AUSTRIA: A Visitor

Mr. Ford parked his effects in a Viennese hotel. That action had an instant repercussion. The Austrians looked at one another with puckered brows. Said one: "He has come to take over the Styrian arms factory." Another: " He is going to produce 40,000 cars a year!' Shares in the Styrian concern were still soaring when it was discovered that the visitor was not the celebrated Detroiter, but only " a Mr. Ford from Chicago."

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