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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1. 1919. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN OHIO. 



By Our Special Correspondent. 



ASROK NOTES. 



THE B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, has appointed F. O. Slutz 

 manager of its railroad sales department, succeeding C. M. 

 Woodrufif, resigned. Mr. Slutz has been with the Goodrich com- 

 pany 18 years, the last ten of which has 

 been in the mechanical sales department. 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, has 

 completed the last order for war bal- 

 loons. During the war its balloon de- 

 partment produced seven balloons a day 

 and employed about 1,300 people. The 

 company also produced 14 dirigibles, 

 362 observation balloons and 13 supply 

 balloons during the war. 



The fourth annual outing of The B. 

 F. Goodrich Co. will be held at Liberty 

 Park. Akron, on Labor Day. The Good- 

 rich band will furnish music and a pro- 

 gram is being arranged for athletic 

 ith suitable prizes for the 



F. O. Slutz. 



events for both men ai 

 winners. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, has suspended its American- 

 ization classes for the four weeks ending September 5, the au- 

 tumn opening being on Monday, September 8. Over 1,500 Good- 

 rich employes have availed themselves of the opportunity to 

 enroll in these classes during the last eight months. 



Employes of The Miller Rubber Co., Akron, held their annual 

 picnic at Summit Beach Park on August 2. Several thousand 

 attended and the program of entertainment included speeches, 

 games and other amusements. 



Harvey S. Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Firestone Park, Akron, spent the first three weeks in August 

 in the Adirondacks with Thomas A. Edison, John Burroughs 

 and Henry Ford, accompanied by his scm, H. S. Firestone, Jr. 



C. W. Seiberling, vice-president of The Goodyear Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., Akron, has offered a gold and bronze cup, 24 inches 

 high, as a trophy to be presented to the Industrial League team 

 winning the baseball championship of Akron this year. 



CLEVELAND NOTES, 



L. A. Llewellyn, for the last seven 

 years Ohio salesman for the Republic 

 Rubber Co., Youngstown, Ohio, has 

 been appointed district manager of th< 

 Cleveland branch, with offices at 174 

 Euclid avenue. The territory served li\ 

 that branch includes the greater part 

 of the State of Ohio. Mr. Llewellyn 

 is an experienced rubber man. having 

 spent many years in manufacturing 

 previous to his association with the 

 sales department of this company, and 

 is well known in the territorv mentioned. 



L. A, Llewelly: 



The Cleveland Rubber Corp., Cleve- 

 land, has engaged A. H. Harris to take 



charge of its engineering work and organization of manufac- 

 turing. The Osborn Engineering Co. is preparing plans for the 

 buildings and equipment for which contracts will be awarded 

 shortly. 



The Cleveland Osborn Manufacturing Co., Inc., Cleveland, is 

 adding another story to its main building to increase the capacity 

 of its molding machine department. The offices will be located 



in the new sti)ry. An additional story is also being built on the 

 brush factory, to which the brush stock room will be moved. 

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 The Cleveland Rubber Mold Foundr>- & Machine Co., 406 

 Schofield Building, Cleveland, has purchased a plot of land on 

 Warner Road, comprising approximately five acres, where it will 

 build a plant of three units separated by fire walls. The foundry 

 building will be 180 by 110 feet; the light machine shop, 180 by 

 100 feet; and the main machine shop, 220 by 160 feet, with a 

 floor above the side and east end bavf. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES. 



The Mason Tire & Rubber Co., Kent, Ohio, has elected E. G. 

 Tillotson, senior member of the firm of Tillotson & Wolcott of 

 Cleveland, and W. R. Green, secretary of The Guardian Savings 

 & Trust Co., Cleveland, to membership in the board of directors 

 to succeed the late D. N. Mason and fill the vacancy- catjsed by 

 the resignation of M. B. Mason. 



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The Rubber Products Co., Barberton, Ohio, has appointed 

 Glen Buck, Chicago, 111., advertising agent. A campaign on 

 "Stronghold" tires is being launched. 

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The Faultless Rubber Co.. Ashland. Ohio, is conducting a 

 national advertising campaign on its "Wearever'' druggists' 

 sundries. 



The Knox Tire & Rubber Co., Mount Vernon, Ohio, capital- 

 ized at $2,000,000, has a 20-acre factory site within one-half mile 

 of the business section of the city and will build there a plant 

 100 by 225 feet, of concrete, steel, and brick. In addition to the 

 main building there will be a power plant of the same con- 

 struction. The site has a frontage on the Baltimore & Ohio 

 railroad and the company possesses water rights from the 

 Kokosing river. The officers are: B. E. Frantz, president; E. 

 Scott Cannell, vice-president ; F. D. Spencer, secretary and 

 treasurer; C. B. Carpenter, sales manager; and V. V. Hender- 

 shot, superintendent. The Chamber of Commerce is backing the 

 concern. 



The Central Rubber Co., Inc., Defiance. Ohio, is now equipped 

 to reclaim all grades of scrap rubber. 



The Master Tire & Rubber Co., Dayton. Ohio, has been in- 

 corporated in that state to manufacture tlie "Master" cord tire. 

 The officers are : William B. Ruston, president and general man- 

 ager; George H. Witsaman. vice-president and factory manager; 

 Frank C. Vail, secretarj' and sales manager ; Harry G. Egbert, 

 treasurer and credit manager. J. J. Black, formerly mechanical 

 engineer and superintendent of The Dayton Rubber Manufac- 

 turing Co., has been engaged as chief engineer and factory super- 

 intendent. 



The Owen Tire & Rubber Co., has installed a restaurant and 

 cafeteria for its employes on the roof of its factory at Bedford, 

 Ohio. 



The Forster Tire & Rubber Co., Millersburg, Ohio, has in- 

 creased its capital from $200,000 to $1,000,000. The officers are: 

 Henry Forster, president and treasurer : W. E. Davis, vice-presi- 

 dent and general manager ; W. E. Davis, general manager, and 

 M. S. Lower, superintendent. 



The Cascade Tire & Rubber Co., Ravenna, Ohio, which in- 

 corporated in June for $10,000, has increased its capital to 

 $1,000,000, under date of July 3, 1919. The officers are: J. W. 

 Mart, president and general manager ; F. M. Sharp, secretary 

 and treasurer; M. E. Nichols, Milton Fleisher, and F. E. Clyde, 

 directors. The company will manufacture cord and pneumatic 



