Evening star., 1942-07-12
Nearby Areas Arrange
For Supplemental Gas
Blanks Issuance
Maryland OPA Chief
Says Drivers Must Fill I
Out Forms Completely

With registration for gasoline ra-
ton books completed. volunteer
workers in nearby Maryland and
Virginia yesterday prepared for the
issuing of applications for supple
mental gasoline allowances next
week.
Committees in charge of the pro-
gram in Montgomery County will
meet at pm. tomorrow at the
Richard Montgomery High School
to make final arrangements for
issuing the applications, which may
be obtained July 14-25 inclusive at
the following schools in the county:
Poolesville High. Damascus High.
Gaithersburg High, Sandy Spring
High, Bethesda Chevy Chase High,
Takoma- SiIxar Spring Junior High
Richard Montgomery High and Ken
singt0n Elamentary.
Those schools win be open from
/ 8 to ii m. and from to pm.
daily except Saturdays, when the
hours will be from 8 am. to ! pm.
Rationing Board officials said the
applications may be mailed in to
the registration centers as well as
brought in personally. They added
that applications will not be received
at the Rationing Board headquar-
ters IN Rockville.
200 Womeu Offer Services
In Prince Georges County, the ap-
plications may be obtained from 8
am. to S pm. daily all this week
at the. County Service Building in
Hyattsville and at the County Court
house in Upper Marlboro.
Three hundred women in the
county have offered their services
to the Women's Civilian Defense
Organization, under the direction of
Mrs. John K. Keane, to assist the
program.
The volunteers include repre-
sentatives from the Federation
of Women's Clubs, the Catholic
Daughters, Rebeccas. Women's DEM
ocratic and Republican Clubs, Art
Guild, Girl Scout leaders and the
Calvert Club of Prince Georges
County.
Supplemental applications for
Alexandria motorists will be given
out all this week through July 81
at the Cooper Phillips Garage, lis
N. Washington street. The work will
be handled by a volunteer group
organized by Mrs. Ellen Harper,
volunteer personnel officer.
Approximately $4,000 A ration
books were issued during the three
day registration period beginning
Thursday, said E. C. Gibbs, execu-
tive secretary of the Alexandria
Rationing Board.
Some Applications Received.
The registration was arranged by
T. c. Williams, superintendent OF
schools, and the work was under di-
rection of Mr.. Gibbs and Henry
Moncure, principal of George Wash
ington High School. b.
Supplemental applications in
Fairfax County will be issued from
Z to 10 pm beginning tomorrow
and ending July 81 at the following
schools:
Franklin Sherman at Mclean
Fairfax Elementary. Centreville
Elementary, Herndon High and Ele-
mentary, Madison, Falls Church
and Groveton Elementary.
Truck owners will register fol-
gasoline ration books at the same
time.
Maryland OPA Director Lea H
Mccormick said some applications
for additional gasoline allotments
alread yhave been made, the Asso-
ciated Press reported from Balti-
more.
Many of the applications filed sc
far, he said, were incomplete or i'm.
properly prepared. He said it wa.
essential that the motorist fill ouI
the form completely.
Price and rationing boards car
not assist applicants with theil
forms, he added, as the board staff.
are working day and night to keer
abreast of the flood of applications