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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1950)
The Buyers' Market For College Men 1$ Back; Stiff Competition Likely Wtd., April 26, 1 950 The Neve-tevlew, fteteburf. Or. 11 Rv RAM niWCAhr NEW YORK. -UTlie buyers' market u back for the college graduate. Businesimen will have their pick this June from a bumper crop of youne ob aoolicant. In turh field" a engineering, where until re " cently there waa a hortage now there ii a surplus of trained youth perhapa only half of those grad uated thia June will find jobs witt ing. It ia the lame in most of the profession!. ' The June grad is warned by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that he'll buck stiff competition, may have to take lower pay than the graduate! of a year or two back . may have to start lower down the ladder or find work in an allied field rather than in the one for which he prepared. Some government officials sug gest he might do better to return to college for postgraduate work if he has any more GI aid coming to get even more training for the increasingly competitive higher skilled field! 1,700.000 Newcomer! The college graduate! will be among 1.70 00n newcomers to the labor market thii year. The BLS aay! there will be les than one million openings due to death or retirement, leaving 700.000 in need ol entirely new jobs. But already out of work and looking for jobs are more than four million unem- MAKE a DATE for an ESTIMATE You'll f i it pays to get a bid from HAYES V REMODELING BUILDING FHA Title 1 Term Phone 1614-J 3 or Write S. R. Horn. Contractor I Builder ployed. Compare this with the poit war low watermark of unemnloy ment l.t million in October. IMS and you see what the newcomer are up against. However, some believe that the surplus of ioh applicants will mean that standards of employment will be raised and college degrees wil1 be required where they haven" been since the war and all in th graduate's favor in the race fo available jobs. The new job applicants line ui like this: 500.000 college graduates a record high. (304.000 of them are men. and 250.000 are veterans) 600.000 of the 1 200. high school graduate! who will not go on to college: and 60.000 who during 1950 are expected to drop out of college or high school and look for work. They will find 57Mi million em ployed, as compared with the peak o' 81 5 million in July. 1948. Thev will find considerable optimism bout the general state of business but in ipite of that they will find the rate of plant expansion, and therefore of new iob opportunities, slowing down. Government offic ials are urging that industries ex pand to make more lobs: many businessmen reply that taxes must be lowered to make expansior worthwhile. The U. S. Office of Education says about 50.000 will be graduated from engineering schools this year compared with a yearly average of 10.000 before the war. Some 10 000 will come from the law schools, and around 65.000 from the rapidly growing school! f bus iness administration. Competition will be stiffer in these lines Jian in medicine, dentistry, nursing or social work. C-lle- enrollment hit an all-time peak of 2,45S,il41 last fall. The pre war peak was 1.242.000. in 1941. But the flood of veterans has probably crested and next fall'! crop wil! b? smaller. Then, at the end of the decade, the war babies will start to college, and enrollment is expected to rise to even higher levels. At present there are about 44 million living college graduates Pro . Seymour E Harris. Harvard e.-o.iomist. says in his book. "The Market for College Graduate! ' Twmy years from now there will be 'rom 10 to 15 million, he esti males, and perhaps three college graduates for every xb of the tvpe for which they trained. INVITED FOREIGN STUDENT ' LINCOLN, 111. (Jp) Lincoln hitn school students want a Euro pean youth to come here to study during the next school year. They decided to donate $1,000 to pay for board, room and books for the visiting pupil. The American Field Service organization will select the youngster and pay transportation . costs. HURRY! only three more days to 1 ' (rf win your NEW Maytag That's right as 0 Moytog owner, you have just three more days to enter the serial number of your Maytog washer in our Oldest May tag Contest and have your chance to win o brand new latest model Maytog. For your convenience, there's o contest entry blonk below. Clip it, fill It out, and bring or moil it to us RIGHT AWAY. Your entry must be in our store by 5 P. M. on May 1 . Remember, the oldest Mov'og found will be exchonged for o brand new Maytag Washer. And three valuable merchondist orizes are being held for the next three oldest mochines. You may hove o winner in your bosem-nt, so get your entry in now! Clip the blonk, fill it out, ond then bring or mail it to our store to enter the contest. Trowbridge ELECTRIC CO. rowbridge Electric, 1136 N. Jacks i St, I "web v O-eTon. I Gentlemen: Please enter my Moytog washer in your "Oldest May I tog Contest" in occordonce with contest rules. j The serial number of my Maytog is j Address When you buy fruits and vegetables at OIlIPEOTi'Sr ...you taow they're W 11 I -"w w I M I X JoV "n- W - I III! MM . 7 T" A al S rm W all 1111 Mtkti tttttb m Mam . aim itmt Mese tow Prices egetables and fruits trulv- fresh because our "straight-line" method of speeding them from, farm to you protects that just-v picked goodness. We've some outstanding buys this week! flm f ITraEs Shaffer Whites the kind you like creamed with peat. 10 lbs.49 Navel Oranges . . lb. 9c Grapefruit lb. 12c Green Cabbage .lb. 8 c Goldeji Carrots . lb. 8c PEA Sweet Well Fil.eJ Pods lb. J5C MX a WinesapAppleslb'. 11 e Ripe Tomatoes -pk9. 25c Green Onions 2 bunches 13c Crisp Lettuce . ... lb. 14c SPINACH 10-s. calleekf. 15c SQUASH ' Zvtcblel lb. 15c wmEm I c.l ' ,,uw" I UhORTENIHG Can Whether it be in pie or sauce you'll love this tart-tasting, springtime favorite. Field grown ia the Northwest 2 lbs. 15 Corned Beef Hash 'IT We Cream Corn 12 Shredded Wheat N.bi. 17 Wheaties Cereal 15e Grapefruit Juice 39s Cherub Milk I:!! 11e Airway Coffee 67e M" Nob Hill Coffee'.:. 70 V Sprint QlsuxnwqJ! , Uqhttn your tasks with these aids from your Safeway Store Soil Off k.43c S.O.S. M,u 23c Brooms . 98c Gloves .35c Windex Lm. soil. 225c SimoniZfi- w.. t.9Sc Glo-Coaf 98c Gloves 59c Aerowax 54c Bleach , 25c 1 fiSfisi : ? fii S. VJ ID. tfil" I OUTSTANDING GROCERY SECTION VALUESt Apricots west "ak-whole . Koeaj,j .1 9( Pineapple "'" N""15c Heinz Ketchup 23c n.fjL On The Way! U. S. Government Graded "Good" Beef CHUCK BOAST A Safeway Chuck Roast provides gener ous portions 'of well-aged, delicious meat ... so your meat money goes farther. It's got the same good meat flavor as a rib roast, eats tender as a T-bone. All Sof.way M.afs Art (ncoitdifioMlltf Giiarsnfeerf Delrich Margarine lb. 32c Prices in this Advertisement are effective through Sunday, April 30. We reserve the right to limit quantities. U. S. Govi. Graded "Good" Mature Beef Standing Rib Roast. lB.79e U. S. Govl. Graded '('Good" Mature Beef Standing Rib Steak . lB. 79c Boneless Brisket Not Too Sally Corned Beei tl. 39c U. S. Govt. Graded "Good" Mature Beef Short Ribs lB.29e Pure Pork Packed in Cello Roll ' Pork Sausage . u. 49e Standard Qualiry Good Ealing Thrifty Sliced Bacon ........ 39c TOM TURKEYS EvIkw. 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