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Show Consumers' Guide Posts Utah operators of eating establishments es-tablishments ftre backing the j new OPA regulation adopted by 'national leaders in the restaurant restau-rant industry to stabilize restaurant restau-rant prices. By August lb, all eating establishments must display dis-play prominently a list of basic items showing the ceiling prices I as of April, 1943. Five-cent coffee will become the rule, unless an eating place charged more m October, 1942,' and filed this price with the local war price and rationing ra-tioning board. One of Salt Lake City's largest retail stores recently made a voluntary vol-untary contribution of $5,000 to the OPA enforcement division for . exceeding price ceilings for cloth-! cloth-! ings apparel and shoes. This ' payment to the U. S. Treasury increases the total of these contributions con-tributions collected by the OPA to well over $30,000. Voluntary payments by no means restrict OPA's enforcement power if future fu-ture violations are established. Utah rationing boards were al- ! located but 8629 passenger tires i to meet the requirements of the 1 state's 110,000 automobiles in I August and but 337 large size I transport truck tires for 24,000 ! trucks and busses. Military needs are now taking 98 per cent of all heavy duty tires and quotas are grossly inadequate to meet even basic minimum requirements re-quirements of essential truck transport service. - - Pears and peaches brought under un-der OPA price control for the first time should sell 20 to 25 per cent lower at retail this season. Watch your ceiling prices. |