Automobile Industry Should Not Be Closed Says Report
A long defense of the motor car industry argues it is essential to the U S economy. It notes cars support millions of jobs, fuel road building, enhance property values, and aid war effort, warning that closing factories would ripple through related industries and hurt rural and urban areas. It urges continued production and consumer support for automotive work.
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United States
Ita
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Jamestown
Michigan
Sam
Paris
The
Marne
Automobile Makers Endorse 30 Percent Car Output Cut
Washington meeting with the War Industries Board and the Fuel Administration led the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce to propose a voluntary thirty percent reduction in unfinished passenger cars for the current fiscal year. The agreement aims to align auto industry output with government war programs without causing undue disruption. The industry continues supplying Libety motors aircraft equipment trucks ambulances munitions gun carriages tractors and tanks.
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Washington
War Industries Board
The
Fuel Administration
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Liberty Motors
Goodyear Tires Aid British Efforts in German East Africa
Canadian forces report Goodyear tires performed crucial service on improvised roads in German East Africa. Roads were rough with stumps and brush. tires lasted varied mileages, some soldiers claiming 5000 miles per car and writing to praise the equipment.
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German East Africa
Goodyear
Thtso
Czech Farmers Refuse Wider Grain Distribution
Vienna dispatch reports Bohemian Czech farmers show limited response to potato and grain distribution orders. Central Austrian government holds little authority over Bohemia, comparable to Petrograd Soviet over Finland, raising doubt Hungary will permit larger fat and flour shipments amid Austro Hungarian strain.
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London
Vienna
Berlin Tageblatt
Bohemia
Bohemi
Prague
Ajethn
Hungary
Visiting Baskets Aid Red Cross Funds in Fairbanks
Visiting baskets devised in Fairbanks Alaska to support Red Cross funds. Each basket holds donated food clothing or useful items with price tags. Messengers tour neighborhoods as housewives buy items and add additional tagged contributions.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Red Cross
Neutrals Barred from US Tire Exports in WWI Restrictions
The article explains that Spain and other neutrals receive American autos with bare wheels as tires are reserved for Britain under WWI embargoes. An $5 million bond backed good behavior, while German access to US cars risks losing tires to the Kaiser's war needs. The tire embargo aimed to starve German supply and hinder smuggling through neutral ports.
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Spain
United States
Pershing
Kingdom of
Alphonso
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
England
Holland
Denmark
Farmers Learn Value of Motor Truck to Farms
Farmers across the United States recognized the motor truck as essential for farm work due to railroad congestion and equipment shortages. Last five to six months showed trucks moving overland to handle freight, showcasing speed and efficiency and boosting manufacturers’ hopes of farm buyers.
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United States
Japan Nears Tokio Steel Embargo Impact
In Parliament Minister Nakashoi said the American steel embargo hindered Japan's shipbuilding and key industries. He noted Japan could obtain steel from Averton if Tokyo released tonnage to the US government. He declined to aid Japan’s trade but remained optimistic Japan would meet its needs by a stated date.
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Tokio
Nakashoi
America
Japan
Averton
United States
Nekashoji
Nhe
Date
Better Roads Save Gasoline
A Texas Good Roads Association report by D E Colp shows new post roads cut fuel use. It cites San Antonio to Austin trips dropping from eight to five gallons, 736 thousand autos in a year, and projected net gasoline savings of about 1.1 million gallons, with a total system saving exceeding $800 thousand.
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D. E. Colp
Texas Good Roads Association
Colp
San Antonio
Austin
Judge Uses War Stamps While Jury Seeks Pay
Jurors and witnesses in the county court before Judge Karl W. Fare are to be paid with war savings or thrift stamps unless they object. The judge recently sold a quantity of the stamps in his courtroom and expects to dispose of a large amount in this manner.
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Cripple Creek
Karl W. Fare
M W A Members to Attend Julius Jorepee Funeral
All MWA members are urged to meet at the Elke home on Monday afternoon March 8 at 2 50 p m to attend the funeral of neighbor Julius Jorepee.
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Elke
Julius Jorepee
Pan Car Panics Public With New Combination Tank Feature
The Pan Motor car, praised as the queen of the highway, tops shows in Chicago Twin City and Kansas City for speed and design at 1250 dollars. A new Saint Cloud Minnesota factory will greatly boost production with a large fireproof plant. The car includes a built in five compartment combination tank featuring water food refrigerator gas gasoline and oil storage with a neat radiator thermometer indicator. The car uses Continental motor two pump starters and Stewart Warner speedometer. Pan Motor Company declares Saint Cloud location aids supply and transport.
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Pan Motor Car
Chicago
Twin City
Kansas City
Pan
Saint Cloud
Minn
Walter
Conaphore
Stewart-Warner
Pao Motor Company
Pandolfo
Alfalfa Trade Thrives as Douglas Dealer Ships Cars
Douglas dealer Wee, Mar. remarks on five weeks in town buying and shipping about one thousand cars of alfalfa to eastern and southern markets. He praises the local alfalfa as the best yet seen, with roughly £25,000 left with Thur Dias Agency for the crop.
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Douglas Wee
Mar
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