OPA Officials Give A
Stern Warning To All
Retailers About Law;
Some Local Firms Have
Been Checked and Found
Violating Some OPA
Regulations.
Regardless what an article costs,
it cannot be sold for more than the
price it was offered for sale in
March, 1942/' C. M. Simpson, price
analysis of durable goods told
local merchants at a recent meet
ing.
Mr. Simpson warned that "the
period of education, and bgging
merchants and those who render
services to get within the law is
over. We are now checking up
with investigators. Enforcement
is coming," he said sternly.
"What you paid for an article
does not enter into the price con
trol. When in doubt, be sure to
get an official ruling by calling
the local board," the OPA official
urged.
Also appearing on the three
hour discussion with Mr. Simpson
was Galen J. Bennett, Price Pane)
Cordinator, of Charlotte, and Doug
las Goff, specialist in auto acces
sories, also of the Charlotte office.
Mr. Simpson pointed out that
fines totaling $350,000 had been
imposed upon violators of the price
regulations in this district during
1943. "Many more cases are com
ing up, and some heavy fines are
now pending," he said.
"It is just as much a violation
to pay more now for the same
goods than was paid in March,
11*42, " he said in answer to ques
tions from local merchants who j
pointed out instances where their 1
costs had r;sen.
"D ^n't accept such poods, or be j
in a position to stand th? penalties j
for violations," he warned again. |
Mr. Simpson said further: "If
you did not handle the same article
in March, 1942, then you must get
| the ceiling price from a competitor
in a similar class and size of busi
ness, and use his price as your i
selling price after getting permis
sion to handle such an article from
the district OPA office. If you
gave special discounts in March.
1942, ycu may continue to give
those same discounts now as then.
There are relatively few n:w arti
cles on the market ? many have
been changed, but basicly they are
the same. When in doubt as to what
to sell an article for, just call your
| board and they will find out. Pro
visions have been made for making
allowances, but don't put higher
| prices on merchandise until autho
j rized by th? board," he continued.
The matter of dealers handling
1 second hand merchandise came in
for much discussion, to which the !
official pointed out that an article
in gocd useable condition could be
sold for sev:nty-five per cent 'of
; the orginal selling price; if not in
i best of condition, then only 33 per
cent of the original price. As to
antique furniture, he said it must
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CHRISTMAS
Let Every Heart
Be Glad!
Carry on the tradition that is America.
Be thankful for the many blessings God
has bestowed upon us and hope for
. Victory in 1944!
Best Wishes for a
Joyous Christmas
TUCKASEEGEE BEAUTY
AND BARBER SHOP
(m) jMjfi'j anvj jBaPc 'J Mpjvj ^apt* J JKpoJ j
be at least 75 years old, and arnpl
proof of being genuine antique bo
fore a higher pr ce than the abovt
percentages c >uld b used.
"We have jus" had 28 investiga
tors add.'d to the Charlotte force,
and these are in the field, and w .en
th y enter a pHce of business thai
is not complying with the price
regulations, it*" is just that busi
ness man's judgment day," he
again warned.
In pointing out th penalties for
conviction for violation, the official
said there were three ways:
First, to sign an agreement to
comply in the future.
Second to order a suspension
hearing, ar d if th. judge so ruled,
the business could be suspended.
Third, bring suit for three times
the overcharge that had been made.
All services, except services on
the body and employee to employer,
are also covered in the price regu
lations, and no more can be charg
ed for ths same services today than
in March, 1942.
"Any materials used in making
any services cannot be charged for
at a higher cost than in March,
1942," he reminded the group.
Mr. Bennett pointed out during
his remarks, that the price panel
is trying to help merchants and
consumers, and the whole program
is to fight inflation.
"To make an overcharge on mer
chandise, is the same as taking
money away from a person at the
point of a gun," Mr. Bennett said.
"Some who are not in compliance
with the regulations, which are
federal laws, are just a jump ahead
of the sheriff," he continued, as he
related a case this week when a
dry cleaner was fined $220 for
violations, because he failed to file
a price list.
"We have no answer to the ques
tion, 'Why cannot I charge more
when the manufacturer goes up?'
To that question, we'll give you
the answer just as soon as we get
one," he said.
Mr. Benn.tt warned against in
flation, citing that he bought 60
million German Marks which were
worth 15 million dollars at one time
for only fifteei. cents.
DEFINITIONS:
Bathing Beauty: A girl who has
a wonderful profile al the way
down.
Good Will: The one asset that
comp.tition cannot undersell or di
minish.
Bank: Large building with
marble columns and high desks
where Scotchmen fill their pens.
Gossip: The art of saying noth
ing in a way that leaves practical
ly nothing unsaid.
Lemon Cake-Top Pudding
(Serves 4 6)
2Vfc tablespoons flour.
% cup sugar.
1 tablespoon butter.
2 egg yolks.
V4 cup lemon juice.
1 cup milk.
Cream flour, sugar and butter.
Combine ingredients and fold in
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten. Bake
in 8-inch, unbuttered dish, stand in
a pan of water. Bake for 35
minutes in moderate oven (375? F.)
Separates into cake and custard
layers.
Mrs. Edith Russel has returned
from Detroit. She visited Miss
Virgie Clayton, who is working in
; Detroit.
I Mrs. Francis Kirkpatrick and
children of Knoxville, spent tiff
week-end of Decemb3r 11 with Mr.
and Mrs. D. G. Bryson.
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Christmas Aftermath
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ULETIDE festivities will be more crowded and gay this year than
in many years toirg since past; ? ^ill hr more reason than ever,
to meditate in Church on the true meaning of "Peace on Earth ? . . Good
Will toward Man" . . . Thus too, our score of Christmas wishes is ex
tended in the hope that your holiday aftermath be as replete in merri
ment and joy as the gala season itself. May your home be blessed with
every good fortune and your most profound hopes realized, in the New
Year we look to for Victory.
MASSIE
FURNITURE CO
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An Ode 7'o Our Friends
By ROBERT FRANK JARRETT
(Dillsboro)
When Christmas comes, I love to think
Of a kind and loving friend,
Who's been so, through all the years
And will be to the end.
I love to think of your genial smile
And the grip of your strong right hand
And the deep rich voice of melody
Of my friend so true and grand.
I love to look back when Christmas comes
To think of loved ones and true,
And count up the joys that came to me
Through friendship of loved ones like you.
And when the tears came, as they often do come
You were there, with your solace so true,
And I'm glad to remember, on this day in December
That I still have grand friends, like you.
*
Babson's Business and Financial
Outlook For 1944 To Be Published
Next Week In This Newspaper j
That was forty years ago. Today
his weekly statistical and financial
reports are read by thousands of \
businessmen and his research work !
is carried on by a large staff of !
workers.
A fellow we know has a broken
arm which he received from fight
ing for a woman's honor. It seems
she wanted to keep it.
American business has no more
inspiring personality than Roger
internationally-known
business c o m
mentator and
investment ad
viser. An out
standing fea
ture of his phi
losophy has
been his life- '
long insistence
on the impor- t
tance of relig- |
ion in business.
BABSON His 1944 fore- j
cast on the war and elections will
be carried in full in this news
paper next week. His business
and financial outlook are always
eagerly read the first of every year.
Born in 1875, reared in an old
fashioned atmosphere of hard
work and hustle on a farm in Glou
coster, Mr. Babson went to the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. Upon graduating in 1898,
he turned instinctively to financial
and business activities.
His exertions, however, under
mined his health; he contracted
tuberculosis and he was sent West
"as good as dead"! It was while
he was convalescing from this
dreaded malady that he worked out
some of the possibilities and prob
lems of business statistics.
Husband (hearing burglars | 4j
downstairs) ? Sh-h-h- dear, this is ?
going to be a battle of brains. I
Wife ? How brave of you to, dear, *"
to go unarmed.
The
^ Season's Greetings
To Our
Friends.
(? !
Sylva Feed
Company
G. H. COPE
Buy War Bond3 and Stamps.
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Seasons
Greetings
ICE CREAM
May Your
Christmas Be Merry
and may your blessings be
many in the coming year
and each year that follows. *
Hotel Lloyd
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To All Our Friends
of
JACKSON COUNTY
A Merry Christmas
May the New Year
ring Victory, and
Happiness for all.
R. H. Mica Corp.
Rubin Mica Co.
and
Alexander Rubin
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