OPS. NEWS
All retailers and others covered
by ceiling price regulations are
now in violation of the Regulations
if they have not prepared required
base period records, Fred G. Han
ford, Territorial Director of the
Office of Price Stabilization,, warn
ed today.
The deadline for retailers and
wholesalers was April 30, at which
time anyone selling articles at re
tail or wholesale was supposed to
have completed his base period re
cords in compliance with Regulation
9* No filing by these merchants in
the O.P.S. office is required. How
ever, restaurants and taverns must
also prepare records to establish
their food-cost-per-dollar of gross
sales and file this information
with their closest branch office of
the O.P.S, to comply with Regula
tion 11. There are O.P.S* offices
in Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage and
Fairbanks.
Enforcement officers are current
ly checking restaurant and taverns
to ascertain the degree of compli
ance .
All sellers of services, such as
laundries, dry cleaners, drayage
companies, repair services and sim
ilar establishments must have a
ceiling price list showing the high
est prices they charged during the
base period (December 19-January 25j
1951*) This list must show the type
of service and the extent of the
service rendered during the base
period for the price which was
charged. The list was supposed to
have been prepared by March 1.
Checking will be done soon to see
that operators of these types of
services have complied. These lists
need not be filed with the O.P.S.
office but must be preserved for in
spection.
All services are still under the
General Ceiling Price Regulation,
Hanford reminded, and no price in
creases since January 25 are allow
able .
A total of 31 subjects in 10 de
partments will be offered by the
University of Alaska summer school
at College, July 2, to August 11+,
1951> according to Dean Wm. R Cash
en, Director. The Summer Session
this year will have a faculty of 12
with four special visitors imported
to the campus.
"The success of our Summer Sess
ion last year and the advance re
quests for information on the cu
rriculum for this year leads us to
believe that we may look forward to
an outstandingly successful summer
school in 1951> Dean Cashen said.
"An innovation at the University
this year is that teachers and
college students working for ad
vanced degrees may obtain approved
credits toward Master's and Doc-*
tor's degrees. The establishment
of post graduate studies on the
campus is in line with the express
ed policy of the Regents and the
Administration to make the Univer
sity of maximum value to all Alas
kans," Cashen1explained.
Another innovation for summer
school this year is that hotel ac
comodations will be offered in the
dormitories. For those who wish
hotel accomodations, which means
bedding, sheets, and towels suppl
ied, tho charge will be $55*75 for
single rooms and $[4.2.50 for double
rooms for the six week session.
Those supplying their own bedding
and towels the dormitory accomoda
tions arc $55*75 single and "’.22.50
for double room. This year accomo
dations are available for married
couples.
Courses are offered in Anthropol
ogy* Biological Science, Business
Administration, Education,’ English,
History, Home Economics, Mathemat
ics and Music. All subjects taught
are fully accredited with stateside
colleges.
EXTENSION NEWS
With the grain seeding in prog
ress, it is well to give a little
attention to tho control of smut.
Last season some smut showed up in
most of the grain fields, and many
of the fields were very badly in
fected. The new Ceresan Dust treat
ment is very effective and easy to
apply before seeding. U.S.D.A.
Misc. publication Number 219 ex
plains this treatment in detail
and is available upon request from
the Extension Service office.
Since the potato crop is usually
harvested during the rainy season
in Alaska, the potatoes are often
covered with an unusual amount of
soil when placed in the root cell
ar. Under these conditions the
long-time mercuric chloride treat
ment should be more effective in
controlling seed-borne diseases.
To remove as much soil as possible
from the tubers, wetting them for
2l\. hours before treating with the
fungicide is desirable. The long
wetting also softens the Rhizocton
ia sclerotia so that the mercuric
chloride.treatment will be more
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