Florida Emphasizes Motor Travel To The South This Winter
Florida officials urge travelers to use motor cars to reach sun belt towns amid rail bottlenecks. Washington rail accommodations are scarce and costly, prompting tourists to tour by road via the Dixie Highway and coastal routes. South merchants and soldiers’ camps raise freight and road usage, with tent villages once planned now unlikely.
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Florida
Washington
America
Miami
Palm Beach
Elysium
Automobiles and War Effort Align for Home Front Support
The piece argues the automobile is essential to national effort and wartime production. It urges manufacturers to shift toward vehicle output after supplying munitions, stressing cars keep civilians and soldiers connected and speed up responses to the war. It notes growing demand and the need for continued industrial energy.
American Automobiles Popular in Argentina Market
A Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce report by David Beecroft says Argentina offers top growth potential for autos in South America. Between 1911 and 1918 imports rose, with American cars gaining ground in rural areas as wealthy farmers drive demand despite repair shortages and long field journeys.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
David Beecroft
Argentina
South America
Europe
Pampas
Beecroft
America
Bowman
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Detriot
Chicago
City Men Are Best in Military Service
A Washington report notes an experiment ordered by Provost Marshal General Crowder showing urban boys are likelier to meet army standards. Among 315000 rural and urban youths examined, 27.96 percent of country boys and 28.47 percent of city boys would be rejected for physical fitness.
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Washington
Crowder
Surban
Motor Truck Looms Up in Newspapers
The motor truck increasingly dominates automobile news with industry leaders crediting newspaper support for war-effort adoption. M. L. Pulcher from Federal Motor Truck Company argues trucks and autos aided government work and could be decisive in winning the war, likening their impact to the Marne and Paris relief.
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M. L. Pulcher
Federal Motor Truck Company
Marne
Paris
700 Mile Blizzard Run To Attend 1918 New York Show
A Syracuse Studebaker dealer braved a severe blizzard to reach the New York Automobile Show, covering nearly 700 miles in adverse conditions. He returned to Syracuse later the same week without a tire change, driving a veteran Series 13 six cylinder model that had logged over 11,000 miles.
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Mississippi
New York
East
Middle West
Syracuse
Studebaker
Sea going automobile gains attention in Seattle showrooms
The article describes a vehicle by Michael de Cocmo of San Francisco that functions both on land and water. It features an aluminum body on a Haynes chassis with a Haynes engine and transmission. It measures 16 1/2 feet long, weighs around 3,000 pounds, and converts from car to boat by using a stern propeller and rudder. Exhibited for two months at Andrews-Phillips Company in Seattle, it drew thousands, with six trips on Puget Sound during the display.
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Michael de Cocmo
San Francisco
Haynes
Andrews-Phillips Company
Haynes Representatives
Seattle
Wesh
Puget Sound
Maxton Moves to Round Up Loafers and Arrests
In Maxton North Carolina on February 16 Doc Douglas a Black man was arrested on a two thousand five hundred dollar bond by Recorder Williams and jailed in Lumberton awaiting trial. The mayor said the patrol will round up loafers on Robeson roads to push work and the move earned broad praise. The town also hosted a surprise pounding for Rev H H Honeycutt at First Baptist and a Philathea class activity at St Paul’s Methodist with officers elected. Mrs Cyril McLean hosted visiting relatives and Campbell McNair, home on furlough, joined a Black person hunt with a Maxton Drug Co party who treed a suspect.
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Maxton
N. C
Doc Douglas
Recorder Williams
Lumberton
Armstrong
Recorder
Cyril McLean
North Maxton
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
James Breeden
Bennettsville
C. J. Lide
McCaskill Avenue
Campbell McNair
H. C. McNair
Cable
Maxton Drug Co
New York Greek Wins War Honors in Foreign Legion
Nick Kornies, 24, born in New York to Greek parents, is the most decorated living American in the French Foreign Legion. He earned the Medaille Militaire and War Cross after leading a trench assault near Verdun, then seeks transfer to the American army as U.S. forces join the war.
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Nick Kornies
French Foreign Legion
Legion
New York
Kornies
East 23d Street
Avenue B
France
Foreign Legion
Verdun
Nick
Company de Marche
Foreign Legion —Elite Grenadier
Togk
Gasoline Supplies Discussed by Expert for War Use
Expert J B Hulett from Brary Murry Corporation explains Europe relies on imports and ships, while America leads oil production but cannot export much gasoline. He urges using gasoline for power to sustain fuel oil for the navy and notes storage limits and shipping constraints. The article mentions motorways and a school plan to deploy trucks and passenger cars for hauling and transport.
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Europe
J B. Hulett
Brary Murry Corporation
England
France
America
Petroleum War Service Committee
Automobile Humor in the Used Car Trade
New York dealer J. A. Clark notes humor helps amid ongoing problems in the automobile business. He cites the persistent used car issue and the mismatch between perceived value and offers, urging fair depreciation allowances and reasonable exchanges.
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J. A. Clark
New York
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