1149.    ---------------.  [GAS AGE.] Synthetic Research.  Vol. 98, No. 8, 1946, p. 52.

        It is announced by J. A. Glen, Minister of Resources, that Canada is giving serious attention to development of synthetic fuel processes.  A sum of $50,000 has been voted for a small-scale pilot plant in Ottawa to experiment with synthetic liquid fuel.  An official has been sent to Germany to investigate plants, and research will extent to all forms of hydrogenation.  A fuel-research board will be set up to direct an overall program of fuel research.