Two Noted U S Subs Overdue And Navy Presumes Them Lost
The U S submarines Amberjack and Grampus, each with about 60 men, failed to return from patrols and must be presumed lost. Commanding officers Lt Commander John A Bole Jr of New York and Lt Commander John R Craig of Florida earned multiple combat crosses in prior actions against Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Amberjack
Grampus
Navy
Pacific
U. S
John Archibald Bole, Jr
Wallkill
N. Y
Constance S. Bole
New London
Craig
Roff Pioneers Club Holds 9th Annual Meet in June
The Roff Pioneers Club held its ninth annual meeting on Wednesday June 9 at the home of Mrs J Lee Dowdy in Roff. Mrs Bets Dowdy Irick and Pat co hosted. Luncheon was served at noon followed by a short business session and officer elections. Next meeting in June 1944 will be at Mrs W E Chamberlain in Ada.Visitors included Mrs Mary Nichols Enloe of Little Rock Ark Mrs Douglas Phillips and Mrs Margaret Fairchild of Roff and Mrs Della Bedford of Ada Members attending listed from Ada Sulphur Norman and Roff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roff
Ada
Mary Nichols Enloe
Little Rock
Ark
Douglas Phillips
Margaret Fairchild
W. J. Mardis
Della Bedford
Clay Jones
W. E. Chamberlain
F. R. Laird
Sara McClintock
Bert Ratliff
A. H. Roberts
G. J. Morton
C. W. Zorn
Billie Keith
Joe Jennings
Ernest Larsh
Norman
R. F. Crumley
W. T. Givens
Ethel Smith
Mabel Rucker
Robert Dowdy
I. D. Nichols
Ruth Marshall
Robert Bronough
WAACS May Be Sent To State Colleges
Rep Jed Johnson says WAACS may train in Oklahoma colleges as War Department reviews merits. He cites past proposals by Henry G Bennett of Oklahoma A and M and notes WAVES recruitment increases while WAACS drop due to conduct concerns and ministers touring for observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jed Johnson
WAACS
Oklahoma
Henry G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
War Department
Johnson
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Colorado Highway Miles and U.S. Fatality Rate
The state reports 75 533 miles of highways in Colorado. In the United States an automobile death occurs each year per 80 miles of highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Colorado
United States
Tribute to Elks Part in World War II Program
The BPO Elks wartime role will be honored on Wake Up America a coast to coast Blue network program. Airing today June 13 from 2 15 to 3 00 central wartime, featuring Maj Gen Paul Malone Singapore Joe Fisher and Maj Alexander P DeSeversky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. O. Elks
American Economic Foundation
Henry H. Grant
KECA
Los Angeles
Calif
Japan
Paul Malone
Far East
Singapore
Joe” Fisher
Alexander P. DeSeversky
Historic Flag Gift Set For East Central State College
East Central State College will display a World War I Capitol flag on Flag Day June 17. The nine by five foot faded flag, presented in 1918 by Congressman Tom D. McKeown, will join a patriotic assembly with Boy Scouts as color guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
Tom D. McKeown
Oklahoma
Capitol
Washington
D. C
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
McKeown
House
Mark Lauthan
Chickasha
Congressman McKeown
East Central
Washington, D. C
Boy Scouts of
Ada
Wilson
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
Congress
Germany
Red Phillips Switches to Republican Party in Letter
Red Phillips announces in a public letter that he will register as a Republican, citing opposition to the New Deal and criticizing Roosevelt’s policies. He argues the GOP can organize nationwide to fight the New Deal and opposes a fourth term for Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weleetka
Leon C. Phillips
Phillips
United States
Red-Head
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Phllips
U. S
Ed H. Moore
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Phil Lowry Loco
Capitol
Soldiers Killed In Overturn Of Truck
Two soldiers from Will Rogers Field Oklahoma City were killed and two others injured when an army truck left the road and overturned in a ditch. Pvt Harry Thompson Council Bluff Iowa died instantly and Pfc William E Morrow Kansas City Mo died in Enid hospital. Pfc Richard Bearden and Pfc Charles Blasko were taken to Enid hospital with Bearden critically injured and Blasko in shock and bruises. Bearden at wheel apparently swerved to avoid dirt overturned into ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma City
Harry Thompson
Council Bluff
Iowa
William E. Morrow
Kansas City
Enid
Richard Bearden
Charles Blasko
Bearden
Blasko
Lt. Donald Barton Instructs At Pecos Army Air Field
Lt. Donald L. Barton, 25, son of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Barton of Ada Oklahoma, is now serving as flight instructor at Pecos Army Air Field Texas. He previously managed Van De Kamps Coffee Shop in Pasadena California before joining the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Barton
Pecos Army Air Field
Pecos
Texas
Donald L. Barton
Elizabeth M. Barton
East Ninth Street
Ada
Okla
Barton
Pasadena
Calif
Army
Cadet Perriman Soon To Wear Pilot Wings At Pampa Field
Aviation Cadet Otis L. Perriman 22 will receive silver pilot wings at the Army twin engine training school in Pampa Texas. He is married with a four month old son and is the son of Mr and Mrs George W Perriman of Ada Oklahoma. Perriman trained at Pine Bluff Arkansas and Winfield Kansas and faces assignment to a combat unit or as an instructor after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa Army Air Field
Pampa
Tex
Army
Otis L. Perriman
George W. Perriman
Route 1
Roff
Okla
Perriman
South
Stockton
Ada
Vaness High School
Air Corps
Pine Bluff
Ark
Winfield
Kansas
Local Servicemen Enter Military Training Programs
Private Norris Leeman Bridges of Roff has arrived at Morningside College Sioux City Iowa for Army Air Force instruction before aviation cadet appointment. Midshipman Winford L Harris has begun the Naval Reserve Midshipmen School at Notre Dame and will be commissioned as Ensign after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Norris Leeman Bridges
Roff
Morningside College
Sioux City
Iowa
Army Air Force
Notre Dame Welcomes Naval Midshipman Capshaw
Midshipman Calvin C. Capshaw arrived on campus to begin training at the U S Naval Reserve Midshipmen School and earn an ensign’s commission. A East Central College standout in basketball and football for three years, Capshaw is from Rosedale Oklahoma and is the son of G R Capshaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winford L. Harris
U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
Notre Dame University
Harris
Navy
L. N. Harris
East Thirteenth
Calvin C. Capshaw
U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen
Capshaw
Rosedale
Oklahoma
East Central College
East Central
G. R. Capshaw, Roseale
Aviation Cadet Billis Joe Sherbert’s Army Air Force training
Cadet Billis Joe Sherbert began primary flight training at King City California and Santa Ana California before transfer to Le maire for basic training. Enlisted in Durant in November 1942 and served as a training officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billis Joe Sherbert
Army Air Force
King City
California
Lemaire
Sherbert
Durant
Air Force
Santa Ana Air Base
Hazel Atlas Glass Company
Ata High School
East Central
Faye Sherbert
East Tenth
Velma Deene Caney
Sergeant Eldridge Johnson Promoted at Dalhart Air Base
Sergeant Eldridge J. (Dutch) Johnson was promoted to his present rank at Dalhart Army Air Base. He joined the Air Force in September 1942 as an aircraft mechanic and later worked on big gliders before becoming a truck mechanic. He is the son of Mrs. Anna Johnson and is married to Mrs. Ocie Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge JL
Dutch) Johnson
Dalhart Army Air Rase
Sgt. Johnson
Air Force
Enid
Dalhart Air Base
Army
Bob Cason Motor Co
Anna Johnson
West Sixth
Ocie Johnson
North Howe
Kangaroo rats Survive Months With No Water
Notes that kangaroo rats can live for months without water. Also states the combined steel capacity of the United States Britain and Russia exceeds twice the Axis total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
British Empire
Russia
Sergeant Slocum Receives Gunnery Wings at Harlin
The Ada News feature profiles Sergeant William R. Slocum son of Mrs H C Guinn 901 South Johnston who earned a gunnery diploma and wings May 22 at Harlin Tex now stationed at Sioux Falls South Dakota He grew up in Ada graduating Ada High School in 1940 and once ran a News paper route His brother James Slocum a U S Marine is reported missing in action in the Southwest Pacific after the USS Houston engagement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Slocum
Ada News
Slocum
H. C. Guinn
South Johnston
Harlingen
Tex
Army Air Forces
Sioux Falls
S. Dak
Ada
U.S.A
James Slocum
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Houston
James
Coon Placed In Alaskan Zone
Corporal Harry M. Coon is stationed in Alaska with the Corps of Engineers. An Ada resident known for local carpentry he was inducted in June 1942 in this state. He trained at Camp Claiborne and Camp Kellner before North Pacific duty, departed U S in October. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A O Coon and his wife resides in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Coon
Alaska
Corps of Engineers
Ada
Camp Claiborn
Louisiana
Camp Kellner
New Jersey
Coon
Camp Murray
Washington
United States
A. O. Coon
Oklahoma City
Midwest Air Depot
Ed Core Writes Home From Africa
North Africa letter from Ed Core describes Americans staying close to Main Street and praising the Tunisian campaign. He notes a traveling show at his post by the N. A. F. F. I and reports all is well with the Army Transport Command in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Core
North Africa
O. K
Army Transport Command
Seaman Jump Assigned to Submarine Duty
Seaman First Class Cecil Jump is stationed on a submarine following completion of U S Navy training. His parents Mr and Mrs Carl Jump of Coalgate say he recently finished courses preparing for submarine duty with the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Jump
Carl Jump
Coalgate
See Jump
U. S. Navy
Ada cafes inspected. officials praise food handling efforts
Bill Riddle and Harold Malone praised Ada cafe inspections for improving sanitation under a new city ordinance. Inspections help establishments qualify for a grade by July 1, highlighting focus on proper washing, sterilizing, and sanitary containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Riddle
County Sanitarian
Harold Malone
State Health Department
Ada
Riddle
Subsidy Planned for Canners Who Cannot Absorb Wage Hikes
OPA officials predict the wage subsidy will reach only marginal canners and that most plants must raise prices to cover higher wages. Vinson said subsidies would apply to canned peas beans corn tomatoes and other major products if the War Labor Board authorizes higher wages. The plan covers about 80 percent of canning output, with other vegetables possibly seeing price increases to offset costs. Congress voiced objections as Vinson offered to study firm profits to decide subsidy eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Perimeter
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fred M. Vinson
War Labor Board
WLB
Vinson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
WTA
Music Able Lt. Robert Blankenship Built From Ada Family Roots
The article profiles Lt. Robert Blankenship son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blankenship of a farm along Jack Fork Creek near Ada. Born into a large, civic minded family, he excelled in piano and teaching, joined the army, earned officers training and the rank of second lieutenant while continuing music at camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Blankenship
Ada
Jack Fork Creek
Tennessee
Pleasant Hill School
Blankenship
East Central
W. L. Limberly
Sperry
Louis Boswell
Sybil Blankenship
Sand Springs
C. E. Newton
Allen
Edward
Charles
Woodrow Gale
Nocbert Blankenship
Quarote
Camp Lee
Pleasant Hill
Murray Lucas
Robert
Vaness
J. N. McKeel
Wich
Vanoss
Christian Church
Manville Second Lieutenant Transferred to Asbury Park Post
Mrs M F Manville reports her son 2nd Lt Mahlon Manville has completed Signal Corps training at Fort Monmouth and is assigned to Asbury Park New Jersey for advanced training. He says he lives in a penthouse atop a government operated hotel at the Atlantic coast resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Manville
Mahlon Manville
Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Asbury
Atlantic Coast
War plants office opens in Tulsa under Vanhook
An area office of the Smaller War Plants Corporation will open in Tulsa with J. T. Vanhook as acting manager and eighth regional director Morton Harrison stating the SWPC was organized six weeks ago to utilize unused production capacity in small plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
War Plants Corporation
J. T. Vanhook
Morton Harrison
Harrison
SWPC
Haynes Brothers Transferred In Army Service
Mrs. C. L. Bonar of 805 East Fourteenth reports two Haynes brothers in the army have been moved recently Sidney W a staff sergeant in the engineers is now at Camp Abbott Oregon and noted snow that day Joe Haynes a Coast Artillery supply sergeant remains in the Caribbean area but declined to reveal his exact post he says many Oklahoma boys are in his unit and he alone receives the Ada News his nephew Joe Bonar aged 18 is soon to enter service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Artillery
Oklahoma
Mrs. Bonar
Ada
Joe
Joe Bonar
Anniversary recalls Oklahoma City storm of 1942
June 12 marks the anniversary of Oklahoma City's worst storm disaster the June 12 1942 tornado that killed 35 people. Capitol Hill shows few reminders of the wind with six blocks rebuilt. new homes and a restored Carey school stand out. All houses include cellars for protection against another disaster.
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Capitol Hill
Oklahoma City
Carey School
Sgt. Walter V. Anderson Deploys to Camp Barkeley
Sgt. Walter V. Anderson of Roff Oklahoma is stationed at Camp Barkeley Texas after entering the Army in March 1942. He trained at Fort Sill Oklahoma with the Field Artillery and is married to Wanda Faye Anderson of Lawrence Oklahoma. He recently visited the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter V. Anderson
Roff
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Sgt. Anderson
Army
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Jewel Anderson
Wanda Faye Anderson
Lawrence
Sgt
Anderson
David Busby Named Captain at Culver Military Academy
David Busby, 17, son of Judge Orel Busby, was named captain of Culver Military Academy’s field artillery unit for the 1942 1944 cadet corps. He is ranked second in the student body, noted for military and academic excellence, and was a key member of the undefeated boxing team. He will return to Culver after a two week Ada visit and then serve as boxing instructor in the summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Busby
Orel Busby
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Ind
Busby
David
Ada
Military School
Academy
Tank Corps Corporal Backus Graduates From Fort Knox School
Corporal Roy L. Backus of 814 West Sixth recently finished the tank mechanics course at Fort Knox Kentucky. His class trained to keep General Sherman and General Grant tanks in combat ready condition. Students worked with field tools and studied tank mechanisms from track to turret to learn field maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Backus
West Sixth
Fort Knox
General Grants
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U.S
Roff Pioneers Club
Rep. Johnson
Ponca
City
Henry W. Koeneke
Kansas Bank
Ponca City Security Bank
Koeneke
American Bankers Association
Parsons
Kas
Ponca City
Red Phillips
G.O.P
Pampa Army Field
Wr. Domvarailer
Patrot Ior
J. E. Bridges
OWI
Sgt. Slocum
Ps. Coon
Cpl
Ed Core
Africa
Robert Blankenship
Asbury, N. J
Haynes Brother
Ft. Sill
Culver Academy
Fort Knox Tank School
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