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Show TIRES AND AUTOS EQUALLY NECESSARY "There is no doubt that the motor car is a necessity in business and civil lite today. Neither is there any doubt that It is equallv necessary in the milltary service of the United States, both overseas over-seas and on this side." says the manager man-ager of the Auto Tire & Repair company, local Michelin tire agents. "The quartermaster corps, the aviation eectlon of the signal corps, the ordnance department and other sections of the army are using hundreds of motor cars and motor trucks, and adding great numbers num-bers to the fleets already in service here and across the Atlantic. "Though the government has asked that manufacturers curtail their production of passenger cars for civilian use. there has been no curtailment ao far as military cars are concerned. These are leaving Detroit factories In great fleets, being driven overland to army camps or to Atlantic At-lantic seaports for shipment abroad. "The armv has taken a leaf out of the book of civilian life and quickly learned that efficient, economical, transportation of men and materials, and rapid communication com-munication between distant points, is best accomplished by motor vehicles. The Michelin Tire company was one of the first to make tires worthy to be used in I army transportation. |