Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1918 — FORD TO MAKE U. S. TANKS [ARTICLE]

FORD TO MAKE U. S. TANKS

Light Machines Will Be Ready for Shipment Within Sixty Days. Detroit, Mich., March 8. —While Ford Motor company officials refuse to discuss the subject, it is understood from good authority that tlie. company will make light “funks” for the United States and the allies on a wholesale scale. Work on the first model is under way, and. with formal approval of this government, production will be pushed. The first tank yvill he ready for shipment within sixty days, it is expected. The \or<JJ>ink” is to be much smaller tlffffTThe British and French machines. It will carry a driver and a machine giTrt operator and be driven by two gasoline engines of standard type. It will have the usual caterpillar traction.