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only after more important needs
had been filed.
The OPA official, who reported the
impending new cut in rations for
residential users, said all non
residence ration coupons will have
to be turned in to local ration boards.
They then will be reissued on the
basis of so per cent of normal use.
Coupons in the possession of non
residential as well as residential
users already have been devalued
by 10 per cent, under orders issued
last Saturday by the OPA. Hence.
the new OPA order due today or
tomorrow is not expected to impose
an additional 16 per cent cut on
non residential users.
Instead, it is believed the OPA an
nouncement will provide that when
these users turn in their coupons
to the ration boards. they will re-
celve enough coupons-in terms of
their present value in period 8
to make the total cut in non-resi-
Dental oil allotments only 16 per
cent
Steps to curtail the use of oil by
non-residential users have been
urged by authorities handling the
petroleum distribution problem for
some time. The OPA has been at
tempting to. force such places to
convert to coal The current cut
10
connection
OPA Seeks to Ease Shortage.
The OPA today was still studying
steps which can be taken to ease
the fuel shortage in the East. Of
ticials denied that any further
wholesale cut in gasoline rations
had been decided on, but this &C
tion-naturaUy-is possibility
Petroleum Administrator Ickes
announced yesterday that major
pipeline deliveries into Eastern
Seaboard States were running at a
record high of more than 100000
barrels daily-but he cautioned this
would not alleviate current short
ages because it was counted in fore
casting supply.
No further material increases in
Eastward pipeline movement can be
counted on until a new line between
Steubenvllle, Ohio. and Philadelphia
is put in operation and the capacity
of the Plantation Pipeline between
Baton Rouge. La. and Greensboro.
N G. is increased Mr.. IckeS warned.
Completion Dates Unknown.
Completion dates for these prof.
ects cannot yet be determined &C
curately, but when operations are
started they will add $4,000 barrels
a day to fuel oil and gasoline deliv-
cries to the East, he said
1t will be at least February l be-
fore the 53l-mile TeXas-to-I Illinois
pipeline is completed, Mr.. Ickes
said This new 24-inch link is eX-
pected to deliver about 10000 bar
rels of oil day at the start and to
carry its capacity load of 100000
barrels of crude or fuel oils daily in
March. when it VII make possible a
net increase of 10000 barrels daily
in East Coast deliveries.
Pending completion of an east
ward extension of the line from
Norris City, Ill. to New York
Philadelphia terminals. railroad
tank cars will trans-ship Norris City
deliveries to the East. The 100 600
barrel daily increase for the East
is expected to result from increased
efficiency of tank car use on the
shorter illinois, East Coast run as
contrasted with the present Texas
East Coast run.
Delivery Of the new pipelines first
Oil at Norris City now is being held
| up. awaiting repairs and completion
of section crossing the Mississippi
River which was washed out by
flood waters Secretary Ickes eX-
poets, however. that the first de-
iiveries at Norris City may still be
possible on or about February l."
The petroleum administrator re-
vealed yesterday that oil has start
ed moving through the new pipe
line. Line-filling operations will
proceed as fast as block gates can
be installed ahead of the stream, he
said.
BY pumping oil into the lower sec
ton of the pipeline while the break
is being repaired we shall be able to
save much of the time lost through