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Show SAFEWAY STORE GETS ORDER TO "STAY OPEN" Drygoods 1 Stores To Follow Customary Closing On Wednesday Afternoon As a result of "an order from Joseph S. Mayer, state director of the War Manpower Commission, stating that retail grocery stores throughout Utah which are closing clos-ing one-half day during the week, face the possibility of losing their essential declaration, the Springville Spring-ville Safeway store will not close hereafter on Wednesday afternoon. after-noon. Dell Galloway, local Safeway manager, received a special communication com-munication from the office of WMC Wednesday morning, notifying notify-ing him of the ruling, and it therefore there-fore became necessary to keep the store open on Wednesday afternoon, after-noon, much as the local store personnel per-sonnel would have liked to comply com-ply with the previous arrangement to close local groceries and other business houses. Local drygoods stores will conform con-form with the regular Wednesday afternoon closing, at least for the present. Commenting on the ruling, Mr. Meyer said: "Utah was one of the first states in which retail grocery stores and markets were given essential classification, but if midweek holidays holi-days are permissible, it is likely such places are deserving such a classification and managers can not hope to retain their employes. The war is not over yet, most war workers are on a 48-hour a week schedule and stores should remain open to serve them. It is a service stores owe their communities. com-munities. "The policy of some communities communi-ties to have half-day or full-day holidays during the summer will jeopardize the food distribution I system," Mr. Mayer revealed. "Consumers, finding their markets mar-kets closed, will travel to adjoining adjoin-ing communities where markets are open, to do their shopping. This will place more work on the employes of open stores while clerks of the closed stores are out to the ball game or fishing," Mr. Mayer said. He also pointed out that stores which remain open would be at a disadvantage as far as taking care of the needs of their regular customers cus-tomers is concerned, as their supply sup-ply of rationed goods would be used by persons coming from other oth-er districts. |