The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 33, No. 48 (November 29, 1944)

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j An Important Message !'. ! Reacl It With All Seriousness - Let's Heecl lti ·!
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Akron, Ohio, November 24, 1944 AKRON EDITION
DEAR FELLOW GOODYEARITE: ••OTSCT oua GOOD NA•S
I have just returned from Washington, where one of the
most serious production conferences since the war was held
by our government and army and navy officials.
Vol. 33 AKRON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1944 No. 48
Regardless of the production job that has been done,
and regardless of the fact that previous estimates of needs
now prove to be woefully inadequate, the plain facts are
that this war effort is being slowed up and the war pro­longed
if we don't get out a greater production of our war
products, particularly tires, tubes, bogey wheels and rims,
right now.
This is a real emergency. The chips are down. The big
push is on. We have a chance to clean 'em up, but our
chances are in danger, due to a lack of transportation.
Good Showing Is Made
In War Bond Campaign
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Most all supplies in all areas of operations have to be ! Two Pool Tables For Wounded Soldiers )
hauled long distances by trucks. They need more trucks
-and that takes more tires. There are not enough tires to
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ip the new trucks needed, and none of them can be
ipped with a spare tire.
On the famed Red Ball army truck route in France,
where supplies are hauled to the front, this line uses up
5,000 truck tires per day to keep the trucks rolling 24 hours
a day-and they are not getting them! This situation is
duplicated in Italy and elsewhere.
What we give them, starting now, and for the next
· three or four months, is going to tell the story. Tires a year
from now will be too late for today's battles.
Every mal?- and woman in Goodyear has a stake in this
fight. Our sons, daughters, friends, and over 20,000 of our
fellow Goodyear employes, are in it. We want them home
again, and we want peace and harmony.
Left to right: Burt Hissam, Mrs. Jess Miller, Mary Bartko
and Vic Paul.
Can the biggest and best rubber production organiza­tion
in the world do it? I think so. There is a big emergency
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ential left if we use it.
Let's stick to the job-we haven't the time to train new
employes.
Let's work every day we are called on, with unnecessary
absenteeism out of the picture for this fight.
Let's put out production- not for some hours, but for
every hour every day we are called on to do so.
In our hands rests the lives of many American boys.
Meter Borrowed
But Not Returned
Several weeks ago the paint
laboratory, chemical research,
loaned a crock meter to a Good­year
technical man whose iden­tity
is now a mystery. This in­strument
is used in determining
the amount of "color whip-off"
on any coated fabric material.
Sincerely,
Look For Big Crowd
Of Bingo Players
W. H. Lang, general chair­man
of the bingo party to be
given by the Goodyear 25-year
Club in Goodyear gymnasium
Saturday night, December 2,
said yesterday that reports he
has received indicate that the
big gym will be alive with de­votees
of the· popular game. The
fun is scheduled to start at 7 :30
Over the top in their effort to
raise $500 for the purchase of
two pool tables for wounded
boys hospitalized at Fletcher
General Hospital, a committee,
representing the Goodyear bowl­ing
leagues and Goodyear Fore­men's
Club, happily presented
the money to Mrs. Jess Miller,
EULA IS SPEAKER
Eula Porter Robins, Goodyear
dietician, was the main speaker
at the morning session of a
one-day convention of the Vir­ginia
State Dieticians' Associ­ation
in Richmond, Va., last
Friday. She became a member
of the association while a stu­dent
at Mary Washington Col­lege,
Fredericksburg, Va.
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j DO IT NOW! i
i Forty-five minutes of l
i your time may add forty- ~.
~ five years to man's life. l
t Make an appointment to- t i day with the Red Cross ;
.l· blood bank. The mobile i
blood bank unit will come t i to Akron for a two weeks' {
: stay, starting next Mon- l l day. t
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While the cost of the equip­ment
is small, to replace it is a
slow process. Since the need is
immediate, the borrower is
asked to return it at once to
M. J. Broggini, Room 237A, Re-o'clock.
B. R. Watson and Leonard
search Building. ·
"We have invested a lot 'of Kays, Dept. 425B, export ship­cash
in door prizes," said Lang, ping, and M. H. Meeker, gov­"
and I'm telling you they're ernment inspector, bagged sev­fine.
Winners of these prizes will eral fine pheasants while hunt­realize
that they have been ing near Findlay, 0., last week­awarded
something worthwhile.'' end.
director of the Akron USO.
The committee members pres­ent
at the presentation were
Burt Hissam, secretary of the
Materials League, which over­subscribed
its quota; Mary Bart­ko,
member of the Hep-Cat
League, first group to contrib­ute
to the fund, and Vic Paul,
president of the Goodyear Fore­men's
Club.
Former Balloon Room
Man In Real Actions
The excellent maintenance
work of Sergeant Frank Aling­ton
Lambright, Jr., assistant
crew chief, formerly of Dept.
180, balloon room, helped enable
his B-17 Flying Fortress to par­ticipate
in three consecutive at­tacks
on objectives in Celogne.
Sergeant Lambright's unit
was cited by the president for
its historic England-Africa shut­tle
bombing of Messerschmitt
aircraft plants at Regensburg,
Germany.
Frank has been in service two
and a half years, and attended
aircraft mechanic's school at
Keesler Field, Miss.
TOM CLARK HOME
Staff Sergeant Thomas
Cla'rk, son of Abe Clark, Dept.
843, mechanical goods merchan­dising,
who was home on a ten­day
furlough, has returned to
San Diego, Cal. Thomas for­merly
worked in Dept. 104B,
quality control. He is attached
to an amphibious division.
DEDUCTIONS ,.SAID
TO BE AHEAD OF
LAST LOAN DRIVE
However, Cash SalH Have lee11
La91l•9, Says Member Of
Committee 111 Char9e
Spurred by the knowledge that
their dollars for War Bonds are
sending bombs and bullets to
Tokyo and Berlin, Goodyearites
are making an impressive show­ing
in the Sixth War Loan cam­paign.
Reports from bond head­quarters
show that many de­partments
have already sub­scribed
their quota.
Members of the committee
feel that gestures such as that
of M. A. Thomas, Dept. 37 A,
cement house, will help put the
campaign over the top at Good­year.
As he paid cash for four
$100 bonds, Thomas said:
"I was in the navy and know
what our fighting men have to
face in this war. It's ju11t plain
hell out there on the fighting
fronts, and I believe we should
give every dollar we can to help
crush the enemy. If our boys
can give their lives, surely we
can lend our money."
Walter King, co-chairman of
the campaign, representing la­bor.
talked to a wounded marine
who had spent almost two years
in the jungles in the Southwes.t
Pacific. The marine, Walter re­lated,
had this to say about the
attitude of Americans toward
buying bonds:
If They Could See
"It is unbelievable that peo­ple
who walk in a free land, safe
from bullets a'nd bayonets in the
hands of slimy, sneaking Japs,
have to be persuaded to buy War
Ronds to help win this war. If
they could see the mud and
grime of those islands stained
with the blood of yound Ameri­can
boys, they would realize
that buyin~ bonds is a very
i:imall part rn this terrible figh't
for victory."
The Goodyear committee re­ports
that the percentage of in­creased
deductions is higher
than at any time during the
Fifth War Loan campaign, but
that cash sales have fallen off.
E. R. Wolfe, co-chairman of
the campaign for management,
had words of praise for the
workers who have helped their
departments attain their quotas.
But he urges all employes, both
in office and factory, to give
freely of their money in this
campaign.
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FITTING PROGRAM
MARKS REOPENING
OF GOODYEAR GYM
Talk By President Thomas, Big
Floor Show, Dancing, Plaque
Unveiling Features
Early last spring, Clif Slus­ser,
vice president, gave assur­ance
that the Goodyear gymna­sium
would be turned back to
employes and their families be­fore
the end of the year. That
promise was fulfilled last Fri­day
night, when upwards of
3,000 Goodyear and Aircraft
workers took part in a dance
and party in the big hall.
At noon Friday company offi­cials
and members of the Old
Guard met with the employes
activities committee to dedicate
a bronze plaque in honor of
Fred Colley, Harry Garman and
"Bill" Weis, whose work in nu­merous
activities of the com­pany
was outstanding. E. J.
Thomas, president, paid tribute
to the men whose names appear
on the plaque in the gymnasium,
and lauded those Goodyear vet­erans
who witnessed the cere­many
for their loyal and active
service. Also attending the pro­gram
were Clif Slusser, vice
president, and Fred Climer, as­sistant
to the president.
Starts With Dancing
The reopening party Friday
night started with dancing from
8 o'clock until 9, followed by a
fl oor show until 10. Appearing
on the program were Art Hill,
the tramp on the unicycle; the
Heiser Sisters, accordion artists,
and Vera Reese, acrobatic star.
Harold Nelson and his orches­tra
played for dancing, which
was resumed after the floor
show.
Friday's event gave workers
and their families an oppor­tunity
to visit all educational
and recreational facilities in
Goodyear Hall-the library, the
club rooms, the Industrial Uni­versity,
the theater, and many
others.
President E. J. Thomas ex­tended
a welcome to Goodyear­ites
and Aircrafters, expressing
the hope that all will enjoy to
the utmost the recreations and
pleasi:res of the gymnasium.
"Bid" Edmund, director of edu­cation
and recreation, announced
plans for the resumption of
basketball, shuffleboard, bad­minton,
volleyball and bait cast­ing.
Sculptor Ernst Is
Called By Death
Richard E'rnst, a sculptor who
worked for Goodyear last year,
building model forms for vari­ous
types of bullet-seal tanks,
died in Cleveland November 23.
Ernst, who started in archi­tectural
sculpture as a youth of
15, did most of the sculpturing
on the Breakers Hotel at Miami
Beach, Fla., the museum of Art
and Severance Hall in Cleve­land,
and did statues at Paines­ville
and Akron.
Goodyear's Alert ! magazine
for May, 1943, in a story cap­tioned,
"Veteran Sc u 1 pt or s
Model Axis' Defeat," related
the work Ernst and his asso­ciates
were doing in building
bullet-seal tanks.
Dick Monroe, Dept. 152A.
track tires, is back on the .iob
after spending a month at bis
home in Tennessee, where he
was call ed by illness in the fam­ily.
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Several members of the "Old Guard" with other veterans, were on hand Friday for the dedi­cation
ceremony in the gymnasium lobby. Goodyear veterans are, left to right: George Swartz,
Clara Bingham, C. N. "Jake" Ritter, E. J. Thomas, Clif Slusser, Ed Hippensteal, Al Cunnington
and Dwight Viers. They witnessed the unveiling of a plaque in honor of Harry Garman, Bill
Weis and the late Fred Colley, whose work in employes activities down through the years was
outstanding.
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:1 Marines Count On Goodyear To Keep Busy So I:
' Advance To Tokyo May Not Be Delayed, '
~ Says Officer In Telegram (
Washington, D. C., Nov. 24
To the Men and Women
Of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron, Ohio
Amphibian tractors have been an ace weapon of
the marines since the initial landings in the Solomons.
The LVTS have helped us storm enemy beaches in the
face of the heaviest fire and the most hazardous natural
obstacles. Without them such hard-won victories as
Tarawa, Marshalls, Saipan, Guam and Peleliu might have
been impossible.
The large number of LVTS lost in action and the
ever-increasing scope of our offensives against the Japs
demand maximum production of these craft.
The marines count on you to help send them more
LVTS with all possible speed in order that the advance
toward Tokyo may not be delayed.
A. A. VANDEGRIFT
General, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Yes, Sir, If Sheriff O'Neil Is Looking
For Good Man, We Suggest Mr. Dalrymple
If this item should come to
the attention of Sheriff Walter
O'Neil, Goodyear may lose an
employe in the per son of J. H.
Dalrymple, Dept. 611, general
accountmg.
"Dal" was driving his car di­rectly
back of that driven by A.
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~ Employes are needed to {
i fill jobs as referees, timers, 1:·
t and scorers for basketball f games to be played in I
1 Goodyear gym this season. )
t Those interested in referee- ! ! ing jobs are asked to con- I
1 tact John Dalrymple, Ext. l
' 519 at Plant 1 or at his t
( home, UN'-8418. Scorers {
1 and timers may call the 1·
! employes activities offices . l at Aircraft on Ext. 8108 I
l and at Plant 1 on house i
L phone 341. l
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0. Zimmerman on the night
" Zim's" car was struck head-on,
near City Hospital.
"Zim" was so severely injured
that he could not move, b1:.t
"Dal,'' seeing that the driver
who was responsible for the ac­cident
was trying to make a get­away,
gave chase and captured
the man in a yard on East Mar­ket
street, put the hammerlock
on his captive and delivered him
to the police.
It developed that the driver
who had tried to pull the hit­and-
run act was driving a stolen
car, and had been paroled but
a week previous.
So, "Dal" has the gratitude of
the police department, as well
as the satisfaction of knowing
he had captured the criminal
that sent "Zim" to a hospital
bed.
An employe of Goodyear nine­teen
years, "Dal" played base­ball
and basketball a number of
years before assuming the role
of umpire and referee of those
sports.
Melvin Choplick
Hospitalized For
Shrapnel Wounds
Melvin H. Choplick
Hospitalized somewhere in
Belgium, Pfc. Melvin H. Chop­lick,
formerly of Dept. 153, air­plane
tires, is recuperating from
shrapnel wounds in his fore­head.
Melvin has been in service
thirty-four months, and overseas
fourteen months. Wounded in
action November 3 in Germany,
he had previously seen one hun­dred
consecutive days of action
from Normandy to Aachen.
His motbe·r, Anna, works in
Dept. 146F, Pliofilm. He has an
aunt, Vera Ca1·l, in Dept. 119D,
tank inspection, and an uncle,
Joe Mayer, in Dept. 152A, truck
tires. His father, James, has
Q.een on the Akron police force
fifteen years.
"Will Help Lot In
Reaching Bond Goal"
"If every worker will buy a
$100 War Bond it will help a
lot in reaching the goal," said,
George Biddle, Dept. 271K Plio­film
sheets, Plant 2, who went
to his supervisor, Joe Ballard,
before the campaign was offi­cially
opened and "planked
down" the cash :!;or a $100 bond.
"We can't do too much for
our boys who are overseas,
fighting for us and risking their
all to bring about a victory for
the United Nations."
FOR 'DESERT SONG'
Choice Seats Wiii Be Hard To Get
By End Of This Week, So
Board Indicates
Interest is mounting to a high
pitch among Goodyear Tfre and
Goodyear Aircraft employes and
their families as the opening
night of the presentation of
Romberg's "The Desert Song'•
draws near, according to Bid
Edmund, director of employes
activities. The entire cast of
seventy persons is in readiness
for dress rehearsals next Mon­day
and Tuesday nights.
Choice seats for the operetta
will be at a premium by the end
of this week, the ticket board
shows. However, a number of
choice seats are still available
for the three performances on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights-December 7, 8 and 9.
Prices are $2, $1.50 and $1, ail
taxes included.
In the part of Captain Paul
Fontaine is Dale Knox, Aircraft
employe, a graduate of Vander­bilt
College. During his high
school and college days Dale
played opposite Dinah Sh ,
screen and radio star, in se
plays. He has done theater
in Nashville, Tenn., and was a
radio announcer there four
years.
Leads In Seven · Operas
Pete Walker, who plays the
part of Ali Ben Ali, is a native
of Flint, Mich., and has had two
years' radio experience. He won
an Atwater-Kent radio audition
and has had leads in seven
operas.
Marian Austin, a native of
Akron, bas the part of Clemen­tina,
a Spanish woman. She is
a graduate of Central High
School, won a vocal contest on
radio station WAKR and is
soloist at the Oak Hill United
Brethren Church.
Employes and their friends
wishing to attend any perform­ance
of "The Des.ert Song" may
purchase tickets at the Rel' le
Furniture Stores, 125 '1
Main street, and corner of t
Market street and Case avenue,
or at the employes activities of­ces
in Goodyear Hall or at Air­craft:
Two Sons Home For
Thanksgiving Dinner
Happiness abounded in the
Charles Grizer home last Thurs­day,
for two of Charles' sons,
both overseas for many months,
we're home to share· Thanksgiv­ing
dinner with their parents.
Private Fred Grizer, 29, bas
a medical di scharge because of
wounds.received in the battle for
Munda. He spent twenty-two
months in the Southwest Pacific.
His brother, Henry, is home on
a thii:.ty-day furlough, after be­ing
in England with the Sea­bees
fifteen months.
Charles, who works in Dept~
155C, bicycle tubes, has another
son, frivate• Carl Grizer, with
the infantry in France. Carl
formerly worked in Dept. 274
molded goods, Plant 2.
·BACK FROM SCHOOL
·non Hardman, formerly ir•
Dept. lllK, machine installa­tiort,
is at work in Dept. 705.
sales, having recently oomplete
his course of study at Mountai
State College in Parkersburg'.
W. Va. His sister, Dorothy
Wood, is an inspector, Dept.
156F, tubes.
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GOODYEAR WELL
REPRESENTED AT
MOFFETT FIELD
One Commander, Four Lleute-nant
Commanders, With More Than
Sixty Enlisted Men
One commander, four lieuten­ant
commanders and more than
sixty enlisted men, all former
Goodyearites, are serving in the
lighter-than-air navy at Moffett
Field, Calif.
Commander Verne Smith is
commanding officer of the head­QUarters
squadron. Lieutenant
Commanders R. H. Hohensack
and P. L. Dixon are attached to
that squadron. Lieutenant Com­mander
Jack Boettner is opera­tion
officer. Lieutenant Com­mander
Clyde E. Schetter is
public relations officer. All but
Schetter are former Goodyear
blimp pilots, and he might as
well have· been, having traveled
many thousands of miles with
the airship fleet prior to the
war.
The largest single group of
former Goodyearites come from
the balloon room, including J.
Beavan, R. T. Bickler, M. F.
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is, R. M. Cline, G. A. Cop­L.
F. Gillen, H. Gle·espen,
. Horn, R. D. Lewis, G. A.
Lucas, C. E. McGraw, M. L.
Miller, R. P. Morgan, G. H,
Muffley, K. Peterson, M. N.
Reese, R. L. Shultz, G. A. Sul­lenger,
G. P. Walls and K. W.
Weidner.
Wingfoot Lake alumni include
,J. P. Fisher, V. Miller Jr. and
J. Tymcio.
Other Goodyearites are J.
Batchik, W. E. Beers, R. W.
Bulgrin, J. H. Campbell, K.
Crutchley, J. P. Fisher, F. E.
Goudy, H. T. Greenwood, L. P.
Hartman, L. C. Hess, C. I. Hes­kett,
R. B. Holt, R D. Jones, W.
Martz, R. L. Moore, H. Mot­tinge
·r, E. E. Mulford, P. P. Por­fido,
~· C. Ramsey, W. E. Ram­sey,
A. Ripp, W. A. Roos. E. L. i er, A. P. Salopok, W. L.
ers, G. W. Snidle, K. M.
· . hn and J. S. Wilson
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Randall Kline
R. G. "Whitie" McCune, first
shift foreman in Dept. 180, bal­loon
room, has started his
Christmas shopping early be­cause
this year he has an excuse
for buying "that train" and
other toys. The excuse is Ran­dall
"Rannie" Kline, his eight­month-
old grandson.
Randall's fath er, Pr i vat e
Ralph Kline, who worked on the
production squadron, is an army
engineer in North Africa.
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Glenn S. Fulton
Glenn S. Fulton, air rigge·r
third class at Richmond, Fla.,
says he likes Florida, especial­ly
in the winter season. He for­merly
worked in Dept. 180, bal­loon
room, on third shift, which
gave him an opportunity to at­tend
school in daytime.
Glenn left for the service in
July, 1943. He was home in
September. His mother, Goldie
M. Fulton, is employed in Dept.
275, hose. Glenn is a graduate
of Springfield High School. He
says he'll be glad when the war
is over, so he can return to
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Bliss Owens
Many employes in Dept. 180,
balloon room, will remember
Bliss Owens as one of their for­mer
associates. He is now a pri­vate
in the army in France.
Bliss has been overseas fom·
months, and writes that he is
looking forward to the time
when he can return to his job
at Goodyear . .
The young private's father,
C. D. Owens, works in Dept.
271C, V-belts, and has eleven
years of Goodyear service.
Yes, Bill Needs
Good Alarm Clock
The early morning antics of
Bill Bean, Dept. 425B, export
shipping, are a constant source
of amusement. Fellow workers
swear that Bill's shoes are never
tied when he boards the bus,
and that on a recent rainy morn­ing
he climbed on in his stock­ing
feet, carrying a shoe in
either hand.
Bill blames all his troubles
to the fact that there is an
alarm clock shortage.
DAY SATURDAY
Amon9 Pro9ram Features Is An
Address By Goodyear
President Thomas
E. J. Thomas, Goodyear presi­dent,
addressed a group of sev­eral
hundred supervisional em­ployes
in Goodyear Theater Sat­urday
night, toplighting a day
of entertainment sponsored by
the Goodyear Foremen's Club.
The president told supervi rors
and 'foremen of Goodyear Tire
and Goodyear Aircraft that they
had done a good job in the pro­duction
of war materials, but he
emphasized that victory may be
a long way off.
"The urgent demand for tires
and tubes bv our military forces
requires the concentrated efforts
and skill of all workers," said
the executive, who was reluctant
to elaborate on postwar plan­ning,
in view of the present cri­sis,
but gave assurance that
Goodyear products will play an
important part in a world at
peace. He told his audience that
there are 104,000 persons em­p
I oyed by Goodyear in the
United States, and he outlined
the important war jobs being
done both here and in foreign
countries.
The play day started at 10
o'clock, when all Goodyear Hall
facilities were available to mem­bers
of supervision. Free lunch
was served at noon and in the
evening, and cards were played
in the men's community rooms.
Selections by the Goodyear
Youth Band, under the direction
of Carl Wiland, featured a pro­gram
in the theater, where mov­ing
pictures were shown in the
afternoon and evening.
A. F. Willis was general chair­man.
Vic Paul was executive
committee chairman.
Home On Crutches
For Thanksgiving
Private Carl Wooley, 23,
wounded in France and now
undergoing treatment in Fletch­er
Gene·ral Hospital at Cam­bridge,
0., was given a Revera!
days' leave to permit him to be
with relatives in Akron over the
Thanksgiving holiday. He hob­bled
into The Clan office on his
crutches and wearing a smile,
he said: "Here I am, still in the
ring."
Carl was inducted on Septem­ber
19, 1942. He was overseas
about ten months. In the Amer­ican
push toward Brest he was
wounded in the left leg. He was
hospitalized in England pre­vious
to being sent to the States.
He says the doctors have in­formed
him that he may have
to stay at Cambridge for treat­ment
until about February 15.
Carl was employed in Dept
181, fuel tanks, Plant 1. He had
little time to visit friends on
his Thanksgiving leave but he
says he expects a furlough about
December 15, and "then I'll hob­ble
around to see old friends,"
said Carl. He r eceived The Clan
each week while· overseas and
says "it sure was a very wel­come
visitor."
PLANS TO RETIRE
Having completed twenty-five
years' service, William Baird,
Dept. lllK, maintenance, is
planning to retire. He was hon­or
ed at a farewell party the
other day and received several
gifts. He says he intends to
"take life easv and putter about
his house and garden."
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Glenn M. Keck
Anxiously awaiting delivery
of each edition of The Clan,
Glenn M. Keck, formerly of
Dept. 835, office print shop,
says that he "would rather have
something to read than some­thing
to eat."
A graduate of Hower Trade
School, Glenn has been in serv­ice
ten months. Although in the
navy, he is attached to the ma­rines
as a corpsman and lands
with them. He is stationed
somewhe're in the Southwest
Pacific. Glenn's father, Ralph
Keck, works in Dept. 160, fin­ishing
solid tires.
More Honors Heaped
Upon John Bastion
From an air force bomber
station in England The Clan has
been advised that First Lieuten­ant
John M. Bastion, 29, pilot
of a B-17 Flying Fortress, has
been awarded the third oakleaf
cluster to the Air Medal for
meritorious achievement in
bombing attacks on vital Ger­man
industrial targets and on
Nazi airfields, supply dumps
and gun emplacements in sup­port
of advances by ground
forces of the Allies.
Lieutenant Bastion is a mem­be'r
of the Flying Fortress group
which led the first American
bombing attack on targets in
Berlin.
Presentation was made by
Colonel Karl Truesdell Jr.,
group commander.
The lieutenant was employed
in the gas mask development
department. He came to Good­year
in June, 1938, and left to
join the service in 1941.
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{ DIXON IS REPORTED i
' MISSING IN ACTION l
Ii Reported missing in ac- !• i tion on his sixth raid over '
· the Burma front, Corporal
( George W. Dixon, 20, for- i merly in Dept. 274, molded
· goods, Plant 2, was en-
( gineer gunner on a B-25.
( He had been based in India.
1 He is the son of George R.
! Dixon, Dept. 162, acces-
;• sories, Plant 1.
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While home on a fifteen -day
furlough from Aberdeen, Md.,
where he is stationed with an
o'rdnance division, Private Ger­ald
Gostlin enjoyed several good
,l!'olf matches with his fath er,
Earl Gostlin, Dept. 232B, mill
room, Plant 2.
LAKEHURST BASE
Others Scattered In Airship Navy,
With ·Manv Stationed At
Miami, Florida
More than fifty former Air­crafters
and Goodyearites are
now in the navy at the big
blimp base at Lakehurst, N. J.,
according- to a list just made up
by Art Siever, field service man
there.
Highest ranking are Com­mander
C. W. Stacy and Lieu­tenant
Commander Art Sewell,
former blimp pilots, the former
being production superintendent
and Sewell commanding officer
of the headquarters squadron.
Other officers are Lieutenant
Commander F. A. Petrie, public
relations officer for the station;
Lieutenant Ollie Hess, experi­mental
pilot, and Ensign H. W.
Smith from GAC engineering
and Ensign Charles Walker
from GAC materials. Lieuten­ant
(j.g.) E. H. Cusworth, for­merly
with Goodyear service,
Newark, is also at Lakehurst.
Among the enlisted men,
Wingfoot Lake is represented
bv V. D. Beck, J. E. Butler, G.
P. Carney and P. V. Moore; the
balloon room by M. Abramovitz,
H. Abson and H. P. Gallagher.
Other Wingfoot alumni are
scattered all through the "Air­ship
Navy," with a large num­ber
at the Miami base.
Commanders John Rieker and
Verne Smith, formerly at Lake­hurst,
are now commanding of­ficers
of headquarters squad­rons
at Richmond, Fla., and
Moffett Field, Calif., respec­tively.
Other former Aircrafters and
Goodyearites at Lakehurst are:
C. W. Akers, C. H. B.arnes, A.
F. Bielarczyk, P. P. Davis, D.
M. Gates, D. Greenfield, D. M.
Grenzow, P. Guido, L. R. Haff­ner,
C. W. Hagans, R. W. Higy,
D. W. Hoerger, H. W. Holbrook
Jr., C. T. Ingersoll, R. L. Lohr,
H. McLain, R. J. Miller, P. V.
Moore, F. A. Osterlund, F. C.
Pinto, A. J. Procaccio, R. D.
Ralston, R. S. Salzer, T. Shu­bert,
C. G. Smith, W. M. Tra­wick,
L. R. Weber, K. F. White,
D. L. Wolfe, P. E. Britton, J.
Varvaro, H. L. Hugill, Frank
Cardina, Fred Constantine, J.
C. Lilly, P. C. Morrow, C. T.
Rooney, Benny Semchuck and
F. T. Sims.
First Aid Classes
For Women Held On
Thursday Evenings
The Summit county chapter
of the American Red Cross has
scheduled first aid classes for
women to be held Thursday eve­nings
from 7:30 to 9:30 at Red
Cross relief headquarters, 82
South High street.
The first session will he held
Thursday evening, November
30. and will continue for the
following seven Thursdays.
There is no charge for in­struction.
Textbooks and ban­dages
will be on sale at the
fir st session, the total cost being
only 75 cents.
This women's class will be
conducted by Thomas ShP.pherd,
a well-qualified volunteer first
aid instructo'r. Registrations
may be made by calling the Red
Cross first aid department, JE-
6131.
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JUST CHAT
Dept. 106A, fabric inspection,
presented Betty Manderbach.
supe'rvisclr, with a bottle of
cologne and a set of lingerie on
her birthday recently. She treat­ed
by handing out candy.
* * *
Louise McShaffrey, D e pt.
106A, fabric inspection, had as
her Thanksgiving dinner guest
her grandson, Bill Davidson of
Lakewood, 0.
* * ~I
Ann Heberling, Dept. 106A,
fabric inspection, bade her sis­ter,
Josie Johnson of Thief River
Falls, Minn., goodbye last week.
Josie spent five weeks in Ak­ron
with Ann.
* * *
Lucile Gaynor, Dept. 152F,
stock preparation, h back at
work, after being out more than
a week with "flu."
i:: * *
Mary Young and her husband,
Odell, have purchased a new
home at 1289 Ottawa way. They
plan to move in nex,t week, and,
says Mary, "We hope many of
our friends will call to visit us."
* * * Luevadore Miller, Dept. 156E,
tube room, says she is planning
to have her Thanksgiving feast
when her nephew, Pfc. John L.
Yawn, overseas two years with
the marines, is home this week.
John lived with her several years
before entering service.
• * *
Nellie Griffiths, Dept. 156E,
tube room, visited in Chicago
over the week-end with her son,
who is stationed at the Chicago
Navy Pier.
* * * Rub:v McCutcheon, formerly
Ruby Harmon, Dept. 180, bal­loon
room, has returned from a
visit with her husband, Wilbur
Mccutcheon, seaman second
class, stationed in Chicago.
* * * Ruth Reese, Dept. 155B, bi ­cycle
tires, was surprised with
a "hankie" shower on her birth­day
recently.
* * *
Manv girls of Dept. 156F,
tubes, have been visiting Mayme
Rightmire, formerly of the tube
room, who is in City Hospital ,
recuperating from an operation.
* * *
Eva Hutchison, Dept. 155B,
bicycle tires, was honored with
two parties on her birthday lai;;t
week. The girls of Dept. 155B
gave her a birthday dinner.
complete with a huge cake and
all the trimming·s, and the Dept.
155C Birthday Club gave her a
pair of earrings and several
"hankies."
* * *
Lottie Epperson, Dept. 155C,
bicycle tubes, is displaying a
diamond ring which she received
as a birthday present. A party
was given in her honor by her
sister.
* * *
Lily Crouch, Dept. 155B. bi­cycle
tires, has returned from
Galesburg, Ill., where she vis­ited
Harry Schrader, a family
friend. Hany, formerly in Dept.
381, bullet-seal tanks, Plant 3,
is recuperating in the Gales­burg
Hospital from wounds re­ceived
while in France.
* * * Margaret Campbell, Dept.
155B, bicycle tires, attended the
funeral of her brother-in-law in
Newark, 0., last week.
Kay Marrin in compound development
Several years ago a woman
would hardly be considered for
a position in compound develop­ment,
yet today Kay Marrin is
handling compounding work of a
technical nature.
It is Kay's job to prepare com­pounding
formulas for the test­mg
laboratory. Then after a se­ries
of tests has been run in the
Jab, Kay gathers together the
results and writes a comprehen­sive
report. These reports indi-
A new bundle of joy has
arrived in the home of Squire
Edwin Shaver, Dept. 73, hose.
The new little miss has been
named Beverly Jean. She has
three sisters.
* * *
A chubby baby boy, Earl Jr.,
beat Santa to the Earl Ridenour
home by exactly a month. Earl
Sr., Dept. 195E, :power trucking,
has one other child, Nancy Lou,
two years old.
* * *
William F. Cash, Dept. 156E,
tubes, is beaming over the birth
of his first granddaughter. The
little girl, born on November 22.
is the daughter of Private and
Mrs. Merle Cash. Her daddy got
home on furlough from Lake
View, Texas, just a few hours
before the mite of humanity ar­rived.
* * *
Carl W. Long, Dept. 241A
stock preparation, Plant 2, and
his wife are convinced that they
got the world's nicest pre­Christmas
present when a new
baby daughter, Dorothy Irene,
arrived the other day to spend
the holidays \'?ith them. They
have one other child, Kathryn
Louise, ten years old.
cate the areas in which further
corrections are needed, and point
out a valuable improvement
when one appears.
Kay, who majored in mathe­matics
in college, has a master
of arts degree from Columbia
University. She calls New Ro­chelle,
N. Y., home, and before
coming to Akron she taught for
a short time in New York
schools.
Realizing the essential role of
Lowell Swearingen, D e pt.
211K, engineering, has a new
baby daughter, Carole Susan.
Carole has a sister, Delores
Jean, five and a half years old,
and a half brother, Lowell Jr.,
seaman first class in the coast
guard.
* * *
Evelyn Marie, baby daughter,
just left by the stork in th.i
home of Bruce J. Carey, Dept.
119C, final inspection, has five
brothers and three sisters and
all are waiting anxiously for
Santa Claus, says Bruce. The
family plans to hang a baby
sock for Evelyn alongside the
bigger stockings of her broth­ers
and sisters.
* * *
The Christmas celebration
in the home of Samuel Edge
Campbell. manager of materials
and stores, Rubber ReservP. Cor­poration,
will center ab o u t
Laura Jane, the Campbell's only
child, a new arrival.
* • •
Pfc. and Mrs. John Marshall
have announced that a little
son, John Jr., has arrived to
help celebrate the Christmas
season. Pfc. Marshall and his
wife, Ann, formerly worked in
Dept. 180, balloon room. John
Jr. is their first child.
* * * Ruth Artz, whci worked in
Dept. 182F, balloon room, but
is on leave of absence, has a
baby boy. Her husband is in the
army air defense service and
left for overseas before the
baby was born.
Kay's favorite portrait
the rubber industry in the war
effort, Kay came to Goodyear
more than a year ago because
she felt that her services could
be put to more essential use
here during wartime than in any
other spot.
Kay's husband, Major Charles
A. Marrin, is overseas with a
medical detachment. Until his
return Kay intends to continue
in her present work.
Treats Friends To
35-Pound Cake As
She Says Farewell
All of Dept. 384, Airfoam
finishing, participated in a
farewell party for Florence
Terbovich, who is leavinir to
devote her full time to her
household duties.
A big cake, which Florence
baked herself, was the aen­ter
of attention. It weighed
thirty-five pounds, and was
sixteen inches in diameter
and sixteen inches high.
Decorated with pink and
white icing, it carried the in­scription
"Farewell To Pals
Of 384."
- how Mrs. Mutz paid me a
compliment on my hat at the
Red Cross meeting last Friday?
Well, I asked her how she
liked my hat and I told her my
husband bought it for me on my
birthday, when I was forty. She
l'emarked that it certainly has
worn well.
It's not over over there, so
let's buy War Bonds!
Martina Kindberg
Is New President
Of Wingf oot Girls
Martina Kindberg was elect­ed
president of the Wingfoot
Girls at the club's annual
Thanksgiving dinner on Novem­ber
21. Other executives elected
were May Holmes, first vice
president; Elizabeth Catlett, sec­ond
vice president; Leota Mc­Kenzie,
recording secretary;
Florence Holtz, corresponding
secretary, and Cleo Shumway.
treasurer.
Plans have been made to en­tertain
thirty-five teen-age girls
from the Children's Home at a
Christmas party on December
13. The Wingfoot Gi'rls will pro­vide
entertainment and refresh­ments,
and hang a gift on the
tree for each girl from the
home.
The club made arrangements
to supply the Children's Home
with ice cream on Sundays dur­ing
the next three or four
months.
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Winifred Petty
Winifred Petty, who was em­ployed
in Dept. 615, sales ac­.
counting, Plant 3, four years, is
~t Hunter College, New York
City, taking boot training as a
WA VE. Winifred is the daughter
of L. T. Petty, Dept. 144, air­bags,
a ·Goodyear thirty-year
man.
A farewell party was given for
Winifred and Wilma "Jerry"
Jarrett, formerly of Dept. 379F,
inflatable boats. Following a
chicken dinner at the Bubble
Club, the group danced at the
Moose Club.
NUPTIAL KNO'f TIED
At a twilight ceremony at 5
o'clock in the United Brethren
Church last Wednesday, Ensign
Rex Conners Jr., formerly in
Dept. 275C, hose room, Plant ~ .
and Becky Timms, an Akron
girl, were married. Ensign Con­ners
is the son of Rex Conners,
Dept. lllF, blacksmith shop.
"The y'r e my inspiration,"
chuckled Chauncey A. Zimmer­man,
Dept. 150A, truck tires, as
he gazed admiringly at the at­tractive
pin-up pictures on the
wall near his machine. "When I
get tired, I sneak a peek at my
pictures, and, zoom, I have
enough pep to turn out tires
almost twice as fast as before."
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TH~¥00T CLJ\N
. '\ AKRON EDITION =
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MARK L. FELBER
Vol. 33
Published Weekly in the interest of Goodyear Employee
Offices on Second Floor, Goodyear Bank Building
Phones- Bell Extension 575-House 828
Wednesday, November 29, 1944
EDITOR
No. 48
SO MANY THINGS WE CAN POINT TO
AND SAY: "THAT'S AMERICA"
Question: "If you can take a
trip after the war, where would
you like to go?"
Dan Huff, Dept. 152A, truck
tires: "I was in France during
the other war, and I'd like to
return to revisit some of the
places I saw then."
ON NOVEMBER 7 a national election was held.
Everybody is aware of that. It was an outstanding r.-. .. -. .. ._..-. .. -. .. -. .. -. .. -. .. -. .. -. .. -..-. .. ._..-. .. ._..-. .. -. .. -. .. ._. .._ . .._ ..,
situation-choosing a COU?try's leader in th~ midst of ' ! Tales oif the Clan bv Q l
Marie Carter, Dept. 162, ac­cessories~
"A trip to the West
would be my choice. I'd like to
see Grand Canyon, the Rocky
mountains and the Padfic
a World War. But when it was over we agam became · .J , coast."
just ordinary citizens of the United States-all animos- i-. .. -. .. -. .. -...-. . ._ .. -:._ . .-. .. -. .. -. . ._ . ._.._ .. .. ··-··--.-. .. -. .. -. .. -..r
ity vanished as our people realized that time is ST. THOMAS Hospital THEY were .ne~rer. a phone
h • * •
Paul Cox, Dept. 156F, tubes:
"There are a lot of places I'd
like to go, but, more than any­thing
else, I want to visit Colo­rado
and see the Will Rogers
Memorial. My brother saw it.
He says it is wonderful."
precious, much remains to be done, and the years a ead
are challenging. So it was simply a matter of girding MATERNIT; !"a~d calling
ourselves for the problems of the future, knowing to- so came the call last week
morrow is another day-and the slogan was "Let's get * * •
on with the war." TO Billy Wr·igl\:t.'s desk
THAT'S AMERICA! • • "' * * * AN Aircrafter's wife
On November 11 the nation observed Armistice "' * * I , .not in the usual sense but with sleeves rolled up NEEDS a t~an~fu~on
war plants humming to turn out munitions, tanks, BLOOD type 2A
es, ships, planes and guns to defeat ruthless foes who "' * "'
would wrap the cloak of slavery and degradation about IT'S emergency
a troubled world. • • •
THAT'S AMERICA! AND almost instantly
* * * On November 20 the Sixth War Loan campaign was
launched, to raise billions of dollars to continue sending
supplies and equipment to our boys in the far-flung
reaches of the earth. So, we began to dig down deep
into our pockets, just as we did in the five previous loan
"drives." No fancy words or glamorized appeal were
necessary to inspire us to do that, for we know that the
more War Bonds we buy, the sooner our Goodyear boys
and millions of others will come home, when we can look
them squarely in the eye and say: "We did our best for
you while you were doing- your best for us."
THAT'S AMERICA!
* • *
•
On November 23 we observed Thanksgiving Day.
ctory wheels didn't cease turning but we didn't over­look
the giving of thanks for good health which enables
us to stay on the job; for the valor, bravery, stamina
and self-sacrifice of the millions of men and women in
our armed forces; for the safety of our children who
can look aloft at a flying plane without fear; for the
right and privilege to speak and vote and worship as we
please.
THAT'S AMERICA!
* * * On November 27 Christmas seals were received in
countless homes throughout the nation, those stamps in
the Akron area coming from the Summit County Tu­berculosis
Association, to which remittances are to be
made. Nothing makes a more fitting decoration for
envelopes, gifts and cards than these little seals, which
inidicate that the user is a thoughtful person, one who
has the interests of family and fellow men at heart.
The more seals we buy, the more service can be given in
the broad onslaught against the dread disease of tu­berculosis.
Certainly everywhere the Christmas seal
project will be accorded magnificent support.
THAT'S AMERICA!
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~ JOE DOAKES SAYS:. ~
{ ' ~ 'kJJuu,,, d.o.meone comes to me and l
: asks how many persons he should invite to his {
1 wedding, I tell him to invite as many as he pleases ;
I but to confine the list to married people, because : l then the presents would be clear profit. (
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THE word went out
* * *
OVER the loud speaker
* * *
TO all plants
* * ...
AND men dropped their tools
* * *
HURRIED to the phone • * ...
AND in just eight seconds
* * •
THE first call came in
* * *
THEN a second and a third
* * •
AND after that the lines
* * •
WERE jammed
* * *
AND the first volunteers
* * ...
A GIRL and two men
* * •
WERE in a police car • * ...
ON the· way to the hospital
* * •
BEFORE the calls stopped
* * ...
AND late that afternoon
* * ...
ST. THOM:AS called again
* * ...
YOU might like to know
* * •
THE nurse repo1·ted
* * •
THAT the little mother
* * •
IS going to pull through
* * ...
AND I'm sure her husband
• * *
OUT on the South Pacific
* * * WILL be grateful
* * •
SO here's a message
* * •
TO that sailor husband
* * * CARE Fleet Post Office
* * ...
YOU'LL want to thank
* * ...
YOUR fellow Aircrafters
* * ...
BUT you can't do it
* * ...
THEY'LL say it was luck
THAN fifty other people
* * •
AND anyhow, sailor
* * •
REMEMBER Lloyd
story
* * ...
Douglas'
ABOUT the· man who had
* * ...
A MAGNIFICENT obsession
* * *
WHICH was that in such cases
* * ...
YOU didn't thank people
* * ...
BUT you did something
* * ...
FOR somebody else
* * ...
SO YOU might ask God
* * •
FOR clear vision • * ...
AND steady fingers
* * ...
SO that some day ... * ...
WHEN you're aiming a gun
* * •
OR HANDLING the controls
* * •
OF boat or plane
... * •
YOU'D have the chance * ... •
TO DO something which
• * ...
WOULD bring safely home
...... ...
OTHER Aircrafters' husbands • * ...
THAT would. b e the best ... . OF all possible ways
* * ...
OF saying .........
I THANK YOU
Bessie Ford, Det>t. 119D, final
inspection: "I'd like to go to
Washington, D. C., and then to
Florida. I've traveled in many
states, but I've never seen
Florida. I'd enjoy seeing Wash­ington
because of its historical
significance."
Robert Kesler, Dept. 152B,
truck tire pret>aration: "For me
it will be 'California, here I
come' when the war is over. I
have a son there, and, although
I've visited him twice, I want
to go again."
Mark Hopkins, Dept. 180, bal­loon
room: "Three months in
Florida, swimming, sleeping in
the sun, and fishing, would suit
me just fine. I hope I can go to
Florida when the war is over."
Ruth Radekin. Dept. 180, bal­loon
room: "I'd like to travel
through France and Germany.
I have friends fighting over
there now, and I'd like to see
the spots which our bovs are
now keeping in the headlines."
Ray Dilwort. Dept. 162, acces­sories:
"I'd like to go to the
state of Washin11:ton, traveling
with a trailer and taking as long
as I want. I think it would be
grand to go by way of the
Southwest, then up the Pacific
coast and home by way of Can­ada."
Roy Humphrey, Dept. 15.GF,
tubes: "An automobile trip to
California would be what I'd
like. I know I could spend six
enjoyable weeks just looking at
the scenery."
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0 . Lau9h And The World Lau9ha t
ne Sunday mornmg, after t With Youi WHp And You ~
Mrs. Brown's husband had en- L WHp Alone !
teretd the natvy,, sth~ gahve her .. -. .. - •• ._..._..._. • ._.._ •• ._ •• ._....J
pas or a no e JUS as e was
mounting the· pulpit. The note Just given the Dlstlngulehed Service
Sal'd •. Medal, a soldier was asked what his
wl re thought of t he decoration.
"Tom Brown, having gone to " She doesn't know I got It," was
sea, his wife desires the pray- the r eply. " It isn't my turn to write.''
ers of the congregation for his • • •
safety." " I wlah I could," •hthed the
T atout lady, ruefully, H the saze• he minister picked up the at the alsn over the meat eounter:
slit> in haste and read aloud: "Give Your Fat to Uncle Sam.''
"Tom Brown, having gone to • • •
see his wife, desires the pray- Papa and Mama were arguing
ers of the congregation for hi's whether their daughter should make
a war marriage. ..There's plenty of
safety." time," snld Papa, "let her wait until
the right man comes along." "Why
1.-What and where is West
Point?
2.-Who wrote "Snowbound"?
3.- Who wrote many Psalms?
(Answers on laet page)
5hould she ?" said Mama. "I didn't.'' '
• • •
If you 1ee a woman moiden her
llpa while readlntr a non l you may
know that the hero and heroine
are about to kl11 • • •
A letter arrived nt home from the
boy in camp : "Dear Dad: "J..,et's hear
fr"m you more often, even If It's only
five or t en dollars.''
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ARMY ·NAVY "E"
AWARD IS GIVEN
GADSDEN PLANT
Mayor Sets Aside Special Day In
Honor Of Big Event; Very
Impressive Program
Goodyear's ninth Army-Navy
"E" flag for production excel­lence
was awarded last week to
the tire plant in Gadsden, Ala.,
in one of the briefest, yet most
impressive, ceremonies of this.
kind ever held in the South.
Army and navy speakers paid
high tribute, in makini; the
presentation, to Goodyear s rec­ord
of war production through­out
all the company's domestic
plants, as- well as in the Gads­den
.tire iplant.
Major General Harry F. Haz­lett,
commanding general of the
headquarters replacement and
school command, Birmingham­one
of the highest ranking of­ficers
ever to participate in such
ceremonies in the South-pre­sented
the "E" flag to Good-.
year President E. J. Thomas
and to R. W. Maney, Gadsden
superintendent until his recent
transfer to superintendent of
Plant No. 1 in Akron.
A. C. Michaels, who succeeded
Maney, was master of cere­monies
and introduced t h e
speakers.
The speakers included, in ad­dition
to Thomas and Maney,
Goodyear Vice President Clif
Slusser, Lieutenant Commander
H. P. Michiels, U. S. navy, Mo­bile,
a veteran of Pearl Harbor,
and C. M. Gibbs, co-chairman of
the plant's labor-management
committee, who accepted token
"E" pins from Commander Mi­chiels
on behalf of the Gadsden
plant's nearly 4,000 employes.
Many Visitors
Gadsden visitors for the "E"
flag presentation included Her­bert
Tutwiler, head of the U. S.
army ordnance office in Bir­mingham;
Brigadier General
Haig Shekarian, commandant at
nearby Camp Sibert; Joe Mayl,
Goodyear vice president in
charge of the tire department;
W. S. Wolfe, factory superin­tendent,
and others. On the
speakers' platform for the "E"
presentation also were manv
city and county officials, headed
by Gadsden's mayor, J. Herbert
Meighan, who previously had
proclaimed the date as "Good­year
Day" throughout Gadsden
as part of the "E" flag celebra­tion.
General Hazlett, in making
the "E" flag presentation, tem­pered
his high praise of Good­year's
war achievements with a
warning that still greater tire
production is needed to end the
war successfully.
·"Tires are just as necessary
to our. armed forces," said the
general, "as · the weapons with
which we fight," and· this native
of Ohio and veteran of three
wars emphasized to the Gads­den
workers that "modern war
depends as much on industry as
on the men who do the fighting.
Only by the combined efforts of
all of us can the final victory
be .assured." .
An Auspicious Occasion
President Thomas, whose ap­pearance
before the employes
was greeted by a spontaneous
ovation, described th e "E"
award ceremony as "our most
auspicious occasion in Gadsden
since we opened this plant in
1929."
Vice President Slusser echoed
President Thomas' high praise
of the Gadsden plant and its
employes with a statement that
"our selection of Gadsden as
the site for this plant was a
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to right: Floyd G. Thornberry, Joseph S. Bowman, Sam .M. Davenport, R. S.
Ferguson, Harvey Benham, William Kuethe, Robert M. Goodwin and James W. Shircliff; seated,
C. L. Kysor, Samuel Kysor, Thomas McDonley, Paul Lomen and Arch F. Reed.
A dozen Goodyear employes,
who have served the company
for a quarter of a century, re­ceived
their diamond-studded
pins and the usual cash awards
in the office of Clif Slusser, vice
president, last Wednesday after­noon.
C. L. Kysor, who completed
twenty-five years of service in
September, and received his pin
at that time, is shown beside his
brother in the picture.
Following are short sketches
of the latest 25-year group:
Floyd G Thornberry, Dept. 122, un­load
ing and stornge, was born in J eru­salem,
0 .. on March 17, 1897. He is
married. owns his home and has a
ni11e-year-old dnughter.
Joseph Bowman, Dept. UOX, e n­gineering
staff, was born in Watel'loo,
Ind.. on March 20, 1896. He was a
member of the signal corps during
WorM War I. " Joe" is married, lives
at 1466 Oakwood avenue and ha• a
daughter, nnd a son who is a captain
in the Ei ghth air force in England.
Sam M. Davenport, Dept. 116, power
house, was born ·in Baltimore, Md., on
J a nuary 13. 1897. He was a sergeant
in World War I and spent ten months
in England and France. Sam is ma r­ried,
owns his home at 379 Ido avenue
and has two sons, one i'll the army in
India and the other in the navy.
R. S. Ferl'U&on, Dept. UOX, ne­g
in eering staff, was born in Pitts­burg-
h, Pa., on June 25, 1891. He was
in ' officers training school durini:? World
War I. He is married and lives at
1118 Chest·nut boulevard.
James W. Shirclifl', Dept. 120 re­ceiving
room. was born in Botland,
Ky., on October 2. 1900. He is mar­ried,
owns his home nt St. Joseph , 0. ,
and has two sons and two daughters.
One son is Rn ensigq in the navy in
the Southwest Pacifi c, and the other
is in the medical corpe in France .
Robert M. Goodwin, Dept l llB,
molds and cores, wae born In Drew
county on October 28, 1887. He le
married. owns his home at 273 East
Park boulevard and haa one daughter
and two sons.
Paul Lomen, Dept . 134, liner room,
was borrr in Yugoslavia on J anuary
No Home In Gotham,
Returns To Akron
If you're one· of the Goodyear­ites
searching unsuccessfully
for a place to live, cheer up.
Larry T. Purdy, Dept. 611, gen­eral
accounting, claims that
there are places where houses
are even harder to find than in
Akron. A Joyal New Yorker,
Larry was thrilled when he was
transferred to New York from
Akron, but his happiness didn't
last. He and his wife searched
the city for a home, gave up in
despair after two weeks and
moved back to Akron.
decision of which we are ex­tremely
proud."
The 154th Army Ground
Forces Band from Fort McClel­lan
gave a concert in advance
of the ceremony as well as par­ticipating
in the ceremony.
25, 1886. He is married, owns hi,.
home a t- 1489 Huguelet street and has
two children , a daughter who works
nt Aircraft nnd a son in the Ninth air
fo1·ce in France.
Arch F. Reed, Dept. 141, stock prep­aration,
was born in Exchange, Mo. ,
on Jnnuary 11. 1898. He is married,
owns hi !'I home in THllmadge and has
two children.
Thomas McDonley, Dept. 271D, v­belts,
was born in Louisville, Ky., on
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Louis Toth
Louis Toth, Dept. 291A, jan­itors
and elevators, received his
30-year service pin in the of­fice
of Clif Slusser, vice presi­dent,
last Wednesday afternoon.
Louis is married and lives at
1260 Fourth avenue. He has one
son, Frank, who formerly
worked in the timekeeping de­partment
at Plant 1.
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{ HONESTY MENTION ' { . - t i L. F. Shanafelt, Dept. ;
. ].46, Pliofilm, found a pay :
{ envelope containing $74 I
l and promptly returned it /
[ to its owner, H. M. Man- :
( kamyer, Dept. 159, pro- I
{ cess band tracks. ~
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LOSES PRIZED PEN
Frank Miller, Dept. 191A, jan­itors
and elevators, values
highly the Parker fountain pen
he lost last week, since it was a
gift from his brother in the
armed forces. Finder of the pen
will receive a liberal reward and
the thanks of' Frank by calling
him on ST-6393 or on interplant
phone 577.
May 17. 1888. He is married
at 466 La rkin avenue.
Samuel Kyeor, Dept 146, Pliofllm,
was born in P ennsboro, W. Va., on
January 21, 1893. He is married, lives
at 772 Excelsior street and has six
children.
William Kuethe. Dept. 156E. tube
room, was born in Covington, Ky., on
September 14, 1884. He is married, lives
at 620 Tnllmad~e l'Oad and has two
daughter s , and two sons, the latter in
the army.
Interesting Evening
Set For December 6
An interesting evening is in
store for members of the Good­year
Athletic Association De­cember
6, when a sports de­cathlon
has been scheduled for
Goodyear gym.
The decathlon in which mem­bers,
along with guests, will
participate, gets under way fol­lowing
a short meeting of the
association in the women's
community room, third floor of
Goodyear Hall, at 7:30 p. m.
The sports program will con­sist
of individual contests in
basketball, archery, horseshoe
pitching, football and baseball
throwing, golf putting and ten­nis
an d volleyball serving.
Prizes will be awarded.
Following the sports pro­gram,
luncheon will be served,
followed by a talk by "Chief"
Conner.
Will Entertain Boys
In Crile Hospital
An interesting program b~
the employes activities depart­ment
has been scheduled for
December 5, at the Crile Gen­eral
Hospital, Parma.
Among the attractions prom­ised
World War wounded for
the day is a basketball game
between two of Goodyear's fast
divisional teams. Making the
trip for the cage tilt will be
former collegiate stars, includ­ing
Bill Lloyd, Ernie Fortney,
Marv Huffman, Jim Montgom­ery,
Charles Bloedorn, Steve
Sitko, Kenny Griffiths, Jim
Wiggers, Jim Sankey, Al War­ner,
Ed Hamlin, Clifton Byers
and Rudy Debnar.
Also on the program is a talk
by World Series hero, Denny
Galehouse, who hurled for the
St. Louis Browns. The Wing­ettes,
vocal group, will tour the
wards and sing for the boys.
Another of these shows is
tentativelv sch e du 1 e d for
Fletcher General Hospital, Cam­bridge,
0., December 12.
When you buy War Bonds Help MacArthur mop 'em up!
you worry Hitler and Hirohito! Buy War Bonds!
Joined Goodyear In 1916 As An
Operating Clerk In Branch
At Adelaide
William G. Kither, 64, vice
chairman of the board and for­mer.
managing director of the
Goodyear Tire Rubber Com­pany
of Australia, (Ltd.) died
of a heart attack there last
week. He i·etired from active
duty May 1, of this year, but re­tained
his position as vice chair­man
of the· board.
Mr. Kither was a member of
the Goodyear-Australia organi-
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William G. Kither
zation twenty-eight yea1·s, and
had been managing director
since 1921. He is survived by his
wife, Gertrude, who accom­panied
him on frequent trips
to Akron.
In February, 1927, a group of
seven men, four Australians and
three Americans, performed and
witnessed an earth - turning
ceremony that was not only the
start of Goodyear-Australia, but
also the factual beginning of
Goodyear's overseas manufac­turing
expansion.
There was one ·among this
group who had worked '
planned diligently for this
mentous event - William .
Kither, a true blue Australian
who had been named managing
director of Goodyear's future
manufacturing subsidiary in
Australia.
That was seventeen years ago
and from that time that first
Goodyear overseas venture grew
and prospered under the guid­ance
of Mr. Kither.
Had Host Of Friends
Throu~hout worldwide Good­year,
William G. Kither had a
host of friends- people who
were recipients of his warm
good-fellowship and generos­ities.
So many Gooyearites
going to Australia from Akron
are indebted to Mr. and Mrs.
Kither for the hospitality of
their home
W. G. Kither was no young­ster
when he first joined Good­year
in 1916. He had already
achieved the sales managership
of a machinery and hardware
company. Feeling, however, that
there were greater opportunities
with a young aggressive Amer­ican
company, he decided to cast
his lot with Goodyear. Starting
as an operating clerk in the
Adelaide, S o u th Australian
branch, two years later he was
the manager. In 1921, he was
named manager of Goodyear­A
ustralia with headquarters in
Sydney, N'. S. W., subsequently
being appointed managing di ­rector
of the newly-organized
company in 1926.
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Again Plea Goes Forth For Aid
In Struggle Against One Of
Our Deadly Enemies
The annual distribution of
Christmas seals was made last
Friday and Saturday, the Sum­mit
County Tuberculosis Asso­ciation
mailing sheets of the
"stickers" so p·ractically every
family in the county would re­ceive
them in the Monday morn­ing's
mail.
The yearly plea has gone
forth to continue the forty-year­old
battle· to wipe out tubercu­losis
in American communities,
and the county association hopes
every family will participate in
the worthy project.
The crusade to wipe out tu­berculosis
started with the
founding of the National Tu­berculosis
Association in 1904
in Atlantic City, N. J.
Massed For Battle
Since the mobilization of
health worke·rs in a nationwide
attack on the disease the move­ment
has grown until today
•
re are more than 2,500 state,
nty and municipal groups, all
med for the attack in this
irreat battle against one of the
deadliest enemies of mankind.
The Summit County Tubercu­losis
Association was founded
to help in this great work and
to meet the specific needs of
our own community.
The association can lead the
fight, but it can't win the battle
alone, and by the purchase of
Christmas seals by our people
the community helps. The seals
pay for finding early tubercu­losis,
fo'r helping patients after
discharge from the sanatorium,
for hospitalization in special
cases and for continuous health
education.
Lieutenant Halliwill
.ome On Furlough
Lieutenant Richard J. Halli­will,
28, formerly of Dept. 367,
shear operator, Plant B, Air­craft,
is spending a brief fur­lough
in Akron, having arrived
here from Napier Field, Ala.,
where he re·ceived the commis­sion
of lieutenant on November
20.
"Dick" enlisted in the army
ordnance school in August,
1942. After thirteen months he
was elevated to the· rank of first
sergeant. He then joined the air
corps, receiving his pilot's wings
after fifteen mon~hs of training.
Lieutenant Halliwill's father,
R. P. Halliwill, works in Dept.
120, receiving, and has more
than twenty-five years of serv­ice.
"Dick's" stepmother, Mary
Halliwill, is secretary to L. H.
Shepherd, manager of the
Southwest sales division.
"Dick" will be accompanied by
his wife, Irene, on his return to
Na pier Field. They were mar4
ried in Montgomery, Ala., on
April 22 of this year.
AT GREA'f LAKES
James E. Kerney, formerly
of Dept. 308D, cafeteria, Plant
3, is taking boot training at
Great Lakes. He was inducted
on November 13. His brother,
Donald, radioman se·cond class,
is seeing action somewhere in
the Southwest Pacific. The boys'
father, Charles, is a Goodyear
electrician.
W. E. Klippert (right), manager of Goodyear's plantation
in Costa Rica, talks over rubber situation with J. J. Blandin,
manager of crude rubber purchasing.
The future of Latin-American
rubber production rests with
small individual planters rather
than extensive plantations of
the Far Eastern type, according
to W. E. Klippert, manager of
Goodyear's plantation in Costa
Rica, who is in Akron on a busi­ness
mission to the company.
"Leaf blight, which in the
past has been one of the prin•
cipal hazards to planting Hevea\
rubber in tropical Latin Amer­ica,
is now under control. Far
East makes it necessary to plant
only high-yielding selected
stock, so Hevea rubber grown
in this hemisphere can compete
with the existing_ areas of the
Far East," says Klippert.
"High-yielding planting stock
is now available in tropical Latin
America for those interested in
growing rubber. Hevea rubber
can be produced in sufficient
quantity to materially assist the
United States in any future na­tional
emergency, and at rea-sonable
costs," Klippert con­tinued.
"A small individual operator
might plant part of his farm in
r1,;bber trees and the balance in
corn, vegetables and other mar­ketable
crops and live stock. The
smaller farms, operated by a
man and his family, could tap
rubber when the price was fa­vorable
and at the same time
could raise most of their own
food and sell their surplus and
their rubber crop for cash. Rub­ber
trees do not have to be
tapped, except when it suits the
owner's convenience, and the
price is such that it is profit­able."
Now in this country on a short
visit, Klippert has been with
Goodyear fifteen years. He
spent seven years in Sumatra
and Sin~apore before going to
Costa Rica in 1937.
You've backed the attack. Now
speed the Victory.
John Gill Gets Lowdown On How Some Chaps
Get Cigarettes Year Around Without Cost
By JOHN GILL
Yesterday the editor of The
Clan said, "Why not go out and
get a story? I'm curious to know
how the cigarette shortage has
affected the guys who never buy
them-the chronic bums."
We knew he referred to such
fellows, as Munchie the Mooch,
whom we hadn't seen in months,
but who, we felt certain, could
give us the lowdown on the fel­lows
who didn't buy the fags
when they were able to do so.
Mooch was standing on a cor­ner
near the Goodyear State
Bank, wearing a serious look.
"What with cigarettes as
scarce as a pat of butter or a
pat on the shoulder," we ob­served,
"how do you manage to
bum your smokes?"
"That," said Mooch, "is one
of the most disparaging remarks
it has ever been my misfortune
to hear, not to mention that it
is a direct insult to m;v avoca­tion.
I never ask for cigarettes
- I mooch them."
"Would you care to divulge
your methods? I'm sure ouP
i·eaders would like to know how
you operate."
"I can give you the secrets,
but not the technique, because
that is something that can be
acquired only after years of
practice," Mooch said. "I wait
until a guy hauls out a pack,
then I offer him a light. Five
out of ten offer me a cigarette,
even in these tough times. If
that fails, I pull out an empty
pack on the next fellow and
register keen disappointment be­cause
it is empty.'
"And if that doesn't work?"
"Then I pull out my last cig­arette-
it's just a 'prop'-and
drop it on the ground. Of course
I recover it when the guy isn't
watchinf,· That one's us11ally
surefire.'
"But isn't all this a lot of
trouble?" we queried.
Mooch gave a look of dis­dain.
He said: "You might call
it trouble, but I've saved ex­actly
$1,095 in the twenty years
I've been smoking. Oh, mister,
have a light?"
And Was Lawrence
Meyer's Face Red!
The cigarette shortage
has Lawrence "Dutch"
Meyer, Dept. 141, domestic
shipping, in such a state of
mental confusion that he is
buying anything that even
looks like cigarettes.
Jay Kelly, Dept. 424, do­mestic
shipping, Plant 2, '
wrapped up a box of wax
paper, and "Dutch," think­ing
it was a carton of cig­arettes,
paid a dollar and a
half for it, only to find that
he became owner of greasy
wax paper.
But they say Jay returned
the money to "Dutch" after
everyone had a good laugh.
LIEUTENANT HART
TREATED IN NEW
YORK HOSPITAL
Wounded At Caulno, Also Anzlo
Beachhead; Brother Jack Is
Recently Sent Overseas
Lieutenant Richard W. Hart
surprised his parents the other
night by telephoning that he had
arrived in the States and is a
patient in a New York hospital.
In the· short time that he talked
to his parents he stated that he
was getting along well and ad­vised
them that he had seen
some exciting action in Italy.
Richa·rd said he was wounded
in the Cassino battle and after
recovering from his injuries he
was returned to the front and
was wounded at Anzio beach­head.
The lieutenant's father, H. D.
~art, me·chanical goods operat-·
mg manager, Plant 2, says Ser­geant
Jack Hart, another son,
also called from New York,'
Richard W. Hart
about two hours after Richard
had called, stating that he was
leaving for some unknown des­tination.
Jack is a member of
the army air forces.
"Neither boy knew the other
was in New York," said the
father, "and since they hadn't
seen each other in over two
years, we certainly hope they
were fortunate enough to get
together.''
Thursday, November 30 - Sewing
class, 5 :30 and 7 :30 p. m., Room 321;
Bombshell League, 5 :30 p. m.; Thurs­day
Ladies League, 7 :45 p, m.; Sen
Scouts, evening, Room 234; Girl Scout
Mariners, 7 :30 p, m., Goodyear Hall ·
Aircraft Sea Scouts, evening, Pent~
house.
Friday, December I-Operetta re­hearsal,
7 :30 p. m , Goodyear Thea­ter;
Voight League, 8 :45 p. m.; Ma­terials
League, 4 :30 p, m. ; Men'e bas­ketball
practice, 6 p. m., Gym.
Saturday, December 2-Second shift
Aircraft bowling, 9 a. m.; All·Stnr
League, 8 J>. m. ; University Club piny
evening, Goodyear Theater; 25-Yea~
Club bingo, evening, Gym.
Sunday, December 3-Tce skati ng, 8
p, m., I celand; Oper etta reh earsal, 2 :30
p m., Goodyear Theater.
Monday, December 4 - Goodyear
Youth Band, evening, Room 324; Glid­er
League, 8 p, m. ; Office League 6
p. m. ; Rec ~entional League, 6 :30' p ,
m., Recr eation a lleys ; Ope retta re­hearsal,
7 :30 p. m., Goodyear Theater•
First and third Rhift basketba ll, 6 :30
wnd 8 p. m., Gym.
Tuesday, December 5-ChoristerR, 8
p. m., Room 324 : Development League
5 :15 p. m. ; Si ng ing lesson s, 6 p m.:
Room 321: Operetta dress rehearsal,
7 :30 p , m., Goodyear Theate r : Roller
Rkatln g, evening, Cnmp11R Roller Rink :
4-M-3 Club, noon, Room 321; Men's
basketball practice, 6 :30 p , m., Gym :
Thi rd shift basketba ll c lini c, 10 a . m .
to 12 noon, Gym.
NOTE-Unless otherwise specified,
all bowling games are scheduled for
the Goodyear alleys, Goodyear Hall.
Former Employe Of
Balloon· Room Killed
In French War Zone
J. Vincent Thor1ui
Formerly listed as · mi~sing in
action, Pfc. J. Vincent Thorp~,
21, formerly of Dept. 181, fuel
tank . linings, has been reported
killed in action in France.
Private Thorpe was the son
of Ellwood Thorpe, Dept. 241A,
stock preparation, Plant 2. His
last letter home was dated July
6. He was listed as missing in
action shortly after that date.
Vincent leaves his wife, Imo­gene;
his parents; a brother,
Clyde, and a sister, Mrs. Ken­neth
Ellis.
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Winter Protection For Roses
The thoughtful rose grower
knows that when he tears off
the next sheet of his calendar
it will come off with a sound
like a winter storm and the new
page on the calendar will be the
first month of winter.
He must decide very soon how
much or what type of winter
protection he will give his gar­den
and a·rrange for whatever
he plans to use· in the way of
mufflers, jackets and blankets
for his roses.
In far more than half of our
country it is necessary to give
more or less protection to most
types of garden roses and espe­cially
to hybrid teas and hybrid
climbe·rs. There is no fixed
theory for winte·r injury and,
therefore, no simple formula for
plant protection.
Most of us are content if we
have two to six inches of live
wood left on bedding roses when
spring comes. But that is not
enough in case of ramblers. We
should think about protection
when we make our rose bed, and
raise it from four to six inches
above the yard level, as surface
drainage comes first for winter
protection. The second measure
is to hill ground up around
plants from six to eight inches.
Then completely cover the
bushes with some good mulch­ing
material, such as dry leaves,
straw or cornstalks.
If the bushes are· too tall,
the upper branches may be
pruned leaving the plants
about eighteen inches tall.
Don't cover too early as the
mounding or covering tends to
encourage plants to keep on
g:r;owing and enter winter with­out
hardening the plant tissue.
Let's help MacArthur's boys
send more Japs to their "honor­a
b 1 e ancestors." Buy War
Bonds!
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Opportualty To Display Your
Talent In Production In
Goodyear Theater
Already several employes have
signified · their intention to be
auditioned for spots on the big
stage show to be presented in
the early winter by Goodyear
Tire and Goodyear Aircraft
talent.
Can you sing? Can you dance ?
Can you reel off some comedy?
Can you put on some sort of
specialty act? Can you do an
acrobatic stunt? Can you show
an audience some "hillbilly"
stuff.? Can .you serve as a ven­triloqhlst
•r -
The big ,show is to be for all
Goodyear employes, their fami­lies
and frlends.
Mrs. 0. S. Scott and castor bean tree.
Employes. in~rested are re­quested
to fill out the coupon et
the bottom of this page and
send it to the employes activi,
ties office at Aircraft or to the
employes activities office in
Goodyear Hall.
Be sure to mention what you
are interested in. For further
information call extension 8305
or 8108 at Aircraft, or house
phone 341, Goodyear Hall.
Last spring Jimmie Reynolds,
Dept. 130, crude rubber, found
some castor bean seeds in a bale
of rubber from Argentina. Rey­nolds
gave some of the seeds to
O. S. Scott, Dept. 143, tubing
treads. Five montha later Scott
had a castor bean tree eight
feet tall. In the picture Mrs.
Scott is measuring the tree.
Reynolds planted some seeds
but his trees did not grow as
tall as Scott's.
The sad part of the story is
that Urn first frost we had a few
weeks ago killed the trees but
not before Scott had garnered
a quart of castor bean seeds to
try his luck next year.
Scott has twenty-one years'
service at Goodyear.
Hawaii hasn't failed to meet
a War Bond quota since Pearl
Harbor. Over there they know
what war is.
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OFFICE LEAGUE
Team Won Loat Pct.
Mechanical Goode . . . . 24 6 .800
Accounts Payable . . . . 21 12 .636
Merchandise . . . . . . . . • 20 13 .606
Drafting . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 13 .606
Realtors , , . . . . . . . . . . • 18 12 .600
Marginal Control 16 17 .485
Equipment Engineers.. 16 17 .485
Foremen's Club . . . . . 15 18 .455
Goodyear Hall . . . . . . 13 20 .394
Salee Accounting . . . • 13 20 394
lnterplant . . . . . . . . . . • 11 22 .333
Government Sales . . • 8 25 .242
Individual 1-game high, Orock, 212;
individual 3-game high, Waltenbaugh,
601 ; tea111 1-game high, Equipment En­gineers,
975; team 3-game high, Mer­chandise,
2648. • • •
ENGINEERING A LEAGUE
Team Won
109B . • •• ..•...•.. • • • • 22
Steel Products . . • • • • • • 20
Aircraft . . . . . . • • • • . . • . 20
Airfoam .. • .. . .• ... •• 19
Plant 1 Shipping • • • . • 19
Plant 2 Engineers ... 18
Silents •••.••..•. . .. • • 18
Sheet Metal . . . . • . . . . . 17
Rim Plant . . • . . . . • . . . 16
Plant 2 Stores • . • . . • . 13
Tools a nd Dies . . . . • • 11
Auditors •• •. , . . . . . . • • 2
Loot
11
13
13
14
14
15
15
16
17
17
22
28
Pct.
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.606
.606
.576
.576
.545
545
.515
.485
.433
.333
.067
Individual 1-game high, Shuster,
234 ; individual 3-game high, Shuster,
605 ; t eam 1-game high, Aircraft, 909 i
team 3-game high, Aircraft, 2617.
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ENGINEERING B LEAGUE
Team Won
137A .• ..•.•..... . ..•• 23
Spitfires .. . , .......... 23
Synthetic Products .•• 22
315B .....•..... ... .• . 19
Gun Tracks . . . . .. • . • 20
Silents .•.. • ..... , .... 16
315 Tools . . . . . . . • • • . . 16
K-28 Rime ...... .. .. . . 16
Half.Tracks . . . . . . . • . . 8
Synthetic Staff . . . . . . 8
Phmt 2 Pipe Shop . . . . 3
Loot
10
10
11
11
16
14
14
14
22
22
15
PcL
.697
.697
.667
.633
.606
.533
. 533
.533
26'/
.267
.167
Individual 1-game high, Grutzmaker,
202; individual 3-game high, Spindler.
556 ; team 1-game hi gh, Synthetic
Products, 877 ; team 3-gnme high,
Synthetic Products, 2525.
RECREATIONAL LEAGUE
Team Won Loat Pct.
Wizards . . . . . . . .. . . . . 26 7 .788
"5" Crowns . . . . . . . . . 25 8 .757
Boat Room No. 1 . . . . 22 J 1 .667
Sub-Contracts 20 13 .606
?'e . . • . • . . . • . . . . . . • . . 19 14 .576
Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . 18 15 .545
Bankson'• Brats . . . . • 13 20 394
Kranz' a Kutiee • . • . . . 13 20 .394
Rascals • . . . . . . . . • . . . • 12 21 .364
Topper• . . . . . . . . . . • . • 12 21 .364
Jitterbugs . . . . . . . . . . . 11 22 .333
Teasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 25 .242
Individual 1-game hi gh, Salhany,
179; individual 3-game high, J. Ulrich,
432; team 1-game high, Wizards, 676 ;
team 3-game high, Wizards, 1947. • • •
ALL-STAR LEAGUE
Team Won Lnat Pct.
B-29 Bombe rs . . . . . . • 27 6 .818
Reclaim . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 10 .697
Dutch's All-Stars . . . . 21 12 .636
Rainbow Grill.e . . . . . . 21 12 .636
Martaray . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 13 .606
Tool & Die . . . . . . . . . . 17 16 .515
Alrcrafters . . . . . . . . . . 15 18 455
FGl ln•pectors . . . . . . 15 18 .455
931 Machine Shop . . . . 11 22 .333
Ground Pilots . . . . . . . 10 23 .303
Burne' Bums . . . . . . . . 10 23 .303
Dodde . • . . .. .. . . . . . .. 7 26 .212
Team 3-game high, B·29 Bombers,
2650; team 1-game high, B-29 Bomb­ers,
961; individual 3-game high, Gei­singer,
B-29 Bombers, 654 ; individual
1-game high, Jones, Martaiay, 233. • • •
MATERIALS SERVICE LEAGUE
Team Won Loot Pct.
Plant C Moles . . . . . . • • 21 J 2 • 797
Dock Ratz . . . . . . • . . . . 20 13 .825
Alley Katz . . . . . . . . .. 19 14 .777
Screwballs . . . . . . . . . . . 18 T5 .816
Haun'e Hookers . . . . . . 16 17 . 752
Five C's . .. . . . . . . . . . 18 15 . 785
Go Gltters . . . . . . . . . . . 18 15 .808
Stevlee M I . D.'s . . 15 18 .756
P ennants . . . . . . . .. . .. 14 19 .745
Pin Bust ers . . . . . . . . . 13 20 .681
Nomads .. . . . . . . . . .. • 14 19 .745
Brasehats . . . . . . . . .. . 12 21 . 760
Individual J-game high, Woolweaver,
929; team 3-game high, Brasshats,
230; team 1-game high, Stevie's MID's,
2513.
No time to crow until we're
in Tekyo. Buy War Bonds!
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VICTORY LEAGUE
Team Won Loat Pct.
Dept. 141 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8 .703
Dodgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9 .667
Dept. 263 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 11 .593
Police Dept. No. 2 . . 14 13 .518
Blimps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 13 518
Truck Tires . . . . . . . . . 13 14 .482
Transportation . . . . . . 11 16 .407
Farm Tractors . . . . . . 11 16 .407
Dept. 180 .. . . . . . . . . . . 10 17 .370
Police Dept. No. 1 . . • 9 18 .333 • • •
TUESDAY LADIES LEAGUE
Team Won Lost Pct.
Hi Milers . . . . . . . . . .. 26 10 • 722
Bowelerettes . . . . . . . . . 26 10 . 722
Duffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 14 .611
Pinkie's Punks . . . . . . 22 14 .611
Wings . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . 20 16 .555
Fisher's Five • . . . • . . . 20 16 .555
College Jeeps . . . . . . . . 20 16 .555
Airfoam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 22 388
Spartons . . . . . . . . . . . • 12 14 .333
Jeeps . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . • I'll 14 .333
Gremlins . . . . • . . . . . . • 11 25 .305
Pinnt 1 Cost . . . . . • . . 10 26 . 277
IncUviduai 1-garrie high, Abbey Aston,
206; Individual 3-game high. Abbey
Aston, 613; t eam l·game high, Hi
Mil ers, 841; t eam 3-gnme high, Bowl­erettee,
2400. • • •
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Team Won Lost Pct.
Bombers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 .708
Kemike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 . 708
Maider's Maulers . . . . 14 10 .583
Research . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 .500
Synthetics . . . . . . . . . . . 12 l~ .500
Tire Tech . Serv. . . . . 12 J2 .500
Specifications . . . . . . . . 12 12 .500
Film Stars . . . . . . . . . . 11 13 .458
Fuel Tank Tech . Serv 11 13 .458
Fuel Tank Design . . . . 10 14 .417
Tire Design . . . . . . . . . 9 15 .875
Life Guards . . . . . . . . . 7 17 .292
Team 8-game high, Tire Design,
2647; t eam 1-game hi gh, with handi­cap,
Tire Design, 856 ; individual l­ga111e
high, Frampton, 209; Individual
3-game hiRh, Opalenik, 576: Individ­ual
low single gnme , Wise, 79.
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1 QUIZ ANSWERS {
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(Questions on page 5)
1-United St ates Military
Academy, on the Hudson river
in the state of New York.
2.-John Greenleaf Whittier.
3.- David.
WOUNDED IN LEG ..
A former employe of Dept.
105D, squadron· apprentice
school, Michael Moskoff, 23, has
been wounded in the leg in Hol­land,
his parents were informed
Saturday. A University of Ak­ron
student, he had been over­seas
only three months.
Basketball Clinic
Gets Good Start
The cage clinic .sponsored by
the employes activities depart­ment
has drawn large gather­ings
to its opening sessions.
The clinic, which got under
way Monday in Goodyear gym,
will continue until the start of
the regular Goodyear basketball
season.
Classes are conducted on
Mondays for the men employes
and their sons from 6: 30 to 8
p. m. On Tuesday afternoons
sons again may participate from
2 to 4, while second shift em­ployes,
both men and women,
are in session from 11 a. m. to
noon.
The all-women clinic for em­ployes
is carded for Wednesday
from 7 to 8:30 p. m.
NOTICE
Re11ardin11 Wlthholdln11 Exemption
Certificates: Euentlal Chan11es
In Wlthholdln11
The Individual Income Tax Act of
1944 requires that new Withholding
Exemption Certificates be flied with
the employer by each employe on or
before December 1, 19'44. The number
of withholding exemptions allowed
each employe must be determined by
a new metho1 which is described in
detail on the new certificate, Form W-4
(Rev. 1944). New rates of withholding
tax are prescribed In a new set <t[
wage-bracket tables.
All hourly rated employee will be
given W.E.C. as eoop as poeeible.
Please fill out completely and return
to supervisor or labor foreman. These
certificates will then be forwarded to
labor department. If you do not re­ceive
.Your certificate, notify your
supervisor.
Remember, a new certificate must be
on file for every employe by December
1, 1944. Without this certificate, no
~ithho!ding exemption will be allowed,
m which case tax will be withheld
from the full amount of your salary
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FOR SALE I FOR SALE
Begi nner's violin; HE-8396. Man's .flJirure skates, size 8; FR-5084 .
Small roll-top desk ; steel bed; 669 SOak dining room set, $35 ; FR-9864
Carlysle-st after 3. ilver muskrat coat $20;
Hospital bed and mattress; PA·4S28.
Deming deep well hand pump, 40 ft.
of pipe ; ME-3344.
Skunk coat and seal coat, size 14-16,
$40 each; gold evening puree and shoes,
size 6 ; lady's fi g ure skates, size 5;
piano; bugle; ST-4251
Stenotype machine and instruction
material, also transfer of training from
LaSalle University; BL-2733.
Iron bed, coil springs; library table ;
kitchen range; J)avenport ; sanitary
cot; rockers; child's bed: 734 Kling-at.
Red fox choker; ST-6058 mornings.
Goose feath ers. loose or in ticking:
HE-011 5.
Small-bred puppies; ST-42i5.
Woolen dresses, size 16; lamb chub­by,
size 16; American Pro ice skates;
boy's, size 6 ; rowing and exercising
machine: diamond solitaire, 1:dze 6¥.;, ;
143 Good-et.
Coal heating stove; shingled bungn­low,
hot water furnace, quick posses­sion;
1140 7th-av. after 4.
Man's top cont, size 40-42, $17; rub­ber
boots, size 6 and 9, S2 ; Indy's
tweed coat, size 20, $8; fox fur piece,
$20; shoes, size BAA, $3; oak bannister
and post, $3 ; W A-1229.
Royal Rose gas stove, table top ;
MI-3164 .
Boy's 26-inch bicycle, $30; PL-1561.
Ray Glo circulator gas heater, $25;
kitchen sink, $5; 3x7 storm door, $4;
Nestor-Johnson skates, size 11 'h , $10 ;
mecha·nical drawing set, $26 ; 526 Wi­nans-
av.
Majestic cabinet radio; UN·5994.
Boy's leather jacket ; finger-tip coat,
both size 12 ; lady's coat, size 16; FR-
0628.
Metal folding baoy carriage, $15 ;
play pen and pad, $5; ST-4640.
Electric li ght fixtures; stainless steel
cooking utensils: army officer's beaver
overcoat, size 40 : elastique blouse, size
39; fur felt service cap, size 7 ; 46g
E Buchtel-av.
Rollaway bed, twin size, innerspring
mattress ; ST-2203 .
Two male cocker spaniels; MA-2648.
Harley Davidson motorcycle, 1937,
$375; 1566 Wil-'.on-av, after 5.
Colonial mahogany bedroom suite ;
Queen Anne dining room set ; Charles
of London sofa and chairs: antique
secretary ; 47 Rhodes-av. after 6 :30.
Dining room set; HE-2609.
Gasoline r ange, $15; MI-2078.
Black fox chubby, size 14 ; white shoe
ice skates, size 6 ; ST-7670 after 6 :30.
Black cocker spaniel pups; OX-2280
after 5.
Boy's riding boots, s ize 7: ice skates,
size 61,{,, $2.50; suit, s ize 16, $15;
ST-8258.
Girl's clothes, size 12 ; coat, size 14,
$3 ; games: electric cooker on stand,
$15: OV-8871.
Metnl t aylor tot, $8 ; FR-8502.
Man's bicycle, sell or trade for boy's
26-inch bicycle; JE-6291.
Portable typewriter ; boy's ice ekntee,
size 51,1, ; bird cage; ST-6235.
Dodge, 1989, r ebuilt transmission and
motor ; HE-6978 2 :SO to 9 p m.
Hamilton pocket watch, $20 ; BL-
6458.
Living room suite; lady's coat, red
fox collar, size 16-18; JE-3790.
Electric toaster ; 3-drawer chests;
mar ble-top table; muskrat cont, elze
14 : chi cken house ventilators; UN-
8441.
Upright pin no ; 9x12 Axmineter rug;
WA-1068.
Modern year-a1·ound lake-front house,
6 rooms, furnace, efectric, boat dock,
etc. ; 240 Dnk-<lr, Willowdale Lake,
near MacDonnldsvllle.
PA-3008. '
size 14-16,
Mohair davenport and chair : break-fa
~t set : table-top gas range ; bedroom
suite ; Maytag: washer; portable tube ·
st~pladder; lawn mower; garden t. m1ecellaneoue stands; spray paint
flt ; W A-7201.
Radio, $20; JE-7846.
Toir sewi ng machine ; ma ple baby bed
and innerspring mattress; boy'a Nestor
J ohnson. skates, s ize 6 and 8; men's
shoes, size 6lh to 7¥., ; ST-6983.
Majestic cabinet radio, $25 ; HE-5779.
Boy's 26-inch bicycle, $23; MA-1743
Ladl:''s, suit, size 16 : spring coat, size
l~ ; girl s wool drese, size 9; skirt,
size ~6 ; roller ska t es; toy xylophone ;
electr.1c toaster ; table radio; ST-2070
mor nings,
Lady's raccoon coat, size 18, $25;
boy's mackinaw, size 12, $4; child's
bed, complete, $5 ; 1159 Bittaker-av.
Gas range; walnut dresser; walnut
chest of drawers; bridge lamp; floor
lamp; breakfast set; Hawniian guitar ·
lady's winter coat, size 12; ST-5084. '
WANTED TO BUY
Briggs-Stratton 1 h .p. gasoline motor ;
HE-2949.
Shick electric razor: WA-7270.
Table radio for invalid; WA-5080.
Portable victrola; ST-6581 after 5 :30.
Small coffee warmer hot plate ; Pier-eon,
factory phone 690. •
Boy's pre-war bicycle; ME-330 )
Overhead garage doors ; JE-34
' Smail or spinet piano; child's e all
sled ; Depew, factory phone 302, Plant
2.
Child's desk and chair; BL-6094.
Outboard motor, 16 or 22 h.p ; ME-
3558 after 6.
Large boy scout knapsack, sleepi ng
bag ; WA-1249.
Movie projector ; sofa bed; twin bed-room
suite; JE-2988.
Slide projector for standard 35mm
kodachrome; Pflueger Supreme r eel and
rod: WA-7935.
FOR RENT
Four-room furni shed apartment with
bath ; ST·l652 .
Large s leeping room, man preferred :
51 Oakdale-av. - Light housekeeping rooms: JE-5864.
Two li ght housekeeping rooms, pri-vate
entrance, adults onll;', ; ST-6983.
MISCELLANEOUS
Would like Indy to help around
house, care for 2 chi ldren; 194 Ber-man-
et .
Will wash and str et ch curtains in my
home; ST-2852. '
Two people would like ride to De-troit
or near Grand Rapids, on De-cember
22 ; Marie Van Al ten, factory
phone 516.
WANTED TO RKNT
Four to six-room house : FR-8502 .
WILL TRAD~
A 5-!t. bath tub for a 4-ft tub; 3986
Warner-st, Mogadore.
Porta ble victrola and 40 records for
table radio; BL-4066.
LOST
Masonic ring on thir<l floor. Dept.
2S7K, $10 reward: Char Jee Straughn,
Dept. 237K.
Smail short-hair black dog, female,
white spot under neck and on 2 toes;
Shuman, ST-8020.
Coal stove for cook Ing or heating· Buy War Bonds! Come across
bathinette; ME-8427. ' for those across .