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Nowhere in the U.S., for love or money, could a motorist buy a new tire this week. Wartime rationing had begun...
...Washington the old argument of guns v. butter collapsed like a ten-year-old inner tube. The tire ban proved how swiftly the Government could and would take away from Peter civilian to give to armed forces Paul...
...Tucker, who was himself a member of the group. Among the signers were nine bishops, a dozen ministers, such top-flight laymen as longtime (1897-1939) A. F. of L. Secretary Frank Morrison, President, J. Peter Williams Jr. of Koppers Coal, Vice President Harvey S. Firestone Jr. of Firestone Tire & Rubber, Secretary E. C. Davison of the International Association of Machinists, Labor Consultant Spencer Miller Jr., Lawyer Charles P. Taft...
...random one-day auditor's survey showed a $1,300 labor charge for work on 300 light vehicles. Examples: repairing one tire, 4½ hours; pouring five quarts of oil into a truck, one hour; repairing one carburetor, 12 hours...
Milkweed is an ideal rubber substitute, according to the president of General Tire & Rubber Co. Unlike petroleum-derived synthetics, it can be processed completely by existing rubber machinery...