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Deep was the dent made by the collapse of crude rubber prices in the 1928 earnings reports of U. S. tire companies (TIME, Aug. 27). Had January-June deficits been continued into the end of 1928 and 1929, many an Akron executive must have felt it his duty to warn his family that a Spectre loomed not far ahead...
Last week, Akron households could prudently rejoice that the Spectre was averted. Complete figures for 1928 showed low profits, heavy losses since 1927. But the figures also showed that the corner had been turned, that staggering inventory losses had been absorbed, that tire companies may reasonably hope for a happy and prosperous 1929. Net income reports of leading companies...
Then there was a general shaking of hands and a few posings with Mr. Edison standing between his cronies, Motor-Man Henry Ford and Tire-Man Harvey Samuel Firestone, his hands affectionately around their shoulders. Mr. Hoover, sauntering across the street to telephone, saw a group of little girls looking sad because, they thought, they were not permitted to dance at Mr. Edison's party. Mr. Hoover opened Mr. Edison's gate and sent the children in. On Mrs. Edison's ample table was a big green-&-yellow pound cake. This the old gentleman sliced with skill...
...Willys-Knight plant in Los Angeles is significant of the Oriental demand for U. S. automobiles; significant, also, as a reminder that Los Angeles, world cinema capital, boasts many an industry not connected with the pictures. Goodyear, Goodrich and Firestone plants have made Los Angeles a tire centre second only to Akron, Ohio. About 125 big companies have built factories in Los Angeles within the past five years, including...
...Miami Beach is the estate of Tire-man Harvey Samuel Firestone, third member of a famed triumvirate. Mr. Firestone went to his estate last week, soon to be visited by the Messrs. Ford and Edison. Surveying Miami's posthurricane repairs and development, he said, with all the pride of a native, "The city looks splendid...