Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Jo Mendi, II, most popular chimpanzee in the U. S.; of trench mouth; in Detroit. He was the main attraction in Jo Mendi's Little Chimpanzee Theatre in which, a dozen times a day, he and six younger chimps imitated human beings by riding bicycles, drinking tea, roller skating. NRA cut the number of Jo Mendi's daily performances to two. Last year he earned...
...Philadelphia Athletics: 13-to-5, against the Detroit Tigers; the baseball game which broke 22-year-old Pitcher Lynwood ("Schoolboy") Rowe's string of victories, after he tied the American League record with 16 in a row (TIME, Sept. 3); at Philadelphia...
Until last week no U. S. Roman Catholic could join the Knights of Columbus if he subscribed to Socialism or took part in the liquor business as bartender, brewer, distiller, liquor-maker's employe or gin-shopkeeper. At the 52nd annual convention of the K. of C. in Detroit last week the ban on Socialism stood, but the 279 delegates voted to relax the liquor rule. Henceforth a Knight may sell spirits, in sealed containers to be consumed off-premises...
Hudson, though not so conspicuously flirtatious last week, is much the most important character involved. Its plant in Detroit is one of the most efficient in the Industry. But geared to tremendous production the company has been unable to cut down overhead as fast as sales slumped. In 1929 Hudson turned out 300,000 cars, took in $200,000,000. Last year it sold 45,000 cars, took in $23,000,000. Meantime Hudson's working capital was shriveled...
...also has Roy Dikeman Chapin (54), one of its founders, and one of the Industry's few shoe-string pioneers who are still relatively young. Roy Chapin did not look so young after serving a half-year as Herbert Hoover's Secretary of Commerce but since he returned to Detroit he has slowed Hudson's headlong flight into...