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Show Civilian Gasoline To Be Shorter In the Future A recent OPA survey of the gasoline gaso-line supply situation indicates that farmers will probably continue to get enough of the fuel to meet essential requirements, but further fur-ther sacrifices are in store for civilians. OPA urges the greatest caution in the use of gasoline even for essential uses. Farmers are asked to hold "off-highway" allocations that is, gasoline used to power combines, etc., to a strict minimum. Conservation now, says OPA, means more gasoline gaso-line in the leaner days ahead. In its report on the survey, the OPA states that civilians in 1941 used about 71,400,000 gallons, but of this amount, 25,200,000 goes to military and to lend-lease uses-leaving uses-leaving 50,400,000 gallons for all other uses. Daily productibn is falling, and military needs are rising, and it is estimated that the amount available for civilian use will be reduced by 6 per cent in -1944 and 9 per cent in 194a. |