Newspaper accused of an unfair advertising bid scheme
The Coos County Fair book pricing drew outrage as the Myrtle Point Herald alleges the publisher overcharged local advertisers by more than 25 percent and secretly kept a 5 percent bonus, while the Fair Board allegedly profited and harmed business people. The piece urges protections for merchants and condemns underbidding on premium-list printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
Coquille
Coog Bay
Myrtle Point
Fair Board
Coos Co
Oregon
OES
Coos le
Myrtle Port Raa Des Cairns
Ohormer
Fiton Schroeder
Orrand
Schroeder
Coquille Valley Club Faces Fund Drive To Save Course
Coquille Valley Country Club plans golf events while calling for a membership drive to secure water and ongoing support. Mrs Gale Lathrup urges business leaders in Coquille and Myrtle Point to back the course, highlighting its status as a top Southern Oregon asset and visitor draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coquille Valley Country Club
Coquille and
Mirtle Point
Gale Lathrup
America
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Coquille Cor Amr
Louis Holiman
Dutch Chinton
Stan Dornath
Noble
F Hall
Downing John Lautterbach
Lathrup
Just Knockin Around A Scuffle Of Letters And Jabs
A reader letter page volleys sharp and loaded lines about race language editors and public figures. The writer jokes about breaking language norms while invoking historical names and social tensions. The note hints at a wedding among people named Hal and Wood and ends with a pointed insult toward a correspondent called Bright Boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald
Lans— Boy
Communism Warning Letter Emerges From Los Angeles
A California editor receives a letter warning of a perceived communist shift in the United States from within. The author criticizes business leadership and alleges Friday night indoctrination classes in Los Angeles on Spring Street promoting a production for use, not for profit philosophy amid elite circles.
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Ing
America
Los Angeles Financial Row
Spring Street
Ivory Towers
Notable public notices mix with war era talk in scattered columns
The page mixes political rhetoric from a Los Angeles minister claiming impending red menace with reports of community events in Oregon and local notices. It notes a July political broadcast, a travel scene with Hollywood writers jailed in D.C., and a reception honoring Ton Schroeder, all within a dense, era‑timed local newspaper page.
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Angeles
Los Angeles
Russia
Los
Washington, D. C
Lee
Tech
California
York
Washington
Valley Forge
We’re Taking to the Clouds for a Mexico City Wedding
An informal note describes travel by air to attend a wedding in Mexico City. The writer jokes about attire, laments limited wardrobe, and humorously mentions a crew turnover and a cautious return in about ten days, with a final playful farewell.
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Coos County
Mexico City
Mexico
Lans
Nit-Witt
Uncle Tom
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Myrtle Point Herald
Point
W. Hall
EF. Hate
American Press Association
the Goat”Newspaper
Ellsworth Or Shaw
Coos Bay Harbor
North Bend
Harris Ellsworth
United States
David Shaw
Ellsworth
Congress
Harbor
the Harbor
Shaw
Republic
Shin
Brooker
Washington Carver
Clea Blackburn
Hal
Joe
Uncle Joe
Jimmy
Joe hoAme
Joe Joe Stinx
Joe Charlie
Huling, Lundy & Sons
Sfula
T. Hare I
John C Crowe
Elton Schroeder
Dairy Coop
George Jenkins
Ralph Kring
Herald
Will W Henrs
Dury Cooperative Association Ofortland
Henrys
Oo Stery
Adv
Roush Brothers
Earl Roush
Tex
Larry AM
Tao
Earl
Myrtle Hotel Coffee Shop
Otariel
Middlefork Myrtlewood CO
John Koch
Roseburg Highway
Dr. de la Rhue
J. A. Bunch Laird
Mann Electric
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