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Show ALCOHOL NOT PROMISING The threatened shortage of gasoline gaso-line has again brought up the problem prob-lem of finding a substitute. Alcohol has been suggested, but, says Prof. C. H. Pratt of the Cleveland Auto School, it has bqjn tried and found wanting. Engineers who have experimented ex-perimented with alcohol as a fuel have found that an cnglno uses twico as much as gasoline. Besides, a totally to-tally different engine would have to be constructed, because alcohol would cut the carbureter and cylinders of present makes. u.tZi |