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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
2
Lt Marvin T Robertson a chaplain in the army will leave Ada March 20 to enter a training period at Harvard University. He came to Ada in 1939 and has been known for his work in building a beautiful church at Pickett.
Pfc. Robert Lee Jones, a nineteen year old from Indianola, now serves with a tank destroyer unit in England. His Army service spans a year after induction at Fort Sill, with postings to Camp Bowie Texas Camp Hood Texas Fort Meade Maryland and an embarkation point for England. He is brother to Boss and Bill Jones of Ada and his wife resides in Scipio.
Bret A Burge nephew of Mrs Annabelle Sweeney and ex Zorn Plumbing worker now with the U S repair base in San Diego California He studied in Long Beach and previously lived in San Francisco before moving west with his wife Miss Johnie Margaret Vaden to the West Coast
John W. New son of Rev and Mrs Thomas D New of 926 East Fourth has been promoted from captain to major. A chaplain formerly with the Eighth Air Force in England he now serves as instructor on the staff of the Army school for chaplains at Harvard University. After Harvard his term ends he will return to Robbins Field Georgia.
The promotion of Joe Bailey Auld formerly of Tishomingo to staff sergeant was announced by the command ing officer of the Ninth Air Force in England. His wife Shirley F. Auld is residing in Ada.
Harry Walker, brother of Mrs. Arthur Ponder, stationed in Amarillo for electrical schooling, earned two clusters on his first medal and three major battle stars with the presidents citation. As part of an Anti-submarine Group AAF, the unit fought in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1942 to 1943, flying B-24s on long missions and scoring multiple enemy kills despite heavy losses. Walker, 30, formerly lived with the Ponders.
Pfc. Leon V. Cecil Jr. has traveled through Hawaii and Australia and is now in the southwest Pacific as his battle tactics training continues. He played athletics and boxing at Ada High School. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Cecil of 626 West Main.
Billy Fred Duncan 18 of Stonewall graduates from an intensive gunner's mate training course at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He earned selection for the specialized training based on his recruit aptitude test score. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H A Duncan.
Philip Shipley son of Sherman and Mrs Shipley of Ada joined the Navy in 1943 and trained as a sound operator at the West Coast Sound School before moving to maintenance school. He and friends Cody Cummings Bennie Howard and Audrey Brown began basic training together before being separated for specialized assignments. Cpl Edwin B Neighbors joined the Air Service Command and served in England after earning a 1939 East Central College B S degree and working at Thompson's Book Store and Vega plant. His wife Marie Shipley works at Douglass Aircraft in Oklahoma City, one of the plant's few women tool designers. Carl Neighbors, another brother, is a gunner in England with several missions over Germany. The brothers have visited since Christmas.
Ensign Garvin A Peck will graduate from the Naval Reserve Officers indoctrination school in Tucson Arizona on March 15. He attended East Central State College earning a B S in 1941. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J M Peck Route 3 Comanche and his wife is the former Laura Martin formerly of Stratford.
Technical Sgt. Joseph G. Magness of Coalgate is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for 25 bombardment missions over enemy held Europe aboard a B 26 Marauder named Rat Poison. He previously earned the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and served as radio operator and waist gunner.
Pvt. Ray E. Smith completed 17 weeks of basic training at Camp Wolters Texas after furlough with parents in Lawrence and wife in Fitzhugh. He earned five medals for rifle bayonet and light machine gun and is now stationed at Fort Ord California. His brother Raymond C. is also at Camp Wolters.
Pfc. Bobby Brumley is stationed in the medical corps at Davis Monthan Field Tucson Ariz He is Ada High School and East Central alum and outstanding in basketball He has served since March 26 1943 His team won a state wide service tournament in Phoenix with Brumley as high point man.
Grady L. Kimbrough son of Mr and Mrs A B Kimbrough receives promotion to sergeant at Eagle Pass Army Air Field where he serves as motion picture projectionist at the post theater.
Lt. Paul P. Rudell informed his parents Dr and Mrs W P Rudell of Sulphur of his promotion to first lieutenant in the Marine corps. He has been in the southwest Pacific since last July and served with the Marine division that established the beachhead at Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville.
Pvt Perry Wade Allison 19, son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Allison, recently visited en route to Fresno from Sheppard Field Texas on his way to service. He enlisted December 22 and serves as a tail gunner. He lived on route 1 and attended Byng high school. He is the sixth Wade Allison grandchild to enter service, two already abroad.
In Prescott Arizona an elderly couple mistakenly donated $325 in currency to a Boy Scouts waste paper drive. The Scouts recovered the money and the couple later placed it into war bonds.
Niel Bowen recently joined the Navy on his seventeenth birthday. James H. Bowen of 113 North Mississippi is noted in the clipping.
Pfc. Bennie L. Boiles leads 57 soldiers in gunnery training at Harlingen Army Air Field Texas and is slated for advanced training in Florida after this course. He recently earned aerial gunner wings with a promotion, and will become a gunnery instructor following basic instruction at Sheppard Field.
The AAA and seed dealers have distributed 2,000 sacks of lespedeza seed with more on order. Mr. Stalder of the Coalgate Milling Co plans continued supply under the purchase program. Bill Friman, former County AAA administrator now serving with the Fifth Army in Italy, reports on Italian agriculture and asks for updates on the farm program.
Irene Gonsowski and William C. Bostianick sought marriage with Squire Arthur J. McGivern but learned he acted in a minstrel show at Oakmont High School. The ceremony occurred before the cast with the janitor as witness and the squire claimed it legal despite makeup.
The past week featured heavy wet weather and a snowfall flurry with temperatures dropping to 24 degrees. The forecast warns of more sharp cold as rains have halted recently. Fruit prospects remain uncertain amid ongoing rain chances and weeks of anxiety. March winds were plentiful.
The War Department announced temporary promotions for eleven Oklahomans. From 1st lieutenant to captain: George Richard Gahring Claremore James Elbert Cole Raymond Hines Young Frederick James Lyndon Barr Oklahoma City James Glen Moore Prague. From 2nd to 1st lieutenant: James Walter Cain Jr Ardmore Claude Baldwin McCaleb Olustee Forrest Otto Swiggart Sand Springs John William Courtney Sapulpa Forrest Hugh Hickman Elton Prosser Griffin Tulsa. President Andrew Johnson was a tailor for seven years before he learned the alphabet.
NEA staff report from Mexico City describes bullfights as the main event in a city rich with sports. The arena seats 25,000 with crowds packing aisles. top matadors like Armillita and El Soldado are noted, alongside baseball and boxing stars. Prices range from 2.50 to 17 pesos, with scalpers selling above box office.
Rosette Hargrove, a former Paris fashion writer and NEA war correspondent, returns to the U.S. and compares London wartime life with New York civilian comforts. She notes luxuries Americans still enjoy, such as abundant food, multiple stockings, quick repairs, long shopping hours, uncrowded streets, and open restaurants, contrasting British restrictions and fatigue with American ease.
Staff Sgts Edward Huffman and Reuben Lehto recount their thirteenth and twelfth missions over Berlin aboard a Fort during a brutal dogfight. They describe overwhelming enemy attacks, oxygen failures, wing and tail damage, injuries, a navigator killed, and the crew pressing on despite frost and fear.
In Algiers the French military tribunal sentenced Pierre Pucheu, former interior minister under Petain, to death for treason. Pucheu warned the ruling could ignite civil war in France as he denounced the verdict amid tears.
In Manayaram India 264 inches of rain fell in a single month. Pencil marks were erased with bread crumbs. Moon craters boast walls two miles high. Read the Adam News Want Ads for quirky notes and notices.
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