European Food Crisis Critically Assessed by Wilson Packe
Thomas E. B. Wilson, Chicago meat packer, after two months in Europe, warns of years needed to normalize economies. He cites livestock shortages across occupied Germany and allied nations, calls for a workable international credit system, and urges farmer labor capital cooperation to avert catastrophe.
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Europe
Thomas Eb, Wilson
Wilson & Co
Chicago Meat Packers
Rotterdam
Wilson
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Drop in Beef Prices At Hand Say Packers
Chicago reports a Bureau of Public Relations statement from the American Meat Pack ers Association forecasting an imminent beef price drop. Cheaper grass fed cattle now reach market, exports pause, and government purchases end, signaling wholesale and retail prices should fall in days.
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Chicago
Bureau of Public Rel Tions
American Meat Parkers
United States
Buyinn
Timmy
Stenra
Boerf
Lieut Maas Boomed For Surrogate Post
The friend of Lieutenant Charlen Maas campaigns to obtain his designation in the Republican primary for Surrogate. Maas, tied to the American Embassy in Paris, has started a movement to secure him the post.
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Lieut
Maas
Charlen
Farin
Western Union chief cites government takeover of cables
Newcomb Carlton testified before the House Interstate Commerce Committee that the cables were taken over by the government last November following his urging to Postmaster General Burleson for commercial reasons. He said the move aimed to aid American business and merchant marine and to avoid foreign censorship.
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Washington
Two Names Added to Police Honor Roll at Headquarters
Two policemen, Jumea A. Nolan of West Thirty-seventh Street Station and William Barrett of Clinton Street Station, are added to the Police Honor Roll on Centre Street. Nolan died after being struck by a brick during a June 2 incident while investigating a shooting. Barrett died from injuries in an incident on August 24, 2018 while stopping a runaway team. The memorial now lists fifty-two women.
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Police
Centre Street
Clinton Street
Desert Rat Opens Continental Trail for Motor Tour
The Desert Rat and King Stanley Drake claim to have opened southern and northern cross continent routes via Yellowstone and the Bad Lands. They departed Los Angeles March 23 in a 1917 Maxwell touring car named Old Max, crossing the Gila Desert amid mud and rain while planning a two leg trek toward New York and back.
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Pacific
Yellowstone
Los Angeles
Cal
Gila Desert
King Stanley
James M. Drake
Continent
Wil
Pacific Slope
Buffalo Bill
Max
Stanley
Maxwell
Rufio
Bill
Mr. Stanley
West
Maxwell-Chalmers
Columbus Circle
New York
Harry J. de Bear
Rio Grande
Te Roar
Colorado
Mississippi
Yura
Ten-Hour Trek Across Looming Roads in the Southwest
The narrator recalls an arduous journey covering 5421 miles to New York, with ten hours of driving fifteen miles on a clogged desert route. Old Max led through Mexico’s border areas and lava beds, then across Texas and Louisiana to Florida, avoiding regular highways to dodge getting stuck, carrying bedding and a cook outfit, sleeping in the car at night, and painting store fronts along the Mexican border.
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Phoenix
Roosevelt Dam
Tucson
Max
Terrer
Wishee
Mexico
Naco
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Ariz
Dering
Hachits
Deming
Las Cruces
Rio Grande
FI Taso
Alpine
Balmorden
Tex
San Antonio
Houston
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Beaumont
Orange
Sevine
Winton
Sal
Lake Charles
Atchafalaya River
Cypress Swampa
Tucksonville
Fla
Georgia
Carolinas
Virginia
Washington
New York
Liberty Six Car Makers Plan Expanded Plant Output
A telegraphic exchange between Percy Owen of Liberty Motor Car Co Detroit and ES Partridge of ES Partridge & Co Inc outlines plans to boost Liberty Six production. They discuss a twelve acre factory site, immediate need to start enlarging, and arrangements to meet surging demand as New York sales rise.
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Percy Owen
Liberty Motor Car Company
Detroit
ES. Partridge
ES Partridge & Co, Inc
Liberty Cars
Liberty Six
Owen
Meres Selectna
Txela
Liberty
Greater Liberty
The
Tribune
Mulford Co Arranges Grant Truck Sales for New York Area
The L. W. Mulford Company of Broadway and Sixty-first Street has entered an agreement with Grant Motor Car Company to handle trucks in Greater New York Eastern New York State south of Albany Long Island New Jersey north of Trenton and all of Connecticut. Truck models include an 1800-pound delivery at 1170 and one and a half ton and two-ton heavy duty trucks at 1885 and 2150 respectively. Units feature Continental engine electric starting and lighting Torbenson axle and wiring from battery through the magneto. Mulford has a truck service station at 647 West Fiftyfifth Street.
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Mulford Co
Grant Motor
Grant Motor Cars
L. W. Mulford Company, Inc
Broadway
Sixty-first Street
New York
New York State
Albany
Long Island
New Jersey
Trenton
Connecticut
Mulford Company
Pneumatic Tire Change Method Shaves Minutes
Firestone introduces a demountable rim system allowing one person to swap a large tire with an inflated spare in about five minutes. A Macon Ga demonstration by Red Cross Motor Corps members showed six first-timers handling 40.8 tires, proving the method speeds maintenance and boosts truck efficiency for long hauls.
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Firestone Steel Practists Company
Firestone
Macon
Red Cross Motor Corps
Flere
Truck Owners Deserve More Care From Manufacturer
L B Dudley of the Federal Motor Truck Company in Detroit argues truck owners need greater consideration than passenger car owners. He says trucks are essential business tools and travel advertisements, with sales not complete until goods reach customers. Federal’s New York branch, led by R S Locke, promises vigilant service and ample parts to back up owners under competent management.
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L. B. Dudley
Federal Motor Truck Company
Detroit
New York
R. S. Locke
Tru Mechanics
Federal
Phianna Closed Car Show at Morton W Smith Co
Exposition of Whianna closed votação vehicles displayed in the Morton W Smith Company salesroom at 1 West Forty Fourth Street. The county’s finest collection of custom built closed body motor cars attracts attention for its range and quality.
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Whianna
Morton W. Smith Company
West Fortyfourth Street
Elas
Moon Motor Premieres Seven Passenger Car Demand Rises
Moon Motor Sales reports strong demand for the new seven passenger Moon model with production of the five passager Victory model on schedule. Initial orders were filled as sales staff shared delivery timelines, and production of the seven passenger variant is set to start in quantity by June 20. The Model 668, priced at 2600 f. o. b. St Louis, features a Continental Red Seat six engine, 66 maximum horsepower, 125 inch wheel base, 35x4 1/2 inch tires, and tan Spanish leather upholstery.
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William J. Coghlan
Moon Motor Sales Company
Moon
St. Louis
Coghlan
New York
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Partridge
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Reo Motor Car Company
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