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* A. \ * # I I i * 4- ^ « 4 «, « • IN GREAT BRITAINâ€" PLEASURE DRIVING ENDED LONG AGO British racing fans can enjoy their favorite sport only if they're willing to walk or pedal their way to the track. Here bicycles are parked outndt during the Newmarket races. Britain's answer to gasoline and tire shortages has been to attack the problem at the heart. Pleasure driving has been eliminated entirely sinct Jnne 1942. Such driv-re- lates luxuries as horse racing have been so drastically curtailed as to be non-existent for all practical purposes. Today there is no basic gasoHne ration in Britain. As a result, there arc 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 essentia! to the life of the com- munity (doctors, etc.); farmers; domcitic situations where, be- cause of lack of other means of transporation complete curtail- ment 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. Unhke our basic ration, however, Britain's ration was scaled to the horsepower of the vehicle. Thus an automobile of W.i3 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 â€" much tb* 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 vehiclcis. In April, 1942 for >.xaraple, 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. To 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 â€" which give an idea of how comparatively few cases are in- volved. The 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- ment officers. Even if your claim to gasoline is approved, you will have to reapply â€" with all the de- tails repeated again â€" at least once 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 gaflon. 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 i-ationed on regional scales. In London, where there are an estimated 4000 cabs as against double that number in normal times, ta.xis get 90 gallons monthly. Hired cars are pretty freely â€" if expensively â€" available for trips within 10 miles of the owner's garage. BRITAIN'S NEW ASSAULT TANK TOUGH FOE Till, rciuatkable 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 motmted in the turret which can hurl a great weight of explosive against concrete blockhouses and other tough defences. » NEW COMMANDER Here is a clinically-proven, two- way treatment for colds! "Take AUERGI-TABS to "blitz" that "drip" â€" relieve congestion and dis- comfort within an hour. AUEROI- TABS combine fast -acting medi- cinal ingredients with Vitamin C. One or two tablets will prove how effective they are! Take VITA VAX to speed recovery, increase vitality and build immunity to future colds. VITAVAX combines Cold Vaccine (specially prepared to combat common cold bacteria) with richly concentrated Vitamins A, Bi, C and D. Remember: ALICR6I-TABS for •peedy reUef firom colds; VITAVAX to build immunity tO colds. Ask your druggist. Roberts Biological Laboratory, Toronto. ca< Allies battling the German break- through in Belgium are battkng a type of Nazi fighter far more rug- ged than the members of the "People's Army" who formerly faced them. If German caption on photo above made from 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 still 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 t^tn- dem, serving as a "locomotive'* to haul freight cars fUled with supplies; left, below; knowing that Japs often feign death only to heave a. grenade when they get a change, 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 ALLIED FOOD SHIP REACHES GREECE While members of her duck- hunting party were putting away their guns at Cuna Mesa Gun Club, near San Diego, Calif., on,: of the gtuis went off and severely woun- ded screen actress Susan Peters. COLD ENOUGH FOR YOU? Lieut.-General Sir Richard Mc- Creary, KCB, DSO, MBE, re- cently appointed to command the British Eighth Army in Italy. 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