Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...line before December. Mr. Ickes' pipeline did not mean the end of gasoline rationing-not by a pipeful. It would not even bring oil stocks up to what industry called "a reasonably safe level." But homes, factories, schools, office buildings were a lot more certain to get fuel oil for heat next winter...
...gates is not a matter of sentimental Aryan sightseeing. It springs from painful necessity. In the Caucasus lie the huge stores of oil that power the defenses of Russia. By cutting that supply Adolf Hitler would not only score a painful blow to the enemy; he would also get fuel and lubricants that the German war machine must have...
...picture focuses first on Germany, to show how a modern nation wages war with food as a major weapon. On the home front fats are turned into high explosives for the Wehrmacht's arsenal, apples become alcohol for fuel, releasing high-grade fuel for the Luftwaffe's planes, milk refineries spill out lubricating oil for the submarine fleets. Farmers grow what they are told to grow, and the soybean (twice the strength of meat at a quarter the price) is the armed forces' basic ration. It is mixed into almost every dish the soldiers eat and, Food...
...Smith and Vassar announced that they would close for a month or more next winter, to save fuel, electricity and transportation. They will lengthen their Christmas vacations and cut spring holidays...
...nation's history, will be trained in administrative statistics, equipping them to become human encyclopedias on air force information wherever they may be stationed. A graduate will serve as the right hand man of the Air Force commander in the area, dispensing information about location of airdromes, fuel supply, numbers of planes, and other vital information...