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Show Far-Sighted Bootmaker Heads Large Industry Thomas Bats, of Zlin, Czechoslovakia, Czecho-slovakia, Is do ordinary bootmaker. Since the war he has been largely Instrumental In-strumental In developing In bis country coun-try an Industry which has now reached enormous proportions. Looking Look-ing ahead, he saw that there must be a vast demand for boots and shoes throughout the world, and In his own country vast supplies of leather were available. Since that time his factory has grown until It now employs 2,600 hands and turns out 100,000 pairs of hoots and shoes a day. To house his workers he had to build a town which now has 15,000 Inhabitants. Mr. Bata has for years made use of airplanes to convey his commercial travelers all over Europe with samples sam-ples of his wares. He maintains a small air force of his own, with a staff of trained pilots. |