THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1946
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN. CENTRAL POINT OREGON
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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.
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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
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