Evening star., 1942-05-16

cents each and thus requiring them
to visit a number of stations to flll
their tanks. Only q small percent
age of the normal demand was an
ticipated this week end, because o1
the rationing restriction.
Headquarters of . large chain OF
filling stations here reported that
none was out Of gas and all seemed
to have enough to fill anticipated
needs.
Meanwhile, the issue Of x cards
for members of Congress was
shelved. at least for the time being
by the Senate's overwhelming defeat
late yesterday Of resolution by
Senator Downey, Democrat, Of Cali
fornia, to pledge Senators to waive
any special rationing privilege. The
proposal was buried, 66 to 2. Senator
Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, was
the only member to join Senator
Downey in voting aye. Many men,
bers of Congress have received x
cards.
With the three day ration regis
tration closed yesterday, no revised
totals for the % Washington schools
that issued cards had been compiled
today. The local registration still
stool at 137,447, with about one out
Of every four applicants issued the
A card, supplying the minimum
amount Of three gallons a week
N av-@c f~
OF the car owners.
Referring to highways along the
Eastern seaboard, the Associated
Press reported: The open road is
a lonely place these days"
Traffic Cut to Trickle.
Once-jammed roads bore only a
trickle of their former traffic Many
filling stations along the highways
had no gas to sell. They had beer
bought out Of their quotas in the
last-minute rush before rationine
went into effect at 1901 am. yes
terday. Other stations were GER
tain to run out over the week end.
Considered typical reports coming
in from all over the East was one
from Troy, N. Y. which quoted the
State police as saying hardly any.
body was in sight" on the roads.
In New York, Sol A. Herzog, coun-
sci for the Eastern States Gasoline
Dealers Conference, estimated that
not more than Is per cent Of the
filling stations in Manhattan and
the Bronx had q drop of fuel. He
predicted, however, that there would
be enough gasoline to fill ration
quotas after Wednesday.
New Workers, said the Associated
Press, already were shopping fol
new ways to get around, and it ap-
peared likely that more and more
bicycles and even roller skates
would be put to use, where people
were not near subways or other pub.
lie means of transportation.
In North Carolina, Gov. J. NJ
Broughton asked to have rationing
relaxed, contending that gasoline
brought into the State by pipeline
was being transported in huge guam
titles to neighboring States not un-
der the rationing program.
Fairfax Tangle Strengthened.
In Fairfax County, rationing wa;
complicated because of a shortage
of B cards that left several hundred
car owners without cards when the
registration deadline passed, but the
tangle Strengthened out when State
officials allowed an extra day fol
registration yesterday.
The difficulty arose when State
ofi1cials asked county rationing OFF,
GERS to turn over all surplus cards
to Fort Belvoir Tuesday, promising
the supply would be replenished
Wednesday. But, despite kilograms
and phone calls to Richmond, the
necessary cards did not reach Fair.
fax until after $50 pm. Thursday
too late to be sent to the schools
The several hundred motorists who
could not get their cards faced 9
wait until next week to register
when they may appear before the
rationing board.
Nearly all gas stations in the
county, meanwhile, had exhausted
their supplies and did not expect
new quotas before the middle OF
the week.
Thousands of automobiles in the
Eastern States were reported put
away for the duration. New York
City had 10 per cent more cars in
dead storage than a year ago, and