Evening star., 1943-08-15
Gasoline
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required to exchange the books for
new ones at their ration boards be-
tween August % and September l,
1t was said. New rations will be
granted on the same basis as the
old, the spokesman explained, that
is, should the owner have 10 cou-
pons remaining in his old book
he will be given 10 of the new-type
coupons. After August 81, motor
lists will be required to use the new
style coupons
The easing of restrictions on
transportation systems was made
possible by an increase of $4,000 bar
rels day in the Eastern gasoline
allotment granted ODT by Petrol
cum Administrator Ickes. That was
the only dividend" residents of the
East have received so far as a re-
suit of the gasoline equalization, !"
the first phase of which was an
nounced Friday night. Motorists
in this area were told the pleasure
driving ban will be lifted and they
might get a slight ration increase
If they do not indulge in non-es-
Sential driving while supplies are
being built up during the next two
weeks.
There will be no general change
in operations of trucks, which also
were restricted by the May order
An ODT spokesman said individual
adjustments already have been made
Tor many trucks, and that procedure
will be continued.
10000 Buses Affected.
The lifting of the restrictive order
which was imposed when the East's
gasoline supply was at it's lowest
will affect some 10000 buses and
% 900 taxicabs in the East.
E. D. Merrill, president of the
Capital Transit Co., said an i'm
mediate survey would be under
taken to determine what service can
be restored in view of the ODT
action. This study, he added, prob
ably will be completed tomorrow
Mr.. Merrill said he did not antici-
pate immediate wholesale restora-
ton of service, since many bus
drivers were transferred to street.
cars and it is still necessary to con-
serve rubber.
The transit company official said
it would be possible TO improve SER
vice outside the rush hours. He
urged persons who have been using
street cars since the bus service was
restricted to continue to do so.
An official of the A. B. g. w. bus
line, serving Alexandria and other
sections in Virginia, said his COM
pany would improve the off-hour
service and assured more frequent
operations on the route to Bancroft
and Bailey's Cross Roads.
Virginia Counties to Benefit.
H. H. England, general manager
OF the Arnold lines, serving Airing
ton and Fairfax Counties, said bet
ter service would be given over all of
their routes, particularly at midday
and after the afternoon rush hour
He said Arnold had reduced service
on all lines proportionately and
those cuts would be restored.
Washington taxicab operators. who
nave been getting between five and
SIX gallons a day, will benefit bv
slightly more than a gallon a day,
Cabs use about a gallon of gas an
hour.
Although OPA began distribution
OF the new supplementary B and C
books nearly two months ago, it is
believed there are hundreds of thou
sands OF the old books still in use.
Some boards in the Washington
area were distributing the old books
as late as July.
The recent change was the first
to be made in the appearance of
B and c tickets since coupon ra-
tloning began in July, 1912. During
this period, the spokesman said, a
large quantity of unused coupons
from expired books, as we'll as