Word: forded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Rosika Schwimmer, 70, Hungarian-born women's suffrage pioneer and pacifist, dominant figure behind Henry Ford's ill-starred "Peace Ship" expedition to Europe in 1915; in Manhattan. Convinced that War I could be ended by a meeting of peace pilgrims, she induced Ford to head the U.S. delegation, pledged to "getting the boys out of the trenches by Christmas." In 1929 she was denied citizenship by the U.S. Supreme Court because she refused to say that she would bear arms in defense...
...Ford Motor Co. last week posted its second round of price rises in less than two months. Blaming increased costs and "material shortages which cause production interruptions," it added $75-about 5%-to the price of Fords.* Lincolns and Mercurys were boosted proportionately, and other manufacturers were sure to follow suit-Nash, for instance, when their new models come out this fall...
...were squirming under a deluge of vituperation from customers forced to buy unwanted "extras." The extras include fog lights, seat covers, lap robes, special steering wheels, powder-puff holders, radios with rear-seat speakers and up to $350 worth of luggage to match the baggage compartment. General Motors and Ford promptly denied that they were adding unordered extras, passed the blame back to the dealers...
...Shakeup. Ford also denied the possibility of a slump: "How can you be pricing yourself out of the market when your car is selling in used-car lots at a premium of from $500 to $1,000?" But Ford's own figures showed that each new price boost caused a significant shakeup in orders-with prospective Lincoln buyers shifting to Mercurys, Mercury prospects to Fords, Ford customers to used cars...
...Except the six-cylinder business coupé, which was reduced $5 to bring it $2 below Chevrolet's comparable model, thereby giving Ford the chance to crow that it had the lowest-priced car put out by the "Big Three...