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LANE COUNTY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
Pag 4B Begistr-Gaard, Eugene, Or)., ThuM, July II, 1M9 BUCKLEY
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Unemployed Payments in City
Show a Startling Increase
Paymtnta to unemployed per-1 which registered 81,488 for 1948
.one In th. county by th. .tat. ana only jmbb lor
.. . . . 10,0 What la true of tate-pald bn-
for tht first alx montha of 1949 fjtf )n Eugene fj so rf pay.
were over twice as much aa the mets made to veterans through
total for the full year of 1948. The Jthe office under federal law only
lif?V$& i.5-y,
isiJt'- I i v T i ' It rf Hi i'i i nfwi if I ' . M akf
the increase is (lightly more. Vet
erans received payment totaling
223 per cent of the 1948 figure.
In 1948 they were paid $223,738,
and In 1949 they have been paid
$504,348. Adding: together atate
and federal payments, the totals
are 81,188,479 for 1949 and only
$535,587 for all of '48.
When the total payment are
considered, the order of greatest
Increase of unemployment be
come Rosehurg, Eugene and
Corvallis. Although the increase
in state-paid benefit by Rose
burg was smaller than Eugene
or Corvallis, the city to the south
had an extremely large jump In
payments to veterans.
Tutting the finishing touches on a kitchen cabinet Is II, V. "Hank" Winston, shop foreman. He has
been with Westwood Furnishings for the paat two years. Owner Ed Wheeler discusses a problem, in
the larger photo, with his cabinetmakers, Donald Milford, on the right, and Arven Strand. (Staff
photos, Wiltshire engravings.)
Feed Market
Outlook Given
Protein eoncentratea all remain
hlgk with not much ohano of
lower price so long aa the heavy
demand oontlnues, local feed deal
er report.
drains are now In a period of
adjustment from old erop to new
and markets will not be clearly
defined until new erop grain
start moving in a larger volume.
New wheat la beginning to move
and prlcaa are down a bit. Deal
era any that wheat la now selling
below loan value ao it la hard
to tall what it will do.
The first cars of new erop mllo
are expected by the first of next
week.
Canadian oat took a big Jump
last week and offerings In thla
direction were very scant. The
Canadian marketa are aald to have
a habit of changing very fast
and some Hosiers feel that this
maf mean the end of these oats
in looal markets for a while.
A big crop of oats will be har
vested In th valley this year
but It la very likely that the spring
crops will be of poor quality,
dealer say. If grey winter oats
are In sufficient supply, the de
mand from poultrymen may b
good.
Local Furniture Manufacturing
Firm Is Moving Store Location
figures are $084,133 as compared
to 1311,849, according to a report
Issued for the State Unemployment
Compensation Commission.
Corvallis Is the only area which
reported a larger percentage in
crease than Eugene for state un
employment payments in the per
iods under comparison, mere ore
24 reporting areas In the state.
Payments for the entire state
during the first six months of the
year amounted to $9,751,013 as
compared to $7,744,108 for all of
1948 or an Increase or approxi
mately 125 per cent. Eugenes in
crease adds up to approximately
219 per cent.
Veterans, Too
withtheexception of irccwaterj --ncVea's e for
the first six months of 1949 as
compared with the entire year be
fore while Eugene showed 221
per cent and Corvallis 215 per
cent.
In the case of payments to vet
erans, there were six areas in the
state where payments to veterans
for the first six months of 1949
did not exceed the 1948 total fig
ure. Those areas are Medford, The
Dalles, Pendleton, Freewater, Ba
ker, and Interstate.
Of the amount paid to unem
ployed during the first alx months
of the year, nearly 80 per cent
went to those in seasonal indus
tries that is, 39 per cent to log
ging and lumber, 12.8 per cent to
construction employees, and. 8.5
per cent to food processing plants.
June Claims
Guy Lang, manager of the Eu
gene employment office, reports
that in June of this year 1171 new
claims for unemployment benfits
were filed by him, as compared
with 310 for the same month last
year.
Increases were registered in al
most all other cities except Port
land. Salem had 737 against 318
for June of '48, Roseburg 368
against 111, Corvallis 157 against
70.
During the same month of June
1949, the Eugene office paid out
a total of 3024 weeks of unem
ployment as compared with 729
week in the month of June 1948.
balem had 2196 weeks against
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BILL MOORE
Business Analyst
Loomis Armored Car
Buys Local Firm
The Loomia Armored Car Serv
ice, Inc., opened an office at 115
East Eleventh Ave., Eugene, last
week. They bought out the Ore
gon Armored Transport which
had maintained offices at that
location.
Loomis now extend to 15 cities
on the Pacific Coast, with head
offices at Seattle. Its fleet of arm
ored cars consists of 68 vehicles,
half of which number are in the
northwest cities and the remain
der In the firm's California operation.
NEW SAWMILL
The new sawmill constructed In
Prineville by Floyd D. Stapp and
his son, former Eugene lumber
men, will begin operating in about
two months. Machinery is now
being installed.
1474, Roseburg had 963 against
475, and Corvallis showed 157 as
compared with 70.
Translated into dollar amounts,
the Eugene office paid out $39,
734 in state benefits last month in
contrast to only $7,621 in June
1948.
This Increase of over 500 per
cent Is the greatest Jump in
payment recorded by any area
office In the atate. At thla time
last year, the loeal office was
seeking bean picker. Thl week
they have been turning away
applicant for field work.
Business News
Analysis Firm
Opens Doors
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Leed's Shoe Store
Has Health Plan
Leed'a shoe store has announced
that a new health Insurance pol
icy will be established for the;
benefit of employees. The plan ?ene' f'led tow
provides medical, surgical
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Bill Moor, former iugene Drouid medical. uri.l a Proctdur. 4
.k. rimi rinini? . ... . .. "small fa-n... i, sj
Mwipiii.ii.wM hospital costs for all emoloyees ' sine rv,7 ; mt kin.
customer information and report I ..... . . . " . ; , ce they have f. " !
Gusiuuw ... T0noiand their dependents, said Man-, the Pam. -"taSe,
compiling wurit iui - leieji
Water & Electric Board and the ager B. J. Swofford. jgiaph "wm?!
it Fiisenis hsi announced me This nmeram i in orfr i nn . r
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opening of a public relations and
advertising service In Eugene.
Moore will specialize In the
compilation and editing of inter
pretive annual reports for public
bodies and corporations of the
lroner Willamette valley. He also
plans at a later date to initiate;
a weekly business news letter,!
containing information on local
market trends, business condl-i
tions, building, Industrial produc-j
tlon and other data of Interest of!
business firms In the area. !
He will also do pamphlet and;
catalogue compiling and direct 1
mall advertising, and assist In the
preparation of radio scripts.
His office is situated in the
Ransom building, Room 9, 115:
Eleventh Avenue East. He will j
continue work for the Water &i
Electric Board and the city of;
Eugene, on a contract basis, at
his new location. '
Moore was formerly associated
with the Eugene Daily News and
the Eugene Register-Guard staffs
as reporter and news editor. He j
also spent three years in news-!
paper work in the State of Idaho,
on the Idaho Statesman in Boise
and the Daily News in Twin Falls.
He attended the University of '
Oregon,
This program is in addition to
the organization's pension plan, FIRM FORmv
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paiu ior entirely Dy tne company, i gene, has flui "
idea's is a suosiaiary of Edison ' poratinn nrl"f
Brothers Stores, Inc., national la-! capitalization M
Hies' shoe retailer, otipmtincr 9no aoI 200 J
in 36 states and 115 cities. i nth. rt .V?1 Id
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stores
Oregon Chest Fund
Set for 1950 Drive
PORTLAND (PI Oregon
Community Chest fund goals for j
14 statewide social agencies in
1950 total $525,833.
Eleven of the agencies provide
care for homeless, dependent and
delinquent children. The USO,
with a fund goal of $65,000, will
be listed In drives in seven
counties.
PATS HIGH FOR EGGS
ARLINGTON, Texas (U.B An
Arlington merchant got a bitter
taste of Inflation by paying $2 a
dozen for eggs. He bought a case
for $12 from a stranger and found
later that only the two top layers
of the crate were filled. The rest
was empty and he was short by
24 dozen. ,
Ho Mattel How You Add It
. . . you always receive the MOST for yooi Bd
Dollars when you build your home with inn
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framework of your home firm and rigid; pmaa
jurious moisture from entering vour walk. IA I
INSULATING qualities mean cooler indoor tnJ
tures; cozier winters . . . LOWER FUEL BILLS,!
Talk it over witn us this week!
VISIT OUR NEWLY REMODELED RETAIL SM
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Phone
5-2337
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Weatwood Furnishings of Eu
gene will move their retail (tore
to a new location thla week at
72 East Eleventh Ave. This p
clalty shop In unfinlahed furniture
iiai been doing business at 26
West Sixth Av. for tht past three
years.
Owned and opratod by EJ
Wheeler, th firm designs anc
manufactures It own picea in
small barn on the Lorane High
way converted Into factory. The
staff of three cabinetmakers works
full tlm to turn out both tand
ard item and special orders.
About 80 per cent of th lln
stocked by the itore la produced
at the factory and th remainder,
which dosn t fit in with the pro
duction pattern of th shop, comes
from other sourcca.
Mostly Plywood
Thla local enterprise fashions
the great bulk of furniture from
plywood, which la purchased in
large sheets. Simple, modern
lines, atiesslng the functional na
ture of the furniture, character-
Ire the production.
Everything for the home la
available, lucliuling cheat,
tables, chairs, desk, bookcases,
kitchen oahlneta, wall helves,
wardrobes, corner cabinet and
eva bed can be supplied. Their
manufacturing; process utilises
Auto or Personal CASH LOANS
'100 1. '1000 a.
C OMME RCIAt
CREDIT PLaA.NF
tawM . 1 TO S. W Monkoa Jt, fotlM i, Onoi
EUGENE AGENW"" w"xamtt. t.
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every piece of wood or lumber
that comes Into the shop.
"What is left over from tht
larger pieces, becomes exactly the
right size unit needed for con
struction of a smaller item,"
Wheeler explained.
If a customer wishes furniture
built to speclfia measurement,
Westwood can accommodate him
In fact, a large volume of the
business consists of just such or
ders. Special orders have been
shipped all over the country and,
just recently, a cabinet went to
Honolulu.
In the latter case, tht eustomer
had visited the shop in Eugene
and subsequently mailed an order
to fill a special corner of the Is
land home. Most of the out-of-town
business is from customers
who havt bun in the local store
at one tlm or another.
Ready to Go
The stock is all sanded and
ready for finishing. In soma cases,
Westwood will do the painting or
staining and a line of paint Is
stocked for customer convenience.
The company feels that county
residents benefit from local manu
facture since they escape the bur
den of freight charges and the
result is cheaper furniture.
Wheeler la 2D and married, with
no children. He waa born in
Japan, where his folka wert in
business, and came to this coun
try in 1924. He received his
schooling in Eugene, graduating
in business administration from
th University in 1943.
Shortly tlierearter, the army
claimed htm and he was dis
charged three years ago with the
rank of major. He purchased
very soon after return to civilian
Uf, the present business from
Johnson's Unfinished Furniture
Co.
US Sets Record
In Grain Exports
WASHINGTON W United
State exports of grain and itrain
product for th marketing year
ended Jun 30, were more than
18 per cent greater than the world
record set by this country in the
previous year.
Th Agriculture Department said
sports totalled the equivalent of
6S8.074.OOl) bushels or about 17,
892,000 long tons, compared with
588.000.0M busheli or 15,240,000
tons In the previous year.
This record may stand for a
long time. Exports for the current
marketing year are not expected
to reach It brcaus of Increased
production aboard.
Wheat nnd wheat products made
up the uri-at bu'.k of the exports
during the past marketing year,
totalling the equivalent of 500,
521,000 bushels. Th department
said S8 4 per cent of the past
year' exports moved to V. S. oc
cupied rones of Germany. J.ipsn
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Sale Price fefelflfem
RUFFLED
BEDSPREAD
Sears Price 595
Charming floral prints
with welted leams. Colon
are Rose, Blue and Grey.
A special purchase for our
Sales for Homes rent.
Buy now and save!
A Colonial or Modern bedroom sparkles
with charm when you select
hobnail spread in white, dusty rose, blue
or mint grtn. Thousands of deep tufts
wear well and wash fluffy fresh.
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