Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1916 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Henry Ford Denounces National Guard Story. Detroit, Mich., June 24.—Henr> Ford, the automobile manufacturer, announced today that he is to erect an $8,000,000 plant to manufacture automobile parts. The plant, which will have its own blast furnaces, will be in River Rouge, a suburb on the Detroit river. Mr.*. Ford denounced a published report that employes ol the Ford Motor company who Join the national guard will not be given their jobs back when they return to Detroit. He said only 37 of his employes belong to the state troops and “that when they came back It certainly would be without prejudice.”