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Show GLYCERINE MADE RVWFW poorre m ulyy s nubLtiu Discovery Made in Washington Washing-ton of New Way to Utilize Sugar. WASHINGTON. July 14. Discovery in the internal revenue division laboratory lab-oratory of a- process for manufacturing manufactur-ing glycerine from sugar was -an-j nounced today by the treasury department. depart-ment. Under the secret process evolved, the cost of this substance, a heavy factor fac-tor in the manufacture of explosives, will be reduced to slightly more than ono-fourth of its present cost. Glycerine is at present manufactured manufac-tured almost entirely from fats, at a cost of 90 cents a pound, which is six times its cost of production before the war. The discovery is the first to be annonuncod by chemists working work-ing in co-operation with the Council of National Defense. I nn |