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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Louis J. Plumb, M.A. 



CHEMIST AND SALES MANAGER. 



LOUIS J. Plumb, ^i. A., is well known in every branch of the 

 American rubber trade, through his position as both 

 chemist and manager of sales of a rubber reclaiming company. 

 Mr. Plumb graduated from 

 Princeton University in 1904, be- 

 ginning at once his chemical career 

 in the laboratory and dye works 

 of Klipstein & Co., New York. 

 Ilis preference, however, was for 

 the rubber industry, and the fol- 

 lowing j'ear he became chief 

 chemist of the United States Rub- 

 ber Reclaiming Co., and estab- 

 lished a factory control and re- 

 search laboratory at their Buffalo 

 plant. Mr. Plumb was awarded 

 his Master's degree from Prince- 

 ton on the presentation of a thesis 

 on the chemistry of rubber and 

 methods of its analysis. For a 

 number of years the material thus 

 presented was used as a laboratory 

 text until the appearance of more elaborate works on the subject 

 by other chemists. He is probably the first rubber chemist to 

 establish brands of reclaimed rubber on a purely technical basis, 

 such as standardizing output on guaranteed content of rubber, 

 acetone extract, and physical characteristics, and their technical 

 presentation to the manufacturer. 



Mr. Plumb represented his company at the Fourth International 

 Rubber Congress held in London, England, in July, 1914. On 

 that occasion he toured the Scandinavian countries, Holland, 

 Belgium, France, and Germany, in the interest of reclaimed 

 rubber as an important factor in the rubber manufacturing in- 

 dustry. While on this mission he was in Berlin when the world 

 war broke out, and was detained there four weeks during Ger- 

 man mobiUzation and the violation of Belgium. 



Mr. Plumb is a member of various business, athletic, social, and 

 scientific bodies. Among the latter are the .American Electro- 

 Chemical Society and the American Chemical Society. He is a 

 member of the Executive Committee of the Rubber Section of 

 the latter society and chairman of the Rubber Section's Jar- 

 Ring Committee, which is actively cooperating with the Depart- 

 ment of .Agriculture on the standardization of jar rings. 



DU PONT COMPANY ELECTS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. 



E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 

 manufacturer of colors and chemicals, Fabrikoid, etc., at its recent 

 annual meeting elected the following officers and directors : 

 Pierre S. du Pont, president ; vice-presidents. H. F. Brown, E. G. 

 Buckner, R. R. M. Carpenter, F. L. -Connable, William Coyne, 

 Irenee du Pont, Lammet du Pont, H. G. Haskell, J. A. Haskell, 

 Charles L. Patterson, F. W. Pickard, J. J. Raskob, and F. G. Tall- 

 man; secretary, Alexis I. du Pont; treasurer, F. D. Brown; assis- 

 tant treasurers. Charles Copeland, Angus B. Echols, W. F. Ras- 

 kob, J. K. Rodgers, and William F. SaUmarsh; assistant secre- 

 taries, L. R. Beardslee and M. D. Fisher; directors, all of the 

 above and in addition, A. Felix du Pont, Eugene du Pont, Eugene 

 E. du Pont, H. F. du Pont, P. S. du Pont, J. P. Laffey, Charles A. 

 Patterson, H. M. Pierce, and Charles L. Reese. 



Since the above elections were made, Pierre S. du Pont has 

 resigned from the presidency of the company and become presi- 

 dent of the board of directors. Irenee S. du Pont, chairman of 

 the executive committee, has been made president of the corn- 

 pany^ These changes became effective May 1, 1919, and are said 

 to have been made because of business conditions following the 



WESTINGHOUSE DISPOSITION OF BRITISH INTERESTS. 



General Guy E. Tripp, chairman of the board of directors of 

 the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., New York 

 City and East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has recently returned 

 from a trip abroad, as the result of which an agreement has been 

 reached with important British interests whereby the Westing- 

 house company sells for cash its British holdings. 



This sale is subject to the successful accomplishment of cer- 

 tain legal details in Europe, which may be waived by the com- 

 pany if considered desirable. 



The Westinghouse company now plans to enter into a com- 

 mercial alliance with a view to developing export business. No 

 further details can be announced at the moment, but the plan 

 will be put into execution immediately on the assumption that 

 the British transaction will be consummated on one of the bases 

 indicated. 



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PERSONAL MENTION. 



R. Burton has been appointed assistant to George 



S. Shugart. general branch sales manager of the United States 

 Tire Co., with headquarters at 1790 Broadway, New York City. 



W. E. Byles, crude rubber broker, has removed from 59 Broad 

 street to 140-142 Pearl street. New York City. 



John A. Glaspy, former manager of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

 branch of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., has become assistant 

 general sales manager of the International India Rubber Corp., 

 manufacturer of "South Bend" tires. South Bend, Indiana. 



L. I. Seaman, 215 West 51st street. New York City, has been 

 designated as the representative of The Canton-Blackstone Co., 

 formerly the Knight Tire & Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, 

 which has been authorized to do business in the State of New 

 York. 



J. E. Duffield, formerly general manager and treasurer of the 

 Bailey Non-Stall Differential Corp., has been elected vice-presi- 

 dent in charge of the sales division of The Essenkay Products 

 Co., Chicago, Illinois, manufacturer of the "Essenkay" tire filler. 



William R. Eales, of The South African Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co., Johannesburg, South Africa, arrived in New York last 

 month on a business visit. 



Francis R. Henderson, F. R. Henderson & Co., New York 

 City, returned from London last month. 



Charles T. Wilson, Charles T. Wilson Co., Inc., New York 

 City, has gone to England on business. 



G. A. Avey, of W. & A. Bates, Limited, Leicester, England, 

 is in this country for a brief visit. 



W. M. Doucette has been appointed Eastern district manager 

 of The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, with headquar- 

 ters at the New York City branch, 235 West 58th street. 



J. V. Aguierre is in charge of the export department of The 

 Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, at 235 West S8th street. 

 New York City. 



C. L. Falkinburg has been appointed representative of the 

 Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co., Jersey City, New Jersey,. 

 at Jackson, Michigan, in its automobile accessory department, 

 and will cover the States of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana. 

 Kentucky, Tennessee, and .\Iabama. 



W. L, Baumbach. formerly operating the Badger Tire Repair 

 Co., distributor of Firestone and Kelly-Springfield tires, in Mil- 

 waukee, Wisconsin, has disposed of the business and will repre- 

 sent the International India Rubber Corp.. South Bend, Indiana, 

 manufacturer of "South Bend" tires, as mana.ger of its central 

 district. 



Edward H. Garcin. president of the .\5best0s and Rubber 

 Works of -'America, New York City, has been elected a director 



