McFarlin Brothers In Army and Navy Doing Duty
Sgt. Duard McFarlin and his brother A J McFarlin serve in the army and navy with Camp Reynolds Pennsylvania and Naval Hospital duties. Duard, known for being best dressed at Camp Robinson, has blueprint work and two years service. A J entered navy in August 1943, trained in boat work and hospital duties, now caring for patients between linen duties. All three McFarlin sons are members of Oak Avenue Baptist Church and reside with Mr. and Mrs. J E McFarlin at 815 West Thirteenth Street. Jimmy McFarlin is in navy training in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duard McFarlin
A. J
Army
Navy
Duard
Army Service Forces
Camp Reynolds
California
Camp Robinson
Ark
G.I
United States
Naval Hospital
O.K
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
J. E. McFarlin
West Thirteenth
Jimmy
San Diego
Calif
Mercer Assigned To Armored Unit at Fort Knox
Pvt. Neal Mercer, 24, now at Fort Knox Kentucky with Armored Replacement Center. He entered service October 12 1943 and grew up in Ada. He worked in California shipyards before Army service. He is husband of Mrs Della Maye Mercer of 707 West Eighteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt. Neal. Mercer
Fort Knox
Armored Replacement Center
Mercer
Ada
California
Della Maye Mercer
West Eighteenth
Freeman in Italy With Air Forces
Corporal Carl Van Freeman, formerly of Wewoka and Mukogee, serves with the Air Forces in Sicily after training at Sheppard Field Texas Lubbock Texas and Pope Field North Carolina. He attended public schools in Wewoka where his parents Mr and Mrs Henry L Freeman now reside and East Central State College where he was active in speech. His wife is Miss Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl van Freeman
Wewoka
Mukogee
Sicily
Sheppard Field
Tex
Lubbock
Hammond Named Camp Hulin Soldier After Oakland Service
Corporal Clifford Harold Hammond is stationed at Camp Hulin Tex an anti aircraft Coast Artillery unit. He enlisted December 26 1942 and trained at Camp Roberts California earning Good Conduct ribbon for marksmanship. He is one of three sons of Chester and Ada Hammond now in service. His wife and infant son live with her parents at 725 East Sixth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Harold Hammond
Camp Hulin
Tex
Oakland
Calif
Cpl. Hammond
Camp Roberts
California
Chester Hammond
Ada
Rt. No. 3
East Sixth
Ada native Mond Owen now based in Oklahoma City
Mond Owen of Ada has moved to Oklahoma City where she works for Douglas Aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mond Owen
Ada
Oklahoma City
Douglas Aircraft
LeFlore Featured in Post Magazine At Gardner Field
Jay LeFlore of Fittstown appears in Observation Post at Gardner Field California as liaison officer for Supply. He and Joan Sanford of AGP are credited with keeping planes flying by locating hard to get parts. LeFlore travels miles to secure needed parts and avoid grounded aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay LeFlore
Fittstown
Observation Post
Gardner Field
Calif
Joan Sanford
AGP
LeFlore
Sgt. LeFlore
Fittstown High School
Florence Lackey
James Russell LeFlore
Nolen Completes Flight Preparatory Course
Naval Aviation Cadet Billy Warren Nolen finished his flight preparatory course at DePauw University in Greencastle and was transferred to Iowa City for further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolen
Billy Warren Nolen
Deep University
Greencastle
Iowa City
Iowa
Granger Promoted To Rank of Major
Thomas R. Granger has been promoted to major at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center where he serves as chief of the operative section at the Cadet Center Dental Clinic. A 1938 graduate of St Louis University he previously served at Fort Sam Houston and Kelly Field. He is a dentist, son of Mrs Emma C Granger and the late Dr Tom Granger, with wife Frances Eleanor and their son living in San Antonio during his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Granger
San Antonio
Tom Granger
Frances Eleanor Granger
Major Granger
Wade Allison joins Army Air Forces reserve call
Wade Allison son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Allison left Byng high school to join the Army Air Forces last December. He lives on route 1 Allen and has two cousins already in overseas service while three others wear Uncle Sam's uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces
Perry Wade Allison
Calvin Allison
Pvt
Allison
Byng High
Route 1
Allen
Uncle Sam
Ada Pilot Baublits Returns on Furlough
Lt. Bob Baublits son of Mr and Mrs S M Baublits of Ada was commissioned Sunday March 12 as a pilot in the Army Air Forces He is assigned to a transition school for B 24 Liberator bomber pilots at Liberal Kansas He enlisted at Oklahoma University in October 1942 and has trained at Sherrard Field San Antonio Lubbock Brady and San Angelo He is a graduate of Ada High School where he was active in the band and a De Molay member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Baublits
S. M. Baublits
West King’s Road
Army Air Forces
Liberal
Kas
Baublits
V’iting
Ada
Air Corps
Oklahoma University
Sherrard Field
San Marcos
San Antonio
Lubbock
Texas
Brady
Tex
San Angelo
Ada High School
de- Molay
Ada Native Talks With New Guinea Soldier in War Era Feature
Major William Shelton Dandridge of Ada born Atoka, raised in Ada, trained at Oklahoma and Arkansas schools, served as deputy surgeon at a large New Guinea base during World War II. He helped organize the Melbourne Base Surgeon's office and later moved north in Australia to lead evacuation and executive duties. He married and lived in Dallas during service, with a career spanning Fort Leavenworth and Fort Sam Houston before joining the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Dandridge
Dallas
Melbourne
Australia
General MacArthur
New Guinea
Atoka
University of Oklahoma
University of Arkansas School of Medicine
Ge Rock
Baulch Brothers Home on furlough and church news
Corporal Carthel Baulch arrives home on a 30 day furlough from the Marines. His brother Clyde F Baulch, after serving in the Pacific, has joined the Cedar Grove Free Will Baptist church roll following baptism and acceptance into church membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthel Baulch
Brother Clyde
Pacific
Clarence Baulch
Francis
Ritchie
Corp. Carthel Baulch
Flynn G. Humphreys
Clyde
Cedar Grove
Free Will Baptist Church
Clyde F. Baulch
Marines
Francis High School
Harry James Commended for Outstanding Work in Navy Action
Boatswain's mate second class Harry N James received a commendation for valor aboard a ship during a Mediterranean convoy attack on August 13 1943. The letter notes his unit's defense against hostile planes, the destruction of one aircraft, and the prevention of sinking the ship. James enlisted January 5 1920 in St Louis Missouri and is son of Elizabeth James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry N. James
Mediterranean
Navy
Hadl
James
St. Louis
Missouri
Elizabeth James
East Eighth
Thomas Stationed At Wyoming Base
Pte. Harold Tiidas is visiting his parents at 504 West Fourteenth and daughter Barbara Ann. He has spent the last year in Canada and Alaska and is now stationed at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Tiidas
S. J. Thomas
West Fourteenth
Barbara Ann
Canada
Alaska
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Bob Cason Promoted to First Lieutenant
Mr and Mrs R W Cason received word Saturday that Lt Robert Bob W Cason Jr has been promoted to first lieutenant. Lt Cason has been stationed in Panama for several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Cason
Robert
Bob) W. Cason, Jr
Lt. Cason
Panama
Hoggatt Graduates From Scott Field as Radio Operator
Sgt. Linley A. Hoggatt recently qualified as a radio operator and mechanic after graduating at Scott Field NL and joins a fighting bomber crew. He previously attended Stonewall High School, class of 1938, and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in August 1941. He spent months in southern Texas with ground forces. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hoggatt of Stonewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linley A. Hoggatt
Scott Field
Stonewall High School
Army Air Cors
Texas
Sgt. Hoggatt
Or J. L. Hoggatt
Stonewa
Cadet Robert C Gordon Completes Training At Greenville Field
Pvt Robert C Gordon son of Mrs Lena Bess Gordon 126 West Fifteenth completed pre air crew training at Major Army Air Field Greenville Texas and has been transferred to Oklahoma A and M College for aviation cadet pre flight training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Gordon
Lena Bess Gordon
West Fifteenth
Army Air Field
Greenville
Tex
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Montgomery Seaman Recruit Advances at Naval Training Center
Ulus Montgomery Jr. was promoted to Seaman First Class while at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman. He will transfer to a naval unit afloat or another shore station for further instruction. He enlisted in California and has been at Norman since February 4. He is the son of Mrs. C. O. Bridwell and Alas H. Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulus Harris Montgomery, Jr
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Norman
Navy
California
Norman Naval Base
C. O. Bridwell
East Fifteenth
Alas H. Montgomery
East Main
WPB Official Blasts WEA Over Livestock and Feed Policy
Washington reports a sharp critique of the war food administration from top WPB officials amid moves to avert a corn shortage crisis. The study warns hog price supports and feed allocations are misbalancing hog production and threatening supplies for processors and war industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin Washington
War Food Administration
War Production Board
WFA
Charles E. Wilson
W. Y. Elliott
WPB
White House
War and Navy Departments
Marvin Jones
Robert P. Patterson
Navy
James Forrestal
War Food
Elliott
Price ceilings set on second hand goods in private sales
ANN STEVICK reports progress in price controls covering second hand items from graphic equipment to washing machines. Consumers may verify ceilings with local price and ration boards, while some items remain under older controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Stevick
NEA
Washington
Bus Plunges Into Passaic River in Sleety Crash
A bus plunged from a bridge into the Passaic River during a sleet storm in New Jersey. Seven saved, with estimates of 9 to 30 others aboard. rescue efforts included a factory worker tossing rafts from windows and a worker pulling survivors ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
N. J
Nicholas Muick
Wallington
New York
Passiac
Wood Ridge
Leroy W. Thomas
United States Rubber Company
Stanley Pavlick
Thomas
Pavlick
Paverick
Charles Naznasky
United States
Naznasky
Seedlings offered for windbreaks and orchard health tips
Seedling varieties remain available for windbreaks shelterbelts and posts with reasonable pricing. A farm in Colbert reports 1500 blackberry and dewberry plants boosting cash rent to 150 dollars yearly, plus cherries plums and apples. Pruning guidance emphasizes burning brush to cut disease, while alfalfa pasture seeding samples and manure furrow methods improve yields. Cattle dipping vats operate countywide to control lice and ticks. Farrowing advice stresses balanced sow diets with protein and green pasture to improve pig weight and survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. McAnally
Colbert
Oklahoma
Peck's Bad Boy Tony Carcione Dies in Berlin Raid
At Station England on March 18, Lt. Anthony Carcione from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, age 24, failed to return from a March 7 Berlin raid. He had downed four German planes and chased a fifth before disappearing. His Base also lost Lt. Joseph Scard of Granite City, North Carolina, an ace just a week before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thunderbolt
England
Peck
Anthony
Tony) Carcione
Bethlehem
Tony
Berlin
Carcione
Joseph W. Scard
N. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
McFarlin Brothers
A. J. McFarlin
Freeman
Italy
Hammond
Post Magazine
Wade Allison
Byng School
Lt. Baublits
Kansas
William Shelton Dandridge
T. O. Dandridge
Officer’s Reserve Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
St. Laul’s Hospital
Medical Arts Hospital
United States Army
Tulsa
52Nd Signal Battalion
Fort Sam Houston
Major Dandridge
Pearl Haror
Mrs. Dandridge
Clyde Baulch
Harry James
Bob Cason
Hoggatt
Ulus Montgomery
WEA
War Department
C. H. Hailey
Union Valley
Wick Adair
Pecan Grove
Fitzhugh
Red Oak
Denton
Nettuno-Anzio
Signora Marcella Giorgi
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