Show Short OPA News ItemsAllocation Items ItemsAllocation Allocation of additional redand red redand redand and plue points pomts to miners mmers would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be a discriminatory dlSCrlmInatory action the theOP theOPA theOPA OPA OP A announces To allow pomts points pomtsto pointsto pointsto to someVorlters some \ workers \Vorlters Vorlters and deny them themto themto themto to others would be very unfaIr unfaIrespecIally unfairespecially unfair'especially unfairespecially ' especIally during dunng the present presentfood presentfood presentfood food shortage Special rations IS ISsued issued issued sued to invalids are being sharply sharp sharply sharply ly reduced only those haVing haVing'certain havingcertain havingcertain 'certain certain ' serious serJous diseases may obtarn ob obtam obtarn tam tarn ext extia extra ! a foodA foodI food foodA I A check for $305 305 $ was paid tothe to toIthe tothe Ithe the U US S treasury by two mdi rndi mdivIctuals rndividuals mdividuals vIctuals viduals who sold their cars to tomdIvlduals toother toother ' other individuals mdIvlduals The check checkwas checkwas checkwas was in m payment for overcharges overchargesof of OP OPA A ceiling prices An $80 80 $80check $80check $80check 80check $ check was paid to one purchaserin purchaserm purchaser m in addition to the amount paId paidto paidto to the treasurerOnly treasurer treasurerOnly I Only six new 1942 automobiles automo automobIles automobiles bIles have been allocated to toUtah toUtah toUtah Utah for the month of April At Atthe Atthe Atthe the present time there are only only5000 5000 new passenger cars left m in mthe inthe inthe the whole United Umted States This isless IS ISless isless less than a half day s supply innormal m in mnormal innormal normal tImesThe timesThe times timesThe The petroleum admimstrator administrator administratorfor admimstratorfor for war has made the statement statementthat statementthat statementthat that gasoline gasolme rationing ratIonmg will have haveto haveto haveto to continue contmue until untll V J day at atleast atleast atleast least OptImIstsho Optimists 's s \ ' who \\ho ho \ ho believe beheve that thatthe thatthe thatthe the end of gasoline gasolme rattorung rationing rationingwill rationingwill will \ \ 111 come with the fall of Ger Germany Germany Germany many will Wlll do well to study the theJapanese theJapanese theJapanese Japanese theater of war more moreclosely moreclosely moreclosely closely The long supply Imes lines Imesthe linesthe linesthe the long distances our planes planesShIPS planesships planesships ShIPS and invasion mvaSIOn fleets must mustgo mustgo go place heavy demands on ourgasoline our ourgasolme gasolme gasoline supply Defeat of Germany Ger Germany Germany many will Wlll mean a stepping up uplof upof upof lof of movements in the Pacific and andany andany andany any stepping steppmg up of military mIl1tary ac actIvltIes activrtres activities tIvltIes tivrtres means increased use of ofgasolme ofgasoline olgasoline gasolme gasoline Occupational armIes armIesand armiesand armiesand and reconstruction in Europe EuropewIll Europewill Europewill wIll also call for gasoline gasolme So Sodon Sodon Scdon don t become too optImIstIc optImIstIcGasolme optimisticGasoline optimisticGasoline Gasolme Gasoline will be released to civrlians CIV CIVIllans civilians Illans rlians as soon as it is safe to doso do doso dcso so without jeopardizing Jeopardlzmg mIlItary mIlItaryoperatIons militaryoperations militaryoperations militaryoperationsUsed operatIons operatIonsUsed Used lumber prices prJces whichhave whIch whIchhave whichhave have skyrocketed in m rn some areas areasto areasto areasto to levels above those for new newlumber newlumber newlumber lumber were placed under dol dollar dollar dollar lar cent ceiling ceIlmg prices prJces April AprJl 2The 2 2The 2The The exact ceilings ceIlmgs must be post posted posted posted ed in m dealers yards as so many manydollars manydollars manydollars dollars per 1000 feet board mea measure measure measure sure accordmg according to OPA order orderBuyers orderBuyers orderBuyers Buyers are urged to check theIr theIrlIsts theirlists thenlists lIsts with Wlth the posted ceIlmg ceiling ceIlmgprJces ceilingprices ceilingprices prJces prices and thus aid OPA in Wlp wip wiping Wlpmg wiping mg ing out the threat to stable stableprJces stableprices stableprices prJces prices resulting resultmg from the scar scarCIty scarcity scarcity CIty of lumber a vital war material ma matenal matenal matenalThe tenal terial tenalThe terialThe The new clothing clothmg and house . ifurnIShIng furnishing regulation ( MPR MPR680) MPR680 680) 680 ) requires retailers retallers to list hst on ontheIr ontheir ontheir theIr charts their prices prJces for forgoods forgoods forgoods goods offered for sale on March March19 19 Each offering offermg price must rpust be belIsted belasted belisted lIsted lasted opposite the net cost at atWhICh atwhich atwhich WhICh the retailer etatler purchased the theartIcle thearticle thearticle artIcle from his supplier Retailers RetaIl RetaIlers Retailers ers are reminded remmded that mrchan mrchandlse mrchandisc mrchandise dlse disc in m stock on March 19 or re receIVed recerved received ceIVed cerved after that date must be bere bere bere re marked to the highest prJce price prJcemarked pricemarked pricemarked marked on the charts This rule ruleaffects ruleaffects ruleaffects affects all merchandise merchandI e < ; now on onhand onhand onhand hand or in stock on or after afterI afterMarch afterMarch afterMarch March 19 I . |