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THE o'mAHA SUNDAY 'BEE: AUGUST 25, 1918. -
TO CURTAIL VORK
ON AUTOS AFTER
FIHSTJF YEAR
War Board Asks Manufactur
ers to Put Plants Up to
One Hundred Per Cent
War Work.
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Lee Huff, wfto has just returnee,
fmm Washington, where he and a
number of other automobile dealen
f the United States have been in a
conference with the war Industrie!
board, makes the following statement
which is authorized by the war in
dustries board. t
Mr. Huff says this is authentic and
ran be taken for what it is worth
by those in the automobile business.
A The war industries board author
Ires the following: .
At a meeting of the war industries
kn.ni y(irr which anneared a com
uuai, " ..... r r
mittee of 25 leading automobile deal
ers from various parts of the United
c.i.. ,.nr.nimtr th National Att-
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tomobile Dealers' association, it was
"'"l-VVhite no order had been issued
... Knonl ranrltincr motor car
production and no definite order 01
curtailment couia oe given unui i
....,.k;t. mannfartnrera had IUD-
ftlUIIIVUII iiwitti..
muted inventories 01 prcscm iu..
the board has already suggested to
....tnmnUU manufacturers that they
undertake to get war work even up
to 100 per cent, it possioie, Dy janu
ary 1, 1919. - Autpmotrrie manufac
trHwi arrpnted war or
ders aggregating between $800,000,000
and $yw,uuu.uuu.
' 'tu. wr TfiHntrie hoard real
izes the importance of a continuation
of all possible industrial activity, so
tar as can u uiuu
out interference with the war pro
3 All automobile dealers, however,
should put themselves as rapidly as
possible on a wr basis, so as to be
ready ior wnaievcr suikhmicui
iTh. War Industries board has
not classed the automobile, or any
other industry, as nonessential, ana
in determining the standing anovpos
4in n( anv and verv industry, it Wll
be guided solely by the war rec-uire-.i
nn-rU. at dist niruisned
from the wants of the civilian popu
lation. ,
M. V uvvjr v.-" "
r t.. l Via war rniiire
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ments of steel and rubber apparently
cxccca tne suppiy, iuwui-
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hi a rtirraiimcni ncccssarr. iuv
service committee of the National Au
it Dealers' association has
tn Mmminil wivi and means
to stop unnecessary use of passenger
cars and increase their utilitarian
uses.
St Louis Packers Now Find
." Motor Trucks Profitable
of StnrV Yards. Ill- Aust. 24.
The use of motor trucks to deliver
l,Ar. nnrrhased at these VSrdS 10
nlanfa in St. LOUIS. Mo.,
has greatly increased recently as the
result of 'higher freignt rates oe
twetn the two cities. The distance
tW National stock yards to I
tV.a lah1ichtnfnta varies from four
to 10 miles. Before the freight rates
were increased, most of the packers
preferred the slower trip by rail and
1-irn.r chrinltaara t DSvinff the higher
rates asked by truck owners. The
narttrl wtlA VV heen tlSinC the
truck now declare that aside from the '
truck rate being considerably cheaper
tum Vi rait rai.. tha decrease In
the loss and shrinkage is of itself
' enough to justfy.the use of the motor
tmrlri On nf 'the smaller nackers
stated that : hogs purchased on the
. i . t .4
. morning marKci were ucuvcicu i ms i
plant by motor trucK at 11 a. m. tne
nm and that if thev had been
shipped by rail they would not have
reacnea nim pciorc j p. m. u ut iui
lowing day. : The motor car rates
vrv with th distance of the olants
from the stock" vards. but in general
renresent a savins of from 25 to 50
per cent on the new rail rates.
Cole Winner in Cuban
Championship Stock Car Race
.Breaking all former records, a Cole
Aero-Eight won the, Cuban cham
pionship, for stock cars of 301 to 400
nhir inrhra dianlacement at the
races held on the Oriental park track
at Havana on July 6. The entries
included three Stutzes, one Buick,
three Cadillacs, a Mercer, a juancia,
m Premier and Hl'snann-Suizl.
It was a 30-lap race. The Cole
covered this distance of 30 miles in 29
minutes and 5 seconds. This is con
sidered especially good time for the
class of track upon which the races
were held, it being a du-t track used
' ordinarily tor norse racing. ,
. Prior to these races the best time
oor mad nn anv track of this char
acter in Cuba was 57 seconds by Bob
Burman in his "Blitzen Benz in, mo.
TVi. mi'nnar a Cnltt Stock C&T lfl
every respect, equipped with one of
the new Aero-cignt moiora.
Tta driver. Ronald. Markham. is one
of the mechanics employed by the
Cole dealer in Havana.
Tti rira were started in two lines
. in front of the stand. More than
30,000 people were there to ' see the
races for the trophy known as the
"Copa Trunin," wnicn is aiso accom-
paniea oy a casn awara oi ,wv.
' Farmers Will Buv Autos'
. At Nebraska State Fair
It is the opinion of Joe C Ger
.n.(ir f tha Tooxer Gersoacher
Motor company that there will be
heavy buying ot tne motor cars at ioe
MaKnili tit fair. -
all indiratinnt there is to be a
serious curtailment on the production
of automobiles until the war i over.
Farmers iu particular find the auto
mobile necessary to the conduct of
ik.;. h..;ne nd fflitiv of them re-
LI1CU VUOIUV. - J - t
alizing the seriousness of the situa
, tion will be influenced to purchase
cars now in order ..hat th,:7 may
have them for their needs later on.
First Toir Abandoned.
At eleven o'clock on Thursday, July
13, 1899, the start was made on the
first attempted transcontinental auto
mobile trio from New York to San
Francisco. Owing to mechanical dif
ficulties experienced, the trip was
given tip at Toledo, O., after a dura-
Life of the Circus Girl Who Travels with ,
the Big Show, is Both Healthy and Normal
t jfry MWkA
. - try1 miw " ptzmfM
The insatiable desire of the stage
for young and pretty girls, even if
without noteworthy talent, does not
have a counterpart with the circus.
ii(A.tin9t1v fnr these innumerable
UlUUItuii.ivi; - -I
rerrnita for the stai. youth andT
beauty do not survive, and when these
two qualities are not coupled with
ability of a decided order, these girls
find themselves miserably afloat in the
flotsam and jetsam of great cities.
Veterans of , the Hagenbeck-Wal-lace
circuswhich comes to Omaha on
Monday, September ,2. Labor day,
declare they, have never known of a
corresponding instance amidst the life
of the white tops. There are about
1,000 employes with the Hagenbeck
Wallace show, nearly 400 of whom
are women. , .
As a matter of fact, the majority of
circus girls are tne most reiresnmg.
the healthiest and the cleanest mind
ed young women ever assembled to
gether. Many of the so-called "girls'
are married women with young
daughters and sons, who are also with
the circus. There is little difference
between the girls of the circus and
the ordinary, healthy girls who live in
comfortable, refined homes, except
that the life of the circus girl is in the
open, where she has a better oppor
tunity to develop both physically and
mentally
Life behind the red curtain which
separates the dressing rooms from
the rest of the circus is not unlike
that of a big family in camp. Here the
women do their sewing, their laundry,
their reading and writing and the in
structing of their young children. No
body molests them, no profanity is
allowed to reach their ears, and the
atmosphere in which they live is as
refined and respectable as it would be
in the best-regulated home. Circus
folks are home-loving, family people
at heart and not at all like the mis
guided public is prone to consider
them.
Many entire families, ranging frQm
grandparents to year-old children,
HaVCi Willi IU V. i,(5t.iiuvi,n , , u
circus and enjoy all the comforts and
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privacy ot nome nic in some oi ue
nrtg acts three generations of a family
are performing at the same time.
Most of the really great circus per-
f C a.j... a -. lcrndant rtf
a long line of circus ancestors, and
their success in their chosen field is
largely due to the heritage of clean
living and clean thinking that has
been handed down from generation
YoiMiistGetYo
That is if You Plan Getting a Hudson
To Fulfill Future Automobile Needs
Can you rely upon the car you now have to serve you through
the years to come?
It grows more apparent that new cars will become more dif
ficult to obtain. ,.'''
Already there is a tremendous demand for the makes of
established reliability. - ,
. Certain types of Super-Sixes of this season's production are
entirely sold out
Some Hudson dealers have sold all the cars that can be al
lotted them on this season's production.
Buyers see the importance of getting a Super-Six now. They
are now making provision for their needs for the years before
them, for no one knows just how long it will be possible to get
quality cars, or how long it will be before normal production will
be restored. - ' v v
Experienced buyers will naturally choose those cars they
know can be relied upon to give long, hard service without re
quiring expensive and constant service attention.
The records for endurance established by the Super-Six make
it first choice with those who require super-perfprmance. Men
are buying Hudsons to meet future needs as wel as for today's
requirements. They know new cars may not long be so easily
obtainable.
The supply of proved cars will be the first to be taken, but
even the less desirable ones will be difficult to get before a
great while, impossible. .
The War Industries Board has instructed all automobile
manufacturers to turn their plants to 100 per cent war work by
a'
January 1, 1919.
The indications are too plain to require elaboration.
If you need a car or will need one in the future get it now.
Shortly, it will be impossible, ,
Today a Hudson represents a good investment will you act
before it is too late? -
CONSERVATISM,.!!
DRIYINGjS URGED
Miller Advises Use of Low
Gears Under Certain Con
ditions; Eeserve Power
For Emergencies.
In answering aHetter from anen
thusiastic owner, Harry Miller of the
Keystone-Motors company, distribu
tor for the Standard "8," wrote as
follows S ' . '-
You ask us what's the use of a
low gear on 'a Standard "8." It is
true that low gear is fcsed very little
on a car of such power and flexibility,
but there are occasions when the use
of low gear will save your car even
though it is not absolutely necessary
to use it. For example, when a party
drove from Pittsburgh to New York
in 12 Standard "8s" not one stiittea
a gear during the run. excepting m
roastinar down the hills. This was
ddne to save the brake linings, and
to leave the brakes in reserve tor use
if necessary at a sharp turn in the
road, or any emergency that might
require a quick stop, or greater con
trol.
In starting a cold car, it is better
to go through the low gears. When
the engine is warmed up starting in
second is all right, but to start in
high and let the clutch in slowly,
brings unusual wear on the clutch.
It is always safer to drive into a
earaee in one of th lower gears, be
cause just at that moment some others.
car may be jockeying about and you
have better control id low gear.
In crowded traffic, slipping the
clutch constantly is easy driving but
hard on the clutch. Better go into
second and stay there.
These are the reasons for low gear
in the Standard "8.". As you say, it
is never necessary to change a gear
but it is advisable."
The good driver has such regard
for a good car that he treats it with
care and never calls upon it to. per
form up to its capacity, except when
the occasion demands. 0
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Vmuoson
i. SIX i
GUY L. SMITH
'SService. -First
V Farnam St, at 26thV , Omaha, Neb.
Copnfeht RfUtend, I91S
This letter teaches conservatism in
driving. It is a temptation to many
drivers when they have a car of great
power and flexibility to call upon
more power than is needed, just for
the satisfaction of seeing it perform.
Don't Cuess Be Sure
Guessing at J5attery conditions is like
guessing whether there's oil in -your crank
case. -
If you guess wrong you may have to call
for help and pay for repairs.
. And you can't always guess right You
ought to know that your battery is charged
that it has plenty of water that you're not
working it beyond its strength.
There's no guessing around a Wiilard
service station. We know.
If your battery isn't up to the scratch well
tell you why. "
If you want to know more about batteries N
ask us for the booklet, "A Mark with a
Meaning for You."
Nebraska Storage Battery Company
20th and Harney St.. Phone Tyler 2920.
Omaha, Nebraska.
BRANCHES i
Wahoo Storage Battery Company,
Wahoo, Nebraska.
Wayne Storage Battery Company,
Wayne, Nebraska.
Fremont Storage Battery Company,
Fremont, Nebraska.
Red Oak Storage Battery Company,
Eed Oak, Iowa.
B3S1
truck:
POWER
Powerful Motors ,f the Latest Type, Com
bined With the Internal Gear Drive, Afford
,an Abundance of Power With Marked
Economy.
ENDURANCE'S
Five Years No Stewart,
Has Ever Worn Out
ECONOMY I
You Get Economy From the Start
in r irsx iost ana in scraai ipcrai
ing CostsThey Cost 20 Less to
Operate 'S
Immediate Deliveries
Chassis Price f; o,b. Factory -A
Ton, $950; 1 Ton, $1,575; l'j Ton, $1,975! 2 Ton, $2,575
JONES-OPPER CO.
2043-45 Farnam Street, Omaha.
Distributor for Eastern and Northern
Nebraska and Western Iowa.
A. H. JONES
HASTINGS, NEB.
Distributors for Southern and
Western Nebraska and Northern Kansas.
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