Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ANNOUNCEMENT Regarding This Significant News Item FORD WILL QUIT MAKING OF PLEASURE CARS TO AID U. S. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 9. — (Special.)—-Henry Ford will build no more pleasure automobiles until the war is over. He will devote his entire plant to the production of war necessities, such as tractors, ambulances, aircraft engines, and shells. Through his representative, C. H. Wills, he has offered to discontinue all the ordinary runabouts, touring cars and small commercial trucks which his plant is turning out by the thousands. y —Chicago Tribune, October 11. , We have been unable to secure authoritive information as to the correctness of the above report and therefore cannot answer the numerous inquiries concerning it. As soon as we know officially we will advise the public. However: We recommend to those intending to purchase pleasure or delivery cars, that they place their order immediately, to avoid the possibility of our being unable to furnish cars, due to the reason mentioned above, or the general curtailment of the production of all automobile factories of this country, which was recently announced and now in process of arrangement by the committee ap« 1 pointed for this purpose, and the government. Authorized ' lealßrs JASPER COUNTY Central Garage Co. Phone 319 Rensselaer, Indiana