Service News From Homefront Remembrances
Letters and notices from soldiers and sailors reveal transfers, furloughs, and visits as World War II draws on. Audrey Lundy and Elisabeth Dement are noted in service, with families awaiting word from Camp Peary, San Diego, and New Guinea fronts. Kenneth Anderson and Keith Cobban head to camps. Don Evans visits Camp Shelby. Harold Walton earns a Purple Heart while his son recovers in hospital.
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Cde Rial Geste
California
Elisabeth Dement
Patton
Erneas
Fonda
Robert Theesopos
Seaman
San Diego
Calif
New Guinea
Lloyd Eggers
New Guinesa
States
France
Kenneth Anderson
Carl "Kedlaesn
Vee Keith Cobban
Frank Sawyer
Ft Banning
Grady Johnson
Don Warner
Tucson
Aris
Los Angeles
Ansel Northup
W. W Northup
Broadbent
Ae Rovere
Lewie B. Williams
Seaman Sadclase
H. B. Williams
Deiser
Ames University
Iowa
Kansas
Misa
Don Evans
Marlin Evans
Cpl
Dean Lansing
Camp Shelby
Miss
Lansing
Camp Beal
Kenneth Barsee
North Country Writer Sends Alaska Travel Update
A letter from Albert I. Reed, formerly a Coquille teacher now in Hooper's Bay Alaska, describes a long travel plan via Yukon river and Bering Sea routes to reach Hooper Bay. He notes rough fall storms and the lengthy thousand mile journey ahead, with his wife accompanying him.
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Albert I. Reed
Coquille
Hooper's Bay
Alaska
Herald
Kektines
Hooper Bay
Yukon River
Marshall
St. Michael
North Sound
Bering Sea
Bering Eax
Five Grand Liberator Fails Under Flak In WWII Mission
The B-24 Five Grand formation flies from Vienna during an invasion strike. Despite heavy flak and engine damage, Captain Osborne keeps his crew alive as No 1 and No 2 engines are knocked out and battle damage widens. The bomber limps 40 miles on two engines before the crew aborts to land safety.
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Tak” Viena
Necoon Eean
Vienna
Cris Aes
Osborne
Divorces Granted in Sept 19 1944 List
A public notice records multiple divorce decrees issued on September 19 1944. Names include Carl Wiseon and Lucille Wilson Bertha Parker and Geo Parker Irene Monroe and Geo Monroe Dorothy Pike and Edwin Pike Eva Rudberg and Lloyd Rudberg Thelma Stevenson and Geo Stevenson Marjorie McGarvin and Donald McGarvin plus state cases sentencing penalties of one year in prison for Schiegel and Weber.
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Raymond
Cecile Faye Albe
Wiseman
East
Vorce
Creetty
Mellon Day
Carl N. Wiseon
Lucille F. Wilson
Bertha B. Parker
Geo
Parker
Thos. H. Offord
Wilma I. Offord
Fred Richarge Schiegal
Anabelle Weber
Oregon 1944 hunting seasons open with regional limits
The 1944 deer season runs Sunday morning across Oregon through December. Special tags issued to 3 000 hunters for doe and immature deer in eastern Oregon. Antelope season opens, elk and waterfowl follow November and October. Ducks and migratory birds begin Oct 14 through Jan 1. Chinese pheasants and valley quail in Coos County Oct 14 to 21. Deer are plentiful but conditions dry may hinder hunts. gas shortages limit travel to near home.
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Ohegon
Douglas
Oregon
Coos County
New Library Books Received
A list of new library acquisitions includes titles such as Pass the Ammunition by Chelatabel, Devil On The Trail by John K. Ward Hawkins, Dr. Christians Office by Knight, Lebanon by ser, Wedding Pairs by Mowe, and Jethro Ham by Michael Penning, among others. The note records several titles and authors and reflects a catalog update.
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Can Chelatabel
Mary Fel
Dolphin Street
Goudge
John KE. Ward
Hawkins
Dr. Christian
Aes Knight
Lebanon
Margery ‘Sharp
Jethro Ham, Ser
Michael Penning
Two Marauders Earn French Cross for Italy War Missions
Two men Cpl Koch and Pvt Langfelt earned citations for the 18th AAF Marauders’ operations over Italy during April through June. Colonel Eugene Fletcher credited crews and ground support for 2000 sorties and 9000 tons dropped, aiding Gen. De Gaulle and French government aims. Koch served with the Engineering Section 17 months overseas. Langfelt in Armament, two years overseas.
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We War
J. Koeh
Starke
Afoo
Ora
Ous
Charles DeGeulle
18Th
AAF
Twelfth Air Ae
Italy
Ne A
General de Gaulle
Eugene B. Fletcher
San Diego
Calif
Cpl
Koch
Eyrghreering
Pvt
Langfelt
County shares in O C lands stabilize county revenues
The report notes that Aea te Cées county received 41868.96 from O and C lands, with the 2 500 000 acre tract pro rata distribution used to stabilize annual county revenues. Timber cutting and receipts are allocated to county needs and general purposes as directed by the General Land Office.
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Cées
Leas
Student Officers Elected at UHS
United High School elected officers for 41 class groups. Freshmen president George Nichols and secretary Jimmy Cooper led a slate with vice president Harry Summers and sergeant at arms Harvey Lewallen. Norman Jarvis served as class representative with advisor Mrs. Charles Barry.
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Dewna
Ward
Gleanerva Harnsberger
Bephomores
Dellerom
Mary
Berio
Wileea
Romena
Local Patients and Visitors Headed Home from Coast Hospital
The report lists patients at Mast Hospital Myrtle Point including Mrs. Gan Roos and Dr Clifford Evernden with injuries. Other patients named include Mary Culbertson and George Mullen. Mrs. Bruce Henry and her small son Bruce Jr depart for Prairie City after visiting with her parents and relatives.
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Mra. Gan Roos
Myrtle Point
Surgica Clifford Evernden
Barbera Ann Barton
Alva Ingell
Robert Greene
Coquille
Delbert Sumner
Broadbent
Lewis Kirk
W. C. Day
Mary Culbertson
Norwood Browne
George Mullen
Mary Zumwalt
Clyde Poole
Nora Hainey
Prairie City
Bruce Henry
Bruce, Jr
Otheral Blane
Charles Henry
Inlaw
Lford E. Hyde
Rey Ole
Medford Doctors Arraigned on Narcotics Charges
Two Medford physicians Dr F W Kresee and Dr R W Clancy were ordered to arraign in Medford federal court October 8 on narcotics charges. Myrtle Point physician Oliver H Clark had been sent to the grand jury on a similar matter. The Medford doctors were indicted secretly and Clark appeared before the U S Commissioner.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Medford
F. W. Walter Kresee
de. R. W.clancy
Myrtle Point
Oliver H. Clark
Clark
U. S
Cocjaloner
Kresse
Clancy
Coos Bay
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North Country
MOR
Avced
Maeve
UHS
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