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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD Charcoal Gas Is Fair Gasoline Substitute. Tests Show; Could Be Used on Farms GOP to Inject Vigor of Youth in 1944 gas-jlin- By BAUKIIAGE Analyst and Commentator. Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. In a week or so the political camand alpaigns will be warming up and attack of lines ready the main counter-attac- k have begun to form. The bombs will explode far from the banks of the Potomac Republi- can headquarters and regional ofand fices are already springing up their activities are far removed from Washingtons daily life. But nowhere is the interest in politics and the gamering of votes as great as in this voteless city. Before Candidate Dewey started westward with Pittsburgh and St. Louis station stops. Herbert Brownell. the new chairman of national committee, visited Republican headavequarters here on Connecticut nue to get acquainted. He did and As made a very good impression. one reporter remarked, "What a Change in the genus chairman." Brownell is quite a contrast to his predecessor, Harrison Spangler, and the accent is on youth. Brownell is to, looks younger, although his dusty blonde hair is sparse. He reminded me of a fraternity brother (he happens to be one, I discovered) who was assistant professor of something not too highbrow the type. He is a Nebraskan and a Mayflower descendant who won a scholarship at his state university which took him to Yale where he edited the Yale Law Journal, no insignificant distinction. Brings Dewey Closer To General Public He made an excellent law connection In New York, was elected to the state legislature and developed a keen nose for politics which brought him to the position of counsel for the state Republican committee. He was one of the inner circle of the Dewey group and liked Dewey as those who are closest to him do and unlike those in the middle distances, who don't. A part of Brownells Job will be to bridge that gap. He or somebody else has already been giving lessons to the governor in the charm school as was evident at his first press conference In Chicago aft- lush but powdery thatch doesnt go so well with that. "Control of the Democratic party, said Mr. Brownell, "rests wholly with two elements the bosses of the corrupt big city machines and the radical left wingers who are closer to communism than any other political philosophy. Right there you have two key notes, the first which the attorney can sound in all its variations and no doubt he will The second will fit splendidly into Mr. Bricker's style of oratory and will appeal to the audiences of the Middle West, which were so moved before Chicago that they almost would not let him take a second place on the ticket they wanted him so badly to top. Expect Dewey to Rip Trumans Connections Democrat who was a Wallace backer said to me just alter the Truman bandwagon began to roll: "1 cant figure out what this is all about They nominate a man who got his start from the Pendergast machine because Pendergast swore he could take an unknown and make him a senator and did. What will Mr. District Attorney do to him? It is true Pendergast gave Truman his start, but whatever you may think of Mr. Pendergasts morals they did land him temporarily in jail the one quality that everybody who knows Truman talks about and the thing the senator's record points to, is honesty. But what are facts in a political year anyhow? Brownell hinted that there would be plenty said about "Bosses of corrupt political machines. So that's the scent and a fairly noisome one, which you can expect the Republicans to follow lustily and in full cry. Brownell was asked if the influence of the CIO on the Democratic party would be exploited. Brownell merely said we could expect something on that subject, too. He would not say, however, whether he thought that nominating Truman instead of Wallace, for whom Sydney Hillmans CIO political committee was pulling so hard, strengthened the Democratic ticket He was asked if he expected the support of John Lewis. He didnt answer that directly but he did say that he expected a large proportion of labor support and that party leaders in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Illinois (where Lewis United Min? Workers are chiefly located) were strongly Republican and that editorial writers of the UMW periodicals and union leaders had noticed the trend and were folA er his nomination where he revealed his training. The cynical Albany press gang were a bttle taken aback by the- - governors showing at that time. Dewey is naturally an introvert, with a tendency toward egoeentrici-ty- . But he is one of the lucky ones who knows it and from school days he has struggled against the aloofness which often grows up around the man who is always the head of his class as Dewey was. lowing it. He is ready to help the RepubliThe "dont change horses argucans put the accent on youth and underline it heavily. Brownell fits ment will be met wnh arguments offered at the Republican conveninto that picture naturally and Dewtion. that there will be no change ey can be counted upon to match ibs own conduct with his years as far as in the American high command, no interference with leaders or vigor and energy go ar.d he will their strategy andmilitary then, of course, probably be able to acquire the there is the pious hope, too. that flavor for public relashould the war in Europe end betions. fore the ides of November, the It is clear when you talk to Brownstream will be reduced to such a ell that he is all for the trickle that nobody will worry about type of electioneering. The Democrats know what to expect a bttle leap from one saddle to another saddle. They started a defensive-offensivon the need and wisdom and experience in their convention speeches. Dow War Maps They are going to try to prove that Are Made when the contestants weigh in, A map is the foundation stone Democratic will of any operation, says a long and the red corpuscles and vitaprecise document issued by the Britmins which their opponents display ish Information service entitled, 4nd of which they will boast. Liberating a Continent Index to As we waited to interview BrownInvasion. ell on that muggy Washington afterI have had a bttle to do with the noon, a figure emerged who may making of war maps myself and have been exhibit A of the Republi- know that information that goes Into cans' immortal pep. He was the such maps comes from many man who nominated Taft for Presi- sources. Some of the data is as andent so you can date him. He was cient as the hills that are depicted former Sen. Jim Watson of Indiana In the convolutions resulting from (born 1863), not Juvenile, but he painstaking topographical surveys hadn't lost his As which show every three-foo- t rise Uncle Joe Cannon always used to Some of the data, on the other hand. advise me," Senator Jim allowed to Is so fresh from the fighting front all and sundry, " give em hell, itself that the maps upon which it boys!' is superimposed and furnished to ofI asked Brownell later if the Re- ficers from the mobile lorry-bornpublicans intended to campaign in photo-lithprinting equipment in the "an unusual way," since the Presi- fields are hardly dry. These field dent had said he wouldn't campatgn units can be set up in the usual way, Brownell smiled and be ready to begin printing withand replied with a sentence the bur- in 20 minutes. They cun make reden of which was "energetic. productions of maps with recent However, a pean to youth will not corrections on them and produce be the only song in the Dewey-Bncke- r them in color at the rate of 4.5u0 repertoire. Mr. Bricker'a copies an hour. "hail-fellow- " e gray-matt- e o g BRIEFS Many state highways will be in need of repairs and rebuilding by t! e end of the war, according to an Office of War Information report, based on data from the Public Roads administration and stale and pivate ajennes At present, most impies ve immediate program calls for inproving 31 CuO miles of highway rccornr ended by the National Inter-rv.:- . n.il Highway committee e The present scarcity of has turned attention to oossible substitutes. One of the most practical is the gas generated from charcoal or wood by a high temperature ourner. These devices, which are common in Europe, are rare in the United States, and if the wartime stringency in motor fuel had not developed, they would probably have remained curiosities. If gasoline becomes expensive and scarce in the postwar years, however, the gas generators will probably come into use, at least for some purposes, such as stationary engines and farm machinery. The charcoal burned in the generator can be made from any kind of wood or dried plant fiber, such as pressed out sugar cane. Here is possible future market for farm products that are now wastes. All this, however, depends on the adequacy of our petroleum reserves. H gasoline is once again plentiful and cheap, there is little likelihood that the gas generator will be widely employed, for at its present stage, it does not give as satisfactory service as gasoline does. To investigate the possibilities of using gas generators on their delivery cars, as well as to obtain material for an informative article, Newsweek magazine had one of its small station wagons fitted with a generator, and driven on an 800 mile test trip. The journey began in Kalamazoo, Mich., where the charcoal burning known commercially as the Gaso-gen- e was attached at the manufacturers plant, and ended in New York city. The route traversed the Allegheny mountains, where steep grades forced the car to give its best possible performance. Milton Van Slyck, associate editor, supervised the experiment On the June morning when the trip was to start, Mr. Van Slyck poured 170 pounds of charcoal into the hopper of the gasogene. He then started the motor of the car with gasoline. Next he stepped around to the rear, opened the small fire door, and lit the burner with a twist of paper.. The suction of the motor drew the flame right in and in a few seconds the fire was nearly white hot In one minute fifteen seconds after he poured the charcoal they rolled out of the shop down the highway. Within a couple of minutes they turned off the gasoline completely. In about eight minutes, all told, the gasogene was delivering its full power, which is about 65 per cent of that obtained from gasoline. This did not mean that the station wagon could go only 65 per cent of r, cross-countr- woiket enjliyeis now apply tor of rationed foods to feed hued for 6J days or less. nay allot-meat- s work-er- s miles). Curiosity appeal was high. Motorists seeing the device as they approached from the rear would pull up and sometimes tail them for miles. In towns small crowds gathered to look and ask questions. Though the fuel hopper holds 170 pounds, it was found best to refuel every 50 to 75 miles. Fresh fuel is put in through the hatch on top of the generator, a dusty, dirty, two-t- o three-minut-e job. Usually at the same time, Mr. Van Slyck took a couple more minutes out to look at the security filter, a small screen which is the last cleaning stage. Twenty Cents for 15 Miles. They averaged close to 30 miles an hour for the 800 miles and burned 600 pounds of eharcoal. Put into its gasoline equivalent (15 miles to the gallon) this stacked up to about lHk pounds which, at the rate of $35 a ton for charcoal, meant nearly 20 cents for 15 miles, or within a penny or two of gasoline cost The whole system is entirely rational; there is nothing mysterious about it. The regular carburetor is used when the motor operates on feeds gas gasoline. A carbo-charginto the cylinders in the gasogene operation. The main difference is that the gasogene gas (principally carbon monoxide) must be manufactured in the generator before it can be burned: gasoline in the tank is ready for use. With a gasogene it is necessary to keep the engine turning over a little faster than usual in order to manufacture gas. If the engine is run too slowly on a hill, where power is needed, the fire may die down, reducing speed. The fire requires relighting only after long intervals of parking. After only two or three hours of disuse the motor will start on gasogene direct. After three or four hours it is necessary to use a little More than passenger 1,000,000 cars and trucks throughout the world use various forms of gas generators. Recently reports have Nazis come that the are operating war machines, including training tanks on gasogenes. In this country the army and other government branches (Bureau of standards, Forest service of the department of agriculture, Tennessee Valley authority) have made or still are conducting exhaustive tests. When the German submarine campaign threatened to cut the sea lanes to our fronts the army stepped up the gasogene experiments it had started three years ago. Seeking a satisfactory gasoline substitute, nearly every conceivable fuel was subjected to tests, even dried camel dung, which worked O.K. Now, with shipping lanes opened, the army is not so interested. But it did find that the gasogene gas was a satisfactory substitute for gasoline under certain conditions, although it gave less power and the mechanism was harder to maintain. The possibility of using the gasogene when the Burma road is reopened is not yet definitely ruled out. The gasogene outfit requires some 1 V other of seasonal The gasogene generates gas (principally carbon monoxide) by burning cbarcoal at high temperatures. The hopper holds 176 pounds. It is best to refuel it every 50 to 75 miles. er production. and slap-dow- y 41 J J -- d Farm operating loans have been made to several hmdred honorably di-larged servicemen who had r.o other source of ciedit to finance food al - bad as it was between King and the late Frank Knox or worse. m Knox and Admiral King rubbed The Great Commoner? but ach other raw. King used to go r bis,she r over the bead of the secretary of the tals np on tl The Answers navy, even overruled him regarding unigust Margai summer new the navys gray Inn Mary ha 1. An obelisk. form, which Knox and most navy ,ver loved hi men opposed. 2. Mrs. John Quincy Ad. When Forrestal became secretary born in London, of an Amen of the navy, it was hoped that rela- father. tions would be harmonious. Last 3. Malachi. Til be to week, however. Admiral King pub4. To bore a hole. 'of April- - T adroit an chief his gave licly 5. John F. Sullivan, Army and other experiments, plus some Canadian research, produced reports of varying degrees of approval and disapproval. Some held the horsepower loss was too great, gasogenes were too dirty, and so on. Numerous in Sweden. Under the wartime gas shortage there are several thousand gasogenes now operating on wood, especially in countries such as Sweden where lumber is plentiful. Undoubtedly most will go back to gasoline after the war. Wood does not give as good a performance as charcoal; it is dirtier in its gas content and therefore more apt to foul an engine. Since coke or hard coal operate satisfactorily, in hard-cog regions where fuel is cheap, gasogene trucks might be feasible. A group of farmers, too, might band together to make charcoal for use on their machinery and trucks. All in all, any widespread postwar use in the United States is unlikely and what there is probably will be local and mainly in agriculture,- industry, and business not private driving. Gasogenes proponents point out that the history of the use of substitutes is replete with stories of improvements and lower costs, such as in synthetic nitrates, rubber and fibers. For this reason they anticipate further improvements. But because of the gasogenes limitations, This is the small station wagon equipped with a gasogene that the oil though highly made the 800 mile experimental run from Kalamazoo, Mich., to New, interestedcompanies, in watching experiments, York city. The trip was a rigorous test for the efficiency of gas fne!, for do not expect any serious Uie route led over the steep grades of the Allegheny mountains. The results thus far in these tests the speed it would be capable of gasoline in the motor to get the draft with gasoline. In speed tests, given going through the firebox and build confirm that the gasogene is a satisfactory substitute for gasoline time to work up momentum (about up a good fire. where the standard fuel is unthree times that ordinarily needed The gasogene used less than 2 available or where transportation for gasoline), it reached 70 miles an quarts of gasoline for 800 miles, hour for a brief run. There was no better than 1,600 miles to the gal- or other factors make its price prohibitive. The relationship between in On hills the xip the lack lon. pickup. the cost of gasoline and the cost ol of horsepower showed up more, alWhat It Costs. tlie substitute fuel is the main facthough they encountered none that The cost of the gasogene at- tor which will control the gasogenes could not be made in low. As a tachment varies: For this experi- future. For instance, gasoline at 25 rule of thumb a hill on which a mental unit was about $700; on to 50 cents a gallon in remote gasoline engine would balk a little trucks with a simpler installation sections of South America could in high required second speed with the cost would be perhaps $100 make it feasible to use job the gasogene; one that made a lower. charcoal, In South America they are which is plentiful and cheap, as it is gasoline car use second, required somewhat less. Mass naa home product sold production low. for turally would bring economies. At cooking. In the Unitedeverywhere States Shaking Down the Ashes. present gasogenes are not made in genes may be used in the gasolumber The run was made this country for unrestricted civilian industry. With plenty of waste Lum-bwithout mishap. One night a truck use, though po priorities for the purespecially in the far north driver his big van to a chaser would be required if a manu- where transportation makes gaso-tore and over with a fire ex! stop facturer were able to get clearance line costs high. i might be feasible tinguisher when they paused at the on materials from the War Produc- to turn waste into charcoal (a roadside to shake down the ashes tion board and on manpower from process requiring two or three simple (this was done twice in the 800 the War Manpower commission. days) or even burn the wood as it it. rrr by Baukhage Fains, ranches For-rest- "" u.i IBS STOR1 srW ls of tl Land was born in England aments by I fperated 3. According to the King j (pet it the si version, what is the last bn' (till ber the r bei the Old Testament? Iio takes 4. For what is a gimlet use- Hal Hatter 5. What is Comedian pIet tuossand doll $:,m Henley, lens real name? has bou 6. What American was c, .be bank and First Lady 2. What ADMIRAL KING SLAPS Insiders now admit that friction between Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Ernie King is Just as In What is Cleopatras kv, 1. Washington, D. C. i 800-Mil- Wing Elements During Race. WXTJ General Quiz A The Questions Advantages, Defects e Revealed by Trial Journey in Car Campaign I ANOTHSt 4 Dewey Leader Indicates Republicans Will Hit at Machine Politics and Left A 'ews ASK ME attention that machines operating on gasoline do not, since the gasogene burns charcoal or other solid fueL It Is necessary (o shake out the ashes perhaps once a week. Then there are two filters that must be taken out and cleaned periodically, One is the radical-hnnefiller, (right). This was serviced once on the trip. The other Is the security idler, (left). It a, thought best to look at this every time they filled (be charcoal hopper. Forrestal, Admiral King and fighting Admiral Halsey were holding a Joint press conference. The secretary of the navy was asked if he had any comment on the fall of the Tojo cabinet He replied that navy personnel, including himself, were not supposed to comment on politics. Whereupon Admiral King interrupted and, almost as if the secretary of the navy were a little boy, corrected him. I will comment on that he announced, despite Forrestala statement that political matters were not for comment by navy personneL "Obviously, the cabinet would not have fallen unless there was dissatisfaction on the part of military leaders with the conduct of the war. The Japanese can be expected to continue to wage war with all the powers they possess. Secretary Forrestal took the admirals remarks interpreted by those present as an indirect slap down without saying a word. 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Sait Ukt City, U yu Wasnt Cars-Tr-ailm .1 may no for any ri cntal or I Well, be answe: ly I will my pr Dont SCHOOLS Uncensored military and political dispatches reaching the diplomatic corps reveal that the German army is defeated and that fat Hermann Goering, father of the Luftwaffe, may soon rise as the German man n horseback to try to make peace with the Allies. This dramatic turn of .events catches Franklin Roosevelt Pacific strategy while the plotting biggest break of the war is coming 5,000 miles away in Europe. Whether Roosevelt does anything more alout it or not, however, you can write it diwn that Hitler and cempany are through. It just a question of how much Germany can salvage before the last shot is fired. D The Berlin radio beamed to America tried a new trick the other night. An propaganda announcer introducing a newscaster, said, The views of this commentator do not necessarily reflect the views of this station. 41 Army air corps officials say that Jacqurlm Cochran, htad of the Waps, barges into their offices, poiinds on their desks, says, T used to work in a factory, know wh.t ott" toQwledg it did bee Copied bis voief Wrk guaranteed; any size $3 00, I Pedro ths prints $1 00 each. Beautiful, nauiL. trailer ho coloring $1.00. Insuie your picture t send full color directions. Work re bis, for COD. in one week. Write if ou 2 a visit to more information. FRANK BALM Ninth E. Sir., Salt Lake. and he comforta ney in tb Photographs Hearts Power .Til te be gets i journey, have bee The average human k weighs only 2 Vz pounds, but x hours it generates enough ene'S It isnt 1 to lift a 65-tweight one foot; was a bl the ground, scientists say. krew it his coun Your I ell, Reet ar Nastj Id be 'J wvAiiM anti-unio- SITUATION IN GERMANY have Ped thers To . BALT LAKE BARBER COLLEGt n Silent An approved school. Fall term besu. September. Write for information tv td risk 1,0 Regent St. - Salt Lake City, anti-labo- ultimatums about ber lady fliers. wrww terday." Henry Clay. Used 41 , 6. behind-the-scen- struggles for postwar power is now being waged between the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Actually, the Veterans of Foreign Wars are in a better position than the Legion to get a head start on recruiting veterans of World War Cf. The VFW charter from congress permits recruiting men before they are discharged, while the Legion must wait until a man leaves the service before recruiting him. Fact is the VFW has picked up more than 400,000 new members since Pearl Harbor, while the Legions gains have been relatively paltry. At the start of the' war, the Legion had more than one million members, the VFW only a quarter million. But today the VFW magazine has the largest overseas of any publication, is now read by 300,000 men monthly. As a result, VFW is picking up members at the rate of 5,000 a week, while Legion officials fret, plan their own recruiting drive later. One reason for VFW success has been a policy of tacitly bucking the American Legion on key policy matters. VFW helped paint the Lethen turned gion as around and attempted to arrange a deal whereby all CIO and AFL members in the service would join the VFW instead of .the Legion when they left the service. More than two million union men are in the service However, labor has not fallen for the bait. Instead, trade-unio- n chapters of the American Legion are being rapidly built up to help comn bat any feelings of returning servicemen. The Veterans of Foreign Wars also made "hay with a speech delivered by national Legion Commander Warren Atherton in the South Pacific area recently. Atherton debunked the idea that men in the front lines fighting the Japs want furloughs home. The VFW immediately took advantage of this statement, set up a terrific howl for overseas furloughs, soon found membership applications pouring in. 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