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About The Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1936-195? | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1946)
THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1946 CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN. CENTRAL POINT OREGON PAGE 2 Coffee Pot 1« Now Navy Mothers Meet At H. Cassman Home Open for Business ' rede< .rat'd In readlnaea opening Togeth r with dinners, short or dera and fountain service, tho, Coffee Pot will make a specialty of Frozen Th<- Central Point Navy M other» Rogue ice cream, Jersey Jumbo ham Club. NO. 444. met at the hom>* of The Coffee Pot on North Ki ■ emide The re*- Nettle Caaaman for an all day aea- three burgers and Long Dogs. * avenue, closed for the past taurant will be open daily except »Ion. Eight ladies enjoyed the lunch March years, reopened Wednesday. eon at noon. Fourteen were in at drive-in > Tuesdays. | 13th. The well known The Wlltermood» are well known tendance for the afternoon meeting. while ' restaurant has been closed Officer» and member» wi»h to thank Wlltermood was in the armed force», , in Central Point, Mrs. Wlltermood Mr». Cawman tor letting them meet being the former Zada Cash. lie wa- staff sergeant In administra at her house on a moment'» notice tive work at the ulr corps B-17 l>a»e when Mr». Alta Kelly could nut, on at Hobbs. X M. Mrs. Wlltermood MARRIED MARCH loth— Commander MI m Muriel Mae Williams, daugh- account of illness. and daughter Karlene, have returned I ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred O. Williams Booth appointed each member as a and resumed residence on Grove committee of one to get new mem of route 1 of this city, and Eugene land avenue in Medford. bers. Will any mother, wife or slab r Center of Medford, son of Mr. and The Coffee Pot, iinlquoly styled in who has a boy In the U.S. Navy. Mrs. Alvis Center of Winslow. Ark., th« form of a giant coffee pot, waa Marine Corp«. Naval Reserve or the established in 193« and was one of were married Friday, March 15 at( U.S. Coast Guard please come to the MadfOrd's most popular drlve-ln res-1 , i p.m in the chapel of the Rock; next meeting? For any further in- taurants prior to the war. It i» 10., and Rose». The Rev. D. E. Millard formation phone Commander Booth, cere rated on property with a frontage officiated at the double-ring number 553. mony. of 2fi5 feet on Riverside avenue, with Next meeting will be Wednesday a capacity of 22. Mr. and Mr«. Center will make Drive-in aervlcc afternoon, March 27, at at two p.m. is especially featured. The building > their home In Medford following a at the home of Mr«. Arleigh Mc conilpetely repainted and | wedding trip to Portland. Millan on the Freeman Hoad. Vel ma Kreiger and Susie Myers will be cohoatessos. •Mr». Doria Neulon, who h, confined to her I» weeks, ia Improving Craterian —NOW THRU NAT.— Wally Bi»nn, Alan Carne,, ami Framen IvSngford In “Radio Stars on Parade’’ —KUN.—MON.—TUES Joan I«ealie—Kollert Jlutton “Too Young to Know’’ How would you SPRING $ SAVED Clean Up Sale AT CENTRAL POINT MARKET ALWAYS TWO FEATURES SPECIAL SPECIAL BROOMS $1.60 Reg. - - - - 89c Cough Syrup 19 30c size S.O.S I 10-pad size CHART YOUR COURSE? - - 19c - Blueing Pictured here are the records of four "life lines” of our busi- i). four things which largely control the destiny of any business, whether it be a farm, a factory or a store. They are Wages, Mate rials Costs, Prices, and Profits. Suppose these were pictures of what is going on in your own affairs. How would you chart your future course from these facts? 10c size bottle - - - 5C CHAMBERLAIN’S LOTION PER CENT — I-"— IA AGE S Quart..................... Propowd f lncr»o>» L IIe 39 50c size Tooth Paste DR. LYON'S 39 50c size PUREX Castoria 29 40c size PUREX CONTINUOI S SHOWS SAT. A SUN. 1:43 P.M. ON Ridite $ Musterole 15 Central Point Market With the propoied incrao. « wage roles will have risen from $0 H5'/i per hour in 1941 io S’ 33’/i in 1946—0 oam of 56’* ^eek'yaverage would be $53 40. — NOW WAVING p RICE S Emit Side Kid» in “Come Out Fighting — pi »— Once again we can say Jimmy Wakely in ’Saddle Serenade —RW—MON lauu Tint \ TIEN -N.inuy Kelly “Betrayal from The East” —Plus— Ju<l.i Canova in “Hit The Hay” CONTINUOUS SHOWS KAT. A KUN. 1:45 P.M. ON HOLLY Judy Garland in ‘The Harvey Girls’ In Twlinkolof LITTLE CHANGE •M V • thing U S. Bureau of Labor Statiiltcs with 1941 price« equaling 100, price« ol farm machinery in 1945 were only 104.9. What about wages? Wages have risen steadily for five years. Before the strike which be- pan on January 21 in ten of our plants and which has choked off nearly all farm machinery produc- t ton, earning« of employ«« of t hese plant» averaged $1.151« an hour, not including any overtime. The Union demanded a 34 cent« per hour increase and a Government board has now recommended a general increase of 18 cent« nn hour, which would make average earnings $1 331, nn hour. Weekly average would lie $53.40. What about materials? No one seems to know how high material« costs will go The Gov crnnient has increased stenl prices ns much as $12.00 a ton. with an average increase for all grades of H.21’,,. Steel is the most important material we buy. but prices on other materials are also increasing. What about prices? MATINEEN—Nut A Nun hoora n|w*n 1:1.3—« : 3.5 p.M. There ha» been no general increase in our prices since they were frozen Av the (hnernment in early 1’142. Since then a few small increases have been allowed where particu lar machine« were substantially changed in design What about profits? Roxy \<»u I I \\ l\<. Frvtl Allen Jack llentn in “It’» in The Bag” —Plus Iti.sk is part of the American profit «nd loss system, so we do not, of cour»e, ask cither our customers or the Government to guarant,,• tluit we can be certain of profits each year. The chart tells the story of our profits during t he w , r Although Harvester produced more goods than ever before. it had no desire to get rich out of u ar »» our rate of profit has steadily goneldown. What out 1946 profit will be is extremely uncertain What is the next step? —Nt N—MON.—Tl EM— Mu« M uithj In “Murder He Says” — pi «— “Scared Stiff” with J nek llalr) un«| H '41 As you can see, our pratrni situ ation ia that with frozen prices and declining profits, we am ask. I to pay higher materials coats and to make the biggest wag,, incr. a e tn the history of the Comnnni Can we do this'' Wages and materials con«u> all but a few-cents of every doll ir we take in. If our prices continu- frozen, and coet of wage« tlI,d Profil per dollar of «ale hos declined uniii in 1945 il woi «lightly le«« thon tour cenh, os againn 8 4 centi In 1941. niHtcriala continues to rise, obvi ously our Company will begin to operate at a loss at some point. The exact point at which oper- Hting at a loss would start is a matter of judgment. Government agencies and union leaders may have opinions as to where that ■Klint is. Hut if they turn out to lie wrong, they can shrug their shoulders and say: "Well, it wasn’t my responsiblity. I didn’t make the decision.” The management of thia Com pany cannot and will not say th It dares not gamble. It has to l sure. Continuation of our service to millions of customers, the fu ture jobs of thousands of em ployes. and the safety of the in- vestmenU of 39,000 stockholders dejiend on our making as correct a de« Lsion as is humanly possible. At long la«t we can see our way out of the woods. No longer is there a backlog of veterans waiting for transportation to their homes. The peak movement seems to be definitely over. We want to sincerely thank all the civilians who refrained from traveling to m?ke room for these men. And we want to point out that now some space is available on some Southern Pacific trains for you who wish to travel In other words, we can say "Next time, try the ti ain”, but as yet we can’t •<ay it very loud. There is now quite a bit of space available in coaches and chair cars. S eepmg car space is tighter in comparison, but considerably more plentiful than it was, especially on certain trains. Please call us if you're planning a trip anywhere. We'll do our best to get you tne reservations you want. What about future prices on farm machinery? I he judgment of Harvester'a man- a gement no w is t ha t we cannot aafe- lv make the huge wage increase recommended by the Government until the Government authorizes adequate increases in the prices of farm machinery to cover the resulting increased costa. 1 hat is not a judgment that makes us happy. [ he Company does not want to raise prices. We prefer to lower prices, when pos sible, and we know our customers prefer to have us do that. We have produced at 1942 prices, and hoped ivc could continue to do so We : general price n II. I in the hope that it could be avoided Now WP are convinced hat it cannot be avoided any i iheIVr,<T Ideation must t settled. I nUl it is settled we <l.> not see how we can settle the wa.;.- question. Until the wage qui-iion » settled we do not see i*** ‘".n rv"ura*’ Portion and begin turning out the farm machines which we know our farmer customers need. wh/hT'a.the in'P"rt"nt »take uhii h both farmers and city dwell- ••rs. have m this controversy, we n bringing these matters to your attention Through the cross air- r °f tOi"y ’ ’»"dittona. we are ry mg to chart a course that is fair «nr employee, to our farmer automat», and to our stock holder» NEXT TIME, TRY THE TRAIN No time limit on reservations '1P n't ' nnXiarC> 15’ y°U C£U1 "iake re8ervation» ™ in advance as you ° 1 ne ODT order requiring you to make them no more than 14 days in advance has been repealed. 41 Three meals a day! t Southern Paci“0 truin8 are now "mu,K th- — More improvements on the way Il nh ™r heavy „ar land easing, we will ,oo„ ipee.l up trains and return «nue ZnXX th’* ” h»d to -• -■-•»J* With a, ambitious program of "" .u-eamhued train, that will bo the finest the world ha, ever ,«n. Ann Mavag«* CONTINI ors SHOWN KUNDAV ONLY 1:43 I'M. ON international harvester • ««y The friendly Southern Ratifie Call your nearest S.P. Agent u
