Oklahoma list of war dead and wounded from Ada area
The OWI released Oklahoma casualties naming Navy dead L G Lainson Enid and Pfc Ewert E Bray of Ada with others listed as dead or wounded. The Ada area cabinetmaker once known as J M Brown near 30 years ago was buried in Old Mission cemetery after his nephew Albert Bray displayed a Bible with the name J M Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt. Ewert Bray
Near
Ada
Army
Navy
OWI
L. G. Lainson
Enid
Britt Wood, Jr
Apache
H. D. Woodward
Pfc
Ewert E. D. Bray
Gladys Bray
J. C. Bruton
Route 2
Sallisaw
B. L. Bunch
Duncan
R. M. Busby
Tulsa
G. W. Butler
Hugo
W. W. Callison
Cleveland
R. D. Chesney
Soper
B. E. Coker
C. E. Collier
Altus
J. P. Cornelius
Chickasha
Billie Cowan
Muskogee
Jack Cox
Cartersville
A. P. Cross
Kiowa
Ben R. Crouch, Jr
McAlester
A. C. Culbert
Beggs
C. F. Curry
G. D. Curtis
Wister
O. M. Davis
Hooker
C. Doyle
Indianola
N. D. Farmer
Stanley
J. E. Frazier
Geronimo
J. P. Goerke
Blackwell
J. C. Hann
Clinton
C. H. Hansen
Oklahoma City
L. J. Hardage
Westville
L. O. Harris
Overbrook
B. D
Buffalo
J. C. Parker
Marlow
H. A. Phelps
Waurika
H. Presgrove
Velma
W. B. Read
Miami
T. Paul L. Smith
Clayton
C. W. Teenor
Broken Arrow
C. S. Wright
Norman
Albert Bray
Springfield
J. M. Day
Okla
J. M. Brown
Old Mission Cemetery
Julia D. Manville
Marion
Kan
Move to discharge soldiers with more than three children
Washington May 15 A bill push would force the army to discharge all service men with more than three children. Representative Engel says he will seek a house floor vote on amending the annual war department appropriation bill to bar funding for such men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Capitol Hill
Representative Engel
R-Mich
War Department
Appropriations
Engel
House
May
D-Ky
Rural Life and Chaos Mark Occupied German Cities
Reporting from the Rhine region, Daniel DeLuce describes rural life as almost normal while cities lie in chaos under Allied occupation. He notes 400000 U.S. troops, barbed wire frontiers, German political strife, child warnings, and stalled rebuilding including Krupp and Cologne factories as he surveys postwar conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
Ada News Today
Daniel Deluce
Rhine
United States
Beubl
Bendorf
Losheim
Hitler
Aachenstil
Cologne
Essen
Krupp
Designated Killed in Action Lt Lallathin Marine Flier
First Lieutenant Laverne Lallathin U S Marine flier is reported killed in action. His parents Mr and Mrs L A Lalla in Ada received the information. He had been listed missing in April after his plane was found on a beach in the Southwest Pacific. He grew up in Pontotoc County and graduated from East Central College. He served in the Army Air Corps before transferring to the naval air corps then to the Marines before going overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne Lallathin
U. S. Marine Flier
L. A. Lallain
Lallathin
Southwest Pacific
Ada
Pontotoc County
East Central College
Army Air Corps
Naval Air Corps
Marines
Wichita Mystery May Tie to Ada History
A Wichita cabinet maker known as J. M. Brown, listed as 78 years old, died recently with a funeral held in Wichita. The Wichita Eagle May 10 account suggests he lived under a name different from that in the family Bible, hinting at a link to early Ada history and Oklahoma tribal rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Wichita Eagle
Oklahoma
J. M. Brown
Local draft board sends eight men to service last week
Local draft board No. 1 announced eight men were sent to military service in the past week. Henry R. Dew, Thomas E. Summers Jr, James D. Dunham, Sanford Q. Bess, Doyle L. Ramsey and William H. Freeman reported for Army training at Camp Chaffee Arkansas. Eddie L. Thompson went to Parris Island for Marine training. Leland O. Newton joined the Navy. War Bonds push funds as money talks louder.
Red Cross To Notify Kin Of Liberated POWs
The War Department cannot promptly notify families. National Red Cross will receive lists via commercial cables and telegraph and forward details to local chapters which have priority. The War Department will notify next of kin of the arrival in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Army
War Department
National Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Dairy Show Draws Crowd as Jersey Judging Opens
Ada and nearby residents attend the dairy show at the fairgrounds for the Jersey division judging. Winners and champions are named with multiple producers and 4-H youths cited. Broadcasts from KVOO Tulsa will replay interviews with organizers and sponsors.
Squirrel Attacks Engineer at Valley View Hospital
Joe Wallach, an engineer at Valley View hospital, encountered a wild squirrel on the lawn. The animal ran up his pants leg and bit his hand before leaping to the ground and fleeing. Hospital staff suspect the creature was a pet escaped from a cage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wallach
Valley View Hospital
Joe
Field Marshal Montgomery Resting at Hindhead Home
London May 15 Field Marshal Montgomery is resting at the home of Maj T Reynolds headmaster of Amesbury school Hindhead Surrey. Reports say he is exhausted from the European campaign and will stay several days to see personal friends before resuming duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty
London
Field Marshal Montgomery
Maj. T. Reynolds
Amesbury School
Hindhead
Surrey
Valley View Drive Hospital Fund Drives On
Valley View hospital community fund drive reached 10500 dollars with more pledged as the campaign continues quietly to insure care for patients without funds. Valley View also reported 56 patients Tuesday morning as milwaukee news notes a man named Fred Stratton, on his way to work, found letters from his wife among old clothes for a clothing drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley View Hospital
Valley View
Milwaukee
Fred Stratton
Giant Elephant Collection Highlights Tulsa Builder
Tulsa May 15 Glen Ames preserves a diverse 650 elephant statuettes display many gifts from friends. One prized piece is a Wiley Post era elephant cigarette lighter belonging to the famed Oklahoma aviator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Glen Ames
Wiley Post
Oklahoma
Ivie Remains In County Jail After City Chase
Billy Joe Ivie was questioned by city police, confessed to several suspected crimes but unsigned, and was moved to county jail Monday afternoon. Chief Dudley Lester noted Ivie’s claim he could not be shot by officers and his quick escape by climbing a tree. Ivie said he learned safe-cracking from Texas experts. two burglary charges are expected in Ada before transfer to Oklahoma City and Shawnee on car theft and burglary charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Joe Ivie
Dudley Lester
Lester
Ivie
Texas
Ada
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
Sudden Return to Winter Brings Cold, Rain in Ada Area
After a warm spell peaked at 89 degrees Monday, Ada and surrounding regions cooled to 49 by Tuesday with gusty showers, thunder, and brief snow flurries. Oklahoma reports widespread rain, hail in places, and heavy downpours with 2.17 inches near Fort Smith. City weather officials forecast 35 to 50 degree lows and continued clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Fort Smith
Muskogee
Okmulgee
Duncan
McAlester
Stillwater
Oklahoma City
Democratic Women Organize Pontotoc County Council
A group of Democratic Women met with the state president and formed the Pontotoc County Unit of the Democratic Council for Women. The educational group will not engage in primary campaigns and hosts a tea in Knitt Hall on Saturday May 19 at 3:00 PM. Ada women are invited with guests from out of town including Mrs. Sue Rubel Mrs. Kate Galt Zaneis and Mrs. George L. Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic
Democratic Council For Women
Pontotoc County
Council
Ada
Robert S. Kerr
Sue Rubel
Democratic Central Committee
Kate Galt Zaneis
Democratic Council of Women
George L. Cross
Norman
Twin sisters share fate with successive emergency surgeries
Sympathetic Tiffin report notes Maxine Palmer undergoes emergency appendectomy and immediately her twin Eilseen Palmer requires similar surgical treatment. Tulsa leaders elect W. G. Stauffer as Oklahoma Restaurant Association president with L. E. Vandergrift and Nelson R. Bell as officers and a slate of directors including John N. Carris F. F. Foster E. L. Jones and M. T. Neathery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
P— Maxine
Eilseen Palmer
G. W. Palmer
Maxine
Eilseen
Tulsa
Oklahoma boy turns scrap into war bonds purchase
Oklahoma City on May 15 reports 11 year old George Ishler has collected and sold scrap paper to raise enough money to buy four war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
George Ishler
Major Braly Receives Bronze Star For 12th Corps Actions
Major Mack M Braly of Ada assistant supply officer 12th Corps Artillery was awarded the Bronze Star for his role in the corps operations that opened the path for the Third Army. The ceremony March 28 1945 at Headquarters 12th Corps featured Major General Manton S Eddy pinning decorations on 22 staff officers. Braly also holds the Pre Pearl Harbor Ribbon and Western Theater ribbon with two campaign stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack M. Braly
Ada
12Th Corps Artillery
12Th Corps
Manton S. Eddy
Braly
Jack Sanders Liberated After Ten Months as POW
Ada residents celebrate as T/Sgt. Jack Sanders, prisoner of war in Germany for over ten months, is liberated. He was the Fortress crew's first engineer and gunner. promotion to T/Sgt. comes as the news reaches his anxious parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
E. G. Sanders
East Seventh
Jack Sanders
Germany
Jack
Sgt
U.S
Sanders
WMC Finances Placed Under Scrutiny in War Agencies Review
Washington May 14 The House appropriations committee trimmed the War Manpower Commission budget by over 30 percent sending a 1 086 210 337 supply measure to the floor for fiscal 1946 starting July 1 The panel said war production needs will be greatly reduced and noted cuts across labor education and defense programs including 62 099 000 for the WMC headed by Paul V McNutt 68 391 085 for the Labor Department and 32 461 487 cut from defense items with 789 761 000 for mandatory items and 416 000 000 for social security act grants to states for old age assistance aid to dependent children and the blind.
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Washington
Germany
War Manpower Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Labor
Federal Security Agency
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
General Administration Fund
Labor Department
National Defense
Office of Education
Eae Aecom
National Labor Relations Board
Abbott Brothers Reported Improved After Car Crash
Staff Sergeant Monroe Abbott of Ada was listed in improved condition after an automobile accident near Hornetown Hughes county. The physician said paralysis on his left side and arm result from a head injury. He is at Breco hospital. Kenneth Abbott, also injured, was reported better by a hospital attendant. Three other occupants received minor injuries and were treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Abbott
Ada
Hornetown
Hughes County
Breco Hospital
Kenneth Abbott
Thrash to Name Ada City Planning Commission
Mayor Guy Thrash announced plans to appoint a nine member Ada city planning commission next week. The group will include the mayor and city engineer with six elected members serving staggered terms to study business and residential district development and report before changes to property are finalized. A regional planning commission will follow, including the county commissioners chair and county engineer, to oversee land within three miles of the city and review proposed manufacturing and business sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Thrash
Eves
Ada
City Planning Commission
Regional Planning Commission
Three Miles
Wewoka Lake Dam Washed Out Again
Wewoka Oklahoma May 12 The lake that had been rebuilt after a prior breach by heavy rain again failed the levee after a 1.16 inch overnight shower. Civic leaders warned of a very serious water situation this summer and the city again relied on Magnolia petroleum plant wells with emergency pipe laid. J A Patterson lead emergency water committee said efforts would seek two more pumps for the Magnolia wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wewoka
Okla
Wewoka Lake
Magnolia Petroleum Company
J. A. Patterson
Emergency Water Committee
Magnolia
Okla Congressman Seeks Speaker Succeeding President
Rep. Mike Monroney proposes a constitutional reform to make the house speaker next in the line of succession if both the president and vice president are dead or ineligible. The current line places the secretary of state after the vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mike Monroney
D.okla
House
Gunner's Mate Henry Cited for Heroic Rescue Off Kyushu
Gunner's Mate Julian Henry, USNR, cited for heroism after leaping from a destroyer into rough seas on March 19, 1945, to rescue a downed Allied pilot during a Japanese operation. He earned the commendation signed by Vice Admiral Mitscher amid enemy air attacks, with 29 months overseas and nine major battles listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Howard Henry
USNR
Kyushu
Japan
United States Naval Service
M. A. Mitscher
USN
Henry
F. T. Henry
Mattie Bess Fuller
Oklahoma City
Ada
Pacific
Russians March New Prisoners Off To Work In Russia
London reports that after Germany's surrender, over 700000 enemy troops and 63 Nazi generals have been captured on the eastern front. Thousands are being moved east to rebuild Soviet cities and factories. Remaining resistance is focused in Czechoslovakia and Austria where pockets and hideouts are being cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
London
Germany
Moscow
Red Army
Izvestia
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Ferdinand Schoerner
Middle
Otto Woehler
Austrian Alps
Ration points rise for lard shortening and cooking oils
Price Administrator Chester Bowles raised ration point values for lard, shortening, cooking and salad oils to 10 points per pound starting Sunday at 12:01 a.m. The move, cited to meet free world needs and urged conservation of fats, excludes butter and margarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Inter-Agency Committee On Foreign
Free World
Europe
United States
Billy Nolen Gets New Assignment
Billy W. Nolen, 3c petty officer, is being transferred from Lake City Florida to Beaufort South Carolina Naval Air Base for bomber flight operation. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Riley Nolen 119 West Sixteenth OKMULGEE May 15. P A meeting to organize a community veterans assistance committee has been called for tonight to aid returned soldiers in obtaining rights and benefits and solving other problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy W. Nolen
Lake City
Florida
Beaufort
South Carolina
Naval Air Base
Riley Nolen
West Sixteenth
Okmulgee
Record price paid for five month old Guernsey bull
Everett R Beatty of Huntingdon Indiana paid Kent Hayes of Oklahoma City 13200 dollars for a five month old Guernsey bull call. Indiana Guernsey Breeders association officials said the price was believed to be the highest ever paid for a Guernsey bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Everett R. Beatty
Huntingdon
Ind
Kent Hayes
Indiana
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Ringold
F. A. Collum
J. E. Cochran
Kenton
F. E. DeGroat
L. J. Hey
Tecumseh
K. E. Hymer
Bartlesville
N. ¥. B. Marshall, Stillwater; Pvt. C. V. Reed, Jefferson; Pfc. J. B. Rice
Boswell
R. M. Ryker
Okemah
John A. Shackleford
Rosie Lee Shackleford
Tishomingo
O. E. Wilson
Temple
K. A. Weaver
Congress
Adan
Local Board No. 1
Marine Corps
Jersey
Kpownowy
Fairground
Taylor’s Dairy
Eeast
Leo Cudd
Lindsey
D. H. Higdon
Rt. 3
Taylor Dairy
Durant
Carl Garland
Tishoraingo
Granger & Gerloff
Granger
Gerloff
Dwight Taylor
Ducae
Clay W. Carter
Seminole
Tom Morrison
Wesley Brantley
Jce Jersey
Wesley Brantly
Garland
A. Edwards
Higdon
Richard Soutee
Burnis Arnold
Agricultural Division
KVOO
Fairgrounds
Arnold
C. H. Hailey
Hailey
Harvey Lambert
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Jared
W. A. Odum
Billy Thompson
Valley View Drive
Bill Ivie
Democratic Women Organize Council
Ada News
Mack Braly
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Luxembourg
Third
Moselle
Reich
Major Braly
Stratford
Lottie M. Braly
Leonard A. Braly
Ada High
O. A
Fort Sill
Field Artillery
Battery Officers Field Artillery
Fort Jackson
S. C
Tennessee
France
WMC First of
National Mediation Board
Abbott Brothers
Thrash
Commission On City Planning
Julian Henry
By Romney Wheeler
Billy Nolen
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