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pointed to the general service and are subject to change of station. Requirements for both grades are United States citizenship, a t least 21 years of age, and a master's degree from tn accredited g r a d u a t e school of public health. Requirements for assistant sani tarian are a t least seven years of educa tional training and professional experi ence subsequent to high school, and for senior assistant sanitarian at least ten years of educational training and pro fessional experience subsequent t o high school. T h e entrance examination will include αϊ oral interview, physical examination, tnd written objective· tests covering the professional field.
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A recording spectrophotometer and a beta-ray thickness gage were dis played and operated in General Elec t r i c s exhibit at the 28th national con vention of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists held at Chalfonte-Haddon H a l l , Atlantic City, Oct. 13 to 15. A new a u t o m a t i c t r i •stimulus integrator was shown with t h e spectrophotometer. T h e beta-ray thickness gage was set up at t h e show so that a strip of «doth ran through its gaging head con tinuously. Without contacting t h e m a terial, t h e instrument measured its thickU.L:S> and indicated it on an eniamed scale.
Increased Production of A Iky I Amines An enlargement of its production fa cilities for alkyl amines has been com pleted b y Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp.. it has been announced. Initial production of three ethyl amines—monoethyl, diethyl, and triethyl amines—and diisopropyl amine has already been m a d e . At the same time, larger q u a n t i ties of the other alkyl amines produced b y Carbide will soon be available. T h e hitter include m o n o - and d i ( n - b u t y l ) amines, mono- and di(^-ethylhexyl) amines, and monoisopropyl amine. T h i s new production is expected to increase the supply of the lower alkyl a m i n e s for solubilizing the weed killer 2,4-D. I n addition, several of the alkyl amines are raw materials for further synthesis b y Carbide of their nitrogen compounds. One of these, diethylethanolamine, will b e available in greatly increased q u a n t i t i e s for t h e p h a r m a c e u tical, textile, a n d polish manufacturing induslHes. Diethyl»mine, as well as t h e n - b u t y i , 2-ethylhexyl, «nd monoisopropyl a m i n e s are immediately available in t a n k car quantities. P r o d u c t i o n of t h e o t h e r
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News of the Industry
T h e Federal T r a d e Commission has approved a stipulation in which Ameri can C y a n a m i d Co., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, agrees to cease a n d desist from using t h e name Filt-R-Stil t o desig nate or refer t o a n y water purifying equipment which does n o t employ t h e
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process of distillation. T h e company also agrees to stop representing t h a t it» water purifying device is a still. E s t a b l i s h m e n t of a new world's safety record won a special award from the National Safety Council for the M a r t i n s ville, Va., nylon plant of t h e D u P o n t Co. At the s a m e time, the council awarded D u P o n t its distinguished serv ice to safety p e n n a n t in recognition of the company-wide safety program of the past four years. This is the highest honor granted by the council. Both were presented on the "Cavalcade of America'' radio program on Oct. 11 by Xed I I . D e a r b o r n of Chicago, president of the National Safety Council. C o m m e r c i a l F i l t e r s C o r p . of Boston. Mass.. manufacturers of Fulflo filter?* and cartridges for the microscopic filtra tion of all industrial a n d commercial fluids h a v e just opened a midwestern sales ofïiee a t 603 West Washington Blvd., Chicago. T h e new ofïiee will be under t h e supervision of Walter H. Magee. T h e P o w e r m a t i c Ventilator Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, m a k e r s of i r o n Lung roof ventilators, intake units, a n d related items, has announced a change of n a m e , effective immediately. T h e new n a m e , I r o n L u n g Ventilator Co., incorporates the company's trade n a m e for its several" types of industrial ventilating equipment. H e a d q u a r t e r s remain at 4019 Prospect Ave., Cleveland 3, Ohio. Increased business activity in Western E u r o p e which previously necessitated the physical expansion of several of the c o m p a n y ' s European plants, as well a.notable additions to their technical personnel, was also responsible for a decision on t h e part of Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., to hold a technical convention in Paris Oct. 3 t o 5. P r o b l e m s discussed covered c o m p a n y operations in t h e field?» of research, production, engineering, and technical service. P l a s t i c s Specialties Co., a new organization which will produce a range of resin-treated materials, has been formed a n d is now in production in T r e n t o n . Mich., according t o T. W . Noble, genera) manager. Plastic Specialties C o . is located in a new building a t 1310 West R o a d . T r e n t o n , Mich. Construction of a new eight-inch petroleum products pipe line extending 38 miles from Toledo t o Fostoria, Ohio, was s t a r t e d Oct. 7, according t o a n ann o u n c e m e n t b y S. H. Elliott, vice presid e n t of t h e S t a n d a r d Oil Co. ( O h i o ) . T h e new Sohio line, to b e used for products such as gasoline, kerosene, a n d fuel oils, will cost $700,000. I t will b e laid , underground by the Britton Construction C o . of H a m i l t o n , Ohio. Completion is scheduled for early in December of this y e a r .
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