Lt Potts with Infantry in Italy
Lt Edward F. Potts, now in Italy with an infantry division, reports the campaign as army forces push north. He joined the service in 1941 and rose from master sergeant after training at Fort Sam Houston and officers candidate school at Fort Benning. He notes towns briefly freed are soon ruined by looting and destruction. he is married to Navoma Webb Potts and is the son of Mr and Mrs W W Potts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Potts
Italy
Potts
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Ft. Benning
Navoma Webb Potts
West Seventeenth
W. W. Potts
White Brothers Serve in Army and Navy
Pvt Gordon White and Chief Petty Officer Melvin White, sons of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. White of 420 West Main, served in the army and navy. CPO White recently returned from months overseas in the southwest Pacific including Bougainville and is training in Alameda, California, while Pvt Gordon White enlisted in February 1943, trained at Fort Lewis for nine months, and is now at Camp Phillips, Kansas in an anti tank unit, having just been home on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Gordon
Melvin Whie
G. B. White
West Main
Cpo White
Bougainville
Southwest Pacific
Almeda
Calif
White
Army
Fort Lewis
Warh
Camp Phillips
Kan
Irontail Battles A Lawman In Traffic Encounter
Donald Mount known as Irontail sped home from the airport south of the city and ran a stop sign. An officer stepped from an abandoned station and chased him as he fled on a motorcycle. Irontail produced a pilot’s license and the pursuit ended when the motorcycle vanished ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Mount
Irontail
CPT
Woman Killed When Truck Overturns Near Chickasha
Patricia Cook, 25, of Clovis New Mexico, died from burns after a light truck overturned and burned five miles east of Chickasha Oklahoma. Her husband Bud Cook survived with severe burns and was being treated after a medical discharge from the army. Four rescuers and Cook narrowly escaped when the truck exploded after she was moved to an ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Okla
Patricia Cook
Clovis
N. M
Bud
Hammond Returns To Texas Camp
Cpl. Clifford H. Hammond returned to Camp Hulen Texas after a 10 day furlough spent with his wife infant son and relatives. He has served 18 months including 12 months in coastal artillery antiaircraft and holds several commendations for outstanding performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford H. Hammond
Camp Hulen
Tex
Cpl
Hammond
Reernenem Glem
Ada
Adv
Ance
Branch Lands Invasion Glider Pilot From Ada
Flight Officer John W. Branch Jr., an Ada soldier, served in the invasion of France flying a glider. He wrote home from England after about eight months there, describing heavy enemy fire and progress on the coast. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Branch Jr
Ada
France
England
Scotland
Branch
John W. Branch
East Seventh
Philpot Joins Navy Heads to Pacific Theater
Joseph Newton Philpot, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Philpot of Ada, joined the navy January 239 1944. He trained at Farragut Idaho and Great Lakes Illinois before sailing to the South Pacific. He urged his mother to buy War Bonds so Oklahoma boys can come home soon. He was active in Boy Scout work before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Newton Philpot
Joe R. Philpot
West Fifteenth
Ada
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Great Lakes
Philpot
South Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Oklahoma
Past Week’s Heat Bakes Ada Oklahoma
The past week brought mid ninety temperatures across the region with little breeze. Ada saw a light Saturday shower then heavy sprinkle and clearing clouds, but the sun returned and sparked a hot stagnant afternoon. Gardeners faced drying soil and wilting plants prompting early watering to curb losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Ada
Spears Returns to Fort Bliss After Overseas Service
Staff Sergeant Felix W. Spears arrives at Fort Bliss Texas after twelve months with the Field Artillery in the Italian theater of operations. He plans a visit with his wife in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spears
U. S
Felix W. Spears
Field Artillery
Fort Bliss
Tex
Ada
Bundy Returns from Overseas to Combat Duty in Italy
Staff Sergeant Garland A. Bundy has completed a 5,000 mile flight from the United States to the Mediterranean and arrives for combat duties. He will serve as radio gunner in a B-25 Mitchell squadron active in Tunisian Sicilian and Italian campaigns. Bundy, from Ada, attended Ada High School and worked at Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego before training at Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mediterranean
Garland A. Bundy
Mary Bundy
Ada
Italy
Balkans
Florence
Rome
Airas
Bundy
Ada High School
Consolidated Aircraft Plant
San Diego
Calif
Las Vegas
Nev
Pvt Landrith At New Guinea Base In Army Air Forces
Pvt Paul O Landrith now stationed with the Army Air Forces in New Guinea. He joined in 1943, trained at Jefferson Barracks Chanute Field Seymour Johnson Field, and earned a B S from East Central. He is son of E T Landrith of Oakland and Mrs Charlotte Sneed is his wife living in Ada. George G Toler Jr and A K Manahan, Ada High School graduates, have been accepted in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve for training. They will report after turning eighteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul O. Landrith
Army Air Forces
New Guinea
Army
Jefferson Barracks
Chanute Field
Ill
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
Landrith
Byng High School
East Central
E. T. Landrith
Oakland
Calif
Charlotte Sneed
Ada
George G. Toler, Jr
George G. Toler
A. K. Manahan
V. A. Manahan
Air Corps
Toler and
Manahan
Ada High School
Oklahoma Nurse in Anzio Seeks Surgical Dressings
Anzio dispatch from Lieut. Jean M. Richey ANC of Anadarko Oklahoma notes a shortage of dressings as casualties flood in before supplies arrive. She praises the 45th division and describes German remarks on gauze and paper dressings while serving with troops and awaiting Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Oklahoma
Ada
Jean M. Richey
ANC
Anadarko
Anzio
Rome
Lieut
Richey
Lieut. Richey
45Th Division
45Th
N. D. Richey
Houston
Paratrooper Pvt. Paul A. Young Jr Lands Safely Overseas
Mr and Mrs Paul A Young announce their son Pvt Paul A Young Jr has landed safely Overseas and is in Italy He is a paratrooper and member of the regimental band He was raised in Ada and now resides in Benton Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Young
Ada
Benton, Il
Pvt
Paul A. Young, Jr
Italy
Pvt. Young
Okla War Heroes Pictured in Naples Streets
Lt. Eddie Watson and T. Sgt. Clifford Colvin are shown with other Okla soldiers in Naples. Colvin, in the Signal Corps, has been moved toward the front lines, possibly Rome. Watson, with the 45th Division, has seen combat and earned a frontline commission. Colvin previously trained in Nebraska and Casablanca and remained overseas two years. Watson has spent months in training camps and combat with the 45th Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Colvin
Eddie Watson
Naples
Colvin
Signal Corps
Rome
Watson
Clifford
Nebraska
United States
Casablanca
Clovis Colvin
Merchant Marine
45Th Division
45Th
Douglas Brothers Now Serving in Navy Overseas
Ada natives Caroll J. Douglas and Lee Roy Douglas both enlisted in the navy during World War II. Caroll J. Douglas, 18, trained at San Diego and serves with the Pacific fleet school administration. Lee Roy Douglas, a navigator and waist gunner, trained at San Diego and Norman, later transferred to Jacksonville, and promoted to petty officer while serving overseas.
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Caroll J. Douglas
H. W. Douglas
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Pacific Fleet School
Seaman
Douglas
Ada
Lee Roy Douglas
Norman Naval Base
Jacksonville
Fla
Ade
Riverside
Crawford Spending Leave With Mother
Jack Crawford a radioman 2/C in the U S Navy visited his mother Mrs Ethel Crawford at 923 North Johnston and relatives in Ada after 15 months away from home He has served 23 years in the Navy including 15 months in the South Pacific He grew up in Antlers and attended Antlers High School His home base is Ada for eight years He previously drove for Clicks Taxi Service A brother Cpl Olen Crawford is in England with the U S Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Crawford
U. S. Navy
Ethel Crawford
North Johnston
Navy
South Pacific
Antlers
Antlers High School
Ada
Click’s
Cpl
Olen Crawford
England
U. Army
SGT. Oliver Spends Furlough in Ada
SGT. Lee Oliver spent a furlough in Ada visiting relatives. He formerly served in the medical corps at Sacramento and was later transferred to Tinker Field Air Base in Oklahoma City. Oliver's wife and parents live in Sacramento. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Oliver, formerly of Ada, now residing in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Oliver
Ada
Medical Corps
Sacramento
Calif
Tinker Field Air Base
Oklahoma City
Sgt. Oliver
M. B. Oliver
California
West flies Marauder bomber Tuffy home after last mission
Lt. Augustus L. West of Eldorado California brought his Marauder "Tuffy" back from a mission over German targets in Florence. An 88 mm shell hit the cockpit area and engine as flak fire intensified. the crew jettisoned ordnance, landed on two wheels, and the plane belly landed after a final altitude fight to reach a field in Corsica. The crew escaped unharmed as the battered aircraft could not fly again. West’s family locations and wartime status are noted in San Diego and Camp Davis.
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Augustus L. West
West
Sandra
West Sixth
Ora Floyd
Ada
Tuffy
Florence
Corsica
Eldorado
Calif
Calvin West
San Diego
Fred
Anzio
Cpo
Robert West
Pacific
Sgt
Camp Davis
Morgan Repairs Typewriters in Army
Pvt. Leonard D. Morgan, 20, of Fitzhugh, serves with a quartermaster unit on Bougainville repairing typewriters. He and two others fix about 50 machines weekly despite humid climate and constant maintenance needs. He previously played basketball for Fitzugh High School and was in New Caledonia before Bougainville.
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Pvt
Leonard D. Morgan
Fitzhugh
Bougainville
Pvt. Morgan
Fitzaugh High School
New Caledonia
Empress Augusta Bay
Price Promoted Again and Serves with Mustang Group
Lt. Jack B. Price rose from second to first lieutenant in May and now flies with a Mustang Fighter Bomber Group of the Eighth AAF in England under Lt. Col. John B. Henry Jr. Price has damaged two German planes on a strafing run and has escorted bombers deep into enemy territory. He is a Horace Mann graduate who studied at East Central and joined the National Guard after a summer college term.
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Jack B. Price
AAF
England
John B. Henry, Jr
Wichita Falls
Tex
Price
Horace Mann High School
East Central
National Guard
Louisiana
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Boys’ State
BPW
Davis City
Jack V. Price
C. D. Price
Ada
Tourist Park Fire Claims One Life
In McAlester Oklahoma three men were burned in a tourist park fire south of the city. Pi T E Grigsby died in a hospital after a fuel truck servicing an underground tank ignited. His brother A J Grigsby and E P Jones were injured and treated locally. Fire also burned Kiowa cafe business district destroying a truck and damaging adjacent buildings.
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Mcalester
Okla
Jjune
Pi_T. E.Grigsby
Oklahoma City
Here
Pittsburg
Kiowa
Grigsby
A. J. Grigsby
E. P. Jones
Mrs Will Rogers Body Resting in Vault in Glendale
In Glendale California the body of Mrs Will Rogers widow of the humorist rests in the vault at Forest Lawn where Rogers lay after his death in 1935. Within 60 days the body will be moved to the Will Rogers memorial in Claremore Oklahoma. The service drew about 300 relatives and friends including William S Hart who collapsed during the rites and was aided by Billie Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Calif
Willi Rogers
Rogers
Alaska
Forest Lawn
William S. Hart
Payne Brothers Pick Different Service Branches
Cpt. Ben F. Payne Jr entered service April 17 1943 from Johnson county. He was assistant manager of Erie and Ritz Thea tres in Hugo. After basic in Jersey City he trained as aircraft mechanic in Gulfport Miss and is in England. His wife stays with his parents in Wapanucka. The Payne brothers lived in Ada 1920 to 1923. they are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Payne of Wapanucka and have sister Mrs. L G Edwards in Tulsa. An aunt Mrs. J O Abney lives in
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F. Payne, Jr
Johnson County
Erie and
Ritz Theatres
Hugo
Jersey City
Gulfport
Miss
England
Wapanucka
Payne
Ada
Ben F. Payne
L. G. Edwards
Geneva Payne
Tulsa
J. O. Abney
Storm Toll 144 as tornado devastates southwest Pennsylvania
A deadly tornado swept from McKeesport to Shinnston causing 144 deaths and hundreds injured across West Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland. Rescue efforts mounted by Red Cross and authorities as towns suffered widespread destruction and missing persons cases rose. Little Shinnston bore the heaviest toll with 58 deaths while Chartiers and Clarksville near Pittsburgh reported about 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
McKeesport
Shinnston
W. Va
Maryland
Red Cross
Little Shinnston
Clarksburg
Chartiers
Clarksville
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Sgt.Hynds
Fremont W. Miller
George E. Wilcox
Victor S. Hynds
James C. Hynds
Miller
North Sea
Hynds
A.A F
Pvt. Gordon
Kansas Camp
Melvin
Joseph Philpot
Pacific Theater
Ada News
Overseas
Illinois
YOUNG
Douglas Brothers
Crawford
Mother
Oliver
A. L. West
Morgan
Will Rogers
Payne Brothers
Edmond C. Payne
Pam
Pottawatomie County
Shawnee
Eli Lilly
Corpus Christi
San Francisco
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