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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01

the difference between II and %
miles to the gallon. In doing this
1t sacrificed easy driving, for the
European car calls for gear shifting
on the smallest hills and whenever
turns were made at low speed.
If European authorities are right
about what American manufacturers
have in the wind then we can sue
cessfully compete against the Euro
pean manufacturers who are begin
ming 10 invade the markets where we
have been supreme for the past ten
years. Foreigners do not buy on
price alone, which has been our
chief adva ntage. They like comfort,
speed, and economy of maintenance
ana operation. If we can give them
these together With our standards of
body comfort. power and ease OF
operation, and an increased safety
factor with better braking, we can
rest assured that we will continue
to get healthy share of the business
with resultant benefit to every car
operator in America.
This generally applies to the light
car. In the expensive field the
Europeans occupy much better
position. After all the motor wheels
of America are kept turning by the
working people and a few more miles
to a gallon of gas, and cars that
will last longer, will be a great bene-
fit to them. From my contact with
manufacturers in this country
believe that this new era in automo-
biles is not far distant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01

the motor cars will have noted that
the tendency in construction has
been towards lighter cars with small.
en- more efficient engine. Our mann.
lac.urers are beginning to meet the
problem. but we have a long wav 70
20 anu great deal to learn as we'll
Inc average American does NOT
realize how export trade affects most
VI " .he tnlngs he buys. In the matter
VI ears the development of the export
llarket mas very beneficial effect
usi tne price he pays for his car.
IL we nave big export market we
are mus able to increase our pro-
auction and increased production
means lower unit COST Within the
past three years our export market
mas been increased. From taking
eight per cent of our total production
our overseas demand has increased
TO little better than eleven per
cent during the past year. we
should steadily plan ahead to hold
this market.
DIR. julius Klein, director of the
bureau of Foreign and Domestic
commerce, perhaps the best posted
man in America on our export situa-
ton, at hearing before the appro-
pliations committee of Congress a
| rev weeks ago, called attention to
the fact that European manufa ctur-
ers were making a determined effort
to invade Americas stronghold in
automotive exports Previously he
stated that if we are to hold the
positions we hive won, it is neces-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01

sary that we adapt our products to
meet the special demands of our
overseas customers.
III might appear that in the face
OF our steady increase in overseas
saies mat his warnings are ground
Tess. But that is not so. Our over
seas market has been increased be-
cause we have made cars better
suited to the market, and because the
purchasing power in foreign coun-
.rIes mas increased. But the European
Idnuiacturer is not standing still.
ne 1uiiy recognizes tie situation. We
mus. De sure that we are ready to
nulld cars that will be superior to
the foreign product both in quality
ana price. The world is about over
the convalescent stage following the
pam or the war. hat also means
mat european manufacturers are re-
covering, and recovering means
greater production and that means
! that the chief advantage of America
| -prlce-will be lessened. In Eng
land. France and Italy there are
already several manufacturers who
are producing cars on a quantity
basis.
so we are facing a real issue in our
I export market despite the apparently
satisfactory condition. How are our
| manufacturers going to meet it?
| pelleve by providing a car that will
meet the European requirement of
| high engine efficiency with great
economy and sreed, without sacrifice
ing those qualities which have made
American motor cars superior in
many respects to European cars.
In my study of the marketing con-
ultion overseas eSpeciallv in the Far
East. / found IN inclination to be-
lleve American cars are wasteful of
fuel. While the neople over there
liked their power. their comfort,
their fieXibility, and the general ease
of handling, they were not so pleased
over their high fuel consumption
And this is very important thing
when you consider that the majority
of their fuel is imported from over
seas in tankers and at a tremendous
cost. This fuel factor caused a large
| taXicab company in Tokyo to turn
from American to French cars be-
| cause it could not afford to ignore
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01
fR0pEANS THREATEN
EER|CA'S MOTOR SUPREMACY
|,tor Trade Authority Points Out Necessary
improvements Which We Must Make to
Hold Valuable. Export Business

rt,lam /. Irvine, Former Auto
WIZ lln Trade Commissioner, De-
' I,as'eut of Commerce.
'lu .,..,s supremacy in the auto
nef's EXPORT fieFa, fears of which
BE santly expressed before Con-
Uni not be lost il the pre-
$ W. W. Sir William Let's. presi-
S0h u .se British Society of Motor
o. s and Traders. Ltd,
.iaa ant by the introduction in
SOln' within a short> time of a
tf ..e Of motor car embodying
p.rstanding qualities of Euro
ou. n American light automo-
I !, agree with Sir William that
guy .s car is needed not only for
nsw N,aas market but in America,
y More and more the factors
W., nony and safety are becoming
s ,'.t Higher gasoline cost and
Issn .rrtinued increase of traffic
20 On our highways make it
|S i've that our manufacturers
.sar The home market.
ling time America was sold"
Y ,dea that to have safety and
!. big car was required.
Wy no carried hundreds of excess
n metal around with us. AS
!. Gasoline was cheap and the
and streets not crowded we
:. mind. But changed condi-
~ n the Iast few years have
4, ;mnerative a change in the
Is,rctional direction. Anyone
h.s studied the development of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01
BELGRADE

Eddie Ingham of Hallowell has
moved to the home of George Stod-
dard.
Lewis Wayman of Mt Vernon
passed Wednesday with Ed Abbott.
Mrs. Celia Trask has returned home
after passing the winter at Mt. YER
non.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Carson and
daughter Mrs. Stephen Trombley, has
returned home from Island Falls.
where they were called by the death
Of Mrs. Carson's only brother
Everett Gerald has moved his fam
lily from the depot to the home of Mrs.
Emma Pulsifer.
Charles Webster is working for
William Wadleigh.
NORTH-Mr. and Mrs. Milfred
Childs and son Milfred of Connecti-
cut, came here Saturday with their
little daughter Alma, who died Friday
and the funeral was held Sunday at
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Don't let the Loz
price n1islead you

The exceptionally low price of the
Overland Six Is made possible by
the tremendous purchasing power
and manufacturing facilities Of
Willys- Overland which are unex-
celled throughout the world
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01
Farm, Bureau

Seven members of the ladies' divi-
sion of the Farm Bureau were pres
ent at the meeting Tuesday. One
waist pattern and two dresses were
cut. Miss Grace Pennock, home DEM
onstration agent, was present and
gave a very interesting talk on How
to Make Individual One Piece
Dresses" A covered dish dinner was
served under the direction Of Mrs.
Herbert Alexander. The next meet
ing will be May II and the subject
will be Making Hat Ornaments"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01
LIBERTY

vALLEY-Word has been received
of the birth of son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Maylon c. Fuller of Albion. Mrs. Full
Ter, as Thelma Helen Carlton, is
known in the valley where she often
in past years visited Mrs. George
Knipe and Miss Clara Edwards.
Myrtle Tobey, who has been a pa
tent at the Waldo County Hospital
for the past year. has been discharged
and is at present visiting his brother,
VIII Tobay, at North Vassalboro. Mr..
Tobey has had a leg amputated and
is reported as looking well, and get
ting around quite we'll on crutches.
Myrtle is one of the valleys popular
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01

Portable. There Is more cubic feet
of inside space than in any car of
this price :. with plenty of room
for five full-size passengers. Room
to stretch your legs without feeling
cramped or crowded.
The rear springs are extra long :.
and undressing. They are So inches
long and are made of Chrome Va
nadium Steel q costly metal,
but it's the best for absorbing the
jolts and jars of the road.
Nothing has been spared to make
this car positive comfort-revela-
ton. Owners accustomed to more
expensive cars tell US this is true.
An Artist Created It
The distinguished, smart looking
Overland Six you see In the illustra-
ton is not q chance result.
An artist created 1t. Every line,
every curve and contour Is the re-
suit of painstaking craftsmanship
and study.
Frankly, we took the 10 best cars
of America and Europe and COM
bined their salient features In this
new-type Overland Six.
It Is a strikingly beautiful automo-
bile. Low swung it fairly hugs
the ground.
And it possesses a singularly happy
REORGANIZATION.
Even practical men call it a super
latively handsome car" And women
revel in its unobtrusive snartness,
its beautiful Velour upholstery and
attractive fitments.
Do you wonder that we urge you
to see this carp That we ask you
to find out what 1t offers before
making up your mind2
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL. SATURDAY, MAY l. 1926.

young men and has the sympathy Of
all.
Mrs. Winnifred l.. Hannah visited
Mrs. Lydia M. Boynton Monday after
noon.
clyde stickney visited Warren
Towle Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01
KENT'S Hill.

Mrs. NJ. w. Dow was in Brunswick
for few days this week.
Miss Frances Davis has been very
Ill for several weeks. but seems to be
improving little.
Mrs. Milan Smith, of Berlin, N. H..
visited her brother for couple of
days, this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Haywood are
attending the M. E. Conference this
week in Rockland.
Miss Hazel Gibbs is at home for a
ten DAVIS vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01
Wages More Than Doubled

The rates o. waees for union
workers in the building trades has
more than doubled since 1918, ac-
cording to study made by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Depart
ment of Labor. In 1925 the average
wage in all building trades was SIZE
an hour
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01

the home of her grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Gleason. Much SYM
pathy is expressed to the bereaved
family.
Mrs. Leslie Damren is recovering
from her recent illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01
READFIELD
Community Wits

Community Whist
DEPOT-The Community Whist
Club met with Mrs. Julia Adams
Wednesday evening. II members and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01

three visitors resent. At 1880 sup
per was served by the hostess and
assistants, and cards were played
later in the evening. Mrs. Mae RAM
say and Charles Fifield won first
prizes, Mrs Elizabeth Leavitt and
Ralph Stevens consolation. After
these were awarded Ralph Wyman
gave several pleasing violin selec-
tons, piano accompanist, Mrs. wy
man. The old favorites were sung
and at late hour the club adjourned
to meet May IL, with Mrs. Ramsay.
Mrs. Geo Pike, of Winthrop, is
now a guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Emma Gordon.
The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs.
Amy Packard at the Toundsend cot
tage. Dinner was served at the
usual hour, with the usual good
viands. Quilts were tackled for
work Several visitors were present
and although not a large number OF
members were there. an enjoyable
day was passed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-01
82% started to buy
higher priced cars
then Mecidedou
OVERLAND xbecuuse
@mhat heyf6und

HERE are some remarkable
IL facts, brought out in a recent
investigation among Overland Six
Owners.
They tell the story of Overland
popularity In a way that words
can never describe.
This check-up shows that 82To of
these present owners actually
started out to purchase higher
priced cars then changed their
mind and bought an Overland when
they compared the values offered.
1t revealed the fact that 62.5%
chose this Six because of its amaz-
Ing power. Nothing like it on four
wheels today" its performance
thrills me to the finger dps" ;.
these are some of the typical things
they say.
1870 bought this car on its beauty
alone >. without even a demon
stration.
ls% said that comfort was its great
est feature.
Today over $4,000 Overland Skies
are use. And sales are multiplying
at the rate of 1900 cars every week.
Surely no car could hold this pin
nacle place in public favor un-
less sheer merit put it there.
What you get in the
world famous Six
1nis car has tremendous power -.
pertormance-a bility you have
never experienced in any automo-
oile of equal or nearly equal engine
dimensions.
Its full 40-brake horsepower Is de-
hVered in a straight line from It's
iow-swung engine through to the
rear-axle shaft.
ih's big sturdy Six 4viH output, out
NJ" and oat,pe7orm anything else of
rs size, or weight, or price-clas.
II ls'a car of exceptional comfort
me big, broad door openings are
wa inches wide. You can get in
Or out with the utmost ease.
oeats are wide. luxuriously COM
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CHINA
FUNERAL Of MRS. Annie button

EAST-The funeral of Mrs. Annie
Dutton, wife of the late Charles Dut-
ton. was held at the home at 10
o'clock Wednesday. Mrs. Dutton leaves
two sons, Arthur of East Vassalboro:
Everett, who lives at home; and two
daughters, Mrs. Della Lewis of Wat
erville and Miss Fanny Dutton, who
lives at home. Interment was in Chi
ma village cemetery.
A. D. Virgins Is quite i'll at his
home.
Mrs. Annie Hunt is assisting with
the work at the Dutton home.
Miss Ruth Elliott of Pittsfield is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Alfred Went
worth.
Alonzo Bickford is carpentering for
e. D. Parmenter.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-19
Through he Static

You know just as well as we do that the weekend was a fizzle. Last night was out of the question and we didn't even attempt to listen in for fear that we would be knocked for row of the well known beaten brass wash bowls. AS for Saturday night we listened to two stations and then quit, as We had important bus mess elsewhere. You see how it was. We were figuring that we wouldn't have 10 do so much on Saturday night, since Sunday would take care of the details all right But we were fooled. We didn't listen very much on Saturday night and then the thunder showers came along last evening and what with Maggie havin' so much trouble with her rheumatism and Uncle Pete fallin' down the cistern and catching on the edge Of the well by his snspen- ders til he like as had a rush of blood to the head before we could get him out. there was little time for doin' anything but help the family keep out of trouble.
 
 Saturday night started off pretty well, as many have done in the past, and then it did a nose-dive right to the bottom of the pile and started to get nasty. We just shut up on 1t shortly after o'clock, and when we again hit the set it was nearly 12 o'clock and the noise was something frightful. In addition to the static there was a constant clicking as it somebody was turning the electric lights off and on and we wondered what anybody was thinking of at that time of the night, to be turning the lights off and on. The clicking was something terrible. There were other noises, too, and we'd like to frame some of them because we heard several that were gems and would claim high prices from col- lectors.
 The Waldorf Astoria roof orehes- tra presented an excellent program Of dance music as 6 curtain raiser at WIZ, New York, Saturday eve ming. It was too early in the evening for the station to fade or for static to work It's points, so the music came through uninterrupted and clear. Among the numbers played were No Foolin'." Hard -To-Get Gsrty," My Own" and I'm Flirt- ing With You"
 From WEE. Springfield, came
New Britain herald., 1926-07-19
CANTON NOT EVIL,
 SURVEY INDICATES
Visiting NeVSpapermen Find
 Crime Is Not Rampant

Canton. O., July 13 Pe-A pie ture of conditions in Canton, contra dictory 10 inferences that have been drawn from the MeIlett murder case, is given in records produced by the police department and from expressions by visiting newspaper men after inspecting the foreign belts.
 Newspapermen assembled here from distant points, inspecting the Cherry street district and perusing the police court docket, agreed that they had found little to warrant the assertions that vice is rampant and open.
 In Cherry street and the Jackson swamp area, scenes of many sordid crimes committed over a period of years, but at present one finds 20 padlocked blind tigers" and un- curtained homes, once houses of i'll repute.
 As his refutation of intimations that law is not enforced in Canton, -f' @'~'5'l' ti'l|l oi poilS', pOllIlS lo the record of 1896 arrests last year. Canton has a population of 10000, 45 per cent of which is not native American. Canton had larger police force when the city was smaller than it has today and when there were no prohibition laws to enforce and few traffic prob- lems, the chief declared. Chief Lengel's force consists of 70 men. as compared with 78 ten years ago.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-19
NEW HAVEN COP IS HERO; SAVES EIGH.
Finds Gas Leak and War;
 Occupants Of Tenement

New Haven, July 19 P-Riskil his life by entering a gas-flled ter ment house at 521 Dixwell aven' early yesterday morning, Policem Thomas Ryan saved the lives eight persons, four of them childrt- Two of the eight, Mir. and Mrs. T seph Ahearn, required mediI treatment after the rescue. ii other occupants were revived I clear air.
 Ryan, noticing an odor of illuf1 hating gas as he passed a tail shop, went up the stairs on the s of the shop to the second fol where he found Mir. Ahearn ~ carried him to the street. NJ Ahearn was brought out by the ] liceman on a second trip into
 building.
 Making his way to the third fl after leaving Mrs. Ahearn in
 street, Ryan entered rooms oc pied by MT. and Mrs. J. Shan and their four children. With
 help of the policeman, they m$ their way to the street.
 The policeman, after awaken another couple in another part the building, took Mir. and \ Ahearn to a doctor for medical
 Returning to the shop, Ryan got
 owner. The two entered the sf finding two jets in a gas stove
 been left open.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-19

hol for approximately sS. His mother does not sell liquor at their tenement, he said. In reply to Prosecuting Attorney Woods, he said he does not know the name of the man of whom he bought the alcohol. He met him at drinking party in New Haven on July 5 and bought the alcohol of him. He had the alleged liquor for his own use. He drinks an average of a quart a week.
 Judge filling insisted on scrulz telling the price he paid for the all cohol. The reply was sS.25, Officer Feeney was recalled to the stand and testified that the man referred to by Mrs. Schulz as an egg dealer is a factory hand and is not q farmer.
 Prosecuting Attorney Woods asked a conviction on two counts. The story Mrs. Schulz told is the same she has told in court before, he said. She always says her son owns the liquor and she always de- nies selling it, he asserted.
 Attorney Ginsburg said scores of people all through the city are being supplied with alcohol by men whose names they do not know and it is no wonder that Tony Schulz does not know of whom he bought it. The state has failed to prove it's case Attorney Ginsburg de- clared. 2
 Relative to the prosecuting att torney's praise of the police for doing their work well, Attorney Ginsbury said they worked so well that they remembered having seen men entering and leaving the tene- ment on a date just one month ago but they cannot recall any other dates because the statute requires that reputation of one months standing must be proven to obtain Q conviction on that count.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-19
WOMAN DISMISSED 0N LIQUOR COUNT
Mrs. Schulz Entitled to Benefit
 Of Doubt, filling Says

"The accused is entitled to the benefit of the doubt" Judge B. w. filling remarked in police court this morning, as he discharged Mrs. Bar bara Schultz of 222 East Main street Iafter a lengthy hearing on charges of having liquor with intent to sell, Iand maintaining q place having the |reputation of selling liquor.
 Attorney Harry M. Ginsburg rep resented her.
 Detective Sergeant Ellinger testi- fled that he and Officer Feeney raid- ed Mrs. Schulz's tenement on the second floor at 222 East Main street |altcr watching several men enter and leave the tenement on numer- ous occasions.
 Officer Feeney seized quart bottle partly filled with alleged li- Iquor in the house.
 He also seized q can from which Ithere was an odor of alcohol, on the rear veranda, and Mrs. Schulz sur rendered a glass jug less than half filled with alleged liquor which she said her son owns and which was in his bedroom. Sergeant Ellinger said the police department has re- Iceived letters Of complaint against the place and people living in inc neighborhood have complained.
 Attorney Ginsburg questioned Sergeant Ellinger relative to the latter's position in the hallway on June II or Is when he was watching men enter and leave the place. Prior to this date the sergeant had not observed anyone entering or leaving. he said.
 Officer Feeney testified to his part in the raid on July IA. He and Sergeant Ellinger saw two men en- ter the tenement without knocking He has also seen numerous men, whose names he mentioned, coming out of the tenement intoxicated.
 Officer Feeney testified he warned Mrs. Schulz. Mrs, Schulz denied ownership ot the alleged liquor and said she knows only one of the men whose names were mentioned by the police as being frequenters of her tene- ment. She does not sell liquor, she said, and she does not know where her son, Tony, got the alleged Ii. quor
 Mrs. Schulz said she purchases eggs of one of the men mentioned as a frequenter. In reply to Judge filling, Mrs. Schulz said she does no know where the can come from oi how long it had been on the real veranda.
 Tony Schulz, son of Mrs Schulz testified he owns the alleged liquol and he bought the can full of alec