HENRY FORD WAS ACTIVE TILL END

Chronicle (Levin), 10 April 1947, Page 3

HENRY FORD WAS ACTIVE TILL END

DETROIT, April 8. As floods liad disa.bled the lighting svstem, the world 's wealthicst rnan, Mr. Henry Eord, died in'a rooui lit only by eandles and kerosene lamps. A i'e vv hours before he died lie toured oue of the company's plants, investigating the damage eaused by the storm on Sunday. He Iater told his wife that he felt unwell. Mrs. Ford gave him a drink of water and he died peacefully 25 mintues later. The body was taken to the family home in Detroit and will he in staiu all day Wednesday'at the hall in Greenfield village, Dearborn. Th.e funeral service will be held on Thursday in St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Detroit. Mr. Henry Eord II, the president of the Eord Motor Goy., announced that all the company's operations throughout the world would be suspended on Thursday and iflags would be flowu at half-mast on all Eord properties.

Alr. Eord's legatees are his widow, his daughter-in-law (Mrs. Edsel Fora ;, and four grandchildren, Henry, Benson, William and Josepliine. The Ass'oeiated Press says the Eord Motor Coy's asset valuation at December 31 was approximately 7^0,000,000 dollars. Many tributes have been paid by mot(5r industrialists, including Mr. B. E. Hutchinson, vice-president of the Chrysler Corporation, who said Mr. Eord had conceived a great vision of mass production. "He will be remembered throughout history as one of the great men of this age, " ke said. Mr. George Mason, president of the Automobile Manufacturers ' Association, said Mr. Eord.ranked with Edison, Pasteur, and other immortals who made, important contributions to mankind's welfare and progress. Senator Yanderberg said Mr. Ford had founded a'" new national econoniy which blessed his hundreds of thous-' ands of employees with high wages and his millions of eustomers with low prices.'