Greetings Lara and Charles:
I have located the reference you seek in an article from the Disabled
Veterans Magazine online.
From the article titled "Ford's DAV Tradition Continues:Ford Donates
Use of 11 Vans to DAV's Nationwide Transportation Network" and located
at http://www.dav.org/magazine/1996-6/Ford_s_DAV_Tradi763.html:
"The DAV's second National Convention was held at San Francisco in
1922," DAV National Adjtant Arthur H. Wilson said. "For many disabled
veterans, a trip to the West Coast was a long hard journey, but they
made the trip because they believed in what the DAV stood for. Henry
Ford must have thought the DAV was a good idea, too. When he learned
that disabled veterans wanted to attend the convention, he helped many
get there by organizing a cross-country caravan of 50 Model T Fords to
make the trip."
The elderly gentleman who spoke of this was correctly citing history.
:) You may want to read the entire article.
The reference is repeated at
http://www.fordcountryscholars.com/hero.html and the Google search
results page from the key phrase I used in my search strategy contains
other URLs where it is mentioned should you want to cite more than two
sources. The Google search results page is located at
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=DAV+national+convention+1922+Ford+motor+company
Should you require clarification of the links or information I have
provided, please request it and I will be happy to comply. Now you
can definitely make that deadline! :)
SEARCH STRATEGY:
DAV national convention 1922 Ford motor company |
Request for Answer Clarification by
laracello-ga
on
17 Apr 2003 19:06 PDT
Request for earlier citation/verification:
We feel that the source used from the 1996 article (Arthur Wilson) is
invalid.
Before we make this "historic event," public, we must be CERTAIN that
this happened. Try searching newspapers between June 1 to Aug 1 1922.
Thanks again for your time.
Lara Wallace
Charles Wallace
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Clarification of Answer by
journalist-ga
on
17 Apr 2003 19:29 PDT
Greetings again! Although you did not specify that you wanted a 1922
newspaper search in your original question, the second link I
provided, http://www.fordcountryscholars.com/hero.html, is a Ford
Motor Company site. The Ford history is certified by that link [see
bottom of site for "© 2003 Ford Motor Company. All Rights Reserved."]
If you have a specific city's newspaper that you would like to
contact, I'll be happy to search for their contact information and
send them an inquiry on your behalf to find out if they have past
editions that dated.
Is there a specific city newspaper that you would like me to search?
Also, if you would like me to send an inquiry to Ford Motor Company to
see if they have a copy of an original article about the 1922 DAV
Convention loan, I'll be happy to do so - however, they may not be
able to answer the email by your deadline as large corporations
usually have a backlog of emails to read that can occupy several days.
Should you wish to quote the story, you may do so accurately, verified
by the fact that it is mentioned on a Ford Motor Company web site.
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Request for Answer Clarification by
laracello-ga
on
17 Apr 2003 20:37 PDT
Hello, Journalist!
Well, I agree that the Ford site would be valid... However, the guys
I'm working for aren't too convinced. If you could please contact the
Ford Motor Company and the newspapers in Detroit and San Francisco, I
would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you for your patience.
Lara
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Clarification of Answer by
journalist-ga
on
17 Apr 2003 22:31 PDT
I'll be happy to perform the additional research. I'll report on my
efforts tomorrow when the businesses are open.
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Clarification of Answer by
journalist-ga
on
18 Apr 2003 08:25 PDT
I've sent emails to the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco
Examiner, the Detroit News and the Ford Motor Company inquiring about
the availability of a copy of an original article about the loan. I
hope to hear back from them promptly even though this is a holiday
weekend.
I also phoned the Ford Motor Company customer relations center to
inquire if they had a reproduction of an original article from 1922
regarding the DAV loan. The number I found in a search for their
company (see http://www.ford.com/en/support/contactUs.htm) had a
recorded message that said they were closed for the holiday.
I'll update you immediately should any replies come my way, and thank
you very much for your rating, comments and added generosity!
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