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Show fields In California. Mr. Mariano) declered that curtailing of production produc-tion would prova a remedy. a raaohttion by tho meeting-Indorsing alarlande statement, but withholding official action on tha remedy designated. Attornaya who draw up tha Indorsing reeolutlon warned agalnet any aemblanca of concerted action. Thay recalled that tha United States district attorneys at-torneys office at Chicago and the attorney general of Oklahoma had promleed an Investigation of tha oil Industry after a report had been circulated that sows twanty-flva ro-flnertea ro-flnertea In a meeting at Chicago laat week bad esreed ta shut down throughout August. v ,1 REFiriERY EXPECTED TO " CLOSEPLAT Largest Establishment in Mid-Continent Field to ' . Suspend in Order to . Curtail' Production - KANSAS C1TT. Mo., Aug. t. The closing down of tho refinery at Tulaa. Okla., of Coaden a Co, rated at 11.000 barrels day and said ta be ths largest in ths mldcontlnent field, wss expected today. In Una with announcement by ssreral lead, - Ing refiners at a meeting hers yes-terdsy yes-terdsy thsl thsy planned to curtail . production a R. Perry of Tulsa, general manager of ths Cosden company, com-pany, declared that tha plant would Slop tor two weeks ths run of erode oil St midnight yeatarday. Memhera of tha- Western -Petro-,. leum Refiners' association refused at tha meeting to Indorse officially a general cassation of gasoline pro- duction In ths mldcontlnent field. Repreaentatlvea of several of the . leading refineries announced they "" bad already curt fled production or ' planned to do so to offset a glut. K. W. Marland. president of the Marland Oil company. Pones City, - Okla, asserted that his plans' had stopped production of -gasoline last Monday and would remain cloasd during Auguat. at least. Msrlsnd declared in a statement to ths meeting that the refining industry in-dustry waa suffsrlng from 10 to 18 rcsnt overproduction, duo large-be large-be aald. to tha operating of new |