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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1918
Page
2
In France the Y M C A faces transport woes as worn 1913 flivvers cost 1200 dollars and repairs are scarce. W. O. Wilson outlines plans for 300 to 500 Y stations with expert drivers, mechanists, and repair shops to move vast supplies to scattered units across shattered roads and front huts.
A San Francisco ordinance to bar horses from city streets is to be proposed to the board of supervisors. Proponents cite relief of traffic, cleaner streets, higher real estate values, lower living costs, lighter tax burden, fame as a world leader, and higher wages for skilled labor. The discussion also mentions Berlin streetcar conductors, wartime nurse training at Vassar, and the need to keep delivery trucks moving for war support. Mr. Wilson, former YMCA executive secretary at Great Lakes and experienced in the motor car business, is noted.
A Philadelphia taxi firm introduces a burglar proof portable savings bank mounted on a White truck. The service targets contractors theaters churches and others needing after hours money safekeeping with a mahogany desk, steel safe, barred window and air conditioning.
New Bern reports a bold break in Morehead City where an unknown thief opened the J. C. Helms garage safe and stole 99.65 dollars while leaving checks and papers untouched. Police pursue leads as details emerge.
Greater New York hosts its fourth winter autos show at the 23rd Regiment Armory in Brooklyn. It is the seventh annual event by the Brooklyn Motor Vehicle Dealers Association and runs two weeks with a truck focus in the second week, the region’s only truck exposition this year.
The essay argues that the automobile saves time and boosts efficiency for war effort, urging government and public support. It highlights the car as vital for generals, doctors, farmers, and workers, calling on individuals to buy automobiles to boost national production and morale.
The article explains that gasoline is called war gas in Europe and requires government permits to buy. It notes Germany has prohibitively high prices with a 200 mile trip costing about 200 in gasoline, roughly six dollars per gallon in German currency terms.
European fuel costs listed by country with varied per gallon prices. scattered OCR fragments mention New York University and a former Grand Duchy daughter with unclear references to education and fees, followed by garbled terms and names.
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