OPS NEWS '
JUNEAU--The Office cf
Price Stabilization to
day denied that any con
sidcration is being
given to removal or up
ward revision of coil
ing prices of -;reen
coffee.
This statement issued
by the Washington 01S
office was made in view
of reports in the coffoej
market that this action
was contemplated. It
was reported that these
rumors have affected
the level of future
trading prices recently.
JUNEAU--Alaska contract
tank truck haulers, ex
cept those who handle
milk, are now under a j
specific ceiling price
regulation, the Terri
torial Office of Price
Stabilization said this
week.
Stateside contract
tank truck haulers of
commodities other than
milk have been under
Suepicricntary Regula
tion 52, GCPR, for sev
eral months, but this
regulation was extended
to Alaska effective Dec
ember 214..
The regulation pro
vides means by which
tank truck haulers can
make application for in
dividual adjustments in
their rates on a show
ing of financial hard
ship. Heretofore their
rates have been frozen
by the C-CPR.
Cigarette vendors
were again cautioned by
the OPS not to raise the
price of cigarettes more
than the actual amount
of the increase to them
when making adjustments
for the new federal ex
cise tax.
Complaints have been
made to the OPS that
some sellers have raised
prices of cigarettes in
excess of the amount of
the excise tax passed
by Congress this fall.
This is contrary to OFS
regulations and viola
tors arc subject to
prosecution wherever
found.
Wholesale cost in
creases . other than the
new excise tax may,.
however, be reflected
in !;he selling price
according to regular
percentage computations
the OPS said. Any
other increases taken
arbitrarily and not
authorized arc prohib
ited .
JUNEAU--Extension for
a 90"3ay period of the
present exemption from
price control of saw
mill logs produced and
sold in Alaska was an
nounced today by the
OPS.
The current exemption
contained in Supple
mentary Regulation 55
to the General Ceiling
Price Regulation, last
ed only from August J>0
to December Jl, 1951»
Announcing today’s
action, the OFS point
ed out that at the time:
of the issuance of the j
supplementary regula
tion it was contemplate
ed that a tailored regp
ulation covering Alask
an sawmill logs would
be issued prior to the
start of the 1952 logg
ing season. This was
deemed inadvisable,
however, until further
studies of trade con- I
ditions could be made.
li , the OPS said,
sawmill logs presently
were allowed to revert
to control under the
GCPR, a chaotic condi
tion would be created
in the industry as new
contracts have been
entered into by the
sawmills and lowers
and are based on the
prices in effect under
the August 30-December
exemption and, there
fore, are somewhat a
bove the GCPR level.
Nothing is so satis
fying to a wife as to
see the double chin on
her husband*s old
flame.
HEA NOTICE
"F_0]7ER PEP”after HOURS
SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS
thru 1-6..Fridley-62Y1
1-7—15-J.Morgan-23Yll
OFFICE CLOSES AT NOON
ON SATURDAY
PALMER ALASKA
G. A. KERTTULA
GENERAL
HAULING
COAL & GRAVEL
BOX 3 85 - PALMER
LOTS FOR SALE......BHIX
SUB-DIVISION__SEE
RAY FEI-RIN, P .LHER.
LIST YOUR PROPERTY.
with MD Snodrrass for
luiclc sale. Office in
aome on Lower Bailey
Sill Street, 'Test of
Lumber Yard.
The next meeting of
the Dairymen's Associa
tion will be at the A.
Romp el home, on January
3th,
Mrs. E.J. Smith has
returned to her desk in
the Co-op General Office
}fter spen'ing Christ
nas in Fairbanks.
Mrs . Nancy G ’/ale and
Jack R Dodge both of
Falmcr were married by
Commissioner Dorothy
Saxton on New Year's
Eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Meiers left Palmer for
the States last week.