P.R. wizard Gilbert Gable managed Jefferson ‘secession’ like a movie (Part 2 of 2)

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“Patriotic Jeffersonians intend to secede each Thursday until further notice,” the rebels said, and played their parts in the grand production to a nationwide audience as newsreel cameras rolled and reporters scribbled in notepads. (Port Orford, Curry County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1410b.308.state-o-jefferson-part2.html)