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IJune 1921 ASBESTOS) New Advertiser: Allbestos Corporation _ It was reported that the automotive industry in the United States was employing some 930,000 persons with estimated annual earnings of more than $747,000,000. A boom in home building in New York was resulting from a newly-enacted tax exemption ordinance. Plans filed in the first three months of 1921 showed an increase of 61% over'the same period in 1920. On May 28, the Ford Motor Company completed its 5,000,000th car in its Highland Park plant. It was announced that Asbestos Wood Company of Nashua, New Hampshire, a Johns-Manville subsidiary, was planning plant additions in the amount of $250,000. The new plant was for the manufacture of corrugated asbestos wood ana the City of Nashua had exempted the property from taxation for ten years. At ,the annual meeting of the Asbestos Mine Operators' Asso ciation, the following officers were elected: President, MajorGeneral Sir John W. Carson: Vice President, W. G. Ross: and Secretary-Treasurer, G. D. Oulster. The average number of men employed in asbestos mining in the Province of Quebec during the year 1920 was 1890 and in milling operations 1340, making a total of 3230 engaged in the industry. Windsor Asbestos Company, Ltd., announced that its plant at Coleraine, P.Q., was in operation and could supply milled asbestos fiber in substantial quantities. Riga 64 ASBESTOS -- Juna 1971