National Defense backs broader motor truck use nationwide
The Council of National Defense urges widest possible use of motor trucks and asks state authorities to remove restrictive rules. Maryland taxes trucks heavily and could double costs, risking farm freight and truck farming amid current shortages. New Jersey and New York laws are comparatively liberal.
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State Councils of Defense
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Motor Express
Highway Transport Committee
Boston Taxi Fares Cut by Dodge Cars
Boston joins Chicago New York and Pittsburgh in cheaper taxi rates after merging two major firms and adding 50 Dodge Brothers cabs. First deliveries began in December with 19 cabs for Town Taxi Inc. Fares drop from 40 to 25 cents to the hotel and 10 cents for an extra passenger.
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Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
Dodge Brothers
Henshaw Motor Company
Dodge Brothers Cars
Town Taxi, Inc
Rockett
Frankline
Dojige Brothers
Deliver Automobiles Under Own Power
Automobiles will be delivered under their own power to distributors and dealers nationwide, an estimated 540000 cars this year, about 3000 daily in spring and summer. The plan relies on auto driveways to ease railroad burdens and meet wartime production cuts. National Motor Car & Vehicle Corp president George M Dickson says driveways are the logical, essential delivery method for American business and war effort.
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Russia
United States
George M. Dickson
National Motor Car & Vehicle Corporation of
Indianapolis
Atlantic Seaboard
Chile Sees Motor Cars as Key to War Mobilization
The article notes Chilean military schools mobilizing a car equipped company for troop transport and embarkation tests. Jorge Besa of Dodge Brothers funds and coordinates the cars with private owners aiding in the exercise, praised by Colonel Quiroga for the chauffeurs' service.
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Chile
Sucesos
Valpariaso
Jorge Besa
Dodge Brothers
del Pozo
Quiroga
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