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Show OPA WILL QUIZ AUTOISTS ON . VACATION TRIPS Claim Hundreds Made Vacation Trip To Yellowstone Tark The office, of price administration administra-tion is preparing to ask "at least several hundred" Utah motorists how they are able to drive to Yellowstone Yel-lowstone national park, a round trip of approximately 700 miles, on rationed gasoline, Richard L. Bird, Jr., state rationing officer, said Tuesday. A number of "A" gasoline ration ra-tion book holders were reported in the park with their automobiles during the survey made recently by the Wyoming OPA at the request re-quest of Salt Lake rationing officials. offi-cials. Hearings will begin during the week of July 26 and may result re-sult in withdrawal of tire and gasoline gas-oline privileges, Mr. Bird said. Suspicious of "A" Holders . . . "The OPA is particularly suspicious sus-picious of "A" gasoline ration book holders who are able to travel 700 miles on an allotment of gasoline designed to permit mileage of only 470 miles during a 60-day period should the gasoline gaso-line be saved for the entire period during which stamps are valid," Mr. Bird said. The question of where extra gasoline was obtained will be investigated at the time inquiry is made as to the use of gasoline, he said. "Persons who take extensive trips to use 'extra' gas will have their quota cut," Mr. Bird said as he warned "B" and "C" ration book holders against using such gasoline for pleasure driving. Will File Complaints . . . Suspension orders will be issued by the OPA hearing commission in Denver and any criminal proceedings pro-ceedings will be filed in the U. S. federal court, he said. In addition to several hundred complaints anticipated as a result of the Yellowstone investigation, several complaints have been registered reg-istered against persons using trucks for pleasure driving. This situation has been referred to the office of defense transportation for study, he said. Hearings were being held Tuesday Tues-day in Salt Lake on the use of gasoline for pleasure driving by persons other than those listed during the survey made at Yellowstone Yel-lowstone national park. "Decision by the OPA to deny renewal of gasoline and tire ration privileges to offenders should come as no surprise to Utahns, for they have been warned repeatedly that definite action would be taken to stop waste of gasoline," he concluded. |