Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some time ago. Now it is understood that he will start about June 15 and that the major stops on his journey will be St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle (here an interval for a side trip to Alaska), Portland, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit...
...most interesting and unusual artists appeared in a joint concert at Detroit last week, Eva Gautbier, soprano, and E. Robert Schmitz, pianist. Both of these artists are notable for giving novel and even startling programs in which the shocks of modernistic composition are prominent. Their list of songs and piano pieces in Detroit did not undershoot expectations...
...Andre Citroen, largest automobile manufacturer in France, made a pilgrimage to the Ford plants in Detroit; his enthusiastic admiration was tempered only by a regret at the inartistic character of Mr. Ford's well-known product. " Nothing about Ford or his plant suggests a trace of the finer aesthetic qualities," he stated. " One can make cheap, rapid cars, but they do not have to be ugly." Proposing to give the inexpensive car beauty and form, M. Citroen has announced that he will establish an American plant, designed for mass production, but embodying artistic ideas. The plant will be located...
...addition, continued rumors indicate that the Detroit super-manufacturer is intent upon acquiring railroad lines which will link up his present road, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, with the South Atlantic coast; stories center especially upon the Virginia Railroad, and Detroit interests said to be allied with Mr. Ford are reported to be securing options for a new line between Gilbert and Huntington, which would link up with Ironton at one end and the Virginia Railroad on the other. This right-of-way is largely held by the Pond Creek Coal Company, which Mr. Ford acquired recently...
...York Curb Market Association is formulating plans for extending its quotation service beyond the metropolitan area to which it is now limited, to Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit and Pittsburgh by June 1. This step is in response to an old demand in the Middle West for more accurate and speedy quotation service on the lines long furnished by the Stock Exchange. Completion of this step will place the Westerner more on a par with the New Yorker in the purchase and sale of Curb securities...