Oil industries

Joint dedication ceremonies of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and Cities Service Company. Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., President, The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (center), explaining how synthetic rubber is baled in the Firestone Synthetic rubber plant at Lake Charles, Louisiana to W. Alton Jones, President, The Cities Service Co. (left) and Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War (right).

Group at joint dedication ceremonies of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and Cities Service Company at 100-Octane, Butadiene and Synthetic Rubber Plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In picture from left to right: Honorable James H. Davis, Governor, State of Louisiana; Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., President, The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.; Honorable Sam H. Jones, former Governor, State of Louisiana; W. Alton Jones, President, Cities Service Co.; George H. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President, Defense Supplies Corp.; and Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War.

Unidentified man at desk, evidently connected to the oil industry or staff of the Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War.

Unidentified man sitting at desk, evidently connected to the oil industry or the staff of the Deputy Petroleum Director for War.

Group standing by plane in Paris. From left to right: Mr. Doughton; Elaine Owens; Stanley Richardson; unidentified man; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Sam Botsford; Ellen Downes; Malcolm Bedouger; William R. Boyd, Jr.; Mr. Crompton; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; R.E Hardwicke; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Gordon Sessions; W. Alton Jones; Ralph T. Zook; George A. Hill, Jr.; and Lieutenant Colonel William Bodius.

Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes' (on steps) arrival in Paris to explore the petroleum situation. Captain A.F. Story standing in background.

Group on plane. From left to right, front to back: Gordon Sessions; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; W. Alton Jones; George A. Hill, Jr.; Captain A.F. Story; R.E Hardwicke; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; Ralph T. Zook; Elaine Owens (standing); Raymond Ickes; and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes.

Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes (left) being greeted by Mr. Jacobsen (center) and Monnett Davis, American Minister to Denmark at Copenhagen Airport. Mr. Ickes is exploring the petroleum situation.

Petroleum group arrival at Copenhagen Airport. From left to right: unidentified soldier; Mr. Jacobsen; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; R.E Hardwicke; Monnett Davis, American Minister to Denmark; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; W. Alton Jones; Stanley Richardson; William R. Boyd, Jr.; Gordon Sessions; George A. Hill, Jr.; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Colonel Ewert, American Military Attache; and Captain Thomas Higginson.

Plane at Copenhagen Airport, carrying petroleum group.