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Tuesday, September 30, 1941 DAILY NEBRASKAN 5 Frankforter Discovers New Oil Process By Ed Hirsch. Oil now, thanks to Prof. C. J. Frankfortcr, member of the uni versity chemistry faculty, can be used over and over again. Thru a process of distillation and clay contacting at high temperatures, Professor Frankforter is able to reclaim old oil making it good as new. For many years chemists have wondered why crankcase oil could not be reclaimed because good oil is refined from crude. With the help of two students, Dwight Mapes and Ralph Deeds, Professor Frankforter attacked this prob lem for the first time about ten years ago. However, these two students did not continue with the study, but Profesor Frankforter has continued the research alone thru the years. He is convinced that any oil may now be re claimed. According to Professor Frank forter, this will mean good news to the operators of large bus and airplane lines. Reclaiming oil will cut down considerably the cost of oil. These lines use only one grade of oil, and it will be simpler to obtain a high grade of reclaimed oil if only one grade of oil is used at the beginning. Warns Motorists. Professor Frankforter warns all motorists against buying reclaim ed oil. He says that the safe way to be sure to obtain good reclaim ed oil is to talk to the owner of the business and ask to see his equipment. Individual owners of cars can lower their oil expense by buying from reputable produc ers. Oil picked up from filling sta tions may often carry kerosene because they use it for washing machine parts. If proper equip ment is available this kerosene can be removed, but many times this is not done. To remove kerosene from oil steam or vacuum distillation is used. To remove certain greases from oil a treatment with some acid will do the trick. But reclaim ing oil under these circumstances is not always profitable. Many large refineries do not find reclaiming oil profitable now, because this would upset the schedules they have for refining a certain quantity of new oil. To Draft Boards Help Soldiers Obtain Work Re-employment committee men have been appointed for each of Nebraska's 105 selective service local boards to assist in obtaining jobs for returning soldiers, sailors and marines according to Brigadier General Guy N. Henninger, state director of selective service. All returning Nebraska soldiers are instructed to get in touch with their local board ctmmitteemen, who will have data on their civilian occupational skill and service rec ord well in advance of his return. Employers are also expected to list employment needs with the near est state employment office. Local civic leaders and employers have promised full co-operation in deal ing with unusual problems and as suring ex-service men of new jobs or of their former jobs. "Where any employer states that he is unwilling or unable to take back an ex-service man," General Henninger said, "the mat ter will be turned over to local committeemen. If it is found that the" employer is not justified in his attitude, the appropriate local or ganizations will be expected to show him the error of his ways and bring him to the point where he will reinstate the ex-service man because he wants him. How ever, if education and public opin ion prove ineffective, there re mains the law and the United States District Attorney's office for final action." v. ti "XT 1,rr ft t 1 v:-.:".:v.:::-:::'.. i; U 11 Vlf P P JL 4 George Short pours used oil In the machine; the oil goes round and round, and it comes out ready to be put in any automobile. Don Little, left, and Prof. C. J. Frankforter are watching the machine at work. Courtesy Lincoln Journal, The picture on the right shows how the machine effects the color of the oil. The dark oil at right is the used product before the men of Avery lab went to work. The left visle shows some oil good as new after being processed in the machine. change schedules at this time would cost a considerable amount. Professor Frankforter has al ready used reclaimed oil in his own car and has found that the oil has proven satisfactory. Pro fessor Frankforter plans in the near future to publish a report on reclaiming oil. Georgia Defers High Standing College Students ATLANTA, Ga. (ACP). Georgia selective service headquarters has recommended that college stu dents be deferred from military training as long as they "maintain a standard of academic work which is satisfactory to the col lege and to the local board." Maj. Charles J. Brockman, state occupational deferment director, said the new deferment recom mendation will include all college students not yet placed in classifi cation 1-A. Local boards already had been authorized to defer students tak ing "essential courses" such as medicine, dentistry, chemistry, en gineering, biology, geology, physics and mining, but the state headquarters wants the grades looked into first. Warner Speaks At First YMCA Open Meeting The first open meeting of the university YMCA will be held in the "Y" rooms of the Temple at 7:15 p. m. Dr. O. H. Warner will address the group on the Bubject, "Developing a Personality." All students Interested, both members and non-members, are invited. West Stadium Now Houses Fifteen Varied Occupations Save 10 Tax Buy Student Lincoln Symphony Orchestra Concert Series Tickets Before Oct. 1 On Sale Unl. School of Music $350 Hear Six Beautiful Concerts November S February 9 I FONAIU WAKRF.V ORCHESTRA CONCERT Baritone, Metropolitan Opera Lincoln Cathedral Choir neremher 1 March 11 ORCHESTRA CONCERT JASCIIA IIEIFETZ Wilbur Chenoweth, l'lanist Violinist January 1 - April 0 VRONSKY A HABIN ORCHESTRA CONCERT Duo l'lano Tean Lucy Monroe, Soprano Located in the west stadium is a commercial center that is probably unknown to many of the regular athletic fans on this campus. Amid the signs directing the audience to their respective sec tions may be found such signs as "auto repair," "paint shop," "university printing office," and "service office." In all there are fifteen occupations represented. One of the more unusual de partments of the university as well as the state, is the visual ed ucation department headed by Mr. Morgan. This department is building a pictorial file of all kinds of industries, animals, and unusual occupations for univer sity use and for distribution throughout the towns and cities of Nebraska. At present Mr. Morgan is planning pictures of dairy cattle in Waterloo, Iowa, to be placed on slides and sent to agriculture centers for display. The NYA students have already oriented themselves to the various writing desks in this section of the campus as the NYA red tape is unwound under the direction of several offices found here. For those unacquainted on the campus, particularly the fresh men, take an hour off and tour these various departments. Per haps you will find a lost article in the lost and found department. 1s Lbu alL it jcaAfcL io sat ivilt JthjL 3 - VYbucdA. -cl - (Dmj -Qluh. at iksL Siudswt lAtv ioiL fijuildinq. QjdbL&A. Jticlwidu cUisl now, DVL AdlfL jOL iksL D$$kSL.