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Show .gallons of 1930 gasoline in cov-I'ering cov-I'ering that distance, whereas the 1950 car turned only 720 gallons. Research Saves Motorist's Gas The average American motorist motor-ist used 215 fewer gallons of gasoline gaso-line in 1950 than he would have used if he had driven the same distance in a 1930 car with 1930 gasoline, according to C. L. Mc-Cuen, Mc-Cuen, general manager of the Research Re-search Laboratories Division of General Motors Corp. Mr. McCuen credited this saving sav-ing to industrial research by both the automotive and petroleum industries. in-dustries. The two industries, he said have progressed together, with the automobile supplying a demand which the petroleum industry has filled through research to improve motor fuels. Gain Given Customers The average mileage of American Ameri-can motor vehicles in 1950 was 9,550, he said. The 1930 car, he explained, would have used 935 |