Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1920 — FORD CLOSES DETROIT PLANT [ARTICLE]

FORD CLOSES DETROIT PLANT

Factory Will Not Reopen Until Late in the New Year, Acording to Report. -Detroit, Mich., Dec .30.—The Ford Motor company has closed its Detroit jilant indefinitely, it was learned on excellent authority. The plant, which was closed on December 24, for its annual inventory, will not reopen until late in the new year, it was stated. The close-clown is due to the present business depression, it was stated! 1 Fifty thousand men will be thrown out of work.