Dewey Allen Becomes Chief Link Trainer at Pueblo School
Dewey Allen, Ada tennis standout, leads as chief Link trainer instructor at Pueblo Air Service Training School in Colorado. He heads a six-instructor staff teaching instrument flight on the Link trainer to Army student pilots, requiring at least fifteen hours and up to twenty for certification.
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Dewey Allen
Pueblo
Ada
Colorado
Edward Link
R.olo
Tus
Dewey Alen
Dewey
CAA
Air Force trainees thank Ada for hospitality during visit
Squadron E of the College Training Detachment at East Central thanks Ada citizens, faculty, and cafeteria staff for warm reception during their stay in San Antonio. Officers and enlisted men praise local hospitality, note regret at moving on, and say friendships made will be remembered. Signed by A S Brown and Squadron E.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Army Air Corps
English widows remarry choose servicemen in 1942 pattern
More than 1 700 English widows of World War II remarried in 1942 with 1 000 bearing children. The Ministry of Pensions notes 48 percent of 100 checked cases chose husbands from the military. Also mentions aircraft shells timed to explode after distance and Omaha Neb on multiple highways with 20 mm and 37 mm cannons in fighters.
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London
Ministry of Pensions
Omaha
Neb
Rayon Becomes Military Necessity in 1944 Tire Cord
The War Production Board approved 68 million pounds more high tenacity rayon fiber for military tire cord in 1944, raising total commitments to 174 million pounds. Yet 32 million pounds remain unfunded, to be sourced from new plants as military demand presses for swift expansion amid wartime material shortages. Nylon and steel wire experiments are advancing but also scarce.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
William L. Jeffers
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Hero Apologizes For Loss of Plane
ALTUS June 5 C P Lieutenant Jack Reed earned praise for rescuing his crew and delivering bombs during a raid on Kiel, yet he apologized to his wife Betty for losing his four engine Liberator Scrappy over the channel after ordering the crew to bail out. The pilot, a member of the first bombing squadron to reach Europe, had already received the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster.
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Kiel
Reed
England
Channel
Europe
United States
Roosevelt Son Kermit Roosevelt Dies in Alaska at 53
Major Kermit Roosevelt, 53, son of former president Theodore Roosevelt, died June 4 in Alaska. He had served with the British army before the U S entry into World War I and later joined the U S Army. His death is described as from natural causes, with no assigned branch. He accompanied his father on Africa hunting expeditions in 1909 and 1910.
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Washington
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Alaska
War Department
Roosevelt
United States
U. S
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Archibald
Quentin
Theodore, Jr
France
Pacific
Theodore Jr
Africa
Quentin Roosevelt
Staten Island, N. Y
Allen community canning center expands to five days a week
In Allen, the Women Of Little City and Of Neighborhood operate a school based canning center five days weekly. Led by Supt. Lloyd R. Watson and F. F. A. Supervisor Buford Comstock, the project uses VA shop facilities to produce 250 to 300 cans daily, with output doubling soon. Neighbors join, surplus garden produce is sold, and a large dehydrator is planned.
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Allen Canning Center
Buford Comstock
Nora Welden
Reed
L. R. Watson
W. B. Welded
L. Pidgeon
Voc. Ag
Mary Reeves
Lloyd Watson
Lois Reeves
Flacie Patterson
Allen
Pearl Harbor
Victory Gardens
Lloyd R. Watson
Flacke Patterson
Seleded
Thurston Stationed At Munitions Plant
Pvt. Willie L. Thurston is stationed at the Mississippi Ordnance and Munitions plant assisting in the installation of telephones. Formerly training as a civilian with the U S Signal Corps after radio courses in the San Francisco Bay area, he is visiting his mother on furlough. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Hartie Thurston of 111 East Sixth.
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Willie L. Thurston
Mississippi Ordnance and Munitions Plant
Pvt
Thurston
U. S. Signal Corps
San Francisco Bay Area
Hartie Thurston
East Sixth
Peanut industry grows in Pontotoc county 1914 to 1943
The article traces Pontotoc county peanut production from a small home crop in 1914 to a major agricultural enterprise by 1943. It notes the first carload shipment in 1916 by C. W. Zorn, rising acreage to 4 000 to 5 000 acres by 1922, and 15 000 acres projected for 1943 with 18 threshers and AAA backed incentives guiding expansion. Government warehouses will handle the crop at Ada and Allen.
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Pontotoc County
C. W. Zorn
Zorn
Pontovoc County
Horse Shoes
P. A. Norris
Francis
Ers
AAA
Ada and
Allen
Stamp Deadlines and Ration Validity Update
The notice outlines last dates for blue stamps G H J in Ration Book 2 and extension to end May. It lists other active stamps K L M blue, J K red, sugar stamps 13 15 16 and coffee stamp 24 with respective end dates. It also reports a 1930 1939 visitation statistic for Montezuma Castle National Monument in Arizona.
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Washington
K. L
Arizona
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Fishathon To Be Changed to July
Miami officials voted to move the Grand Lake Fishathon to July due to winds and muddy water. Vendors expect better weather for bigger bass in deep water with a $100 war bond top prize and daily cash and stamp awards, attracting several thousand anglers.
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Miami
Okla
Grand Lake Fishathon
Grandal
Sammie Kidwell
Two Killed When Auto Quits Bridge
A car stalled on a hill and rolled off a bridge dropping 30 feet into a ravine six miles northeast of SAYPE. Jeff Bland a 50 year old Beckham county farmer and his daughter Mrs Thomas E Heiter 52 were killed. Blands wife and Amanda Bailey 17 were injured and hospitalized.
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S Saype
Here
Dean
Jeff Bland
Beckham County
Thomas E. Heiter
Stati
Fort Knox
Bland
Amanda Bailey
Fall Planting of Potatoes Urged
County agent C. H. Hailey urged fall planting of Irish potatoes to offset losses from floods and wilt. He advised cooperative seed purchases from Texas and Louisiana, storage at 34 to 38 degrees until late July, then planting. If self-saved seed is used, harvest in late June and store cool, not planting whole seed. Do not use lime. sweat storage days before planting. avoid replanting in ground once wilt-affected.
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C. H. Hailey
Texas
Louisiana
Ada Youth Commissioned as Second Lieutenant at Napier Field
Wayne Willis Putman of Ada graduated today from the Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School at Napier Field Alabama and was sworn in as a second lieutenant. He earned pilot wings in a ceremony led by Colonel James L. Daniel Jr. and is the son of Lon Dee Putman of Oakland California and Genevieve Lambert of Ada. He entered service in 1938 and trained for flying starting July 1942 after time at Camp Forrest Tennessee.
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Napier Field
Dothan
Ala
Wayne Willis Putman
Ada
Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School
Alabama
James L. Daniel
Lon Dee Putman
Oakland
California
Putman
Genevieve Lambert
Ade
Byng High School
Armed Service
Camp Forrest
Tennessee
Keep Gardens Canned Up-to-Date Warns Extension Food Specialist
Martha McPheters of the Oklahoma A and M extension urges timely canning to preserve garden surplus as seasons vary. Canning vegetables soon after harvest preserves quality, nutrition, and flavor while easing work by processing small amounts daily.
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Martha McPheters
Oklahoma A & M College
Oklahoma
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