Word: zr3
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...reason for the willingness of the Zeppelin interests to sell out arises from the fact that under the Treaty of Versailles the vast hangars and shops at Friedrichshafen must be razed as soon as the Navy ZR3 is completed. The reason for Goodyear's acquisition of the patents is to be found partly in the unprofitable character of the tire business at present, and partly because the American Company, as the nation's largest manufacturer of mechanical rubber goods, can undertake this branch of manufacturing on a large scale with existing equipment...