Gas increases revive hopes of operators in Tulsa
Gasoline price hikes along the Atlantic seaboard and Texas production curtailment to meet demand revived hopes of a gradual domestic recovery. Sinclair Refining announced 1-2 cent rises in Eastern tank near prices, offsetting mid continent weakness. Indian lease land bids also rose, Gypsy Oil paying 35 dollars per acre for a Creek County tract at Muskogee auction, top price in over a year.
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Tulsa
Okla
Atlantic Seaboard
Texas
Sinclair Refining Company
Mid-Continent
Gypsy Oil Company
Creek County
Eliza Harjo
Five Civilized Tribes
Muskogee
Elephants in Circus Battle at Bellefield
A clash between youths and Duffy's Circus employees in Bellefield, Trish Free State ended when the circus proprietor rode two performing elephants into the street. The attack at midnight prompted civic guards to respond and several people were injured in the tumult.
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Duffy’s Circus
Bellefield
Trish Free ~ State
Chicago Seeks to Raise Cash for 1930 Tax Warrants
Chicago officials led by D. P. Kelly and Mayor Cermak organized a civic drive to sell 1930 tax warrants to avert a financial crisis. The goal could rise from 37 million to 75 million if warranted, with funds to pay teachers and sustain payrolls. Major firms including Commonwealth Edison Armour International Harvester and U S Gypsum pledged near 2 million dollars in purchases.
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Chicago
D. P. Kelly
The
Fair
A. J. Cermak
Kelly
Cermak
Commonwealth Edison Company
Armour & Company
International Harvester Company
U. S. Gypsum Company
Prince of Wales Suffering Chill
The Prince of Wales is reported to have a slight chill with malaria symptoms, but his condition is not serious. He will remain in bed today and had canceled engagements after falling ill yesterday.
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London
Prince of Wales
York House
Americans Warned About London Swindles Avoid Wallets
Reported surge of old time swindling games in London prompts warnings to visitors from across the Atlantic to guard wallets. One American fell for a genial stranger whose Irish accomplice had just inherited a fortune and sought an honest helper to distribute it. The American deposited 2000 dollars as a guarantee and awaits the supposed fortune.
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London
Atlantic
Five Dead In Crossing Crash In Arizona
Dr. T. J. Tarasoff a czarist era Russian medical corps colonel and four others were killed when his car collided with a Southern Pacific passenger train in Cold Water Arizona last night.
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Ariz
T. J. Tarasoff
Southern Pacific
Beacon to aid night flyers atop Hermanskegel near Vienna
The Austrian Government plans a beacon 1800 feet above the sea to guide night flights. Located on Hermanskegel near Vienna, the light will be visible for over 30 miles, with preparations underway to support night navigation.
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Austria
Hermanskegel
Vienna
Papago Fiesta Merges Pagan Rite With Mass at San Xavier
The Papago tribe opens its annual Fiesta at San Xavier del Bac Arizona blending native chants with a solemn high mass by Bishop Daniel Gercke and a Papago tongue sermon by Father Bonaventure Oblasser. Tribespeople from across the Southwest attend as tom toms drum and gourds rattle through the night.
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San Xavier del Baq
Ariz
Redman
Daniel J. Gercke
Tucson
Father Bonaventure Oblasser
Topowa
Transcontinental Airline Adds Vienna Leg to Route
The airline confirms expanded service along its cross continental line, now including Vienna on the main route. Officials say the Vienna stop enhances connections between European and North American cities, with schedules to be announced and service expected to begin later this year.
Slayer of Woman Turns Gun on Self
In Flemingburg Kentucky Mrs Ethel Yates Hunter 35 was shot dead on a street by James T Williamson widower about 60 who then shot himself Williamson frequented the Hunters restaurant run by Mrs Hunter and her husband Ira for about a year Witnesses say he cursed her before firing He had been seen there laughing and talking with the family and their 13 year old son Marion Police reported the shooting today marking a dramatic fatal attack and suicide in the town
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Flemingsburg
Ethel Yates Hunter
James T. Williamson
Gandhi Walks After Illness in London East End
Mahatma Gandhi, confined to bed with chills and fever overnight, was well enough by morning to walk through London's East End.
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London
Mahatma Gandhi
East End
Bullets Halt Prison Escape in Holdenville Oklahoma
Two convicts fled McAlester state penitentiary yesterday noon. Joe Alexander died from gunfire on the highway near Holdenville. J B Creek, serving a five year sentence, is jailed in Hughes County. They hijacked a taxicab, beat the driver, and were stopped after a highway shootout. Sheriffs deputies recovered a shotgun and the fleeing pair’s stolen car was found.
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Holdenville
Okla
U.P
McAlester State Penitentiary
Joe Alexander
Seminole County
J. 8
Creek
Tulsa
Hughes County
L. C. Perry
Sam West
Flight Pursuit Ended With Sheriff Chase Firefight
West alerted officers after continuing the flight as Sheriff Harve Ball and deputy J O Broadhus pursued the convicts. The chase escalated to gunfire during the pursuit.
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West
Harve Ball
J. O. Broadhus
Relief Party Finds Marooned Aviators
In McGrath Alaska a dog team relief party arrived at the camp of missionary aviators Brothers George Feltes and Martial Lapeyre after their plane forced down in Crater Peak country ten days earlier. Pilot Bob Ellis said a relief group should reach Tatoma about 25 miles away today or tomorrow. He doubted he could land or take off again, noting the craft appeared temporarily disabled.
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Mcgrath
Alaska
George Feltes
Martial Lapeyre
Crater Peak
Bob Ellis
Tatoma
Ellis
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