OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION
ROLAND SNODGRASS has received the following information from the Office
of Price Administration regarding the sale of new tire tubes.
To all Dealers:
‘‘Since tubes are not rationed on the mainland Alaska dealers do not
need certificates to purchase tubes from mainland supplier."
However, certificates are needed for Alaskan dealers to sell tub^a
to consumers.
Regarding large truck tires, the following is called to the attention
of Alaskan dealers.
*Tho August quota for the entire Territory is 55, as compared to 150
for July. Dealers should be advised that it will be impossible f^r
them to replenish current inventories on the mainland."
Klaire E. Johnson, Clerk
NEWS RELEASE
A vsr diet of guilty found by the jury at Sitka on Sept. 5, ac nst
Hens Nordnes charged with the violation of OP A regulations, drew a me
of $1000 upon a recommendation of leniency made by the jury. This ' s
according to an announcement made today by Mr. Walsh, Enforcement
Attorney for the Office of Price Administration. Nordnes was charged
specifically with paying Sitka port prices for fish purchased at Kali
nan Bay in .violation of Maximum Price Regulation 418.
The case was brought to trial on on information filed by Lynn J.
Gemmill, District Attorney for the First Division, who represented the
government at the trial. Mr. Walsh acted as assistant counsel. The
defendant was represented by H.L. Faulkner, prominent Juneau Attorney.
An additional case containing five counts is pending in the District
Court of Juneau covering similar violations of the fish regulation by
M1”. Nordnes.
A check for $502.20 payable to the U.S. Treasury has been received
from Sue Revel in Fairbanks as settlement for a Treble Damage Claim,
it was announced by Mr, Walter Walsh, Enforcement Attorney for the
Office of Price Administration,
. This payment was made to cover overcharges in the scle of a truck to
Warren O'Malley in Anchorage, Mr. Walsh explained.
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