The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-05
Good Evening.

 respondent had the pleasure of touching cuffs with Possessing an envabe sense of humor the major doo of the oldest manufacturing company In contlnu- cs se vice the United States as well as one of the very largest very generously gave up an hour of his time sun day morning at the Hotel Elton for an interview and be- eve you me we thank our lucky stars this nsung hero of the present worldly conflict is on our side
 Maker of the Army's first training and bombing plane the famous Model IT. his career has been most meteOrc He is of the worlds pioneer avatOrs and glider builders Today his is all but synonymous with the word bomber He received the Collier Trophy in 1882 for introducing the B-1O In 1885 he came through with the BM-1 the first important divebOmb CT in the world Now he's manufacturing the B@6 me- dium bomber for the Army one of the most powerful planes in the world For the Navy he's making the PBMtype range patrol bomber and for the British the Baltimore medium bomber built to British tac- tcal needs
 Glenn envisions tremendous upsurge in conner cia aviation when peace regnS once more With airline transportation establishing records this year oeSpe the shortage of transport planes intracont1nenta ar commerce he forecasts will increase vastly in peace, f world All the worlds mail must be carried by air and air express and air freight will be called upon with 1- creaSng insiStence.
 More especially does Mr. Martin believe the future of air giants assured Not only will the wars toll of surface ships impose upon Vesseso1tne air an enormous postwar commerce, but passenger travel overseas will be intensified He revealed to me his company its drawing board the design for an airplane of 25OOOO pounds able to carry payload Ot SOOOO pounds 37OO miles nonstop, or payoad Of 4O 900 pounds (2O tOns) for 1000 miles nonstop
 He told me about his new chemelaStic substance known as Marvno sensational material that promises to outode rubber in auto inner tubes and numerous other products completely as the auto itself outmoded tne horse and buggy Marvinol, he stressed, VIII answer critical war needs especially for auto inner tupes del- cate gloves for surgeons and nipples for babies bottles
 r. = nm Nu..A,- oo-oe,,lIv ,>o,vtad o,+ %y,a nroof of any material does not lie in the claims of laboratory scientists but in the performance of the products into which 1t has been made. Let's judge Marvnol by that standard Said and pointed to inner tubes that had travelled 5000 miles each on company cars With out having single pound of air added since they were first placed the wheel and pair of Marvlnol gloves that had been subjected to more than six months of hard service.
 Re-emphasizing the fact that Marvinol is neither vnthetic rubber nor rubber substitute, but a new material with properties all it's own Martin explained the substance is actually vnytype plastic Like otner dients Marvnol coal air. salt and water and the manufacturing involved in its production are far less complicated and expensive than those used 10 produce Buna and other synthetic rubbers.
 Furthermore in common with the vinyl plastics, Marvinol has properties of reclaimablity due to its thermopIastic nature, superior abrasion resistance, ability to withstand constant fexng without fatigue and impermeabity to gases and liquids = propertleS which for years have been attracting the attention or scientists to this type of plastic the ideal material to supersede rubber. Up to now the stumbling block standing in the way has been the failure Of Vny materials to remain stable at high temperatures, in strong sunlight when in contact with even dilute acid or alkaline solutions. In the case of MarvinOL however this supposedly insurmOuntable obstacle has been overcome by the inclusion of Sealed-in, nOn extractable pastczer in the compound. Air, water sunlight acid and alkaline solutions and temperatures up to 25O degrees F. do not have any effect on this pasticzer, and a result the compound retains its elasticity reSilency and fexbilty just pure gum rubber dOes with the added advantage that MarvinO does not have rubbers tendency to OXidize or age
 It was in 1929 that the Martin Company moved from its big Cleveland plant to its present site at Middle River the outskirts of Baltimore EnvSoning great future for enormous SeapaneS Martin needed tidewater. The new site ideal Only few minutes from the Govern ments center of Washington it had extraordnar- fly fine seaplane facilities in Middle River estuary of Cheasapeake Bay. It lay within few hours trucking distance of 90 per cent of the Company SupperS There were excellent rail connections.
 It was here in its first year at the new location that Martin introduced the first important dvebOmber in the wOrId-the EMIL which carried 1000 pound bomb successfully in terminal velocity dives and pull outs and 1t here in 1885, that Martin built the sips that couldn't be bult"-the China Clipper and her sisters the first of the air evathans which bazed the commercial air trail the Pac 6c.
 Glenn said emphaticaly the day is not far off when everyone will be pilotng his her plane f you think women auto drivers bad fellows look what's ln store for you'll