Evening star., 1943-05-09
Text of OPA Price Order
Ceilings Established on Certain Foods
Within District Marketing Area

The text of District OPA's order
No. l, under General Order No. 81
establishing price ceilings on certain
foods in the District marketing area
follows:
Section I. What this order does
In accordance with the provisions
Of General Order No. 81 this order
establishes in section 7 community
dollars and cents ceiling prices
for certain food items sold in class
retail stores, and in other classes
of retail stores as indicated in Sec
ton 7, located in the Washington
Cd. c. wholesaler free delivery
area" This area is defined ir
section 8.
Section @ Application to other
sellers. No seller, except a "retai
route seller" may charge more than
these community (dollars and cents
ceiling prices. The community CELL
ing prices shall be the only ceiling
prices for such food items for class
l retail stores and other classes
of retail stores specified in section 7
All other sellers must continue tx
charge no more than any lower
ceiling prices esta ablished by this OF
any other applicable price regula
tions.
Section 3. Posting. (a> Selling
prices. All retail stores must pos
their selling prices for the food items
listed below on the item or at OF
near the place where such food item
is offered for sale.
(b) Ceiling prices All class 1 re-
tail stores and other classes of retail
stores specified in section 7 must
post in a conspicuous place in the
store list of the community cell
ing prices for such food items wher
such list is supplied by the Office OF
Price Administration. Other retail
ers must continue to post ceiling
prices as required by any other ap-
plicable regulation fixing their CELL
ing prices.
Co Glass Of store. All retail store:
selling any of the food items listed
below must post a sign reading
"OPA-1,' "OPA-2," "OPA-3' OF
"OPA-4," whichever applies, so that
it can be clearly seen by their Gus.
toners. The definitions of classes OF
retailers shall be those contained ir
Revised Maximum Price Regulations
Nos. 238 and 268.
Section 4. Applicability of Genera
Order No. 81. This order is subiec
to all the provisions Of General Or
der No. 81. which are hereby made
a part Of this order.
Section 5. Revocation. This ordel
replaces any previous order covering
any of the food items for which CELL
ing prices are established hereby
heretofore issued by the regiona
administrator of region II or by the
district manager of this district.
Section 6. Effective date. This or.
der becomes effective on May 10
1943.
Section 7. The community IDOL
lars-and-cents) ceiling prices es-
tablished. (The prices listed in this
section will be found in an accom-
panying article)
Section 8. Definitions. "Wash-
ington, D. c., wholesale free delivery
area" means the District of Colum-
bia; Arlington County. Va: Alex
andria, Va, and adjacent portions
of Montgomery County and Prince
Georges County. Md. and Fairfax
County, Va, bounded and described
as follows:
Montgomery County-All of the
county except the area beyond a line
running along the road from Great
Falls through Potomac to Rock
vile, then along State road 2e
through Norbeck to Norwood, ther
by road toward Ednor approxi-
mately mile, then right on second
ary road to United States road 20
then along 20 toward Ednor approx
mately miles to road junction, then
right through Spencerville to Burt
onsville, then right to Fairland and
left on secondary road to county
line.
Prince Georges County-All of the
county except the area beyond line
running from the county line along
the secondary road from Fairland ir
Montgomery County. then right, left
and right on secondary roads tc
Muirkirk, thence by secondary road
to Laurel-Bowie road, then right ap-
proximately l mile to secondary
road, then on secondary system
right approximately 2.5 miles, right
approximately 025. miles, left ap-
proximately is miles to Springfield
continuing to United States road So
left on United States so to secondary
road approximately 05 mile beyond
Collington, to State road 3, right
through Wells and Marlboro to
Upper Marlboro, then right on State
road 4 approximately 4 miles to sec
ondary road, left on secondary road
through Woodward to Clinton, con-
tinuing across State road by State
road through Tippett and Piscata-
way to junction with State road 224
then right approximately 2 miles to
secondary road, then left to Fort
Washington.
Fairfax County-Au of the county
except the area beyond a line run
ming east to the Potomac River from
the junction of the Mount Vernon
Memorial highway and road 625 ap-
proximately S miles south of Alex
andria, and westward on road 625
then left on road 629, right on road
628, and left on road 626 to Gum
Springs. then northwestward across
country to junction of road GIL and
secondary road, then northwestward
along secondary road to Franconia