Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-02
ADIO Speed DEMON PAYS
vlS|T TO GOODYEAR PLANT
DC Palma, Who Drove ut 100 Miles
~ Per-Hour Rate, Secs Tires
Being Made.
TELLS OF HIS MANY RACES
rsays Immunity From Tire Trouble
HAS Been Big Factor in Helping
s3S Him to Victory i'm MANY of His
s,s's Contests.

s., Direct from the scene of his Won
M,nI,a.s per ,nS,,S Of nrcM&me ~
q one TO twenty miles at paytona
Fla. Ralph De Palma, now the "ac,
.&of aces among speed demons. spent
s. The Goodyear Tire ana Rubber Com
any.
AL of De ralma's newly established
~ oodNear straight side cord tires and
'3staturaily he Was interested in visiting
4&thhe factory which had helped to make
1hese records possible.
81 ,After a WISH; in tho factory. where
NE viewed tho process through which
tires 60 TO enable them attain a speed
$50 miles an hour. he was given
"a dtnncr by a party Of Goodyear Of
and department managers. IN
X oany's Office.
president +. a. ScibcrlinG welcomed
Inc great racer in behalf OF the Good
Year organization and congratulated
& nm upon having earned the distinction
: aoIt travelling over the surface of tn.
gs9 Gar IN self-propell"d vehicle. at
LIE greatest rate Of speed ever known
in human history. He also EXPRESSED
ms, Satisfaction tina; his company had
victory. in furnishing tire equipment
SSHat STOOD mp magniiiccmtiy uuoy.
.1eLSifc strain.
ssa,De Palma. responding. declared his
sS-saafppreciation Of the part that his tires
Z 5ss nau played, not only in setting up
Che new records. Du; in an his race
1lrack work for the last three years. H.
shuinorously referred To some of his
FACING exploits and told how immunity
IS from tire trouble had been a big factor
In winning many OF his races
- goodyear officials made the most Of
~ ,n 9ppor5nniiy to quiz the great au-
career. and he gladly accommodated
them. IN his modest way. by rcvicwin.
some s n,. OF his his racing experiences Febru-
ss..HAt the recent annual election % Of
sssncers or the Lincoln Highway Associa-
Ign, r. \. Solperling; president of tho
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
WAS unanimously rc-clectcd president
olsthe organization fer the current;
ilins's presidency. the Lincoln lijeh-
way put into effect a CONFERENCE.-The
rrogram Of highMay improvcmenj in
part OF this program was the construc-
lion OF an eighteen mile stretch of
gravel road across the Grea; Salt Lake
Desert. in Utah. cutting OF nifty miles
t5ron the former route between SAT-
f Lax City and Ely. Nevada. This sec
1ion is r., known a as The "Goodyear'' see
both. by Mr.. Seibcrlirg. personaiiV' and
by the Goodyear Tire ana Rubber Com.
The total cultivated rubber produc-
ing acreage of the world is now about
ts.ooo.ooo. of which l6ooooo. or so per
cent, is controlled by Great Britain.
Yet the United states uses three.
fourths of the worlds OUTPUT of crud.
5 rubber. The Goodyear IRE and HUB
& Jpcr IoihpahN OF Akron, ohio, owns
trubber plantations in Suma;ra where
10000 acres Of former Jungle land arc
now given over TO rubber CIVILIZATIONS
This company uses about 10 per cent
OF. the worlds snpply-as much as the
central powers used before the war
Il One OF the most important .rotps
81 rubber workers in Akron. ohio Is
the colony of deaf mutes. who are cm-
pioSed In the numerous rubber factories
~ OF that city. At their second annual
sinner held last week. at which $50
lnutes were present President T. A.
Seiberlin, OF the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company WAS the princil,al
ssReaker. his talk being interpreted in
the sign" language. as he proceeded