Evening star., 1943-07-09

OPA attorney for the District
served notice he would insist or
strict enforcement of the driving
ban as a gasoline-tire conservation
measure.
Mr.. Laskey termed the trading oi
coupons a vicious practice" He
made this comment as the panel
ordered suspended for six weeks the
A ration book held by Russell Logan
whose brother wallace, 1408 Staples
street NE. drove to Virginia July 5
to bring back his sick father. Wal
lace Logan told the panel cousin
had given him two AS coupons
''just in case"
Dentist Loses Six Tickets.
DR.. T. D. Webb. dentist, of 1926
Hawthorne street NV, admitted ne
drove to Columbia Country Club on
July 4 and had a round of golf with a
threesome which included an Army
general.
II had had a hard day and did
make a professional call on the trip,
but needed recreation" DR.. Webb
testified.
Mr.. Laskey told the panel that DR.,
Webb is a member of rationing
board. and that the penalty should
be stiff.
Mr.. Laskey said he recommended
the termination of the six remaining
coupons in DR.. Webb's c ration book
and suggested that he apply to his
ration board for gasoline sufncient
for business purposes.
His recommendation was adopted
by the panel consisting OF John c,
Conliff, acting chairman; Peter j.
Connolly and John w. jackson.
Edward o. Meister, 2215 Mime
sofa avenue Sc, told OPA inspec-
tors in Virginia he was going to
make a 300-mile trip to Maryland
over the holiday, thus using up one
half of his B ration. The panel
penalized him six weeks of A cou-
pons and six weeks of BIS, with the
proviso he could reopen the case
If he failed to understand he was
to appear before the panel last
night. Mr.. Meister was not present
Ciarksburs Man Appeals.
Anna P. Kelley, 118 Adams street
NV, who did not appear, didn't
have a ration card after having
owned an automobile for three
weeks, the panel was told. Her
right to obtain gasoline was sus-
pended for two months.
The only appeal was noted by
n. G. Curry of Clarksburg, Md
district engineer for the Chrysler
Airtemp Sales Corp. He was fined
two weeks fleet" ration coupons
after it was testified his car was
found parked in Rock Greek Park
July 13. Mr.. Curry contended he
was on his way to his place OF
business.
Frank r. Kay, 7O1 Seventh street
NE. was fined four A coupons fol
using a C ration book after his en-
ployment with a local newspaper
had been terminated. II had to eat
and get another job. and took q
chance" Mr.. Kay stated.
Joseph e. Aronoff, CAT E street
NE. an official OF the Government
Printing ONCE, was fined one A
coupon for driving to- the Rock
Greek golf course July to act as
chief timekeeper for a cross country
run. He said he frequently served
as an official at amateur athletic
events and thought athletics neces-
sary for maintenance of home-front
morale Mr.. Laskey termed the trip
non-essentiaI driving"
Many Penalized.
The C ration book of James Henry
johnson, 1851 Sherman avenue, was
suspended for six weeks from July
~. His A book had been stolen, he
said. He admitted taking four fell
low workers to Accotink, Va, on
July and returning for them on his
day of. The panel members ruled
that johnson had almost exhausted
his occupational ration. good fol
three months, in one month.
Other assessed penalties included
william Law, 524 Raleigh street
Sc, two AS; Walter M. Moore, 1907
Eleventh street NV. two AS and
two BIS; James B. Beall, 2677 Rhode
Island avenue NE, two AS and two
weeks B; Francis w. Struthers, 2l5C
Pennsylvania avenue NV, two AS
and two weeks B; Norman Baker
smith, 214 Eighth street Sc, two
AS; Harry Rubin, TIT Webster
street NV, two AS; William E
Cramer, 1914 Utah avenue NV, two
AS and two weeks C's.
Carlin Poland, Naval Hospital
three AS and six weeks suspension
James T. Carroll, 4l6 B street NE.
three AS: Lee Ansley, l517 p street
NV, suspended A book until tires
are inspected; Ernest Mou3on, Al