Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1950)
i High Prices Of New Cars May Slow Purchases By Next Fall; Turn-In Cycle Apt To Widen ' By SAM DAWSON ' ' " ". ' 1 NEW YORK, UP) The auto Industry plans to build more cars than ever in the next few months, and says It isn't worried about finding buyers. But some observers wonder if the supply of cus tomers for new cars won't dwindle markedly by next fall. Industry optimists, currently staging' coming-out parties for their latest models, apparently count on continued prosperity and relaxed, installment credit terms to provide the public with the wherewithal! to buy. They add that some 12 million cars (about 40 per cent of the cars now on the road) are 10 or more years old, and that more than 1 1-2 million of these are going to the scrap heap each year. Detroit 1 feels that even more of these jalopies should-and probably would, if new car prices weren't so high. As the new 1950 models go into high-gear production, there is the hope in Detroit that many of the more: prosperous citizens who bought new cars in 1946 and 1947 will put these into the used car market and buy the latest autos. This hope is based on the pre war practice of the better-heeled of turning in a car every two or three years. There is still, however, little indication that this prewar habit has been re sumed generally, and some deal? ers fear that car owners will lengthen the turn-In cycle to four or five years. Used car dealers, meanwnue, say their sales have stayed com fortingly high for this time of year, a trend partly explained by the mild, open winter most of the country has had. Price Is Deterrent About half of the cars 10 or more years old are owned by families- with cash Incomes of between $2,000 and $4,000 a year. Traditionally, this group is a mainstay of the used car dealer. These families sell their 12- 'ear old buggy and buy one discarded by upper bracket families after three or four years of service. But this pattern is far from universal, and it may have chan- "Better Make a Date" to inqujre about the Used Westcoast House Trailers' FOR SALE ' 22 feet long Sleeps Four 0 Furnished 0 All need a little repair . '; Stationary Type Will be delivered anywhere- in Oregon $50 dawn, balance In 12 Months. I For further Information PHONE 620 mjM "Tick's" Tips On Veterans Hospital Wed., Jan. 18, 1950 The Newi-Revltw, Roseburg, Ore. t PIA HARMONY KRNR'i "Man an the Street". Bob McCarl (with mike) found himself literally surrounded recently by workers for the annual Polio drive, now in session. Mayor Al Fln.l left, inued a sDecial Dlea to all local radio listeners to help reach this year's $1 per capita goal. Introduced to listeners was Mrs. Vern Harpham, polio drive secretary, who is to t, in tka nffic i Trowbridaa Electric from Jan. 16 until the drive closes Jan. 31. She will be assisted in answering questions and receiving donations by members of the Junior Womens club and Jay-C-ettes. City Chairman Del McKay, right, emphasiied the urgent need for reach ing the goal. Because of the increase in polio last year, the national headquarters are literally without funds to continue treatment or accept new cases. The record polio outbreak swept away the national emergency fund. (Paul Jenkins photo). ged since the war taught people to take better care of their cars and since high prices of new cars made . some would-be customers think twice.' Only about a fourth of the old er cars are owned by families CAR-MAL at roui iTt fl Mvomti okuo sroai fnVIiVU DO YOU KNOW that the causei of about ot all atlmenti may be corrected by pinal and tnteitlnal treatments with proper diet. : Dr. M. C. Cassel CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN SOt B- Can ' Tel. 1407 making more than $4,000. In the case of car-owning families mak ing $7,500 a year, or more, 64 per cent have already bought postwar models, although 15 per cent still drive cars 10 years or more old. About one-fourth of the cars on the road were built since the war. Half of them are owned by families with an annual cash in come of $5,000 or more. How ever, 17 per cent of these chrome plated jobs are owned by fam ilies making less than $3,000 a year, and of this number, two per cent are owned by families rated at less than $1,000 a year in cash Income. The K03I River Dam, to be erected In eastern Nepal, will be between 750 and 800 feet high taller than the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. PLAN NOW TO ATTEND numt FURNISHINGS iGKO$M Cooking School W fee J - - . t -.1 1 t V A?. Meet Miss Wiegand at Josse's MONDAY, January 23rd at 7:30 P. M. only :. :.-..-r Conducted By . Miss Jean .Wiegand, Crosley's Home Economist Come and see how to get better results with your electric range see the cooking and freezing of com plete meals . . . learn many new and delightful ways to prepare modern tasty meals easier . . . faster . . . See the CROSLEY ELECTRIC RANGE, the range with beauty and brains . . . the exclusive CROSLEY Kitchen Freezer and the Famous "SHELVADOR". CROSLEY COOKING SCHOOL SPECIAL for your old range, regardless of type or age! to apply to the purchase price of a CROSLEY Deluxe DE-19 fully automatic electric range! 0 Giant Automatic Oven Versatile Deep Well Cooker High Speed Broiler 9 Automatic Electric Timer These and many other modern conveniences! $J5 Personalized Service for the Home U qU wore FINISHINGS Logging Leads Dangerous Jobs, Statistics Show What's the most dangerous manufacturing industry? Douglas county's great bread-winner log ging takes that dubious honor, according to statistics for the year 1948 just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The logging Industry reported the highest "injury frequency rate for all manufacturing indus tries," according to the bureau. The rate was 91.8, the bureau says, which is encouraging nev ertheless because a rate of 102.8 was recorded In 1947. In U.S. industry as a whole, there were an estimated 16,500 deaths. Disabling work injuries were estimated at 1,900,000 dur ing 1948, a decrease of five Der. cent from the previous year. ine rorai economic time loss chargeable to these lnlurlea wan about, 218 million man-days, the Dureau iigures reveal. This is equivalent to a year's employ ment for 730,000 workers. factories on the whole were safer during the past year, the injury-frequency rate dropping from 18.8 in 1947 to 17.2 in 194?. More than two-thirds of the in dividual manufacturing industries had significantly lower rates in 1948, figures show. Only nine of idi inaustries naa nigner rates. In non-manufacturing the transportation eroun showed a decrease from 27.5 Injuries per million man-hours in 1947 to 23.9 in 1948. Heat, light and power groups reported a decrease from 18.1 to 17.1 and trade from 16.4 to 15.1 By L. J. "TICK" MALARKEY. He is a fine figure of a man who loves a game of golf and shoots this Roseburg course In better than average figures fair weather or foul. This is W. F. Amiot who bosses the most im maculate dental office this writ er has ever seen. There isn't a patient of the local VA hospital who doesn't park himself In Dr. Amiot's chair and have a thor ough and efficient "tooth over: hauling" while going "through the mill." - , . The good dentist and his assist ant, Margaret Carrico, have 25 examinations and 235 sittings each, month these are the around-the-year totals. This does not take Into consideration out patients or service - connected cases which fluctuate from time to time. Dr. Amiot Is now entering the 32nd year with the VA. In France during the first war he was at tached to the 26th division, base hospital 26. Hospitals which have benefited by his profession have been the following: Fort Sheri dan, Wyo.; Saranac, N.Y.; Northport, Long Island, N.Y., Dawson City, Ky., Los Angeles and Koseburg. lhe past seven years he has lived here and makes his home at 227 W. Third avenue, N. Like most Grey Dearas ne is uranapaw ' to tne children of his daughter, Meta Marie, who lives in Los Angeles. Georgetown university, class '13, and in Public Health servjee before World War I, is the rec ord. Mrs. Margaret Carrico of this office has been with the Veterans administration for five years. Mrs. Carrico graduated from Marquette university and was In private practice as a dental hy gienist before coming to Rose' burg. Husband Ray and daugh ters Dona and Patrica are domi ciled at 1230 Chatham road. to the engineer, rigged up some small generators so that some light could be used in the most needed places. Old fashioned lan terns, candles and flash lights were other methods. All stairs were climbed, some five floors high, by doctors, nurses, attendants and crews from ths kitchen as well as vol unteer workers in performance of duties. Not one nurse failed to arrive for scheduled duty. However, to Mrs. Vega Burns f Myrtle Creek goes the palm. With chains on this lady's car, she had a couple of lifts out of the ditch by county crews. But she arrived, and on time. A lot of people did a lot ot work. No patient suffered even the slightest Inconvenience. Your reporter was reminded dozens of times of i that character, Dioge nes, as he roamed the country side "looking for an honest man. These good people out here were looking for work and found plenty of it. It was really rugged out By the Grove this past weekend. Yet not a patient missed a hot meal and not a -patient was uncom fortable from the freezing weath er despite no power all of Frl day night and Saturday. The "hospital heroes" were nu merous and from Dr. Haskins, the manager, down through the list of the employed personnel everyone was on the job through out the entire emergency. De spite hazardous road conditiont no employe failed to show for his or ner loo. tooa was preapred over steam taoies. inis took real manpower, as the boilers to generate steam were fed coal by hand and not by the usually electric-driven stoker conveyors. When cold storage rooms lor tne meat and vegeta bles began to thaw 1,300 pounds oi ice were pulled by Haroia King, engineering officer and Al' bert Laurie, one of the guards. Back on the job Saturday morn ing came Harry Harris, farm su perintendent, to operate the trac' tor and grader to clear snow from the walks and parking spaces. Harold W. Bloomer, assistant Would like to sav a few words about Orpha Busenbark. After Mrs. Moss K. Brown left the sta tion, Orpha volunteered to take over the training of the patients' choir, and the job she made was pleasure for not only herself out ner pupils. Legionette Bu senbark kind of made her Thurs day practice session an event there is coffee and visiting and not an lust singing. The result is a mighty fine choir even equipped with a so loist. Husband John fought the first big war and is active In all Umpqua post affairs. Wildlife Federation i Cancels Slated Meet Bruce L. Yeager, president of the Oregon Wildlife federation, today announced cancellation of the federation's semi-annual meeting, scheduled at Corvallis Friday and Saturday ot this week. Yeager said he had contacted federation leaders In all parts of the state by telephone and had received, unanimous agreement that the meeting should be can. celed because of adverse weath. er conditions. , A meeting of the organization's executive board to dispose ot business scheduled for action at the convention, will be called In the near future, Yeager said. Less pressing matters will be brought before the federation membership at a meeting tenta tively scheduled during the month of May. Ann Rlcketts and Hone McKav were the pair of decorators who labored most of the day In prep aration for the Monday nigftt dance. The cowboy motif prevail ed. Sponsors were the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Picked up the Astorlan Budcet. Pictures of over a foot of snow in old home town Astoria and the boys and girls trying to dig out cars. More falling and predicted. We wonder If the Clatsop tribe would have the town back? "30" - Now "Tick." Rio De Janeiro, in Enellsh. means River of January. HEATILAT0RS for efficient, smokeless fireplaces PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. 3. Phone 242 44 CALORIES I 4 1 TASTE SATISFACTION i , ' ' ' No faH'AdM "' 'P 1 I X "UNDf.row WM0 Z-L. fsce i "iiimo dm n tiivii taiti" WILLIAMS BAKERY oriKEtoiwDw. o1027.H.IIl.Cllil. W 1 LUI AVIS ' Get ready for Spring rolls for the price of EVERY PAPER GUARANTEED WASHABLE . . . FADE - PROOF,-. . . LIGHT-RESISTANT for 3 YEARS Here's the opportunity of a lifetime to re - decorate your home with high quality, famous make "washable" wallpaper and only pay half the price you would regularly pay ... a host of beautiful patterns In stock for living room . . . kitchen . . . bath and all through the house . . . quantity limited to stock on hand ... no special orders at this amazing special offer for a limited time only. THIS OFFER GOOD UNTIL SATURDAY, JANUARY 28th Please.. All Sales Final.. No Sales to Dealers .. No Phone Orders Personalized Service for the Home 111 No. Jackson Phone 330 111 No. Jackson Phone 330
