Model Plane Club Organizes Youths Busy Making Planes
Ada area page highlights the re formed Model Airplane club now active after war disruptions. President Joe McKinnon leads, E C Perkins directs contests, Wayne Vancil reports. Members build varied planes, with a new hobby shop opening at Fred Smith’s East Main shop.
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Model Plane Club
Ada
Fred Smith
East Main
Smith
Joe McKinnon
E. C. Perkins
Wayne Vancil
Berry Parrish
Roy Hudgens
Forster John Sweatt
Lamar Curly
Billy Neloe
Roger Bayless
Osages Mark Peace Declaration with Grand Feast Parade
In Pawhuska Osage Nation declares peace with the German Japanese Axis as a four day feast and dance ends. A long parade and street celebration attracts about 1,300 visiting Indians and 1,100 locals with participants from Illinois and most Oklahoma tribes.
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Pawhuska
Middle Western
Maine
Illinois
Oklahoma
Time To Start Planning Part In Victory Loan Drive
The Victory Bond campaign opens October 29 and runs to December 9 aiming to raise 11 billion dollars with four billion assigned to individual Americans. Pontotoc County will use prior drive methods with local committees and Series E bonds emphasized to ease sales.
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Pontotoc County
H. J. Huddleston
All Navy Recovered PWs on Way Home
All recovered American prisoners under naval cognizance evacuated from Japanese camps and starting home. Major evacuation areas include Japan China Manchuria Korea and Formosa as search and rescue missions from fleet units complete the operation.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Japan
China
Manchuria
Korea
Formosa
Navy Seaman James Gobler Sees Ocean Life in Pacific
James Gobler 2/c of the U S Navy, son of Mrs Maggie Gobler of 915 West Thirteenth, reports from Cebu Island that he has seen much action and travel in the Pacific. He recalls Cebu as a picturesque port with sails and a mountain, plans another run to Japan, and mentions Yokohama and Tokyo Bay during recent postings.
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James Gobler
Navy
Pacific
Ocean
Maggie Gobler
West Thirteenth
Cebu Island
Cebu
Apan
Yokohama
Japan
Tokyo Bay
Tone
Bomber Crashes in Sea Off West Coast
A B 29 bomber from the Marines crashed 300 miles off San Francisco. Two crew killed three missing fifteen rescued by coast guard as search continued. Plane ditched after engines failed and crew parachuted and survivors were spotted swimming. Navy and coast guard aided in the rescue amid heavy seas and low ceilings.
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San Francisco
Marianas
Navy
Coast Guard
12Th Naval District
Hawaii
Gobler Expected to Return to the States Soon
Gobler plans a near return to the United States as travel resumes. The report notes an anticipated transition back to domestic duties and routines in the near term.
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Gobler
Early use of spruce gum and balsam fir resin as chewing gum
The article notes spruce gum and balsam fir pitch were widely chewed as gum before commercial products appeared. It mentions these substances were resinous exudates from the balsam fir and used by people in earlier times.
Sgt Porter W Houston Honorable Discharge From Army
Sergeant Porter W Houston of Allen a 21 month overseas veteran was honorably discharged at Camp Chaffee Arkansas Sept 27 under the demobilization point system. He served with the First Infantry Division earning 94 points and holds the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He wears the ETO ribbon five Battle stars and the Presidential Unit citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Porter W. Houston
Allen
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Houston
Infantry
Lindsey Brothers Have Get-together After Five Years
The Lindsey brothers Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lindsey celebrate a reunion of their three sons. S/Sgt Arley Edwin Lindsey returns from four years in service and three years in England. Charles C. Lindsey, WT i/e with the Third Fleet, spent three years overseas and witnessed Japan’s surrender in Tokyo Bay. William D. Lindsey served three years overseas then a last year on the West Coast and plans to leave Oct. 20 for reassignment in San Francisco.
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J. C. Lindsey
Armed Services
Arley Edwin Lindsey
England
Charles C. Lindsey
Third Fleet
Tokyo Bay
William D. Lindsey
West Coast
San Francisco
Local servicemen honorably discharged and reassigned
News notes list several Ada area men and their post service moves. S/Sgt Wilbur L. Holloway and others from Ft Leonard Wood Ft Knox and Coast Guard Center reflect recent honorable discharges. Capt Arthur P Willingham arrives in Texas with Air Medal and seven Battle Stars.
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Wilbur L. Holloway
West Eighteenth
Nlwo
Ft. Leonard Wood
Local WW2 Service Notes Highlight Multiple Service Members
Pvt Grace C Cox receives Good Conduct Medal while stationed at Fort Des Moines. John A Barringer, son of Mr. and Mrs Eliza Barringer, has naval service total around 44 months at sea 40 months and is visiting Ada. Luther Solomon ship fitter 2/c on Suison near surrender sites. Bill Dorsey aboard cargo ship Giansar. Pvt William R McDowell begins basic training at Kessler Field.
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Grace C. Armstrong
Charles R. Cox
East
Nineteenth
First
WAC
Fort Des Ens
John A. Barringer
Maines
Eliza P. Barringer
Navy
Ada
William R. McDowell
William T. McDowell
Kessler Field
Iss
Drivers Licenses Selling Fast Now
401 licenses issued in one week as drivers and chauffeurs licenses go on sale. A. K. Thornton urges early purchase to avoid year end rush. Ada tag office handles 900 applications daily. 11 500 licenses planned by January 1 1946. Office hours 9 a.m. to 4 45 p.m. week days 3 p.m. Saturday. Examiner in Ada on Tuesdays not Mondays.
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A. K. Thornton
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Ada
Phaylis Worsham And Bride Visit Parents Here
Phaylis Worsham and his bride Miss Jean Gorse of Somerville Massachusetts returned home with a brief stay in Boston and honeymoon continues at the groom’s parents home 412 West Sixteenth street The bridegroom Petty Officer Worsham recently returned after 27 months aboard a destroyer in the Western Pacific and will return to Washington D C for naval service school after their stopover in his hometown.
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Phaylis Worsham
USN
Jean Gorse
Somerville
Massachusetts
R. E. L. Worsham
West Sixteenth Street
Western Pacific
Washington, D. C
Worsham
Naval Service School
Construction of an Average Fiveroom House
Construction of an average four room house uses four tons of iron and steel, enough to manufacture two 77 mm field howitzers.
General Wainwright to Lead Kansas City Parade
Gen Jonathan M Wainwright hero of Bataan to head a victory parade in Kansas City on November 5 and speak November 6 as guest of the American Legion He will be accompanied by Mrs Wainwright and Col O S Holman Weather permitting they will fly from Ft Riley in his private plane A stag dinner will honor Kansas City veterans who served on Bataan Sgt Herbert H Burr will also attend From Kansas City the general will visit the Wadsworth veteran facility in Kansas
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Kansas City
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan and Corregidor
American Legion
William J. Welsh
Legion
Pope Executive Committee
Welsh
Wainwright
Col
O. S. Holman
Ft. Riley
Eas
Gen
Bataan
Sgt
Herbert H. Burr
Wadsworth Kas
Irvin Foreman Sees Ocean Aboard Yorktown Carrier
Seaman Irvin Foreman recounts extensive service on the U S S Yorktown from its 1943 commissioning through major war actions. The carrier fought at Marcus Island Wake Gilbert Marshall and Mariana Islands and supported invasions in the Pacific while subsequently engaging in Hollandia Truk Guam and Tokyo Bay operations. The ship also attacked Iwo Jima Chichi Jima and Honshu before peace arrived after the atomic bomb and Russia's entry.
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Irvin Foreman
U.S.S
Yorktown
Marcus Island
Wake Island
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Islands
Truk Islands
Marianas
Palaus
Wolaei
Hollandia
Truk
Guam
Bonins
Yap
Philippine
South China Sea
French Indo- China
Canton-Hong Kong
Formosa
Tokyo Bay Area
Chichi Jima
Iwo Jima
Tokyo Bay
Kyushu
Shikoku
Okinawa
Nansei Shoto
Sgt. Carl Stilwell Returns Home From Overseas Service
Sgt. Carl H. Stilwell informed his parents that he has land in Miami Florida after twenty one months overseas with the Army Air Force in the European Theater. He is sent to Camp Chaffee Arkansas and expects to be home soon. He entered service in September 1942 and was stationed at Dalhart Texas before going overseas. He attended Ada High School and East Central College and was employed by Hale Halsall Co. before enlisting.
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Carl H. Stilwell
Homer Stilwell
Miami
Fla
Army Air Force
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Sgt
Stilwell
Dalhart
Tex
Ada High School
East Central College
Hale Halsall Co
John Chowning Promoted Again to Sergeant in War
Mrs. John Chowning learns her husband has been promoted to sergeant. He serves in the Philippines and plans to move to Japan. He began in the quartermaster department, served in infantry, was wounded on Luzon earning the Purple Heart, and returns to the quartermaster corps. They live at 1630 East Eighth, Ada, with daughter Sue.
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John Chowing
Philippines
Japan
Sgt. Chowing
Quartermaster Department
Infantry
Luzon
Quartermaster Corps
Lt. Baublits Discharged After B 29 Service
Ist Lt. Bob Baublits reports to relatives in Texas after discharge. He served as flight instructor on B 29s at Randolph Field and previously instructed on B 24s in Liberal Kansas before moving to B 20s in May. He and his wife stay with her parents in Lubbock and plan to arrive in Ada next Wednesday.
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Bob Baublits
S. M. Baublits
Randolph Field
Texas
Liberal
Kan
R. A. Shelton
Lubbock, Tex
Ada
Chicago Name Origin Meaning Wild Onion
The term Chicago derives from an Indigenous language root meaning wild onion, reflecting the area's early natural landscape. This etymology connects the city name to native linguistic heritage and local flora.
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Chicago
H M Myers Visits Parents On 30 Day Leave
F 2 c H M Myers Jr of Harden City is on 30 day leave talking of his wartime survival after the Indianapolis sinking. He was in the water four days before rescue on his 19th birthday and is now fully recovered with minor burns and salt water ulcers. He recalls the men against the sea as the cruiser sank after torpedo blasts and the struggle with few life rafts and drifting nets.
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H. M. Myers Jr
Harden City
Indianapolis
Myers
San Diego
Major Clare Royce to Stay with Army Air Corps
Major Clare H. Royce of 216 West Seventeenth remains in the Army Air Corps after 28 months in the Central Pacific. He is stationed at Camp Chaffee in the Air Force Liaison Office and served with the 431st Bomb Squadron on Guam totaling 43 combat missions and 971 flight hours. He wears the DFC with clusters, Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with four battle stars, and the Air Medal with four clusters. though eligible for discharge by the Army point system, he plans to remain in the Air Forces.
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Central Pacific
Clare H. Royce
216 West Seventeenth
Camp Chaffee
Army Air Force Liaison Office
Royce
431St
Guam
Air Forces
J C Smith Receives Army Release at Drew Field
S/Sgt. J C Smith 26 year old gunner from Ada was released from service at Drew Field Separation Station Tampa Fla. Son of Mr and Mrs Charles Smith 312 West Fourth He served overseas in Europe from 1944 to 1945 and earned the Air Medal with two clusters and ETO ribbon with five battle stars.
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Ee C. Smith
Ada
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Sgt. Smith
Charles Smith
West Fourth
Europe
Seaman Epps Returns to Washington Base
Raymond Epps returns to NAS Whidbey Island Washington after a 21 day leave. He arrived at Fort Worth by plane and was met in Denison Texas by his sister. A reunion at Turner Falls drew Mr. and Mrs. M L Epps and their sons from Paris Texas along with other relatives and friends.
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Raymond Epps
Nas Whidbey Island
Wash
Ft. Worth
Denison
Tex
Turner Falls
M. L. Epps
Martin Lee
Billy Dean
Paris
W. L. Epps
Barbara Jeane
Andy
Dale Crabtree
Duncan
Johnny Parmore
Ronnie
Bryan Knochs
E. Gayle
Ada
Muriel Meyers
Captain Cason Freed From Army After 20 Months Overseas
Captain Robert W. Cason Jr. was separated from the Army at Camp Chaffee Arkansas after 20 months overseas as a flight commander in the 2nd Air Command group. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He will return to Ada to live with his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cason.
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Robert W. Cason
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Cason
2Nd Air Command Group
Allantry
Captain Cason
Ada
Mrs
R. W. Cason
Berkey Arrives in Tulsa for Weekend Visit
Rear Admiral Russell Stanley Berkey, Navy Cross recipient for heroism in the Surigao Strait battle, arrives in Tulsa for a weekend visit with his mother Mrs. L. M. Berkey. As lieutenant commander he once skippered the gunboat Panay on the Yangtze River.
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Tulsa
Okla
Russell Stanley Berkey
Suriga Strait
Leyte Gulf
L. M. Berkey
Berkey
Panay
Yangtze River
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Jessie Morgan
Osage County
Wolf Hunters Association
Chitose
Hokkaido
NEA Telephoto
Charles V Bruwn
Calvin E. Chunn
John O’toole
Signal Corps
Admiral Halsey
White
Emperor Hirohito
Meiji Shrine
Tokyo
Maj
William de Sain
1St Cavalry Division
U. S
F. W. Houston
Gels Army
Lindsey
Déwomen
A. Hoge Ee . Rogers
Oute
Chanute Field
Pvt
James E. Manning
North Highland
Fort Knox, Ky
Harvey S. Shipman
Coast Guard Ration Center
A Beach
Calif
C. B. Garrison
Stratford
Block Island
Arthur P. Willingham
Tupelo
San Antonio, Texas
Idus P. Willingham
William Clark Stevens
Roff
Naval Personnel Separation Center
John F. Johnson
Atoka
Lula Johnson
East Central
Asria
Clyde Coats
Camp Wolters
Army of the United States
Luther Edward Solomon
Shipfitter 2
Suison
Bill Dorsey
Giansar
Bride
Gen. Wainwright
Carl Stilwell
States
John Chowning
H. M. Myers
H. B. Myers
Clare Royce
Army Air Corps
J.C. Smith
Seaman Epps
Washington
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