Zurich Herald, 1945-01-18, Page 3IN GREAT BRITAIN -PLEASURE DRI
INC ENDED LONG AGO
British racing' fans can enjoy their favorite eport only if they're willing to walk or pedal their way
to the track. Here bicycles are parked outside during the Newmarket races.
Britain's answer to gasoline and
tire short,ges has been to attack
the problem at the heart. Pleasure
driving has been eliminated entirely
since June 1042. Such driv-re-
lates luxuries as horse racing have
been so drastically curtailed as to
he non-existent for all practical
purposes.
Today there is no basic gasoline
ration in Britain. • As a result,
there are an estimated 250,000 ci-
vilian private cars now on the
road, as opposed to two million in
1939.
Gasoline is' available to four
main classes of users; business es-
sential to the war effort; service
essential to the life of the com-
munity (doctors, etc.); fanners;
domestic situations where, be-
cause of lack of other means 'of
transporatibn complete ,curtaiI-
rnent of gasoline would cause real
hardship, In some rural districts,
for' example, gas is available for
driving to and from the station
or for a couple of weekly shop-
ping trips if no public transporta-
tion is available.
USED AMERICAN SYSTEM
The early history of Britain's
rationing system reads much like
our own, Within three weeks of
the war's start the English intro-
duced a scheme including both
basic and supplemental gas cou-
pons. The basic ration was fig-
ured to give an average of 180
miles monthly. Unlike our basic
ration, however, Britain's ration
was scaled to the horsepower of
the vehicle. Thus an automobile
of lees than seven horsepower got
four gallons per ' month, • while a
20 horsepower limousine got 10
gallons.
On top of this basic ration,
which was automatically avail-
able to anyone who owned a car,
there was a supplemental ration
for war -connected use—much the
same as the American system,
REDUCE RATIONS
As war and gasoline shortages
progressed the basic ration was
progressively reduced with the
largest reductions in the higher
horsepower levels to penalize
users of gas -extravagant vehicles,
In April, 1942 for example, the
lowest • horsepower car's ration
was cut from four to two gallons
monthly, while • the biggest car's
was slashed 'from 10 to three and
a half,
.Co get his gasoline an individ-
ual must apply to the regional pe-
troleum officer. There are 12 such
men for the entire United King-
dom—which give an idea of how
comparatively few cases are in-
volved. T'ie application must ex-
plain not only why gasoline is
needed, together with details of
the number of miles driven on
similar work in the previous pe-
riod, but also must specify the
routes to be driven. The last is of
immeasurable help to enforce -
0
every quarter, To discourage the
use of gas -wasteful cars, no one'"
is given more gas than would be
necessary to drive the required
number of miles at the consump-
tion rate of 20 miles to the gallon.
Gas savings have been effected
in other ways, such as drastic re-
duction of deliveries and pooling
of commercial routes. Consumers
were, until recently, restricted in•
cases of services, such as laun-
dries to the one located nearest
them. With the bettering of gaso-
line supplies some of the more
stringent commercial restrictions
have been lifted within the. past
month,. So now you can choose
which laundry you want your
clothes not to come back from for
three weeks.
RATION BUS FLEETS
Savings were instituted in pub-
lic transporation by rationing
bus fleets to half their pre-war
consumption, and eliminating cer-
tain routes. In London, for ex-
ample, buses are parked on road-
sides
. during slack daytime hours.
The saving involved in not run-
ning them back to their garages
approaches 2,000,000 driving miles
annually.
Taxis are rationed on regional
scales. In London, where there
are an estimated 4000 cabs as
against double that number in
normal times, taxis get 90 gallons
ment officerst' Even if your claim monthly. Hired cars are pretty
to gasoline is approved, you will freely—if expensively - available
have to reapply—with all the de- for trips within 10 miles of the
tails repeated again -at least once owner's garage.
BRITAIN'S NEW ASSAULT TANK
'I ifs remarkable picture of the AVRE assault tank was taken as
it sped into battle on the Western Front amidst other armour. The
AVRE (also known as a PETARD) is the main equipment of the
Assault Royal Engineers, and is designed to accommodate a crew
of engineers and special explosives for demolition. The main arma-
ment is a special mortar mounted in the turret which can hurl a
great weight of explosive against concrete blockhouses and other
tough defences.
Here is a clinically -proven, two-
way treatment for colds!
Take ALLERGI-TABS to "blitz" that
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One or two tablets will prove how
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Take VITAVAX to speed recovery,
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NEW COMMANDER
Lieut. -General Sir Richard Mc-
Creary, I<CB, DSO, MBE, re-,
cently appointed to command the
British Eighth Army in Italy.
If
. TOUGH FOE
Allies battling the German break-
through in Belgium are battling a
type of Nazi fighter far, more rug-
ged than the members of the
"People's Army" who formerly
faced there:. If German caption on
photo 'above 'made frcm captured
enemy film, is true, the soldier is
one of those who participated in
Gen. von Rundstedt's break-
through.
THERE'S STILL A WAR ON BURMA'S 'FORGOTTEN FRONT'
While the Western Front drama snares the big headlines, the war st•
ill goes on in Burma, where
Allied forces, including American -trained and led Chinese troops are gradually forcing the Japs out
of the country, Photos above taken near recently recaptured Bhamo, show, top: a unique jeep tan-
dem, serving as a "locomotive" to haul freight cars filled with supplies; left, below; knowing that
Japs often feign death only to heave a grenade when they get a chance, a combat cameraman
rolls over the body of a Nip killed on the banks of the Irrawaddy River; below: The war corres-
pondent, who took the photos, sits a -top a tank manned by a Chinese and an American.
FILM STAR SHOT
While members of her duck -
hunting party were putting away
their guns at Cuna Mesa Gun Club,
near San Diego, Calif., one of the
guns went off and severely woun-
ded screen actress Susan Peters.
COLD ENOUGH FOR YOU?
, lice 'zillions of other folks, you've been shivering under Ding
Wirter'u blasts recently brush the icicles off your eyelashes and
take a aaudcr at- the picture above, In a summery setting at St.
Petersburg, Ella., mother and (1aughter hunt shells on the beach:
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ALLIED FOOD SHIP REACHES GREECE
After many months of planning, Military Liaison (Greece) is now
beginning to assist the Greek Government by bringing in supplies
of all kinds. Six months' supplies have been arranged, amounting
to 700,000 tons. The first food ship, since the liberation of Greece
began, to unload was the British merchantman S. S. "COULGORM"
with British Empire and American food supplies aboard.
Photo shows M.'Papandreou, the Greek Prime Minister, helping
to unload the first sack of flour into a truck while Lieut. Gen.
Scobie, G.O.C., Greece, looks on.
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