Hollywood probes and propaganda fear fuel film industry backlash
The article argues communist influence in Hollywood shapes cinema with antiwar and anti-nuclear themes, while public scrutiny and FBI checks expose suspected sympathizers. It warns the industry must modernize to win back audiences amid concerns of totalitarian propaganda and a need for ethical reform.
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Kremlin
Crest
Hollywood
FBI
Muchado
Rec
Congress
New Member Joins Staff of Herald
A. Hemmelgarn Jr has joined the Myrtle Point Herald editorial staff as he assumes duties this week. The Navy veteran and former Manus Pioneer editor publisher in Madras Oregon brings wartime service, veteran group ties, and prior work at the Honolulu Advertiser Cottage Grove Sentinel and Eugene printing plants. Mr and Mrs Cecil C Carter visited Coos Bay Wednesday.
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A. Hemmelgarn Jr
Myrtle Point Herald
Hemmelgarn
Navy
Manus Pioneer
Madras
Ore
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Herald
Bicycle Safter Club
VFW Post
Eugene
Oregon
Honolulu
Hawaii
Eastern Star Chapter Instituted at Brookings
Saturday evening an Eastern Star Chapter was instituted at Brookings with most Grand officers present except three. A dinner was served by Brookings Episcopal church ladies at Grange hall Harbor. The new chapter will meet first and third Tuesdays in the Odd Fellows hall. Worthy Matron and Patron are Mr and Mrs Templer, formerly Klamath Falls officers.
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Brookings
Goos
Curry Counties
Grange
Harbor
Episcopal Church of
Altho
Odd Fellows Hall
Templer
Klamath Fall
Egin
Henry Rossiow
Ralph Kring
Elton Schroeder
Charles Wooldridge
Stanley Furman
Della Belloni
Jack Caughell
Della Rossiow
Brownsville
Bridge Women Attend Coquille Extension Meet
Bridge Home Extension unit members from Coos county join Homemaker's Day events in Coquille. The program features Mrs Buena Maris Mackmore of Oregon State College speaking on What's in a Word and Mrs Mable Mack on Looking Ahead.
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Buena Maris Mackmore
Oregon State College
Coquille
Mable Mack
Effie Braizee
Oregon
Coos County
Bridge
Henry Brown
Andrew Waterman
O W Pafford
Johnny Tevinson
Lloyd Winningham
James Jewett
Robert Ocheltree
Elvin Waterman
Thomas J Davis
Coquille Hosts District Scout Meeting and Court of Honor
In Coquille Tuesday night the Coquille Valley Boy Scout District Executive Council met with Myrtle Point troop members to discuss district troop issues. Roger Boles and Dave Putnam attended. the next District Court of Honor is set for December 9 in Coquille and preparations for the winter Scouting program were planned.
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Philip E Ryan
Myrtle Point
Coquille Valley
Coquille
Roger Boles
Oregon Trail Council of Boy Scouts
Dave Putnam
Recent Powers Bride Honored At Shower
Mrs Terry O'Brien the recent bride was honored at a surprise shower arranged by Mrs Geo Clark Mrs Ted Miller and Mrs Kenneth McKenzie at McCullochs Fountain Lunch Guests brought gifts for the new home and many unable to attend sent offerings Names present include Mrs Martha McNair Mrs Howard Rackleff Mrs Jennie Rackleff Mrs Dorothy Baker Mrs W L Stemmerman and others from Myrtle Point Bandon and nearby towns.
Local mortician Terrill Cooper returns home after surgery
Terrill Cooper, a local mortician, was released from the hospital this week following an appendectomy. He is reported to be recovering at home with his family.
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Terrill Cooper
Corn Reaches New Height In Powers Area Garden
In Powers, 4 year old Jerry Hubbard grew corn over 14 feet tall in his grandfather A W Hubbard's market garden. The Yellow Den variety from Virginia yielded 3 to 5 ears per stalk, thriving in the fertile soil of Cous county.
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Jerry Hubbard
Wayne Hubbard
A W Hubbard
Jerry
Virginia
Earl T Newbry Named Secretary of State
Earl T Newbry a 47 year old state senator from Jackson county was appointed secretary of state by Gov John Hall after the capitol funeral for Gov Earl Snell Farrell and Senate President Marshal Cornett. He will serve until a successor is elected in November 1948 and has long service in the state legislature including the senate since 1943 and the house in 1939 and 1941.
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Earl T .Newbry
Jackson County
Robert S Farrel
Jr Newbry
John Hall
Salem
Earl Snell
Farrell
Senate
Marshal Cornett
Newbry
Gov Hall
House of Representatives
Bobcats Set For Back-To-Back Games With Coquille
The Myrtle Point Bobcats host the Coquille Red Devils on Tuesday afternoon at 2 as Armistice Day observance. Coquille shows improvement and Myrtle Point seeks rebound after a slump. Four days later on Saturday November 15 the teams meet again at 2 in the lone afternoon game of the season at Myrtle Point.
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Myrtle Point Bobcats
Coquille Red Devils
Coquille Field
Red Devils
Bobcats
Cats
Myrtle Point
Local Couple Celebrate 56 Years Of Marriage
Mr and Mrs J L Lakey of this city were honored last Friday on their 56th wedding anniversary at the home of their parents where all eleven of their sons and daughters gathered. The Lakeys were married in Payette Idaho in 1801. They have resided in Oregon 35 years and in Myrtle Point 27 years.
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J L. Lakey
Lakeys
Payette
Idaho
Lakey
Oregon
Myrtle Point
Caudle Named Myrtle Grange Master For 48
John Caudle was named Master of Myrtle Grange at the annual election of officers for 1948 held at the grange hall. Elected with Caudle were Robert Trigg Overseer Eldon Ansley Lecturer Ambrose Caudle Steward Ellis Southmade Assistant steward Eva Stevens Chaplain Martin Schmidt Treasurer Dorothy Adams Secretary Al Adams Gatekeeper Mrs Martin Schmidt Ceres Marge Myers Pomona Mary McQuig Flora Opal Davis Lady assistant steward Rose Miller Musician Executive committee Rudy Rochek Holand and Orvhe om ves ah
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John Caudle
Myrtle Grange
Grange Hall
Caudle
Robert Trigg
Eldon Ansley
Ambrose Caudle
Ellis Southmade
Stewar
Eva Stevens
Martin Schmidt
Dorothy Adams
al Adams
Martin Schmidt Ceres
Marge Myers
Pomona
Mary McQuig
Flora
Opal Davis
Rose Miller
Rudy Rochek
Holand
Orvhe
Eveniig
Cecil McQuig
Myrtle Point
Orvis Miller
Robert Tugg
American Education Week Observed November Nine to Fifteen
The local high school announces American Education Week from November 9 to 15 with the theme The Schools Af Yours. Patrons and parents may visit Myrtle Point Union High School during the week while classes proceed as usual. Parents are urged to discuss individual problems with teachers.
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Myrtle Point Union High School
Sadie Hawkins Dance At Oaks Saturday Night
Myrtle Point Lions club hosts its annual Sadie Hawkins Dance at Oaks pavilion on Saturday night November featuring life sized plywood comic strip characters painted by Russell Dement. Johnny Dayton and his orchestra provide music for dancing from 9 30 to 12 36 with Ray Neugart directing the event. Vernon Estelle is hospitalized at Mast hospital after Tuesday surgery.
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Sadie Hawkins
Dog Patch
Myrtle Point
Johnny Dayton
Ray Neugart
Hedlund Named State Head for 1948 March of Dimes
Dr. E B Hedlund of Portland is named Oregon State Chairman for the 1948 March of Dimes, his ninth year in the post. Basil O Connor announces the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis will run January 15 to 30 to mark its tenth anniversary. The foundation is funded solely by the annual January drive. Hedlund is a former Oregon Board of Dental Examiners president and a National Association of Postmasters officer. The chairman's appointment comes as the 1948 drive is expected to face high costs for care and relief in a year with ongoing paralytic illness concerns.
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EB. T. Hedlund
Portland
Oregon
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
National Foundation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hedlund
Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners
National Association of Postmasters
Burr Monrad Joins West Coast Advertising Firm
Burr Monrad joins the West Coast Advertising Firm of Tacoma Washington following a career in Myrtle Point Oregon and Hartford Connecticut. He has journalism training from the University of Oregon and military service in the Signal Corps with World War II overseas time in Manila.
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Sconce Advertising
Tacoma
Gerd
Monrad
Myrtle Point
R. L. Tucker
The
Herald
Myrtle Point High School
Bobcat
Myrtle Lodge No 78
AF & A
University of Oregon School of Journalism
Ongoin East
New Haw Conn
Armed Forces
Alsi
Signal Corps
Natewestern University
Boston
Missouri
New Jersey
Manila
Monred
Wilson, Haight and Welch Advertising Agency
Hartford
West
Lions View Myrtle Point Rodeo and Fair Photographs
Myrtle Point Lions club members were shown technicolor movie films from last summer’s rodeo and Coos county fair during a dinner meeting at the Myrtle hotel banquet room. Guests included Don Driscoll Othel Davenport of Myrtle Point Veneer company plus Ritchie Francis and Bill Hemmelgarn.
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Roland Bowers
Myrtle Point Lions Club
Myrtle Point
Coos County
Myrtle Hotel
Don Driscoll
Othel Davenport
Myrtle Point Veneer Company
Ritchie Francis
Bill Hemmelgarn
Chamber Of Commerce Board of Directors Call Special Meeting
The Myrtle Point Chamber of Commerce board calls a special meeting for Monday night November 10 at 8 00 p m in the city hall meeting room. Directors are urged to attend to discuss routine business.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Myrtle Point
Dal King Speaks To Rotarians At Noon Meeting
Circuit Court Judge Dal M. King addressed local Rotarians at their noon meeting. He spoke on juvenile problems and the focalities facing the community at the present time.
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Dal King
Dal M. King
King
Proclamation By Mayor Of Myrtle Pelat On Armistice Day
The proclamation cites his authority as mayor to designate Armistice Day programs and urges participation in appropriate observances. It states the mayor’s purpose to ensure community involvement and proper commemorative actions within Myrtle Pelat.
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Myrtle Pelat
Norway Unit to Hold Meeting on Youthful Figure
The Norway Extension Unit meets at the home of Mrs. H. R. Maas with the topic Obtaining and Maintaining a Youthful Figure. Mrs. Helen Therén Coos County Home Demonstration Agent will lead. All interested women are invited. meeting runs 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m.
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Norway
H. R. Maas
H R. Mass
Helen .Theren
Coos County
Powers Rainfall Sets Record With 11.56 Inches in October
The Powers area reported 11.56 inches of rain in October, surpassing the previous record of 7.10 inches set in 1948. Twenty days had measurable precipitation, with 17 days at .01 inch or more and five days of one inch or more. The month featured 19 cloudy days and 6 clear, with a high of 74 and a low of 37. No frost, and October rain hindered outdoor work.
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Powers
Miss Elizabeth Pearson Represents Sorority In Fund Drive
Elizabeth Pearson daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Pearson of Myrtle Point was chosen to represent Zeta Tau Alpha sorority in the campus World Students Service Fund drive at the University of Oregon. She is a sophomore biology major and a 1946 Union High School graduate.
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Elizabeth Pearson
Eugene— Elizabeth Pearson
Bert Pearson
Myrtle Point
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
Campus World Students Service Fund
University of Oregon
Country Club Dance Cancelled This Week
A country club event planned with the Point Lions Club and the annual Sadie Hawkins dance is cancelled for this week. The notice references November 8 as the intended date for the event in cooperation with local civic groups.
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Point Lions Club
Sadie Hawkine
City Council Bid Results Highlight Kincheloe Lead
The City Council opened bids for a tract project and Kincheloe offered the lowest price at 65 cents per yard loaded on the track. The winning bid will be forwarded to the Secretary of State for approval.
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Kincheloe
Chest Drive Nears Quota Reaches Fundraising Goal Nears
Collections are reported as the chest drive approaches its quota with donors contributing across departments and units. The campaign aims to fund ongoing health and wellness initiatives and equipment upgrades citywide.
Lettermen's Club Elects Officers at Myrtle Point High
The Lettermens' Club of Myrtle Point Union High School chose officers for the remainder of the term. George Nichols was elected president, Bill Roush vice president, Harry Summers secretary, and Jack Farrier sergeant at arms. A club dance is planned with date to be announced.
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Lettermens’ Club
Myrtle Pont Union High School
George Nichols
Bill Roush
Harry Summers
Army
Jack Farrier
Coquille Hotel Sold By Thompson Couple and Partners
The Coquille hotel changes hands in an announced purchase by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thompson and Mrs. Ossie Thompson. The buyers note previous management at L Abbe in Portland and link to Powers Oregon roots from Mr Powers who was a resident and involved in local logging 25 years ago.
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Coquille
Bob Thompson
L'Abbe
Portland
Powers
Oregon
Ex Marines May Get Medals In Coquille Nov 12
Ex marines may receive World War II Victory medals at a Coquille event on November 12. The Marine Corps Recruiting Office will be present at the post office to interview and assist veterans seeking medals.
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Coquille
Meg Corps
Iret Ontithe Carvion E Me
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