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ooo o Weather DIP Max. Ml. Prertaw M JK 34 :- J01 m i. m 30 f .63 Salaa Portland San Francisco 43 31 2S 20 EH1JJO0 New York 14 M WilUm(t rivar . S font Forecast (from U.S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today and tonight with scattered early morning rain and light anow bowers. SALEM PRECIPITATION (Slaee Seat, 1 Thie Year JLart Year Average X 27 23 M ' 23.43 kkdodqs POUNDDD 1651 NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR 14 PAGES Th Orocjon Statesman, SaUm, Onqca. Thursday. February 5. 1948 Price) 5c No. 271 1 EDO O ODO OOO ODDO O.O ODOO-O ODO DODQ OOO OOd OOO Harry Truman has a hard time of it riding in a Roman race with hla horse headed In opposite di rections. The southern boss is the old democratic dependable, but has its head to the past and its tail to the future. The northern boss, while something of a pie bald, is crazy to get the bit in its teeth and go hell-bent for pro gress, new- deal CIO-PAC fash Ion. To keep the northern hoss from bucking the rider off, Tru man has fed It all the choice oats t the capitol; $40 a head tax exemption, health, housing, so cial security; and now a bushel basket full of civil rights. At the last the southern hoss balked, tired of carrying most of the load and getting only the quirt for its pains. For all their protests against cramming progress down their throats, particularly civil rights for negroes, the southern demo crats in the end wifl stay regular s they always have except in 1928 when some of them bolted Al Smith. But they are certainly embittered at the moment. The uprising of southern demo crats has started speculation that to preserve party harmony a southerner be picked for Tru man's running - mate. That may not happen, but the southern demos may be able to head off the nomination of Justice WiMam O. Douglas, reported picked by northern bosses for the ce pres idency. For Douglas is an outspok en advocate of giving equality in fact as in the constitution to ne groes and other minority groups No matter how sincere Truman was, the timing of bis message is suspect. The polities of the Tru man message on civil rights FEPC, anti-poll tax legislation, an ti-lynching legislation lies In its appeal to negro votes. In northern states, where negroes are allowed to vote, that vote could swing a close election, and Tru man may look for political gains In that direction. But he surely didn't count on the acid criti cisms emanating from southern politicians in and out of congress. Truth to tell, both parties make promises to the negroes, and nei ther one is much , distinguished by actual performance of promi ses In this field. Marshall Seeks Greater Funds, Speeded Action WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -4JP)-Secretary of State Marshall was reported ready today to ask an other billion dollars or so for for eign spending. And Marshall himself said fur ther military aid to Turkey and Greece is being considered By the state department. Senator George (D-Ga.) of the foreign relations committee said he had been informed that about one billion dollars would be ask ed for aid to China and for oc cupation costs in Germany, Aus tria, Japan and Korea. George told reporters his in formation came from a source he considered reliable, but declined to give particulars. This extra request, on top of the $6,800,000,000 Marshall is ask ing for his European recovery program, would raise foreign spending proposals to nearly $8, 000,000,000. Marshall told a new confer ence the state department ia con sidering all the facts in connec tion with the $100,000,000 military aid program to Turkey. Marshall said also that the de partment is trying to determine whether more money will be needed for the Greek aid pro gram when the present $300,000, 000 appropriation expires ' June 30. The secretary urged anew that congress act on the European rer covery program by April -1. and Chairman Vandenberg (R-Mich.) of the senate foreign affairs giova? said later that he thought this could be done. Marshall said the pipeline of supplies to Europe would run dry if the long-range program wasn't ready when the stopgap aid vot ed last year for France, Italy and Austria runs out at the end of March. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "idoT U. S. Ships May A id Italy, by No Visits WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -iJPy-American warships operating in the Mediterranean may largely avoid visits to Italian ports for the next few weeks on Italian advice. Premier Alcide de Gasperi, dip lomatic sources here said today, has told American Ambassador James C. Dunn that such a course might be wise in view of political conditions in Italy. Communists, fighting de Gas peri's government, have denoun ced the presence of American fleet units. Similarly, the use of Italian ports was protested by Russia last week as a violation of the Italian peace treaty. The United States rejected the protest, say ing Rome had approved each war ship visit. The Italian govern ment publicly announced that this was true. De Gasperi's latest move is re garded not as a change in Italian Sndiv Avoids Salem, Malts Midwest Cold California Gives j Flu Closes Some Welcome to Water Schools in NW CHICAGO. Feb. 4 -UPH A fast moving storm that piled a wide band of snow from Missouri to the Atlantic seaboard took the right of way over a predicted midwest cold wave today. The storm dumped up to nine inches of snow over much of Ohio, brought Philadelphia its 13th fall of the season and threatened New York City with a depth of eight inches. From one to eight inches of snow fell in Mary land and up to six inches in West Virginia. The snow was lighter to the west. California, which has been un dergoing its worst winter drought in more than 70 years, reported a welcome counterpart to the storms in the east ahd"TnldwesL Snow fell in northern California and in the Sierras today, and sleet and rain was moving southward Into the central valleys and southern California, some parts of which have been without moisture for a month and a half. Printers Okeh New Agreement In Portland PORTLAND, Feb. 4-P-Mem-bers of the Multnomah Typo graphical union, local 38, reported tonight a new working agreement had been negotiated with the Ore gonian and the Oregon Journal. Journeymen printers will re ceive a $14.50 weekly wage in crease, from the previous $75 50 minimum to $90 for a 3614-hour work week on day shifts. The night shift was raised from $80.50 to $85. The increase is retroactive to January 1. Union members said they had accepted a proposal of the Port land labor management commit tee that conditions of the previous contract, which expired January 1, are to be observed to the "ex tent permitted by state and feder al laws." There was no amplifi cation of the statement. Spokesmen for the union and management said differences over signing of contracts of employ ment were resolved by the assist ance of the Portland labor-management committee during the ne gotiations. It was explained that both sides had given the commit tee assurances that that terms of the agreement would be respected until Dec. 31. 1948. Mrs. Comett To Seek Post KLAMATH FALLS. Feb. 4-lP) -The widow of State Senate Pre sident Marshall E. Comett today announced her candidacy for re publican national committee wom an for Oregon. Mrs. Cornett said she expected to file soon, and would open her campaign after a brief visit with relatives in northern California. Her husband waa killed in the Oc tober plane crash that also took the life of Governor Earl Snell. the secretary of state, and their pilot. U. !. Pleas Renewed For Accord in India LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 4MJPh The United States called on In dia and Pakistan today to keep trying to settle their quarrel over Kashmir peaceably. Warren R. Austin, chief U. S. delegate to the United Nations, told the security council that the. disputing dominions had agreed on several points. He said he ex pected them to continue talks and agree on a final settlement. policy but simply as a step to ward quieting political disputes over the issue. Italy is scheduled to hold na tional elections in ApriL Responsible informants said the United States could be expec ted to cooperate with any wishes de Gasperi might express in such a matter. The Italian development was one of several bearing on Ameri can anti-communist policies in the Mediterranean area and south eastern Europe. The state department accused the communist government of Ro mania of preparing "to wipe out the last vestiges of democratic opposition. A not delivered in Bucharest Monday, the department said, charged the Romanian government with violating the peace treaty which became effective last September. Salem and the surrounding area will see little of a snow storm forecast for today, the U. S. weather bureau at McNary field said early this morning in pre dicting only light early morning rains and snow showers. The thermometer, however. Is expected to sink to 23 degrees this morning and late tonight as the cold spell continues. Wednesday was comparatively warm in com parison with recent low tempera tures, with a maximum of 48 and a minimum of 34. The state highway commission warned that new snowfall in the mountains will make all mountain pass roads slippery. By th Associated Pi Ma Flu closed the Troutdale. Ore., elementary school Wednesday and held 150 pupils away from classes at North Bend. Ore. Through western Oregon generally, unus ually heavy numbers of respira tory infections were reported. At the same time, two new cases of infantile paralysis were reported, one in Baker, the other in Clackamas county. The Ore gon year's total of such reports is 12 the highest January in cidence since 1928. Three new cases of diphtheria, all in Coos county, also were reported. Five elementary schools in Clark county, Washington, closed yesterday for the remainder of the week. Respiratory infections struck nearly 20 per cent of the pupils. Theatre Sold At Woodburn WOODBURN, Feb. 4-(Special) Sale of the Bungalow theatre to Irvin Weston Scow of Portland was disclosed here today by Peter Koppinger, owner of the pro perty for the past several years. Scow will take over operation of the theatre on February 15 and will make his home in Woodburn. Koppinger will move to Monte sano. Wash., to take over a theatre which he purchased from Scow in the double transaction. Scow had previously purchased property on Young street where he plans to build a new 5 00 -seat theatre which he said he will operate Jointly with the Bungalow theatre. Scow announced Wednes day that he will completely re model the old theatre as soon as plans are submitted for the Job. Improved Flax Called Necessity For Growers, at Santiam Co-op By Lillie L. Madaen Farm Editor. Tttm Statesman JEFFERSON, Feb. 4 Higher quality flax must be grown in the Willamette valley if Oregon is to stay in the flax growing industry, speakers agreed at the annual business meeting of the Santiam Flax Growers association here to night. A dinner served by the Rebekah lodge to 100 members and friends preceded the business meeting, at which Walter Shelby presided. "You might break even on your second grade flax, but it is your grade one which makes your money, said J. E. Harmond. fiber flax investigator, United States department of agriculture, at Oregon State college. Harmond also urged a flax grading service to meet European competition, and a central mar keting plant to "stop cooperative plants from selling in competi tion. He added that the new Santiam plant, built at. a cost of $68,000 during the past year, Is second to none la the world, DmroinrDQ(rilDfty7 Stock IFVocgs Take (DDtunrQ-ihairy atDdmiDinig Op Agaimi; Saving of Meat Due for Stress; Aims at Prices Br Morrsn Rer Ids WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 The government prepared today to launch a sweeping food ra tioning campaign on a voluntary basis. Representatives of 18 consumer, producer and distributor groups will meet tomorrow with Secre tary of Agriculture Anderson to map details of the nation - wide program. With congress apparently deter mined not to grant President Truman's request for further le gal powers to enforce anti-inflation measures, the administration plans to seek greater public sup port for an intensified Voluntary drive to curb the cost of living. Charles F. Brannan, assistant secretary of agriculture, will head the new food saving campaign. Originally started by the citizens food committee last fall, it has been carried on until now under the direct leadership of the cab inet food committee. Although no details of the new drive have been revealed, it is understood major emphasis will be placed on meat. The self - imposed rationing program to be drawn up tomorrow will be based on the specific re commendations of the industry and public representatives. It is designed to meet the twin problem of scarce food supplies and high prices. The agriculture department has predicted a meat shortage may arise in the next few months. And Brannan has told the senate bank ing committee that meat ration ing "by price" is already In ef fect because many people cannot afford to buy. Oiling Assured For 28.1 Miles County Road A total of 28.1 miles of unoiled Marion county roads will be oil ed during the county's summer road program beginning In July, the county court reported Wed nesday. In addition to oiling new roads, the county will process 23 other roads to prepare them for oiling next year or the year after, ac cording to County Commissioner Roy Rice. Last year the county oiled 22 miles of new roads and resealed 50 additional miles of older roads. Roads selected for this sum mer's oiling program were chos en from the many for which re quests were submitted during a public road hearing held by the court early last month. County Judge Grant Murphy said that some processing, such as grading, graveling, repairing bridges and draining, could begin as soon as weather permitted. (Roads listed on page 4.) House Would Halt Conversion to Oil WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -VFh The house took steps today to make more fuel oil available. It voted to stop conversions of gov ernment heating plants from coal to oil or gas. The house commerce commit tee at the same time asked im mediate investigation of reported increases In fuel oil prices re sulting from shortages. Other speakers were Kenneth Sawyer and W. C D. P. Dodson of the Portland Chamber of Com merce; Arthur Page, Charles Hart and Paul Drushella, directors; Dr. J. F. Hosch, Srlo; Ha r ley Libby. Jack Gil more and H. D. Bradley, interested In flax growing. In the officers' reports, Alfred Lentacher, manager, told that 1,750,509 pounds of unprocessed flax valued at 1143,000 was still at the plant and would be cleaned up by June. Walter Shelby, said that if all goes well the-plant will be out of- debt by the end of the year, and "although we wont have much cash on hand we will own our own plant." C. A. Horton gave the auditor's report and Harry Asbahr read the secretary-treasurer's report. As bahr and P. D. Drushella were re elected to the board of directors and hold-overs are Shelby, A. L. Page and Charles Hart. The di rectors will meet within the week to choose officers for the coming year. Admits Bomb w : ; j 1 ; ' s ' l Jerusalem. Feb. 4 Abdul Khader Bey llaseelnl (above), cota sauuider C the Arab forces In Jerusalem, said that his men were responsible for the bomb ing In Jerusalem of the pub lishing plant of the pro-Zionist newspaper. Palestine Post. The blast killed a printing worker. Injured 21 persons and set off an SSOO.aee fire. (AP Wlrepheto to The Statesman) Assault Charge Follows Attack At Salem Home Arraignment In Marion county district court today, on a charge Of assault with a deadly weapon, was slated Wednesday night for Richard Eoff, 48, of 1180 Oak st., according to city police. Eoff was Wrested Wednesday after police Investigated the beating of a Sa lem housewife with a flashlight in her home Tuesday. Victim of the attack was Mrs. Lillian Gardner of 889 Oak St., former elevator operator at the county courthouse, who was treat ed following the attack for six head lacerations. Three of the cuts on her forehead were three inches long and required seeral stitches, police said. Eoff was arrested about 6 p.m. Wednesday at his home after a search by Detective George Ed wards and Patrolmen Charles Esp- lin and Paul Nicholson. The offi cers were called to Mrs. Gardner's home at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, a few minutes after the attack, by a boarder at the home. After receiving treatment, Mrs Gardner told Edwards a. middle- aged man called at her home about noon and asked to inspect the property, saying that he was in terested in buying it. After going through all the rooms, the man asked to see the attic, Mrs. Gard ner said. When she placed a lad der in a bedroom closet under the access hole to the attic the man suddenly pulled out his flashlight and beat her about the head, she told police. Mrs. Gardner's screams brought a boarder, U. R. Mills, from the basement and into the bedroom to investigate. He found Mrs. Gardner lying in a pool of blood on the bedroom floor, he told po lice, but allowed the man to leave when the stranger said the woman had been injured in a fall from the ladder. Mills then phoned first aid men, who called the police. With a description of the attack er from Mrs. Gardner and Mills, police set out on a house-to-house canvass of the neighborhood in search of the assailant. About 4 pm. Wednesday Edwards called at Eoff's home and noted a similarity with the assailant's description. Placing Eoff under arrest, Ed wards brought Mrs. Gardner and Mills, who both immediately iden tified Eoff as the attacker. Ed wards said that Eoff readily ad mitted being at the home after his arrest, but denied striking Mrs. Gardner. He is being held in the city jail pending action of the dis trict court today. Bail was set at 85,000. Ex-Camp Land Due for Sale Land tracts remaining from a current sale of 15,000 acres to for mer owners and tenants at Camp White, near Med ford, will be sold to World War II veterans who ap ply before March 29, the state vet erans affairs department announc ed Wednesday. The department cautioned, how ever, that because of rocky condi tion of most of the land, shallow soil and shortage of water, it is suited generally for limited graz ing purposes only, except that por tion fronting on the highway which might be used for business structures. Applications should be mailed to Earl A. Lintz, project manager, box 1547, Medford, Ore. Profit and Wage Freeze Sought To Fight Spiral LONDON. Feb. 4. - (JP) - Prime Minister Attlee called today for the freezing of profits and wages to combat spiraling prices. He urged the freeze on a volun tary basis and under the honor system, but with it went a threat to use wartime powers of price control. The appeal was read by Attlee in the house of commons. He asked for a general freeze on individual incomes, not only to combat increasing prices but to woo export trade. Yesterday the chancellor of the exchequer reported that the pur chasing power of the pound had declined to 38 per cent of its 1914 value. The housewife saw evidence of economic woe in the hike last week of the controlled price of scant bacon and eggs. It appeared likely that French devaluation of the franc was a contributing factor in today's move. Britain, desperate for dol lars, must compete for export trade with markets changing slowly from the sellers' to the buyers' advantage. France is also in the export market and now possesses the advantage of the de valued franc. 1st Big Fund, $991 Million, Passes House WASHINGTON, Feb. A.-JP)-The first big appropriation bill of 1948 skimmed through the house today after a brief flareup over President Truman's $700,000 em ergency fund. The $991,518,551 bill finances a score of miscellaneous federal ag encies, including the White House, for the fiscal year starting July 1. The total is $58,280,313 below the president's budget estimates a cut of about 8 per cent. The vote that sent the bill to the senate was 339 to 10. All 10 negative votes came from repub licans. The skirmish over the presi dent's emergency fund developed over an amendment by Rep. Rees (R-Kas.) to take $200,000 off the $700,000 recommended by the ap propriations committee. The pres ident has asked for $1,000,000, twice what he was given for the year ending next June 30. Rees claimed that not even by "the greatest stretch of the imag ination" could many of the so called emergency items be consid ered emergencies. STRIKE DATE DELAYED CHICAGO. Feb. 4 -iP)- Three railroad operating unions that have threatened to strike on the nation's railroads advised Presi dent Truman's emergency fact finding board today they would agree to extend from February 26 to March 10 the time for study ing the dispute. MRS. ROGERS FILES Mrs. Joe Rogers, Independence, Wednesday filed at the statehouse for state representative from the 10th district. Polk county, at the republican primary election. Klan Threatens Refused Protection of Sheriff LAKEV1EW. Ga., Feb. 4 -OP) Walter Bowland, athletic coach at Lakeview high school, said to night he had been warned to get out of town or be tarred and feathered. He said School Principal John B. Burks received the warning: "Get Bowland out of town or he will be tarred and feathered. Then you will be tarred and feathered." The threats were Inspired, said Bowland and Burks, by a fight at the gymnasium between Bow land and Marion Hayes, a stu dent at the University of Chatta nooga and former student at Lakeview high. Bowland said 18 hooded mem bers of the Ku Klux Klan lighted cross in front of his house on January 16 while he was absent on a basketball trip. He said his wife kicked over the cross and called thei hooded men "yellow cowards." He said he asked Sheriff Jim Moreland of Catoosa county for protection and was refused. The sheriff, in a statement to the Chattanooga Times tonight, said, "This is what I said to him (Bowland). I m .just as scared of the Ku Klux Klan as you are. You shduld conduct yourself in such a way that the Ku Klux Klan wouldn't appear in front of your house." Burks and Bowland said today rv-n Bundist Loose it" i f . i :c --en ULMB. Frits Kubn, former head of the German-American bund, who waa reported to have escaped T neodar from Internment la Germany. Deported Kulin Escapes from German Prison MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 4-i;p)-Fritz Kuhn, deported former leader of the German-American bund, escaped Tuesday under mysterious circumstances from the Dachau internment camp. Police searched southern Ger many for Kuhn, who was being held by Bavarian denazification authorities for possible trial as a nazi. No one seemed to know how he got out of the German-operated prison camp. Prison inmates were the first to report his disappear ance. Kuhn, whose voice once thun dered praise of Adolf Hitler at bund rallies In Madison Square Garden, was sentenced to jail in 1939 for grand larceny and for gery involving misappropriation of bund funds. In 1943 he was deprived of his citizenship. He was ordered de ported to Germany in 1943 as an alien enemy "dangerous to the public peace and safety of the United States. American military government authorities arrested him upon his arrival in Germany, but he was released in April, 1948. Last July ho was jailed by the Germans and held for trial as a nazi offender, No trial date had been set for Kuhn despite his lengthy impris onment. Airlines to Accept Strike Arbitration MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 4.-)-An of fer to accept a neutral arbitrator was made today by National air lines as full impact of the pilots' strike paralyzed the system. The strike, which began at 11 p. m. yesterday, grounded Nation al's 22 planes serving 11 states and Cuba when the line's 145 pi lots walked out over two griev ances. Georgia Coach; they have decided to leave Lake view high school at the end of the current school year, but added they "will not leave before then and will not be Intimidated by the Ku Klux Klan." "I may get shot." said Bowland, -'but if they come into my yard and threaten me I am going to shoot some of them." He said he had collected three rhotguns, an automatic rifle, ammunition and blackjack. Said Burks: "I have a pistol and ammuni tion. If they come to my house making threats I am going to shoot someone. I don't mind talk ing to a person who is unmasked and meets me man to man. But I'm not going to fool with anyone who hides behind a mask." Lakeview is seven miles from Chattanooga, Tenn. - Bowland said the altercation with Hayes developed when Hayes, then a student at Lake view high, objected to instruc tions given two members of the basketball squad to sweep up some trash during an intermis sion at practice. "I told Hayes to leave," Bow land said. "He caUed me a dirty so-and-so. I hit him. His father got a warrant for my arrest" The warrant was subsequently withdrawn, Bowland added. And ; "shortly after the KKK took over." Ouairp E)irpp 11 UILCUUUU 414 No Explanation Certain; Price - Height Blamed Commodity, stock and bdnof prices cropped sharply, without any new development to account for the break in the nation's mar keta WednaHav i 1 ' Most experts said frankly they, didn't know whether it was just a) temporary setback or a prick i in, the postwar price balloon. j Nor could they say whether the present high cost of groceries) and other Items In the family, budget might go down as a result. Wheat futures dropped 10 cent a bushel as much as they cad ia one day at Chicago, .Minneapolis) and Kansas City. , I v Rails Lead Decline I V Stocks fell 1 to $5 a share In a 1,200,000-share, turnover at New York, the widest break since last May. Railroads led a broad decline In the bond market. v 4 Cotton broke more than $6 bale at one time but, made so mo recovery. Final prices at New York, ranged from $3.55 a bale lovves to 35 cents higher. ' It was much the same story ia most other commodities. The Asso ciated Press commodity index re fleeted the sharpest 'break since) September, 1947, i Cattle prices remained firm, however. ? J Basle Facts Unchanged j Market men and econoroita generally noted thai there Ihaa been no sudden change in jtwo "basic facts" affecting the price) structure. j That Is, European requirement under the Marshall program j are reckoned about the same as they have been all along., If these; had been revised downward, a drop in prices undoubtedly -would have) followed. -i. - j Also, industrial output continues) -at the recent high .level j fact that ordinarily would mean steady prices. . ... ..J j In Washington, Secretary of Ag riculture Anderson offered seteral possible causes for j: the skid in i commodity prices. j Speemlators Scatter I One, he said, is that prices iav been too high and perhaps a ; eal ization of this has "begun to take bold of the markets.? I Another is that many specula tors have left the market as a re sult of the recent investigations) and publication of traders' names. ' A third is thst the world Wheat supply is better than it seemed likely to bo a few months ago and the more wheat there is. the lower its price tends' to be. The belief that the break waa.,, merely a temporary trend waa held by James S. Bennett and! Co., Chicago grain traders. The Ben nett company said ;'spot (cash), wheat is selling at too great a premium over the futures td ex pect further declines." 1 i Definitely Deflationary j , I On the other hand, two fther largo Chicago trading concerns, the Uhlmann Grain 'company and Good body and Company, insisted that the downward surge was a definite "deflationary trend,? thav Uhlmann firm said it expected in creased sales by farmers in .view of. the sudden decline. f One well-known economist and -vice president of a New York bank said he was convinced busi nessmen were becoming increas ingly apprehensive of a reception. (Additional details on page 112) Kiwanis Plans I April Conclave Approximately 500 out-of-town Kiwanians and their wives are expected to attend a western7 Ore gon club conference in Salem on Saturday and Sunday, April $ and 4, Phil Schnell, Salem Klwania president, announced Wednesday. The visitors will represent five divisions of the international or. ionization's northwest district; Other divisions will hold parleys cisewnere. j i In previous years, distrlctfwlde sessions were held each spring, but club officials said no cjfy at the present time could nmmiu c-iiuuim laciuues 10 nandie so large ITOWQ. a Turkish Ambassador Recalled from Moscow ANKARA. Feb. 4 1 Tur key has recalled her ambassador . from Moscow, it i was learned here tonight. 14 The sudden diplomatic move was a "tit for tat" answer to Russia's refusal to return; her ambassador to Ankara, learned. J it waa r Ann. 1. ah phice tp DETROIT, Feb. 4 Show ing Its completely re-delgned 1948 model cars to Detroit; area distributors and dealers today, Cadillac motor car division of General Motors announced price increases of about! 9.5 per) cent over comparable 1947 vehicles. ,