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Show SHORTAGE or OAROMNE WARNING IS OIVEN OUT Wnrnlng of thn probnbilitv of nn nclunl shnrlnge nf gnsoline before the end of next summer, ns n result of Hie dispmiHirlinnntc inrrense in gnso line pniductlnn nnd Hip number of automobiles in ne, wns piven In n slnlemcnl issued lnt Momlnv bv H'e biireou of mlnps nt Wnshinitlon, D, C. While nn increno in slocks at the end of Fehninry of more Ihnn 100, 000.000 pnllons, or 20 ier cent, ns compared with n year ago, shows Hint Hie sllunlion Is not yel ncnle, it is pmbnble Hint before the "summer senson is over it will become ligh if, Indeed, It does not become short " Heavy drafts were mnde In Mnrrh on the reserve stocks of crude petrol dim notwilhslnnding n 20 ner cent inerensp in production, nccordini? to a rcjiort by the Fnlled Rlnles reologienl snrvev. The lolnl incrense In onlpnt of the Fnlled Rlnles in March, ns eomimred wilh Mnrrh, 1010, wns 0,-000.000 0,-000.000 bnrrels, but the incrensed consumption con-sumption mode necessary the impnr Inllon nf 0fl0,000 bnrrels from Old .Mexico. An additional million barrets wns drawn from (he reserves lo meel Hie demand. |