Word: goodyears
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Seiberling was once the president and life of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ; he was one of Akron's rubber barons...
...business depression which jostled William Crapo Durant out of General Motors jolted Frank A. Seiberling out of Goodyear. He retained his stock in the corporation, but had no money. As many men did, Edgar B. Davis knew of the wreckage; as few men did, he went to Mr. Seiberling's help. Together they formed the Prudential Securities Co. Mr. Davis put in $500,000 and guaranteed $5,000,000 of company pledges. To the Prudential Securities Co. Mr. Seiberling pledged his Goodyear stock and other personal assets, and thereby secured cash. Friend Davis in a corporate way had loaned...
With the "comeback" of the rubber industry, Prudential Securities has made money on the Goodyear and Seiberling rubber company stocks, which it held. But Prudential Securities was created to help Mr. Seiberling, not to profit. Therefore, slight Mr. Seiberling and bulky Mr. Davis met in the Cleveland lawyers' office last week and dissolved the company. This relieved Mr. Davis of his $5,000,000 guarantee and it repaid him his $500,000 cash. Mr. Seiberling and lawyers tried to persuade him to accept interest on his money. He refused. Said he: "Business is business, but friendship is also friendship...
...Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Miller Rubber...
...more bags dropped safely the second day. Farthest South (the race was for distance) finally dropped the Detroit, piloted by R. C. Hill and A. G. Schlosser, having floated some 800 miles. (Frenchman Bennaime's 1,358-mile float from Stuttgart to Moscow in 1920 remains the record). The Goodyear VI placed second, W. T. Van Orman piloting...