Evening star., 1942-04-22
Sugar Rdtioning
By Stamps Will
Start Mays
DecentroIized Control
Coils for Six ReeionoI
Boards in District

Sugar rationins by stamps viii
start MAY 5, the once of Price
Administration announced today, a.
District rationing authorities met
with Commissioner Mason to map
further plans for local sdministra-
ton OF the program.
The Nations first food stamp will
entitle It's holder TO purchase one
pound of sugar between May and
May 16.
Sugar allotments TO restaurants
and hotels will be cut 80 per cent
under the amount used last year. II
was disclosed In the o. p A. order
setting forth details OF the program
Bakers, confectioners. beverage bot
tiers and ice cream and dairy prod
uct producers will be limited to 10
per cent OF the amount they used
last year.
Baiiou TO Make Survey.
visioning a huge task in meeting
the sugar requirements OF 100000
persons and some 10000 commercial
establishments In the District. Com
missioner Mason has approved
plans for decentralize control, in
volving, for the present, six re-
gional boards to handle admins
trattve matters. Later, IL need for
further decentralization develops,
more boards viii be added, officials
said.
Or. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent OF schools, met today with Com
missioner Mason and rationing off,
cials and this afternoon was to
undertake survey OF school build
ings to determine what rooms may
be placed at the disposal of the six
regional boards
Each of the six boards will have
full authority" subject to appeals
to the city-wide Sugar Rationing
Committee, headed by l.. P. Steuart,
and from there TO the District Ra-
tioning Board, headed by Whitney
Leary.
First Next Tuesday.
Arrangements were being speeded
since registration of commercial
users Is scheduled for next Tuesday
and Wednesday and registration of
consumers on May 4, 5, 6 and 7. More
than 120 schools will be needed for
the latter.
In selecting members of the three
man regional sugar rationing
boards, rationing officials chose Dis
trict residents and persons not con-
nected with the sugar business or
related commercial affairs, MIR. Steu-
art said. Commissioner Mason made
the appointments on nominations
by Mr.. Steuart and Mr.. Leary.
The six boards and the general
boundaries of their regions are as
follows:
No. Central area, from Union
Station to Rock Greek, from Penn
sylvania avenue and the Mall area
west OF the White House north to
Florida avenue; Clarence Dodge.
realtor. chairman: Horace Dulin, a
hotel supplies official; Frank Davis,
laundry company official.
No. 2-All the area west of Rock
Creek; Reuben A. Bogley. trunk
manufacturer. chairman: Frank T.
Shull, electrical contractor; Charles
M. Boteler, insurance.
North of Florida Avenue.
No. 3-Area north OF Florida ave-
nue. between Rock Greek and Rhode
Island avenue; Ara M. Daniels. con-
sulting engineer, chairman; L. w.
Sanderson. banker; Jesse Mitchell,
colored, banker.
No. A northeast area bounded
by Rhode Island avenue. the Ana
costa River, South Capitol street
and Union Station: J. Frank Camp
bell. banker. chairman; George T.
Longcope, telephone company Of
ficial: William J Mcnamara, whole
sale ice executive.
No. 5-Al the Southwest section,
Thomas p Brown, real estate op-
orator, chairman. Joseph B. Muir
ply. wholesale coal business; John
T. Rhines, colored, undertaken.
No. 6-All the area east OF the
Anacostia River: c. Baynes Mar
bury. life insurance executive. chair
man; Marcus Schwartzman, dentist:
Frank d. Klimkiewicz, lumber busi-
ness executive.