Evening star., 1948-08-10
Arrested
ForFaiIureto
Register Cars
Two Demund Trials
As Drive to Enforce
Law Is Pressed

Twenty-six persons have been ar
rested in the Districts breakdown
on car owners who have not COM
piled with the regulations covering
the registration of automobiles.
Warned recently that car owners
would be arrested If and when their
failure to comply with the law came
to light, 20 persons were arrested
yesterday when the breakdown be-
came effective. Six more were ar
rested today.
Twenty-four paid IS collateral, but
the other two, Thurmond G. Hager.
1919 A street NE, and Longino A.
Gelabert, 1901 r street NV, chose
to take the matter to court.
Mr. Hager was to appear in Mu-
nicipal Court later today and Mr..
Gelaberts case was set for Au-
gust IT,
Jury Trial Demanded.
Mr. Hager demanded a jury trial.
If convicted he faces fine OF not
more than $500 or 10 days in Jail.
George E. Keneipp. District traffic
director, who announced the drive,
said the violations were depriving
the District of a considerable sum
in revenue. He pointed out that
the District Title and Registration
Act gives the purchaser of new
or used vehicle l20 hours after pur-
chase to apply for proper registra-
ton.
As the tardy applicants applied at
the Ofice of Vehicles and Traff1c,
officials there called the Traffic DiW-
sion, who made the arrests.
Number Expected to Dwindle.
Mr.. Keneipp predicted the num-
ber of persons applying late would
"dwindle considerably" as word OF
the drive against violators spread.
The traf1c director pointed out
that the regulation requiring prompt
registry in case of a new or used
car purchase is printed in boldface
type on the back OF every title
certificate.
He said the law is an "old, old"
one.
Too many people" he said, "have
been driving around with some
one else's tags We must demand
proper registration and identiflca-
ton for the protection of the
public"
Corporation Counsel Vernon E.
West was reported to be working on
an amendment to the registry law,
however. which would give the pur-
chaser five working days instead OF
1870 hours to obtain the new title.
1t was explained that under exist
ing law, the seller has four days to
deliver the title. In the event the
seller took all that time, the pur-
chaser might be unable to obtain
his new title from the once of We
hicles and Traffic before the time
limit had expired.
Forfeit Collateral.
Those who forfeited collateral
under the charge are:
Shermen Virgins, GOT Florence
street NE; Stanley Lapkoff. l405
Somerset place NV; Ellis Short.
1928 Nicholson street Sc; Matthew
H. Duncan, 4018 Seventh street
NV; Carl Zimbro, 300 Tenth street
NE; James E. Davis, 1898 Savannah
place Sc; George F. Saur, 5801
Fourth street NV; Robley D. Jones,
1888 Riggs place NV; Ellis McMil-
Ian. 853 Twenty-first street NE.
Also: William L. Curles. 2311
Nichols avenue Sc; Dare w. Rob-
inson, 1856 Brothers place Sc;
Herbert Upton, 45l2 Macarthur
boulevard; John T. Summers, 1874
North Capitol street; Elliott Spriggs.
246 Division avenue NE; Frank B.
Jackson. 526 Ninth street S.W.:
Zenious F. johnson, 722 Twelfth
street NE; Temple S. Newell, 300S
Twenty sixth street NE; Leonard
Vanwagenen. 1904 Fourteenth street
NV; Robert L. Donnelly, 731 Silver
Spring avenue, Silver Spring:
Edward Danridge, 20l5 Fifteenth
street NV, and Estelle Claggette,
1921 Maryland avenue NE.
Also, Eugene Crosby, 80, of 3S1s
Decatur street NE; Donald T.
Rodgers, 30, of 4121 Fourth street
NV, and Alexander M. Jones, IS,
of 1T w street NV,