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Show COMMUNITY SERVICE Meats, Fats, Etc. Book Four, red stamps, A8 through Z8, A5 thro D5, good indefinitely. Processed Foods, Book Four, blue stamps A8 through Z8, A5 thro F5, goid indefinitely, G5 through L5 becomes valid September 1. Sugar, 5 pounds, Book Four, 30, 1 , 31, 32, good indefinitely -Shoes, Book Three 1, Airplane 2 1 ' good indefinitely. , Gasoline, A-12, good for three i gallons September 21 inclusive. 1 Community Service Release 126. By Congressional action OPA ' has been granted authority to sue retailers for three times the amount of an overcharge or $50, which ever is the highest, in cases of wilful violation, or for treble damages or $25 for unwilling violations, vio-lations, Mrs. R. L. McKean, community com-munity service member stated. "Two months ago the member said when Congress renewed the Stabilization Act of 1944, it modi-fied modi-fied the amount for' which retailers retail-ers could be sued, and gave the , OPA the authority to take action if buyers at retail failed to sue within 30 days. This authority is ! called the Adminstrator's Claim. The power was given the OPA for I two reasons: First there was a growing recognition of the most need for better understanding of ceiling prices, ,and second, Congress Con-gress felt that buyers could be i protected from overcharges and merchants from being outbid for supplies by unpatriotic competi tors who were charging and pay ing illegal prices. All persons dealing In commodities commod-ities or service and land lords in rent control areas are subject to the new provision. Further information infor-mation may be obtained from local lo-cal war price and rationing board Sanforized chambray work shirts overalls, and dungarees will be upped in price September 1, to conform with new stabilization act of 1944 which requires that major cotton items reflect parity to cotton growers. One cent a yard has been added to the cost of demin materials. Dollar and cent ceiling prices will be placed on all models of staple work clothes and retailers wilt be required re-quired to mark ceiling price on each garment. This will afford better price control, and enable customers to buy with confidence More than $7000 was turned over to the U. S. Treasury in the form of voluntary contributions and treble damages collections made by violatore of OPA regulations re-gulations in July. A total of $5,-645,60 $5,-645,60 was collected for overcharges over-charges on wearing apparel, and more than $1,000, for rent over-charges. over-charges. The remainder of the sum came from violations of top ceiling ceil-ing prices on trucks, onions, coal, meals and hay. Voluntary contributions con-tributions are made to the treasury treas-ury when' it is impossible to der. termine the actual consumer or number of consumers who have been overcharged so that a refund could be made to them personally. Five more blue stamps will become be-come valid September 1, for processed pro-cessed foods. The stamps G5 H5 K5 J5 and L5 will be good for ten points each and remain valid in-i in-i definitely. |
