Oil Well Fire Quenched In Thunderous Tulsa Demonstration
Myron M. Kinley and brother Floyd staged a dramatic extinguishing of a 100‑foot oil well flame at the International Petroleum Exposition in Tulsa. In 38 minutes they cut off a 25 million cubic feet per day gas jet by detonating a charge, then soaked the area to control heat as a crowd watched from the grounds and nearby hills. The Kinleys plan a repeat performance with higher gas pressure.
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Tulsa
Okla
Myron M. Kinley
Floyd
Kinleys
Exposition Grounds
Kinley Brothers
Flight record holder Kenneth Hunter shot in pub quarrel
Kenneth Hunter, part of a four brother group that set a 553 hour flight endurance record in Chicago in 1930, was critically wounded in Sparta Illinois after a quarrel with St. Louis physician Dr Billard. Dr Bullard said he fired after Hunter attacked him. no arrest was made. Walter Hunter rode Kenneth to a hospital, where the wounded man denied assault.
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Sparta
Kenneth Hunter
Chicago
St. Louis
Richard Bullard
St Louis
Hunter
Billard
Bullard
Funeral Services for Ernest H. Doty
Funeral services for Ernest A Doty 51 president of Doty Wholesale Meat Company will be held at 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon from N S Griggs & Sons Chapel The rites will be conducted by Richard I Kimmonus reader for the First Church of Christ Scientist Active pallbearers include Emmitt Husband Edwin Kell Peter Smith Lester Black John Husak Abe Smith Honorary pallbearers are Emery Lutz Key Farr Martin Jasser Brown Stevens Frank Cohen Cecil McCullum The body will be interred in Memorial Park Cemetery Doty died early Sunday morning in a local hospital.
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Doty
Doty Wholesale Meat Company
N S. Griggs & Sons
Richard ‘I. Kimmonus
First Church of Christ
Emmitt Husband
Edwin Kell
Peter Smith
Lester Black
John Husak
Abe Smith
Emery Lutz
Key Farr
Martin Jasser
Brown Stevens
Frank Cohen
Cecil McCullum
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Doty
Food stocks in England rise to fourfold since 1914
England now stores about four times as much canned foods as in 1914 indicating a shift in wartime preparedness. The report highlights a growing preference for preserved foods amid supply concerns and changing consumer habits.
China Bandit Seeks Ransom for Kidnapped Missionary
In Hankow on May 14 bandits under General Ho Lung demanded 35000 dollars for the release of American missionary Reverend Howard Smith of Washington DC seized May 8. Missionary Alliance and U.S. consular officials seek a solution, but policy rejects ransom payments while the captors also require 3500 dollars worth of medicine.
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Hankow
China
Ho Lung
Howard Smith
Washington P
Mt. Smiths
Funeral Services For Lula Josephine Williams
Funeral services were held at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home for Lula Josephine Williams 68 mother of Mrs Henry Wilkinson of 1408 Taylor Street who died Friday in Carpu. Rev Lipscomb presided and interment followed in the Tlane Mausoleum.
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Blackburn-Shaw
Lula Josephine Williams
Henry
Wilkinson
Taylor Street
Carpu
Christ
N Lipscomb
Amarillo District
My Beauty Hint by Jane Wyatt
Screen actress Jane Wyatt offers a weekly facial treatment using a full facial and neck steaming followed by brisk rubbing with a small cloth wrapped ice cube. The process cleanses and helps prevent sagging of facial muscles.
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Hy Jane Wyatt
Last Rites for Retired Railroader Held Today
Donald Dan Bell 77, a retired Port Worth and Denver railroad employee, died at his home on 07 Buchanan Street Sunday. Services at the Finerat Chapel were conducted by Rev EF RB Pineher of the Faithwood Presbyterian Church. Burial followed in Diana Cemetery. Pallbearers included Co A Cadwallader, C. B. Gibbon, Sem Bo Mallon, J A McGee, JT WW Made, and Clyde Farmer. He served 40 years in the Fridge and Building department of the Denver railroad and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Survived by four days?
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NS Griggs and Sons Finerat
Donald
Dan) Bell
Port Worth & Denver Railroad
Buchanan Street
RB Pineher
Fiiwood Presbyterian
Diana Cemetery
C. B. Gibbon
Bo Mallon
McGee
Clyde
Bell
Denver Railroad
Presbyteria Church
Insull's Big Fight Hinted As Cash Losses Surface
Chicago reports reveal the downfall of a utilities empire as Insull talks of lost wealth and loyalty while detailing a tumultuous rise from $200 to major influence. The piece notes figures, hospital visits, and a tense political backdrop amid captions of faith in freedom.
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Torrie
Stice Bey
Thomas A
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Remy
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Ole
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Dwieht Ho Gren
Ntility
America
Darkey
London
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Uwar Venta
Dieppe
Harrison Street
Panamas
ASK
Panama
POLK
Storage Service
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Genuine & Grand
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Gos
Rick Cy
OM Frick
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Amarillo Gas Company
Good Gas
Taylor
Sas
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