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Title	Wingfoot Clan - Akron Edition 1944 09 27
Subject	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Description	Published in the interest of Goodyear's Akron employees. It began publication in 1912.
Publisher	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Coverage	United States; Ohio; Akron
Date	September 27 1944
Year	1944
Month	09
Day	27
Type	text
Contributors	Akron-Summit County Public Library Archival Services, University Libraries, The University of Akron
Relation	Goodyear's Wingfoot Clan Akron Edition
Format	10 X 13 inches
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Language	eng
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Date created	July 31 2015
Date modified	July 31 2015

Title	Wingfoot Clan - Akron Edition 1944 09 27
Subject	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Description	Published in the interest of Goodyear's Akron employees. It began publication in 1912.
Publisher	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Coverage	United States; Ohio; Akron
Date	September 27 1944
Year	1944
Month	09
Day	27
Type	text
Contributors	Archival Services, University Libraries, The University of Akron
Relation	Goodyear's Wingfoot Clan Akron Edition
Source	akrn_19440927_001.jp2
Format	10 X 13 inches
Sequence	1
Page	1
Technical Metadata	Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 1191907 Bytes
FileName	akrn_19440927_001.jp2
Language	eng
Rights	The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivitive use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law.
FullText	thf wtomhmt pt ft xt __ = akron edition = vol 33 akron ohio wednesday september 27 1944 no 39 470,950 paid out in life insurance to beneficiaries four changes just announced in goodyear production organization average payment in period of year is over 2,000 says report just issued maney comes as superintendent of plant no i several shifts made in goodyear production organization t nearly a half million dollars is paid to the beneficiaries of goodyear tire & rubber com pany and goodyear aircraft corporation employes covered under the company's group life insurance plan who died in the period between march 1 1943 and march 1 1944 jjjtoyments to the beneficiaries h^il ioodyear employes who diro in that period totaled 470 950 fifty-two employes who died in the period were not cov ered under the company plan the average age of the de ceased policyholders was 50 years only sixty-one of these policyholders held other life in surance as far as could be as average amount of claims paid was 2,038.75 per individ ual an _ unusually large sum considering the small premiums charged company employes who participate in the insurance plan double indemnity benefits for en-vocational accidental death ire paid the beneficiaries of e goodyear tire and six lodyear aircraft employes m rub out the axis attk m l mm\wm ruffner heads new factory in topeka michaels goes back to gadsden in a series of shifts in the production organization of good year announcement has been made that a c michaels will return to his prewar post as su perintendent of the gadsden ala plant r w maney who became su perintendent at gadsden when michaels was loaned to the com pany's aircraft manufacturing subsidiary goodyear aircraft corporation in march 1942 is returning to akron as superin tendent of plant 1 e t ruffner is moving from the superintend ency of plant 1 to that of the company's new tire plant in to peka kan michaels transferred to air craft to take charge of big plant d and the production of the navy's famous fighting plane the corsair he assumed bis du ties before the plant structure was completed supervised the production of the first plane which came off the line in feb ruary 1943 saw the division grow to a personnel of more than ten thousand and the pro duction of corsairs reach a total of more than two thousand in july 1944 michaels was transferred to the superintend ency of the arizona division of the goodyear aircraft corpora tion which is engaged in the production of plane parts and the modification of bombers for the navy he will be succeeded in the arizona post by c e titus who has been manager of the modification department michaels was sent to gadsden in 1935 as superintendent ma ney prior to his gadsden as signment was factory personnel manager in akron ruffner who is going to topeka in advance of the completion of the new plant had been superintendent of the company's plant in java prior to pearl harbor rub out the axis enjoyable visit cornelius j smith dept 435b export shipping plant 3 is telling of the good times he and his son neil r smith aviation machinist's mate sec ond class had recently when neil was home on furlough from the richmond fla naval air base neil formerly worked in dept 812 tool and die shop plant d goodyear aircraft e t ruffner becomes superintendent of new plant in topeka kansas r w maney returns from gadsden as plant 1 superintendent a c michaels from aircraft plant in arizona to gadsden alabama how goodyear relief association's special assessments will be made with patton now anne moats dept 617 ac counts payable had a vacation of a week that was very enjoy able because her son captain erwin moats and his wife were home from keesler field miss in april anne's other son how ard was home on furlough he's now with general patton's army in france r e moats father of the boys is employed in dept 183 job shop rub out the axis charles davis dept 1-1 us cut and roll ply stock has his house looking as neat as a pin haying given it a fresh coat of paint while on vacation rub out the axis jane silverman assistant reg istrar at goodyear industrial university was tendered a fare well party by members of the university staff and the person nel of the employes activities office at wingfoot lake last thursday night jane who will leave soon to make her home in tiffin o was the recipient of a lapel pin rub out the axis amount equal to two months dues for members weekly benefits and hospitalization â€” dependent hospitalization excluded cash with each of 24 birthday cards irma hornback 156f tube room received twen ty-four cards each with a dollar bill tucked inside for her birthday last week they were from members of the department's birth day club due to the deficit incurred by the goodyear relief association in the first six months of 1944 amounting to 126,056 the board of trustees in a regular meet ing august 24 1944 as empow ered by the rules and regula tions voted an assessment equal to two months dues for mem bers weekly benefits and hos pitalization dependent hospital ization not included this assessment will be col lected one-half in october and the other in november the an ticipated income from this as sessment will approximate the deficit for the first six months of 1944 and will place the asso ciation financially in the same relative position as on january 1 1944 following is the schedule of dates on which relief associa tion dues deductions will be made goodyear tire hourly â€” the assessment will be taken at the same time the regular monthly deduction is taken for pay end ing monday october 9 tues day october 10 wednesday oc tober 11 thursday october 12 friday october 13 monday november 13 tuesday novem ber 14 wednesday november 8 thursday november 9 and friday november 10 goodyear tire salary â€” the assessment will be taken from salaried employes on october 15 and again on november 15 goodyear aircraft hourly â€” the assessment will be taken from hourly-rated members pay ending october 21 and again on continued on page 2 rub out the axis boys look two boys ages about 9 and 12 with some speaking and dramatic ability or training wanted to take part in the an nual christmas service call plant 1 general office phone 446 purple heart sent to holley's mother johnnie d holley dept 155c oxing bicycle tubes has re vived the purple heart which er son sergeant joseph w ioliey was awarded for wounds sceived in france on july 24 joseph expects to remain in n army hospital in france sev eral more months as his arms were severely injured he for merly worked in dept 368 martin pbm-3 assembly air craft plant a rub out the axis â€” works on vacation instead of resting on his va cation ralph rip collins dept 141b cut and roll plv stock worked on his farm he exhibited several of his prize cattle at the wooster fair and added another blue ribbon to his collection hall back after absence of year barney hall dept 152b truck tire prepara tion is back at work after missing a year and a week because of a severe arm injury he was very grateful for the purse of 200 which his department collected for him al gets private pilot's license the first goodyear ex ecutive to complete flight instruction and get a pri vate pilot's license is al goulding in charge of plant engineering at air craft al also is a licensed balloon and airship pilot protect our good name
Date created	October 16 2009
Date modified	October 16 2009

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