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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
2
HAL BOYLE visits Rangoon Burma where the Shwe Dagon pagoda stands amid bomb damage and bustling markets. Burmese dogs children and shop stalls crowd the sacred archway while soldiers recall the shrine as a shelter and a symbol amid war.
Tulsa oil news reports broad activity in Cleveland county south Moore pool with 18 drilling wells and locations. West Edmond field well shows promise and a Garvin county well may yield 750 barrels daily. Mid-Continent Petroleum waits cement at No. 1 Paul Westermier after reaching 7,950 feet.
Captain Jack B. Ryan of 1031 East Ninth is honorably discharged from the Army Air Forces at Fort Bliss Texas after four years service with 26 months overseas in Europe. He earned 13 bronze stars a presidential citation and one cluster. Last assigned at Biggs Field Texas he plans to pursue a master degree after returning. He is 28 years old.
Cpl. John L. Jennings Jr of Tupelo sails home under army point system after service in Hawaii Guadalcanal New Guinea and three Philippine islands with Ringmaster P 38 group of General Barnes 13th Air Force Fighter Command. He served as an ambulance driver with a medical unit.
Pfc. Leonard Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Morgan of Fitzhugh, serves as a typewriter repairman and motion picture operator with the 539th Quartermaster salvage repair company. Inducted in June 1943 at Fort Sill, he transferred to Camp Barkeley and the west coast before deployments to New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Leyte, and Luzon, earning the Good Conduct Medal and two battle stars for Asiatic-Pacific and Philippines Liberation ribbons.
Sgt. Dale C. West Jr returns to Ada with an honorable discharge after 37 months in the Asiatic Pacific theater. He served with a hospital unit in Australia New Guinea and the Netherlands East Indies. His brother S/Sgt Jack West is hospitalized on Mindoro Island with dengue fever.
Sgt Lawrence W. Lacy has his honorable discharge from the Army Air Forces after 32 months overseas including 10 months in Egypt. He and wife Edith Fuller plan to move from Ada to Molese Montana around October 1 to make their home.
Navy letter from Samuel S. Kite Boatswain Mate 2c aboard the USS Chester describes the unit of Vice Admiral Fletcher's Ninth Fleet at Ominato Japan. The task force entered Tsugaru Strait on Sept. 9 and the Japanese surrendered Ominato the next day. Kite has 38 months at sea and hopes for early discharge.
Chinese forces tightened control in the northern half of Indochina after Japan’s surrender. Hanoi sees rising anti French sentiment as Vietnamese seek independence. Chinese garrisons set up in Hanoi and may declare martial law as Japanese troops capitulate.
Joseph L. Biggins of Philadelphia, after 36 months at sea, reports to Bainbridge Naval Training Center and is asked for his most vivid naval memory. He answers simply, getting out.
Oklahoma teachers will hold their annual state convention in Oklahoma City on February 14 and 15 with a night session on the 14th and day and night sessions on the 15th. Tulsa withdrew its bid, and Oklahoma City was chosen. OEA directors will meet November 17 to nominate officers and finalize convention plans.
Staff Sergeant Allen E Shaw 24, arrived at the San Antonio distribution center after 19 months in Europe as an armorer gunner. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Laference Shaw and husband of Millie Jean Shaw. His B 17 nicknamed to engress was shot down on his 14th mission and he was a German prisoner until near war's end.
GM 2/c Ralph B. Evans, son of Mr and Mrs R B Evans, serves aboard USS West Virginia. The ship endured months in the Pacific and suffered its first combat casualties on the Okinawa day when a Japanese suicide plane struck it, killing four crewmen and wounding 22 others.
Robert Brooks son of Mr and Mrs R K Brooks Connerville and husband of Lillian A Brooks Fittstown now with the 297th company in Manila has been promoted from private first class to technician fifth grade He entered the army May 7 1943 and trained at Fort Warren Wyoming He went overseas September 1943 and has been stationed in New Hebrides New Caledonia and Manila.
Raymond F. McCurry, 24, boatswain's mate first class, son of Mrs. Eliza McCurry of Coalgate, served aboard one of the first attack cargo ships entering Tokyo Bay with the Navy-Army occupation force. A 37 month Pacific veteran, he fought at Guadalcanal Rendova Saipan Bougainville Lingayen Gulf and Iwo Jima. He was a farmer before enlisting in July 1940.
Mrs. Jane Monroe Zirkle who moved from Lahoma Oklahoma to the Cherokee Strip in 1895 and later left Illinois, will turn 100 on Tuesday. Her husband John W. died in 1935. She lives in Perryton with a son and a daughter, and seven children will attend the birthday observance.
A Pacific coast tour shows California Washington and Oregon confident about sustaining wartime gains. Industry leaders expect Kaiser led steel to stay active and hydro power to draw new peacetime plants, while lumber mining and farming beat unemployment as workers shift from defense jobs to peacetime industries.
Cpl Glenn B Gouge is on a 15 day Ada furlough on the way to Riverside California after duty at Ft Worth with the RAF. Lt Lloyd V Gouge recently spent 30 days in Ada with relatives before heading to San Antonio. Pvt John C Gouge is in the Philippines with the 37th Division on Luzon and recently captured a Japanese prisoner. F O William F Gouge is in Ada on a 10 day leave before returning to Great Bend Kansas as a B 29 pilot.
Word arrives that SF 2/c Virgil Strader has landed in the United States after three years overseas in the Southwest Pacific. He served aboard USS Sperry and is a brother of Mrs. Ig Phillips of 200 East Fourteen Street.
Technician Third Grade Charles E. McCoy is awarded the Bronze Star Medal by General George Krueger for meritorious service in operations against the enemy from September 1943 to July 28 of the current year. He served with an AAA Ordnance team at Woodland Island Cape Gloucester Hollanda Morotai and Luzon.
MM 2/c Keith Jared served aboard the 40 000 ton USS Mississippi as part of Admiral Halsey s Third Occupation Fleet. He first glimpsed Tokyo Bay on August 27 during World War II operations across the Aleutians Gilberts Marshalls and the Ryukyus earning eight battle stars on the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon and two on the Philippine Liberation ribbon. He is the son of J F Jared of Ada and joined the Navy in 1941 remaining aboard the Mississippi for most of his service.
Captain Bonner E. Teeter former pastor of Rofs Methodist Church. He earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service in direct support of combat operations in France and Germany from November 11 1944 to May 8 1945. He served as regimental chaplain, often entering front lines to lead services amid enemy fire. He entered service from Pottsville Arkansas where Mrs Teeter remains.
Seaman Marvin O. St. Clair of Chattanooga proved he was 18 this year after his ship crossed the international date line, erasing his birthday from the log. The vessel's legal officer certified he turned 18 on the absent date.
Sgt. Clarence K. Lancaster of Ada arrives at San Antonio distribution center after 14 months in the Italian theater as an armorer gunner. Claude L. Lancaster noted as a prisoner of war in the same report.
J W Wheeler 19 of Coalgate is shown aboard the escort USS Natona Bay. He participated in operations in the Philippines and at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. His brother Floyd L Wheeler also serves in the navy.
Sice Charles Roe Miles, son of Mr and Mrs B A Miles of 620 North Beard visited relatives and friends in Ada during an August 10 day leave. He spent 14 months in the South Pacific after volunteering September 14 1943 and trained as a boatsman at San Diego California. A brother Sergeant Jimmy Miles is noted.
Seamen Lee Roy Nelms serves aboard the battleship USS South Dakota entering Tokyo Bay for Japan surrender. Audie L. Nelson reports to reassignment after furlough. Burl Whitaker earns a Certificate of Merit for Air Provinging squadron work. W. E. Bennett serves aboard USS Moosehead. George S. Johnson witnessed surrender near Marianas and Caroline groups. Capt. Riley Cavin returns to the states with DFC and Air Medal. Troy Dame begins basic at Camp Wolters. Marion A. Matthews arrives in the U.S. after Asiatic-Pacific service.
Petty Officer Second Class Thomas E. Barton stationed at 722 West Seventeenth serves aboard the USS Cowanesque, an oiler, operating with the Pacific Fleet.
J. B. Grogan, coxswain of Coal Gate, along with the USS Schuylkill crew, crossed the equator 32 times during Pacific fleet operations, signaling persistent crossings in support of naval duties.
Vernon Laney of Coal Gate seeks a share in a war record while serving aboard the USS Golden City which took part in six major Pacific actions. The Meritorious Service Unit Plaque was awarded to the 51st Ordnance Ammunition Company with Cpl. Cleo C. Brooks among its members. Brooks is brother of Enoch Brooks who recently remade his home at 922 East Ain.
Pfc Walter L. Wilson of 417 West Twelfth received honorable discharge at Borden General Hospital Chickasha on September 20 after one month hospitalization. Woodrow W. Farney, carpenter's mate second class from Allen, granted a 30 day leave after his 63rd Naval Construction battalion detachment returned to Treasure Island California for extensive duty in the Pacific.
S 1 c Alvin W Moore of Centrahoma serves on destroyer USS Hale in the Pacific Fleet occupying Japan. Edwin B Ritter chief radioman of Stonewall reveals a role in a naval guerrilla group behind Japanese lines as intelligence agents and weather observers in Asia.
Radioman 3/c Riley O'Dell witnessed the surrender of Japanese forces in the Bonin and Marcus Islands aboard the destroyer USS Dunlap. Pvt. William Norton Jr of Tupelo has arrived at Camp Wolters Texas to begin infantry training.
Sgt Basco O Fulton and Pvt Ross L Fulton met on Leyte September 6 after 15 months apart. Both were near Tacloban with plans awaited for shipping to Japan. Red Cross facilitated contact for a visit between brothers awaiting orders. Sgt Fulton had a Philippine Liberation battle star and both were set for postwar duties in Japan.
A family faces a lean toy market this holiday season as metal toys are scarce and an electric train remains elusive for a hopeful child, leaving a dad wondering how to fulfill the gift.
The subject leaves Coiro after a 27 month period in the CBL and proceeds toward the United States. The move marks a transition after extended service abroad. No further details on destination or timeline are provided.
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