Gasoline and Fuel Oil Demand Reaches New High
Americans use gasoline and fuel oils at record rates as distribution limits tighten supply. A midwestern rationing plan for summer highlights potential auto and home energy strains if Congress does not extend wartime power authorizations. Eastern seaboard and Gulf regions remain better supplied with refining capacity at 5.6 million barrels per day.
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S. Burton Heath
New York
NEA
Midwestern States
Postwar Oil Industry Faces Transportation and Capacity Struggles
Industry averaged 4,796,100 barrels daily in 1947 amid 86 percent capacity. Lack of transport limited refinery intake, while ample yet underutilized West Texas Wyoming capacity remained. Strikes cost over 12 million barrels of products in five months. Tank cars and tankers scarce. only 169 of 558 war-built tankers in service.
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Maritime Commission
Congress
Gulf
Middle West
Wilson
West
Texas
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Kansas
Illinois
Michigan
U. S
Italy's Railroads Back in Service After War Damage
Rome reports major progress in rebuilding Italian railroads. Travel times from Rome to Milan are down to nine hours, and Rome to Naples to three hours, reflecting repairs after Allied destruction of 4,500 km of tracks and vast losses in locomotives and rolling stock.
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Rome
Italy
Milan
Naples
Giovanni d’Raimondo
Sicily
Cassino
Technical maintenance figures for rail infrastructure
The report lists distribution percentages for rail components: track 50 percent on station areas, stone nation 42 percent, steel 20 percent, high tension lines 42 percent, contact lines 55 percent, and signal system 20 percent. The figures indicate partial coverage across different systems.
Rent for Church One Red Rose in June Feasts Enduring Tradition
In Manheim Pennsylvania the Zion Lutheran parish paid the annual one red rose rent for the chapel once given by Baron William Stiegel. The rose symbol commemorates the June annual tenancy dating to the 18th century. Owen J. Roberts presented the rose during the Feast of the Roses ceremony. Stiegel, a founder of Manheim and glassmaker, designated the rent as one red rose. Von Stiegel’s descendant 7 W Jones Hughes accepted the 1947 rose. The note recalls the lasting link between the baron’s legacy and the town. Atomic theory aside, the piece closes with a nod to alchemy’s ancient dream of turning base metals into gold.
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Manheim, Pa
Zion Lutheran Church
William Stiegel
Owen J. Roberts
Kimberton
United States Supreme Court
Baron Stiegel
Manheim
W. Jones Hughes
Westfield
U S S Missouri to Be Guinea Pig in New Naval Guns
The U S S Missouri at Norfolk Navy Yard will lose three 14 inch gun turrets to host experiments for a rapid fire six inch anti-aircraft system a new five inch twin mount and smaller rapid fire guns including a three inch .50 caliber weapon with higher rate of fire New fire control gear will be added and missile launchers will be fitted when ready Whale oil lubrication note ends the report.
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New York
INS
Third Naval District
Mississippi
Naval Shipyard
Norfolk
Navy
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