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Touring synthetic rubber plant visitors showcase wartime products
A Washington party led by Rubber Director Jeffers toured the Institute synthetic rubber plant and adjacent facilities. The group included U S. Sen. Chapman Revercomb, Carbide officials, Ford, Bacon & Davis leaders, and C&O Railway executives. Secretary Jesse Jones posed in a war raft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubber
U.S
Institute
Seamond E. Willis
Snr
George 1D, Aiken
Vermont
M. Graham
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
South Charleston
U. S
Sen. Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
FB. W. Pitman
Eft
Soviet Union
Irvin &. Murray
Carbide
W. A. Gibbons
U. S. Rubber Co
Aristid von Grosse
Howard L. Chernoff
W. Va
Jeffers
0. 5, Rubber Co. and Carbide and
Carbon Chemicals Corp
4. M. Morehead
George W. Bacon
Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc
Hottom
C. & O. Railway
A. T. Lowmaster
Carl E. Newton
Botlam
Jesse Jones
Gazette
H. E. Thompson
Arthur Koontz
Charleston
Domina C. Julbert
Woonsocket
R. 1
John P. Coe
U. S. Rubber’s Chemicals Division
F. B. Davis, Jr
U. S. Rubber