Evening star., 1942-05-13

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the Oyster School. Twenty ninth
and Calvert streets NV; the Mount
Pleasant Branch Library, Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV; the Hayes
School, Fifth and K streets NE:
the Southwest Branch Library, Sew
enth and I streets S.W.; the Ketch-
am School, Fifteenth street and
Good Hope road Sc, and the aux
iliary board in the rationing head
quarters at 1740 Massachusetts, ave-
nue..
An Associated Press survey of reg
istration in the II Eastern Seaboard
States included in the area where
gas will be rationed indicated there
was considerable confusion among
individuals and officials over what
constituted legitimate needs.
One of the sorest points with
Fasteners was that only in their
section of the Nation was gasoline
rationing being imposed. Actually,
however, 1t appeared some restric-
tions might be in prospect for the
rest Of the country as w. P. B. Or
dered curtailment of deliveries of
fuel oil extended to Is mid-Western
States for the first time, beginning
June Is.
Applicants Turned Away.
Mr.. Cantrell said school officials
and teachers, together with few
volunteer registrars, had done their
best yesterday with the registrations,
but added that applicants had been
turned away from almost every one
of % schools when the doors closed
at O'Clock last night.
The gasoline registration met more
serious difficulties yesterday than
the man power and sugar registra-
ton, according to some school Of
ficials in charge.
At Central High School several
rooms were set aside to handle the
registration. The crowd which had
lined up outside was let into the
auditorium to wait for cards direct
ing the applicants to various rooms.
While waiting the crowd became
restive.
Soon the front door was closed
and no more applicants were ad-
mitted until the people already
there were registered and the audi
torium was cleared about o'clock
From then on the lines stood out
side and the auditorium was no
longer used.
Applicants were let in through
three different doors, one entrance
being used for the "A" cards, lowest
rating, which allows only three gal
Ions of gas a week; another for the
"B" cards which allows larger
amounts and a third for the TX"
cards, for persons who will receive
an unlimited supply. The crowd
moved more orderly through the
three entrances.
Reason for Congestion.
"The reason everything Is so SLOW"
one official remarked, 'is that we
are set up on the basis of only l
person in about 10 who is supposed
to get an x card, but more than half
Of the applicants seem to want Ks"
At Calvin Coolidge High School
one applicant who said he had
waited in line for more than an
hour, found the doors closed at 8
o'clock, while he was still far from
the entrance. No effort had been
made to cut off the line at a point
where it might have been estimated
the last man could get in, apph-
cants said.
Crowd at Roosevelt.
At Roosevelt High School a crowd
of several hundred was on hand
when registration started The rush
of applicants, some of whom we're
reported unruly. started reports of
a riot.
One man reported he had waited
at one school from 2 pm. to 4 pm.
to get a B-3 card as a travelling
salesman, and at first felt quite
proud of getting one so generous
But when he went home he was
amazed to find that ''every house
wife In the block got a similar card
just to drive her husband to and
from work every day"