The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1942 Page: 7 of 8
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THE LLANO NEWS, LLANO, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1942
ON THE HOME FRONT
i THESE WOMEN I JLf Cfo+yct\
Price coatrol now bag been establi-
shed over practically everything os
Main street.
(Latest addition to the series of
regulations issued by the Office of
Price Administration was that during
last week covering consumer servi-
ces. Under the new regulation, iden-
tified iig OPA Regulation No. 1(15, it
is ordered that, charges for services
covered can be no higher than they
were in March.
With the order effective July 1. on
the same date that all provisions of
the General Maximum Price Regula-
tion went into effect. Southwestern
consumers can feel certain that there
are going to be some further reduc-
tions In their every-day cost of
living. Surveys already made cover-
ing only a few days after hte G.MI’R
went into effect showed that the
general regulation had started letting
thb air out <>t the inflation balloon.
Control of service charges is high-
ly important to the consumer, as is
Hbown by the fact that the Ameri-
ouh others from whom you obtain
professional services or services
that are specifically exempted in the
regulation.
In addition to the services ceiling,
beginning July 1, ali sellers of com-
modities under OPA control must
have their ceiling-price lists avail-
able in their places of business
where any person can expect them.
Every item offered for sale, and the
seller's celling price on the item,
must he listed, and every customer
has the privilege of reading (he list.
Also, the sellers must have fil'd
similar price lists covering only the
cost of living commodities as speci-
fied in the general OPA regulatidfi,
with their county ration hoards. La-
ter. the sellers of service* will have
to file lists of their ceiling prices,
too. hut service lists won't be due
until early September, although sell-
ers can't charge more than the March
ceiling now.
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port&tion facilities. Tbe extent of
cooperation with ODT'a program in-
dicated by these reports will deter-
mine whetfier regulatory measures
will be necessary, ODT officials said.
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A CONTRIBUTION TO VICTORY IT
AMERICAN SOCIETY Of MA6A2INE CARTOONISTS
can public pays upward of five bil-
lion dollars annually for this type of
living necessity. Those on the Home
Front, especially In the booming de-
fense areas of Texas. Oklahoma and
Ijouisluna, have recognized the situa-
tion because they have had to hid
against each other to got many of
the services that now come under
control.
This new ceiling now stands above
the cash register In the shoeshine
and repair shop, as well as the
butcher’s, and it has been extended
to shield the man who wants a
dork repaired or his'hat blocked, as
much as the ceiling shields the cus-
tomer at tbe corner grocery or drug
store Under it are the tykes that
now may be charged by laundries,
and furniture repairmen, as well as
prices charged by auto parking lots,
dry cleaners, locksmiths, morticians,
and many other services rendered in
connection wRiih commodities.
The extension of The cost of living
roof is a sizeable one. The number
of establishments of one sort or
another which are affected ha« been
estimated nationally at nearly a
million. In this connection, however
it should be emphasized that the
new regulation applies only to con-
This week also has been an im-‘
poitant one in the field of rubber con
servation. All orders issued by the
office of defense transportation af-
fecting local and over the-road de
livery service and hauling now are
in full effect, including those phases
of the orders which earlier had been
postponed to allow adjustments of
schedules.
These ODT restrictions include lim
iting of local delivery service to 25
miles outside of city limits, one de-
livery a day to one address, no call-
backs, etc., requiring full loading for
over-the-road hauls and a 75 per
cent minimum load for the return
trip.
Although these orders do not apply
to use of passenger automobiles, of-
ficials still are stressing the neces-
sity for conservation of tires. There
Isn't any rubber for any more civi-
lian tires and those civilians who
now have tires should make them
last for the duration—and that "du-
ration" may be for years. Rubber
burned up on a pleasure trip now
may tic Just the amount needed on
an individual's tires for a very vital
trip months from now.
"Why, David—arc you trying to say you want
co-owner on your War Savings Bonds from nov
me to be
avings
now on?"
Typewriter Deal Illegal
So-called "lend-lease transactions
by which certain store* have been
accepting the full sales price of
typewriters und^r a rental contract,
with the agreement that the pur-
chaser will automatically acquire
title to the machine when OTA regu-
lations permit, are in violation of
typewriter rationing regulations, OPA
announced. Sale of typewriters has
been banned since Marcli ti, except
to buyers who present certificates
issued by their local war price and
rationing boards.
Travel to Fairs Not Essential
While postponement of state and
county fairs, in accord with ODT’s
recently4announced policy, will be a
deprivation to the farmer, it will "by
no means he an intolerable depriva-
tion”, ODT director Eastman de-
clared. He reaffirmed the decision
that travel to and from lairs is non-
essential.
portion to the increase In the
of meale being served now are
able to restau rants, hotels,
houses and other Institutional. uaaann_
region OPA administrator Max & -
McCuHbugh announced. InatltutiflB--
al users of Bugar in areas wiser** ww '
facilities have brought an. tncreaanr
in the service of meals wfll boanMht
from the lncresaed allotment, be ssadEf
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Political Rallies Dropped
A warning to state and county i-fltT
ficials that their eligibility for new
tires will he cancelled if rite rtres
arc used for non-official purposes less
been issued by OPA. ReporO*. Uhrm*
come to the Texas OPA office- MX
Port Worth that cars , of county wi -
ticials have been seen at poUUai7
rallies loaded with passengers <*•►
vlously not on official bustueiu}- he,
Dallas, Tarrant and Travis conitrUegi.
candidates in the forthcoming eAne-
tion have responded to OPA’s aptKWtl
to conserve tires by agreeing t.o (csrw-
go political rallies this year.
importance to the war program, l^ployrnent in war production, Hubert
materials are not needed for some-
thing directly connected with the
war or for something that is essen-
tial to the public welfare and safety,
Cosmetics Order Expected
Reduction in the number of per-
chances of getting them are going
to he slight from now on. Only hope
for non-essential manufacturing is to
convert to something that is essen-
tial.
During the week it also was an-
nounced that we high priority rat-
ings are to he asigned by the war
production board to most-needed or-
ders This rating system is outlined
in priorities regulation No. 12. New
ratings created are AAA, AA-1 AA-2,
etc., which will have precedence over
the formerly highest A-l-A rating.
To the consumer this is important!
only to show that where we need
speed, the priorities system lias been
streamlined to clear the track.
Army Needs Nails
All lumber yards in Texas, Okla
homa and Louisiana have received a
letter from the region war produc-
tion board office in Dallas, asking
G. Larson, of Washington, chief of, n,ittetl shades and odors of a wide
OPA’s auto rationing banch, told a variety of Items ranging from lip-
Dallas group last week tiiat it is not sticks to "cosmetic stockings will
unpatriotic for eligible purchasers to be a feature of a forthcoming Will
Southwest Leads in Salvage
More iron and steel scrap movasS
from auto graveyards to the natt«aAt
war furnaces in May from the IkiUai*
WPA region, which includes Toa*.
Oklahoma and Louisiana, than, froa*
any other WPB region In the aw*-
try. Total tonnage moved from Uw-
region was 81.888 tons. Nearnsr fr
gure regions was 4*>.427 tons.
buy new cars. Sales of new cars
release needed storage space and
idle capita), he pointed out.
Sugar Books Available
Consumers who had excess amounts
of sugar at the time they registered
for rationing may now obtain ration
hooks from their local war price and
rationing lzoards, if their excess sup-
plies have been depleted by allow-
ances made for home canning, region
OPA administrator Max L. McCul-
lough announced.
Army.
for lists of any kegs of nails tliev
In the field of priorities, July 1 also may have avajlat)le. for use by the
marked a turning point. The pro-
sumer services rendered "In connec-1 duction requirements plan went into
tion with commodities,” and docs not I < ff. t, and users of critical materials ] Autos Available to Eligibles
apply to t<*e« charged by your law- j were placed under an allocation sys- Declaring that the list of persons
y*-i youi\ architect. you.- leather | 'em. Those use's now will get nut i eligible to buy new automobiles is
shop, your beaut) shop, and numer I teriais only, in proportion to their j growing larger, due to increased em-
Ceiling on Anti-Freeze
Dollars and cents maximum prices
for anti-freeze at the retail, manu-
facturing and distributing levels have
been announced by OPA, at points
order limiting production of cosmet-
ics. Limitations on container sizes
and production of less-essential items
also may he included in the order.
Tin Salvaged from Sewes
Several hundred pounds of salvage
tin in the form of discarded tooth
paste tubes have been recovered
from New Orleans sewers by clean-
ing crews. The search for tin and
other metal scrap will be continued,
and the collection turned over to the
civilian defensd salvage committee.
New Duties for Local OPA Boards
Letters outlining live major duties
which board members will be asked
to handle have been mailed to local
war price and rationing boards by
well below the speculative quota- price administrator Leon Henderson
tions prevailing at the end of last
winter. The new regulation, No. 170,
removes anti freeze from regulation
under the general maximum price
regulation.
Transportation Reports Due
Operators of bus and street car
companies soon will be called on by
ODT for reports on their progress
toward more efficient use of trans-
These duties include distribution of
explanatory material on the general
maximum price regulation, tiling of
lists of cost-of-living commodity
prices perpraed by retailers and re-
ceiving and forwarding to Oil’A com-
plaints of violations of price regula-
tions.
Increased Sugar Available
Increased fcugar allotments in pro-
Egg Crate Sellers Licensed
All "Sellers of used egg cases aziti
used component parts have been li-
censed by OPA as a condition at
celling. License is automaticacl#r
granted to ail persons subject W
regulation. The measure was '.aftaur.
to aid enforcement of the uiuxixtxjMr-
price regulation on used ege • uwck
Licenses of violators of the- i>na:
ceiling may be revoked by OTA.
—:— Remember Pearl HkH»«n—-
On July 4th the post' office dev-
partment will issue a new trterzwi
cent "Win the War" postaqg
"stamp, the central motif at whtc* '.
is the American eagle viiith rtsx
wings outstretched in thfe forfn»
of a large V. The stamp is air-
ranged vertically and printed >.tr
purple ink. Above is a rep re-
duction of the new stamp. The
13 stars represent the 13 origina*
states.
Buy Wcr Bonds
Every Pay Day
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Let's Double
Cjt Quota
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Important NOTICE
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Charge Account Customers!
Effective as of May 6, 1942, and under the authority of the
President of the United States, the Federal Reserve Board is-
sued a Regulation-known as Regulation W-covering the exten-
sion of credit by retail stores, and with which Regulation all re-
tail stores are compelled to comply.
One of the jnost important stipulations, ap-
plying specihcially to open charge accounts
(not to installment accounts), is a3 follows:
ALL CHARGE ACCOUNT PURCHASES
MADE IN ANY ONE MONTH, REGARD-
LESS OF THE DAY OF THE MONTH ON
WHICH THE PURCHASES ARE MADE,
MUST BE PAID IN FULL NOT LATER
THAN THE TENTH OF THE SECOND
MONTH FOLLOWING THAT MONTH IN
WHICH THE PURCHASES WERE MADE.
(For example, all purchases made on any date
in the month of May must be paid for in full
by not later than July 10.) In addition there-
to, any balances unpaid on May 1, covering
purchases made over any period of time prior
to May 1, must also be paid up in full by July
10.
Any account not paid in accordance with the
government regulation becomes technically
in default, in which event it shall be against
the law for a merchant to approve further
charges to the account; however, in full ap-
preciation of the fact that undue hardship may
result from this Regulation, and in order to
allow further purchases by those who cannot
pay their accounts in full, within the specified
time, the law permits liquidation of an ac-
count—CURRENT OR PAST DUE—by a
note or other written agreement, within cer-
tain limitations.
It is accordingly suggested that you protect
your account against becoming in default
either by payment thereof on or before due
date, or by making special arrangements with
the credit department of the store involved.
Retail Merchants of Llano
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Collins, Will. The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1942, newspaper, July 2, 1942; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth817898/m1/7/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.