Show 1000 WORKERS IN FORD PLANTS HElP UNCLE SAM 0 IN WAR PROGRAM Fred red Alkire Returns With Story Wonders Being Performed Performed Performed Per Per- formed by Auto Makers Thirteen trainloads of United States troops each train having twelve carand cars car and all rushing sixty miles mUes an hour on their way past Detroit to the Atlantic seaboard Such was one of the Interesting Interesting interesting In In- sights seen by Fred Alkire of Smith Alkire-Smith company Oldest Ford Agents while on his recent trip to the automobile center of the United United States These troop trains traveling at such a fast pace through a city like Detroit says Mr Alkire give one an idea of the speed with which tn the government Is forwarding soldiers to the battlefields Hundreds of long freight tr trains ins pass a n point In fn a aday aday aday day headed for Atlantic coast ports with enormous quantities of war sup plies The government has commandeered commandeered commandeered comman comman- everything necessary to sp spewed speed speedup ed up the war program One automobile plant that of Henry Ford has men on Its payrolls and two-thirds two of these men are turning out war whining ning machinery munitions and supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies for Uncle Sam Every other automobile automobile au au- au plant In the East is doing its bit for the government The Ford plants at Dearborn ana Detroit are turning out roO trucks and 1 15 5 tractors every day The Dearborn Dearborn Dearborn Dear Dear- born plant is building hundreds of ot submarine chasers I saw one of these curious craft Just after It haa han been launched It was feet long and seemed to be all boiler baller and en en- gine These formidable war boats Iwas i iwas iwas was told can travel through the water forty-five forty miles an hour Each is armed with guns that can shoot lii iii any direction One shell from any of these guns will completely destroy a It submarine The submarine chasers are floated down the Rouge river and thence to the Atlantic coast on their own power Automobile production throughout the United States has been materially materially materially mate mate- reduced and higher prices alt ait sure to prevail In the near near future I 1 look for used cars to double in v value lue luein in the next six months In In Chicago the general impressio r Is that a government tax on gasoline is certain to come in a very short time However It Is not felt that this tax will be so large as to prohibit prohibit pro I hibit the operation of passenger cars and it may b be e that a distinction will willbe willbe 1 be made in n favor of passenger cars cars used for business purposes My advice to anyone who intends to purchase an automobile either a a. anew anew n new w one or a used car is to buy now |