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M a t h i e s o n a c q u i r e s a s s e t s o f S o u t t h e r n Acid & S u l p h u r C o . , I n c . . . . F o r t y - f i v e m i l l i o n p o u n d per y e a r p e t r o l e u m w a x p l a n t b u i l t o n W e s t Coast . . . Lubricatiom p r o b l e m s s t u d i e d w i t h a i d of r a d i o i s o t o p e s . . . Caribbeaix islands y i ^ l d extensive reserves of baxixite T N a letter to stockholders of Mathieson ••• Chemical Corp., Thomas S. INichols, president, announced Feb. 7 that a s a result of negotiations with the directors and principal stockholders of Southern Acid & Sulphur Company, Inc., Mathieson is contracting to purchase the busiaess and assets of that company. Under- terms of the agreement, Mathieson will distribute 265,000 shares of its authorized but unissued common stock to ttie common stockholders of Southern -Acid & Sulphur. Principal business of Southern Acid & Sulphur is the production and saleofsulfurie acid, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate, phosphoric acid, superphosphates, mixed fertilizers, and sulfur. Acquisition of this company will further diversify the line of basic chemicals now manufactured by Mathieson and will add to its present operations a business that is producing satisfactory earnings, the report to stockholders stated. Plants of Southern Acid & Sulphur are located at Houston, Beaumont, a,nd Port Arthur, Tex.; Shreveport, Lav.; and Little Rock, McKamie, and Macedonia, Ark. Net sales of the company totaled $21,800,000 for the 12 months ended Dec31, 1948, and resulted in a net profit of approximately $2,620,000. At the meeting of Mathieson stockholders held in March 1948 an increase in the common stock of the corporation from 1 million to 1.5 million shares was authorized for the purpose of providing additional shares to finance the expansion of the corporation. Mr. Nichols pointed out that a major part of this expansion has been accomplished without issuing these shares.
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and western markets, producing refined wax of high, medium, and low melting points from California crude. About 2 9 % of production will be of the most pliable, low-melting point grade, 125 to 130 a.m.p., most of which will be used in milk cartons. Around 54% will be of medium melting point for waxed paper. Higher melting point wax will be used for specialized purposes.
Radioisotopes Aid in Petroleum Research Experiments with piston rings made radioactive in the uranium eb in-reacting pile at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory forecast benefits to operators of motorized equipment, the Atomic Energy Commission has revealed. The California Research Corp., a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Co. of California, and the Isotopes Division of the AEC are successfully using radioactive piston rings to test the effect of fuels and lubricants on engine wear. The amount of wear can be measured by an extremely simple method which is, however, so delicate that as little as one millionth of an ounce of metal worn from the rings can be detected. In another experiment, the corporation has developed a method to tell just where a given sample of oil is located in a pipeline from outside the pipe. As little as one billionth of an ounce of radioactive barium added to the oil before it is pumped into the pipe can be detected with a Geiger counter. In an experiment relating to improvements in producing better petroleum fuel, the corporation is using radioPrimo Pinotti of California Research Corp. tests sample of oil from engine using radioactive piston rings for radioactivity in order to determine amount of metal worn from rings
A new, major petroleum wax plant for the Pacific Coast and the West is going into operation at the Richmond Refinery of the Standard Oil Co. of California. Capable of manufacturing 45 million pounds of wax a year, the new plant has been under construction since the easing of the equipment a n d supply situation follow?; :g the end of t h e war. Need for a West Coast wax plant has been indicated since the tremendous growth in the use of wax during and since the war years, the company states. The Richmond plant will supply t h e Pacific 422
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active carbon to learn more about what happens to gasoline molecules as they pass through the refinery.
High-Grade Aluminum Ores Found in Caribbean Immense, readily available reserves of a new type of high-quality bauxite discovered on the islsnds of Jamaica, Haiti, and Hispaniola in the Caribbean will prove of untold value to any defense program the U. S. may adopt, it was revealed recently by Reynolds Metals Co. These discoveries are particularly significant in view of the virtual exhaustion of high-grade reserves in the U. S., the fourfold expansion of the industry during the past seven years, and the general inadequacy of the Guiana reserves. The high-grade reserves drilled and sampled to date total at least 350 million tons, of which 9 0 % or more is in Jamaica and the remainder divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Antitrust Cases Involve Paint and Abrasives Makers The Federal Court at St. Louis, Mo., recently imposed fines totaling $15,500 upon pleas of nolo contendere to an antitrust indictment by three corporations and three individuals engaged in the manufacture and sale of water-thinned and watermixed paints. The defendants and the amount of the fines imposed upon each are as follows: Reardon Co., $4,000; L. A. McLean, of Reardon, $750; Muralo Co., Inc., $4,000; Chester Braham, of Muralo, $750; Wesco Waterpairits, Inc., $4,000; and J. G. Penniman, of Wes'co Waterpaints, $2,000. The indictment charged the corporate defendants and the above officials with fixing and stabilizing prices and with agreeing upon arbitrary freight charges and classification of customers. A civil antitrust suit was filed last month in the Federal Court at Boston, Mass., charging four manufacturers, a patent holding company, and an export association with a conspiracy to restrain and monopolize domestic and foreign trade in coated abrasives. Named as defendants are Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co., Behr-Manning Corp., Carborundum Co., Armour and Co., and Durex Abrasives Corp. and the Durex Corp. The complaint alleges that the four defendant manufacturers have entered into unlawful contracts and arrangements by which substantially all of the patents relating tb coated abrasivee are pooled, uniform and noncompetitive prices are fixed for the sale of such abrasives, and competition is eliminated. In addition, the complaint charges that the defendant, Durex Abrasives Corp., which was organAND
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European Oil Reconstruction
Refinery Program
An extensive oil refinery reconstruction program centered about nine major en gineering and construction projects in England, France, and Belgium is now un der way. The program, embracing both reconstruction of war-wrecked refineries and the building of new ones, is part of a world-wide petroleum engineering pro gram undertaken by the M. W. Kellogg Co. of Jersey C i t y , N . J. The engineering and building program which it is directing is expected, when completed, to improve Europe's position in the oil industry. The Kellogg program also includes mfcjor proj ects in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Iran, and Venezuela.
Synthetic Rubber Patent Pool Ending Termination of the Government-spon sored patent pooling agreement in the synthetic rubber field can be expected soon, the B. F. Goodrich Co. states. Major rubber companies and other parties to the agreement, completed soon after Pearl Harbor a n d commonly known as the December 1941 agreement, already have agreed on the "terms of an arrangement for the return to free competition in this broadening field. It remains for the Cana dian government, which has a similar war time agreement, to concur in that arrange ment. The action now being taken is made mandatory under the Rubber Act of 1948.
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A large N e w England textile manu facturer, William Whitman Co., Inc., has embarked upon the manufacture of vinyl plastic film. T h e company also produces cotton and wool fabrics. Its 1948 fiscal year textile sales approximated $80 million. T h e company established a subsidiary, Whitman Plastics, Inc., with a plant at Lynn, Mass, which is now in production, largely making vinyl plastic film. In addition, custom-made extruded vinyl products for industrial applications are being produced to manufacturers' speci fications.
Germany
Instructions and memoranda control ling exports a n d imports t o and from the American and British zones of Germany have been issued b y the Joint ExportImport Agency (JEIA). T h e text of these appeared in t h e Federal Register, Vol. 14, number 12, available at the Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D . C.
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£*tU4Îiilie/i>é, A range, Nos. 1-40, of poly-alcohol fatty acid esters. Typical selection and uses: No. 1 (Pentaerythritol Mono Stéarate) for shaving creams, vanishing creams, water soluble ointments. No. 6 (Di Glycol Mono Stéarate) for cosmetic creams, tablet coatings, etc. No. 21H (Propylene Glycol Mono Laurate) for plasticizers, ointments, lipsticks, skin creams, etc. No. 32 (Pentaerythritol Di Palmito-Stearate) for all pharmaceutical uses, ointments, emulsions. Alternative for Lecithin.
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At Binney & Smith Co., G. H. Brannan has been appointed to manage pigment sales in the Philadelphia office. C. P. Morris, manager since 1915, will retire on April 1. Black, Sivalls & Bryson, Inc., has an nounced the appointment of Gen. H. L. Mumma, U.S.A., Retired, as its world ex port manager with headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, Ν. Υ. In addition to oil field equipment Black, Sivalls & Bryson propane tanks will be offered to the growing liquefied petroleum gas industry in South America. Safety de vices and storage containers will be made available in both hemispheres. Chain Belt Co. of Milwaukee announces the opening of two new district sale offices: the St. Louis Office a t 8001 Clay ton Rd., under the direction of C. R. Studer, and the Jacksonville office, at 340 West Church St., under the direction of D.B.Hill. The Dearborn Chemical Co., Chicago, 111., has announced the appointment of W. R. Wieschendorff as district manager of its western offices. He will make his headquarters in Dearborn's Los Angeles office at 807 Mateo St. H. F. Weckel has been appointed gen eral sales manager of the Elliott Paint and Varnish Co., Chicago, 111. This appoint ment is part of Elliott's expansion pro gram, which is now in progress. The Esso Standard Oil Co., affiliated with the Standard Oil Co. ( N . J.), has dis closed the election of H. G. Burks, Jr., as a vice president. He will succeed J. R. Carringer, who has been named an assist ant t o the president until his retirement on May 1. M. W. Boyer, a vice president, will assume Dr. Burks' former position as director of all manufacturing operations. The Foxbpro Co., Foxboro, Mass., has opened a branch office at 123 West College Ave., Appleton, Wis. The manager is M. A. Schreiner. Another new Foxboro office is at 6225 Brookside Ave., Kansas City 2, Mo., where G. J. Willier is manager. At Baton Rouge, La., J. B. Deaderick is manager of the office recently opened at 115 North 19th St. In addition to these fully staffed branches, Foxboro resident engineers have recently been head quartered in Milwaukee, Wis., ai;d Frank fort, Ν. Υ. Several improvements in the service facilities of John Powell & Co., Inc., have been instituted. As part of a compre hensive expansion plan, a technical service department has been organized to provide full assistance to customers in solving their biological and technical problems. Kenneth Nash has been appointed its director. Other steps include the transfer
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of Powell's laboratory to their Brooklyn plant and the closing of" the S a n Leandro, Calif., plant to make w a y for the opening of entirely new facilities. Roche-Organon, Inc., pharmaceutical manufacturer, Nutley, -N. J., has changed its name to Organon, I n c . , and has moved its headquarters to Orange, N . J. Publicker Industries, Inc., h a s expanded its distribution organization by t h e ad dition of 11 exclusive selling agents in 13 cities. The distribution a n d sales ex pansion is largely in the Midwest, with ad ditional distributors also added in Buffalo, Houston, and New Orleans. Publicker products to be handled by t h e new dis tributors are its industrial alcohols, sol vents, and other chemicals.
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Net income of $6,457,947, or $2.36 a share, was reported by Air Reduction Co., Inc., for 1948, compared with $5,701,648, or $2.08 a share in 1947. Gross sales ol $94,855,827 last year exceeded the peace time record of $85,516,019 reported in 1947. Recent diversification a n d expansion places Air Reduction i n a firmer position in industry with a materially larger volume of sales, more than compensating for the lower profit margins, ttoe company states. The board of directors of t h e AmericanMarietta Co. has declared the usual quarterly dividend on the common stock of 25 cents per share, payable on F e b . 1 t o stockholders of record Jan. 2 0 . Directors of Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. have declared a dividend of 5 0 cents per share payable March 1, 1949, t o stock holders of record Feb. 11. Net income of the Davison Chemical Corp. for the six months ended D e c . 26, 1948, after provision for income taxes, amounted t o $617,000, as compared with $1,104,000 for the same period last year and $262,000 for t h e same period, t w o years ago. The earnings for the half year period were equal to $1.20 per share on t h e 514,134 shares of capital stock outstand ing. Net earnings before income taxes for the 1948 period were $960,000, compared with $1,813,000 for the 1947 period. Sales for the six montbLS amounted t o $14,376,000, compared w i t h $14,335,000 for the same period last year. The unaudited consolidated net income of the D o w Chemical Co. for the six months ended Nov. 30, 1918, was $14,467,722.02, which, after providing for dividends on both classes of preferred stock, was equivalent *to $2.64 per share on the common stock outstanding. Net earnings of Dresser Industries, Inc., for the fiscal -yc&r ended Oct. 3 1 ,
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Λ7 Ε W S 1948, reached $8,038,422 on net dales of $108,736,897. This compares with net earnings of $4,439,189 on net sales of $80,095,199 in the previous 12 months and was equivalent to $7.14 per share o n the 1,095,137 shares of common stock out standing as against $3.85 earned per share the previous fiscal year. T e n Dresser companies which are builders and dis tributors of equipment used chiefly in the production, transportation, refining, and supply of petroleum and natural g a s ac counted for $79,465,637 of t h e total net sales and $5,792,108 of the company's net earnings. The 1948 annual report of Hercules Powder Co. showed net income after all charges of $10,947,062. After payment of $437,440 dividends on preferred stock, net income applicable to the common stock was equal to $3.99 a share. In 1947 net in come of the company was $12,934,430. These earnings were equal after preferred dividends t o $4.75 a share o n 2,633,420 shares of common stock then outstanding. The physical volume of business in 1948 increased about 6%, the report said. Lower prices for naval stores products, however, coupled with further increases in wage and material costs, reduced earnings. Export sales were lower. Research ex penditures amounted to approximately $3,900,000, again about 3 % of the com pany's sales. Net sales of International Minerals & Chemical Corp. for the six months ending Dec. 3 1 , 1948, were $20,146,566, a s com pared with $19,090,107 for the corre sponding period of the previous year. T h e increase amounted to 6%. McCarthy Chemical Co. a wholly owned subsidiary of McCarthy Oil & Gas Corp., has sold to the Metropolitan Life I n surance Co. $15 million of 4 % 10-year first mortgage bonds. Proceeds from the sale of the bonds will be used to repay advances made by the parent company t o construct chemical plants and for related facilities and to provide working capital.
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Starting salaries for graduates of t h e New York University College of Engineer ing increased during 1948 by 1 1 % over t h e previous year, questionnaires sent t o re cent graduates revealed. T h e average starting salary was $252 a month, with the largest increase in aeronautical and administrative engineering fields.
Grant to McCollum from Gould Foundation The Johns Hopkins University has announced that the Robert Gould R e search Foundation, Cincinnati, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the public health and welfare and devoted primarily to the advancement of the science of nutri tion, has made a grant-in-aid of $5,000 for research in 1949 t o E. V. McCollum, pro fessor emeritus of biochemistry a t t h e School of Hygiene and Public Health of the university. T h e fund will enable D r . McCollum, the discoverer of vitamins A and D and one of the discoverers of vita min B i , to continue his experiments in t h e
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Pittsburgh
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Graduate student teaching assistantships, junior research fellowships, research assistantships, and graduate scholarships for 1949-50 are open a t the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 13, P a . Requests for further information should be a d dressed to the dean of the graduate school.
Providence College Dedicates Science Building Albertus Magnus Hall, named i n honor of the 13th century Dominican philoso pher-scientist, was dedicated Jan. 27 a n d 28 at Providence College, Providence, R. I. K. F. Herzfeld of Catholic Univer sity gave the principal address. The building is 245 feet long and rises three stories above the ground floor in t h e center section. Its east wing is devoted to biological laboratories, the west t o chemis try, and the top floor to physics. T h e
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T h e Clark Thread Co. has made availa ble» three fellowships for graduate study and research in the field of textile tech nology a t the Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of Technology. Holders of bachelor's de grees in engineering o r science from approved schools are eligible. E a c h fel lowship carries an award of S 1,800 per academic ypiir.
Rockefeller Foundation Aids VC Virus Laboratory T h e Rockefeller Foundation has pledged 5100,000 to the University of California for equipment of t h e new virus laboratory of Wendell Stanley, Nobel prize winner who recently joined the Berkeley faculty. D r . Stanley was previously a member of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, N. J . T h e funds will (be available for the three-year period 1949-51.
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