Powers Man Receives Courage Citation for Valor in Germany
Corporal Robert Bailey earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart after aiding wounded enemies under heavy tank fire near Rockenhausen Germany on March 19 1945 He inspired his platoon to advance and secured safety for all occupants of a blasted vehicle while risking his own life.
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Bailey
Himeels
United States Army
Copr
Oregon
W A. Helbrook
U. S. Army
Cpl
Service Men Home on V Day Furlough and Assignments
Sgt John Quilhaugh a bomber gunner over Germany returns on V Day furlough and will report to South Dalots for further assignment. Pfe Dale Crew notes he is with the army of occupation in Germany and may not be home for a year. Clarence Newton and Mrs Nan Duckett Newton travel to Seattle after visiting Newton’s mother Mrs Bertha Newton.
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John Quilhaugh
Germany
South Dalots
Pfe
Dale Crew
Clarence Newton
Newton
Nan Duckett
Seattle
Bertha Newton
Private Cunningham Assigned After Radio School Graduation
Pvt. Donald Cunningham, after ten days with his parents Mr and Mrs L L Cunningham following graduation from a radio school at Scotts Field Illinois, has been reassigned to Shepherd Field for duty.
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Pvt
Donald Cunningham
L. L. Cunningham
Scotts Field
Illinois
Shepherd Field
Local residents visit kin and travel notices
Powers locals share visits with relatives in Portland Florence and Boedeport. Clergy families head to church camp near Eugene. Several families from Sweet Home Coos Bay and Roseburg visit Baker Myrtle Point and Rogue River. Travel and day trips listed for multiple households with Kinship ties and hospital stays noted.
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Ned Slonecker
Portland
Florence
Boedeport
W. J. Wheeler
Church of the Open Bible
Eugene
Marilyn Munro
Joyce Walker
Arnold Holsapple
Fred Stock
Fairview
Kenneth Kendall
Sweet Home
Jennie
Janes
Lou Reed
Charles Crew
Myrtle Point
Marion Frye
Rogue River
E. L. Roper
Ely
Anthony O'Grady
Washington
Nate Barklow
Clyde Elliott
Millington
Ida Mathews
Hazel Lewis
Hans Jorgeren
Bernard Hawser
Patricia
Roseburg
Dairy Foods Most Economical in Wartime Value
Lee Holliday of Klamath Falls as president of the Oregon Dairymen’s association argues dairy products remain the most economical consumer choice. He cites 1944 Oregon milk production at 1.463 billion pounds, a high per cow yield, and notes dairymen’s ongoing wartime contributions amid labor and material shortages.
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Lee Holliday
Klamath Falls
Oregon Carymen’s Association
Holliday
Peterson
Oregon
Oregon Dairymen’s Association
Dairymen
Land of Benevolence Tale of an Old Miner
An old miner, weary yet hopeful, recalls the gold rush as a stranger leads him to a valley city named Benevolence. The mythic land offers cozy homes and land plots for weary heroes, promising rest beyond the grave.
Oregon dairymen plan centralized artificial insemination program
Oregon dairymen move toward a statewide artificial insemination program with a central bull block. An eight-county committee in Corvallis proposes a central facility and county units to supply insemination material. The plan mirrors California and other states where one bull serves roughly 360 cows under centralized care by veterinarians and technicians.
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Oregon
Harold §.Brwalt
Oregon State College
Ewart
United States
Corvallis
California
Ewalt
Old Man Seeks Land of Future Mankind on Mountain Trail
An aged wanderer recalls a stranger's vow that one who serves mankind will earn a life of dignity in old age. He lights a fire, then trembles toward a mountain path at dawn, still pursuing the promise of a distant land of the future.
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Powers Man
James Gamwel
OFS
Mystic
Natal
Tay
Jow Gamwell
Mra A Burch
Allen King
Trooan
Jesa Shepherd
Hazel Lewin
Maxine Parker
Roy Parker
Mia: Parker
Stevenson
Wash
Harrison
Bob Harrison
Sixes
Van
Sempert
Deug
Brooks
Coquille
Ore
West Coast Telephone Company
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