Farrell brothers in military training amid wartime service
Cadet Carroll L. Farrell trains in intermediate flight duties with the aviation corps at Pensacola after high school at Adahiga and studies at East Central. Seaman Billy P. Farrell, second class, receives gunnery training at San Diego gunnery school. enlisted December 7 1942 after Wichita factory work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll L. Farrell
Avid Corps
Pensacola
Farrell
Adahiga
East Central
Kansas
Billy P. Farrell
San Diego
Seaman Farrell
Navy
Wichita
Ada Navy trainee to radio specialist after refresher course
Richard A. Henderson of route 5 Ada completed a refresher course at the Navy pre radio materiel school in the Neval Armory Michigan City Indiana. He will transfer to a primary radio materiel school for further training toward becoming a radio specialist in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Henderson
Route 5
Ada
Theavy
Neval
Michigan City
Indiana
Navy
Navy training for Eugene Coventon at San Diego station
S 2/C Eugene Coventon is training at the Naval Radio Technician School in San Diego. He entered the Navy in January 1943 and was first sent to the San Diego Naval training station. Before service he worked for Southern Pacific Railroad in Houston offices, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Coventon of Ada route 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Coventon
Naval Radio Technician School
San Diego
Coventon
Navy
Naval Training Station
Southern Pacific Railroad
Houston
John Coventon
Ada
Corporal Thomas A Colbert Promoted at Fort Riley
Thomas A Colbert of the 9th Armored Division at Fort Riley Kansas has been promoted from private first class to corporal. Colbert, who lives near Allen Oklahoma, has served over three years in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Colbert
9Th Armored Division
Fort Riley
Kansas
Cpl. Colbert
Allen
Oklahoma
Pvt Alexander Transfers to Camp Chaffee Arkansas
Pvt. Altus T. Alexander has been transferred to Camp Chaffee Arkansas. His parents reside in Francis Oklahoma. He attended Francis school and worked for the Frisco railroad before his induction on March 17, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altus T. Alexander
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Pvt
Alexander
Francis
Oklahoma
Frisco Railroad
Marine officer graduates from indoctrination course at Camp Lejeune
Lt. Alfred H. Benjamin of Ada has completed the Officers Indoctrination course at the Fleet Marine Force Training Center Camp Lejeune North Carolina. The program combined classroom study with extensive field operations and he is now prepared for duty with an advanced Marine Corps unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Benjamin
Ada
Fleet Marine Force Training Center
Camp Lejeune
North Carolina
Marine Corps
Navy sailor Forest Baumgardner serves aboard a V U. S. ship
Forest Baumgardner, a motor machinist mate second class, is now aboard a U. S. Navy ship. He earned his rating after graduating from the Naval Diesel Engineering School and attended East Central College before enlistment. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Baumgardner of Fittstown, Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Baumgardner
U. S. Navy
Naval Dieselngineering School
Baumgardner
East Central College
Navy
W. D. Baumgardner
Fittstown
Okla
Private Ingram Graduates From Fort Knox Vehicle School
Pvt. F. C. Albert T. Ingram completed a 45 day course at the Army Motor Transport School Fort Knox Kentucky in jeep scout car and truck maintenance He is the son of Mrs Nancy Ingram Stonewall Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
F. C
Albert T. Ingram
Mored Force School
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Inos
Nancyngram
Stonewall
Oklahoma
Pvt Billy Parker Transferred to Colorado State College
Pvt. Billy Parker, son of Mrs. Mary Parker formerly of Ada now of Dallas, Texas, has been transferred from Sheppard Field to Colorado State College in Greeley, Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy. Parker
Sheppard Field
Colorado State College
Greeley
Colo
Parker
Mary Parker
Ada
Dallas
Texas
Jarel Commissioned Corporal at Middle River Maryland
Joseph S. Jarel Jr was recently commissioned a corporal in Middle River Maryland after completing a military leadership course and meeting service requirements. He serves with the local National Guard unit and will assume duties at a ceremony this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Jarel, Jr
Middle River
Maryland
Barker Stationed At San Diego
Seaman Second Class Grover L. Barker is stationed at the United States Naval Training Station in San Diego California as he trains for duty with the fleet. He formerly attended East Central State College and is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Barker Route 5 Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover L. Barker
United States Naval Training Station
San Diego
California
Barker
East Central State College
Fred Barker
Route 5
Ada
Gene Smith Goes To Fort Lewis
Pvt. Gene D. Smith is stationed at Fort Lewis Washington taking the basic Field Artillery training after transfer from Fort Sill Oklahoma. He is nineteen, has served since March 3 1943 and reports to his parents that he is well and happy with army life. He previously worked as a welder in Tulsa and attended Ada schools. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs M E Smith of 631 West Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell G. Henry
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Fort Sill
Field Artillery
Army Survey School
Henry
L. A. Henry
Powderly
Texas
Ada
Edna Tomlin
Gene D. Smith
Fort Lewis
Washington
Oklahoma
Pvt. Smith
Army of the United States
Army
Smith
Tulsa
M. E. Smith
West Sixth Street
Aerial Gunner Earns Sergeant Rating After Training
Jared completes eight weeks of advanced training in Panama City Florida after graduation from Aerial Gunnery School. Upon finishing he becomes an active aerial gunner with a sergeant rating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Florida
Jared
Judge Puts Farming Before Jury Duty
In Spencer West Virginia May 22 judge Lewis H Miller issued an informal opinion deeming farming essential to the war effort and postponed Roane county court. He excused jurors summoned for the opening citing weather delays to farming operations and postponed all cases to September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
W. Va
Lewis H. Miller
Roane
Miller
John M. Baker
Pvt. Dawson Brown Nets Rifle Medal with Top Score
Pvt. Dawson Brown, son of Mrs. Teena Brown of Ada, earned the expert marksman medal at Oceanside Marine base California after posting the best score among 900 in his unit and achieving a perfect target hit. A Ada High School alumnus, Brown volunteered for the Marine Corps, has a wife and young son, and has been a Marine for three months after earlier posting at San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nel Brown
U. S. Marine Corps
Oceanside
California
Private Brown
Teena Brown
Ada
Buck
Austin
Audrey
Dorothy
Mary
Pvt Brown
Ada High School
Marine Corps
Brown
Marines
San Diego
Tomlin Becomes Navy Metalsmith at Ada Return
2/c Lyman Wayne Tomlin completed a sixteen week course in a Naval metal smith school and is visiting wife, daughter, and relatives in Ada He grew up in Ada and attended local schools He is the son of Mr and Mrs R E Tomlin and will report back to San Diego station soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Wayne Tomlin
Naval Metalsmith School
Tomlin
Ada
R. E. Tomlin
San Diego
Shipman Promoted To Sergeant And Gunnery Instructor
Paul W. Shipman was promoted to sergeant on May 14 while stationed at Windover Field Utah. He enrolled in the Ada school system where he starred in football before enlisting October 14 1941 and serving at Ft Sill Denver and Windover Field. After promotion he became an aerial gunnery instructor at the Windover gunnery school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Shipman
Windover Field
Utah
Shipman
Ada
Army Air Corps
Ft. Sill
Denver
Colorado
Windover
Sgt. Shipman
D. N. Shipman
East Twelfth Street
German Coal Flow to Italy Halted by RAF Bombing Dams
A Moscow broadcast via Istanbul says Germany stopped coal shipments to Italy after RAF raids breached two Kuhr dams, disrupting wartime production in Italy. The report cites a Moscow source and appeared in London on Sunday May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Istanbul
Germany
Italy
R.A.F
Kuhr
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
A classified ad note in Ada News highlights improved value from vested investments. It outlines options for higher yields tied to long term deposits and phased withdrawal plans. The piece emphasizes prudent planning and clear terms for readers considering reallocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Kerbie Crosbie and J. C. Meaders Enter Navy Hospital Course
Kerbie Crosbie son of Mr and Mrs E K Crosbie and J C Meaders son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Meaders both of route 4 are in a six week training course at the U S Naval Hospital Farragut Idaho. The program covers Navy hospital practice and care of the injured and ill with future transfer to a permanent station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farragut
Idaho
Edwin Kerbie Crosbie
E. K. Crosbie
J. C. Meaders
Clyde Meaders
Route 4
U. S. Naval Hospital
Navy
Langley Aircraft Carrier Launched in Camden New Jersey
Langley the second US carrier to bear the name was launched at the New York Ship building yards. Classified as Independence class she was converted from a cruiser during hull construction. Mrs Harry L Hopkins sponsored the ceremony witnessed by her husband and navy officers. The original Langley was sunk in the Java sea in February 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Langley
United States
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Fourth Naval District
Harry L. Hopkins
Navy
Jupiter
Java Sea
Dust Bowl debated as plan to plow up area discussed
Oklahoma officials respond cautiously to a United Nations food conference dispatch from Hot Springs Virginia suggesting plowing up the old dust bowl to boost food output. An unnamed state official says details are incomplete but a coverage plan may be needed if the plan is adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
United Nations Food Conference
Hot Springs
Oklahoma City University Receives $500000 Endowment
Oklahoma City University announces a $500000 endowment gift from Irminda E. Banning, a retired teacher, made the day before her death on April 17. The gift includes 16 properties with $2000 monthly rental income and will support a $100000 campaign to pay the university's bonded indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
C. Q. Smith
Oklahoma City University
Irminda E. Banning
Monroney Seeks Flood Aid For Replanting Farmers
Rep Monroney of Oklahoma proposes an amendment to the agricultural adjustment act to allow farmers in six flood hit states to replant destroyed crops with whatever they can raise this season. Replanted acreage would not count against 1944 quotas. The aim is to prevent idle land during war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Monroney
Okla
Farmers Can Sell Wool In Oklahoma
A number of Pontotoc county farmers have wool to sell. The government purchase of all wool sold this year will be handled by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Two cooperatives in Oklahoma are qualified to handle wool: the Midwest Wool Cooperative in Kansas City and the National Wool and Mohair Association in Oklahoma City. Deductions for services and handling will be set by the government. The Midwest cooperative will pick up wool in Ada on June 1. Farmers may choose between the two cooperatives for this year’s wool market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Commodity Credit Corporation
Oklahoma
Midwest Wool Marketing Cooperative
Wyoming Street
Kansas City
National Wool and Mohair Association
Livestock Exchange Building
Oklahoma City
Mid-West
Ada
Oklahoma First Lady Backs Cotton Country Campaign
Mrs. Robert S. Kerr wife of Oklahoma’s governor joins the National Cotton Council and Cotton Textile Institute in a portrait project for Harper’s Bazaar to promote the cotton industry. The photos feature Kerr and her daughter Kay in cotton dresses as part of a nationwide series showcasing cotton country life and wartime conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tennessee
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Sooner
National Cotton Council
Cotton Textile Institute
Kerr
Kay
Library of
Governor’s Mansion
Oklahoma City
Harper’s Bazaar
Council
Amerca
Wynn Richards
State of
Air Borne Invasion Is Sword Hanging Over Hitler's Head
Air borne divisions may threaten Hitler from air with vertical envelopment. The piece details paratroopers and glider troops, their equipment, and the need for air sea and ground cooperation to secure beachheads and disrupt German defenses in a 1943 strategic context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Thomas M. Johnson
Berchtesgaden
Sister Anne
Bluebeard
Anne
Europa
Scout Budget Drive Reaches Over Half Way Mark
Boy Scout budget drive reports 2724 pledges of 4675 goal with 898 cash. Solicitors at East Central college Hazel Atlas Glass plant and towns Ada and Coalgate area expect larger sums as 150 prospects remain. Ada voters 227 have pledged while new solicitors begin outreach to finish the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Miller
Dan Procter
Boy Scout Work
East Central College
Hazel Atlas Glass
Atoka
Coalgate
Harden City
Ada
Eee
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Edith Hoard
OPA Rules Only 30 Day Deliveries Require Currency
The local war price and rationing board was informed today that shoe merchants should re-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
FCA Cooperating In Flood Salvage
Farm credit officials coordinate with farmers and county war boards in Kansas and Oklahoma to salvage flooded acreage for essential war crops. Fred R. Merrifield says damage hurts wartime production and urges replants of soybeans peanuts and feed crops like sorghums. Credit associations and local banks assist with replanting loans and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kas
Farm Credit
Fred R. Merrifield
Farm Credit Administration of
Kansas
Oklahoma
Merrifield Added
Simpson Joins Draft Board Succeeding Grant
R W Simpson has accepted a seat on Draft Board 6 in Ada County, replacing Sam Grant who resigned to focus on county bond selling and other war duties. Simpson, a Spanish War veteran and former merchant, is a longtime civic leader who has led Red Cross drives in both world wars and now concentrates on community affairs after retiring from oil interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Simpson
Sam Grant
Mr. Simpson
Ada
Red Cross
Mrs. Taft Dies at 81 Widow of President and Chief Justice
Mrs. William Howard Taft died at her Washington home at age 81 after years in the capital. She helped steer her husband to the presidency and later supported his service on the Supreme Court. Her son Robert Taft Jr. served as a U S senator, and another son Charles Taft held a defense health post. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery beside her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Howard Taft
United States
Taft
White House
Supreme Court
Robert
United States Senate
Ohio
Charles P. Taft
Office of Defense Health
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Gene Smith
Dawson Brown
Private Dawson Don
Navy Metalsmith
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Kerbie Crosbie
Farragut, Idaho
0.C.U
R. S. Kerr
Paul B. Johnson
Mississippi
Sam Houston Jones
Louisiana
William P. Cooper
Coke Stevenson Jr
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Mademoiselle
Vogue
Holland
Crete
Britain
Africa
New Guinea
MacArthur
Kenney
Tunisia
Pacific
Mediterranean
English Channel
York
82Nd
1011St
Airborne
Dieppe
France
Tunis
Sicily
Geronimo
Uncle Sam
Flying Army
FCA
Ben L. Morrison
Office of Price Administration
Grant
Saw Husband
U.S
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