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Evening star., 1941-12-28
Reduced Speed Limit
To Conserve Tires Sought

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. u R1.-
The State Defense Council today
announced 1t would seek a law to
limit to IS miles an hour the speed
of all non-military motor vehicles.
A further development today in
defense activities was an announce
ment by DR.. Douglas S. Freeman,
State Defense Council chairman,
that the council Is working on plans
to take a census of men in the
automobile business including car
and tire salesmen and others who
might be affected by the reduction
in automobile production and ra-
tioning or tires, with the view of
placing them in defense industries.
DR.. Freeman, in announcing the
State councils plan to request a
35-mile-an-hour speed law for mo-
tor vehicles, said the measure was
considered as a mandatory means
of conserving rubber. The law, If
adopted by the General Assembly,
would lower the speed limit for
passenger cars by 20 miles an hour,
passenger buses by IS miles. and
commercial transport by 10 miles an
hour. Military vehicles would travel
at speeds demanded by the emer-
gency.
Tire conservation experts, includ-
ing manufacturers and distributors,
have pointed out that slower speeds
mean longer life for tires, and have
recommended IS miles an hour as
q maximum.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

will have final jurisdiction within
their communities and will issue
certificates on application permit
ting eligible persons to purchase
tires.
@. How many tires may each ap-
plicant purchase?
A. That will depend on several
factors, including the condition Of
the tires he wishes to replace and
the quota for his State or county.
The regulations provide that every
new tire bought must be mounted"
on the vehicle, which eliminates
spare.
How Quotas Are Fixed.
@. Who determines the State and
county quotas?
A. Each month, the Office Of
Price Administration will assign the
number of tires which may be sold
nationally and in each State or
county.
@. Are there enough retreads and
used tires available to take care of
need of those ineligible to buy
new tires?
A. Probably not. Officials say a
Every rough" estimate of the num-
Der of used tires now in dealers
stocks is 100000; the supply Of
retreads held by dealers Is estimated
at about 100000.
@. How long would that sup
ply last?
A. Hard to say. Only comparable
figure was a recent estimate by
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son that 100000 new tires are now
in stocks and that, under unrationed,
normal demand, these would last
about two months.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

in replaced equipment or otherwise
dispose of it at the direction of the
o. P. A.
The certificates are to be recog-
nized by any tire dealer.
The start of the rationing program
will release retail stocks Of new tires
which have been frozen for several
weeks by the Government.
Stock Pile May Be Frozen.
However, the taxicab organization
headed by Mr.. Davis. has stock
pile of new tires which may remain
idle under present regulations. For
some time the association has
bought tires for resale to the drivers
who are its members. The drivers
own their cabs and the tire sales
have been regarded as dealer to
consumer transactions. So, with
cab owners ineligible to buy, unless
the association decides to go in the
general tire business temporarily,
the associations stock pile will re-
main frozen.
The rationing program naturally
will seriously affect the filling sta
ton, garage and repair shop busi-
ness and spokesmen for Washington
gasoline retailers admitted many
local station operators are faced
with the necessity of closing within
a few months and seeking other
employment. This. too, promises at
present to be the ultimate fate of
the city's cab drivers.
Mr.. Davis pointed out that many
drivers who have been in the cab
business for years and lack neces-
sary qualifications for other work"
will find 1t impossible to get jobs
elsewhere.
The scores of roadhouses lining
the highways in nearby Maryland
and Virginia and nearby seashore
and summer resorts also will begin
to feel the pinch Of the rationing
program within very short time.
Officials are encouraging automo-
bile drivers to double up" when
ever possible and refrain from using
their cars except when absolutely
necessary.
Bicycles offer only a temporary
solution to the transportation prob
lens, even of the more energetic.
Bicycle tires are not included in the
rationing program-but no new ones
are being manufactured.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
u. 5. Controls Imports
OF Is Scarce Materials
BY the Associated Press.


The Government took control yes
terday over all imports of 13 scarce
materials obtained principally from
the Far East and ordered that all
future contracts for such importa-
tions be handled by the r. F. C.
Metals Reserve Co. or other govern
mental agencies.
The order, effective at midnight
last night. provides that no private
person or company can arrange for
imports of antimony, cadmium,
chromium. copper. graphite, kyanite,
lead, mercury, rutile, tungsten, va
nadium, zinc, and zircon.
All are alloying or lining materi-
ais, o. P. NJ. officials said, and i'm
portant to various war industries.
The o. P. M. announcement said
the Metals Reserve Co. would make
its foreign purchases of the 13
items, and such other materials as
may be added to the list later,
through present trade channels and
established brokers and dealers.
The order does not affect existing
contracts or commitments except to
provide that shipments now in
transit may not be sold except to
the Metals Reserve Co. without
written authorization from Donald
M. Nelson, o. P. M. priorities direc-
tor.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

operated by . retail grocer, a de-
partment store. or other businesses?
A. Yes.
@. What about milk or bakery
trucks?
A. Technically, they fall under the
ban; in practice, it is believed pos
sible that some future provision may
be made for their benefit. But it
may involve enforced pooling" of
their delivery facilities to reduce
the number Of trucks operated by
each company. Most firms operating
large fleets Of trucks or taxis, how
ever, have fairly large stocks of new
or retreaded tires on hand and may
not suffer immediate effects from
the rationing plan.
@. What about buses?
A. Buses with capacity of 10 or
more passengers, used exclusively for
public transportation, are on the
eligible list. This includes school
buses and company buses to carry
workers to and from their jobs
Company buses are barred, however,
II public transportation facilities are
readily available"
Farmers Allowed Some Tires.
@. Will farmers have to 60 back
to the old metal wheel tractors and
implements?
A. No. The Regulations approve
purchase Of new tires for farm
equipment, other than automobiles
or trucks, if tires are essential to
operation of the equipment.
@. Where do motorcycles and BIZ
cycles come in?
A. Motorcycle tires are subject to
rationing; bicycle tires are not and
their sale is unrestricted at the pres
ent time. However, no more BIZ
cycle tires are being manufactured
except to fill defense orders.
@. Who will do the actual ra-
tioning?
A. Local rationing boards, made
up of members of local defense
councils, are being established. They
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Here are some questions and an
swers clarifying details Of the Gov
ernment's tire rationing program:
@. When does rationing begin?
A. January 5.
@. What kind of tires will be ra-
toned?
A. Only new automobile, truck
and motorcycle tires, tubes and cas-
ings. No restrictions are placed on
purchases of used tires. retreads or
recapped tires, or on bicycle tires.
@. Who will be allowed to buy new
tires?
A. The ration regulations es-
tablished seven groups of eligibles,
covering vehicles used exclusively in
protection of public health and
safety or for essential freight and
bus transportation or industrial and
commercial operations.
@. How about the average mo-
tOriSt?
Evening star., 1941-12-28
tires may be obtained are those used

tires may be obtained are those used
exclusively" for transportation OF
ice or fuel, materials for construc-
ton or maintenance Of public high
ways, public utilities or production
facilities: transportation essential
to roofing, plumbing, heating and
electrical repair services; transpor-
tation by any common carrier or for
waste and scrap materials; or trans
portation-with an important ex-
ception-of raw materials, semi
manufactured goods. and finished
products, including farm products.
Retailers Trucks Not Exempt.
@. What is the important ex-
ception"?
A. No new tires may be purchased
for a truck which is used to trans
port commodities to an ultimate
consumer for personal, family or
household use.
@. Does that mean delivery trucks
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Tres
Continued From First Page. J

on all tires, tubes and castings effec.
tive simultaneously with the ration
ing program. A complete schedule
OF maximum prices was included in
a letter addressed to manufacturers
and distributors.
The rationing order provides that
the o. P. A. shall set State by State
| quotas of tires, tubes and castings.
with each of these quotas to be
divided by counties and divided
if necessary. Rationing boards will
be set up generally by counties. but
provision was made for extra boards
If conditions warrant.
Although the order pointed out
that State and county quotas shall
be announced from time to time,
it was understood that figures will
be reviewed and adjustments made
on monthly basis.
Exclusions Provided.
Excluded from the quotas will be
"obsolete" tires, those sold to the
armed services and certain desig-
mated Government agencies and for
eign governments, and new tires sold
as part of the original equipment of
new vehicles. The term obsolete
is used to refer to tires of size not
in general use.
Foreign governments to which sale
of tires will not be rationed under
the order include those nations re-
ceiving lease-lend aid from the
United States.
The eligibility list issued in con-
| junction with the rationing order
includes those engaged in the medi-
cal profession, ambulances, fire.
fighting equipment, police vehicles,
garbage removal trucks, mail deliv-
cry cars, public service vehicles with
capacity of 10 or more passengers,
trucks for ice or fuel delivery, road
maintenance, public utilities facin-
ties, essential repair services, waste
and scrap dealers, common carriers
and transportation for raw ma
terials, semi-finished or refinished
goods which are not moving directly
to households or consumers, farm
tractors or other implements and
industrial, mining and construction
equipment, except trucks and auto
mobiles.
Will Issue Certificates.
The order stated that any person
who believes that the vehicle for
which he wishes to acquire tires,
tubes or castings is included in the
eligibility list may apply to the 0.
P. A. for a certificate permitting
him to purchase, lease, trade, borrow
or accept delivery, shipment or
transfer of the new equipment. !
The applicant, however, will be
given certificate only if he is able
to establish the following facts:
That his vehicle actually is in
cluded In one of the eligibility cate
gories.
That the vehicle can not be re-
placed by another satisfactorily
equipped vehicle owned or operated
by the applicant.
That the new tire, tube or casing
is to be installed at once on the
vehicle to replace equipment no
longer serviceable.
That the new equipment when
added to all other tires, tubes and
castings in the applicants possession
and when the total is applied only
to eligible vehicles-does not add up
to more than one spare" Of a given
size for each eligible vehicle.
Regarding Tire Repair.
That the existing equipment can
not be recapped, retreaded or re-
paired for safe use without inor-
dinate delay"
That the apDNcant aGr0es 10 trade
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Tire Ration Plan Explained
Details Of Drastic Government Order,
Effective Soon, Are Clarified

A. Unless he is a physician, a
surgeon, visiting nurse or veteri-
marian, he cannot buy a new tire.
Taxis and Statesmen Affected.
@. What can the average motorist
including the car owner who lives
in a rural area removed from other
transportation-do to keep his auto
mobile running?
A. He can only observe all possible
methods of conserving his present
tires, try to double up" with neigh
bors driving to work, buy used, re-
treaded or recapped tires.
@. What about taxi drivers, trav-
cling statesmen and other persons
using their automobiles to earn a
living?
A. They are in the same class with
the average motorist.
@. How are truck owners affected?
A. The only trucks for which new
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Mexico Ruling Broodens
Workers Protection

When doctors disagreed and law
yers argued whether Cabriales. q
miner, died of tuberculosis or sill
COSTS, the Supreme Court in Mexico
City ruled that indemnity must be
paid whether death was due to q
professional disease" or not.
The court upheld the ruling of the
labor authorities that indemnifica-
ton was due because Cabriales died
from a disease contracted while
working for the mining company.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Surprise Teur Cos Exercise

A tear gas exercise conducted by
the Air Raid Precautions Unit at
Firth, England, took a wedding
party by surprise and as the bride
and groom left All Saints Church
tears streamed from their eyes be-
cause they had forgotten their gas
masks.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Rationing Of Many
Commodities Likely,
Gov. 0'Conor Warns
Maryland Is Forming
Committees to Handle
Tire Distribution

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 27.-Rationing
of other commodities besides tires
appears to be in the offing," Gov.
O'Conor declared today.
From my conference at the Of
flee OF Price Administration, I feel
compelled to notify the public again
that it must be prepared for drastic
curtailment of different commodi-
ties" he said.
II am convinced that in the near
future We will be notified of addi-
tional curtailment programs and our
plans are now being made to pro-
vide for the proper administration
which will be necessary in Mary
land"
Tire rationing will be "of neces-
sity of the most drastic nature" the
Governor said. Commodity Distri-
button Committees are being organ
lied to handle that rationing, be-
ginning January 5.
Meanwhile, Maryland motorists
we're warned that use of worn, used
tires is bound to increase the acci-
dent rate in the State" unless drivers
adapt their driving speeds to the
hazards presented by such equip
ment.
w. Lee Elgin, State commissioner
of motor vehicles, called attention
to the sudden boom in used tires,
prompted by Government restric-
tions on the sale Of new tires, and
tubes and warned:
If the driving public attempts to
maintain present high-speed driving
with such used equipment. the &C
cident rate in the State Is bound
to increase"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Glen E. Barthel, 81, Rockville, to
Elizabeth c. MARYLAND, 33, Rock
vile.
Frank T. Hames, %, Washing
ton, to Pauline X. Kelly, 10, For
lest Glen.
Raymond E. Wilson, %, Balti-
more, to Anna G. Grove, 26, Silver
Spring.
Edgar w. Hefin, % Glenmont,
to Margaret D. lander, 16, Glen
mont.
Robert Lee Baker, Fl, Colmar
Manor, to Alberta May Sansbury,
Is, Washington.
John Lester Barr, Jr., %, Chevy
Chase, to Isabelle H. Ogilby, "a,
Chevy Chase.
Nelson Adron Malcolm, %, Ed
nor, to Agnes Florence Crawford,
%, Silver Spring.
Spencer B. Lee, %, Glen Echo,
to Marion L. Reynolds, 81, Wash
ington.
William T. Hallett, %, Wash
ington, to Sara B. Taylor, 81,
Kensington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13
Weeks Best Recipe:

Apple Johnny = apples, 1 cup
sugar, Is t. salt, " t. cinnamon,
IL C. flour, IL C. graham flour, 1 t..
salt, 2 t. baking powder, 2 T. sugar,
2 T. fat, 1 egg, 1 c. milk. Wash,
pare, core and slice apples. Place
in deep pie plate or baking dish,
adding sugar, salt, cinnamon. Set
aside. Sift, measure, sift white
flour, add graham flour, salt, bak-
ing powder, 2 T. sugar. Work in
shortening. Beat egg slightly, add
milk, mix with dry ingredients
Spread dough over apples, bake 45
minutes in moderate oven. Serve
with cream or sauce. Yield: four
to six portions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13

renee, when a slightly tipsy Follies
Girl stepped out of her bathrobe and
into the tub wearing her hat and jew
els. But when Miss Turner slips out
of the bathrobe there's a flesh col
ored bathing suit on her, as well as
the jewels.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13
Rockville Police
Court Convictions

Elmer Joseph Hoyle, town ordi-
nance, $3.50.
Benjamin F. Allnutt, disorderly
conduct, $27.50.
Austin Bowie, destroying private
property, held for action of grand
jury.
Austin Bowie, disorderly conduct,
$27.5O.
Forest Carroll, disorderly con-
duct, 10 days in Jail.
Archie Williams, reckless driv-
ing, $51.45.
Carrie Lee, larceny, sentence sus-
pended generally.
Norman Shirley, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
Augusta Williams, disorderly
conduct, $3.50.
Henry Harmon, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
Brewer j. King, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
Charles G. Grammar, permitting
one to operate car under age,
l$11.45.
James Bruner, no auto license, 5
days in Jail.
James Bruner, no license, Is
days in Jail.
James T. Cooper, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
M. E. Carlson, reckless driving,
$26.45.
Lloyd E. Sandower, driving
drunk, $1O1.45.
Lloyd E. Sandower, no operators
permit, $11.45.
Lloyd E. Sandower, rockies driv-
ing, $2.45.
Earl T. Nicholson, disorderly
conduct, $3.50.
Melvin Nicholson, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
William H. McElfish, disorderly
conduct, 80 days in Jail.
! George Williams, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
Samuel Cooper, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
Claude Carlisle, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
James F. Hall, reckless driving,
$5.45.
,, Albert Cooper, disorderly con-
duct, $3.50.
Prentis w. Shifflett, disorderly
conduct, $3.50.
Joe Sunsford, disorderly conduct,
$3.50.
Joseph Paul Reffitt, improper
parking, $11.45.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13

The days OF the gIorltled bathtub
re back. In ''Ziegfeld Girl' Lana
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13
Dennis Morgan says that the only
time he was ever broke, hungry and

desperate was the
day he became a
full-hedged movie
star. Morgan, who
is co-starring with
Merle Oberon in
Warner Bros "Af-
fectionately Yours"
was discovered by
Mary Garden when
he sang Don Juan"
to her Carmen. {"
She called the atten-
ton of movie scouts
- kIa@ hawthorne
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13
BY VIRGINIA VALE


Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
sGTOBACCO ROAD" that
Il painfully realistic
drama of life among the poor
whites that has been running
for years and years on Broad
way, has reached the screen
at last. There's been consid-
cradle speculation about
what would be left of it when
it became a picture, since practical
ly all of it was highly censorable.
Well, just about nothing got by.
Most of the sizzling dialogue Of
the original version was omitted, Of
course. The characters have been
changed. The result is rather in
nocuous movie with few beauti-
full camera shots.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13

Turner, as one OF
the glorified show
girls, steps into a
marble tub wearing
her jewelry, includ-
ing earrings and a
tiara, and apparent
ly nothing else.
Though the much
publicized episode
of the Anna Held
milk bath will not
be used. 1.-The scepE
with Lana is based
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13

and popular young singer.
81 signed at good salary and
thought I was sitting on top of the
world" he said. Instead, found
myself, broke and hungry, sitting out
in the desert in q broken-down ia
loppy." He didn't understand that
a yearly movie contract provides
for a 12-week Iayoff without pay. He
bought an ancient auto and headed
West. But his layoff period came
first.
-
The days of the glorified bathtub
are back. In "Ziegfeld Grip Lana
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-13

on an acLual OCCUR
renee, when a slightly tipsy Follies
Girl stepped out of her bathrobe and
into the tub wearing her hat and jew
els. But when Miss Turner slips out
of the bathrobe there's a flesh col
ored bathing suit on her. as well as
the jewels.
What kind Of noise does a planet
make when it explodes? That's
what a group Of serious-minded men
in Miami, Fla, want to know.
They're bringing "Superman" to the
screen at the Fleischer Studios.
and in one Of the opening scenes
a planet explodes-only "Superman"
in rocket ship, escapes. Max
Fleischer thinks it ought to be very,
very loud; Dave Fleischer thinks it
ought to be combination of heavy
gunfre, earthquake-and an apple
breaking in two, much multiplied.
Unless somebody thinks up some
thing more satisfactory, the apple
wins.
Lurene futile has played. to date,
1900 different radio roles; she's so
much in demand that she dashes
from one rehearsal directly to an
other. Here's her formula for sue
cess-Master your own art; keep
your mind open to suggestions-nev-
er think you're too good to learn
from others. That may be respon-
sible for the fact that she's gone
on and on, when SO many radio stars
rise to the top quickly, and then
sink out Of sight even faster than
they rose. Lurene puts over q role
with her voice alone; doesn't rely
on gestures, makeup or costumes.
y
Paul Schubert is naval expert for
the Mutual chain because he plays
the accordion. Mrs. Schubert has a
nice voice, and when she auditioned
for the chain some time ago he went
along and played the accordion for
her as an accompaniment. That in
terested him In radio. A couple of
months later he phoned the man
who'd handled the addition.
do you remember me-the man
who played the accordion?" he
asked, and made an appointment for
an interview. The appointment re-
vealed his extensive study and writ
ing experience in connection with
naval affairs-and prestol he was
signed up Immediately.
-
ODDS AND ENDS-Richard Arlen
and Roger Pryor fet0 their OiOn planes
the other day for ParamouHfs "POtoer
Dive; ArLen operates his ot0n I4-pLane
flying school, and Pryor recently be.
came the first Hollywood leading man
to get commercial rating Marie
Blake, Jeanette MacDOnalfs sister, ha.
supporting role in Caught in The
Draft" Which stars Bob Hope and
Dorothy LdnouT 1. Jean CGbin, The
famous French screen star, has signed
CONTRACT Nth 2Oth Century.FOx
~ReGdy for Romance" is being spcedpd
up so that IL sOiu be completed before
The star, DeaHnd DurbiH, Marie
Vaughn Paul IN June.
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