Evening star., 1946-11-15
WASHINGTON NEWS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER is, 1916
Turkey Supplies
To Be Good With
fO-15c Increase
Consumers Bottle
Against High Costs
Turns to Sugur, Soap

Turns to Sugar, Soop
Washington housewives can ex-
pect to find turkeys for their
Thanksgiving dinners at perhaps 10
10 Is cents per pound more than
hey paid last year.
Those who have eyed mounting
prices with alarm were assured by
Joseph B. Danzansky, attorney for
The Merchants and Manufacturer
ciation's wholesale food division,
that the traditional bird probably
viii be available In abundant guam
titles and at prices In line with other
current food costs.
There are plenty Of turkeys on
the farms this year" Mr.. Danzan-
sky said. But because OF the spotty
market recently, wholesalers have
not been buying. them In as great
quantities as usual"
Two Factors May Offer DifficuIty.
He said there were only two fac.
tors that might cloud an otherwise
rosy picture. There was possibil-
ity that the irregular market might
ind wholesalers without enough
birds to supply the consumers, even
though they are plentiful.
Then there was the threat Of q
packing house workers strike In
Chicago that could upset the nor
NAL how Of meats and cause a
heavier demand for poultry.
Gauged by present conditions.
turkey hens probably win sell for
from so to IS cents per pound near
the holiday, MFR. Danzansky said.
Last years prices averaged about
DO cents per pound.
Sugar Prices Stressed.
Those fighting the upward trend
OF prices were more concerned about
other items. One of these was Mrs,
Sarah Newman, chairman of the
Washington Committee for Com
sumner Protection. ~
She noted that sugar, one Of the
few items still regulated by the
Once Of Price Administration, was
selling for as much as 70 cents for
Q five-pound bag.
To refresh the memory Of con-
sllmers and enlist their support In
stunning high prices, Mrs. Newman
listed sugar ceiling prices. In small.
independent stores, the price Is 48
cents for pounds In bag and
40 cents In q carton. At the larger
stores 1t Is 43 cents for 5 pounds,
In bag or carton, and 8 cents o
pound when weighed and bagged
by the grocer.
Emphasizes Fight ON Soap Prices.
Mrs. Newman also emphasized the
need for fighting high prices for
soap, which Is up so per cent or
more many places. In another ex-
ample, one housewife had COM
planned Of shortening selling for
about IS cents more than the last
EoPA ceiling price.
She asked the SOC, 900 committee
members to SpGrn high-priced
Christmas toys, and. to keep q vigi-
liant check on meat prices.
General Electric has announced
| increases on Washing machines, re-
/ ffrigerators and electric appliances,
and It was indicated that others In
the industry would follow the
example.
GE said prices would advance
from to 20 per cent, the latter
figure applying to washing ma
chimes. Clocks win go up about 10
per cent; dish washers and nat
plate type home ironers from 10 to
II per cent.
To BE Effective Next Week.
Most Of the new prices win be
effective next week. An example OF
them Is the 7-cubic-foot refrigera-
tor. which win go up from $168 to
$l88.75.
A company spokesman said GE
had been losing money on many
OF the items under OPA control be-
cause the agency Jagged In adjust
ing prices to compensate for up-
ward trends In materials and labor.
The new prices eventually would
have been fixed even though OPA
controls had continued, he said.
Other distributors for such lines
as General Motors and Admiral said
increases were indicated, but that
zone had been ordered. Westing-
house has announced no increase
as yet. Admiral radios are up 10 to
IL per cent, according to Joseph A.
Doyle, vice president of United Dis
tributors Of washington.
In b check on automobiles We'd
nesday, showing increases in prices
asked at used car dealers lots, The
Star inadvertently made incorrect
comparisons with OPA ceiling
prices. The cars now on sale were
compared with prices OPA allowed
owners selling to dealers and did
not include q IS per cent profit
allowed the dealers.
For instance, q 1941 Chevrolet
special de luxe convertible spas
senger coupe. with radio and heater,
offered at 81, ,495 was said to have
sold for $979.33 under OPA regula-
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