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Februar> news f'f mm hiphP-'. to 4 yfljir. "'i I tije ni'i.in ^ hours. i..» pliint'^ .<avin n#'v gram ihot'ography — or it — you’re in- Camera Club. The frkroom is available Tuesday after- ping and printing NO. 5 Among important rRouvcis announced, during the year WERE THE Super Transport, premium truck tire, and the Transport truck tire. Here a driver inspects the new DUAL Transport tires on his truck. The Firestone Town & Country passenger car tire, A 1932 NEW product, com bines extra traction with the smoothness and quiet ness OF regular tires. Continuing to maintain leadership in the development OF RUBBER ASPHALT SURFACING MATERIALS, THE COMPANY IS working with the University of Kentucky in research. Left to right; Leo M. Chamberlain and D. V. Terrell or ^ THE University and C. R. Shaffer of Xylos. Special pukpose tires include this special high flotation 12-ply tike FOR Earthmoving Equipment. wm .t!) (AirtH'i 'V : t)m-c The Firestone Plastics Division is undergoing a major expansion, ptr of which has been completed. The market for Firestone Velon yarns wa broadened by use of these materials in webbings and tapes in the furnitur: industry. Production of Exon vinyl resins, which I mentioned a few minutt ajro, is being rapidly expanded by this division. The Firestone Steel Products Division continues to be the world'i largest manufacturer of truck and tractor rims. A large part of the prc L duction facilities of this division is now concentrated on the manufactunj of defense materiel. I THE TEXTILE plants of the CompHiiy supply practically all of it: (ire cord rctiuirements of our domestic plants and of some of our foreig: plants. Practically 95 per cent of the twisting and weaving capacity c.' our domestic plants has now been converted from cotton to rayon. The three plants of the Xylos Division reclaimed more rubber thai any other producer in the industry. Sales of Firestone Butaprene synthetk rubber were nearly doubled. Sales of latex for rubber-base paints we« twice those of 1951. Plans are being carried forward for construction of a new tire as. tube manufacturing plant in Venezuela to meet the growing demands cl automobile assembly plants and motorists in that country. Expansion t'n>- grams in other overseas plants were mostly completed during the ytii An agreement has been concluded between our Company and Phoenii Gunimiu'crke Aktiengesellschaft of Germany, to provide an exchange o! information and to grant the right to use Firestone techniques and trad#; marks. This arrangement broadens the distribution of Firestone-branui products in overseas markets. The American Petrochemical Corporation, jointly formed by our Coc I ))any and Cities Service Company for the manufacture of essential chem-I icals from petroleum hydrocarbons, soon will break ground for constructic:! of its first modern chemical plant at Lake Charles, Louisiana. rmit One sir’s Work February iGtli is u • • * OUH COjMPANY continues to be an important supplier of defenst products. These include recoilless rifles; cannon, tracks, bogie wheeLs an i)ogie rollers for combat tanks; aircraft rockets: gas masks; inllntabii lifeboats and bridge pontons; fuel cells, engine containers and jet oiigi!: parts for military aircraft; the newly developed Navy twin, three-incl fifty-caliber antiaircraft gun; in addition to tires, tubes, rims, rei>aii materials and other products. Further progress was made on the devt'lo{- ment of a new and revolutionary defense weapon. We are in proiiiictio: on one of the most important guided missiles, the manufacture of whicf e.stablishes our Company as a major supplier of these newest weai'<'ii.< 2- war. At the request of the Government, we took on complete responsiniliti for the management and operation of the Government arsenal for loading and storage of bombs and artillery shells at Ravenna, Ohio. A cently awarded contract for the manufacture of 155-millimeter shell.' I'sl'- for use of our former textile plant building in New Bedford, JIa.ssachi Distribution of Firestone products is basically through indepi tire dealers and we work with them to help increase their sales a.ssist in all phases of business management. Our expanded lines ol iuljes and home and auto supplies have broadened the markets f< dealers. The successful retail operations of Firestone Stores conti' it; be most valuable in enabling us to help our dealers malce their mere) ' ing plans more effective. To the men and women of Firestone, we extend our appreciati their spirit of loyalty and cooperation, and our congratulations < '• i|uality of their workmanship. Their skill experience and loyalty are among he greatest ■t- ' ' ..(ii’ organization ;'onlinuous service records of .'mploye*' ” Akror, plantf : < unple, r;'^veal that per cen'-. of « ■* and oiiice enij)l<\ t-, .v » vvitli 'ha ‘.'onip 'i/ /e'u ?'lo'-e Vl> . .>'j. r-i* <r- 'vorkins ir. ’ •«« ; • “ ' ■ . oi year and an employee a week’s vacation. This id of eiglit months and they were eligible for a Akro folf. ^ 1 of eacii year and there v'antages are two fold, leans that all employees e for a week’s vacation ly upon completing their of credited service and completing their fifth ;h year of credited ser- be eligible for an addi- *ik’s vacation at that time, advantage is that em- be allowed to take tions at anytime during It that is mutually satis- ith the employees and .•visors. uirement that vacations ed with supervisors is in order to maintain I without interruption, his requirement produc- l be severely restricted umbers of employees in ts decided to take vaca te same time. Whenever ossible to allow all em- • take their vacations i periods desired, em- ith the most company be given preference. 'or the changes pointed er provisions of the va- cy remain in effect— ese is the provision for ly. As in the past, em- titled to vacations will :;ation pay as follows: ;led to one week of va- inued on Page 8) wesieyaii mei/uouisi' Church, located at 1001 West Sec- Avenue in Gastonia. On that a double celebration will mark anniversary of the ^ uvch’s founding, and the fourth ^l^niversary of the completion of ^ church plant. people of the Firestone The Church including the Reverend Frank B. their proud of the progress ^®nnard, ^ •*- — ^—o— year' made over the Pi'ide^ founding. Their 1‘athe -^^ vainglorious, but is Thant-p^ of thankfulness. *^lt^ess for a church that storms of de- the moral upheaval in has r ^ around it, yet withal strong and determin- Hienta/ ^ ^^^•ching of the funda- ^ Virtues of Christian living. ^’^tereg+'^f with especial sary o ‘^ the April 19 Anniver- charter Firestone Wes- ^ts. ^ Waldrop and E. Hill. These 50-year The Wesleyan Methodist Church with its pastor the Rev. F. B. Dennard shown in the inset. Firestone’s Plant Newspapers Win Annual Freedoms Award THE Firestone Tire & Rubber Company and its Chairman, Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., have received two high honors from the Freedoms Foundation. Mr. Firestone was awarded an honor medal in the Public Address category for his talk, “The Bonds of Brotherhood”. The Company’s seven publica- members will be in their accus tomed pews for these services, if health permits. Mr. Waldrop work ed many year& for Firestone Tex tiles and before that for the Man- (Continued on page 6) tions have been given the top award | in the Employee Publications cate gory of the Freedoms Foundation Awards Competition for 1952. J. E. Trainer, Vice-President in Charge of Production, accepted the award for the Company at cere monies at Freedoms Foundation headquarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, February 22. Vice- President Richard Nixon presented the awards. The Firestone publications won the award in competition with 1 several hundred other leading Company publications. Mary Kerrigan, supervising editor for the publications, received a per sonal honor medal. * * * THE seven publications for which the top award in the Em ployee Publication category was given was: the Firestone Non-Skid, for employees of the home plants in Akron, Ohio; the Firestone Californian at the Los Angeles, California, plant; the Firestone Southerner, Memphis, Tennessee; (Continued on Page 2)
