OPS NEWS
JUNEAU--Persons start
ing now businesses
should check with the
OPS first to avoid diff
iculties later, Fred G.
Hanford, Territorial
OFS Director, warned to
day.
Hanford pointed out
that all now retail bus
inesses which handle
merchandise shipped in i
from the outside for red
sale must first apply !
to tho OFS for approval
of their price lists be
fore placing goods on
sale. Retail sales arc ,
covered by Regulation 9*
Established business
es which add new lines
or items which they did
not handle during the
base period (December
19-January 2 6) should
also apply to the OFS
for approval of their
proposed ceiling price
on that particular art
icle or line, Hanford
S" id.
Procedures for apply
ing in both instances
arc outlined in the reg
uj icion.
con*td. from page 1
Hospital* Joyce Irene
weighed six pounds and
ten ounces, at birth.
con'tl. from page 1
and had done so at 10 pn
and again shortly after
midnight•
The blaze was first
discovered by Robert
Webb, but by the time
he and other neighbors
had arrived, it was too
late; the entiro house
was in flames.
The house and most of
the furnishings were the
property of Maud Hosier,
who is owner -operator
of the Valley Gardens
on the Palmer-Anchorage
High-way, and is at
the present time, ijian
ager of the Cooperative j
Trading Post. Mrs. Hos- !
ler said that the loss
was only partially cov- 1
con’td. from page 2
rebates-whether dis
tributed in cash oj? non
cash form-shall re
port to the .Treasury De
partment .information as
to the name and address
of each patron tc whom
such allocation is made
in the amount of $100
or moro. The bill also
givc.s the Secretary of
the Treasury discretion
ary authority to re
quire annual informa
t-ion reports on such
refunds of less than
$100.
As this issue went to
press the Senate faced
several days of debate
before final passago of
their bill. Tho bill
will then go to a Houso
Senato conference com
mittee which will iron
out differences in tho
two bills. Among the
alircrcnoos was that
the House bill loft the
present tax status of
cooperatives unchanged.
According to an est
imate of the Financo
Committee, the now leg
islation will insure
*10 million a year in
new revenue. The Na
tional Tax Equality
Association has repeat
cdly said that coopera
tives and other "tax
exempts" are depriving
the government of $1
billion in taxes each
year.
An effort' to slip
through a proposal
which would have meant
that a larger proportion
of such a figure would
be realized by the gov
ernment was resounding
ly voted down by the
Senate, 72-7• Offering
the NTEA-linc bill was
Senator John J Williams
of Delaware.
(From the
Cooperative
Digest
October 1, 1951)
ered by insurance.
The Caseys are stay
ing at present in North
Palmer with their
friends, Dr. and Mrs.
George Whetstone, but
learned that a Bureau
of Reclamation transa
house would be avail
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iblo for them cn Fri
day of this wook. Mr.
!asey is employed on
:he Eklutna Project*
Mrs. Max Sherrod of
!almer is in Froviicnce
[capital for medical
;reatmcnt.
Mrs Loon Holbrook and
imall laughter, Delores
tave returned to Palmer
’r m a visit v/ith rel
.tives in Wisconsin.
Irs * Holbrook is the
Laughter of Chief of
'dice and Mrs. Bornie
Souwens of Palmer.