Liberty official touts cars built to sell themselves
Liberty Motor Car Company official J I Fields, sales director at Netcost, insists good cars sell by building what people want. He cites features like a low clutch pedal and easy gear changes, plus comfort details, as key to a car that “sells itself” and proves Liberty’s quality with public demand.
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J. l. Fields
Liberty Motor Car Company
Netcost
Liberty Company
Ficks
Liberty
Jis
Army Y M C A Men Set For Overseas Service
The Southern Department will supply forty men each month for overseas armies. Selection comes from M C A forces in camps across the region. Many volunteers move from civilian careers to service roles, with some drafted into key positions at Kelly Field and other posts.
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Kelly Field
Tio Grande
Southern
M.C. A
Benthem Department
Eqn
Statine
Eantry
Success Army
Ol I. A
Wwere
Nie Luna War Work Council
South
Fraser Auto Supply Manager Sees Strong Business
Fraser Auto Supply Company manager F R Robinson, based at Travis and Jefferson, has led the shop since September while Alex Fraser serves as a non flying first lieutenant at Kelly Field. Rabingon reports business very good and rising. The piece also discusses Army YM work and personnel leadership roles amid wartime service.
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F. R. Robinson
Fraser Auto Supply Company
Travis
Jefferson Streets
Mr. Robinson
Alex Fraser
Kelly Field
Rabingon
Federal Control of Railroads May Mean More Car Use
In a Chicago Herald view, Alfred Reeves of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce says government rail control after the war will spur motor trucks and autos as key transportation. With many passenger trains cut, people will rely more on motor vehicles, boosting manufacture and rural mail and parcel delivery by road, and possibly government takeover of express and freight services to ease congestion. The piece notes potential postwar coordination of freight, express, and post matters to benefit the public and rail revenue.
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al Reeves
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Ad Transportation
Eaid Alfred Reeves
Ona) Automobilia Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Herald
Migtiutlice
McAdoo
Rniroads
Post Office Department
Dlele
Cagland
New York City
Reeves
Rig Lhis
Assembly Eyes Motor Truck Expansion Across the Nation
The Council of National Defense expands highway commissions to cooperate with railways and waterways, planning motor trucks to replace freight trains for under 200 miles. Led by Logan Waller Page and Henry G. Shirley, the group studies road building vital for wartime supply in the United States.
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Conwcil
National Defense
Pha Committee
Ares
Troy O. Chapt
Hudson Motor “Company
Logan Waller Page
Altire
Pbsle
Lenprement of Agriculture
Henry G. Shirley
Mir
George Thride
Pelde Wit
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