Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-01-28
DANIELSoN AND PUTNAM NEWS

the denomination. Rev. A. D. Carpenter
of Willimantic will address the meetings.
MRS Z. Alton Frost is to sing at each
evenings service: 1t was stated Thurs
day that delegations are expected on diff
rerent evenings from churches in Put
nam, East killingly and other places
Next Sunday an attendance contest is
to pc inaugurated in the Sunday school.
Team captains will be selected at that
time. 1t has been agreed that the losing
side shall meet the cost of banqueting
all of those who participate in the con-
test, which is expected to be very spirit
ed.
Stockholders and hundreds of employees
here of the Goodyear interests are well
pleased over the announcement that the
Morgan DUPONT interests have agreed to
finance the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
cmpany. This is taken as meaning that
the financial troubles of this great rub
Der company are practically at an end
and that the Goodyear industries will be
booming again within a short time.
The press announcements relative to
the entrance of the Morgan DUPONT in
terests in such a large way into the af-
fairs of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
company indicate that the DuPonts will
liquidate their interests in the Dunlop
Tire company for which a tremendous
new plant had been erected at Buffalo,
where several millions of dollars had
been invested to boost that tire.
As the DUPONT interests control the
General Motors corporation. makers of
several well known makes of automobiles
it would appear that Goodyear will ma
| turally be preferred when it comes to
placing orders for tires for the General
! Motors products. This in itself will pro-
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aside from the sales direct to the trade
! A meeting of the stockholders of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber company is
! scheduled to be held in Akron, today
| (Friday) and 1t was said here on Thurs
| day that a statement relative to future
! plans may be expected. following this
meeting.
The Morgan-DuPont interests are Sc
powerful financially that it appears that
Goodyear will be able to go forward now
| with the tremendous business that has
been awaiting the readjustment that has
! been practically consummated. In th'
resumption of operations on an increased
| scale that is looked for at the paren
plants in Akron in the near future Kill
lingly is expected to share as increased
production means more tire fabric used
and much of this fabric comes from thu
tIoOoyear ana connecticut MlllS- IN th1
town. 1t will naturally take time to ge
the business running to capacity again
but the happy results of the refnancin;
program are bound to make themselves
agreeably felt here in the near future.
The prosperity of the Goodyear Tir
and Rubber company is most import
ant asset to business interests not onl!
in the town of Kiliingly but as well il
Putnam Practically everyone in the tw'
towns has benefited directly or indirect
ly from the tremendous business done b.
the big rubber company. The Manhasse
Manufacturing company, Putnam's mos
important single industry, was a biz
source of fabric for Goodyear as were tn
two mills mentioned in Killingly.
Stories are constantly coming in fror
ter ritory hereabouts relative to the thief
of poultry. The thieves are daring il
their operations and are stealing in sucl
quantities that IL is indicated their &C
tivities are not so much to supply foo,
for themselves as to get poultry for SALE
probably in Providence. Some method