Bromide’s Ludie Parker Answers 3 A.M. Call For PFC Albert Epperson
In Bromide, Oklahoma, trusted helper Ludie Parker is described as the community’s right hand man. PFC Albert Epperson, home from overseas, calls at 3 a.m. and Parker drives over to help. Epperson’s wife Wanda Means and their sons await his discharge while his parents Tom and Mrs. Epperson recall Parker’s neighborly aid and Parker’s own loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludie Parker
Ludie
Albert Epperson
Ladie Parker
Albert
Parker
Bromide
Tom Epperson
Epperson
Cotesworth
Tom Eprson
sPperson
Baptist Church
Armed Services
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Camp Campbell
Kentucky
Wnich
Amp Cook
California
Wanda Means
Boatswain Kite Serves Aboard USS Chester In Northern Japan Occupation
Boatswain Mate 2/c Samuel Kite served aboard the heavy cruiser USS Chester as a task force occupied northern Japan. The ship and its crew, after a wartime record from Pearl Harbor to Honshu, helped seize strategic areas and clear channels while firing 33 bombardments. Kite is the son of Mrs. C. H. Kite of 810 West Eighth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hokkaido- Aomori-Ominato
Japan
Samuel Kite
Chester
Cmhactar Om
Wsesouss
G& Veusail
Aleutians
East China Sea
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Honshu
Marshall Islands
Wake Island
Marcus Island
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Tarawa
Watio
Taroa
Battle of the Coral Sea
Tulagi
Misima Island
Funafuti
Matsuwa Island
Paramushiro Island
Chichi Jima
Haha Jima
Leyte Gulf
Philippines
War Vel Becomes Field Executive of Scout Council
Melvin R. Smith 27 months a prisoner of war in Germany after capture in Tunisia returns to join Arbuckle Area Council as field Scout executive with headquarters at Ardmore. He will supervise Scouting in Chickasaw Marshall and Western districts. Smith is a Texas A&M graduate and former field scout executive for Southern Iowa Council Ottumwa Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin R. Smith
U. S. Army
Arbuckle Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Ardmore
Germany
Tunisia
Smith
Chickasaw
Marshall
Arbuckle
Texas A. & M
National Training School For Scouts
Ireland
Scotland
England
North Africa
Sgt Otto Morgan Receives Honorable Discharge At Camp Chaffee
Sgt Otto L Morgan 23 glider mechanic receives honorable discharge after 28 months overseas with the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron. He lists Rome Arno Rhineland Normandy Sicily Naples Foggia Central Europe Northern France in his service itinerary and brings home multiple decorations including the Distinguished Unit Badge Bronze Star with Oak Leaf cluster and Silver and Bronze service stars. His mother Mrs Myrtle Morgan of 914 West Thirteenth and brother John W Morgan who was killed in Palau last October are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto L. Morgan
Camp Chaffee
Myrtle Morgan
West Thirteenth
John W. Morgan
Palau Islands
Morgan
Rome
Arno
Rhineland
Normandy
Sicily
Naples
Foggia
Maloy Returns From Pacific Service With Honours
Cpl. Gordon M. Maloy comes home after 22 months overseas with Army Engineers in Hawaii Saipan Okinawa Philippines He wears the Good Conduct medal Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbons with two battle stars Philippine liberation ribbon and unit Meritorious Service plaque He entered service Sept 29 1942 and trained at Enid He will report to Camp Chaffee Ark after 30 days with wife Mrs Lela Maloy and parents Mr and Mrs D W Maloy of Stonewall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Gordon M. Maloy
Army Engineers
Hawaii
Saipan
Titan
Okinawa
Philippines
Enid
Maloy
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Lela Maloy
Mra
D. W. Maloy
Stonewall
Bears Break In At Rocky Mountain Park Residents Plea
Residents near Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado urged the government to compensate for food theft by bears from the park. They reported meat and sugar taken from homes and questioned how lost national resources would be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colo
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News
A brief item notes improved yields on vested Ada funds, detailing higher rates for eligible savers. Officials emphasize steady growth and alignment with market trends, urging eligible residents to review their accounts and lock in favorable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Pfc Roy J Teters Plans Jaunt From Saipan To Guam
Pfc Roy J Teters 25, of Byng, sons of Mr and Mrs Teters and brother of Mrs Lorene Clark Ada, writes of a planned trip from Saipan to Guam. He is a cook with a B 29 outfit on Saipan, having enlisted Oct 7 1942, trained at Jackson Miss, served at several posts, and left Vancouver in August for overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy J. Tefers
Saipan
Guam
Teters
Byng
Lorene Clark
Ada
Vancouver
Canada
Pfc Jackson travels far with 274th Artillery Group
Pfc Buel B. Jackson of the 274th Armored Field Artillery Battalion waits for discharge at Camp Bowie Texas. The unit linked with several armored divisions and fought across Europe from August 1944 through the Rhine crossing. It logged 8000 travel miles and fired over 105000 shells from France to Regensburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc. Jackson
274Th Artillery Group
Buel B. Jackson
274Th Armored Field Artillery
Europe
Camp Bowie
Tex
274Th
Addi
17Th Airborne
3Rd Cavalry
France
7Th
A. D
Battle of the Bulge
11Th Armored
Siegfried Line
90Th
10Th Armored
Thieria
Kaiserlautern
Rhine
6Th Armored Division
Kassel
Mulhausen
F. A
Danube
3Rd Cavalry Group
Regensburg
13Th Bandwagon
Bavaria
ETO
Pfc
Jackson
Johnny E. Lovin Is Discharged From Army
Sgt. Johnny E. Lovin has been discharged after 42 months of service including 24 months overseas and 22 months in a German prison camp. He served as a B 17 ball turret gunner and earned the Air Medal with two clusters Purple Heart Presidential Citation and seven battle stars. The couple will reside in Ada while he plans oil field work and Oklahoma University studies next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny E. Lovin
Army
Ada
Miami Beach
Miami
Lovin
Lovins
Sgt. Lovin
Oklahoma University
Leonard Morgan Promoted to Corporal in WWII Service
Leonard D. Morgan son of Mr and Mrs D L Morgan of Fitzhugh has been promoted to corporal with the 539th QM salvage repair company on Northern Luzon. He was among the first to repair a typewriter in Bougainville during 11 months of stationing there. He wears two bronze battle stars on the Asiatic Pacific ribbon along with the Philippine Liberation ribbon and the Good Conduct medal. He trained at Camp Barkley Texas and Camp Reynolds Pennsylvania and went overseas in January 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard D. Morgan
D. L. Morgan
Fitzhugh
539Th
Luzon
Bougainville
Cpl. Morgan
Camp Barkley
Tex
Camp Reynolds
Sgt. Marvin L. Rogers Honorably Discharged From Army Air Forces
Sgt. Marvin L. Rogers son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rogers is honorably discharged from the Army Air Forces at Sheppard Field Texas after three years in service. He served with the 345th and 355th Fighter Squadrons in the Ninth Air Force in the Middle East for 23 months and earned the Distinguished Unit Badge the EAME ribbons with six stars. He attended Buckley Field aircraft armament school and is a Ada High School and East Central alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Rogers
Jim Rogers
Army Air Forces
Sheppard Field
Tex
Rogers
345Th
Pioneer Mustangs
355Th
Ninth Aaf
Middle East
Aircraft Armament
Buckley Field
Colo
Siegers
Ada High School
East Central
Keeper of the Cinque Ports Lookout
A strange historic post in England hires a lookout keeper who scanning the horizon daily for host ships. The role pays fifty cents annually and reflects peculiar maritime duties of the Cinque Ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinque Ports
England
Man from Konawa Discharged After 30 Months RAF Service
T/Sgt. Charles F. Biege of Konawa was honorably discharged from the RAF after 30 months in service. He served 11 months in the European Theater with the 47th Bomb group and earned the DFC and the Air Medal with three clusters. A Morris High School graduate, he previously worked as a refinery fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F., Biege
Konawa
RAF
Sheppard Field
Tex
47Th
Morris High School
Morris
Okla
Ada radar man among first ships to enter Hokadote Harbor
Orphus C. Scrogging nineteen year old radar man second class of Route 3 Ada served aboard the USS Haworth. The vessel was among the first to enter Hokadote Harbor to accept surrender and enforce the Occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphus C. Scrogging
Route 3
Ada
Haworth
Hokadote Harbor
McDonald Aids Troop Disembarkation in Tokyo Bay
Corbin J. McDonald aged 19 from 500 East Seventh assisted disembarkation of 1st Cavalry Division troops from the attack transport USS Cecil in Tokyo Bay during the early occupation phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbin J. McDonald
East Seventh
1St Cavalry Division
Cecil
Tokyo Bay
Coast Guard Severs Service at Long Beach Center
Lowell E. Gran chief boats wains mate is discharged under the navy point system from the Coast Guard Separation center at Long Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell E. Gran
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Calif
Surrender of Ponape Island witnessed by Farquhar crew
Fireman first class Robert E. Collier aboard the destroyer escort USS Farquhar witnessed the surrender of Ponape Island in the Caroline Island group from the ship. The report notes his firsthand account aboard the escort during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Collier
Ponape Island
Caroline Island Group
Farquhar
Charles L Campbell Assigned to USS Midway Duty
Charles L Campbell has been assigned duty aboard the USS Midway, the Navy's first of the new class of super carriers, marking a notable posting for the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Campbell
Midway
Navy
Tolliver Serves as Coxswain Off Japan Base
William L Tolliver coxswain and son of Mrs Ethel Tolliver of 408 East Fourteenth serves on the aircraft carrier US Sanshaw Bay off Omine to cover the landing of occupation forces at the Jap naval base in northern Honshu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Tolliver
Ethel Tolliver
East Fourteenth
Servin
US Sanshaw Bay
Ominato
Honshu
Tupelo Sailor Serves Aboard USS Gayety During Japan Occupation
Sr e R C Hunter of Tupelo served aboard the minesweeper USS Gayety as Northern Pacific fleet units steamed through the straits between Honshu and Hokkaido to accept surrender and occupy northern Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Hunter
Tupelo
R. Hunter
Gayety
Northern Pacific Fleet
Honshu
Hokkaido
Japan
German C Pegue Arrives. Son of Pegue of Roff
S2c German C Pegue, son of Pegue of Roff, is reported as arriving at the location. The fragment indicates a maritime or travel arrival context with local naming conventions. Further details are not present in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Pegue
Pegue of
Roff
Manville Leads MP Group in Tokyo Amid Destruction
Ist Lt Mahlon F Manville, commander of a military police unit stationed at the Eighth Imperial Guard barracks in Tokyo, reports widespread devastation from Yokohama to surrounding areas. The unit assists U S troops near Gen MacArthur's HQ while noting barred access to the emperor's palace and temples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlon Manville
MP Group
Tokyo
Ist
Mahlon F. Manville
Imperial Guard
Ada
Yokohama
Gen. MacArthur
Manville
M. P
U. S
William Caldwell Returns to Duty After Leave
William R Caldwell SED 2/c has returned to duty in St Louis Missouri after a 30 day leave with Mr and Mrs C E Cadwell 823 East Twelfth During 15 months at sea his ship operated in Honolulu Eniwetok Marshall Islands Manus Admiralty Islands Bougainville Guadalcanal Noumea New Caledonia Espiritu Santo New Hebrides Hollandia New Guinea Leyte Philippines Melbourne Frenade Australia Calcutta Egypt and Marseille He bears the Asiatic Pacific ribbon Philippine Liberation ribbon ETO ribbon and American theater Caldwell a Horace Mann graduate and former J C Penney employee volunteered for service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Caldwell
St. Louis
C. E. Cadwell
East Twelfth
Honolulu
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Manus
Admiralty Islands
Bougainville
Guadalcanal
Noumea
New Caledonia
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides
Hollandia
New Guinea
Leyte
Philippines
Melbourne
Frenade
Australia
Calcutta
Egypt
Marseille
France
Caldwell
Horace Mann
J. C. Penney Co
Captain Farley Receives Discharge Papers at Camp Chaffee
Captain Jack H. Farley, veteran of ten months overseas with the 417th and 395th Infantry Regiments, was discharged at Camp Chaffee Arkansas. He earned the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Combat Infantryman Badge and plans to reunite with his wife Mrs Tawanah C Farley before returning to college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack H. Farley
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Farley
Tawanah C. Farley
West
Colege
Stegall Saw Action In Pacific During WWII Navy Service
Coxswain Marvin V. Stegall served aboard the USS Nevada and saw action in Normandy Southern France Iwo Jima and Okinawa. His ship was struck by a friendly plane and hit by five artillery strikes while defending the fleet. He enlisted December 12 1942 after working as a sheet metal worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin V. Stegall
Nevada
Stegall
West Sixth
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Normandy
France
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Toulon
Cherbourg
Jaluit
Navy Sailor and Sergeant Connected by Military Service
Jack B. Fantum served as chief motor machinist's mate aboard the fleet repair ship USS Xanthus. Sgt Earl G. Willhite is listed as from Route I and connected to the same military context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack B. Fantum
East Eighth
Xanthus
Earl G. Willhite
Ada High School Names Harold Graham Band Director
Harold Graham has been appointed director of the Ada High School band, succeeding Gene Ford who left for a Veterans Hospital post. A former East Central State College trumpeter and Oklahoma University master’s graduate, Graham served nine years with the 160th Army Band and in World War II with the 442nd Infantry earning the Purple Heart. He and his wife Edna Hambleton of Fittstown and their son will join in Ada after his overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Graham
Europe
Ada High School
Gene Ford
Veterans Ospital
Muskogee
Graham
East Central State College
Oklahoma University
Wynnewood
Wapanucka
Prairie View
442Nd Infantry
Italian
France
Campas
Edna Hambleton
Fittstown
Tulsa
Nation Must Have Outlet For Grain Surplus Overproduction
Omaha October 12 The nation can avoid grain surpluses by converting excess to alcohol said J L Welsh president of the grain and feed deal association at the 49th annual convention. He argued that alcohol use in plastics and synthetic rubber could absorb over 200 million bushels and five percent grain based alcohol could fuel 400 million bushels of surplus grain annually. He noted exports are blocked by tariffs as other nations protect their farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
National Association
United States
J. L. Welsh
Welsh
Civilian 5-Sof W H Howard Returns After 40 Months
S/Sgt Wallace H Howard has been discharged after 40 months in the South Pacific arriving Sept 30. The 25 year old son of Homer and Mrs. Howard Rt 1 Stonewall served in the medical corps with the 25th Division from Guadalcanal to Luzon earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for wounds. Before service he worked for Bethlehem Steel at Fittstown. Brothers B J Howard and Burnle H Howard remain in the Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
H. Howard
South Pacific
Homer Howard
Rt. 1
Stonewall
25Th Division
Guadalcanal
Luzon
Bethlehem Steel
Fittstown
B. J. Howard
Burnle H Howard
Marshall Now
Norris Elected To High Kiwanis Post
A group of Ada Kiwanis members traveled to Galveston Texas with more than two dozen Ada Kiwanians to support East Central faculty member Hugh Norris for lieutenant governor of a Kiwanis sub district. Norris won the election. his area includes clubs in 11 Oklahoma cities. Local Kiwanians also invited Huntsville Texas high school band members to perform en route and at the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Huntsville Band
Ada Club
Ada Tag Office To Open Hour Earlier
Ada tag office will open at 8 a m and close at 4 p m on weekdays and from 8 a m to noon on Saturdays The change aims to help businessmen and women obtain driver licenses before work The tag agent A W Thornton notes rising license purchases last week and urges operators to apply now to avoid later rush
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Thornton
R. Thornton
Scientists warn atomic bomb could trigger unending war
About 400 Los Alamos scientists released a statement urging world control of atomic energy not unilateral U S Britain or Canada must not hold sole power. They warn a single heavy attack could end a nation's ability to defend itself and call for open access to labs and installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Alamos
N. M
Government’ Laboratory
Robert R. Wilson
Executive Council
Association of Los Alamos
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Britain
Robert Markley Receives Army Release Paper
S/Sgt. Robert M. Merkley son of Mr and Mrs S J Markley Route 1 Stonewall has been honorably discharged from the RAF at Sheppard Field Texas after four years of service He attended armory and fner y schools and served with the 791st Bomb Squadron in the ETO for nine months He earned the DFC the Air Medal with three clusters the ETO ribbon with four battle Stars and the American Defense ribbon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Merkley
S. J. Markley
Route 1
Stonewall
RAF
Sheppard Field
Tex
Armory
Fnery
791St
Barbara Key Receives WAVES Honorable Discharge
Barbara Key yeoman third class has been honorably discharged from the WAVES and will make her home in Ada while attending college. She enlisted in January 1944 and previously worked as a secretary for a Bakersfield radio station. She served in the Office of Information, Armed Guard, at the Naval Repair Base. She is the daughter of Mrs. Rebecca Key of 806 East Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Key
the Waves
Ada
Miss Key
Bakersfield
Calif
Wave Key
Office of
Bhe Information
Armed Guard
Naval
Rebecca Key
806
East Fourth
Sgt Martin Weise Is Now Mr Weise
Sgt Martin Weise, son of Mr and Mrs W Weise of Stonewall, is honorably discharged from the RAF at Sheppard Field Tex after four years in service. He served 33 months in the Southwest Pacific with Far East Air Force headquarters and earned the Bronze Star Presidential Citation SWPA ribbon and Good Conduct Medal. He is a Stonewall high school graduate and formerly a civilian clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Weise
W. Weise
Stonewall
RAF
Separation Center
Sheppard Field
Tex
Southwest Pacific
Far East Air Force Headquarters
Weise
SWPA
Sgt
Stonewall High School
Military Court Hearing For Germans In Hadamar Case
Adolf Merkle testified at a U S military court in Wiesbaden that he wondered why many Russians and Poles died and was told to do his work. He said he believed deaths came from tuberculosis or pneumonia and denied knowledge of morphine injections or poison pills. Merkle and six others face trial for killing more than 400 foreigners as part of the murder at Hadamar asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
Adolf Merkle
Hadamar
U. S
Metalsmith 3/C Billy F. Chastain Aboard Xanthus
Billy F. Chastain a metalsmith third class at 509 East Fifteenth serves aboard the repair ship USS Xanthus which aided in the occupation of Ominato Honshu during World War II era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy F. Chastain
East Fifteenth
Ominato
Honshu
London to Paris Nonstop Flight Time From Washington
Report notes London and Paris are within a non stop flight of under 18 hours from Washington D C with direct service guidance. This brief compares routing times and potential convenience for travelers between the two major capitals and the U S capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Washington, D. C
Hershey the Chocolate King Dies at 88 in Pennsylvania
Milton S. Hershey founder of Hershey town and the Hershey Industrial School died at 88 in Hershey hospital. He left a trust fund of 84 million for orphans and built a chocolate empire, funding the town, school, and philanthropy begun in 1909. A board oversees school entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Pi Milton S. Hershey
Orphan Boys of America
Pennsylvania
Hershey Industrial School
Hershey Hospital
Industrial School
Navy Makes Report On Okinawa Storm
Pearl Harbor reports a typhoon that struck Okinawa left 28 sailors dead 70 missing and 423 injured with 91 in serious condition. Twenty five sailors reportedly died at sea and three on shore facilities. Army tallies 100 injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Okinawa
Army
Tulsa leader receives Legion of Merit for army service
P Lt. Col. Cleo C. Ingle executive vice president of the Tulsa Federal Savings and Loan Association was awarded the Legion of Merit for outstanding administrative service in the army. Maj. Gen. Stanley Scott presented the medal after flying in from Washington, D C. A new fire control technique uses airplane drops of a chemical solution to treat forest leaves, aiming to save thousands of acres annually destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsan
Tulsa
Okla
Cleo C. Ingle
Tulsa Federal Savings and Loan Association
Stanley Scott
Army Service Forces
Washington, D. C
Sgt Gentry Discharged After 113 Points At Camp Chaffee
Sergeant Jarret D. Gentry received an honorable discharge from the Army on Sunday October 7 at Camp Chaffee Arkansas. After over three and a half years overseas with the Medics 96th Division he earned the Asiatic Pacific ribbon with four battle stars and an Arrow head for invasion participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarret D. Gentry
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Gentry
96Th
Gold-Lined Stomachs Found In Panama Alligators
Reports from Panama describe alligators with stomachs that appear lined in gold. Researchers note the metal likely deposits picked up from lime-rich riverbeds during feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Also Mentioned on This Page
Albert C. Epperson
Pfc. Epperson
Atoka
Harry Miller
Boatswain Kite
War Vel
Scout Council
Arbuckle Area
Otto Morgan
Pacific Area
Gordon Maloy
Roy J. Teters
Roy Teters
Siapan
Indianapolis
Phippine Sea
H. B. Myers
Harden City
CSF
Herman W. Crawford
Joe B. Auld
San Antonio
Sgt. Auld
Shirley Toler Auld
Virgil L. Auld
Tishomingo
Roy Lee Roddy
Buel’ Jackson
Leonard Morgan
Marvin Rogers
William Caldwell
Capt. Farley
Pacific
National Guard
W. H. Howard
Norris
Kiwanis
Galveston
Man
Robert Markley
Mr. Weise
Sgt. Gentry
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