Sitkum Gleanings from SITEUM Oregon and surrounding towns
Local notes from Sitkum and nearby communities record visits, Easter activities, baptisms and funerals in Myrtle Point Coos Bay Dora and Camas Valley. Residents including Grant Harry Mire Belle Laird Laird family and neighbors share church attendance outings and family gatherings.
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Siteum
Oregon
Grant Harry
Coquillets
Mire
Belle Laird
Carl Colpitts
Myrtle Point
Perley Crowley
Ivan Laird
Murs
W. A. Nickigon
Elmer Wilson
Burton
Earl
Laird
Lila Mae Laird
Geraldine Huntley
Boeeburg
Mar Laird
Jacobson
Dennis
Coos Bay
Cari Grant
Colleen Shepherd
Dora
Oscar Bunch
Elmer Alford
Easton
Regimentation vs Initiative in Army and Civil Life
A veteran narrator uses a soldier’s duty to dig a water ditch as a case study in how rigid discipline suppresses initiative. He argues that centralized authority in despotic regimes stifles progress, while competition can correct inefficiencies in private enterprise and motivate workers to improve.
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United States Army
Coos County Receives 102 Dried Plasma Units
Hospitals in Coos county have received 102 dried blood plasma units the first free life saving plasma for civilian medical practice. Health officer Dr L B Gould and Red Cross chair Harry Chapman announced the distribution by the county health department with potential charges for professional services. The surplus plasma from Army and Navy is returned to the Red Cross and is expected to meet civilian needs for two years nationwide.
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Coos County
L. B. Gould
Harry Chapman
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Why Americans Value Ideas in Free Enterprise
The text argues that private enterprise drives efficiency and rewards ideas, with executives aiming for higher output and workers benefiting from profit, wages, and lower prices. It claims America is the best place to live because ideas have value and anyone can use a good idea for collective benefit, contrasting with centrally planned systems.
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America
Oil And Gas Lease Released In Davieslough Area
Phillips Petroleum Co. secured an oil and gas lease in Davieslough area county land in townships 26 and 27 south range 13 west and 26 and 47 south range 14 west. The lease allowed drilling within three years, but the company announced it will not begin drilling and is releasing the land within the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Petroleum Company
Davieslough
Bartlesville
Okla
Merrie En quoted note on Henry VI era crops and roots
The Date Book of Live Stock and Agriculture cites a remark by Merrie En describing England prior to Henry VI in 1485 as lacking vegetables and edible roots such as carrots parsnips and cabbage.
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Henry VI
England
Stores Closed During War Peak at 47 000 in 1941
Wartime statistics show grocery stores closed exceeded 38 008. The peak count reached 47 000 in the third quarter of 1941, with the second quarter of 1944 showing a lower figure around Be,.000.
May 1 Final Date For Filing Farm Plans In Coos County
May 1 is the final date to file a farm plan for participation in the 1846 Agricultural Conservation program. John Carr urges Coos County farmers to file by May 1 at the county office or at the Coos Bay Manual Creamery on Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In 1945 over 900 plans were filed and more than 600 sought payments for approved practices totaling about 765000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
John Carr
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Coos Bay
Maual Creamery
Global rural population and agricultural dominance noted
The article estimates that about 70 percent of the world population lives in agricultural nations, with India's 460 million people and a two billion global figure. It notes vast areas in Europe, Africa, and South America remain largely rural.
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India
Europe
Africa
South America
National sales quota set for surplus property in Q2
War Assets Administration regional director C. T. Mudge announced in Portland that the national surplus property sales quota for the second quarter is $1,378,000,000. The figure reflects anticipated demand and program goals for the period.
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C. T. Mudge
War Aapers Administration
Portland
Colds Drive Absentee Days in American Industry
Colds claim more than one third of all remaining workdays in American industry and women show higher susceptibility than men. Data indicate a December peak and a secondary October peak in cold incidents.
Employers subject to Oregon unemployment law rise to ten-year high
Administer Silas Galser reported a steady rise since V E Day in Oregon unemployment law coverage. By end of Q1, 11,128 firms were contributing, up from 9,960 in March 1945.
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Oregon
Ter Silas Galser
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Miertie Point
Tatio Volisher
National Editorial Association
Herald Press
Arthur R. Jones
Frank Hulton
Sitkum
W A Nickason
Camas Valley
Lydnslee
Robert S Farrell, Jr
Cowra
Curry Douglas Grant
Jefferson Joseph
Memder
Jakze, Wee
George & Benson
Jhending College
Seaccp
Arhoncee
Coos
Wallace B. Dement
I G Bingham
Oil and Gas Lease
Lakeside
AIR Service
Chevrolet
Tervice
Trese MG
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
Southwestern Motor Company
Coquille, Oregon
Oon County
Taylor
John W. Sanders
W. 6Th St
Coquille
MAY Welding CO
Myrtle Point, Ore
Clyde R. Anderson
Spruce St
Building Material CO
Chase Wooldridge Phone
Ning
Coquille Electric Company
BBS
Oriont St
Coquille, Ore
Oesis
Polly
Perry Croper
Hank
Roper
Implete Automotive Service
Ian
Chevron Gasoline
Atlas Tires & Batteries
Agricultural World
Business Directory
Little's Saw Shop
E. C. Rober
Union Oil and B & A
Myrtle Point Tire Service
Peter
Roseburg Road
Maple Street
Ralph L. Rieseberg
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