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Health Committee Chairman, C. E . Sevrens, Merrimac Chemical Co., Inc., B o s t o n , Mass. Membership Committee Chairman, E. F . King, Lever Bros., Cambridge, Mass. Publicity Committee Chairman, S. F . Larchar, Thomas A. Edison I n d u s tries, "West Orange, N . J. M E M B E R S AT L A R G S :
F . E. Clancy, J r „ Mathieson Alkali Works, I n c . , Niagara Falls, Ν . Υ . L . A. DeBlois, Consulting Engineer, N e w York, Ν . Υ. M . G. Geiger, Westvaco Chlorine P r o d u c t s , Inc., South Charleston, W . V a . Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, 330 West 42nd St., New York. Ν. Y . HE. L. M i n e r , E. I . du Pont d e Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. N . L. Parmelec, Celluloid Corp., N e w a r k , N. J . John S . Shaw, Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, D e l . Reuel C . S t r a t t o n , T h e Travelers Insurance C o . , Hartford, Conn. S . E. "Whiting, Liberty Mutual I n s u r a n c e Co., Boston, Mass. P . M. Wilson, Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc., N i a g a r a Falls, Ν . Υ .
EDITION
Vol. 10, No. 21
NATIONAL EXPOSITION O P P O W E R AND MECHANICAL E N G I N E E R
ING. Grand Central Palace, N e w York, Ν. Υ . , December 5 to 10, 1932. VIRGINIA W A T E R AND S E W A G E W O R K S ASSOCIATION.
Stonewall
Jackson Hotel, Staunton, Va., November 14 a n d 15,1932. HOLMES ADDRESSES GEORGIA SECTION O N FRIDAY EVENING, October 28, t h e Georgia Section held its first meeting of t h e year at the Georgia School o f Technology in Atlanta. Harry N. Holmes, t h e speaker of t h e evening, in whose honor a dinner w a s given, addressed an unusually large and interested audience on "Colloid Chemistry and Catalysis." -His talk was accompanied by experiments a n d blackboard demonstrations. H e w a s accorded one of the m o s t enthusiastic receptions given a speaker in recent years. Announcement was made by L. C . Lindsley, head of the Chemistry Department, Georgia S t a t e College for Women, that beginning this year his institution w o u l d annually award an attractive medal for t h e best published research in t h e south eastern states.
Calendar of Meetings P O T A S H IISTVESTIGATIONS m
American Chemical Society 8 5 T H MEETING. Washington, D . C , week of March 26, 1933. 8 6 T H MEETING. Chicago, Ill., week of September 11, 1933. 8 7 T H MEETING. St. Petersburg, F l a . , March, 1934. 8 8 T H MEETING. Cleveland, Ohio, a u t u m n of 1934. F I F T H N A T I O N A L ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM. Cornell
University, Ithaca, N. Y . , December 2 8 t o 30, 1933. LOCAL SECTIONS CHICAGO. Midland Club, 172 West Adams St., Chicago, Ill., November 18, 1932. "Refining Corn Sugar," by W. B. N e w kirk. CLEVELAND Hotel Cleveland, November 17, 1932. Dinner, The Green Room, 6:30 P. M.; meeting, The Rose Room, 8:15 P. M. "Colloid Chemistry of Insanity," by W. D . B a n croft. DETROIT. N o v e m b e r 15, 1932. Speaker, H. N . Holmes, Oberlin College. E R I E . November 14, 1932. Meeting, 8:15 P. M. "Vitamin C , " b y C. G. King. K A N A W H A VALLEY.
Hotel Ruffner,
Charleston, W. Va.,
No-
vember 15, 1932. Dinner, 6:30 P. M.; meeting, 8 P. M. "Poor and Applied Chemistry," by L. B . Hitchcock. LEHIGH VALLEY. Gayley Hall, Lafayette College, Easton, P a . November 18, 1932. Dinner, 6:30 p . M.; meeting, 8 P . M. "Cellophane," by ID. W- Meservey. PHILADELPHIA. University of Pennsylvania, Christian Associa tion Bldg., 36th and Locust Sts., November 17,1932. Dinner, 6:30 p . M . ; meeting, 8 P . M. " T h e Inter-Dependence of I n dustrial Chemistry and Metallurgy," by C. E . MacQuiqq. November 18, 1932. Dinner dance, McCallister's, 1811 Spring Garden St., 7 P . M. Benefit of section's unemployed members. ROCHESTER. Rochester, N . Y . , November 21, 1932. Speaker, J , R. Johnson, Cornell University. TOLEDO. University of Toledo, November 16, 1932. Dinner, 6:30 p . M. ; meeting, 8 P - M. Speaker, W . D . Bancroft, Cornell University.
VITAMIN CHABT T H E VITAMER CHART reprinted i n t h e N E W S E D I T I O N of Feb
ruary 10,1932, is available through the Food Research Commission, Charleston, S. C. The chart is distributed free t o all w h o may need it i n quantities of one hundred o r less, and a t a nominal charge for larger quantities.
Good News
Other Scientific Societies ACOUSTICAL
SOCIETY
Ann Arbor, Mich.
OP AMERICA.
University
NEW of
Michigan,
November 28 and 2 9 , 1932.
AMERICAN BOTTLERS OF C A R B O N A T E D BEVERAGES.
Cleveland,
Ohio, November 14 to 1 8 , 1932. AMERICAN I N S T I T U T E OP CHEMICAL E N G I N E E R S .
Hotel Wash
i n g t o n , Washington, D. C. f December 7 t o 9 , 1932. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR T E S T I N G
MATERIALS.
The
Stevens,
Chicago, HI., June 26 t o 30, 1933. Meeting held during t h e Century o f Progress Exposition. AMERICAN SOCIETY O F BIOLOGICAL C H E M I S T S .
THE
SODIUM SULFATE PLANT
SODIUM IMPREGNATED WATERS of Soda L a k e , located 14
miles south of Monahans, Texas, are t o be commercialized on an extensive scale by the Ozark Chemical Co., of Tulsa, Okla. Contract has been let for the construction of a plant t o cost $350,000 for t h e extraction of sodium sulfate from t h e lake. The company has been making tests and experiments during the past few months t o determine t h e best method of handling t h e water, and has found that the sodium sulfate can be precipitated in practically i t s pure state b y the freezing process.
Cincinnati, Ohio,
April 10 t o 12, 1933.
W H E N OPERATIONS I N THE CREIGHTON P L A N T of t h e Pittsburgh
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, I N C .
Montreal, Canada, M a y 11 t o
13,1933. ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, METROPOLITAN SECTION.
Winfield
Scott Hotel, Elizabeth, N . JT., November 18, 1932. F O U R T E E N T H EXPOSITION
TEXAS
T H E UNIVERSITY OF T E X A S , owner of large blocks of acreage in the Permian Basin of West Texas, h a s recently undertaken a rather extensive potash survey of that area. F o r several years the Board of Regents of the University of Texas has maintained a geological survey department under t h e immediate direction of H. P . Bybee. During this time samples of cuttings from a very large number of oil wells have been obtained. Samples of the drilling brines from wells now penetrating the salt section are also being taken and preserved b y t h e Geological Survey De partment. T h e present investigation will involve the testing of these samples of cuttings and brines for their potash content and the subsequent mapping of the possible potash-bearing strata from the data thus obtained. Such data cannot be considered.as a thorough investigation of t h e areas involved, b u t t h e y are sufficiently accurate to determine the optimum locations for core wells which will b e drilled as a further part of this investigation. Within a reasonable time, sufficient data will b e available t o be of material benefit to commercial companies interested i n the leasing of university-owned land for further potash prospecting and for mining purposes. J. N . Gregory is in immediate charge of t h e geological phase of the work, and t h e chemical engineering part of t h e investiga tion is being handled b y Wm. A. Cunningham, former research engineer with the Texas Potash Corp., but n o w located at University Station, Texas.
OP CHEMICAL
INDUSTRIES.
Grand
Central Palace, N e w York, N . Y., week of December 4, 1933. INSTITUTE O F AMERICAN M E A T P A C K E R S .
Drake Hotel, Chi
cago, HI., November 11 t o 14, 1932. INTERNATIONAL A C E T Y L E N E ASSOCIATION.
Penn Athletic Club,
18th S t . a n d Rittenhouse Sq., Philadelphia, Pa., November 16 t o 18, 1932. Annual Convention.
Plate Glass Co. were resumed in October, H . S. Wherrett, president, announced that about $500,000 will b e spent there t o improve manufacturing methods a n d rehabilitate t h e plant for capacity efficiency. Approximately $350,000 h a s been authorized and is immediately available. S. B. H U N T , vice president and treasurer of t h e Standard Oil Co. of N e w Jersey, has announced that present plans of the company contemplate a capital outlay o f approximately $20,000,000, from September 1, 1932, to June 30, 1933, for maintenance and improvements in t h e United States alone.
