Word: citro
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...French masses are not easily aroused but soon some 18,000 workers in five factories of Citroën Motors ("The Ford Of France") went on a sit-down strike and, without stating specific grievances, hoisted red flags. While they continued to sit, quarter-hour sympathy sit-downs were staged at the Farman, Caudron and other vital French warplane factories. All this was extremely peaceable, without riots or even the summoning of police, but everyone remembered that in 1936 over 1,000,000 workers walked out as a means of: 1) pressing the first Popular Front Cabinet of Premier...
When the Holy Father goes motoring he has a choice among five of the 250 automobiles registered with Vatican City plates (SCV).* He owns a Dodge, a Citroën, a Fiat, a Mercedes, an Isotta-Fraschini, all gifts from pious admirers. If the Pope picks his favorite car this week for the 17-mile jaunt to the hills, he will clamber into the Dodge sedan, in which the back seat has been replaced with a large chair, slightly raised and overstuffed under red damask. In front of this is a small folding seat for the Pope's secretary...
Instantly a smash hit, the new Citroën is the most conspicuous change of the year on the streets of Paris. But, even so, it has not yet managed to pull M. Citroën out of his deep, dark red. Last week, pale and determined, the Ford of France faced his bankers. They were tired of carrying him, with extension after extension (TIME, March 12). They wanted to foreclose. With a frantic gleam in his dark eyes André Citroën shrilled "Messieurs, on the day I am deprived of control over the business I have built...
With France in the grip of acute Deflation, neither her bankers nor the Government want another spectacular suicide. Last week was a good time for a smart Frenchman like André Citroën to sell his life dearly. Having hurled his ultimatum he sat back and did not have to wait long...
Michelin, the historic French firm of pneumatic tire pioneers, is one of Citroën's largest creditors. With some 30,000,000 francs ($2,000,000) at stake, Michelin decided last week to gamble on the popularity of the new Citroën. Perhaps in another three months the Ford of France will be able to get on his feet. For that period Michelin agreed to guarantee the debts of Citroën, but on a hard condition. To make sure that the slick motorman plays no tricks, Michelin forced M. Citroën to admit into...