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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 192a 



$350,000,000 for improvement of church work. H. S. Fire- 

 stone, president, was one of the speakers at the meetings. 



A branch of the Akron public library will be opened at the 

 Firestone Club House at an early date. Carpenters have 

 been at work preparing a special room to accommodate it. 



The controlling interest in the Biltwell Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Akron, has been purchased by The Wildman Rubber Co., 816 

 Book Building, Detroit, Michigan. The following officers have 

 been elected, the former ones having resigned : W. W. Wild- 

 man, president and general manager; M. Braley, vice-president, 

 and C. R. Twynham, secretary-treasurer. In addition to the above, 

 the directors include L. C. MacGregor, Detroit, Michigan; 

 George W. S'ieber, J. C. Clinefelter and E. H. Trump, Akron, and 

 B. O. Etling and A. F. Stuehldrehr, Barberton, Ohio. The Bilt- 

 well factory has a daily capacity of 500 pneumatic tires and 1,000 

 inner tubes, which will presently be doubled by an addition to the 

 plant. The Biltwell will henceforth be financed by The Wildman 

 Rubber Co. 



The Akron Rubber Mold & Machine Co., Akron, has broken 

 ground for an extensive addition to its plant which will more 

 than double its present capacity for the manufacture of tire build- 

 ing and tire repair equipment. The present plant covers more 

 than 75,000 square feet of floor space. Particular demand is being 

 made for equipment for producing cord and giant pneumatic truck 

 tires, and the company's foreign trade is now greater than ever 

 before in its history. New machinery ordered for the extension 

 is being temporarily installed in the present quarters in order to 

 increase production without waiting for the completion of the 

 addition. 



C. W. McLaughlin, vice-president and treasurer of the Mohawk 

 Rubber Co., was one of the principal speakers at the annual con- 

 vention of Federal Reserve bankers at Cleveland the latter part 

 of May. 



John R. Gammeter, of The B. F. Goodrich Co. ; W. E. Wright, 

 donor of a flying field; B. A. Polsky, president of the Akron 

 Chamber of Commerce; Mayor Carl F. Beck, C. W. Seiberling, 

 R. K. Crawford, I. S. Myers, George Kile, Ralph H. Upson and 

 S. W. Worley were named an honorary board of governors of 

 the Akron Flying Club at a meeting held recently. The meeting 

 followed a field day in which a large number of planes were 

 demonstrated and passengers carried. Approximately 8,000 per- 

 sons witnessed the flights. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, announces the fol- 

 lowing promotions in its sales organization. L. C. Gates has been 

 made manager and H. E. Waldsmith has been selected as branch 

 manager at Akron. 



L. C. Gates entered the employ of the 

 company in a clerical capacity in the as- 

 sistant division of the automobile tire de- 

 partment in 1915, and was soon trans- 

 ferred to city sales work in the Philadel- 

 phia, Pennsylvania, branch. His next step 

 forward was as assistant manager at 

 Philadelphia, followed in 1919 by assign- 

 ment as manager of the Dayton, Ohio, 

 branch. Owing to his organization ability 

 his promotion to the management of the 

 motorcycle tire sales division of the auto- 

 mobile tire department at Akron followed 

 early in 1920. 



H. E. Waldsmith's first connection with the Goodyear company 

 began in 1915 as a special traveling representative in the bicycle 

 and motorcycle tire department. After a year he was assigned to 

 sell Goodyear motorcycle tires. In 1918. he was transferred to 

 the automobile tire department, and in about a year was promoted 

 to special representative, calling on dealers and motorcycle manu- 

 facturers. On July 1, 1919, he was appointed branch manager 



L. C. G.\TES. 



at Voungstown, Ohio, where his splendid record brought further 

 recognition early in 1920 by his appointment as branch manager 

 at Akron. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has announced tliat the 

 Wingfoot aviation station recently purchased from tlie Govern- 

 ment, will be thrown open to the general public in the very i.ear 

 future and the dirigible purchased from France will be on the 

 ground for exhibition and test purposes. A large number of im- 

 provements are being made in the field. 



The Goodyear engineering department will soon move into 

 a new five-story building which is now being completed. 



P. W. Litchfield, factory manager of the Goodyear Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., was the principal speaker at the simple unveiling of a 

 tablet dedicated June 2 to the one hundred and five Goodyear men 

 who gave their lives in the world war. 



The stores established by the various rubber companies in 

 order to reduce the cost of living to their employes have proved 

 a success. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. store, opened re- 

 cently, did $4,000 of business the fir.st day and thereafter the 

 average sales a day have been $8,000. 



Thirty motorcycle riders formed the initial membership of a 

 motorcycle club organized in Akron. Their first meeting was 

 held at the Firestone clubhouse. A gypsy tour for the latter part 

 of June was the first event arranged by the new club. William 

 W. Twite ic, president of the new organization. 



CLEVELAND NOTES. 



The Erie Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, at meetings of 

 stockholders held May 11 and May 26 voted to increase the capi- 

 talization of the company from $4,000,000 to $10,000,000, due to 

 the remarkable growth of the company during its first year. The 

 follovifing directors were elected, two new ones being added : P. F. 

 Wills, H. H. Forrest, M. C. Phillips, F. W. Hildebrand, A. M. 

 Mander, C. V. Goepper and E. L. Braeunig. 



The McGraw Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland and East Palestine, 

 Ohio, has appointed G. E. Bovis manager of the Cleveland branch, 

 succeeding E. F. Thompson, who recently went to the Pacific 

 Coast. Mr. Bovis was formerly manager of the McGraw branch 

 in Des Moines, Iowa, previous to which connection he was with 

 The Fisk Rubber Co. at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 



The General Rubber Goods Co.. Cleveland, Ohio, has increased 

 its capital from $50,000 to $100,000. Griswold Wilson is presi- 

 dent and Lindsay H. Wallace secretary and treasurer. 



The Thor Tire and Rubber Co.. 802 Society for Savings Build- 

 ing. Cleveland, with factory at Willoughby, Ohio, was incorpo- 

 rated under the laws of Ohio on December 1, 1919, with a capi- 

 talization of $1,000,000 consisting of $500,000 each of preferred 

 aiad common stock. The first unit of the factory, which is 200 by 

 40 feet, has been practically completed, and mechanical rubber 

 goods will be manufactured there at an early date. The main 

 building will be 400 by 90 feet, with a capacity of 3,000 tires and 

 500 tubes. The property covers 44 acres, adjoining the New York 

 Central railroad. M. W. Gary is secretary. 



The partnership of Fanner & Brown, engineers, has been re- 

 organized under the name of The Associated Engineers' Com- 

 pany, with offices at 130 Engineers' Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 



The 1920 Credit Convention of the Motor and Accessory Manu- 

 facturers' Association, has been tentatively scheduled for Thurs- 

 day and Friday, September 16-17, at Cleveland, Ohio. In view 

 of the vital problems affecting the automobile industry, in rela- 

 tion to the general financial and credit conditions, it is believed 

 that this year's credit convention will be one of the most interest- 

 ing and important in the history of the association. Further de- 

 tails concerning the meeting will be announced later. 



The National Sales & Trading Co. has removed from the 

 Swetland Building to the entire sixth floor of the Racine Build- 



