Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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James Raleigh Nygren, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota--Milaca High School, Milaca, Minnesota...
...Last year this kind of quiet dickering achieved a record volume of $500,000,000. This year, private sales have already reached $300,000,000. Fortnight ago, Celanese Corp. floated $10,000,000 in debentures privately. Other examples: U. S. Rubber, $45,000,000; Consolidated Oil $25,000,000; Detroit Edison...
...much like slot machine. Of the 200,000 canteens in 44 States, about 98% are in factories. During the nine years his company has been going, President Leverone has noticed that canteen sales accurately reflect factory employment. Last fall, when the automobile plants began shutting down, canteen sales in Detroit fell from top of the list to the bottom. Once President Leverone telephoned an officer in a large Chicago electrical supply house, startled him by remarking: "I see you laid off about 5,000 men last week." The news had been kept from newspapers, but not from the canteens...
...Detroit, Mich...
...Alagi, 12-litre hydroplane owned and driven by Italian Count Theo Rossi (vermouth) : the Gold Cup, No. 1 U. S. motorboat trophy; averaging 64 m.p.h. over a 90-mile course (three ten-lap heats); on the Detroit River, off Detroit...