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ETHYL "GAS" STOPPED;
N e w . Y ork. May, B,---[Sp eclah]--^F ollow ing, th e
com pletion o f Colum bia u n iv e rsity 's 'in vestigation
into tbp alleged harm ful and dangerous qualities of
-leaded'ethyl gasoline,' th e E thyl. Gasoline corpora
tion, a; su b sid iary o f th e S tan d ard Oil a n d G eperal M ptors, has announced th a t It would w ithdraw Its
product from the'm arket. ;
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.The C olum bia univ ersity ^rep o rt h a s been',se p t to
Surgeon G eneral H u g h S. G um m ing o tb e 'p u b llc
h e a lth service a t W ash in g to n an d to, tjie ;E th y l G a s
oline company. The com pany in Its stateipeht,Indi
cated .th at the m ark etin g of its prpdufct, in .the
fu tu re would depend on th e eth y l1gasoline confer
ence w hich the surgeon general has called in, W ash
in g to n fo r M ay 20.
T he new gasoline, w hich reduces th e " knock;" In
an automobile m otor,and m akes gasoline " go ' fu r
th e r, h a s been sold in 27 states,, including N ew Y ork
an d New Jerse y , a lth o u g h it is 'hg.rred i n N ew T o rk
City. A nnou n cem en t o f Its w ith d raw al from'1th e
m a rk e t by >the m a n u fa c tu rin g com pany 'w a s fol
lowed by a .sta te m e n t from the S tandard Oil Com
pany of Indiana, th a t Its supply of eth y l. gasoline
has been .cut off and .that^lt' would discontinue .Its
'saleV"
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