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Show WASHINGTON' W. H GRANGER Navy Speeds Resea ch For New Oil Reserves Utahns will wdsome the news that the Navy Is making every effort ef-fort to seed up research for the production of oil from coal and shale for immediate use in this war. The Research Division of the Chemistry Department of the Navy has Just appointed a Utah man as if, head, Mr. L. C. Karrlck, who will be remembered as the man wiio directed the cooperative research re-search between the State and the Federal Government In Utah from 1930 to 1938. While he Is not per-m per-m tted to disclose the details of his work, nevertheless, Utahns generally gen-erally will be pleased with the appointment ap-pointment of a man who is vitally Interested In the development ol Utah's rich oil possibilities as concerns con-cerns Its production from our coal jind shale beds. Balkan Economic Importance Analyzed Germany's ability to continue the war would te seriously Impaired If the oil and ferro-alloys of southeast south-east Europe were no longer available. avail-able. If the Ploestl oil fields In Rumania were captured or cut off Germany would lose about one-third one-third of its total supply of natural and synthetic oil. Loss of the clu-ome of the Balkans and Turkey would deprive Germany of Virtually its entire supply of a vital ferro-alloy and would have an Immediate and( serious effect on 'he production of steel for Germany's armament Industry. In-dustry. From a food standpoint the Balk, ans have been somewhat disappointing disap-pointing to the Germans, in part as a result of poor harvests. However, How-ever, in 1943 the harvest was sufficient suf-ficient to supply Germany with almost al-most 10 percent of its grain supplies sup-plies and smaller proportions of its fats and oils and meat. The loss of the wheat now supplied by Rumania, Ru-mania, Yugoslavia and Hungary would add to the adverse consequences conse-quences of Germany's expulsion from the Ukraine, although the enemy food situation would not yet be critical. |
