f4ué9e€&£é&ué atpd 7/£eétâùu%4, Chicago Production Shove and Conference Planned as a diversified display of new items of interest t o factory production men, such as casting methods, tools, materials, control instruments, and other equipment, the Chicago Production Show vset for March 20, 21, and 22 at the Stevens Hotel has attracted many exhibitors from the Middle West. The Chicago Technical Societies Council is also arranging its annual conference for those dates, 40 of its member societies being scheduled to participate in t h e panel sessions during the three days. L. G. Van de Bogart and W. A. Anderschat have coordinated the papers under six general program subjects.
Colloid Symposium at Wisconsin May 28 and 29 have been chosen as the dates for the 20th Colloid Symposium, to be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The Svedbcrg, professor at the University of Upsala, Sweden, will be guest of honor. *'The Physical Chemistry of High Molecular Weight Materials" will be the subject of the first day's papers, to be presented in two concurrent sessions, one concerned with the proteins and the other with the organic high polymers. The first division will be presided over by Dr. Svedbcrg; the second, b y Paul Flory, research department, Goodyear Rubber Co. H. B. Weiser in cooperation with the symposium committee has planned the second day's program of general papers. Arrangements have been made for housing at one of the university dormitories for t h e nights of May 27, 28, and 29 and for meals at the Commons. Those who expect to attend should notify C. H . Sorum, department of chemistry, Madison, Wis., before May 20.
Western Engineers Honor Vannevar Bush The Washington Award in recognition of devoted unselfish and pre-eminent service in the advancement of human progress was conferred upon Vannevar Bush, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development by t h e Western Society of Engineers on Feb. 20, in Chicago, for his research activities which have contributed t o the well-being
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of humanity by producing devices and instrumentalities of war which have hastened the termination of hostilities. The Washington Award is conferred each year by the Western Society of Engineers on the recommendation of commission of award representing the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the Western Society of Engineers. Arthur H. Compton was the recipient of last year's award.
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Outstanding importance to American business, seeking expansion in world markets, of continued support for education and research in tropical diseases was emphasized at the sixth annual meeting of the American Foundation for Tropical Medicine held Feb. 7 at New York. An advisory committee of foundation members to work with industry on common problems concerning tropical medicine was named. The foundation's Richard Pearson Strong Palladium Medal, with an honorarium of $500, gifts of the Winthrop Chemical Co., Inc., was presented to Brigadier General George Russell Callender, Commandant of the Medical Department Professional Service Schools, Washington, D . C. The citation stated that under Brig. Gen. Callender's supervision and guidance, research in the school "contributed directly to the achievement of the lowest sick rate of any army in the history of war. His initiative and effort were largely responsible for the creation of the course i n tropical medicine and for the development of extensive research activities at the Army Medical School in 1941 before Pearl Harbor. "As a result of the typhus vaccine developed in 1942 not a single United States soldier died of epidemic typhus fever." Other achievements of the school included development of a satisfactory method for overseas shipment of whole blood for transfusion, establishment of a service for the accurate diagnosis and classification of virus rickettsial diseases, development of sensitive and specific antigens for the serological diagnosis of malaria, and investigation of false positive blood tests for syphilis leading to more accurate diagnosis. Col. T. T. Mackie, foundation presi-
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dent, reported that since its organization in 1940, the foundation had dispersed S 188,000 in grants to support teaching and research in tropical medicine. The major recipient, he said, was Tulane University, \vhich maintains the only graduate school of tropical medicine in the United States.
Chemical Warfare Association Organized The Chemical Warfare Association was organized Feb. 6, 1946, with the filing o f articles of incorporation in Washington, D . C. Major General Alden H. Waitt, Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, was named honorary president and Colonel Herbert K. Bear, temporary president. Included in the list of directors are enlisted men, civilians, and active and i n active officers who will serve until the first annual convention is called late this spring. The purposes of the association are: (1) to perpetuate the friendships, memories, and traditions growing out of association; with the Chemical Warfare Service; (2) to> collect and disseminate useful knowledge with respect to chemical warfare and related subjects; (3) to foster a spirit of" good will and cooperative endeavor among its members and with industry; and (4) to> sponsor new developments designed to i n crease the efficiency of chemical warfare means. Organized to further scientific research^, and development in the chemical field a s well as to promote industrial preparedness by keeping in close touch with industry i n general, the association has thrown open its doors to any citizen interested in t h e promotion of national defense. A magazine, The Chemical Warfare Journal, will contain up-to-the-minute news of the peacetime developments o f the Chemical Warfare Service as well as of related industry, running accounts of a c complishments of chemical troops i n World War II, personnel items, and other news. The association will work with othes· branches of the service as well as with t h e peacetime CWS arm to impress upon t h e general public the need for preparedness. Local chapters have already been organized at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Denver, Colo., New York City, and Washington!, D . C , where the national headquarters will be located. The association is politically nonpartisan. A n executive committee, elected t o supervise operations until thefirstftTnm
