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Show I help with his holiday shopping fund. Its part of this city's safety TAMPA, Fla. (UP) A mys- campaign. No one will know the tery jay walker is roaming the identity of the official Jay walkstreets here, flagrantly breaking er. He will tramp the streets, crossing against lights, in the pedestrian safety regulations. The person who nabs him gets middle of a block, and getting "Mystery Jay Walker" At Large In Tampa PAGE EIGHT BOX ELDER JOURNAL Friday. December 23. 1949 Brigham City. Utah Auto Makers $25 to his car on the street side.p Pedestrians are to tap on the! seen I shoulder every person breaking a rule, and ask thej question "are you the mystery jay walker? The mystery man must be caught by Christmas Eve. Out of i Expect High Output In 1950 DETROIT (UP) The nations automobile makers, with business never better, look for 1950 almost to bring production record year equal to the just ending. Store Opens Tuesday, December 27 all-tim- e With an amazing 6,000,000-ve-hlcl- e output in 1949 behind them, automotive men believe the demand for new cars is far from satisfied and sales will be 10:30 A. M. about as good as 1949. ' Schedules of General Motors, colossus of the industry, call for "as many or perhaps more cars and trucks in 1950. Other companies are expected to follow FEWEYS suit.' Although government leaders ahd automotive executives are guardedly cautious about predicting the future, they certainly have no complaints about 1949 - business. Wards automotive reports, statistical bible of the industry, estimates that 1949 total production will total "well over 6.000.- 000 vehicles in humming V S. plants. October Soles Highest Despite gloomy forecasts of business "market saturation, increased during the later months. R. L. PoJk & Co., automotive statisticians, fixed Octoe ber as the "almost certain new car in leader monthly sales. The previous high came in August. . Total output this, year was not limited in most cases by what dealers could sell, but what could be turned out. The steel and coal strikes nipped into production the last quarter, lopping 475,000 vehicles by Wards estimates. sr M $GROUP I... coverts All-wo- ol Zip-o- ut - life-lin- II... lined coats in COATS AT III... COATS AT Lay-Away- $ covert! $ JUST UNPACKED . . . a group of now coats in the seasons best colors . . . . fabrics! .. styles Quantfties are limited . . . better hurry! omosiEED asm (xzxnpGDma issue. Although Ford had the only major strike, a sunburst of brief "wildcat walkouts harried producers, mainly Chrysler and the Briggs Manufacturing company, major auto body firm which was shut down on 55 occasions. 'GM' and Chrysler probably will grant UAW President Waland ter P, Reuther'S pension ; welfare demands. J 'Neither Chrysler nor the union seem particularly worried that their negotiations, begun last July, are lagging. GM already has begun talks on technical phases of the pension issue. UAW demands are to be finalized early in 1950, several months before the General Motors contract expires May mid-contra- 31.. The year saw almost every major auto manufacturer slashing prices and GM twice, timed to coincide with dips in the govindex ernment which determines wages of GM workers under the present concost-of-livin- g tract. Cuts Generally Small The cuts, however, were relatively small, except in the case Kaiser-Frazie- r of which hopes to corporation, stimulate late business by bringing out a new model in Chevro-let-For(Plymouth price class. ; Kaiser, only firm dosed down by lagging sales, borrowed from the government, partly to finance the new "lighter, cheaper car. In view of current labor demands and lack of price changes in new models already brought out, a major unexpected business recession seems to be the only basis for more price-tareductions in 1950. C. E. Wilson, president of General Motors, who masterminds of of 50 percent production American automobiles, probably echoed the feelings of other automotive men when he said: The automobile business will be very good in 1950. The demand created by the lack of production during the war has not been satisfied. The basic market is importantly greater than it was before the war, perhaps as much as 25 percent. There are millions of worn out cars still on the read today because new one are net availsales-plague- ! All soiled merchandise, All Odds and Ends, All Discontinued Lines, All Broken Sizes must s, NOW before inventory. No No Phone Calls, No Exchanges Please MANY UNADVERTISED ITEMS broadcloths! gabardines.. .warmly interlined! All-wo- ol . I ,,IU COATS AT ... Sheen GROUP GROUP Oddly, the only major walkout of 1949 was caused not by the successful demand on Ford for 5100 retirement benefits and a health plan, but by a minor issue speed of Ford assembly lines in two plants. Some Wildcat Strikes The (J1A1W shut down Ford's the sprawling River Rouge plant, for 25 days in May over the production standards I'-'--. AAA mid-sprin- d Ar: 1 at special ILOa7 P ERICHS! all-tim- The industry, fortunate from a labor standpoint this year, faces two 1950 crises when Cnry-sle- r and GM contracts expire in QIO May. The million-membe- r United Auto Workers will drive . for the unprecein dented company-financepensions it won from ford in September. 4'.,? d d 0 NEW FOR SPRING ... PRICED! CASH-AND-CARR- Y Trust Penney s to round up the best buys in the best styles! These prints are new . . . fresh as spring . . . many grounds you on the like. These styles are good . . . theyd be buys even at a much higher price! And youll find plenty to choose from! Misses, half sizes. medium-to-dar- k THE STORE THAT THRIFT BUILT 3 |