Letters From Far Flung Places Reach Coos County
Local column shares updates from service members and families. Bt Sgt K A Rewan near California returns home after 300 hours of combat duty with the U S Air Force Overseas. Roy Cox and wife from Sitka Alaska visit relatives in Coos County during leave before duty in California. Roy Osborne, merchant marine veteran, returns after 14 months at sea with a torpedoed tanker experience in the Persian Gulf and South Pacific. Sgt Robert C Lundy from Myrtle Point earns Oak Leaf Cluster for South Pacific air force service now at Sheppard Field Texas.
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Pewr
Bowman Field
K. A. Rewan Hee
U. S
Ccos County
Leslie Strong
Paulie Graz
Salina
Kansas
Camp Phillips Kus
Coos County
Alaska
Roy KF. Cox
Sitka
U. S. Marines
Harry Druliner
San Diego
Calif. Marin
Myre
Cox
Roy Osborne
Merchant Marine Services
Osborne
Naval Service
Persian Gulf
South Pacific
Robert C. Lundy
Myrtle Point
Verne Landy
13Th American Air Force
The
Herald
Army
Lundy
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Texas
Air Action Over Europe Promotes Harold Hall in Eighth AAF
Harold T Hall of Myrtle Point Oregon is promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant by Col Leland G Fiegel at the B 24 base in England Hall is a member of the oldest Liberator unit in the Eighth Air Force The group earned a War Department citation for the Ploesti raid on August 1 1943 and is now part of the air offensive against Germany with the eighth air force heavies.
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Eighth Aaf
Ploesti
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Supervisor Job Handoff for Five Years Embalmer and Director
Stanley Phillips served five years as embalmer and assistant funeral director for H. A. Schroeder and Bone. Since October last year he has been a P agent at Reeds. Details unclear due to garbled text.
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Stanley Phillips
Myrtle Point junior high wins relay as Sept points tally
The junior high meet saw a high jump of 19 feet 5 inches besting the old record of 18 feet 10 inches set 12 years ago by Ackerman. Myrtle Point collected 10 firsts 8 seconds and 5 thirds, led by Norman Jarvis Krantz Har Lawelida Nichols in a fast relay win. Myrtle Point boys included Dick Anderson Cooper Jenkins Barkieff Haynes Finley Haberly Lewellen Platt Osborne Bretsel Krantz and Smite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackerman
Coquille
Normen Jarvis
BM Kranta
Har- Lawelida
George Nichols
Reese
Myrtle
Dick Anderson
Sina Cooper
Darrel Jenkinma
Kennet Barkieff
Don Haynes
Lenard Finley
Bill Haberly
Bill Lewellen
John Platt
Jack Osborne
Ernest Bretsel
Bill Krantz
Harvey Lewellen
Nevy Smite
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A fragmentary OCR item mentions wheat and labia while referencing various unclear terms and names. Readers should note the text is highly garbled with no clear event, date, or identifiable figures.
Grade Day at Union High for Myrtle Point Pupils
Eighth graders from Myrtle Point and nearby districts visited Union High School on May 4 for Grade Day. Students from Myrtle Point and towns such as Arago Bridge Bancroft Sitkum toured departments to observe high school work and get a sense of school life.
Waste Paper and Tin Collection Urged by Woman's Ambulance Corps
The Woman's Ambulance Corps seeks donations of waste paper and tin at the Seaman building on Spruce Street. Waldemar Gurney, chairman of the salvage committee, urges bundling paper flat in 12 inch high packages and cleaning tin cans with labels removed and smashed flat in a container. Milk cans are not usable.
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Woman's Ambulance Corps Ia
Seaman Building
Spruce Street
Waldemar Gurney
Gurney
Arago Church Plans Mothers Day Program and Benefits
The Arago Community church plans a Mothers Day program for next Sunday morning and a special sale to benefit Otikien's Farm Home in Corvallis.
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Arago Community
Corvallis
Junior High School Page Highlights Students and Songs
Orren Beebe and parents curate the Junior High page listing students including Miss Margaret and Dennis Gant. The section mentions a vaudeville style program with Phyllic Bellesie and an array of performers such as Lee Carver Sharon Cook Sandra Elliott Jean Pewrie and Ded we Gries. Health EvSS students Gary Robinson Butch Oleen and Dick Macinice are listed, with Crown noted in the closing line.
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Orren Beebe
Wae
Margaret
Dennis Gant
Bellesie
Ant
Lizards Two Feet Long Featured In Far Pacific Report
Sam Breuer reports from a distant island area describing large lizards two to three feet long, jungle wildlife, and local natives. He notes improved morale with arriving nurses and mentions British and American forces operating inland after Japanese pillaging.
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Texas
Sam Breuer
Slow Driving More Economical in Wartime
The Safety Division reports only ten percent of drivers on the Pacific Highway kept to the 85 mile wartime speed in January and February 1944. Higher speeds raise operating costs and accident hazards, with average damage at 66 mph higher than at 38 mph, and tire wear increasing with speed. Observing the 85 mph limit reduces costs, accidents, and tire wear.
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We Natary
Secretary of State
Safety Division
Unclear legal notices and names from Marshfield record
Fragmentary civil dockets show multiple cases including estates, quiet title suits, and bankruptcies. Names such as Barak Paluck Jr, Jonas Cink, and Charles Mountjoy appear with attorneys J Arthur Berg and F. K. McCracken. Proceedings reference married dates, residences, and court actions in Marshfield and surrounding counties.
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Maret
Wayne H. Watts
Cosbenin
Reeds Tanaka
Allen A
Jonas Cink
Elsie
Weney Ounty
I Curry
Waty
Saath Wee Saha
Barak Paluck, Jr
Arskspel
Cong
Beard Ts x Sal
Justice Military Service
Hauser
J. Arthur Berg
Charles Mountjoy
Marshfield
Claude H. Giles
Retail Credit Ass'n. Va
E. Slagle
Peggy Siagie
Ani
F. KE. McCracken
Webb Mast
Farmers & Merchants, Bank
J Arthur Berg
Conscientious Objector Matson Sentenced in Oregon
Harold Garfield Matson, 33, a Jehovah’s Witness, was sentenced by Federal Judge Claude McCulloch in Portland to two years in federal prison for evading the draft by not reporting to a conscientious objectors camp. He was detained in Myrtle Point after a confrontation over distributing literature.
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Coquille Valley Selective Service Board No. 2
Armed Services
Harold Garfield Matson
Jehovah Witnesses
Federal
Claude McCulloch
Portland
Matson
Myrtle Point
Arith High
Stu
McCulloch
Metson
Bert Pearson
Mateon
Coquilk
Government overreach sparks fear of totalitarian drift
A frustrated small business owner denounces federal field agents after an unexpected visit over wages taxes and reporting rules. The piece argues such enforcement could eject farmers and shopkeepers from their livelihoods and warns of creeping encroachment on private rights and a need for government house cleaning.
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Busi- Rive
Hitler
Mussolini
Dean
Avery
Jones
Bass
Mr. Avery
Governmnt
Dairy Feed Payments Due for March and April
County AAA committees request early submission of dairy sales evidence for March and April as they issue dairy feed payments for milk and butter fat. The final date to claim for those two months is June 3. Oregon dairy payments extend to October 1940.
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Oregon
Unclear OCR Fragment About This Year’s Shows
Fragmentary text notes a crease or number mention tied to this year’s shows but lacks clear details or identifiable entities to summarize.
Plan Aid For Returned Veterans In Oregon Agriculture
The state farm labor office at Corvallis will inform all Oregon veterans about oral experiences or interest in farm work. County agents will assist in placing veterans in agricultural jobs, with referrals from the state war veterans service committee to county agents for those seeking agricultural work.
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State Farm Labor Office
Corvallig
Oregon
State War Veterans Service Committee
Powers Woman Buried in Powers After Illness
Funeral services were held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Schroeder Funeral chapel in Powers for Mrs. Eva Preston who died May 4 after an illness of four months. Interment followed at Sunset cemetery in Marshfield. Rev T. J. Pryor led services with graveside rites by the Powers Rebekah lodge. Born July 27, 1895 in Anoka Minnesota she came to Oregon in 1913 and lived at Powers where she married William Preston. Survived by a son in Lakeland Florida her mother Mrs Morris Lewis Powers a sister Mrs William McLyman Myrtle Point and brothers Robert Lawig Sweet Home and Lloyd Lewis Westlake.
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Schroeder
Ad Point
Eva
Mast Hospital
Sunset
Marshfield
T. J. Pryor
Powers Rebekah Lodge
Preston
Anako
Minn
Oregon
Powers
William Preston
Sir Wiliam L. Preston
Air Corpse
Lakeland
Fis
Morris Lewis
William McLyman
Myrtle Point
Robert Lawig
Sweet Home
Lloyd Lewis
Westlake
Upper River Open to Fishing
The upper Cogue river above Powers is open to fishing this year. Forest ranger H. EK Dr. Brown in the Powers district notes that last year the stream was slowed despite the road being open and anglers reported difficulty accessing the area.
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Cogue
Powers Fa
H. EK
Dr. Brown
Powers
Squadron Mourns Missing Aircraft Crew Member
A message from Wing Commander Rettan expresses deep sympathy for the family of a missing airman from Sinn DG Wine 68 thn Sadie We, noting the crew’s loss and awaiting news from the squadron while ensuring any information would be relayed promptly. The note emphasizes the squadron’s solidarity and gratitude for the service and sacrifice.
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Ensore
Penton
Rettan
Farm Income Soars to Record High in 1943
The chart shows net income to American farmers after taxes and operating costs reaching an alltime peak in 1943 within price controls. Earlier wartime inflation and the 1920s dip are noted, with 1943 framed as a high point under stabilized living costs.
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Nel
Europe
Mae
Aun Rs
Union High School
High -Scheel
Myrtle Pratt
Dorit Adams
I Mary Smith
George Clark
Ward Bretsel
Marlin Nancy Haga
Barbara Thompson
Louise Epperson
Geraldine Ginn
Harriett Young
Julia Church
Ann Pointer
Lela Fay Linn
Harvey Lewelle
Glen Fry
Richard Grant
John Kenyon
Paul Stock
Clifford Brownson
Martine Kincheloe
Janice Lafferty
Colleen Shepherd
Dora
Mary Lou Payton
McKinley
Arago
Geraldine Holycross
Roy ZeHer
Bill Farmer
Johnnie Wise
Lois Huff
Greta Clarno
Shirley Smith Bancroft
Edward Brown
Fred Waterman
Geylord
Murl Lund
Donald Lee Freeman
Yolanda Knight
Gravel Ford
Edwin Lee Ellis
Sitkum
Oie
Uae
Aaa
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