Word: detroit
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
What do you want? A thousand aluminum pistons? An old airplane? A drink? Two drinks? A big blonde? A punch in the nose? You can get it in Detroit-wholesale. The atmosphere in Detroit is large; it differs from that of the diplomatic capitals of Europe. This does not mean that Detroit cannot handle a diplomat now & then. Take last week. Soviet Ambassador Nikolai Vassilievich Novikov was entertained for two full days. And he could tell he wasn't in Budapest...
...ambassador did not seem particularly enchanted with Detroit, nor with the detectives who formed a wall of flesh around him throughout his visit. But he was shown capitalistic splendor of all types. He was taken to the Ford plant, equipped with goggles, and directed to stare into an open hearth furnace. Russian-born Mike Mukol, a steelworker, was called up to explain everything...
Nobody conked the ambassador. Furthermore, Detroit admitted that his wife was handsome. She wore a semi-transparent summer dress at the Ford plant and her slip kept climbing up underneath it. Everybody admired her legs. Said one observer in a hoarse aside: "Don't tell me that's peasant stock." High point of the visit was a banquet staged by the Detroit Committee of Russian Relief, Inc. It was held in the cream and red ballroom of the Book-Cadillac Hotel. It was a real party-bald heads gleamed like large opals and many of the female capitalists...
...Bombs. Then earnest Allen Crow, president of the Detroit Economic Club, made a speech. He began by mentioning that Detroit had provided a home for thousands born in Russia. "As to how many there are now of these, it is rather difficult to determine until we know just how many of the countries of Europe are to be taken over, assimilated, absorbed or dominated by the Soviet Government...
...ambassador stared at the ceiling; some of the guests fidgeted. Crow reminded "our distinguished guests" of all the things Detroit had contributed to Russia during the war. He thought it would total about $3 billion. Then he introduced the Detroit-Russian Choir as "Russia's contribution to Detroit...