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Harry E. Lazarus, another raincoat maker, on trial under the 

 Sabotage Act, and also charged with having bribed Charles L. 

 Fuller, an inspector of the Quartermaster's Department, to pass 

 defective raincoats, was acquitted on November 19, for lack of 

 evidence. Inspector Fuller, however, is under arrest and await- 

 ing disposition of his case by I'cderal authorities. 



RUBBER MEN ACTIVE IN WAR WORK DRIVE. 

 The United War Work Campaign of Greater New Vork was 

 conducted last month for the purpose of raising funds for the 

 iollowing organizations : 



Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., National Catholic War Council 

 (K. of C), Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community 

 .Service. American Library Association, and the Salvation Army. 

 In this drive the rubber industry was represented by the fol- 

 lowing committee : 



Ch.mrman. 

 Bertram G. Work, The B. F. Goodrich Co. 



\'ice-Ch.mrman. 

 F. E. Titus, The B. F. Goodrich Co. 



Division Chairmen. 

 TiRE.s: Horace De Lesser, Ajax Rubber Co., Inc. 

 ■Crude Rubber: W. J. Kelly, Poel & Kelly. 

 Boots and Shoes: Homer E. Lawyer, United States Rub- 

 ber Co. 



Medical Rubber Goods : S. H. Jones, United States Rub- 

 ber Co. 



Mechanical Rubber Goods: Henry Spadone, Gutta Percha 

 and Rubber Manufacturing Co. 



Reclaimed Rubber: Clarence H. Low, United States Rubber 

 Reclaiming Co.. Inc. 



Hard Rubbkr : F. G. Achelis, American Hard Rubber Co. 



UNITED WAR WORK FUND IS $203,179,038. 

 On November 25 subscriptions to the United War Fund were 

 announced as amounting to $203,179,038, or $32,679,038 in excess 

 of the amount originally asked by the seven war relief organiza- 

 tions. This is the largest sum ever raised as an outright gift 

 in the history of the world. Only two states, Pennsylvania and 

 Minnesota, failed to exceed their quotas, and it is believed that 

 these states will be "over the top" when returns from Philadel- 

 phia and Minneapolis are in. Philadelphia, a "war chest" city, 

 has not yet made an appropriation to the fund, while Minneapolis 

 postponed its drive until ne.xt month. 



CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR HOOD BOYS IN SERVICE. 

 The War Relief Club of the Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, 

 Massachusetts, has practically decided to send to Hood boys in 

 service overseas a check for 20 francs ($4) with a Christmas 

 folder, a Christmas card and Christmas letter. The boys can 

 then buy what they need most. Hood boys in service in .^merica 

 will receive Christmas boxes costing $4 to $5 each. They will 

 contain smoking materials, candy and a comfort bag of cretonne 

 12 by 14 inches in which will be found one pair of socks, two 

 handkerchiefs, shoe strings, safety pins, pocket comb, safety razor, 

 mirror, soap, pad paper, envelopes, pencils, knife, pipe, puzzle or 

 toy, and a small towel. Two knitting machines have been in- 

 stalled for producing the 600 pairs of socks needed. 



TO SERVE GOODYEARITES IN FRANCE. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has opened an in- 

 formation bureau at 17 rue Saint Florentine, Paris, for the 

 benefit of Goodyearites in service over there. Four rooms are 

 ■occupied, one of which is a general reading and lounging room, 

 ■with writing materials, magazines, newspapers, etc. An attempt 

 will be made to keep a card index file of all Goodyear men in 

 France. 



SERVICE NOTES AND PERSONALS. 



Robert L. Baird, son of Robert B. Baird and vice-president of 

 the Rubber Trading Co., 9-15 Murray 

 street. New York City, became a mem- 

 ber of K Company, 23d Regiment, Na- 

 tional Guard, in February, 1918. On 

 October 2, 1918, he enlisted in the Olti- 

 cers' Training Camp, Field Artillery, 

 Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ken- 

 tucky, as a member of the 27th Train- 

 ing Camp. He is 29 years of age and 

 has been an officer of the Rubber Trad- 

 ing Co. since 1912. Mr. Baird will re- 

 main in the service until he receives his 

 commission. 



William Wadbrook, son of Elston E 

 Wadbrook, has received from Congress- 

 man Ramsey, of the Sixth Congressional District of New Jersey, 

 nomination for the Naval Academy at .'\nnapolis, Maryland, hav- 

 ing been successful in the recent open examination, under Civil 

 Service rules, of candidates to till this vacancy. Mr. Wadbrook 

 attained the very high percentage of 94.80. 



Captain Arthur H. Leavitt, a former employe of The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, whose portrait appeared in our 

 issue of September 1, 1918, was promoted early in October to 

 the rank of major. He is with the Motor Transport Corps and 

 returned from France shortly before receiving his promotion. 

 Due to the recent signing of the armistice with Germany, Major 

 Leavitt is now in Washington awaiting orders, although he had 

 previously expected to return to France early in November. 



W. H. Lacey, manager of the Hartford, Connecticut, branch 

 of the Sterling Tire Corp., Rutherford, New Jersey, has been 

 appointed a first lieutenant of the Motor Transport Division 

 and is stationed at Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, New Jersey, in 

 the Ordnance Department. 



William E. Housel, manager of the Rochester, New York, 

 branch of the Sterling Tire Corp., Rutherford, New Jersey, 

 has been appointed by the War Department a first lieutenant 

 of engineers, stationed at Camp Humphreys. Virginia. 



Captain Charles E. Speaks, who was formerly manager of 

 motorcycle and, later, of truck-tire sales for the Firestone Tire 

 & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, has recently been promoted to the 

 rank of major in the Quartermaster's Department. He has had 

 a long experience in the automobile and rubber-tire trade and 

 will be a valuable man to the Government. Major Speaks is 

 now in France, assisting in the rehabilitation of that devastated 

 country. 



Private Harvey Stickles, Headquarters Company, 166th In- 

 fantry, in France, for three years an employe of the Goodyear 

 Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, is one of the few Americans 

 to receive the Distinguished Service Cross. During a bombard- 

 ment he successfully repaired telephone lines connecting battalion 

 with regimental posts, sticking to his work when others failed 

 and narrowly escaping injury. 



RUBBER MEN RETURNED FROM SERVICE. 



Sergeant Walter Bardon, from October, 1914, until recently 

 of the 1st Canadian Field Army, is now an inspector in the vul- 

 canizing department of the Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Mas- 

 sachusetts. Sergeant Bardon was presented a medal for distin- 

 guished service and honorably discharged as the result of a 

 wound during the battle of Vimy Ridge. 



S. A. Morrill, formerly Southern representative of the Davol 

 Rubber Co., has been given an honorable discharge from the 

 Army and has resumed work with the company. He is now 

 located with the factory and home office in Providence, Rhode 

 Island. 



