Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-21
News from All Over
the Automobile World

". B. Jameson, veteran of the
days of the earliest days and con-
nected with Benjamin Briscoe in
his activities from the inception of
motoring, will have charge Of the
offices of Bellanger Freres of Paris,
France. -..
c. H. Bassett, has been made dis
| trict manager for the Bethlehem
Motors corporation for the state of
Louisiana. Mr.. Bassett was for
merry in the south for the Fulton
Motor Truck company. Other dis
trict managers appointed by Beth
lehem corporation this week include
George H. Leavitt, in Georgia, E.
V. Semotter in Iowa, Chas. Powers
in Indiana and A. H. Spoulda in
Michigan. ~.
Reed Foundry and Machine COM
| pany, Kalamazoo, has received an
export order for tractors to the
amount of $500,000. Charles T.
Howe, 2o9 Broadway, New York,
is the purchaser. Production on
this order starts January l. The
foSdry company is also in receipt
of large order from Ohio dis
tributors.
Another automobile show is
planned for New York to take care
of the overflow from the national
automobile and national motor
trucks shows. The independent
Exposition company 1853 West Thir-
ty-fourth street, New York, has
taken an option on one Of the large
armories convenient to Grand Cen
trail Palace for the purpose of hous-
ing those who cannot secure spece
at the national shows. The show
will run from January 3 TO 10. and
admission tickets will be distributed
freely. The idea is to replace the
displays in private stores adjacent
to Grand Central Palace, the store
keepers having become profiteers in
the highest sense of that much used
and hardly abused word.
The Amigo Tractor company has
been organized at Amigo, Mich.
The capital is $500000 A four
wheel pull tractor, invented by D.
S. Stewart. will be manufactured.
Charles w. Fish, president of the
Charles w. Fish Lumber company,
is president of the Tractor company.
L. P. Tradewell is vice president.
To solve the high cost of living
at Saginaw, the Lockwood Manu-
featuring company, new 100000
corporation, will mount store bodies
on their three-ton-motor truck, pro-
viding for a complete grocery store
in miniature. They have orders for
200 of these trucks, which will be
used to travel direct to the homes
of the people carrying all sorts of
staple groceries. The housewife
enters by a door at the front of the
body and passes around narrow
aisle inside. She helps herself to
what she wants from the racks, puts
them in her market basket, and pays
for, them as she passes out of the
SIOIS. SIlSudUlC lOO0o dlS No1N
ried in a refrigerator.
Dearborn Equipment company,
capital $4,000, has been organized
in Kalamazoo to manufacture ga
rage equipment. Machinery has
been purchased and installed tenn
porarily in the plant Of the Atlas |
Press company. John H. Penni- |
man is president, H. V. Garvey,
vice president and Charles S. Bush,
secretary-treasurer of the company.
Walter ]. Young, who has been |
associated with the National City |
company, New York, since its in
ception, has resigned to join Mel
hush and company, investment |
bankers, 40 Wall street, New York.
Mr.. Melhuish was former president |
of the Fulton Motor Truck company,
resigning to take up :he sale OF
automotive and other securities.
Frank S. Cook, advertising man
ager of the DENLY Motor Truck
company, has resigned to become as
sociated with the Green-Fulton- Gun
ningham company, advertising
agents of Detroit. Mr.. Cooke was
connected with the Free Press for
more than 80 years, resigning to
join the DENLY forces.
Guy c. Core, for two and one-half
years advertising manager of the
Briscoe Motors corporation, has
been appointed director of advertis-
ing and publicity for the Jackson
Motors corporation, Jackson. Mich.
Mr.. Core ws advertising manager Of
the Springfield Body corporation, De-
troit and of the Redden Motor
Truck company, Chicago. He is a
former Omaha newspaper man.
Henry Ford, in addition to estab-
fishing cooperative stores at which
his $1,000 workmen may buy their
provisions at sale at price" will
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