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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



December 1, 1920 



The Goodyear tiro plant has rcsunioU \v(irk on a fivc-day-a-wcck 

 basis, producing 10,500 tires and 13,500 tubes a day. The plant 

 will be closed for one week between Christmas and New Year's. 



Lilc'en King, advertising manager of The Goodyear Tire & 

 Rubber Co., upon his return from an e.\tended trip through Eu- 

 rope, said he believed that the Old World will becoine a great 

 market for manufactured rubber products, especially tires, within 

 the next few years. Germany, although at present still suffering 

 from the results of the war, will become a good market as soon 

 as she recovers, he said. 



The Home Owners' Investment Co., formed by Akron rubber 

 and business men about two years ago to build homes for working- 

 men who had only a lot and 10 per cent of the total cost of a 

 home, has completed 406 homes and will complete its first pro- 

 gram of 456 before the end of the year. Harvey S. Firestone, 

 president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., is president of the 

 company. Although originally $5,000,000 capital stock was au- 

 thorized, only $2,100,000 has been issued. In the future the com- 

 pany will invest payments upon outstanding mortgages and in- 

 terest upon these in building additional homes. The present 

 financial stringency has not affected the company's activities. 



The drive for funds for the Better Akron Federation, which 

 finances 22 Akron welfare agencies, will conduct its annual cam- 

 paign the first four days in December, according to T. E. Smith, 

 editor of the India Rubber Rcz'iew, president. The goal this year 

 will he $550,000, as compared with $1,500,000 last year. Last 

 year's budget included building funds which will not be included 

 this year. 



E. C. Vermillion, for the past year director of Americanization 

 for the Board of Education, .Akron, and previously director of 

 Americanization for the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., has re- 

 signed to take a similar position in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He 

 was tendered a public reception November 15 at which many of 

 Akron's prominent rubber men were present. 



W. O. Rutherford, vice-president in charge of sales of The 

 B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., is one of the youngest officials in 

 the rubber industry, and at the same time one of the oldest in 

 point of service. He registered in the last draft during the war 

 and is still on the "near-side" of the fifty-year mark. 



As proof of his extended work in the rubber industry, Mr. 

 Rutherford now proudly wears a Goodrich 20-year service 



.\kron Rubber Mold & Machine Co.'s New Addition 



pin. He completed his twentieth year this fall and was initiated 

 into the Goodrich 20-year-Scrvice Order witli thirty-eight other 

 "new" 20-year veterans. 



Mr. Rutherford worked up to his present position from the 

 ranks, winning each promotion through sheer ability. He entered 

 the company's employ in 19(X) in a minor position in the sales 

 department. 



.\rlhur W. Doyle, secretary of the Doyle Tire & Rubber Co., 

 .•\kron, was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney by 39,558 

 Summit County Republicans in the recent election, a majority 

 vote exceeding that of his opponent by nearly 12,000. 



AKBOM BVBBER HOLD It MACHINE CO. EXPANDS 



The accompanying illustration shows part of the new 

 addition now being erected at the plant of The .Akron Rub- 

 ber Mold & Machine Co., Akron, Ohio. Ground was broken 

 for this extension about six months a^rn and the work has 



A Corner of the .Akron Rtbber Mold & M.\chtne Co.'s Pl.\nt 



progressed steadily ever since. These additional quarters, 

 with the installation of new machinery, will approximately 

 double the present facilities of the company, which already 

 cover more than 75,000 square feet of floor space. 



The new building will be of the most approved fireproof 

 construction throughout, built of brick and tile, with saw- 

 tooth roof, giving ample light in all parts of the structure. 

 A new power house has also been built for heating the new 

 plant, and as an auxiliary to the heating system of the pres- 

 ent plant, hot water boilers of Iiighest efficiency being 

 installed. 



The other illustration is a view of the machine shop of the 

 Akron Rubber Mold & Machine Co. that was taken during 

 the middle of last October, which is significant, as its reflects 

 a production condition not popularly supposed to have pre- 

 vailed in the tire equipment business at this particular period. 

 The company numbers among its patrons a great many of 

 the largest rubber manufacturing concerns in this country 

 and Canada, and its slogan, "Built right for right building," 

 is known to the tire manufacturer everywhere. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES 



Xew officials at The Mason Tire & Rubber Co.'s plant, Kent, 

 Ohio, include E. H. Gorsuch, formerly with the Firestone Tire 

 & Rubber Co., w'ho has been appointed chief chemist to succeed 

 James H. McGachan, and I. C. Monroe, appointed assistant 

 superintendent. 



The advertising account of The Victor Rubber Co., .Spring- 

 field, Ohio, has recently been taken over by The Akron Advertising 

 Agency Co. The present extensive advertising campaign of the 

 Victor company will be continued along new and original lines, 

 which are confidently expected to attract nation-wide attention. 



Charles S. Spies, for some time in charge of the Philadelphia 

 ofiice of The Faultless Rubber Co., of Akron, Ohio, has severed 

 his connection with that company and is now vice-president and 

 sales manager of The Toycraft Rubber Co., Ashland, Ohio, which 

 specializes exclusively in toy balloons for the trade and for 

 advertising purposes. 



