Evening star., 1943-07-09

whose brother Wallace. 1408 Staples
street NE, drove to Virginia July 3
to bring back his sick father. Wal
lace Logan told the panel cousin
had given him two AS coupons,
lust in case"
Physician Punished.
DR.. T. D. Webb. 1926 Hawthorne
street NV, admitted he drove to
Columbia Country Club on July
and had a round OF golf with a
threesome which included an Army
general, ...
Il had had hard day and did
make professional call on the trip,
but / needed recrestion,' Dr. Webb
Testified. Sa@ssa
,Mr.,Laskey told the panel that DIR !.
Webb is a member OF a rationing
board, and that the penalty should
be stiff.
Il know there is scarcity OF
physicians, but l recommend the
termination of the six remaining
coupons in Dr. Webb's C ration
book. and suggest that he apply to
his ration board for gasoline suffi-
cient for business purposes Mr.
Laskey said.
His recommendation was adopted
by the panel consisting Of John C.
Conliff. acting chairman; Peter J.
Connolly and John w. Jackson.
Edward o. Meister. 22l5 Mime
sofa avenue Sc, told OPA inspec-
tors in Virginia he was going to
make 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
Clarksburs Man Appeals.
Anna P. Kelley. lib Adams street
NV. who did not appear, didn t
have 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
H. 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 Creek Park
July 13. Mr.. Curry contended he
was on his way to his place of
business.
Frank r. Kay, 70l Seventh street
NE, was fined four A coupons for
using c ration book after his en-
ployment with a local newspaper
had been terminated. II had to eat
and get another job, and took a
chance, Mr.. Kay stated.
Joseph E. Aronoff. CAT E street
NE, an official of the Government
Printing Office, was fined one A
coupon for driving to the Rock
Creek golf course July to act as
chief timekeeper for 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
mon essential 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 1 and returning for them on his
day of. The panel members ruled
that johnson had almost exhausted
his ocoupational ration, good for
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 g. Beall, 2677 Rhode
Island avenue NE, two AS ana two
weeks B; Francis w. Struthers, 2150
Pennsylvania avenue NV, two AS
and two weeks B; Norman Baker
smith, 2l4 Eighth street Sc, two
AS; Harry Rubin, l717 Webster
street NV, two AS; William E.
Cramer, 63l4 Utah avenue NV, two
AS and two weeks C's
Carlin Poland, Naval Hospital,
three AS and six weeks suspension; !;
James T. Carroll, 416 B street NE,
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