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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
5
A/C Dale Hunt age 22 is stationed at Santa Ana California. He was a student at East Central in July 1942 when he began flying in the CAA program. In July 1943 he advanced to aet and is training to be a pilot. He graduated from Vanoss High School and later attended East Central. He is son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Hunt of Rt No 5.
Seaman first class Joe Hunt arrived at Stillwater on May 1 after attending radio school in Chicago. He joins a commission in radio and expects rapid advancement, citing a year of correspondence training. Hunt, formerly active in FFA at home in Vaness, is the son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Hunt of Ada Route 5.
Stanley Barnes and Allan Barnes, sons of Mr and Mrs R O Barnes of Ada, are both serving in the navy. They joined in 1942. Allan works in the airplane metal department, Stanley is a signal man whose ship was sunk about two years ago and has been overseas several times. Both attended Byng school. Stanley recently returned to the states and plans a test run on a new ship.
Sgt. James T. Welch volunteered for air corps service on November 30, 1942. After training at Kelly Field and Roswell New Mexico he rose to sergeant and went overseas in July. He served in Egypt and Iran as a control tower operator, 21 years old, native of Ata high school graduate.
Marine boxers won two of three bouts on a special program in the Pacific. Marine Private First Class Barrett of Atla Oklahoma knocked out Army Private Gilbert Atha of Portland Indiana with a single right hand in the second round. Barrett, welterweight champion of the Marine Division, led the Marines in the victory.
Lt. Herbert Scrimshire Weekly has graduated from basic pilot school at Cson Arizona and will enter advanced flying school soon. He attended Oklahoma City Fittstown and Purcell high school and won formation and acrobatic awards at Tuscan. Before the army in 1942 he worked in Kansas City Missouri. His father Cpl Herbert Weekly has served with an engineers detachment in Egypt for two years.
Pontotoc county nutrition meeting held in district court room Saturday to acquaint leaders with present nutrition problems. A Thursday 8 p.m. district court room meeting plans to reorganize agency councils into one group to refer problems to proper authorities. All groups are invited to attend.
Marine Private Mearle R. Morris, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Morris, is pictured at Camp Matthews in San Diego practicing with dummy ammunition to speed rifle loading. He graduated Ada high school in 1943 and enlisted March 7, 1944. His brother Mayes Morris serves with the navy overseas. Their father recently left for the west coast to work with the navy civil service.
James B. Hood earned the good conduct medal and is stationed in New York after infantry basic training. Inducted January 13, 1943, he trained at Camp San Louis Obispo and served on maneuvers in Tennessee before returning to Ada on furlough. He married Miss Perlene Steel and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hood of Rt. 5.
Pvt. Bennie F. Haggard, inducted February 12, 1943, trained at Camp Robinson Arkansas, attached to a Field Hospital at Fort Lewis Washington. In a letter from the Marshall Islands he recalls bombing rain, foxholes, and longing for home in Oklahoma and a free world. son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Haggard.
Corporal Aubrey W Willis stationed at McCloskey General Hospital Temple Texas since February 16 now on duty as a far technician The second sentence is unrelated and references Goebbels promising trump cards before invasion but lacks coherent news context.
Lt Mahlon Manville, formerly of the 160th Field Artillery band based in Pontotoc county, serves now as a Military Police officer in the Southwest Pacific. He left the band in January 1943, trained at Ft Monmouth and Ft Custer, and his wife and son Mahlon III live at 513 East Tenth with his mother Mrs M F Manville.
Sgt. Winston Myers writes from Galey about his Army service from Ft. Sill to Missouri and Georgia then Camp Hood in Texas in 1942. He enlisted in 1939 and has not yet gone overseas. Born near Ada, educated at Galey, he describes desert maneuvers in Louisiana and training at Leonard Wood Fort Sill Camp Claiborne and other bases.
Claude McMillan Jr and Lloyd Roberts train at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center where future pilots bombardiers and navigators receive preflight courses. Cadets start together then split into bombardier navigator and pilot tracks midway through the ten week program.
Seaman 1/c Billie French visits parents Mr. and Mrs. W. M. French of the Rebee community during a leave. He is aboard a battleship and has served in the central and South Pacific, including participation at Makin and the sinking of the Liscomb Bay aircraft carrier. He sails back to his post early this week.
Vernon D. Shipley, A. D. 2/c, stationed at Beaufort South Carolina, has been visiting relatives and friends in Ada and Stonewall for the past week. He enlisted in December 1942 and was transferred from a California base to Norman to study aviation ordnance and radar.
Co. Leo J. Tunnell has returned to his base at Enid after a 10 day furlough spent with his mother Mrs. R. L. Goodwin. Mrs. Tunnell and their son Ronald Edward joined him here after visiting Mrs. Tunnell's mother Mrs. M. T. King in Carmi Illinois.
Pfc Elmer D Ragland 27 of Pontotoc County Mississippi plans to farm on returning from war with the 45th Division medical corps He notes he followed farming before service and aims to reclaim worn soil He writes of spring weather crop hopes and studying soil conservation and erosion books from his unit in the letter to J R Pendergrass
Second Lt Roy W Stanridge has been selected to attend the officers survey course at the Field Artillery School in Fort Sill. He is the son of Mr and Mrs O L Standridge of Fitzhugh and arrived at Fort Sill from Camp Shelby Mississippi.
T/Sgt. M. W. Murr of Kingston a former East Central student serves overseas with the Ninth Air Force Service Command at a major England supply depot. He works as a storekeeper in a vital warehouse area, keeping air corps equipment moving. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Murr reside in Kingston where his father is a Frisco railroad section foreman. Murr trained at Kelly Field Texas before beginning supply work.
Technical Sergeant Lucius B Caldwell son of Mr and Mrs L E Caldwell Stonewall serves in the Metal Manufacturing Section at an Air Service Command Depot in England He works in the metal finishing department as a heat treating specialist He joined the army June 15 1943 and before that worked as a heat treater and ace at the Oklahoma City Airport He has been overseas since July 30 1943.
Cpl. Herbert J. Johnson and Pvt. J. T. Johnson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Johnson of Richmond California and formerly of Ada, are serving overseas. Cpl. Johnson is with the air corps in England and Pvt. Johnson is with the Medical Corps somewhere overseas.
Pfc. Ralph Phillips, 21, of Francis, serves in an Eighth Air Force Fighter Station in England that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower visited. The general urged crews to keep P-51 Mustangs flying from dawn to dusk for the invasion as supreme Allied commander, inspecting equipment and speaking with officers. The base is credited with destroying more enemy aircraft than any other fighter group in the European theater.
Pfc Bennie Boiles is in Ada visiting relatives and friends after finishing Central Instructors school at Buckingham Army Air Field Fort Myers Florida. He is here on a 15 day delay en route to his new station. His wife Mildred Boiles will join him to Harlingen Texas where he will serve as an aerial gunnery instructor.
Mrs. Tishie Alsman of 326 West Twelfth reports her son Pfc. Floyd V. Alsman of the 45th Division is on furlough and heading home from Africa via Italy since 1943. He will meet his nine months old daughter for the first time.
Pvt. Marion E. Hall is stationed at Camp Fannin near Tyler Texas in an infantry training camp. He has completed several weeks of basic training and finished firing the M 1 rifle. Hall grew up in Ada attended Hays and Horace Mann and enlisted in January as the son of Mrs Effie Hall and brother of Mrs Jack Loman of 722 South Johnston.
Fireman 1/c James Cookie Griggs arrived in Ada to spend a leave with his mother Mrs. L. A. Griggs at 720 East Twelfth. He served in the southwest Pacific with action at Tarawa and Truk. Also visiting are Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Griggs of Hutchinson Kansas who plan navy training soon.
In heavy seas off San Diego a Navy blimp a destroyer and Catalina flying boat aided a rescue for Lt Hugh O Neil Akron pilot after his plane crashed. The seaplane and blimp attempted rescue. Sosnowski dived to help but O Neil perished. Sosnowski was not seriously hurt.
A domestic cat owned by D. J. Grisso in Trap New York has four front paws and an extra toe on each hind foot.
Sgt Kenley an armor gunner of a B 24 Liberator based in England has been missing in action since April 9 and is now reported as a prisoner of war of Germany. Mrs Gladys Kenley learns via the International Red Cross and a fellow soldier s wife that he went down during the April 9 raid over Poland and is believed shot down.
R. C. Staggs of Davis advances from sergeant to staff sergeant at an Eighth Air Force bomber station in England. An engineer and gunner on a B-17 Fortress, he enlisted in November 1942 after serving as a mechanic. William S. Staggs is also from Davis.
The Office of Price Administration directs two sugar rationing periods to evenly distribute the 25 pound yearly allotment. Five pounds via Stamp 40 from book 4 and 20 pounds by local boards remain, but households not yet receiving the latter allotment will get 10 pounds in first period and 10 in the second. Stamp 40 usable anytime. District offices will align periods with local harvest dates.
Gov Herbert B Maw of Utah predicted that Franklin D Roosevelt would defeat Thomas E Dewey for the presidency. Maw said Roosevelt intends to run to finish the war and would be a strong candidate. he ranked Dewey below Jon Bricker and Harold Stassen as potential rivals.
James Mitchusson and J. W. Lane of the Fitzhugh 4-H club will represent Pontotoc county at the 4-H Round-Up in Stillwater. Hugh Rouk, assistant county agent, said the event gathers leading 4-H members from every Oklahoma county to compete in team demonstrations and timely topics. The Pontotoc team will showcase a year round pasture program.
The budget bureau approved 3.0009 million dollars for exploratory drilling in minerals and 8 million dollars for initial work to establish a synthetic fuels industry. Senator O Mahoney urged immediate appropriation of the full 30 million authorized, while unrelated Australian termite hills are noted for their north south alignment.
Mrs. W. E. Brinlee received definite word that her son, T/Sgt. T. J. Phillips, reported missing in action February 18, is a prisoner of Germany. Foy Rose, with Ada's National Guard battery, affirmed Phillips was an artillery mechanic who served as an observer with frontline infantry and said Phillips surrendered during a counterattack when German infantry surrounded the house. Rose also noted an escaped prisoner sighting Phillips alive in a city, and reassured that Germans treat prisoners on par with the United States. Rose praised Phillips and his battery mates and mentioned his friends send regards and prayers.
Oklahoma City May 13 The two day American Indian affairs committee session saw Thomas press for continuance of Indian churches and schools while backing a plan to remove land allotment restrictions for individuals. Tribal leaders urged Congress to tax roll lands and warned against wiping out churches and schools. A $30 million federal purchase of coal lands held by the Choctaws and Chickasaws was urged to keep lands from private sale. The council also called for a federal Indian services inquiry.
Oklahoma casualty totals through May 13 list Army 1282 total with 230 killed or died 632 wounded 357 missing 63 prisoners 1,282 and Navy Marines 128 with 45 killed or died 47 missing 3 prisoners. overall 1,410. Senate Republicans faced Kilgore urging debate limit motion on House ban of state poll taxes as federal voting prerequisite.
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