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Show GOVERNMENT TAKES j OVER CONTROL OF OIL WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Government ! control of the oil industry became ef- ! fective today under a proclamation of President Wilson authorizing Mark L, Retiua. chief of the oil division of the fuel administration, to establish a licensing li-censing system for nil manufacturers or distributors whose gross sales are in excess ex-cess of 100,000 barrels annually. The pror-lamation does not extend to gasoline or kerosene, but licenses in these com. mod ; ties proba My will he required soon. The fuel administration has established in the east a list of preferential consumers, con-sumers, whose demands for oil will be 8 ran led precedence in distributing the supply. Railroads and ships using oil for fuel head the priority list. . |