Timken Expansion Marks Growth Across Branch Plants
The Timken Roller Bearing Co. expanded through multiple plants including Columbus founded 1919 with 561000 square feet and 25 acres, Canton, Mount Vernon rockbits, Colorado Springs, Zanesville, St Thomas Ontario, Bucyrus, and more, creating a network to meet soaring wartime and postwar demand with thousands employed at peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timken
War Assets Administration
Columbus
Canton and Gambrinus Steel
Wooster
Mount Vernon
Canton
Rockeit
Colorado Springs
Colo
St. Thomas
Ontario
Canada
Bucyrus
Group Hears History of Union Metal Traced
Blaine H. Pearl of Union Metal Manufacturing described the company at the Optimist Club lunch in the Onesta Hotel. The firm formed to make metal porch columns but shifted to street lighting standards. Lloyd H. Speelman, the president, was chosen Canton delegate to the Optimists International in San Francisco June 22 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Metal Manufacturing Co
Blaine H. Pearl
Optimist Club
Onesta Hotel
Pearl
Lloyd H. Speelman
Canton
Rodger Young’s Body Bound for U.S. Burial
Fremont Ohio reports Pvt Rodger W Young Mgayn? promoted heroism in WW2. The Defense Department informs Mr and Mrs Nicholas Young that their son awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor after heroic action on New Georgia Island is en route to the United States for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Pvt
Rodger W. Young
Nicholas Young
Defense Department
New Georgia Island
United States
Every nickel counts in Chicago parking meters
Chicago collectors show park meters averaged 74 dollars per unit last year across 62 cities, with Minneapolis leading at 166.67 dollars per meter across 2,100 machines. The Municipal Finance Officers Association released the figures.
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Chicago
Municipal Finance Officers Association
Minneapolis
Special Honors Won By Catholic Exponent
The Catholic Exponent the Youngstown Diocese newspaper, earned the best cartoon of the year Halo for Henry at the Catholic Press Association convention in Denver. It also took second prize in photography for Prayer by William Callahan of Youngstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Catholic Exponent
Youngstown Catholic
Catholic Press Association
Denver
Henry
Henry Wallace
William Callahan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Defense Plant Corp
Timken Bearings
Timken’s
Zanesville
Union Metal
Rodger Young
Tony Kamp
Him
Pink
Wilkens
THE
Wilken Family CO
Lawrenceburg
Ind
DR. Edwards
Che
Halle Bros
Rca-Victor
Petit-point Center
Halle
Cannon
Scranton’s
Wiltshire
Wamsutta
Westinghouse
R. C. A. Victor
Magnalite
Casco
Fieldcrest
Liddell
North Star
China
Haviland
Wedgwood
Thor Gladiron
Ironing, Irons
White Porcelain Gas Range
Columbia
Chase
Inch Records
Bath Ensemble
Coronado
Franciscian
Maytag
Magnavox
Radio
Navox
Hogany
Halle’s
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