• OPS NEWS
JUNEAU—Fresh fruits and vegetables
are now under price control in A
laska if they are shipped in from
the outside, the Territorial Office
of Price Stabilization said this
we ek.
The Territorial Office made the
announcement to amplify and explain
further to Alaska grocers and oth
ers affected, the changes in Reg
ulation 9 which were nade known in
Washington early last week. Reg
ulation 9 is the price-control reg
ulation for retailers and applies
to all the Territories and possess
ions of the United States.
The change in the Territorial re
ulation came after reports were re
ceived in Washington that wider
margins v/ere being taken on some
items previously exempt. Although
most fruits and vegetables are not
pegged in the states until they
reach parity, Alaska handlers can
in no case take more than the same ■
dollar-and-cent profit on those
products than they took in the base
period, December 19-January•25.
Several other items of lesser
import are covered in the amendment
v/hich went into effect May 17• Some
of these itens are seeds, hay and
fish oils. With 'fresh fruits and
vegetables, they had previously
been exempt.
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The Office of Price Stabilization
last week exempted frozen fish and
shellfish from price control. Fresh
fish and seafood, which are sub
ject to price fluctuations because
they are seasonal and perishable,
are already exempt from price con
trol. OPS officials pointed out
that fresh and frozen fish are sub
stantially the saftie-, move in the
same channels of distribution and
are competitive with each other.
Having frozen fish under price con
trol and fresh fish exempt has re
sulted in some dislocation of dis
tribution, OPS said.
A report that stores doing less
than $100,000 a year business would
be exempt from ceiling price re
gulations v/as labeled inaccurate to
day by Fred G, Hanford, Territorial
Director of OPS. Hanford said the
rumor apparently started through a
misconstrued release from Washing
ton, D.C. early last week.
The OPS announced last week that
retail ceiling prices on passenger
automobiles must be reduced to com
pensate for the recent elimination
of spare tires and tubes. The NPA
ordered the elimination of the fif
th tire and tube to conservo rubber.
DPS pointed out that nany dealers
nave voluntarily lov/ered their
3ales prices to varying extents
since NPA’s action.
The order privides that dealers
now must reduce the selling price
of automobiles by an amount equal
to the manufacturer's charge to
them of the eliminated equipment,
plus the amount of the dealer’s own
narkup on the tire. For example, If
the extra tire and tube previously
lost the dealer $10. and the sell
ing price of the car reflected a $2
profit on the tire and tube, he
nust reduce the price of the auto
nobile $12. if tho tire and tube
ire eliminated.
OPS reminded that requiring a
juatoner to purchase additional e
luipment, services or repairs as a
condition of the sale of a new auto
nobile is prohibited. Likewise, re
luiring a purchaser to trade in a
Jar or commodity as a condition of
3alo is illegal.
St. John'3 Lutheran Church will
iold confirnation services on Sun
lay afternoon, June 3> at 3* 00 p.m.,
lev. Joseph Frenz announced today.
The following will ^e confirmed-.
Adelard Beylund, Arline Benson,
Jack Johnson, Caroline Lentz, De
lores Lentz, Ernest Roetman, Betty
Jo Wendt and Geraldine and Barbara
lindgren.
In the three o'clock services Rev.
Frenz will preach on: "Faithfulness
/Vnd It's Eternal Reward."
All are cordially invited to at
tend.
EXTENSION NEWS
A course in weaving with a Swed
ish flavor, sponsored by the Uni
versity of Alaska Extension Service
and taught.by Miss Karin Pehrson of
lothenburg, Sweden, reached a succ
essful conclusion in Fairbanks with
a display of beautifully handwoven
articles at the Hone Economics
Spring Open House held May 3> 195^»
Miss Pehrson will meet with women
interested in weaving in Anchorage
Way 28 to J.une 9? in Palmer-June 10
to 20; in Haines-June 22 to 28. En
route , the clubs in Glenn Allen and
tforthway will have a chance to see
some of her beautiful craft work.
Miss Pehrson will be at the Uni
versity summer school giving a crcd
Lt course in weaving-July 2 to Aug
ast llj. of this year. An expert in
weaving, she has conducted similar
lourses in various parts of the star
tes including Idaho. Washington,
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