European airlines could run out of jet fuel 'in six weeks'
France 24 →European airlines could run out of jet fuel in six weeks' time. That's the warning from the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, who says passengers should expect fewer flights and higher prices. Carriers are already reducing their flight schedules ahead of the summer holiday season.
Fuel Short, Southern Pacific May Stop. Unless Road Can Get Larger Quantities Than Heretofore, it Can Run Only 90 Days Longer.
San Francisco, June 27.—Unless larger quantities of fuel oil in the open market than have been available heretofore, the railroad, at the present rate of consumption, can operate only ninety days longer. W. R. Scott, general manager of the company, so informed the California railroad commission yesterday at the hearing on the request for permission to raise freight rates 15 per cent. Mr. Scott also told the commission the company had investigated the practicability of changing the engines of one or more divisions to coal burners, but that the idea had been abandoned because no coal supplies could be found.
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Food and Fuel Control Act
The Food and Fuel Control Act, Pub. L. 65–41, 40 Stat. 276, enacted August 10, 1917, also called the Lever Act or the Lever Food Act was a World War I era US law that among other things created the United States Food Administration and the United States Fuel Administration, as well as the Price Fixing Committee of the War Industries Board.
Wikipedia →United States Fuel Administration
The United States Fuel Administration was a World War I-era agency of the Federal government of the United States established by Executive Order 2690 of August 23, 1917, pursuant to the Food and Fuel Control Act. The administration managed the use of coal and oil. To address concerns about a steady supply of fuel to support military and industrial operations and for use by consumers, in 1917 the Federal Fuel Administration was established and US President Woodrow Wilson appointed Harry A. Garfield to lead the agency.
Wikipedia →United States Railroad Administration
The United States Railroad Administration (USRA) was the name of the nationalized railroad system of the United States between December 28, 1917, and March 1, 1920. It was the largest American experiment with nationalization, and was undertaken against a background of war emergency following American entry into World War I.
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