Evening star., 1942-07-19
Alexandra Gets
Supplemental
Gas Books
Arlington to Issue
Cards on Friday,
Foirfox Next Week

NOIoS OF TIiooyr
Fuirfox Next Week
The first supplemental gasoline
rationing books issued in the Wash
ington area have been granted In
Alexandria, it was disclosed last
night.
Meanwhile, plans were announced
for issuing such books in Arlington
County Friday and in Fairfax
County the following Monday, while
all nearby boards kept busy receiv-
ing thousands of applications.
Executive Secretary E. C. Gibbs
of the Alexandra rationing board,
announced that already 1913 c books
and 36 B books have been issued in
that city.
Volunteers Aid Board.
Assisted by a group Of volunteers.
the board is issuing the supple
mental books at lis North Washing
ton street, and the task will con-
tinue Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday from / to 9 pm.
According to Mr. Gibbs, there Is
nothing in the regulations which
states that supplemental gasoline
cannot be allowed If bus lines are
available. Drivers will be urged to
use existing lines of transportation,
as well as to form car pools, however.
Workers at the Navy Yard and the
torpedo plant have formed trans
portation clearing house, and plans
are under way for similar move at
Fort Belvoir.
The Arlington County Rationin9
Board will meet at o'clock this
afternoon in the courthouse with all
dealers and local distributors to re-
view orders relating to the gasoline
program and explain its operation.
Truck Owners Get Books
Ration books were issued Friday
and yesterday by the board to truck
owners. Operators of gasoline sta
tions closing at pm. have been in
structed to register with the board
Tuesday until 10 pm. ana those op-
Grating later than pm. may regis
ter Wednesday at the boards Offices
until pm.
No supplementary coupons will
be issued before Friday.
All non-highway gasoline usery
in Fairfax Couny may register for
gasoline ration cards at the local
board office in Fairfax beginning
at 8 am. tomorrow and continuing
for an indefinite period. it was an
nounced by Mrs. Mollie w. Cleve-
land, executive secretary of the
board.
| Mrs. Cleveland urged this class
OF registrant to report as early as
| possible. 1t was expected the reg
istrati0h can be completed In about
a week.
All gasoline dealers and interme-
diate distributors OF gasoline must
register at the Fairfax ONCE
Wednesday and Thursday between
8 am. and 8 pm.
Application Centers.
Supplementary gasoline apphca.
tions will be acted on at nine ele-
mentary school centers July a., 2s
and 20 from to pm. Mrs. Cleve-
land stated trained workers will be
In attendance at each school center
to aid those requiring additional
gasoline
The schools are Annandale, Madi-
son Falls Church,, Fraklin-Sher-
man Mclean, Centerville, Hern-
don, Groveton, Franconia, Lorton
and Fairfax Elementary.
Brig. Gen. ]. Fulmer Bright, Vir-
ginia OPA director, called on the
State Bar Association to assist local
ratloning boards in the registration
OF motorists asking for supplemental
allotments, the Associated Press re-
ported. The boards were said to
be working under heavy pressure.
In a telegram to association Of
ficials and to rationing board heads,
Gen. Bright said it is highly i'm
portant that gasoline registration be
completed accurately and speedily,
including trucks and B and c appli-
cants essential to the war effort.
This places tremendous burden
on local boards" the telegram con-
tinued, land have therefore re-
quested cooperation of State local
bar associations and asked them to
tender local lawyers services. I
suggest as much assistance as nee
essary to organize school over the
week end"
William A. Stuart, president of the
State Bar Association, and William
T. Muse, secretary. wired other ON
GERS OF the association to contact
local rationing board chairmen ito
Immediately learn his needs and to
organize over the weekend as many
lawyers in your community as neces-
sary to help rationing boards"
Applications for supplemental gas
oline ration allowances In Prince
Georges County, are now being re-
viewed by four special boards which
have oeen set up in Hyattsville and
Upper Marlboro.
In appointing the supplemental
boards, Leonard H. Burch, county
rationing chairman. pointed out that
all supplemental applications must
be in by Wednesday. The four boards
also are reviewing gasoline applica-
tions by owners of buses, trucks and
commercial vehicles.
Hyattsville, Marlboro Boards.
George Cook of University Park
is chairman of one of the two
Hyattsville boards. He is assisted
by Mayor John Raymond Fletcher
of Cheverly and Herbert Wills. The
second Hyatsville board is headed
by James Baines of Riverdale and
(See GASOLINE, Page A-150