework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale H. Hayden
la Junta Army Air Field
Colo
Wyckoff Family Noted for Military Service
Homer Wyckoff twenty three oldest son of Mrs H E Wyckoff joined the army in July 1942. He trained at Ft Sill Camp Hood and Camp Claiborne before going overseas early 1943 to North Africa and is now serving in Italy with the 701st Engineer Petroleum Distribution unit. He is a Ada High school graduate and former Stanclind Pipeline employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Wyckoff
H. E. Wyckoff
South Stockton
Army
Ft. Sill
Camp Hood
Texas
Camp Claiborne
701St Engineer Petroleum Distribution Unit
Casablanca
Africa
Sgt. Wyckoff
Italy
Ada High School
Stanclind Pipeline Co
Otis L. Perriman
AAF
George W. Perriman
Roff
Vaness
160Th Field Artillery
Roffi
Regular
Army Air Corps
Army Air Corps Technical
Chanute Field
Army Air Forces
Pampa
Kansas
Perryman
Pauline Woyckoff
Homer
Richard
Donald Wyckoff
Perriman
Ronny
Ada
Bob York Attends Signal School
Bob York 18 son of Mr and Mrs Fred York of 807 West 14th was inducted January 19 1944 into the navy. After boat training in San Diego he earned the rating of seaman second class and is at signal school in Urbana Illinois. A Ada High School graduate and former Cougar band member he later attended East Central and worked at McSwain water prior to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob York
Fred York
West 14Th
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Urbana
Ill
Signal School
Seaman Bob
Ada
Ada High School
Cougar
East Central
McSwain Theater
Service
Sea Butterflies Fly Through Ocean Waters
Sea butterflies are tiny marine mollusks that drift and swim in water. Their winglike lobes move continually, earning them their butterfly like name in the sea.
Seabees Recruit Richard Wyckoff’s World War II Journey
Richard Wyckoff joined the Seabees in September 1942 and trained at Camp Endicott Davisville R L. He spent Christmas en route to Fort Hueneme California, then sailed to the Southwest Pacific in February 1943. He served eight months on Guadalcanal and later was stationed in New Guinea and on another Pacific island. Wyckoff, a Ada High School graduate who attended Oklahoma University and East Central, previously worked for Stanolind Pipeline Co before his induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Wyckoff
Seabees
Camp Endicott
Davisville
R. L
Fort Hueneme
Oxnard
Calif
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Wyckoff
Ada High School
Oklahoma University
East Central
Stanolind Pipeline Co
Ada High Scout Becomes Infantryman In World War II
Infantryman Don Wyckoff aged 18 was inducted in September 1943 and trained with the Rainbow Division at Camp Gruber Oklahoma. He is currently overseas in Italy. A Ada High School graduate he served as football team mascot and played basketball. He previously worked at the McSwain Theater before induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wyckoff
Army
Rainbow Division
Camp Gruber
Muskogee
Italy
Infantry
Pvt. Wyckoff
Ada High School
McSwain Theater
McKeel Assigned To Chanute Field
Captain John B. McKeel was assigned as Assistant Legal Officer at Chanute Field Illinois. An attorney before service, he was commissioned September 28 1942 after attending East Central College Washington College of Law and Officer Candidate School in Miami Beach Florida. He is son of Dr Sam A McKeel of 101 West Fourteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. McKeel
Chanute Field, Ill
Capt. McKeel
East Central College
Washington College of Law
Officer Candidate School
Miami Beach
Fla
Sam A. McKeel
West Fourteenth
Seaman Jack Tiner Returns After Four Months At Sea
Cecil Jack Tiner a seaman first class USNR returns to his New Orleans base after four months at sea aboard a merchant ship with a naval gun crew. He recounts a South American run without incident and recalls last year when his vessel was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Jack Tiner
USNR
New Orleans
Tiner
Indian Ocean
Claude J. Tiner
Stratford
Vano's High School
California
Overseas Training Completes For Pvt Harry Davis
Pvt Harry W. Davis, son of Mr and Mrs John H Davis of Ada, is overseas and has completed a course bridging U S training and wartime service in an active theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Harry W. Davis
John H. Davis
Ada
States
Army Air Forces contracts total 52 billion dollars
The Army Air Forces' manufacturing contracts amount to 52 billion dollars, reflecting vast wartime production commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces
McBroom Lands In North Africa
Pfc. Craig McBroom has arrived in North Africa after entering service on August 10 1943. He trained at Ft. Sill and Camp Adair Oregon with the 274th Infantry Division and earned medals for expert rifle marksmanship and bayonet handling. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence McBroom of Ada now living in Portland Oregon and graduated Ada High School in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Craig McBroom
North Africa
McBroom
Ft. Sill
Camp Adair
Oregon
274Th
Pfc. McBroom
Lawrence McBroom
Ada
Portland
Ada High School
Sgt Smith Waits For Assignments Overseas
Sgt Raymond L. Smith is overseas with the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe. At a control depot he was classified by experts as qualified for the job and awaits assignment to an active field. He is the son of Mrs Ollie Mae Hall of Allen and was an oil field worker before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Smith
United States Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Air Service Command
Smith
Sgt. Smith
Ollie Mae Hall
Allen
Army
Baker Returns To Louisiana Post
Cpl. Vernon W. Baker, 28, returned last week to Camp Claiborne Louisiana where stationed since January 1 1944. Inducted December 26 1942 he served in the Medical Corps at Borden General hospital Chickasha later transferring to the Engineers in Louisiana. He spent a twelve day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs A J Baker and his wife at Byng during which his son Dan Arthur was born. Baker was reared in Oklahoma City and graduated Capitol Hill high school and wears sharp shooter and good conduct medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon W. Baker
Camp Claiborne
Army
Medical Corps
Borden General Hospital
Chickasha
Engineers
Louisiana
A. J. Baker
Byng
Dan Arthur
Cpl. Baker
Oklahoma City
Capitol Hill High School
Sgt Tom Grant Is In Brazil
S/Sgt Tom B Grant Jr serves as radio operator and aerial gunner aboard a B 24 bomber and writes from Brazil that heat and insects are severe. He notes nets and insect repellant salve are needed and says he has bought boats for about a third of their usual price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom B. Grant, Jr
Brazil
Tom B. Grant
Equator
Grant
A S Hopper Arrives at Washington State College for Training
A S Raymond H Hopper, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Hopper of Ada, arrives at Washington State College for flying training. He will study academic subjects and receive elementary flying training and upon completion be classified as navigator, pilot or bombardier before further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond H. Hopper
Clyde Hopper
Ada
Washington State College
Washington
Hopper
Missing in Action Major Cox of 489th AAF Bomb Group
Major Robert Lewis Cox, born in Pontotoc County, squadron commander and second highest ranking officer in the 489th AAF Bombardment Group, is reported missing in action after a bombing raid over Germany. He is 29, a former Fort Worth Press ad man, and previously worked at Montgomery Ward before joining the AAF in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lewis Cox
Pontotoc County
A.A.F
Germany
War Department
Melinda Ellen Cox
Fort Worth
Tex
Cox
Bob
AAF
Montgomery Ward and Company
Air Corps
Hicks Field
San Angelo
Orlando
Fla
Boise
Idaho
Roswell Military Institute
Cavalry Reserves
Oklahoma University
Recer Returns From Nome Alaska
Cpl. Herman Recer 21 son of Mr and Mrs Lorene Recer 111 South Johnston has arrived in the United States after 18 months in Alaska He joined the army in February 1939 with training in California and Washington He has been stationed at Nome Alaska and in the Aleutian Islands
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Herman Recer
Lorene Recer
South Johnston
United States
Alas
Army
California
Washington
Recer
Nome
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Montgomery Receives Promotion to Staff Sergeant
Victor F E Montgomery has been promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant in England. His wife Fay Dell Montgomery and son Gene reside at 1116 Delaware Avenue West Sacramento California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor FE. Montgomery
England
Fay Dell Montgomery
Gene
Delaware Avenue
West
Sacramento
Calif
Ladie Davis Promoted to Sergeant in England Posting
Ladie E. Davis has been promoted from corporal to sergeant and is now stationed in England. His wife Mrs. Cleo Fairchild Davis remains in Roff. Davis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis of Roff and attended local public schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladie E. Davis
England
Cleo Fairchild Davis
Roff
Sgt. Davis
Roy Davis
Davis Receives Oak Leaf Cluster for Air Medal
Staff Sergeant R. C. Davis of Davis has earned a second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal while serving at an Eighth Air Force bomber station in England. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Davis and enlisted in the Army Air Forces in November 1942 after working as a mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Staff
Davis
England
Flyer
William. Staff of
AAF
Corporal Lambert Receives Good Conduct Medal
Corporal Cernal W. Lambert is awarded the Good Conduct Medal for faithful duty and efficiency. He is the son of Henry T. Lambert of 722 West Sixteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnal W. Lambert
Cpl. Lambert
Henry T. Lambert
West Sixteenth
Jackson Trains At Camp Wolters
Pvt. A. J. Jackson age 24 begins basic infantry training at Camp Wolters Texas in the In Replacement Training Center. His wife Mrs Lou Ann Jackson resides at Rt 4 Ada and will keep the home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
A. J. Jackson
Camp Wolters
Texas
Cener
Pvt. Jackson
Lou Ann Jackson
Rt. 4
Ada
Missing in Action Sergeant Neighbors Reported Killed in Germany
S/Sgt. Carl H. Neighbors 23 of Shawnee is reported dead after an aerial raid over Germany on February 24. Tail gunner of a B-17, he joined the service in 1942 and overseas in 1943. He earned the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart posthumously. He is survived by his wife in Oklahoma City and their seven month old daughter Carla Sue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl H. Neighbors
E. B. Neighbors
Shawnee
Ada
Germany
Neighbors
Oklahoma City
Douglas
Carla Sue
Sgt
Dale High School
East Central
Sgt. Neighbors
E. B
Thompson Book Stores
Air Medal Earned by Tech Sergeant Stephens on Flying Fortress
Tech. Sgt. Holly Stephens, gunner and engineer on a Flying Fortress, earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters after 40 combat missions over Europe. The crew, promoted for exemplary service, flew from English and Italian bases, returning sometimes shot up but unscathed, with transfers to the United States planned soon. Captain Martha Jane Derrick of Capri Red Cross aided in rest arrangements for the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Stephens
Europe
Stephens
Martha Jane Derrick
Capri
Bay of Naples
Miss Derrick
Red Cross
Alexandria
Italy
Ara
United States
Gorham Arrives for Basic Training at Camp Wolter Texas
Pvt Clyde Oneal Gorham reports to the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camp Wolter Texas to begin basic training. His wife Mrs Marie Gorham resides on Rt No 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wolter
Clyde Oneal Gorham
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Texas
Marie Gorham
Rt. No. 4
First Air Crash in 1100 History Reported
The 1100 era records the first fatal air crash as a Saracen from Constantinople leaped from the Hipodrome tower with fan-like wings. He glided briefly before dying in the descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Joint bank account split by deposits and withdrawals
A brief note explains a joint bank account where the husband makes deposits and the wife handles withdrawals, outlining the division of banking tasks between spouses.
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
Classified ad note highlights higher value returns from invested funds in Ada News notices. It outlines benefits of reinvestment and potential growth opportunities for readers considering stake increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Dillon Family to Run Ada Anthony Store in Dad’s Return
W J Dillon Jr longtime Ada Anthony store manager departs for Babson Park Mass for Navy training as Lieutenant Junior Grade. He will serve as assistant paymaster in the supply corps before reassignment. His father W J Dillon Sr returns to Ada to take over management after six years in Hobbs N M and Shawnee. The Ada Anthony store has been family managed since 1931, moving to current larger location in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Dillon, Jr
Ada C. R. Anthony
Babson Park
Mass
United States Navy
Supply
Ada
W. J. Dillon, Sr
Anthony
Hobbs
N. M
Shawnee
Ada Anthony
Dillon
Lt. Dillon
Siblings serve in military family with Allen roots
Pvt Odeal Locke WAC stationed at Camp Robinson Arkansas teaches in the special training unit. She previously taught Ardmore schools for 14 years and wrote the WAC Ack-Ack column. Captain Norvan Locke, son of Allen residents, earned a OU BS in education in 1940, ROTC, and played football, now stationed at Camp Kit Carson Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odeal Locke
WAC
Camp
Joseph T. Robinson
Ark
Ada
Allen
Allen High School
University of Oklahoma
University of Chicago
Pvt
Locke
O.U
C. Locke
Norvan M. Locke
J. C. Locke
ROTC
Field Artillery
Miami
Ft. Sill
Camp Kit Carson
Colorado
Adan and Lieutenant Get Best of German Captors on Furlough
Pfe. Floyd V. Alsman arrived in Ada Tuesday after serving overseas with the 45th Division. He recalls being captured in Italy with a lieutenant and private. he grabbed a hand grenade during a shakedown, killing two Germans while the others fled, allowing their escape. Alsman left the States in 1943 and served from July 1943 to March 1944, participating in Sicily and Anzio. He is the son of Mrs. Lee Tickie Alsman, 326 West Twelfth, and met his nine-month-old daughter on return. Sweet corn stays fresh six months to a year when frozen within four hours of picking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
United States
Pfe. Alsman
Alsman
States
Sicily
Anzio
Pfc
Lee Tickie Alsman
West Twelfth
Farrell Returned to Honolulu After Daring Rescue
Ens. Carroll Farrell, a U S Navy dive bomber pilot, returned to Honolulu after being saved from Truk by a submarine crew that picked up 22 airmen. He described projectile damage to his aircraft and praised the submarine skipper. Letters to his parents and clippings from several papers accompanied his reunion with family and wife in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ens
Carroll Farrell
Adaman
U. S. Navy
W. H. Farrell
Pacific
Farrell
Truk
Honolulu Advertiser
Life
Elmhurst
Ill
Devon
Okla
Beaumont
Calif
Oakland
Trenton
N. J
Itaca
N. Y
Oklahoma City
San Francisco
Wichita Falls
Texas
Ens. Farrell
Oklahoma
Honoulu
Eyes of Giant Water Beetle Debated as Delicacy
A report notes that in parts of South America the large water beetle’s eyes are valued as a culinary delicacy. Local cooks and markets discuss preparation methods and cultural significance amid varying opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
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Leo Crow
Ogden
Samuel Ailey
Otis Perriman
McKeel
Jack Tiner
Fort Sill
Baker
Tom Grant
Robert
Bob) Coxs
Robert Cox
Montgomery
Ladie Davis
Lambert
Jackson
Carl Neighbors
W. J. Dillon
Son
Dillons
Floyd A. Alsman
Adan
Lieutenant
Pfe
Floyd V. Alsman
Honolulu
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