Word: petroleum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Equally vital to the Royal Navy are Iran's oil wells and the refineries close to the Persian Gulf. Much of the 78,600,000 barrels of petroleum that they produce each year has been earmarked for the tanks of Britain's ships and planes. But reportedly since May not a barrel of oil has left the country...
Climaxing a long huddle with oilmen, Petroleum Coordinator Ickes last week announced that the industry had agreed to double refining capacity for aviation gasoline, in order to forestall a shortage...
...voluntary filling-station curfew in eastern seaboard States seemed to be at least a moral success last week. Whether it had actually cut down gas consumption, it was still too early to say. Petroleum Coordinator Harold Ickes indicated that the curtailment had fallen far short of the desired one-third. In any case, rationing of gasoline for motorists was more than a probability. Preparing for a vacation in the West (where he expects a less serious shortage), Coordinator Ickes said: "We want to give this voluntary campaign a fair trial...
...special law had been passed; the whole thing was a voluntary restriction, recommended by Petroleum Coordinator "Horrible Harold" Ickes. Unable to frighten motorists into more economical habits, he decided to try forcing them into it by inconvenience. The oil companies suggested the shutdown, and when Ickes accepted it. at once closed their own stations, asked their dealers to do likewise. In cities, most stations complied, figured it would solve labor shortage, cut expenses. Rural dealers, weary of 18-hour days at the pumps, were glad to hear of the edict, for the most part obeyed it. On New York...
...curfew at the filling station is not curfew at the carburetor. Before 7 p.m. most drivers now said: "Fill her up," instead of the more usual: "Five gallons." When the petroleum shortage really overtakes the public, the name for it will be rationing...