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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1942
Page
5
Southern Pacific adopts extensive blackout precautions across the Pacific coast to ensure uninterrupted service. Safety lights, hooded headlights, painted windows, and dim blue night illumination shield trains from air search while maintaining operations during the war.
A guide from Oregon State College advises simple flame proofing for children's clothing curtains and other fabrics to reduce fire hazards. A boric acid borax mix is recommended and articles can be dipped sprayed or hand treated with careful saturation and drying.
Oregon Future Farmers of America adopted a seven point wartime pledge at the state convention at state college. Delegates from 64 of 66 chapters attended. Officers reported ongoing war work and plans to intensify efforts next year. Members have invested 25748.73 in war savings stamps and bonds and chapters collected 471 tons of scrap metal. Elvan Pitney of Junction City was named state president with Alvin Kreger Albany as vice president Willis Bailey Enterprise secretary Jay Hooton Roseburg treasurer and Jim Dial La Grande reporter. Honorary State Farmer degrees were given to George Angell Oswego and E H Greenwood Portland.
A wartime leaflet urges families to meet their air raid warden and follow his guidance. It advises locating a refuge room, learning official warning signals, identifying gas and electricity shutoffs, and storing emergency supplies. Volunteers are needed, and residents should remember the warden’s name and whereabouts.
Readable text highlights tuberculin skin tests and civic duty during wartime. Mentions protecting others and aiding the fight against enemies. Keeps a tone of public health and national defense.
Oregon residents born before 1908 may file with the State Board of Health by request with any supporting evidence of birth. A birth record will be created and certified, aiding in obtaining passports, Old Age Insurance, and other needs, even when full evidence is unavailable. A blank birth certificate and instructions will be sent to interested applicants.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a cryptic note mentioning Bent and Gove with unclear context, suggesting a political or parliamentary reference but lacking complete details to confirm names, dates, or event. The readable bits imply a claim or proof but remain ambiguous.
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