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OPA NEWS
Effective October 16, sixteen kind;
of consumer goods were brought
under a new overall regulation in
Alaska, which is expected to effec
a considerable savings to the
public, Mrs. Mildred R. Herman,
Alaskan Director of the Office of
Price Administration, announced
today.
The regulation, Maximum Price
Regulation 429 (MPR429) covers
specified used articles, and cov
ers these frticTes when rebuilt,
reconditioned, or renovated. Used
goods are now in greater demand
because production of many lines
is either prohibited or greatly
restricted,
Thepricing formula is based on the
principle of comparing the used
article for resale, with the cost
of a new article of tho same kind.
If the article is in ’’good condi
tion” it falls into Class 1, and
the seller may set the price at
75$ of the article when new. If in
”poor condition” it falls into
Class II, and the sellccr may take
33 l/3 % of the new price#
Retailors ar6 required to post
signs announcing the ceiling prices
for used articles# Every article
selling for $2.00 or more Must be
marked vt th a tag or label showing
the.class and price,
MPR 429 covers the following items:
Used furniture--lamps & shades
bedding -• •• (portable)
household sewing machines
stoves --Mine.household item*
floor coverings-Musical instruments
kitchen equipment(Comm)-except piano;
fixtures and equipment
coin operated vending machines
hand tools and hardware items as
shovels, wheelbarrows, hatchets,
carpenter tools.
beauty and barber shop furniture
store and office fixtures.
Klaire E. Johnson,Clerk
LADIES’ AID MEETING
The Ladies’ Aid of the United Protes
tant Church will meet Wed. Nov. 3 at
the manse,Pot luck lunch at noon.
Election of officers in the afternoo?
All ladies of the Community invited#