Word: citroens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...White House visitors of the week included: Secretary of the Navy Adams who told the President he had not found a way to cut the Navy's budget the desired $61,000,000, was told he must; Andre Citroen (Ford of France) to pay respects (see p. 48); Commander-in-Chief Harold D. Decoe of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to serve notice that his organization would continue to agitate an immediate cash settlement of the Bonus...
Many a U. S. automobile executive, including Charles Franklin Kettering of General Motors Corp., was in Paris last week for the international motor show. But Andre Citroen, leading French motormaker, was in Manhattan. He attended a luncheon given for him by the directors of National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Toastmaster was G. M.'s Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr.; guests included young Errett Lobban Cord of spectacular Auburn Automobile Co.; William Crapo Durant of Durant Motors, Inc.; Charles Michael...
...motormen at the luncheon listened attentively to what M. Citroen had come to say: let there be an international cartel to limit production, eliminate too stiff world competition. Members of it would be the five biggest motormaking nations: the U. S. (80% of world production). France, England, Canada and Germany. Since many U. S. companies find in exports their margin of profit, and since the U. S. has lost ground abroad during the past two years, such a cartel might not be repugnant to big U. S. producers...
...noon, closes at 3. But last week its short sessions were noisier than ever as agents de change fought to buy and employes screamed out the prices at which deals were made. Favorite stocks on the Bourse include Banque de France; L'Air Liquide; Coty; Societe Anonyme Andre Citroen; Ford, Societe Anonyme Française; Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez; Union Miniere du Haut Katanga...
Major James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney of the Connecticut Naval Militia obtained a three-year leave of absence and prepared to sail for Syria, where he will join a scientific tractor-caravan expedition being organized by Vice President Georges Marie Haardt of Citroen Corp. to follow the route of Marco Polo across Syria, Irak, Persia, Afghanistan, Tibet, China. Mrs. Polly Lauder Tunney planned to go as far as Beirut. Governor Wilbur Lucius ("Uncle Toby") Cross of Connecticut who lately majored Tunney for his staff, expressed regret...