Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-08 | Page 12 | Sanpete Turkey Growers Face Suit on Price Ceiling Charge

Sanpete Turkey Growers Face 1 1 Suit on Price Ceiling Charge I Treble damage suils suits amounting to more than 1000 were filed Tuesday in U. U S S. S district court t against four Sanpete county turkey turkey turkey tur tur- I r key producers Richard L. L Bird Jr I j district enforcement attorney office of of- j I fice lice of ot price administration an an- I I The four tour producers allegedly permitted the Davidson Meat Co I Los Angeles to pay J c c to 2 c 2 c per pound more than top legal ceiling prices for turkeys on the pretext that the Los Angeles company company company com com- pany was an agent for tor the ers The O 0 P A contends that the company is not agency that the producers listed had not customarily sold in less than wholesale lots and that they could I Inot not do so now The charges were filed Wed against Glen Nunley Spring City for Stanley Nielson and Co Ephraim Draper and Lund Ephraim and Elliott Elliott Elliott El El- liott Johnson Ephraim 15 The four cases filed cover sales made prior to Dec 1 1943 1913 Eighteen other turkey producers ers ha have vc received notice from O 0 P A of impending action which may be filed after Dec 1 1944 unless 8 administrators administrator's claims claim's arc are settled