Word: goodrich
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...costumes that the cinemadapters of H. G. Wells's The Shape of Things to Come dreamed up is here. The flyer is wearing a "Strato-Suit" developed by the late Major John G. Kearby of the Air Technical Service Command and by B. F. Goodrich Co. Designed for high-altitude flying, the electrically heated, pressurized suit could theoretically keep a man comfortable at 80,000 feet. The plastic bubble enclosing the head has oxygen for breathing, a microphone and earphones for communication. A man can zip himself into the suit in two minutes...
...thrice-bombed B. F. Goodrich Co.'s Paris plant, now sweating out 500 tires a day, plans to double its output...
William O. Goodrich--Berta George (Radcliffe...
...Matter of Pride Los Angeles' rubber-tire industry had come to life again. Absenteeism, which had made the Firestone, Goodyear, U.S. Rubber and Goodrich tire plants production disappointments, was reported cut in one month from 12% to 3%. Production was up 50%. The apparent reasons: ¶ Tire workers had gone to work on a seven-day instead of a six-day-week (as part of a War Department-sponsored, four-month drive which began Jan. 1). ¶ The Germans' December breakthrough had revitalized complacent workers. ¶ The emergency furlough of 600 soldiers to fill in gaps...
...Goodrich, the civilians promised not to shave until the drive was over, shaved absentee civilians on their return to work and cut their trousers off at the knee-signifying an ignominious return to boy status. Workers at the U.S. Rubber plant chipped in to form a $10,000 pool, to be divided among workers in departments with the highest "presenteeism" rate...