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Show ed increases of from one-half to one cent per gallon. Blaming the rise on the defense de-fense program, Mr. Wall said: "The refiners simply were not prepared for the tremendous increase in-crease in demand that has come with expansion of our defense set-up. Shortages exist in refined gasoline, making a price increase necessary." The increase, according to an Associated Press dispatch from lJoncu City, affected most of the west. New prices on "standard" gasoline gaso-line brands Monday were 19 cents per gallon for second grade, 21 cents for first grade, and 2 3 cents for ethyl gasoline. Prices for "independent" brands probably will be one cent lower in each case, Mr. Wall said. Some brands may increase the price for first grade gasoline to 21 cents, he reported. PRICE ON GASOLINE GOES UP ONE CENT MONDAY It cost Utahn's an extra cent a gallon to fill their cars' gasoline tanks Monday. C. W. Wall, secretary of the Utah Association of Petroleum Retailers, Inc., announced Sunday a general one-cent per gallon price increase on all principal brands of gasoline would go into effect Monday Mon-day morning. Dealers of "independent" "indepen-dent" brands were expected to "go along" with similar increases, he said. The announcement followed advice ad-vice from Ponca City, Okla., that the Contlnenal Oil company had put into effect an increase of a cent a gallon in the wholesale price of gasoline in Utah, and other large refiners had announc- |
