Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1947 — Page 7
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Famous Grandfather ns of Pioneer Auto Firm J. BRINK JR.
United Press Staff Correspondent
DETROIT, April 8-~Leadership of the Ford family fell today upon|.
the broad, youthful shoulders of.
20-year-old Henry Ford II, whose
aged grandfather had been grooming him for the role since 1643, His avowed desire is to make the Ford motor empire greater than
ever, social conscience. dream, Already president of the Ford Motor Co., the tall, full-faced young man now becomes titular head of the family and strongest voice in its fortune. It was the untimely death in 1943 of his father Edsel, only son of Henry Ford, that placed Henry II in a position few men so young are called upon to fill,
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Under the guiding influence of his grandfather, Henry II has been vigorously leading the Ford company as president since September, 1945. He has shown driving energy, a Quick -eye-for -good- public-.rela« tions and a policy of rehabilitating the Ford administrative structure with young blood.
His younger brother, Benson, is a|
director of the company. Benson yesterday held a joint press conference in New York with Babe Ruth, whom the company has signed as “consultant” in the American Legion junior baseball program, Henry II was a lieutenant, junior grade, in the navy, eager for an overseas assignment, when his father, Edsel, died in May, 1943. In the family crisis, Henry Ford came out of retirement to resume the company presidency he had handed to Edsel on Jan. 1, 1919. The grandfather turned to his grandson and namesake to carry on. Henry II had been with the company a short time before thé war. He was released from the navy to direct war production and became executive vice president of the Ford company. On Sept. 21, 1945, his grandfather placed him in the presidency and again retired. Price Cut Dramatic Ashvice president, Henry II was asked his main objective. “To put the Ford company back into first place in production and sales,” he
replied. Chevrolet had passed Ford |
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as the biggest selling car during much of the thirties. His recent announcement cutting Ford prices at a time when most manufactured products were rising caught international attention and dramatized the industrial” leader ship role he has been steadily drawing for himself. “Our post-war plans must not only be of a product nature but of a social nature,” he said while vice president. “It seems to me the Job of the automobile industry after the war is not only to build a worthwhile product but also. to provide its employees with a secure existence and to educate them to further progress.” Henry II married Annie McDonnell, daughter of a wealthy New York family, in 1940. They have two daughters, Charlotte and Anne, He attended HotchkiSs school in COR cucue and Yale.
Girlhood Friend Of Poet Riley Dies
Times State Service
GREENFIELD, Ind. April 8. — | The only surviving schoplmate of [James Whitcomb Riley is dead. She is 91-year-old Mrs. Belle Gant,
a life-long resident of Greenfield who died at the home of her son, Charles Gant, 5946 N. Carrollton ave, Indianapolis, Saturday night. Mrs, Gant and | Mr. Riley attend- | ed school together in the old Masonic building at | “the comer of Main and State
Mrs. Gant
inorth of Greenfield but most of her life was spent on Pennsylvania Ist. { birthplace of the Hoosier poet. She was the widow of Winifred Gant. Funeral services will be at the Tasco Funeral home here Tuesday
cemetery.
Surviving besides the son is a |granddaughter, Mrs. Albert Hoad{ley of Bloomington, two great|grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
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Edgar H. Evans, local industrial-| i has been chosen honorary chair- |
man of the Citizens School eom- |
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He was appointed by the organ- | ization's executive committee and {authorized to select a committee to investigate the qualifications and availability of prospective candi{dates for school commissioner. The committee also named four executive vice chairmen who will| choose an executive secretary, assistant executive secretary, publicity director, and appoint committees on finance, elections, and publicity. These four are John L. Niblack, Mrs, Clayton H, Ridge, Thomas D. Sheerin and Mrs. Walter S. Qreenough. Additional persons elected to the executive committee are Roscoe Conkle,
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Firestone, right.
Greenfield, a block from the| HIS FIRST CAR—Mr. Ford is shown seated in his first car with his wife. His grandson, Henry -Ford Il (who now heads Ford
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Local Brief
The woman's guild of the Carroliton Avenue Evangelical and Reformed church will present Mrs.
Clarence Sitler in a ‘review of a mission study book on
church.
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“India” Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in the
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Perry Township Memorial Post 1686, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will install officers Tuesday at Edgewood grade school. An auxiliary
will be organized. Officers are Thomas W, Bressler, commander; Arville T. Baker, senior vice commander; Albert Gz: Rosebrock, junior
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Three in Car Use Carbine for Holdup
A holdup by a masked trio, one of them armed with a carbine, two sluggings and two strongarm purse snatchings were reported to police today. Henry Smith, 51, of 805 N. Tasald he was robbed by three men as he got off a bus at Tacoma ave. shortly after midnight. Themen pulled up in a car and one covered him with a carbine while the other two searched him, he said, They took a wallet containing $5. All wore handkerchiefs over their faces. Herbert Hogue, 44, of 2054 Huston st., was beaten and robbed by two men in the 1000 block on N. Pénnsylvania st. early today as he distributed morning papers. He said] the men knocked him down and took a moneybelt, containing an undertermined amount of cash,
« Cab Driver Robbed
Thomas Haley, 24, of 235 Leota st., a Red Cab driver, reported he was beaten and robbed by two men he picked up at Washington st. and Kentucky ave. at midnight. He said they took $12 and a watch! valued at $69. : Mrs. Mabel Wagner, 1709 Park | ave., said two boys grabbed her! purse and took a check for $19 as| she walked at 17th st. and Central ave. at midnight. When she fought back they struck her, she said. Mrs. Harry Webber, 901 N. Sherman dr, said two boys tried to grab her purse at 46th st. and College ave. When she struck at one they knocked her down and fled.
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Fail to Block + » Zone Law Change
Residents Fight , Athletic Field Plan:
Riverside residents today sought new means of preventing the Roman Catholic from constructing a stadium and athletic fleld across from Victory
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to make
possible, N of If Mayor Tyndall signs the BE he xe da Ns amendment, the city zoning” board piotas day. © ; ; will have the power to determine poisonous matter to in your it whether the church will be granted Juayeaus authority to build the field. en So a up Too Much Noise Now headaches and sometimes 2. something with your kidneys or
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