Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-14
0neProsecution
On Gas Ration
Charge Asked
X Rating Declared
Obtuined to Commute
Here From Beach

One prosecution was threatened in
Prince Georges County, Md. today
as officials in nearby Maryland and
Virginia Strengthened out difficulties
in gasoline rationing Application
forms and cards for the *" and "B"
types ran out in some areas, but the
situation had been restored today in
most cases.
Prince Georges County School
Supt. Nicholas Orem said he would
move heaven and earth" to prose-
cute one case, that of a Maryland
resident who. he said. applied for an
* card so he could commute dur
ing the summer between his cabin
on Chesapeake Bay and the Dis
trict.
MIR. Orem said registrars at Mary
land Park High School refused the
mans request, since he had a home
in the Metropolitan Area.
Mr.. Orem said the applicant pro-
tested vigorously and refused a "B"
card. Later, the applicant returned
to the school with an TX" card
which he said he had obtained at a
colored school registration center in
the District near Benning, Mr. Orem
said.
Called fragrant Violation.
ANY one who wants an TX" card
can get it in the District" Mr.. Oren
quoted the man as boasting to per-
sons standing in line.
The school superintendent said he
had reported the case to District
registration authorities and that the
applicant had been traced.
This was fragrant violation Of
the law" Mr.. Orem said. IT don't
care whether he has an * card or
how many Washington gives out,
but this applicant resorted to de-
liberate evasion to obtain his card.
I object to the manner in which he
obtained it and will prosecute the
case myself, if that is necessary"
Rationing Board officials at the
Franklin School here said no regis
tration center could legally refuse
to register any applicant, but they
emphasized that it is to the adj
vantage of all to register in the
State in which they reside.
Fairfax County Supt. of Schools
w. T. Woodson ordered schools dis
missed at noon and directed regis
trars to be ready for duty at pm
three hours earlier than had been
Observation-Disclosures of the supply
situation.
Supplies Replenished.
Registration there begged down
to an almost complete standstill
yesterday when cards of the B type
gave out and some schools ran out
of all types of cards.
New supplies were expected this
morning.
In Montgomery County similar
problems faced registration officials.
Many motorists we're dismissed with
the words, Sorry, we're out; come
back tomorrow"
DR.. Edwin II. Broome, superin-
tendent of county schools, said he
thought the problem could be met
today by shifting supplies from
schools oversupplied to those with
a shortage. Appeals for additional
forms were made, however, to State
headquarters in Baltimore and to
the central Office here.
Fairfax Schools "Swamped.s
There were no estimates of the
numbers turned away or the number
of persons yet to be registered in
the outlying districts. In Fairfax
County, most schools were
"swamped," officials said, the first
day, but things went more briskly
yesterday until supplies were de-
pleted.
In Arlington County, Va, when
stocks of application forms for "B"
cards were exhausted, the ration
ing board ordered 1000 copies
mimeographed and rushed to the
points where shortages
The centers were sched-
uled to remain open until pm. in
Arlington, but there, as in other
localities, it was said by some off,
Gals that registrars probably would
extend the hours to take care of the
last remaining registrants unless
the number of those unregistered
was too large to handle.
Officials of the State Ratioping
Board were called to Prince Georges
County to help avoid another short
age OF application forms which ex-
lsted there late yesterday.
Mr.. Orem said the situation had
a.
localities.