Vacation Motoring Now a Billion Dollar Industry
American Automobile Association reports U S vacation motoring reached 3.2 billion dollars last year with domestic and foreign motorists spending that total. The travel bill, 7 billion globally, includes 5.165 billion by Americans at home and abroad, rail travel 750 million, air and water 25 million. Canadian motorists spent about 325 thousand.
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American Automobile Association
America
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Washington
115 year old Civil War veteran Ku Trenum clings to life in Franklin
Burbridge Coleman Trenum, age listed as 115 in Family Bible records, lay in very low condition with bronchitis in Franklin Maryland on March 10. Despite age he walked with support and remained active. He is a Civil War veteran and father of two sons over 70, with 33 children total, 21 by his second wife who cares for him, and 12 by his first wife.
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Burbridge
Coleman Trenum
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Trenan
Price War in West Slashes Gasoline Prices and Oil
Gasoline sold as low as 5 cents a gallon in Los Angeles as price war raged across California with overproduction. Standard Oil reduced crude oil prices by about 50 cents a barrel. W C Vani Fleet announced a new Shellice Inc corporation to operate 700 Shell stations employing compensation tied to earnings. Burns suffered fatal injuries from a gas heater fire, Dan J Davisson, 65, Ottawa native turned Tulsa real estate leader, died after his bathrobe ignited. He leaves widow and son Danny at Yale.
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Los Angeles
Standard Oil Company
Shell Company
W. C. Vani Fleet
Shell ‘Ice, Inc
Ottawa
Tulsa
Okla
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J. Davisson
Avisson
Kan
Danny
Yale Univerity
Sandino claims victories and loot in latest clashes
General Augustine Sandino reports to his Mexican representative that he has won five battles against Nicaraguan national guardsmen, killing 150 and capturing significant American military equipment. In other news, Is Lil Baltimore reports Undersecretary Joseph P. Cotton in critical condition at Johns Hopkins after a six week illness. a separate Spain dispatch notes five soldiers wounded when a deranged soldier opened fire during a training group session.
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Augustine Sandino
Pedro Jose Zepeda
Lil
Baltimore
Joseph P. Cotton
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sogivia
Spain
Solier
Barker and neighbors report visits and illness across towns
Virgil Rogers Barker and Billy Underwood spent the weekend with Marshall Gorrill. Miss Helen Harshberger stayed in Kansas City, while Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winters visited Helen Harshberger in Lawrence. Robert Gorrill is home ill with the flu. The Sun Flower 4-H club gathered at Riverside schoolhouse Friday with many absent due to sickness. Next meeting slated for Barker school on March 13 at 4. Barr and Mr. Gorrill called on Mrs. Dollie Hill of Villa Eden. Sandino claims victories in Mexico City as illness sweeps the region.
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Virgil Rogers
Billy Underwood
Marshall Gorrill
Helen Harshberger
Kansas City
Paul Winters
Lawrence
Robert Gorrill
Sun Flower
Riverside
Barker School
Barr Gorrill
Dollie Hill
Villa Eden
Local notes and social updates from Lawrence area
The Minervian club met with Miss Minnie Kahle on February 25 as Mrs. Bearman hosted guests including Mrs. Fred Love and Mrs. N. E. Faringer. Cecil Johnson spent the weekend at home while farmers prepare ground for oats. Several local students were praised for punctuality and a Farm Bureau gathering occurred in Riverside. The Belgaum Belgian brick issue and Vienna tax shift appear in brief dispatches from AP, noting Belgian brick use in London projects and Vienna’s tax concession to provincial governments.
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Joe Eck
Law‘rence
Julius Bearman
Minnie
Kahle
Watt
The
First. Baptist Church
New England
Gerged
Fred Love
Will
N. E.faringer
Peterson
Cecil Johnson
Barker
Helen Bigsby
Mary Evans
Pearl Ech
Paul Athey
Ambrose Bigsby
Guy Bigeby
Kanwaka
Paul Winter
Jim Wiggins
James Miller
Lawrence
Mike Shelly
Jim Oliver Evans
Mitch-_ jell
Arnold ' Quidall
Kansas City
Myrl Ulm
Gunner's Remains Recovered From Sea Off Finalmarina
An 18th century canon dredged from the Adriatic near Finalmarina carries fragments of human bone. Authorities believe a gunner was killed when the fort was bombarded by British forces in 1745. The relic is undergoing care as a potential historical exhibit.
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Finalmarina
Italy
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