Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...group of amateur inventors in Washington, Pa. announced that they had finally found the right adhesive combination. Their new tire, which works by friction, seems to give better traction than snow tires based on a gripping action. The tire material, a mixture of rubber and abrasives, feels gritty, like fine sandpaper. Designed for year-round use, it works equally well on snow and ice in winter and on wet, slippery pavements in summer...
...Clarence and Lonnie Gapen, who run a paint & wallpaper business in Morgantown, W. Va. They worked on their tire formula for six years, recently perfected it with the help of the Andy Brothers Tire Shop in Washington. The abrasive material (a sawdust mixture) is mixed with recapping camelback (uncured rubber compound) under pressure, then applied to a tire by the usual molding process. The Gapen brothers claim that their tires will outlast ordinary ones. They have driven some of their recaps 9,500 miles...
...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...
...workers ran out no red carpets for them. Most of the soldiers were grass-green. They had to be taught tire-building work, but they received the prevailing wage scale for experienced workers in addition to their Army pay. Most of the civilians belonged to C.I.O.'s United Rubber Workers of America, while the soldiers were nonunion...
...Defense Plant Corp., Defense Supplies Corp., Rubber Reserve Co., Metals Reserve Co., War Damage Corp., Disaster Loan Corp., Federal National Mortgage Assn., RFC Mortgage...