Gasoline price cuts widen as Standard, others slash rates
New York reports a broad sweep of price reductions by Standard Oil and PRY of New Jersey, with tank wagon and service station prices cut 3.2 cents nationwide except New Jersey where 22 cents. Pennsylvanian crude oil premium suspended by Drew-Levick. Industry notes weak demand and a summer slump in consumption as cuts take effect tomorrow morning.
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Stendara Oil Com- Pry
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Cride
United Methodists Call for Global Disarmament
London dispatch reports the United Conference of Methodist churches approving a resolution urging international agreement for broad disarmament, urging that the largest scale possible be pursued by the remaining sessions of the disarmament conference.
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London
United Conference of Methodist Churcaics
Riots Return Across Liverpool Amid Unrest
Rioting broke out in Liverpool on September 22 as unemployed crowds clashed with mounted police. The unrest sent crowds streaming through the downtown, injuring several and dispersing them toward nearby shops and streets.
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Liverpool
England
Necker
toGay
Isting
Bon
Death probed in Fort Worth home blast
Sept 22 16 AD investigation into the death of W W Alcorn owner of the home burned by a mystedon explosion. Firemen recovered an unrecognizable body identified hours later by teeth and keys. Authorities suspect a gas accumulation in a downstairs closet sparked by a matched ignition. Relatives recalled a prior explosion causing minor damage.
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Port Worth
Alcorn
Chicagoan Heads National Grain and Feed Dealers Group
George Q. Booth of Chicago today became head of the Grain and Feed Dealers National Association at French Lick. Other officers include PA Derby of Topeka as first vice president W. M. Moore of Coyington as second vice president and Charles Quinn of Teletip as secretary and treasurer. The group adopted resolutions urging the withdrawal of private business and marketing groups from the federal farm board and calling for reorganization of the agriculture department.
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Iws
George Q. Booth
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Federal Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Foreign born vote grows in November totals
Washington report shows over half of foreign born residents will be eligible to vote in November. Census data reveal 13,388,407 foreign born residents 21 years old or over had naturalized since 1980, including 427,579 men and 9,409,480 women. Naturalization rates vary by country, with Denmark 74.9 percent, Ireland 66.1, Italy 60.0, Greece 44.2, and Yugoslavia 46.3 percent. Read and use light want ads for results. Dial F-1231.
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Denmark
Wales
Norway
Germany
Northern Ireland
Irish Free State
Switzerland
Bepland
Netherlands
Italy
Jugoslavia
Greece
Hugging incident sends wife to hospital in Troup
In Troup Texas on September 21 Mes Form Moore a field worker embraced his wife upon return from work. The bear hug caused Mrs Moore to suffer broken ligaments of her lungs and she was hospitalized in Jacksonville where doctors report her condition as satisfactory with recovering injuries.
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Troup
Texas
Moore
Jacksonville
St Louis stores report sales rise in two weeks
The department store business in St Louis shows a solid upturn as executives report sales increasing over the past two weeks amid improving retail conditions. Store managers note stronger demand across categories and plan continued promotion through the month.
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St. Louis
Extension 15 Asked by OP in Maverick County Texas
An Interstate Commerce Commission hearing was held today in Texas to consider extending 15 miles of railroad by Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio and its Southern Pacific subsidiary. The line would reach Quemada Valley to support winter irrigation projects. The railway seeks to retain extension earnings for 10 years and to open freight service to the valley.
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Une
Maverick County
Texas
Interstate Permerce Commission
Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Quemada
Bingham Predicts Close Campaign in 1930 Race
Senator Bingham of Connecticut, a Republican, assessed a tight electoral contest after a conference with President Hoover. He warned the campaign would be hard fought but noted he told Hoover that if elections were held now a Republican victory would occur.
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Bingham Republican
Connecticut
Hoover
Bingham
Port Arthur Lake Bridge Approved
Washington reports the War Department approved a state highway bridge project near Port Arthur Texas over Lake Rita. The bridge is planned to connect entries as part of highway number 84 and will be built under federal authorization.
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War Department
Inday
Reta Lake
Port Aric
Texas
Local City Headlines Stir With Unclear Names and Dates
A fragmented city news item lists several unclear names and dates, referencing town officials, a secretary, a chamber, and a bank. The readable portions mention September and various proper nouns, but the text remains garbled and uncertain.
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