Fridav, Mav 25, 1945
BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE, Beaverton, Oregon
'Children Drink Lots of Milk
J E F F R I E S , Publisher
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Beaverton Office— Enterprise Bldg., Phone Beaverton 2321
Portland Office—308 Panama B ld g , 3rd and Alder
Phone ATwater 6091
Nearly 400,000 western childien con-
| sume at school more than 7 million
(half-pints of mil* a month, approxim
ately a half-pint per school day per
child, according to C. R. Tulley, of
the W FA office of supply.
“ At a time when war has shortened
our civilian food supply
the rhowi
knowl-
yy y
edged benefits of school feeding he-
| came even greater,” said Tulley.
"It
seems a wise policy that our future
citizens and leaders get some sort of
food priority."
M a r n i» *
Fires Cause Big Loss
PARCH
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P u n i s t i
A T I 0 I
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Flying
The Low Down
From Hickory Grove
You know, folks who think Holly
wood is Just "make believe”, they
have not been noticing the history
they been making there, recent. This
Mr. deMille there, he is showing that
ho knows more than just shootin’
pictures of curvy dames and Broad
way cowboys.
He is demonstrating
what starch in a backbone will do
when a walking delegate says “ pay
me, buddy, or out you go.”
And now, folks who have been ob
serving the kind of fight he is puttin'
up—they are taking heart.
The
newspaper says a dozen more work
ers there were just fired out of a
union for not kickin’ in with a S buck
weekly assessment to support strik
ing workers.
And the grand Jmy
is gonna listen and find out how
com e the boys can't work unless they
donate—even though they like the Job
and their boss.
I been putting the finishing touch
es on a new idea—just getting my
ACI organized —ACT being short for
Average Citizens Incorporated.
I
figure that 90 in every 100 citizens
are average and 100 per cent okay—
and if organized, would go to town.
But now since Mr. deMille is doing
a skookum job on ubout the same
idea, I am gonna merge with him—
and let him do the work.
Bo drop
him a card at Hollywood expressing
your ideas.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERICA
Preliminary plans for Oregon Safe
ty Week, to be held September 17-22
are being laid by officials of safety
organizations in Oregon, according to
Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell,
Cooperating agencies will be the
Portland
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Traffir n Safety Association
Commission
Safety
Traffic Heavier on
Oregon Highways in 1944
ganized to direct activity in all phas
es of accident prevention throughout
the state.
It is planned to have ex
hibits, demonstrations, window dis
plays and other activities in cities
throughout the state.
| The purpose of Oregon Safety Week
j is to call the public's attention to the
need for safety activities ,the nature
of the activities in existence and the
need for public support for these
measures.
Henry Butler was eating breakfast
in his home when a buzz saw break
ing loose from a nearby mill, ripped
the wall, sliced the table in half, and
whirled out the other side of the
house -Henry, a bit surprised, was
unharmed.
Look! I caught a V-3!
Wounded
American bringing in a runny-nosed
German prisoner, 17.
Division of the secretary of state's
office, the Oregon chapter of the As
While in Beaverton be sure to eat
sociation of Safety Engineers, the
For Stove and Diesel Oil Call Karry at the Greyhound Coffe Shop.
American Red Cross, Parent-Teacher
Phone Beaverton 3231.
tf
association, schools and other groups Barnes.
For Stove and Diesel Oil Call Harry
interested in safety.
Barnes.
Phone Beaverton 3231. tf
Turn
war
stamps
into
Bonds
A state-wide committee will be or- •
Man-caused fires each summer take
a serious toll of our remaining for
est resources.
While continued e f
forts put forth by an enlightened pub
lic have each year materially reduced
the annual forest losses from man-
caused fires, there is still far too
much depletion from this source.
H. E Waterbury is chairman of
Keep Oregon Green Assn., for Multno
mah county.
jA
r * •'ll
Keep
Oregon Safety Week
THE OLD JUDGE S A Y S ...
The average daily volume of traf
fic on Oregon highways in 1944 was
slightly higher than in 1943, accord
ing to Secretary of State Robert S.
Farrell who announced today that
| the traffic volume so far this year
In the war o f 1812, defenseless Bal-
also is slightly higher than in the timore was threatened with imminent
previous year.
capitulation.
With help desperately
The average volume in 1944 rang- needed, American sailors in Philadel-
ed from 3,520 vehicles in January to phia were loaded into stagecoaches
They arrived in
a high of 5850 in September.
In 1943 and rushed south.
the average dally volume ranged from time to repulse the attackers.
3,300 vehicles in January, to a high
Aviation machinist Arthur McArdle,
o f 5,593 in July.
For the first quarter of 1945, the seeing a plane crash, rushed to the
average daily volume showed an in -, wreck, pulled a live bomb from a
crease of nearly 13 per cent over the flaming gasoline pool and smothered
it in time to save hundreds o f ser
same period of 1944.
These figures indicate, Farrell said vicemen.
that there is need for increased care
While shopping in Beaverton stop
in driving to avoid accidents.
in
at the Greyhound Coffe Shop for
“ The danger of vehicles being in
volved in accidents is, of course, Lunch.
greater in heavy volumes of traffic,”
he said.
"The fact that traffic vol
ume in Oregon is on the increase is
sufficient reason for drivers to pay
more attention to the job x>f driving” .
PIANO TUNING
Traffic volume figures in Oregon
and R E PA IR IN G
are compiled by automatic traffic re
Phone ALOHA 6612
corders, operated by the traffic engi
Beaverton, Oregon
neering division of the state highway j
department.
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GEORGE F. GORDON
W ANTED
Kepler Davenport Co.
BRICKYARD
FACTORY WORKERS
BEAVERTON, OREGON
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JIM: “ That’s right, 1 did, Mary. Is it true,
Judge, that distillers recover part of the
grain they use in making war-alcohol?”
Recovering and
Modernizing
Essential Industry
E X P E R IE N C E
sary to reprocess the used grain, at least
50% of the feed value (25% by weight) of the
whole grain is recovered. It comes back to
farms like yours in the form of premium-
quality livestock feed . . . rich in vitamins
Bi and B2.”
MARY: “ Jim, didn’t you say you wanted
to ask the Judge something about grain, the
next time you saw him?”
JIM : “ Is the same thing true when distillers
are permitted to make whiskey, Judge?”
OLD JU D GE:"That’s absolutely true, Jim.
Wherever the government has permitted
distillers to purchase the equipment neces
OLD JUDGE: “ Yes, every bit as true, Jim.”
Beaverton 3762
Open 8:30 to 6
N O T NECESSARY
Steady W ork with Overtime
THIS odrertisement sponsored by Con¡trence o j AUoholtc Becerate Industries, Ine.
Evenings by Appointment
A PPL Y AT
Release Kits
American Red Cross release kits for
liberated prisoners of war include
soap, razor and blades, toothbrush
and paste, socks, handkerchiefs, can
dy, chewing gum, a small book, and
other articles.
Thousands o f them
have been distributed in Europe and
the Philippines.
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VENETIAN
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BLINDS
HIGHLIGHTS
OF 1944
General Electric
annual report
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General Electric developed
the world's most powerful engine for the
world's fastest plane the G-K jet propulsion
engine for the Lockheed P-80 "Shooting
Star.” It is over twice as powerful as previous
miidcls produced for the Artny Air Forces.
J H P R O P U L S IO N .
Cleaning and Repairing
Free Estimates
& Installation
m
For the fourth suc
cessive year. General Electric turned out
record quantities of war goods despite an
average of 2 per cent fewer employees. G. E.
produced over 8 , 000.000 horsepower of ship
propulsion turbines for the Navy in 1944.
PR O D U C T IO N IN C R EA S IO .
De LANO Venetian Blind Mfg. Co.
3535 S W . Canby
CH 1729
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RODEO
SUNDAY,
MAY 27th
1:30 P. M.
Tualatin Valley Rodeo Grounds
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IMPLOYII IARNINGS UP. The average G-K
employe,- earned $2.772 in 1944. Employees
•Iso shared $2.34.000 in Suggestion Awards
Top nward was $ 2.000 for an idea that speeded
production of G-E gun control for the B-29.
G-E employee suggestions aid the war effort.
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Saddle
Calf Roping, Wild Cow Milking,
Bronco
N E W D EV ELO PM EN T S. G-E research and
engineering played a part in such recent de
velopments as radar, alien nee. jet propulaion,
rocket weapons, remote gun control for the
B-29 "Superfortress," the A-26 "Invader '*
and the P-61 "Black Widow.”
1944
$1.609.600.000
$1.353.000.000
1943
$1.360.600.000
$1.288,400,000
CHANOC
+ 18%
+ 6%
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
+ 13%
+ 13%
VO LU M E OF BUSINESS
Orders received
Net sales billed
NET IN CO M E A N D DIVIDENDS
Net income for the year
Per share
Dividends declared and paid
Per share
Total taiea
50.800.000
1 76
40.300.000
140
44.900.000
1 56
40.300.000
1.40
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Riding,
All entries must be in by Thursday, May 24
RAY DEI.MMAN, RT. S. HU I «BOKO. PHONE tin?
$ 163.000,000
234.732
229,127
+ a%
167.212
$ 464.000.000
$
2,772
171.133
S 472.000.000
$
2.756
— 2%
— 2%
+ »%
Number on December 31
Races Galore
Drill by Portland Mounted Posse.
$ 176.000,000
+
STOCKHOLDERS
EMPLOYEES
Average number on payroll
Total earnings of employees
Average annual earnings
Special Feature *
Mall Them 1 «
2 3 4 , 7 3 2 S T O CKH O LD E R S. Ownership of the
company was divided among more stockhold
ers than ever before Dividends were $1.40
per share same as 1943 and 1942. less than
1941 and 1940. Net income was less than
1940, while sale« billed were 3 ‘4 times greater.
TAXES
ON PORTLAND-HILLRBORO HIGHW AY
Bareback Bronco Riding,
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473$ WAS VITUANS HIRIO. Bv the year's
end 4736 returned ser' toe men and aromen
were working at planta of General Electric
and affiliated companies 2986 were former
G-E employees On December 31, 1944. a
total of 50.228 empk'yeea of General Electric
and affiliates bad entered the armed aarvtcea
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