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Show ON THE HOME FRONT r SLIGHT COAL PRICE CHANGE AUTHORIZED The bituminous coal division of 1 the Office of the Secretary of the Interior has issued its first gen- eral revision of minimum prices - for the nation's bituminous coal Effective October 1, the minimum prices at the mines in Wyoming, Utah and Idaho are increased five cents a ton; at mines in Colorado Col-orado and New Mexico, fifteen cents per ton. " CIGAR COUNTERS MUST POST CEILING PRICES ' Since tobacco is listed in the general maximum regulation as a "cost of living commodity," cigar and ciggaret counters in hotels are required to post their ceiling prices, regional OPA officials of-ficials have ruled. PRICE ADJUSTMENTS NuiV HANDLED BL STATE OPA OFFICES Retailers in the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain area may now send their applications for adjustment -of , price ceilings direcly to their state OPA headquarters. The new simplified and expedited procedure pro-cedure for handling such applications appli-cations is in accord with OPA's policy of decentralization. SERVICE CEILING PRICES MUST BE FILED Operators of service establishments, establish-ments, such as shoe repair shops and garages, must file with their local war price and rationing boards a statement of their ceiling ceil-ing prices for the service performed. perform-ed. A copy of that statement must be available at their places of business for inspection by customers. cus-tomers. The deadline for ' filing is September 10. |