Tuesday, September 29, 2015
#36 - The End Of Detroit
By the end of 1929, industrial production was down by 46% and unemployment was up by 607%. Struggling during the Great Depression, the Ford Motor Company was forced to reduce the scale of their operations, to lower wages and lay off workers. A month after their wedding in April 1930, Hursel got the...
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Monday, September 28, 2015
#35 - The Crash
"During the 1920s, the U.S. Stock Market underwent rapid expansion, reaching its peak in August of 1929, a period of wild speculation. By then, production had already declined and unemployment had risen, leaving stocks in great excess of their real value....low wages, the proliferation of debt, a...
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Sunday, September 27, 2015
#34 - The Czechoslovakian
The telephone on Ben desk in his home in Atoka rang. He had to listen for the number of times it rang before picking it off of its hook because it was one of those new-fangled, four-party lines. Ollie peeked around the corner, always curious if it might be for her instead of for Ben and his...
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
#33 - Interrupted Tête–à–tête
Before I begin this post--a continuation of my story--I must admit to making a mistake in the last two posts. My Kansas City Sis read those posts today and immediately let me know in no uncertain terms that Dad's first girlfriend in Detroit was named Sadie, not Sophie. Of course, I must have had a...
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Friday, September 25, 2015
#32 - Rose
Slim walked down Woodward Avenue past Campus Martius and the Detroit Opera House without seeing much of anything. He almost collided with a nicely dressed couple before he realized that his mind was a million miles away from life on the main street of downtown Detroit. He had planned a really nice...
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