Navy Sailor Leads Overseas Journey From Great Lakes Training
Wilson, a Navy sailor, trained at Great Lakes Illinois, shipped overseas November 4 1942, later assigned afloat from Miami Florida July 7 1944. His wife joined him in Miami and will travel to Texas to stay until his departure. His son Joe M Wilson 415 S Mississippi visited, enjoyed Christmas swimming. Wilsons other sons overseas Richard D Wilson medical corps in France and Walter L Wilson infantryman POW in Germany since January 21 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Great Lakes
Miami
Fla
Fannie Wilson
Joe M. Wilson
Mississippi
Texas
Joe
Richard D. Wilson
Medical Corps
France
Pfc
Walter L. Wilson
Germany
Ada Soldier Recounts 99 Days as German Prisoner
Pvt. J. G. Barrett returns to Ada on a 60 day furlough after 99 days in German captivity. He describes the harsh confinement, food raids, and field hospital escape, noting Oklahoma soldiers' resilience and his Bastogne Presidential Citation. Barrett, 20, joined at 18 after Irving and Byng schools, is the son of Mrs. Nancy Barrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G
Pete) Barrett
Ada
Pete
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Pvt
Seventh Army
Antlers
Tunelo
Pauls Valley
Barrett
Battle of
Bastogne
Irving and
Byng
Nancy Barrett
West Sixth
Ada airman completes 34 combat missions in Pacific tour
Levi J. Dillon, aviation radioman second class, U S N R, of Ada Oklahoma, logged 34 combat missions as radioman and gunner in a torpedo bomber during a seven month Pacific duty with Composite Squadron 77 aboard a baby flat top. He served in campaigns for Palau, the Philippines and Iwo Jima and joined the Third Fleet into the South China Sea. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W J Dillon and attended the University of Oklahoma before enlisting in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi J. Dillon
U.S.N.R
East Fourteenth Street
Ada
Oklahoma
Pacific
Composite Squadron 77
Navy
Palau
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Third Fleet
South China Sea
W. J. Dillon
University of Oklahoma
No three presidents of the United States have ever been related
The note states that no trio of U S presidents shares kinship, implying unique family ties among leaders. It emphasizes the rarity of presidential relation networks and suggests a historical curiosity about ties between chief executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States
Pfc T C Timmons Overseas Almost Three Years Now
Pfc T C Timmons of Fittstown has served since Oct 27 1942 with the 2829th Engineers. After training in Missouri California Florida and Virginia he went overseas after seven months in the States, saw North Africa Sicily Italy and France before reaching Germany. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charley Timmons and wrote he is doing okay.
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Pfc
T. C. Timmons
2829Th Engineers
Missouri
California
Florida
Virginia
States
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
Juanita Townsend
Franks and Fittstown
40Th Engineers
Timmons
Charley Timmons
Fittstown
George Brendle Wounded in German Battle
Pfc. George Ralph Brendle was slightly wounded while serving with the 16th Infantry of the First Army in Germany. He received care in Paris and England after being wounded April 8. He trained at Fort McClellan Alabama before eight months overseas. His wife Myrtle Brendley stays with her parents in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ralph Brendle
Germany
Paris
France
England
16Th Infantry
First Army
Fort McClellan
Ala
Myrtle Brendley
J. L. Brecheen
Ada
Carl Cantrell Missing In Action In Germany
Carl Cantrell nineteen year old Ada High School alumnus has been missing in action in Germany since April 2. A telegram from the War Department was received April 20. Cantrell entered service December 10, 1943 and trained at Camp Hood Fort Benning and other camps before going overseas about one month ago. His parents Mr. and Mrs. George F. Cantrell of Bakersfield Calif. were informed by an Ada aunt.
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Pfe
Carl Cantrell
Germany
George F. Cantrell
Bakersfield
Calif
War Department
Ada
Pfc
Cantrell
Camp Hood
Tex
Ft. Benning
Ada High School
County Cancer Drive Continues as Totals Are Collected
Pontotoc county still works toward the nationwide cancer fund goal with several groups yet to report. Contributions go to Ed Martin at the First National Bank as Ben L. Morrison serves as county chairman amid broad concern for cancer research and treatment expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Ed Martin
First National Bank
National Fund For Research
America
Ben L. Morrison
Lt John Branch Glider Pilot Lands In Germany
Lt John W Branch son of Mr and Mrs John W Branch Sr of 824 East Seventh is among hundreds of glider pilots with the 17th Airborne division in the Rhine airborne assault into Germany. He helped land troops beyond the fortress town then evacuated to base. The mission marked the largest airborne assault with hundreds of Troop Carrier planes towing gliders. His 435th Troop Carrier Group has spearheaded every D Day since Normandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Branch
824
East Seventh
17Th Airborne Division
Rhine
Germany
435Th
Branch
435Th Group
Normandy
Graduation Season Brings Activities At Local High Schools
As graduation season continues over the next three weeks Byng held commencement last Sunday and Francis and Stonewall hold senior sermons today with commencements set for Thursday. Stonewall hosts an 11 am program at the high school auditorium featuring Joyce Beamer processional and recessional, Rev Gregory invocation, Rev Ritter benediction, solo by Mrs Dulaney and glee club number My Cathedral. Speaker for Stonewall commencement Thursday is L Crabl state school superintendent.
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Byng
Francis High
Stonewall High
Francis
Stonewall
Beth Brewington
Avinelle Abston
Wanda Sue Cushman
Patsy Ruth McClure
Jackie Davis
John Mattox
Joyce Beamer
E. E. Gregory
L. H. Ritter
Dulaney
Coy Kirksey
Stonewall Baptist
L. Crabl
Defenders of Bastogne Honor Guests in Austria
In Innsbruck Austria on May 7 Maj. Gen Anthony C. Mouliffe hosted three dinner guests including French Premiers Edouard Daladier and Paul Reynaud and Lt. John G Winant Jr son of the U S ambassador to Britain. They were all liberated from a Nazi prison.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Anthony C. Mouliffe
Bastogne
Edouard Daladier
Paul Reynaud
John G. Winant, Jr
U. S
Britain
Nazi POWs Live Comfortable Life At Fort Devens Camp
Fort Devens Massachusetts reports 3548 German prisoners at one camp enjoy housing clothing and meals comparable to garrison troops under Geneva Convention. Prisoners work positions, use a large library and canteens, while maintaining self organized classes and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Reich
Esame
Harvey G. Storke
Washington
Williams records bold World War II exploits in Europe
First Lieutenant Leo K. Williams of Atoka served 8.5 months in the European theater with the 35th Infantry Division attached to the First, Third, Seventh and Ninth armies. He earned the Bronze Star with cluster for heroic action near Reinheim Germany on December 17 1944 and the Silver Star and Bronze Star with cluster. Williams led a radio crew under heavy fire to direct artillery smoke coverage saving a mission and evacuating wounded soldiers. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Williams.
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Leo K. Williams
Atoka
35Th
Europea
Lieut. Williams
Ada
East Central State College
United States
Reinheim
Germany
320Th Infantry
Williams
Bastonne
Fort Pennings
Jim Williams
Valley View Hospital Births Highlight Community Fund Drive
Beverly Jan Andrews, Valley View Hospital's first baby born in 1938, grows toward seven as the community prepares for the annual hospital fund drive. Her family timeline mirrors decades of births and expanding facilities at Valley View, now backed by funds to sustain care for future newborns.
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Valley View Hospital
Beverly Jan Andrews
Beverly Jan
Willard School
Valley View
Wanda Collier Andrews
Skye Kenneth Andrews
Sam
Florida
J. C. Collier
Ada
Truman Cruises on Presidential Yacht for First Relaxation
Washington May 7 Up President Truman enjoyed a Sunday Potomac cruise for his first away from Washington relaxation since taking office April 12.
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Washington
TrUman
Cpl Kilpatrick Visits Relatives After Far Recording
Cpl Eugene Kilpatrick arrived Saturday to visit his father Burley Kilpatrick and other relatives at 721 West Eighth and friends. A mechanic in the Air Corps he has spent two years in British West Africa. After a twenty one day furlough in Ada he will report to Tulsa for reassignment.
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Cpl
Eugene Kilpatrick
Burley Kilpatrick
West Eighth
Kilpatrick
Air Corps
British West Africa
Ada
Tulsa
Messenger and marching column puzzle solution
A bicycle messenger starts at 8:00 from the rear of a column marching at 3 mph. The column advances toward a town 20 miles away. messenger rides 10 mph to the town and back. He meets the head of the column at a time determined by tracking relative speeds and distances.
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Chicago
Hitler and Goebbels Bodies Not Found in Berlin Vault
Moscow dispatch says Soviet troops examining bodies from the Nazi Chancellery in Berlin have not found Adolf Hitler or Joseph Goebbels. Many senior Nazis’ remains have been recovered, but the whereabouts of Hitler and Goebbels remain unconfirmed amid suspicions Hitler’s death was a Nazi ruse.
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Moscow
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Fuehrer
Man Snatches $75 At Hat Shop In Bold Robbery
A man who appeared an ordinary customer entered Rosy’s Millinery Shop and offered a strange hat request then drew a pistol. He grabbed $75 from clerks and fled, leaving staff shocked by the sudden robbery in Chicago.
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Chicago
Rosy
Independent War Continues Despite European Shifts
A Tokyo newspaper editorial asserts that the ongoing independent war will not be affected by changes in the European situation, and that war aims and strategy remain unchanged despite shifts abroad.
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Marvin V. Wilson
SF 2
USNR
Orange
George Brendle
G. F. Brendle
John Branch
Yank
Army Weekly
NEA
80Th Division
U. S. Third Army
Joseph F. Ieradi
Philadelphia
S. Burton Heath
NER
Fort Devens
Mass
Riley
First Service Command
Boston
Louisville
Herman Meyer
Curtiss- Wright
Cairo
Egypt
Nicholas L. Korecki
Curtiss Commando
Commando
Meyer
Cpl. Korecki
Ada News
Presidential
Cpl. Kilpatrick
Goebbels
Tokyo
Fifth Army
T/5
Howard Stein
Lexington
Ind
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