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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1918)
The Omaha Sunday Be ; . PAST THREE :AUTO SECTION :. PAGES 1 TO 10 PART THREE AUTO SEOTIOiT PAGES 1 TO 10 VOL. XLVII NO. 42., OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1918. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS GARDENING NOW POPULAR WITH TIRE EMPLOYES Goodyear Factory Workers Cultivate Ground Adjacent to Plant in Order to increase Food Production. subscribing to the spirit c? the gov ernment slogan, "food Will Win the War, , the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company of Akron, O., is continuing its offer to employes to permit the cultivation of every foot of ground the company owns, not needed immediately for other pur poses, in intensive agriculture. Last spring a similar offer Was l - t t i A i - - r nloves. who felt the need of reduc ing living costs, by raising a con- fttrfprahl nnrtinn nf thpir fneA nHs in gardens, but who had no plots of land of their own. The response was wagnincent ana me success ot last year's gardeners is reflected this year in the big demand for warden plots. . Rich Land Available. Fortunately the company has about 40 acres of rich land available for this purpose right now. The tract has been I divided into plots, SO by 100 feet, j Plowing and narrowing will be performed by the company without expense to the gardener. The labor department, which has the work in charge, will distribute prizes to those who work their plots with the great est measure of Success. Ijhis depart ment will also furnish information as to what kinds of vegetables the soil : 1 i i i. - J j ii. . -1 is ucsi aapicu, gnu uic imuuni vi space required by each. The cultivation of these war gar dens will not only aid in cutting down present high living osts and release i f ' Camouflaged Cole Deceives Naked Eye The deceptive coloration of the implements of war has become one of the most vital elements of the pres ent great conflict. All manner of il lusions have been practiced to deceive the eyes of the enemy. Motor trucks, tanks, machine guns, bridges, roads even the soldiers themselves have been camouflaged, as they call it, to say nothing of the battleships and airplanes that without exception are so decorated as to ren der detection next to impossible. Wondering how far this new art might be carried, several of the men in the paint shopof the Cole Motor Car company at Indianapolis secured the permission of J. J. Cole, president of the company, to camouflage one of the new Cole Aero-Eights. The result is shown herewith. In the small panel at ! the bottom is a photograph of thecar before being camouflaged. The larger picture shows the car after receiving its coat of protective coloring. The task was rendered exceedingly difficult because of the fact that the Aero-Eight had to me camouflaged against a landscape of snow. How ever, the result appears to have been very successful. the same amount of food for con sumption elsewhere, but will also give many factory and office workers an opportunity to obtain healthful out door exercise. ' The Goodyear company is also ad vising all of its employes who have home plots to plan jJjjjen possible this year, as every bit of food that can be raised is needed to prevent a scarcity. Iowa Motor Truck Co. Moves To New Location This Week Announcement was made last week that the Iqwa Motor Truck company will move its offices from the Omaha NationaFbank building to 606 First National bank building. This change is necessary, asserts H, H. Cameron, Omaha .manager, owing te the increase in business and a consequent enlargement of the of fice force. FLANDERS MUD HAS NOTHING ON MICHIGAN MIRE According to Frank L. Hammer of Studebaker-Wilson, Inc., France does not house the one and only "No Man's land." Hammer ,asserts that Jhere is an exact duplication of that section known as Flanders some where in Michigan, and it is causing motor enthusiasts quite a little trouble. Hammer left Detroit Monday noon piloting five new Studebaker models destined to Omaha, and, according to all reports, these cars upheld Studebaker reputation from every standpoint. The route from Detroit to Chicago took the cars through mud and mire hub deep, and it was necessary to put fence posts under the wheels in some cases to get traction. The cars made a wonderful-record on gasoline, even considering the fact that they were not permitted to exceed 20 miles per hour on the en tire trip. Mammoth Ford Plant Uses Enormous Amount of Material The following figures will give some idea of the magnitude of the Ford Motor company. People have become so accustomed to big things about the Ford plant that everything is taken as a matter of course all in a day's work." 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