Haynes Light Twelve Makes Bold Snow Route Run
H E Thorne drove a Haynes Light Twelve open car from Kokomo to Toledo through six foot plus snow drifts and biting cold. The 70 horsepower car averaged 12 miles per gallon on the final 132 miles with only two quarts of oil used. Thorne displayed the car as part of Thorne Auto Company’s exhibit at the Toledo Auto Show, after risking impassable roads and unknown railroad support.
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H. E. Throne
Kokomo
Toledo
Thorne Auto Company
Marion
Ind
van Wert
Haynes #fras
Draft Soldiers Here Pass Through En Route to Camp Jackson
Delegations from Craven Pamlico and Jones counties led twenty four recruits through the city yesterday on their way to Camp Jackson Columbia South Carolina for training. Fourteen hailed from Craven under Charlie McSorley six from Pamlico under L J Hardy and four from Jones.
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Jones
Craven
Pamlico
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S. C
Jones Counties
Charlie McSorley
L. J. Hardy
Jones County
Automobiles Used Mostly for Business Says Industry Head
D C Durlands of Mitchell Motors in Racine argues that about 80 percent of US cars are used for business, with many driving workers to sustain wartime output. He notes a rise in productivity and calls auto travel essential for rest and renewal amid the war effort.
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America
D. C. Durlands
Mitchell Motors Company, Inc
Racine
Wis
Motor trucks help building war roads
D O Skinner of International Motor Company emphasizes the crucial role of motor trucks and road construction in the war effort. He notes American and French road projects behind the lines, the scale of 1918 highway work, and the lasting strategic value of road networks for military operations and postwar development.
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D. O. Skinner
International Motor Company
United States
France
Mack
Fifth Avenue
New York
Caesar
Gaul
Britain
Rome
Record Breaking Australian Cross-Continental Run
Two men in a Hupmobile covered 2677 miles from Fremantle to Sydney in seven days two hours nineteen minutes, beating the prior record by 45 hours eighteen minutes. The trip highlighted harsh roads, scarce food and water, and the car endured extreme conditions, with the hood split and the crew sleeping six hours in total.
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Australia
Freemantle
Sydney
United States
Melville
Chile
Arturo Calvo
Hupp Motor Car Corporation
Cartagena
Calvo
New Hanover at Tuskegee Institute Conference
Pearl C. Thurber head of domestic science at Williston Industrial school represented New Hanover at the conference held at Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee Oklahoma from March 12 to 14. She attended as an official delegate sent by the Board of Education.
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New Hanover
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Okla
Pearl C. Thurber
Williston Industrial School
Board of Education
Palmer Takes Over New Orleans Plant
Washington reports A Mitchell Palmer alien property custodian today took over K and E Neumond Company of New Orleans a brewer supplies producer with 100000 capital stock much of which is enemy owned Mauritz Pyk vice president Whitney Central National Bank New Orleans named to act as director
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
K. and E. Neumond Company
New Orleans
Mauritz Pyk
Whitney Central National Bank
Noted Missionary Dies in Congo.
Dr. William M. Morrison 51 noted Southern Presbyterian missionary died in Belgian Congo March 14, with Advices stating he helped expose Congo atrocities. Morrison a Lexington Virginia native, long highlighted European abuses.
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Nashville
Tenn
William M. Morrison
Southern Presbyterian Church
Uebo
Belgian Congo
Presbyterian Mission Board
Morrison
Lexington
Virginia
Build Up Morale of Nation Meeting at Academy of Music
Admission to next Wednesday evening's meeting at the Academy of Music is by free tickets to build up the nation's morale in support of the war effort. Speakers include Rev. James I. Vance, Dr. Sidney L. Gulick, and Captain MacFayden. The program emphasizes unity and nationwide patriotic education to win the war.
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Academy of Music
James I. Vance
Nashville, Tenn
Sidney L. Gulick
New York
MacFayden
Wilmington
Verdict Promised in Nellie Russell and Ethel Coley Case
The Recorder delayed the verdict in the Nellie Russell and Ethel Coley case on charges of conducting houses of ill fame. A conference with Solicitor Homer L. Lyon is needed before judgment, with possible appeals to Superior Court or Supreme Court. Delays due to court trials and Good Friday push decision to tomorrow.
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Nellie Russell
Ethel Coley
Homer L. Lyon
E T. Burton
Woodus Kellum
A. G. Ricaud
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Harriss
George
Little Black Cur Executed After Rabies Doubt
A small black cur alleged to be rabid was killed at City Hall after biting a child on MacRae Street. The dog, owned by Roselle Brown, was seized following reports of taunting by youths. Health officials planned to sever the head for rabies testing to confirm the disease.
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City Hall
Aftenoon
Health Department
MacRae Street
Afernoon
Egg with numeral 63 shown at Moore's Alley home
N A Swift, an elderly Black woman at 1009 Moores alley, displays an egg stamped 63. She says the mark was present on the egg when laid by a hen a week ago and many people have visited the house to view it.
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N. A. Swift
Moore’s Alley
Women’s Liberty Loan Committee Opens Headquarters
The Women's Liberty Loan Committee of New Hanover county opens headquarters at the Housewives League. Miss M M Price will serve as secretary and daily returns keeper. About a hundred workers will canvass the city by districts and the county by townships. Liberty Day is April 6 with school observances.
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Women’s Liberty Loan Committee
New Hanover County
Housewives’ League
M. M. Price
America
M. L. Stover
W. L. Parsley
Mesdames
I. W. Solomon
W. G. Whitehead
William Latimer
W. B. Cooper
H. L. Wollers
G. B. Peschau
E. L. Prince
Wallace West
County Wrightsboro
E. TI. Herring
Castle Haynes
W. H. Shearin
Acorn
J. T. Kerr
East Wilmington
J. O. Browne
Winter Park
A. J. Howell
Audubon
Edwin Schulken
Seagate
Wrightsville
L. A. Blue
Masonboro
Addison Hewlett
Myrtle Grove
Henry Horne
South Wilmington
George Grant
Sunset Park
G. A. Matthews
Carolina Beach
Sam Lewis
Delgado
J. W. Coley
Annis Herring
Middle Sound
Bessie Canady
J. R. Shepherd
Scott’s Hill
W. H. Alexander
D. P. Canady
Coley
Carter
Fickling
Allied air raid hits Luxemburg killing ten
Allied airmen bombed Luxemburg Thursday afternoon killing ten people and heavily damaging several houses, according to Berlin dispatches today.
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Luxemburg
Amsterdam
Berlin
Allies Hold Hope As Gorman Drive Resumes In Montdidier
War council notes optimism yet cautions press accounts, while a new Allied counter offensive looms. Experts assess Petr Facoh’s potential permanent command amid fresh German trenching and open battle preference. Eddie Roush joins the Reds as Mathewson’s men begin their spring campaign toward July.
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War Council
Senate Military Committee
Montdidier
United States
Oral Facoh
Montdidierre
Germany
Eddie Rousch
Reds
Christ Mathewson
Warriors
Endin
William Hoppe Lets Challenge Cochran for $2500 Stake
William Hoppe proclaims willingness to play Walker Cochran or any opponent if the stakes are $2,500, outlining terms for a match in the billiards world.
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William Hoppe
Willin
Walker Cochran
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