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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



June 1, 1921 



former employes living in Akron were taken back to work. 

 "However the standard mileage climbs, we must see that 

 the name Firestone always means to the car owner the most 

 miles lor his money, most miles per dollar," is a new sign placed 

 where every employe of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Akron, can see it upon entering the factory gate. 



Rubber men were much interested in the suggestion made by 

 Secretary Hoover that monthly reports regarding basic indus- 

 tries, including rublicr, be sent confidentially to the Department 

 of Commerce to make possible the issuance of monthly reports 

 regarding the status of business and industry. The amount of 

 raw material on hand, the amount of goods finished, the num- 

 ber of men and women employed, and total unused capacity, are 

 among the questions which will be contained in the reports if 

 the system is adopted. 



W. F. Ridge has severed his connection with the Rubber 

 Kngineering Co., 437 First-Second National Building, Akron. His 

 future plan.-; have not been determined. W. E. McCornish will 

 continue the business under the same company name. 



At the annual meeting of the Burt Manufacturing Co., Akron, 

 on May 2, J. Asa Palmer, for eighteen years connected with 

 the company, and for many years general manager, was elected 

 president and general manager, taking the place of W. F. 

 Warden, who died last January. The other officers and directors 

 remain the .same. 



On the basis of figures published by The B. F. Goodrich 

 Co., the total production of tires since last September is about 

 8,000,000, and at present, tires are being manufactured at the 

 rate of about one-fourth of the consumption. Requiretnents 

 for the year are estimated at 2,710,000 tires a month. 



E. C. Shaw, formerly vice-president of The B. F. Goodrich 

 Co., has been named a member of a committee of four, ap- 

 pointed by Mayor Carl Beck, to make efforts to bring to 

 Akron one of the two rehabilitation hospitals planned for Ohio 

 by the Government. Dr. W. H. White, member of the com- 

 mittee with Dr. H. S. MacAyeal, and Vincent Stevens, secretary 

 of the Chamber of Commerce, recently went to Washington to 

 lay the Akron proposition before the hospital committee. 



James C. Lawrence, of The B. F. Goodrich Co., was elected 

 vice-president of the Akron Rotary Club at the annual meeting. 

 Dr. Parke R. Kolbe was elected president. Hugh Allen, of 

 The Goodyear Tire & Ruljber Co., was elected editor of the 

 club publication. 



The Flying Squadron of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. had 

 its annual dinner May 7, in Akron, in the factory lunch room at 

 Plant No. 1, and the feature of the occasion was the awarding of 

 diplomas as Master Rubber Worker to 42 men who had com- 

 pleted during the present year the thr?e-year factory course. 

 About 30 others had already received a similar diploma earlier 

 in the year. T. S. Michaels was toastniaster and P. W. Litch- 

 field made the presentations. One of the most impressive events 

 of the evening was the ovation given Mr. Litchfield when the 

 entire assembly rose to its feet and cheered at his appearance, 

 as evidence of loyalty and appreciation of his efforts during 

 the uncertain days through which the company had just passed. 



E. E. Helm, publicity director of The Goodyear Tire & 

 Rubber Co., has been named chairman of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce Safety Committee, a branch of the National Safety Council. 

 J. R. Burrell, Goodyear industrial engineer, and P. B. Martens, 

 of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., are among the other mem- 

 bers of the committee. 



H. B. Klingerman, industrial engineer of The B. F. Goodrich 

 Co., was the author of an ordinance for the prevention of the 

 smoke nuisance in .Akron. The proposed ordinance, which was 

 introduced to the committee of councilmen, follows the lines of 

 nationally adopted smoke prevention measures and provides for 



a commission to enforce it, also a smoke inspector to work under 

 the building department head. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES 



W. H. Hurley has been appointed general sales manager of 

 The McGraw Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, succeeding 

 C. E. Pumphrey. Previously Mr. Hurley was associated with 

 the Ajax Rubber Co. as district supervisor of western territory. 

 With the McGraw company he has served in the following 

 capacities ; district manager at Kansas City, having control of 

 the Eastern territory, with headquarters at New York, and a 

 year ago becoming assistant sales manager. 



The Chillicothe Tire & Rubber Co., Chillicothe, Ohio, has 

 elected the following directors and officers : H. G. Egbert, treas- 

 urer of The Master Tire & Rubber Co., Dayton, secretary, gen- 

 eral manager and director; H. J. Alperin, president of the Pub- 

 lic Service Tire & Supply Co., Cleveland, vice-president in charge 

 of sales and director; A. Bernstein, president of the Nu-Cord 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Cincinnati, vice-president in charge of pur- 

 chases and director ; C. A. Hcrtenstein, retaining the office of 

 president ; and Walter W. Boulger, reelected treasurer. The 

 capacity of the plant is SCO to 60U tires and tubes daily. I'^or the 

 present nothing but Ford S'ze fabric tires will be made, though 

 ultimately cord and special brand tires will be made. The busi- 

 ness will be conducted entirely through jobbers. 



The Victor Rubber Co., Springfield, Ohio, reports resumption 

 of manufacturing operations at full plant capacity. Plans for 

 increasing the tire production are being considered. The in- 

 creased output of the Ford Motor Co. at Detroit affects Victor 

 production as they manufacture a large number of the rubber 

 mats used in the Ford open models. 



H. S. Berlin, formerly an executive with the Firestone Tire 

 & Rubber Co. is now president and general manager of the Vic- 

 tor company. 



J. J. Moriarity, a prominent tire development and production 

 engineer, has been made factory manager and L. P. Werlein is 

 now manager of the production planning and materials service 

 departments of the Victor company. 



T. G. Graham, formerly with The Goodyear Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., .Akron, and recently factory manager of the Inland Rub- 

 ber Co., Chicago, has been named factory manager of The Mason 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Kent. Ohio. 



The Surgeons' Rubber Glove Co., recently organized by Lee 

 Miller, one of the founders of The Miller Rubber Co., will build 

 its plant in Wooster rather than Cuyahoga Falls. Efforts to sell 

 some of the stock of the $50,000 corporation at the latter place 

 did not meet with the expected response, it was said by officials 

 in making the announcement of the change. Plans for the Wooster 

 building are complete. 



Stockholders of the Interlocking Cord Tire Co., Mogadore, 

 Ohio, which was recently thrown into receivership, have placed 

 $25,000 on deposit as their guaranty to operate the plant if the 

 court will raise the receivership. Plans whereby the creditors 

 will be paid off within the year with money to be made out of 

 operation have also been matured. Thus far the court has not 

 rendered a decision on the proposed plan. At the same time 

 Elihu Harpham, receiver, has asked for the balance due on stock 

 which was purchased on a part payment plan, totaling approxi- 

 mately $21,000, ranging in amounts from $100 to $4,900. 



ALUM AS A COAGULANT i 



.Mum has long been used by native holders as a latex coagu- 

 lant and at least one proprietary coagulant contains alum or the 

 active constituent of alum, namely, aluminum sulphate. The acid 

 nature of aluminum sulphate is responsible for the coagulating 



'Henry P. Stevens. Bulletin of the Rubber Growers' Association, March. 

 1921. page 142. 



