Sailor Thomas Parnell Remains Ready at Guam War-tour
Thomas Alton Parnell, 19, serves aboard the U S S Steele stationed at Guam. The destroyer escort, active 28 months in the Pacific, fought in Solomons and Carolines, helped at Leyte and Palau invasions, and escorted vessels to safety. Parnell has two years in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Parnell
Navy
Thomas Alton Parnell
Admic
Jack Parnell
Ahloso ‘Y
U.S.S. Steele
Guam
South Pacific
Steele
Solomons
Vella Gulf
Bougainville
New Britain
Central Pacific
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Saipan
Marcus
Wake
Carolines
Adm
Halsey
Palaus
Leyte
Canberra
Houston
Pacific
Parnell
Seaman Norman Hopes to Be Home Soon From Tokyo Bay
Seaman R. L. Norman, 21, writes from Tokyo Bay that he hopes to be home soon. He served three years aboard the U S S Schuylkill tanker, traveled from Seattle to Alaska and the Aleutians, fueled vessels in the Pacific, crossed the equator 32 times, supported Luzon Iwo Jima and Japan occupation, and is the son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Norman near the city lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman R. L. Norman
R. L. Norman
Tokyo Bay
U. S. S. Schuylkill
Lewis Norman
City Lake
R. L
Ada High School
Cougar
Norman
Seattle
Panama Canal
California
Alaska
Aleutians
Baker and Howland Islands
Equator
Gilberts
Marshalls
Marianas
Carolines
Third Fleet
Luzon
Iwo Jima
P. T
Japan
Pfc Bonds Serves In Aleutians Amchitka Island
Pfc Raymond Ray Bonds serves with an ordnance service company on Amchitka in the Aleutians. He joined the service August 23, 1944, trained at Fort Sam Houston and later posted to various posts. He spent ten weeks hospitalized for a fractured foot. He is the son of Mrs. T. C. McKinney in California and son-in-law of M. B. Oliver formerly of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Raymond Ray Bonds
California
Aleutians
Amchitka
Ordnance Service
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Bonds
T. C. McKinney
M. B. Oliver
Ada
Lt. Howard Lewis Visits Parents After Overseas Service
First Lt. Howard Lewis son of Mr and Mrs James W Lewis of 223 South Francis returns from more than a year at the front in France and Belgium. He served with the 404th Fighter Group earning the ETO ribbon six battle stars and the Belgium Fourragere. Her brothers Col James Linn Lewis and Capt Herbert Lewis are overseas in India and the Pacific. He will report to Tampa for another assignment with the same group after a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Lewis
James W. Lewis
South
Francis
Oveseas
France
Belgium
Normandy
Lewis
404Th
Air Forces
Tampa
Fla
Lowry Field
Denver
Ardennes
Howard
East Central
University of Oklahoma
Col
James Linn Lewis
Herbert Lewis
India
Pacific
Tongue Lick Mosque Spot Wears Wall In Cairo
Egyptians believe licking a wall spot in a Cairo mosque cures indigestion. The repeated tongue contact has worn the area concave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Claude Hicks Earns Air Medal for North Atlantic Duty
Claude Morris Hicks AMM 1/e is cited for meritorious achievement as an aircrewman on a patrol bomber in action against German submarines from Nov 1 1942 to Jun 1 1943. Despite snow squalls and icing he aided pilot on anti-submarine and convoy missions protecting convoys in North Atlantic waters. Hicks, 22, is married to Ava Louise Hicks and serves at the naval pre flight school Chapel Hill North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Morris Hicks
Navy
Hicks
Ava Louise Hicks
South
Mississippi
Naval
Chapel Hill
N. C
Secretary of the Navy
Patrol Squadron 84
North Atlantic
King Brothers See Action in the Pacific
Pfc. Sterling O. King enlisted in the medical corps September 14, 1941, and sailed to the Philippines soon after. He served as a hospital attendant in Manila and faced the Japanese attack. Captured during the retreat to Bataan, he was reportedly liberated. His brother, Coxswain James Boyd King, helped land a battalion of Marines at Japan’s shores from USS Mellette off Yokohama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Sterling O. King
Medical Corps
Philippines
Manila
King
Stonewall
Luzon
Corregidor
Bataan
James Boyd King
Japan
Mellette
Yokaama
Jefferson quote graces Pauls Valley Daily Democrat
In the Pauls Valley Daily Democrat a Jefferson quotation appears on page one, upper right corner. A letter arrived at the Democrat office addressed to editor Thomas Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauls Valley
Daily Democrat
Thomas Jefferson
Democrat
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Ads
An Ada News ad column reports higher yields on vested amounts, noting incentives and terms offered by the local publisher. The piece highlights investor-boosted rates, protections, and expected payout timelines for readers considering stake changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Marshall Grant Witnesses Japan Surrender in Tokyo Bay
Marshall Grant of Ada served on the USS Hansford flagship for Rear Admiral John Hale on the day of Japan's formal surrender in Tokyo Bay. He helped land occupation troops for the Tokyo Yokohama area after serving in Iwo Jima Okinawa battles and three months in the Philippines. Grant enlisted in March 1944 and worked for J C Penney in Ada before and after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Grant
L. A. Grant
Ada
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Hansford
John Hale
Tokyo
Grant
Tokyo-Yokohama
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Philippines
J. C. Penney Co
Albert Johnson Receives Honorable Discharge From Camp Wallace
Albert P. Johnson, 30, was discharged from Camp Wallace Tex, husband of Maud N. Johnson of Roff and son of W. C. and Mrs. Johnson of Roff. He enlisted in World War II, served on USS Medusa at Pearl Harbor, then on USS McCaullin and USS Satterlee in the Pacific and Atlantic, taking part in three surface battles and the Normandy invasion. Six war planes were installed at Central High school's industrial arts department for study by mechanics classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert P. Johnson
Camp Wallace
Tex
Johnson
Maud N. Johnson
Roff
W. C. Johnson
Pearl Harbor
Uently
Pacific
Atlantic
Muskogee
Central High School
Industrial Arts
Will Unify Handling Of War Surplus
President Truman orders the state department to handle disposal of wartime surpluses worldwide. John W. Snyder testified that billions in surpluses abroad and in the Pacific will be coordinated by the state department with plans for streamlining the program and transfers from existing agencies. Payment by foreign nations poses difficulties, with options including local currencies and exchanges such as commercial grants, fellowships, and expanded diplomatic facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
State Department
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Senate War Investiating
Pacific
Department
Army-Navy Liquidation
Foreign Economic Administration
Surplus Commodity Administration
Ruman
W. Stuart Symington
Threeman Board
Senate
United States
Pfc Kiman Goff Discharged Under Army Point System
Pfc Kiman C Goff of Allen returns from overseas duty under the Army point system. He served with a medical company of a Brigade battalion in the Sixth Army with action in New Guinea and the Philippines. The unit landed at Lingayen Gulf on January 9, 1945 and operated a clearing station under constant danger. He joined amphibian engineers at Fort Ord and spent about 20 months overseas in the Southwest Pacific. His wife Joyce A Goff resides in Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Pfc
Kiman C. Goff
Allen
Goff
Krueger
Sixth Army
New Guinea
Philippines
Lingayen Gulf
Fort Ord
Calif
Southwest Pacific
Joyce A. Goff
Demmon E. Shandy Arrives at Pearl Harbor Navy Center
Painter 2/c Demmon E. Shandy of Route 1 Allen has arrived at Pearl Harbor Staging Center under the Navy Demobilization Plan. He will soon be honorably discharged from the naval service after serving since September 1942 with 12 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demmon E. Shandy
Allen
Pearl Harbor
Navy
United States
Naval Service
Shandy
Clifford Hunt Receives Another Promotion
Clifford E. Hunt has been promoted to technical fourth grade. He is the husband of Mrs Nor Jean Hunt of Reel Okla and has spent 29 months overseas. He is entitled to wear the World War II Conduct Medal, American Defense Medal, and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one Bronze Battle Star. He is currently stationed abroad, serving his second overseas tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford E. Hunt
Hunt
Nor- Jean Hunt
Reel Okla
Pacific
Awa
Freakish pear tree blooms again in Durant
In Durant on September 24 a pear tree owned by Mrs. W. B. Hayes, unusual for bearing fruit long after its self rising season, has produced a fine crop this year then shed leaves. It now blooms again and shows a new coat of leaves in an odd, ongoing tale of nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
W. B. Hayes
Pfc Walter Adams Honored for Service in Pacific Campaigns
Pfc Walter I Adams son of Since Niet ie ter and Horace Murphy is stationed near Manila with an anti air unit after 26 months of Pacific service and three campaigns. He attended Stonewall schools and worked on farms around Stonewall before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Walter I. Adams
Niet Ie Eter
Horace Murphy
Manila
Adams
Murphy
Rgeany
Ma- Pte
Pacific
Stonewall
Committee Votes To Halt Probing Of Elliott's Deal
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 14 to 10 to refer the Elliott Roosevelt bad debt case to the House without further investigation. Republicans demanded new inquiry while Democrats argued the evidence would be public and the case closed, with questions about Roosevelt's role and possible tax implications left for later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Elliott Roosevelt
Doughton
D.-N.c
John Hartford
Hartford
Elliott
Coughton
Rep
Knutson
R.minn
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Roosevelt
Hartsford
President Truman Enjoys Relaxed Island Outing
President Truman spent a casual evening with about 75 Democratic leaders on an island in Chesapeake Bay, with 150 more expected. The gathering had no official business, featuring seafood, highballs, and cards, at the Jeffersonian retreat 18 miles from Annapolis. Hawes, a former Missouri senator, heads the club hosting the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Annapolis
Truman
Chesapeak Bay
Thomas Jefferson
Harry Hawes
Washington
Mr. Truman
Hawes
Missouri
Maryland
Naval Academy
Army doctors arrive at LaGuardia from Europe
Twenty four army doctors among 1600 returning from Europe arrived at LaGuardia Field today aboard two air transport command planes. The group includes Captains Henry D. Wolfe Pawnee Oklahoma Theodore R. Mason Iola Kansas Charles C. Underwood Emporia Kansas and Maurice W. Chastain Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
la Guardia Field
Paris
Casablanca
Air Transport Command
Henry D. Wolfe
Pawnee
Okla
Theodore R. Mason
Iola Kas
Charles C. Underwood
Emporia
Kas
Maurice W. Chastain
Kansas City
Senators Seek Congressional Voice on Atomic Bomb Policy
Senate foreign relations committee moves to act on a bill by Senator Vandenberg to create a joint six six committee with exclusive power over nuclear energy policy. President Truman has not decided on sharing atomic secrets with the USSR and allies. Connally Vandenberg and Lucas indicate the president wants Congress to have a say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Senate-House
Senate
House
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Russia
United Nations
Pera
Secretary of Commerce
Wallace
Army
Navy
Lucas
D-Il
White House
Plane Transformed Into Mercy Ship
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, U S ambassador to China, flew home in an army transport repurposed as a mercy ship. The flight carried Corporal George Rauséo of Malden Massachusetts to see his dying mother while Ruth Campbell of Los Angeles, post appendectomy, occupied a specially installed bed. Hurley would not comment on reports he would report to President Truman on a China policy settlement and on possible relief from his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Patrick J. Hurley
U.S
China
Washington
Cpl
George Rauséo
Malden
Mass
Ruth Campbell
Los Angeles
United States
Hurley
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
Carriers Not Ready for Discard Amid Pacific War
Navy officials reject claims that island based air power has outmoded the aircraft carrier. Assistant Secretary John L. Sullivan says carriers remain essential as long as wars require formidable air power and battles in the Pacific. He notes the current war lessons support continuing carrier use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Todz
John L. Sullivan
Army to Move Men If Can Get Ships
Manila report says the army aims to bring nearly 750000 soldiers home by New Year’s Eve if ships become available. Major General Frederick E. Uhl notes the Western Pacific command faces a massive task and cites past months’ departures while POW repatriation crowded shipping. Over 20,000 men currently wait in two depots for passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Frederick FE. Uhl
Western Pacific
Ottawa county miners to use aluminum powder dust treatment
Ottawa county lead and zinc miners move to fight silicosis with a new aluminum powder dust treatment. F Netzeland of Picher Oklahoma said the treatment, to be used soon at a Picher hospital, will be free to miners and administered to underground workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Okla
Ottawa County
F. Netzeland
Picher
Tri- State Lead and Zinc Ore Producers Association
MVA Benefits Are Argued by Witness
Lief Erickson testifies before a senate irrigation subcommittee on creating a Missouri Valley Authority. He argues water use in the Mississippi river basin should be managed by a single body balancing regional interests rather than dispersed agencies. The hearing advances Senator Murray's bill with six days of testimony planned next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Powers
Washington
Missouri Valley Authority
Uri River
Senate Irrigation Subcommittee
Lief Erickson
MVA
Montana Supreme Court
Murray
D-Mont
Reclamation Bureau
WLB Members Agree To Stay on Job
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach reassures War Labor Board members they will remain in place to ensure an orderly termination of the board’s work. He vows no interference with board decisions or policy, despite transfer to the labor department. Chairman Taylor has resigned, effective Oct. 15, as liquidation looms after the November labor conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
War Labor Board
Schwellenbach
Rct
Truman
WLB
Labor Department
George W. Taylor
Navy Recruiting to Decide Peace Draft
Capitol Hill expects the forthcoming army navy recruitment campaign to determine the fate of peacetime training legislation. If 1.5 million enlistments are reached the universal training act may be dropped. If short of targets lawmakers face cuts to postwar armed forces or a peacetime draft. Right now support in Congress is lukewarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Congress
Regents to Review Building Plans for State Schools
Oklahoma City Sept. 22 The state regents of higher education will meet Monday to refine the building program for the next biennium. Dr. M A Nash says the board will decide items to fund with allocated building money and yearly limits for each school. The legislature allotted 5 292 000 for building at the schools, with about half available in the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Regents of Higher Education
M A. Nash
Last of Travelers Home From Europe and Near East
The last five members of an h-man house group that left here nine weeks ago for Europe and the Near East returned to Washington today. The members cited are Rep. Wickersham chairman of the special committee, Carnahan Feighan Huber and Merrow. The committee studied transportation clothing and peace related problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Near East
Rep
Wickersham
Dokla
Carnahan
D-Mo
Feighan
Ohio
Huber
Dohio
Merrow
R-N.h
Oklahoma man mistook car for his in color mix up
Oklahoma City report says E. L. Smith drove away in a two tone automobile mistaken for his own. The highway patrol later located Smiths car stuck in mud and smeared with black asphalt paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
E. L. Smith
Highway Patrol
Smith
John Hamilton Kennedy Dies At 92 In Tulsa
P John Hamilton Kennedy 92 longtime Tulsa finance company operator died at his home last night after a long career in the local finance industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
John Hamilton Kennedy
Demolition bombs used by aircraft on bridge missions
Demolition bombs weighing 4000 pounds or more were used in missions to level bridges. From a plane the aim is difficult and the heavier the bomb the greater the chance of at least part striking the target.
Jack McCurry Awarded Bronze Star for Heroic Action
Sgt. Jack McCurry of the 321st Combat Engineer Battalion received the Bronze Star Medal for leading an assault under sniper fire to escort a bulldozer into enemy territory. He killed six Japanese soldiers and helped seal a cave holding about 20 more as part of securing a vital supply road. He is a Leyte and Okinawa veteran and a Purple Heart recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack McCurry
321St
Combat Engineer
Ccome
McCurry
Sgt. McCurry
D. F. McCurry
Ada
Leyte
Okinawa
Herman Platt Receives Honorable Discharge From RAF
Flight Officer Herman Platt a trooper carrier glider pilot is discharged from the RAF. Platt enlisted September 1942 and trained other pilots at a glider school. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Martin L Platt Route 4 Ada and a graduate of Ada High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Platt
Pilo
RAF
Platt
Army
Martin L. Platt
Ada
Ada High School
Barnes Receives Navy Honorable Discharge at Camp Wallace
C. K. Barnes, 27, AM 1/e, was honorably discharged from the Navy at the Camp Wallace Personnel Separation Center in Texas. He entered December 18, 1941, and took part in invasions of Saipan Tinian Palau Ulithi and the Philippines plus the Leyte Gulf battle. He wears the Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon with four bronze stars the Philippines Liberation ribbon with two bronze stars the American Theater ribbon and the Good Conduct ribbon. He plans hunting and fishing before choosing a civilian job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Barnes
Navy
Camp Wallace
Tex
Barnes
Ethel Barnes
South Mississippi
Saipan
Tinian
Palau
Ulithi
Philippines
Leyte Gulf
Sioux City pilot Lt. Elmer Eilers receives honorable discharge
First Lt. Elmer I. Eilers son of Mrs. Henrietta Eilers of Sioux City Iowa returns home to 715 West Nineteenth after three years in the Army Air Forces with an adjusted service rating of 84. He served eight months overseas in Italy as a B 24 pilot and completed 35 missions earning the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters the Soldiers Medal and the ETO Ribbon with five battle stars. He is a Ireton High school graduate and formerly worked for Swift Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer I. Eilers
Henrietta Eilers
Sioux City
Towa
West
Army Air Forces
Eilers
Italy
Ireton High School
Ireton
Iowa
Swift Company
Hershel Long in Pacific Action
Cpl. Hershel Long 29 husband of Mrs. Hershel Long of 2100 North Broadway was with the advance element of the 127th Airborne Engineer Battalion in the occupation of the Japanese capital. His combat record includes beach assaults on Luzon and actions in Leyte and the Manila drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershel Long
North Broadway
11Th Airborne Division
127Th Airborne Engineer Battalion
Camp Mackall
S. C
Cpl. Long
Luzon
Leyte
Manila
Divorces Filed in Local Court This Week
Jewell Jones splits from Ollie Jones in the divorce docket. Temperance Blankenship ends marriage with Herman Blankenship. James Walter Goodwin separates from Lona Evanish Goodwin. Emery S. Epperson divorces Mare jorie Epperson. Stella Morgan ends marriage with Donald Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Jones
Ollie Jones
Temperance Blankenship
Herman Blankenship
James Walter Goodwin
Lona Evanish Goodwin
Emery S. Epperson
Marejorie Epperson
Stella Morgan
Donald Morgan
Kenova Name Origin and Local Licensing Notes
The article lists licenses for Bass Wilkes Shawnee Lena Bess Gordon Ada Kenneth B. Ga Ada Mary Juanita Likowski Ada Clayton Lawrence Ada Dorothy Bridges Ada and notes Kenova’s name derives from Kentucky Ohio and Virginia reflecting its tri state border position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrtagf
Bass Wilkes
Shawnee
Lena Bess Gordon
Kenneth B. Ga
Ada
Mary Juanita Likowski
Clayton Lawrence
Dorothy Bridges
Kenova
Ken
Kentucky
Ohio
Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. A. Parnell
Ray Bonds
Amchitke
Ordnance Company
Claude M. Hicks
King Brothers
Albert Johnson
Kiman Goff
Clifford Hunt
Demos
Chesapeake Bay Isle
Guthrie
Ee A. Hartzell
Oral Junior High School
Parent-Teachers Association
Boy Scout
Mercy
Corporal
Bronze
K. Barnes
Elmer Eilers
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