Program of the St. Louis Meeting of the A m e r i c a n Chemical Society April 7 to 11, 1941 9:00 A. M.—Divisional meetmgs. 12:15 P. M . roup luncheons. 1:00 and 2:00 P. M.—Plant visits. 2:00 P. M.—Divisional meet ings. 5:00 p. M.—Social hours. 7:00 p. M.—Subscription dinner (informal), Gold Room, Hotel Jefferson. James S. Thomas, Im mediate Past President of Chrysler Institute of Engineering and President of Clarkson College of Technology, * ' Tomorrow Will Be Better—The Chemical Front Is Backed by History and Advanced by Vision".
General Program Sunday, A p r i l 6 2:00 to 9:00 P. M.—Regis tration, Grand Lounge, Opera House, Municipal Auditorium, 14th and Market Streets. 6:00 P. M.—Favorite Sunday evening radio programs, Crystal Room, Hotel Jefferson. 8:00 P. M.—Moving pic tures, Crystal Room, Hotel Jefferson. Continu ous performance of: "The River" "Tom Sawyer" "Huckleberry Finn"
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Monday, April 7 8:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M.—Registration. 9 : 3 0 A.M.—Council meeting, Crystal Room Hotel Jefferson. 2:00 P.M.—General meeting, Opera House, Municipal Audi torium. Presentation of the Borden Award in the Chemistry of Milk to Claude S. Hudson. Presentation of the Eli Lilly and Company Award in Biological Chemistry to David Rittenberg. Hugh S. Taylor, Princeton University, "Catalysis Serves the Petroleum Industry". E. R. Weidlein, Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, " Chem istry and Its Importance to National Defense". "The Relation of the Chemical Profession to Selective Service". A discussion led by Charles L. Parsons, Secretary, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, and Major Joseph S. Battley, Chief, Occu pational Deferment, Selective Service System. 3:30 to 5:30 P. M.—Complimentary reception and tea in honor
H . E . Wiedemann
7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 12:15 1:00 1:30 1:30 6:30
Friday, A p r i l 11 8:00 A. M. to 12:00 NOON—Registration. 9:00 A. M.—Divisional meetings. 1:00 P. M.—Busses leave Hotel Jefferson for Rolla, Mo. New Chemistry Building at the Missouri School of Mines will be dedicated in the afternoon. Fare, including dinner, $2.00. Return to the Hotel Jefferson at 11:00 P. M. 1:30—Divisional meeting.
of the wives of the officers of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY,
Ivory Room, Mezzanine Floor, Hotel Jefferson.
Thursday, A p r i l 10 A. M.—Group breakfasts. A. M. to 6:00 p. M.—Registration. and 9:00 A. M.—Plant visits. A. M.—Divisional meetings. P . M.—Group luncheons. and 2:00 P. M.—Plant visits. p. M.—Golf tournament. and 2:00 p. M.—Divisional meetings. and 7:00 P. M —Group dinners.
All registered
visitors and members of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY are
invited. Admission by ticket. 6:00 p. M.—Group dinners. 8 : 3 0 P . M . — " S t . Louis Showboat." A potpourri of flap doodle and spirits. Celebrities of radio and stage offering a full evening of entertaining, audience-participating show. Two of the world's largest radio shows presented in person by guest stars with full orchestra and complete cast. Opera House, Municipal Auditorium. Tuesday, A p r i l 8 7 : 3 0 A.M.—Group breakfasts. 8:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M.—Registration. 9:00 A. M.—Divisional meetings. 9:00 A. M.—Plant visits. 12:15 P. M.—Group luncheons. 2:00 P. M.—Divisional meetings. 2:00 P. M.—Plant visits. 5:00 P. M.—Social hour. 6:00 P. M.—Group dinners. 8:30 P. M.—St. Louis Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Vladimir Golschmann presenting an evening of popular symphonic music. Opera House, Municipal Auditorium. Wednesday, A p r i l 9 : 30 A. M.—Group breakfasts. :00 A. M. to 6:00 p. M.—Registration. :30 and 9:00 A. M.—Plant visits.
Local Committee Chairmen HONORARY CHAIRMAN.
L. McMaster.
GENERAL CHAIRMAN. H. E. Wiedemann, 1604 Chemical Bldg. SECRETARY. E. S. Weil. ENTERTAINMENT. L. A. Watt. FINANCE. Jules Bebie. GROUP MEALS. P. A. Krueger, Mallinckrodt Chemical Works. HOTELS. J, H. Gardner, Washington University. LADIES' ENTERTAINMENT. Hildegarde Frerichs. MEETING ROOMS. F. D. Smith, Monsanto Chemical Co. PLANT VISITS.
A. H. Winheim.
PRINTING. C. N . Jordan. PUBLICITY. H. A. Marple. RECEPTION. Fredrich Olsen. REGISTRATION. L. J. Wood. TRANSPORTATION. Α. Ε. Huff. WOMEN CHEMISTS. Ernestine Long.
Announcements All events are on Central Standard Time. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Registration and all divisional meetings except those of the Division of Rubber Chemistry will be held in the Municipal Auditorium, 14th and Market Streets. REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATION F E E . The registration head quarters of the meeting will open at 2:00 P. M., Sunday, in the Grand Lounge, Opera House, Municipal Auditorium, and will
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continue there throughout the meeting. T h e registration fee, required by \^ote of the Council t o help carry local expenses, has been fixed at S3.00 for members and visitors other t h a n American nonmember chemists and chemical engineers; $8.00 for American nonmember chemists and chemical engineers. Associate members of divisions or of local sections are not members of t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY and, if chemists or chemical engineers, are subject t o t h e $8.00 fee. Chemical students, both graduate and undergraduate, are given the courtesy of registration on exactly the same basis as members of t h e SOCIETY. All members and guests m u s t register t o help carry the expense of the meeting. BADGES. I t is important that official badges be worn at all times, as admission to all divisional meetings and to certain of the events on the entertainment program is by badge only. M A I L . Mail and telegrams should be sent to t h e hotel where stopping. Communications addressed in care of t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY cannot be delivered to t h e individual b u t will be held a t the mail desk of the Hotel Jefferson. T h e SOCIETY accepts no responsibility for delivery of such matter. After each national meeting, some mail and telegrams remain undelivered. Therefore, as a m a t t e r of precaution, convention a t t e n d a n t s should inquire for mail at the Hotel Jefferson, regardless of their local addresses. TRANSPORTATION. T h e downtown hotels are within walking distance of t h e Auditorium. The taxicab fare from Union Station to the downtown hotels or from the downtown hotels to the Auditorium is 35 cents. One passenger or a full load is carried for the same rate. Street-car and bus fare is 10 cents throughout the city. T h e Auditorium may be reached from all hotels b y busses or street cars. INFORMATION. An information desk will be maintained in the Municipal Auditorium. P R E S S . T h e A. C. S. News Service will maintain press headquarters during t h e convention in Private Dining Rooms 4 and 5, second floor, Hotel Jefferson. L A D I E S ' HEADQUARTERS. Mezzanine floor, Hotel Jefferson. W O M E N CHEMISTS. Headquarters for women chemists will be maintained on t h e mezzanine floor of the Hotel Jefferson. Rest rooms, convenient to meeting rooms, will be available in the Municipal Auditorium. 4:30 P . M. Tuesday, April 8, a "shop t a l k " session running in full gear from 4 : 3 0 to dinner time, sixteenth floor, DeSoto Hotel. 6:00 P . M. Tuesday, April 8, complimentary dinner to all women chemists registered a t the meeting, sixteenth floor, Hotel DeSoto. Tickets m u s t be obtained a t the ticket booth a t t h e time of registering. T h e women chemists are also invited to attend all of t h e entertainment features provided for t h e nonchemist women (see page 324). G R O U P OF DIVISIONAL OFFICERS. This group will meet for breakfast T h u r s d a y a t 7:30 A. M. in the Hotel Jefferson, Parlor 7. Tickets, price 85 cents, m u s t be procured in advance. Cliff S. Hamilton, Chairman; Arthur M . Buswell, Secretary. G R O U P OF LOCAL SECTION O F F I C E R S .
Attention
Employers!!!
N ST. LOUIS the A. C. S. Employment Clearing House will have available for interview chemists and chemical engineers with a great variety of training a n d experience. These include persons looking for their first positions and those with varied a n d extensive experience; individuals with only a single degree and those t h a t have held postdoctorate fellowships; men and women wanting positions in educational institutions and those preferring industrial connections. We know of no other place a t which one can find not only t h e records of such a diversified group of chemists a n d chemical engineers, but t h e individuals themselves. Any employer having a vacancy t o fill or anticipating one can ill afford to pass u p this opportunity to make personal contacts. Members a n d student affiliates, registered at t h e meeting and wishing employment or change of position, will file records in the Clearing House. T h e forms provide space for a photograph, personal data, and information regarding education and experience; a sample copy will be sent on request. A classified index will be maintained so t h a t o n e can find quickly those with the special training or experience desired. A private room will be available in which employers' representatives m a y consult the index and inspect t h e vitae at any time. At t h e request of employers, interviews will be arranged promptly with anyone whose record io on file. Space in which interviews m a y be held will be available. Obviously, the advantages to employers a r e many. They m a y inspect these records without a n y of t h e regist r a n t s knowing they are looking for chemists. Personal interviews are always more satisfactory t h a n correspondence; this plan makes available t o each employer individuals from widely scattered localities who otherwise could be interviewed only through time-consuming and costly travel. Those who have never visited an A. C. S. Employment Clearing House will find this unique employment aid of definite service if their experience follows t h a t of m a n y who regularly use it. Several employers send personnel department representatives to each meeting solely to take advantage of this service. The employers who have visited t h e Clearing House in t h e past will find t h e facilities and staff in St. Louis enlarged, thus assuring more prompt and more efficient service. Plan o n using the A. C. S. Employment Clearing House in the Municipal Auditorium, St. Louis, April 6 to 11, 1941. Office hours: Sunday, 2:00 t o 9:00 P. M. ; Monday through Friday, 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.
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for breakfast Tuesday a t 7:30 A. M. a t the Hotel Jefferson, Parlor 1. Tickets, price 85 cents, must be procured in advance. J. C. Morrell, Chairman; Auburn A. Ross, Secretary. RAILROAD RESERVATIONS. T h e St. Louis railroads will maintain representatives on duty at t h e information desk, Municipal Auditorium, during convention week to supply rail schedule information, Pullman reservations, and further travel information. ABSTRACTS. T h e A. C. S. News Service, Room 706, Mills Building, Washington, D . C , can supply a limited number of sets of abstracts of papers presented at the St. Louis meeting a t $0.50 per set t o those submitting receipt for divisional dues; $1.00, to others who remit with order; $1.25, to those who fail to send cash with order; a n d S 1.50, to those requiring bills t o be rendered. The abstracts will be as furnished by the authors a n d will be mailed almost immediately. Copies will also be on sale a t St. Louis. T I C K E T S . Tickets should be purchased a s far in advance as possible in order t o permit the committee to make proper arrangements. This is especially true for transportation involving the hiring of busses, such as plant trips and events on t h e Ladies' Program. E Q U I P M E N T FOR M E E T I N G ROOMS.
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All divisional meeting rooms
will be equipped with a standard lantern-slide projector, screen, blackboard, pointer, chalk, erasers, and a reading desk with light. Motion-picture a n d special projection equipment will be available but cannot be furnished a t the expense of t h e SOCIETY. Arrangements m u s t be made at least two weeks in advance. All correspondence relative to meeting rooms and equipment should be addressed to F . D . Smith, Monsanto Chemical Co., St. Louis. Each divisional secretary should get in touch with the MeetingRooms Committee and inspect the assigned meeting room the day before t h e first session of the division.
Society Regulations Governing Registration BYLAW 2. (a) Attendance a t meetings of the SOCIETY is limited to registered persons. (6) All persons in registering a t meetings of the SOCIETY shall state whether or n o t they are members of the SOCIETY' a n d if not, whether they are chemists or chemical engineers. (c) American chemists or chemical engineers, nonmembers of the SOCIETY, attending meetings of the SOCIETY, shall assist in the support of t h e facilities which they enjoy by paying a higher registration fee than members. This differential at general meetings shall be $5.00 higher than t h e fee charged members; while a t regional and divisional meetings it shall be a t least twice the regular fee adopted. They shall be furnished with a special nonmember badge to differentiate them from members of the SOCIETY and from foreign and nonchemist guests. T h e differential charged shall not apply to regularly matriculated students majoring in chemistry or chemical engineering at any college or university. (d) Meetings are normally open to all registrants, but any session may be closed t o nonmembers of the SOCIETY by order of the President. N O T E . Corporation members have the right to designate one rr^resentative only with membership privileges at each m a t i n g , li a corporation member sends a substitute for t h e delegate of record, the Secretary's office should be informed by mail. In registering, such a representative should sign t h e corporation name, per his own as representative. A ssociate members of local seel ions and of divisions are not members of the Society and have no Society privileges. All visitors, including children, regardless of age, who participate in a n y trips, lunches, or other activities provided on either the men's or ladies' program, regardless of whether they are free or paid events, must pay the visitors' registration fee, S3.00, and wear the appropriate badge.
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Society Regulations Governing Papers BYLAW 3. (a) P a p e r s b y American chemists or chemical engineers n o t members of t h e SOCIETY shall not a p p e a r on t h e programs of general, divisional, or regional meetings of t h e SOCIETY
unless they be joint papers with SOCIETY members. (b) All ~ papers presented before general, divisional, regional, group, local section, or other meetings are t h e property of t h e SOCIETY, to be published in t h e j o u r n a l s of t h e SOCIETY or released
by t h e appropriate editor if n o t retained for such publication. N O T E . T h e editors will give p r o m p t decisions when papers a r e s e n t to t h e m with request for release. T h e editors concerned a r e A. B . L a m b , H . E. Howe, S. C. Lind, N . W . Rakestraw, a n d W . Albert Noyes, J r .
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charge of 15 cents will be added to the stated price for each meal served if the ticket is not purchased before the deadline. N o refunds will be m a d e on tickets after t h e d e a d l i n e . T h e hotels reserve t h e right to transfer t o special t a b l e s in their regular dining rooms a n y group m e a l s for which fewer t h a n fifteen tickets have been sold a t t h e deadline hour.
Hotels Hotel Jefferson, 12th a n d Locust S t r e e t s , h a s been designated as h e a d q u a r t e r s for this m e e t i n g . T h e Mayfair, 8 t h a n d S t . Charles Streets, will be h e a d q u a r t e r s for t h e Division of R u b b e r C h e m i s t r y ; its sessions a n d b a n q u e t are scheduled for t h e H o t e l Statler.
(c) T h e SOCIETY is n o t responsible for s t a t e m e n t s a n d opinions
advanced by individuals in papers or discussions before its m e e t ings. (cO Any paper, although announced in t h e final program, m a y be excluded a t any time prior t o delivery by order of t h e President. T h e Board of Directors h a s voted t h e following regulations (R-55) governing papers t o b e presented before general, divisional, regional, or group meetings, supplementing Bylaw 3 : (a) Authorship of papers shall be accredited only t o individuals a n d not t o companies or laboratories. (b) No paper m a y be presented which h a s been offered for p u b lication elsewhere. (c) N o paper, no m a t t e r how i m p o r t a n t , m a y be presented, t h e title of which does n o t a p p e a r on t h e final program.
OFFICIAL HOTELS'1
SINGLE
DOUBLE BED
Jefferson Mayfair Statler American Claridge DeSoto Lennox M a r k Twain Warwick Coronado
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t o 8.00 t o 6.50 to 9 . 0 0 to 7 . 0 0 to 6.00 t o 8.00 to 5.50 t o 5.00 t o 7 .00
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For location of ho1:els, see m a p , N E W S E D I T I O N , J a n . 10, page 2 1 . b With connecting silower between t w o rooms, S2.00.
id) If a p a p e r is declined b y a n y division of t h e SOCIETY, t h e
secretary of t h a t division is instructed t o notify the secretary of a n y other division to which it is likely t o be offered.
Jefferson.
Group Meals
PLACE
1.15 3.50
Tuesday
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Division of Industrial a n d Engi neering Chemistry Iowa State College Northwestern University Ohio State University Princeton University University of Cincinnati University of Illinois University of Kansas University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania
Statler, Parlor 102 Jefferson, Parlor 1 Jefferson, Parlor 8 S t a t l e r , Daniel Boone Room S t a t l e r , Assembly 1 IVXark T w a i n , Sara Room Jefferson, Crystal Room D e S o t o , Parlor D Jefferson, Parlor 7 Jefferson, Parlor 9 Ivlark T w a i n , Scott Room
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Breakfasts, 7 : 3 0 A . M . Local Section Officers University of Arkansas
Jefferson, Parlor 1 Statler, Daniel Boone Room Luncheons, 1 2 : 1 5 P. M . Alpha Chi Sigma, Professional Group DeSoto, Parlor D Division of Analytical and Micro Je'fferson, Crystal Room Chemistry Jefferson, Parlor 9 Division of Chemical Education Statler, Assembly 1 H a r v a r d University Statler, Parlor 104 Indiana University Massachusetts Institute of Tech Jefferson, Parlor 1 nology Warwick, Colonial Room Ohio Wesleyan University Mark Twain, Steamboat Room S t a t e University of Iowa DeSoto, Ballroom University of Chicago Jefferson, Parlor 3 University of Washington New York University
Social H o u r , 5 : 0 0 P. M . Jefferson, Dining Room 7
1. . 1 5 1. 1 5 1. . 1 5 1. . 1 5 1. . 1 5 1 .15 1 .15 1. . 1 5 1. . 1 5 1. . 1 5
Durs, 5 : 0 0 P. M. 0.85 0.85
Graduates of Foreign Universities Johns Hopkins University Yale University
Jefferson, Parlor 3 Jefferson, Crystal Room Jefferson, Crystal Room
0 .75 0 .35b 0 .35b
Thursday 15 15 15 15 1.15 1.00 1.15 1.15 1.15
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Dinners, 6 : 0 0 P. M. Division of Paint, Varnish, a n d Jefferson, Ivory Room 2.25 Plastics Chemistry Division of Petroleum Chemistry Jefferson, Crystal Room 2.25 Women Chemists DeSoto, Roof Garden Complimentary 0
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Divisional Officers Iota Sigma P i Students 0 University of Florida
Breakfasts, 7 : 3 0 A . M . Jefferson, Parlor 7 Jefferson, Parlor 3 D e S o t o , Parlor D S t a t l e r , Daniel Boone R o o m
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Luncheons, 12:15 P. M. California Universities Division of Cellulose Chemistry Division of Medicinal Chemistry Division of Sugar Chemistry and Technology E m o r y University Michigan State College Pennsylvania State College Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Purdue University University of Missouri University of Pittsburgh University of Wisconsin Washington University (St. Louis)
S t a t l e r , Parlor 102 D e S o t o , Roof Garden S t a t l e r , Daniel Boone R o o m
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Jefferson, Parlor 8 IMark Twain, Sara Room S t a t l e r , Parlor 106 Jefferson, Parlor 1 S t a t l e r , Parlor 108 Jefferson, Parlor 9 Lennox, Parlor Β Jefferson, Parlor 3 D e S o t o , Ballroom IVlark Twain, Den
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Dinners, 6 : 3 0 P. M.
Breakfasts, 7 : 3 0 A . MOklahoma A. and M . College DeSoto, Parlor D P h i Lambda Upsilon Jefferson, Crystal Room Syracuse University Jefferson, Dining Room 6 University of Nebraska Jefferson, Parlor 2 Luncheons, 1 2 : 1 5 P. M . Central College of Missouri Statler, Parlor 106 Columbia University Division of Agricultural and Food Mark Twain, Steamboat Room Chemistry Lennox, Parlor Β
Feb.
20, page 191; M a r c h 10, page 2 4 5 ; a n d M a r c h 25, p a g e 310. I n asking for multiple reservations, give t h e n a m e of e a c h person r e questing a room a n d t h e n a t u r e of t h e room desired. Please give a t least three hotel preferences. R e s e r v a t i o n s in excess of t h e capacity of t h e hotel i n d i c a t e d will be secured a t t h e n e a r e s t hotel having available space.
PRICE
Monday Dinners, 6 : 0 0 P. M . Division of Physical and Inorganic DeSoto, Ballroom Chemistry High School Chemistry Teachers Claridge, Club of St. Louis Area University Club " S a n Francisco '35'rs"
Hotel
F o r convenience please use t h e r e s e r v a t i o n request
form published in t h e N E W S E D I T I O N of F e b . 10, p a g e 1 4 3 ;
Quoted prices include tips a n d Missouri sales t a x ; a n y solicita tion m a d e a t t h e tables should be refused. T h e deadlines for t h e purchase of tickets a t t h e registration headquarters ticket b o o t h a r e as follows: breakfasts, 6 : 0 0 P . M. of t h e preceding d a y ; lunch eons, 9:30 A. M.; social hours a n d dinners, 2 : 0 0 P. M. A service ORGANIZATION
Requests for reservations s h o u l d b e sent a t a n early d a t e direct to the Hotels Committee, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY,
Alpha Chi Sigma Division of Water, Sewage, and Sanitation Chemistry
D e S o t o , Roof Garden
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L e n n o x , Parlor Β
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Tickets complimentary only to professional women chemists registered at the meeting. b Cocktails from private b a r a t sta-ndard prices. c Interested nonstudents invited.
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E D I T I O N
THEN...Men· TODAY...Machines Caught in the swirl of ever-accelerating production demands, w e sometimes think with nostalgic regret o f the passing o f "The G o o d O l d D a y s " . . . when life was unhurried . . . and efficiency was not a fetish. However, the pressure that w e would avoid is more imagined than r e a l . W e have learned t o transfer the burden of toil from men to machines . . . thus providing more individual leisure. A tank containing oil a n d sludge m a y be a l l o w e d to stand f o r several days to a f f o r d time enough f o r g r a v i t y to effect a separation (at best, imperfect). The same mixture may b e passed through a Centrifugal, wherein the force o f g r a v i t y is multiplied b y the thousands . . . the job o f separation is done efficiently in a f e w minutes . . · a n d there is involved but a minimum o f human effort. To maintain our place in w o r l d - w i d e economy, production must b e speeded up . . . . a n d capable machines, scientifically designed a n d properly built to withstand the gruelling pace, must assume the onus of labor.
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postmaster of Chicago and a well-known politician. T h e wmery i n its present form is a historic landmark of St. Louis.
Members and guests should purchase tickets for inspection trips when registering. Busses will leave the Locust Street entrance t o the Hotel Jefferson a t times indicated. Any tickets purchased at time of departure wall be sold at 15 cents more than t h e stated price. If small groups care to visit plants in St. Louis t h a t are n o t listed in t h e program, t h e P l a n t Visits Committee will endeavor to obtain t h e necessary permission. Address A. H. Winheim, Cherokee Plant, International Shoe Co., St. Louis.
Anheuser-Busch Brewery. A trip to the world's largest brewery has been scheduled for each day. This plant has a brewing c a pacity of 2,500,000 barrels per year. I n this visit t h e beer can b e seen in all stages from barley to bottle with samples of t h e contents of the latter.
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Granite City Steel Co. This plant has ten open-hearth furnaces, each of 60 tons' capacity. Of particular interest is t h e m o d e r n strip mill.
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Iii spite of the defense program which automatically bars visitors from several of t h e interesting manufacturing units in t h e St. Louis area, visits have been scheduled for thirteen plants which should be of interest to a large number of chemists and chemical engineers who will attend the spring meeting. T h e manufacture of cereals, soaps, beer, starch, fuel, rubber, paper, leather, ceramics, tobacco, steel, and fine chemicals is included in t h e trips which represent a fair cross section of St. Louis industry in chemical and related fields. Alton Box Board Co. This plant, established in 1910, manufactures paperboard for wallboard and folding boxes. T h e daily capacity of the plant is 500 tons. The raw materials used are waste paper, wood pulps, and straw, a n d the finished products are sheet board or laminated board for wallboard and solid fiber containers. Operations from cleaning a n d grinding waste paper to the laminating and aging of the wallboard can be seen. American Wine Co. This company was established in 1859 in the same cellars where Cook's Imperial still is made. The founder of t h e firm was Isaac Cook, former
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M e e t on Mark Twain's Mississippi T o m S a w y e r a n d B e c k y T h a t c h e r will b e w o r k i n g o v e r t i m e ' t i l n e x t m o n t h when t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY meets in St. Louis on
M a r k Τ wain's Mississippi. H e r e Tom and Becky carry on a romance in true M a r k Twain style. They'll be in St. Louis to greet the visiting chemists at t h e annual spring meeting on April 7 to 11.
International Siioe C o . (Wood River Tanneries). These tanneries consist of three units: Heavy Leather Tannery, tanning Army and work shoe leathers; Light Leather T a n n e r y , t a n n i n g dress and sport shoe leathers; and Split T a n n e r y , proc essing split l e a t h e r s for lin ings, work shoes, slippers, gussets, a n d work, gloves. All leather prepared at these units is chrometanned and is used for shoe uppers. Approximately 1,400,000 cowhides a>re processed a n n u a l l v , representing 650,000,000 pounds of beef. These hides weigh 35 to 1O0 pounds each in t h e green salted condition. T h e proc essing requires 5,000,000 pounds of salt, £,000,000 pounds of basic cbiiOmiiiin sulfate, a n d 8,000,000 pounds of other materials per year a n d 37 days a,re needed to produce t h e finished leather. b y products of this industry, which is a by-product of the m e a t industry 3 include soap stock, glue stock, fertilizer, a n d hair. Laclede-Christy Clay Products C o . T h e com pany, founded i n 1844, manufactures refractories and vitrified clay sewer pipe. I t operates t w o plants in S t . Louis a n d one in Toledo, Ohio, with general offices in S t . Louis and sales offices or dis tributors in all principal
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cities. Its products are widely diversified, consisting of general refractories, glass refractories, superrefractories, suspended fiat arcnes and supported -walls, vitrified clay products, high-temperature refractory specialties, furnace cement, and insulating refractories. These products play a vital part in everyday life, since they are essential in znost industrial activities and are indispensable in the manufacture of steel, iron, all glass and metals that go into automobiles, machinery, stoves, and thousands of other products, in the tanning of leather, the refining of oil and gasoline, and the operation, of locomotives and steamships. They line the ovens in which bread is baked and the by-product coke ovens which produce powerful explosives and beautiful dyes. Not a steam power plant could operate but for the refractories which form the boiler settings. Such is the importance of refractories. Laclede-Christy, with i t s vast quantities of some of the finest raw materials in the world, its many years of experience in the manufacture of refractories, its modern operating units, and its large department devoted to research, enjoys a reputation for dependability not only throughout the United States, but in many foreign countries as well. Liggett and Myers Tolbaccc Co. St. Louis is not generally thought of as a tobacco center but here is located one of the largest plants in the world producing plug and smoking tobaccos. The visitor will see the processing of the tobacco from the hogsheads to the plug or package. Of particular interest are the destemming machinery, the method of ^moisture control, and the intricate packaging, weighing, and stamping machines. Midwest Radiant Fuel Corp. The Curran-Knowles process was developed primarily for producing smokeless fuel from feebly coking Illinois coals to provide the City of St. Louis with a means by w^hich it could eliminate the smoke nuisance. Previous efforts, in which many millions of dollars were employed, met with failure because the eok^e produced could not be burned satisfactorily in existing stoves and furnaces, and the cost was so high it could not compete with the cheap low-grade coal. From a technical viewpoint, it was necessary to produce a coke substance which would be sufficiently reactive to give full heat at fuel bed temperatures below the fusion temperature of the ash, and from an economic viewpoint, the manufacturing cost had to be such that the fuel consumers in St. Louis could get their heat at substantially the same annual cost. The success attained frrom the operations of Curran-Knowles plants at West Frankfort and Millstadt, 111., from 1934 to 1939, provided the City of St. Louis with necessary assurances that suitable smokeless fuel could be had from local coal at a competitive price. Accordingly a smolce ordinance was passed early in 1940 and
Aerial view of M.onsanto's :: St. Louis plant shows some of the expansion projects being carried on. In the right foreground are new buildings completed last year for machine shops and
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made effective in June of the' Same year, which has substantially freed the city of smoke and made it possible to rebuild and revitalize the blighted areas so that they are attractive for residential use. Midwest Rubber Reclaiming Co. One of the unique industries of this country is rubber reclaiming. It is of special importance now, when it is realized that only 2 per cent of the world's natural rubber comes from this hemisphere, the rest being imported from the Far East. Although steps are being taken to ensure to this country some degree of sufficiency in respect to its rubber supply, the rubber-reclaiming industry stands out as a bulwark against the danger of rubber famine. At the present time, about 2S per cent of all the rubber used in this country is reclaimed rubber. In case of war this will, of course, be substantially increased. Modern rubber reclaiming is a scientifically controlled, highly mechanized process, and no better exemplification of the important industry can be seen than in the plant of the Midwest Rubber Reclaiming Co. two miles south of East St. Louis, 111. The production of reclaimed rubber is an interesting process. Huge accumulations of scrap rubber are moved into a vast storage yard where the scrap is properly classified. The process itself starts at this point and may be divided into three separate steps: grinding and preparation of the scrap, softening and defibering of the rubber, and milling. In the first step the beads of the tires are removed, and the rubber is ground and sized through a complicated system. The second step consists of treatment in autoclaves under 200 pounds' steam pressure. Contact with chemicals under this pressure dissolves all cellulose present and depolymerizes the rubber. This stage also includes washing and drying. The third step is a mechanical treatment on roll mills and includes a straining operation to remove all foreign matter. Heavy and expensive machinery is used in this stage of the process. The final product is in slab form for re-use by rubber manufacturers of finished goods. Although the basic process is still that which was first patented by Arthur Marks in 1899, the art of reclaiming has been constantly improved. The reclaims of today no more resemble the crude, shoddy materials of Marks' time than the modern streamlined automobile resembles the first horseless carriage. Monsanto Chemical Co. (Pilot Plant). Monsanto has been engaged in the manufacture of organic chemicals for the past forty years. Its original plant was located in St. Louis. The visitor can see dioramas of all Monsanto's plants in the lobby and will then be shown through the pilot plant where new organic chemicals grow from the laboratory to the production stage. In this building is equipment for carrying out almost all unit operations involved in organic chemical manufacture.
operating units. In the left foreground can be seen the two square blocks of tenements purchased by Monsanto and being razed for employees' parking lots and landscaped parkways.
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