AERONAUTICS: Junkers v. Ford

Henry Ford and Hugo Junkers prudently admire each others business virtuosities. Professor Junkers sent his strapping son Ehrhard, 21, to study Ford production methods at Detroit before entering a German university. Ehrhard Junkers enjoyed genuine Ford hospitality from last Christmas until last Thanksgiving. Last week he sailed for Germany on the Bremen† hoping to get home to Dessau for the marriage this week of his fourth sister Use to Mr. Ford's service-manager-in-Germany, a Herr Alkier.**

The Ford-Junkers admiration and personal amity, however, has not soothed a Junkers grievance nor quieted...

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