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Show LARGE STUCK ! OF GASOLINE Prices Boosted Though Supply Sup-ply Is Greatest in History WASHINGTON. May 15. A new hlnh record for the national stock of gisolino. Increases In the price of Which hav been ordered Imestigat-ed Imestigat-ed by the senate. was established April 1. according to statistics made public by the federal bureau of mines, ebowing supplies of the com-mi com-mi Ally "n -hat date aggregated 851.-232,0Q0 851.-232,0Q0 ga lions. The stocks on hand April' 1 wcro ! approximately 47.000,000 gallons greater than on March 1, when lh-proyipus lh-proyipus high mark of SU7.0ou.ou0 lions in storage was made. The April 1 supply, according to the bu- i reau's figures, was 20 per cent larger than on the same date of last ' year. The offieial figures confirmed statements made in the senate that i present supplies and those of recCi t months were greater than ever bc-fdre bc-fdre In this country. Further Increases In the r?sr e .f gasoline may be expected, the bu-r bu-r iu's statement indicated, citing the I increase In the number of active re- ! fineries In March from J96 to ?.06. ! The bureau reported that keros.-ne stocks decreased about 10.000,000 gal- , Ions during March while a decreaso of 125.O00.0uo gallons from that stored stor-ed reserves of the same date last yeor was Bhown The total April l etoek l of kerosene was not given. A de- - creat s In production was noted. Present stocks of gas and fuel olii were listed by the bureau at 1.250 -27-8.009 gallons a decrease of 71.000,- 000 gallons as compared with the reserves re-serves in February. Tho production of luhrlcatlng oils fell off by a dally average of 1 01.0400 gallons, according to Ihe bureau. 1 which stated that reserves of the lubricating lu-bricating stocks were nearly 237. 000,l 000 gallons. |