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...tons today. Crude rubber has risen to 85c a pound-the highest price since 1917, and a rise of 68c (or 300%) in one year. America's millions of car owners are not smiling at Mr. Firestone's prophecies any more. They are thinking of higher tire prices in the future. Tire makers are already raising prices...
Married. Russell A. Firestone, son of Harvey S. Firestone, tire man, to Miss Dorothy L. Bryan of Fort Worth; in Manhattan...
Nevertheless, it is believed that much of the purchased land will be used in an experimental attempt to grow rubber. This has long been a hobby of Harvey S. Firestone, President of the tire concern of that name and intimate friend of Henry Ford. Firestone has viewed with alarm the British crude rubber monopoly, and has urged the acquisition by this country of its own sources of supply. It is considered that Air. Ford's previous purchase of a large tract of land in Florida is linked with this more recent purchase, and that both indicate his intention...
...respect to the Dodge properties is still unknown. Their banking syndicate has already subscribed sufficient money to pay the huge cash price demanded. Bonds and stock of the Company will be offered for public subscription. Back in the after-War period, Dillon, Read & Co. refinanced the then tottering Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and from this fact some have thought that a merger with Dodge Brothers and possibly other motor and motor-equipment firms might be planned, of a size and importance to rival General Motors. The motor industry faces keen competition and undoubtedly calls for consolidations. But Dillon, Read...
...motor companies 2 tire makers...