Word: rubber
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seeing no use at the time for this "etheric force," forgot it until he sold his right to Marconi in 1903. A need was his cue to start working; as when his friend. Rubberman Harvey Firestone sent to Liberia for materials. Forthwith Edison started his last experiments: U. S. rubber production from golden...
...When the plane touched water after being lowered from the deck of the Hermes, the four-knot current swept the plane sidewise and tipped it until one wing went under and the plane tilted to about 90°. Mrs. Lindbergh attempted by pressing a lever to inflate a collapsed rubber life belt she was wearing. The belt failed to inflate and, appearing quite unperturbed, she followed the instructions of Colonel Lindbergh and dove into the water. . . ." (Consul General Walter Adams to the U. S. State Department...
...through a nozzle at the rear. On contact with the atmosphere, the liquid is changed to a cloudlike vapor. Under "unusual" atmospheric conditions, it is said, the tetrachloride joins with moisture in the air to form hydroscopic smoke particles containing hydrochloric acid which may damage leather or rubber compositions, bright dyes, cloth fabric other than wool. Chemical warfare experts of the Army stated that soldiers habitually handle Ti CL 4 without injury to hands or uniforms...
Steel, Copper, Rubber, Motors. Thus the greatest argument in U. S. business for the past year was settled. Many a potent industrialist is still against reductions, including President Walter Sherman Gifford of American Telephone & Telegraph who carries great weight on the U. S. Steel directorate. But with Steel taking the lead, other companies rushed to follow. Bethlehem Steel Corp. and Youngstown Sheet & Tube followed suit so precipitously as to suggest that they had settled the argument long ago, were merely awaiting a strong lead to follow. As more and more steel companies were added to the list, absences became conspicuous...
Companies in other industries jumped to take advantage of Steel's movement. General Motors Corp. knocked 10%-20% off the salaries of its 25,000 white-collar men. United States Rubber adopted a five-day week as its normal schedule -first step of its kind to be taken by a big U. S. corporation. U. S. Rubber salaries were reduced 1/11 in adjustment to the new schedule. Aluminum Co. of America, controlled by the Mellons, announced a 10% wage...