| Show Gasoline Price tIo i War at 81 TiA rIngs rIngs' J oy I to Motor Owner I Rate As Low As 38 I Cents a Gallon Reached in ini ii I i Wichita Vichi a Slashes Made in Several Sever l Othe Other I States As Rivals Compete I f CHICAGO Aug lio 5 The midwest mi west gasoline vai at we the tile big oil comps companies on one oue side and independents s' and n state operated d stations on ott Il the hc other cl has resulted r in lit It gasoline g as low lowas as as cents toi it Wichita Ran Ken II The Standard Standard- Oil Ott companies of dC o Indiana of ot Nebraska have Ilave otti- otti officially daIly entered the fray with an an- announcements of o two-cent two reduction tion The Indiana company solely to meet competition made mado price changes in Indiana Michi Michi- Michigan Michigan gan Illinois III I Wisconsin Minne linne- Minnesota I sota sola Iowa Mi Missouri Kansas Ok- Ok lahoma North Dakota and South Dakota Part of oC the th competition comes from frolo bootleggers of ot gasoline says saya John J. J J Mitchell president of or the Illinois Merchants l ls Trust Tr company and a director in the Texas company Other Oll r oil on com corn companies here say sa the thc cuts cute are are- arean ar an attempt to eliminate the gas out- out law no GAS The fhe bootleg they say any conies comes from Crom industries which use tise oil oll prod lie B und and buy tiiu- tiiu oil front from rom which to ta extract their heir I needs The rhe price cut UI of the Standard OH on cons com company CO l- l pany pasty of o Nebraska ft iii not effective e In Omaha Lincoln and mant tH Ihl I hi- hi hilling 1 riL l' l is consid- consid erod orad by the company comp ny as being be tiC- below low normal From cents a gallon e in Wichita prices in iq the affected aCCeded area r Upward to 23 cents a 11 I gallon In City S. S S D D. where I the state maintains oil all stations The rhe new prices In Nebraska I vary vory with wilh freight rates but but the the lowest including the state tax Is l III Uc c a I. I gallon The slate of South o Dakota TV whIch several S l weeks ago renewed lUll its fight against the th Standard Oil Company and Independent firms sells sells- is i gasoline at 20 cents a gallon gl on except in Aberdeen where it Is cents and anel In 40 Oily y 21 cents cent Standard Oil Oh gas tas- gasoline oline in Sioux Falls for tor 01 cents from the tank and 2 h cents at filling stations The state tate operates two dozen duyen filling rilling Stations Chicago's new pricey price is 19 cents reduced fro n 21 sI S i NEW YORK Aug 25 The 25 The Sinclair lT Oil and company announced today that It Li- would lower loweT the Ih price of gasoline 2 cents n a gallon and alit of kerosene 1 I cent centa a gallon ga in middle middle- west western rn Jn states state to mu-ct mu a cut announced lost last night by hy the Standard OH Oil company compan MORE CUTS NEW NE RW Aug 25 R N OP The rh fourth reduction in gasoline prices this month was announced by the Standard Oil OH company of New Jersey today when U IL lowered I quotations half hair a cent a a. gallon throughout Jt Us lis entire entile territory terr tor I The fhe latest ut cut brings the tank lank wagon waon price down to 16 cents a gallon In lit New Jersey Jerse Baltimore Baltimorean an and f Washington D D. i and to 17 a n a lIon In Ia other othel parts of oC the territory including Maryland Virginia West Vest Virginia North and South Carolina The he new prices ure are from tram 3 to 3 t- t cents a gallon gullon llon below those prevailing pre at atthe atthe atthe the first of the month n |
