Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 257, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1930 — Page 4

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¥esterday morning the stockholders of Standard Oil Company (Indiana) held their annual meeting. ‘Several of the matters brought up at that meeting are of possible interest not only to stockholders who could not be present, but to the employees of the Company and to the public as well. With more than 87,000 owners, with a working force of 40,000 people, and with approximately 35,000 dealers who distribute its products, the Company naturally plays a considerable part in the industrial life and business prosperity of the territory which it serves. We therefore are pleased to report that the past year has been one of the most successful in its history. One of the outstanding events of the year was the acquisition of controlling interest in the Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company. This gives Standard Oil Company (Indiana) an international organization, serving not only many sections of the United States but a number of Central and South American countries as well. It gives the Company a remarkable reserve of crude oil in some of the finest of the world’s oil fields. The year has also seen a wide extension of Standard Oil service in its immediate territory. Service has been

A REPORT of the activities oi Standard Oil Company (Indiana) during the past year and-an important announcement to the public

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A RADIO PROGRAM f 4 OF UNUSUAL INTEREST L 9:30-10:30p. m., (C. TANARUS.) Wednesday, March 12th I WILL ROGERS SOUSA'S BAND MADAME LOUISE HOMER EDWARD G. SEUEERT, President * Standard Oil Company ( Indiana ) I will take part in the important S. O. announcement program which will be given over Columbia Broadcasting System stations WGHP .... Detroit WCCO . . Minneapolis WO WO . . Fort Wayne KSCJ .... Sioux City KMOX .... 5/. Louis WFBM . . Indianapolis /^ s KFH ..... Wichita KOIL . . Council Bluffs WMAQ .... Chicago WISN .... Milwaukee KMBC . . . Kansas City \Y*MT Waterloo KLZ Deliver WDAY Fargo increased both to the city motorist and to the farmer. The needs of our farm customers have grown greatly in recent years. Over 20 percent of all farms in the States served by Standard Oil Company (Indiana) are now equipped with tractors as well as motor cars. Thousands of them produce their own electric power by means of the gasoline engine. Our Company pioneered in serving the farm and this tradition is being maintained by increasing our facilities each year throughout the farming area. The past year, however, has been successful in more than a business way. It has been marked by achievements of interest to everyone who drives a car. We are fortunate in the possession of one of the greatest oil research laboratories in the world, out of which are coming discoveries of first rank importance in the making of petroleum products. Last fall, after considerable experimental work, we developed a greatly improved Ethyl Gasoline—the new

Red Crown Ethyl. The essential feature of this product was the perfection of a gasoline base of unusually high quality with which we combined the Ethyl compound. Its rapid acceptance by the public was hardly unexpected —but it has been gratifying, none the less. Now we are prepared to announce a further manufacturing achievement. For many months this Company has been working to perfect anew product. Its w'ork has been completed. Tests of the product, both in the laboratory and under service conditions, have more than met our expectations. We are convinced that it will prove a contribution both to the pleasure and economy of driving a car. This product will be announced in a special program to be given over the radio on Wednesday, March 12th. Because of the character of the announcement a program ofunusual interest has been arranged—including Sousa s Band, Mme. Louise Homer and the well-known entertainer, Will Rogers. The broadcast begins at 9:30 R M. Central Time and will be sent over a chain of fourteen leading stations. It is hoped you will all listen in. STANDARD OIL COMPANY ( Indiana ) hy P R*B S 1 D £ N T

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