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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
2
An editorial argues ignorance of laws excuses nothing and citizens ignore rules across traffic game fish and logging laws. It cites rising prices and enforcement in Coos Bay as examples of legal code gaps and accountability challenges.
A Coos Bay case notes a driver fined three dollars for possessing an unsigned driver’s license. The justice explains a license is not valid until signed by the holder, urging readers to check their own licenses and avoid violations.
The writer surveys the end of the OPA price control holiday and a new law, doubting its effectiveness and predicting further revelations if party control shifts. He notes a busy Congress session closing amid war-to-peace transitions, plans a return to Oregon, and cites 1941 farm resident accidental deaths for context.
A New York observer recounts a 1945 August night when Washington announced Japan's surrender. Crowds flooded Times Square as sirens wailed and windows sprayed litter, with women leaning from high rises shouting while the city erupted in chaotic celebration.
A postwar assessment notes two million civilians await peacetime work as factories shut and tax and regulation linger. The piece urges rapid investment to create jobs, though warns against delaying prosperity and stresses the need for real opportunities and higher productivity in the transition from wartime to peace.
The 1946 47 budget estimate was heard at the Coquille courthouse. Expenditures total 141 971 with 106 193 to be raised by taxes and a tax levy unchanged from last year. The board also approved part time attendance requests for workers aged 18 to 18 under the law.
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