FINANCED HENRY FORD.
SENATOR COUZENS' DEATH. DETROIT, October 23. The death has occurred of Mr. James Couzens, Republican Senator, of Birmingham, Michigan, aged 64. He provided £180 to finance a young engineer experimentally inclined, named Henry Ford, and that sum was eventually bought out by the famous car manufacturer for £6,000,000. In 1929 Senator Couzens gave away £2,000,000 to benefit the health of children in Michigan.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19361024.2.79
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 253, 24 October 1936, Page 9
Word Count
66FINANCED HENRY FORD. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 253, 24 October 1936, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in