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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1948)
t 1 ” LVE The W orld's Best C lim ate PMOOKINGS-IIARBOR PILOT. Brookings. Oregon 2ÌLÌZÌÌD ay - potori ttattowe'en cHETC°A««4« ™ Oct. 3 Sponsored by the Chetco Rod & Gun Club ADMISSION. ...$1. School Notes 9:00 P. M. x FO U RTH URADR I he fo u rth g ra d e received « a le tte r from Carol Schaberg, who visited us from C hina. We en joyed it very much. W e h av e organized two soft h all te am . B rian and Teddy a re ca p ta in s. H arold and E arl ore o u r poets w ho m ake rhym es. We a re m aking m asks for H a l low e'en. W e w ent to the p a rk on a seed , expedition. W hile th e re we saw s< nie birds nests. B rian b ro u g h t j a hum m ing bird’s nest. Most of the girls a re joining th e Brownies. Mrs. G in th e r is to be ou r leader. F IF T H UR AD R We are m aking ar. E skim o dis p la y in o u r room. We a re m a k ing Eskim o dolls th a t look like E skim o to y s and girls. W e re w ritin g sto ries of G re e n land. F irst we w ro te them in jxm- eil and ro p ied th em in ink. W e h ave som e new textbooks. W e need a rith m e tic s only. V ir g in ia A kers, re p o rte r. A tea w as given S u n d ay a f te r noon by Mrs. M yrtle H ibbard to com plim ent Mr. and Mrs A. C. Jov. Mr. and Mrs E rsk in e M iller, and Mrs. P aul K etnske and son w ho a re visiting h e r m other, from Ja p a n . A p le a sa n t a f te r noon w as enjoyed by neighbors and friends. Mrs A nna M u ch -' m ore poured assisted h\ Mtx M arie G u e rre tta z and Mrs R ,,s P ark er $25 Reward fo r in fo r mation lead in ix to the a r rest and corn irtio n o f per son or persons responsible fo r damage done to Real Estate neon sign in town and Real Estate sign out south o f town. Raymond A. L o u e r. Classified \ds A bout 400 lbs C roft bulblets for sale, good q u a lity an d size. Jo e Rose, H arb o r, O re. 34-2* For S ale K D Royal b u lb lets Guarantee»* 9S* p u r,' S R. B. McGugin, on old railw a y rig h t- »f-way. t mt south of H arb o r. • k o r Rent C o m fo rta b le elec* ric a ll, -etpopp, d a p a rtm e n t. At P a r k e r s R ansom S t Apt s • S.V, • vngy V / X« & b iî i; / |H' fte / i • .‘X T in1 yr * f* J C ..¿ li ’ S' Tea Served Sunday A t W . 11. H ibbard Home For <Me 29 D, Soto is. Carl Berger, city. Harbor, Oregon Tòta/ e rf •r^^eekendssMdavs hou fincrease biuhw , d ollars I Billion Pollar îoad Slock! lUftROAne Mi s-r o p f k a t k around th e clock every d ,v and night of th e year A lthough th ey know this, leaders o f If, rail road unions are d em anding a five-day, M on day through k rid ay , w„*k for one m illion railroad em ployes. I'hev w m t -IS h o u rs p ay for 40 h o u rs w ork in its« If a 20*\ w age in crease. I hev also dem and a m inim um of 12 hours I•av for anv work perform ed on S atu rd ay s, and 16 hours pay for any work perform ed on S undays and holidays. Hn top ot all this they w ant an ad d itio n al increase of 25c an hour tor every em ploye! i o i f d Pay the B ill! Sum m ing up these dem ands, thev m ean th a t these union leaders seek to force th e railroads to give one nu/Zjon cnn;.,». „■ ... ,? . u hich uxxUJ U D 'n ijk ’» i\°T crxnf they must have still fu rth e r ra te an d fare increases. Demands I nreasonahle 1 best e m p lo y e s hav, had su b stan tia l raises during and since th e w ar.T h e ir average w eek ly earnings are higher th a n th e av erage w eekly e a r n in g s ,,f w orkers m m an u factu rin g indus- tri, s | hey have more job security th a n th e average worker in A m erican in d u stry . T h ey a ls o e n jo y p .,jd v a c a ti o n s , a r, tirenn nt sys te m a n d o th e r ad v an tag es m ore generous th a n th e average w orker receives. In contrast with the demands of these 16 unions, « h k h add up to the equivalent of 4fk an hour, the t onductors and Trainmen recently settled their wag, requ, st for an increase of 10c an hour. Railroads Run for Everybody' \ o t Employes Alone The railroad industry must servew1*18 m any g ro u p s— producers, busmessz*' pers, passengers and the genera night an d d ay , every day of the yec unions are proceeding in utter d®-*^ th is im p o rta n t difference between oJ an d o th e r industries. I ndustnai p**®3 sh u t d o w n o v e r wt> • - and . m a il, e x p i ?3a«Uf,n c o n tin u e to m ove ... * Strikc Threat On S ep tem b er 18. 19-, the leader* <• 16 unions began taking a strike vote threat of a strike U iU net the railroads to such uurwsonabM ** ’* I he total cost of thia would be no less th a n 1 4 billion dollars per year, which is more th an twice th e expected net income of th e Z road '-mployment krwu s ¡hit. ¥ a
