The Archive · 1936

GERMANY'S SYNTHETIC RUBBER COSTLY

Berlin, Feb, 17.

The verdict of experts on the synthetic rubber to which Herr Hitler referred so enthusiastically at the International Automobile Exhibition fon February 15 is that the product is ood, but that it is five times more expensive than the natural raw material, The Reichsfuehrer claimed that Germany had solved the problem of manufacturing usable synthetic rubber. The product, he said, had been tested by the Army and other comelent quarters and found to surpass natural rubber In durability by ten to thirty per cont—Reuter.

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