Show OPA Gratis Grabs 11 In Coast Car ar Lot Lol Raids IX LOS S ANGELES Sept 11 UP Used car car lots were closed 1 Wednesday by raids which broke up a black market in automobiles reportedly netting its operators tors more than a month o OP OPA P A e enforcement n tor c e men t agents armed with blackjacks moved into the lots Jots Tuesday in a series of raids reminiscent of prohibition on days Seventy-one Seventy dealers and salesmen were arrested U Used ed Marked 1 Money Money The arrests were made after after o 0 OP P A officers using marked money bought cars at above ceiling ceiling ceiling ceil ceil- ing prices to obtain evidence The TheO O 0 P A said some dealers were getting jetting as much as 2000 above the ceiling for tor some cars Those arrested were taken to the county jail and booked on criminal charges Then they were taken before U. U S. S Commissioner David B. B Head for The drive caught not only black but also legitimate dealers who had bought cars above ceiling but were selling them within the legal profit mar mar- gin Several large dealers closed their lots and one of ot the largest moved out its entire stock of cars and took down its pennants N No Attempt to Sell Some sent all but key salesmen home and permitted permUted customers towander to towander towander wander at will in the lots iota or salesrooms sales sales- salesrooms rooms rooms without attempting to make sales Others had crews of men I busy buy driving away cars that might be suspected of being black market market market mar mar- ket sto stock k One dealer had cars marked with signs signa announcing price cuts of from to Customers fled as the officers moved into salesrooms to catch dealers and salesmen with the marked money carrying blackjacks blackjacks black black- jacks in case they attempted to escape In a 11 typical case an 0 O P A agent was sold lold a four door Plymouth for 1266 plus 1409 bonus which the agent paid Tuesday in marked money |