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and used it as headquarters for his practice as a consulting glass technologist, being joined b y James Bailey i n 1929, when the* Bailey & Sharp Co. was organized. Mr. Sharp hecame t h e president an.d general manager of t h e new firm. In the- summer of 1937, the activities of the Bailey & Sharp Co. were dis continued, a t which time Mr. Sharp became associated with Hartford-Empire and in 1941 h e became assistant t o J. C . Hostetter, vice president and director of research of Hart ford-Empire.
High-Tenacity Rayon Vice President "Wallace, speaking before a "Win the Peace" rally, denounced international cartels and monopolies ets "creators of secret supergovernment", and isolationism as "a screen, behind which special privilege seeks t o entrench its control". TThe address was delivered in Chicago Stadhian on September 11, under the auspices of tlhe Chicago United Nations Committee t o Win the Peace. Mr. Wallace contended that v e must not think i n terms of "America first" but rather in terms of "democracy fini" and that "the time has come for a now -declaration of freedom" for the "common m a n everywhere" if we are t o forestall the rise of future dictators and another global wr_ "Democracy first" h e denned a s "supremacy of freedom i n both the economic amd political world". He asserted that we, in. the United States, have long enjoyed the first three of the President's Four Freedoms and. divided the Fourth Freedom—freedom from vtrant— into seven more freedoms. Among thee new freedoms outlined was "freedom for iaiventors of new ideas t o expand production, of needed goods without fear of repressive cartels". In assailing isolationism, Mar. Wallace insisted: There must be the power t o deaS with those international cartels which are strangling production» competing unfairly, or using methods which lead to war.
This involves no serious problem since under existing laws the Government has the right to use any patented invention. Although full opportunity has been given and specific inquiry made by the commission of the Armed Services, no evidence has been submitted of specific instances of the use of patents to hamper the "war effort.
Expansion of Industrial Rayon Corp.'s continuous process plant at Painesville, Ohio, b y the addition of 22 million pounds' capacity for high-tenacity tire yarn pro» dtiction will be started at once under WPB allocations, giving the company top priori ties for materials and equipment to increase t h e plant's output by more than 100%. The program will b e financed entirely b y t h e company, whose directors in June au thorized appropriations for this purpose. The expansion -will give Industrial Rayon a total yarn capacity- of over 60 million pounds per year, more than 50 million of which will utilize the company's continuous process. This process is already being ap plied a t Painesville and a t the Cleveland plant, which has a capacity of over 10 million pounds and has recently been converted t o t h e manufacture o f high-tenacity tire yarn, called Tyron.
The Washington Evening Star of September 13, in editorializing upon Mr. "Wallace's speech raised the point that "before we exchange the doctrine of America first for Mr. Wallace's conception of a world democracy, we should at least insist upon a full and clear statement· of where we are going and how we are going to get there".
Libbey-Owens-Ford Employs Donald E. Sharp The Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. announces the appointment of Donald E. Sharp as assistant director of research in charge of glass technology. Mr. Sharp i s a well-known glass technologist, having had wide and varied experience in the glass industry for over 30 years. His first experience in the glass industry started in 1914 with, the Corning Glass Works and in 1918 he was assistant in the Ceramic Department of the U. S . Bureau
Calco Chemical Makes M o o d y Assistant General Manager Sidney C. Moody has been appointed as assistant general manager i n charge of all de partments of the Calco Chemical Division, American Cyanamid C o . Mr. Moody joined
In announcing the objectives o f the common man, Mr. Wallace stated: The international monopolists should be conspicuous by their absence at the zpeace table. Government subsidies, if any, mus-fc be used to promote the common man's interest an trade and peace and not to preserve monopolies or to promote destructive international riyalrEee. Isolationism, whether it be by stirfied patents, cartel understandings, high tariffs, o r any other method of restrictive greed, must continually be fought. Arrangements made by international cartels should be publicly recorded. The Department of State and Justice and the Patent Office must be continually alert to the possibility of secret agreements in addition to the written ones 'which should be on file. Ralph W . Gallagher, president of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, in commenting upon Mr. Wallace's speech said in part: It is unfortunate that Mr. "Wallace has chosen to ignore the statement of William Jeffers, rubber director, on June 6, of this yeax: "Ha.d it not been for the research and engineering development carried on by Standard Oil of KTe* Jersey prior to Pearl Harbor, the synthetic rubber program would be one and one-half years behind whact it is now." This report summarizes patents and the war effort b y saying:
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of Standards. After a brief period there h e became associated with the optical glass plant of the Spencer Lens Co., Hamburg, Ν". Υ., and was manager of the plant from 1921 to 1925. Later, Mr. Sharp purchased this plant
t h e Calco organization in 1919. For many years h e has been a department sales manager where his activities have covered all phases o f the business of manufacturing' and selling organic chemicals and dyestuffs.
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A THIN LAYER OF CLADDING... NICHEL, MONEL OR INCONEL . on the inner surfaœ makes these critical metals go farther! m u c h equipment used in magnesium plants now going into operation must be both strong and corrosion-resistant.
cars, chlonnators, rotary salt dryers, settlers and innumerable other units now producing materials vital to the war effort.
It muse be capable of prolonged operation a t high capacity; and, equally important, the product must be guarded against harmful metallic contamination. Inmeetingthese requirements, savings of 80% to 90% in strategic materials were effected by using Lukens Nickel, Monel and Inconel-clad steel.
Nickel, Monel and Inconel-clad steel provide protection against corrosion where it is needed... on the inside of equipment in contact with corrosive products. Consisting of a solid layer of corrosion-resistant material perma · nently bonded by hot rolling to 4 to 9 times its own thickness of steel, Lukens clad steel is economical to use, and substantially reduces the amount of Nickel, Monel or Inconel needed for a given piece of equipment.
With these bi-metals one pound of Nickel, for example, may do the work of five or even ten.
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Industrial News Large Pacific Coast Steel Plant Nears Completion
Stull M a d e V i c e President of Hercules
The largest integrated steel plant west o f the Rockies, now nearing completion, will b e operated for the Defense Plant Corporation by the Geneva Steel Co., a newly organized subsidiary of United States Steel, without fee or profit of any kind, according to an arrangement recently announced. In designing and building: the plant, which was ordered primarily to provide steel for war shipbuilding needs on the Pacific Coast, neither TJ. S . Steel nor its subsidiary Columbia Steel realized any profit. All expenses incident to operation will b e paid by D P C and all proceeds from sale o f its products will also be for the account o f DPC, for the duration of the war. The plant is built on 1,600 acres of farm land and is entirely integrated, with blast furnaces, coke ovens, and steel-making furnaces. I t s cost, when completed, will be approximately $180,000,000. Delays in obtaining priorities have retarded completion and have added greatly t o the originally estimated cost. QREYSTONE-STOLLCR CORP.
Ralph B. McKinncy
Philip B. Stull
Kullgren Joins Farrel-Birmingham
Philip B. Stull, general manager of the Paper Makers Chemical Department, Hercules Powder Co., has been elected vice president, and Ralph B. McKinney has been appointed to succeed him. Mr. Stull, who served a s general manager of the Paper Makers Chemical Department for the past six years, became associated with Hercules in 1926 when the Virginia Cellulose Co. of Hopewell, Va., of which he was president, was acquired. He was named general manager of the newly established Virginia Cellulose D e partment with headquarters in Wilmington. Under his direction., this department grew t o be the world's largest producer of chemical cotton. In 1933 he was elected a director and, four years later, transferred to the P M C department as its head. Mr. McKinney, who steps up from the post of assistant general manager to head the PMC department, has been with Hercules since its founding 31 years ago. He was recently chosen president of the Quarter Century Club of Hercules' home office employees, and is a past president of the Hercules Men's Club. Mr. McKinney was the first director of the company's purchasing department when that unit was established in 1918. H e was transferred t o the Explosives Department in 1929, serving in sales as assistant to the general manager. In 1932 he was again named Director of Purchases, and in 1937 transferred to the PMC department.
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mr. Helmle went with t h e General Electric Co.'s Bridgeport "Works, where h e was successively plating analyst, chemist, and finally head of the Inorganic Laboratory in charge of electroplating, metallurgy, a n d general chemistry.
Farrel-Birmingham Co., Inc., Ansonia, Conn., and Buffalo, N . Y., announces the addition of G. V. Kullgren t o the staff of i t s Akron, Ohio, office. Mr. Kullgren goes t o Farrel-Birmragharri Co. from General Electric Co., Schenectady, N . Y., where h e was associated with t h e Industrial Engineering Division, specialising
Helmle Joins Enthone Co. Clarence C. Helmle joined the technical staff of The Enthone Co., N e w Haven, Conn., o n August 16. After he was graduated
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Mr. Helmle is supreme second vice-president of the American Electroplater's Society and past officer o f the Bridgeport Branch of the society. I n his new position Mr. Helmle will be engaged in plating equipment design, process development, and technical service.
on the application of electrical equipment in. the rubber industry. „^ For several months he represented t h e Office of Rubber Director, WPB, a s electricai consultant o n the TJ. S. S. R . tire plant project, which involved the design and delivery of the complete tire plant t o Russia.
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PRODUCTS: Aerators Car fullers Chaixis Coolers Conveyors Crusiiers Dryers Elevators Feeders Grinders Idlers Packers portables Pulverizers Screens Skip Hoists Spirals Shredders Sprockets Stackers Vahres (bin) Wajrtrols
A Jeffrey scraper conveyor a n d a b e l t convesyorareshown at the top. The center t w o photos show a Jeffrey steel apron and at -wood apron conveyor. At t h e right may b e seen a Jeffrey V bocket conveyor and st Spiral c o n vcyor. Perhaps one o f these w i l l suggest a similar application to y o u for s p e e d i n g handling: operations i n your plant.
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Industrial News McCracken Accepts New Post Robert H. McCracken has been appointed manager- of Combined Sales of the Boston Office of Lukens Steel Co. and subsidiaries, By-Products Steel Corp., and Lukenweld,
I n addition to a governing group under the chairmanship of C. C . Livingston, Cruver Manufacturing Co., the committee will have groups on employment, marketing, promotion and advertising, industry relations, technical developments, and liaison. A simplified concise engineering classification of plastics is being undertaken.
New Vitamin Preparation A preparation known a s Betasynplex "NIphanoid" has been developed by the Winthrop Chemical Co., Inc., Rensselaer, N. Y., which is said t o make possible administration of larger doses of riboflavin by injection than has heretofore been possible. It i s described as a highly concentrated mixture of the five factors of the vitamin B complex which have been synthesized.
Petroleum Movie A. motion picture entitled "Petroleum and Its Uses" has been released b y the Graphic Services Section, Bureau of Mines, 4800 Forbes St., Pittsburgh 13, Penna., for free distribution. In 16-mm. sound, i t includes steps in the production of synthetic rubber, the Big Inch pipe line, and modern oil-well drilling methods.
Albert L. Elder, Head Chemical Adviser, WPB, who, it is rumored, will become coordinator of the penicillin produdion program. The Atlas Powder Co., "Wilmington, Del., plans to construct a new research laboratory building, estimated t o cost $150,000.
Robert H . McCracken Inc., 131 State St., Boston 9, Mass., according to an announcement by J. Frederic Wiese, manager of Combined Sales for the concerns. Mr. McCracken, who assumed his new duties September 1, was formerly associated with Central Iron and Steel Company where he served for eighteen years as Philadelphia district sales manager and, for the past two years, as assistant general sales manager at the home office in Harrisburg.
New Sulfa Drug Paul Goodrich, Research. Department, Rutgers University, College of Pharmacy, Newark, N. J., in a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association, announced the discovery of new sulfaiodine compounds which destroy spore on cultures of tetanus, gangrene, and anthrax. The paper reported that two additional extracts were obtained from the original sulfaiodine compound and that, though they contain no iodine, they show the iodine activity in killing germs in cultures of various organisms. Unlike the other sulfa drugs now in use, the new compounds are claimed t o be effective against all types of organisms.
Plastics Committee to Study Postwar Problems The Society of the Plastics Industry has appointed a committee to acquaint manufacturers with the possibilities of using plastics as a n industrial material after the war, with a view to maintaining the gains in production and development realized i n past months. 1534
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Industrial News Consumer Paint Buying Committee Formed
Industrial Electronic Applications Centralized
W . K . Mathews, vice president of Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc., and chairman of its postwar planning board, announces the formation of a consumer paint buying committee t o study postwar trends in trade sales. The n e w committee is headed b y Kenneth Wood, National Accounts Division, painter and maintenance sales manager. He will be assisted by Renshaw Smith, Jr., trade sales manager. Other committee members include George P. Gray, a director of the company; Jules Soulie, southeastern sales manager; Stan Harris, New England sales manager; E . P. Kelly, vice president of PeasleeGaulbert Paint . McDonald, McDonald Manufacturing Co.; D. S. McKenzie, General Electric Co.; V. C. Petersen, R. D. Werner Co., Inc.; G. K. Scribner, Boonton Molding Co.; R. R. Titus, Synthane Corp.; M. Yellin, Superior Plastics Co.
Regional Meeting A . I. M . M . E. and A . I. M . E. The regional meeting of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and the annual fall meeting of the Iron and Steel Division and Institute of Metals Division, A. I. M. E,, will be held at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, October 16 to 20. The program -will begin with a technical session on the production of magnesium, and will include discussions of refractory problems, and description of the Kaiser plant at Fontana and the Columbia Steel Co. plant at Geneva, Utah, with a joint symposium on cohesive strength.
Alcohol in Butadiene Production
W P B Activities Alcohol. To facilitate distribution control of ethyl alcohol, WPB on August 19 issued an order placing alcohol for pharmaceutical and industrial purposes under quarterly allocation as of October 1. Strict allocation will apply t o all alcohol delivered to persons using 3,500 gallons or more a quarter. The order is M-30 as amended, first issued in January 1942. Alkyd Resins. No alkyd resins containing tung oil will be authorized for general use after September 1, except resins required for food container and closure linings and for insulating varnishes. Resins containing tung oil will not be denied for aircraft coatings until November 30 (WPB-4084). Allyl Alcohol. Allyl alcohol and allyl chloride were placed under allocation August lO. Allocation Order M-342. Antifreeze Materials. Amendment to Order L-51 makes available a supply of antifreeze materials in 12 high-altitude states. • Chemicals for Rayon. The prospects for obtaining adequate supplies of chemicals for acetate and viscose rayon production were discussed a t a meeting of the Rayon Producers Industry Advisory Committee of the WPB and government officials. Owing to a shortage of acetic acid, a setback in acetate production is expected and viscose production will be affected by a tight situation in carbon disulfide. Adequate supplies of chemical cotton pulp will be made available to the manufacturers of high t e nacity viscose rayon. TCS-584.
Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Refrigerants will be more tightly controlled under amendment to Order M-28, issued August 7, Ethyl and Isopropyl Acetate. Consumers can now obtain 270 gallons without filing an application for allocation, according to an amendment to Order M-327. Those requiring specific authorization to accept delivery will make application on Form WPB 2945 (formerly PD-600). Ethyl Alcohol. The WPB has recently issued an order which will place the ordinary type of alcohol used for pharmaceutical and industrial purposes under allocation as of October 1. The order is M-30 as amended, which was first issued on January 18, 1942. The new order, by placing the distribution of alcohol under allocation, will be more flexible because allocation of available supply will be made each quarter. As supply and requirements in the war situation change, adjustments in allocations will be made. Strict allocation will apply to ail alcohol delivered to persons using 3,500 gallons a quarter or more. With minor exceptions, the use categories applicable to those within the 3,500 gallon limit will remain the same as those provided for under the original Order M-30. Smaller users are permitted to obtain limited amounts of alcohol without receiving specific written authorization from WPB. Fire Protection. A means of providing fire protection for essential resources was established August 18 for resources assigned A ratings by the Resources Protection Board. A Fire Protection Committee has been
Alcohol from the modern sulfite liquor distillery of a Canadian paper mill, sent to the Cumberland plant of the Celanese Corp., is being made into butadiene for use in synthetic rubber. Operation is still on an experimental scale, in a pilot plant financed by Celanese. The process, an adaptation of one used in Germany, does not require quantities of critical materials for construction.
Photographic Film Plant The Agfa-Ajisco Division of General Aniline & Film Corp. has obtained the approval of the War Production Board for the erection of a $1,000,000 addition to its photographic film plant at Binghamton, N. Y . Construction will begin immediately, with the expectation that the plant will be in production late next spring. The addition, which will house a new film-coating unit, will increase the film-production capacity of the Binghamton plant by 25%.
" V " Loans Government guaranteed "V" loans will be made available to war contractors and subcontractors on a much broader basis than heretofore, effective immediately, under a plan jointly announced Sept. 1 by the War and Navy Departments, t' *» U. S. Maritime Commission, and the Fed^-ai Reserve Board.
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Ethyl Corp. Plants Receive " E " The employees of the Deepwater and Baton Rouse plants of the Ethyl Corp. have recently received the A r m y - N a v y Production A w a r d . Both plants manufacture ethyt fluid used in blending high test motor fuels. A t the Deepwater ceremonies, shown above, Col. W i l l i a m D . Hamlin, Executive Officer, O f f i c e of Chief Signal Officer, U S A . presented the award to Charles Wasserman. resident manager of the DÎant.
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POLYVINYL ACETATE
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"Ε" Award to Bristol Co. The coveted Army-Navy " E " Award was recently presented t o the Bristol Co. for excellence i n war production. Present at the ceremony were: left to right, the Hon. Joseph E. Talbot, Connecticut, master of ceremonies; Comdr. Ε. Ν . Parker, USN, who made the flag presentation/ Η . Η . Bristol, president of the company; Walter H , Roberts, oldest employee o f company in point of service, who accepted the "E" pins for employees, and Capt. O . O . Waeterling, U S A , who presented pins.
Motors. The sale of a fractional horse power motor to replace one broken down is considered a maintenance and repair trans action, where the broken motor i s taken, in by the repairer (Interpretation 3 , General Limitation Order L-123, effective July 14). Newsprint. A net reduction of a n addi tional 5% in newsprint usap f >r the fourth quarter of 1943 was rocc-η,α rî",ded by the Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee on September 2. This is expected to bring about a total reduction of 15% since the first of the year. Paraphenyl Phenol Resins. After November 30 paraphenyl resins for zinc chromate primer (Spec. AN-TT-P-656A) wiil be authorized only when the resin on a solventfree basis is employed to the extent of not more than 5% of the total weight of the primer. Placement of Orders. Use of t h e quarterly identification symbol in connection with the placement of orders under CMP procedure was clarified August 2 5 through the issuance of Interpretation 14 of CMP Regulation No. 1. The symbol need not be shown in placing orders for Class 6 product components, except controlled materials, but the allotment order must be shown on all orders placed with reference ratings under CMP (WPB-4118). Pyrethrum. Consumers will now make application to suppliers for use o n Form WPB-2945 (formerly PD-600), and producers will file Form 2947 (formerly PD-602) i n stead of PD-951, by revision of Order M-179. CONTINUED ON PAGE 1 5 4 6
formed, to which all applications for equipment involving construction will be directed (WPB-4066) Fluorspar. Permission has been certified for electric iurnace steel producers t o purchase premium grade fluorspar as covered in Section 3, Order KMPR-126, ΟΡΑ, dated July 1, 1943. Other steel producers must present complète detailed technical data for consideration. Heat Exchangers. An amendment t o Lr-172 issued August 16 clarifies purchase orders for heat exchangers. Laboratory Equipment. An interpretation of paΓagrapL·s (6) (1) and (Jb) (2) o f Order L-144 was issued July 17 in response to inquiries by distributors of laboratory equipment a s to regulations governing de livery to foreign consumers. The same regulations governing the delivery to domes tic sources will aj>ply t o deliveries proposed for shipment to foreign firms and individuals. Lacquers. More information i s to be re quired oiconsumers and suppliers on the end uses of methyl isobutyt ketones, according t o Amendment 1 to General Preference Order M-322, dated August 10 (WPB 4025). Manpower. Because of the increasing shortage of znanpower. approximately 1,000 prime contractors who have backlogs o f orders totaling $5.000,000 or more eacn were requested August XI to place subcontracts for fabrication o f products in the less critical labor supply areas (WPB-4035). Metallic Calcium. General Preference Order M-303 was suspended August 18, be cause an ample eixpply is now available. 1540
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A t ceremonies held recently the Lompoc plant of Johns-Manville was awarded the Army-Navy " E " in recognition of its record production of vital war materials. Among those present were: left to right, O . B. Westmont, factory manager/ Blackie King, president, Celite Products Workers' Union, Local N o . 21504; Miss Carolyn Kuhn, representing the Lompoc employees; and Col. C. H. Belt, Camp Cooke, Calif.
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"Learn more—faster9* — that's the serious-minded keynote of the 19th Exposition of Chemical Industries to be held in N e w York City's Madison Square Garden on December 6-11, 1943. Visitors will find it an arsenal of wartime and postwar i d e a s . . . a mobilization of practical information about chemistry's progress in the process industries . . . a panorama of nation-wide developments . . . a picture readily obtainable i n no other way. You will find more "show-how;" more factual data for chemists, engineers and plant executives w h o are earnestly seeking to apply to their own problems the benefits of modern chemistry's technological advances. This year's Exposition is more concentrated than ever before. It will be less of a "showroom" and more of an information center, manned by technical representatives of the country's leading producers of raw materials, and builders of processing and other plant equipment used in a wide variety of industries. This 19th Exposition of Chemical Industries is not open to the general public. Admission is by invitation and registration. Come and bring your Associates. }}•/; EXPOSITION OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
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Silver. Inventory reports are required from some 1,400 manufacturers "whose stocks of silver have been rendered idle b y WPB restrictions on use, in order to meet t h e increasing need of silver in essential war i n dustries (WPB-4044). Steel Pressure Pipe. Standard specifications for steel pressure pipe, steel pressure tubes, and other types of steel pipe were e s tablished August 30, in order to obtain, maximum production from existing facilities (WPB-4148). Tannic Acid. The order restricting t h e use of nutgalls and tannic acid XJ. S. P . was revoked August 24. The National R e search Council has advised the "WPB that medical opinion has been increasing progressively against the use of tannic acid i n burn treatment (WPB-4107).
W P B Allocations Aluminum Sulfate. . Manufacturers were authorized by Amendment 18 to Rev. SR 14, effective August 23, to increase maximum prices t o a limited level that "will reflect recovery o f total production costs. Antifreeze. Grade labeling requirements were withdrawn August 16 by amendment 6 to MRP 170, as part of the program t o adapt price regulations to the Taft amendment t o the Emergency Price Control Act which prohibits compulsory grade labeling. Coal Tar. Dollars and cents ceilings based on March 1942 prices were established as t h e maximums producers may charge i n their sales of coal tar, according to MPR 447, effective August 14. Defluorinated Phosphate. Dollars a n d cents margins for jobbers, wholesalers, a n d retailers on sales were announced August 2 3 in amendment 20 to Rev. SR 14. Drugs and Cosmetics. Revision of automatic pricing regulations to allow manufacturers to force price reductions o n their products all the way through the chain of distribution is expected. Reductions will b e made by filing with OPA a schedule of price levels cut at each step in the distribution of the product, and in accordance with MPR, 393 the new prices will go into effect automatically 20 days after the filing, if n o word to the contrary is received from OPA. Fats and Oils. The regulation setting maximum prices for raw and acidulated soap stocks was revised August 18 by amendment 1 t o M P R 53. The maximum price for lard may be computed on the basis of shipment to the purchaser's warehouse where t h e sale is made to a chain of four o r more retail stores. Amendment 2 to M P R 5 3 , August 18. Denatured edible lard to be used in making wartime soap was given maximum prices which will be the same as prices for edible lard n o t -denatured, according to amendment 3 t o MPR 53, effective August 14. Fertilizers. Amendment 5 to R M P R 135, August 18, placed imported mixed fertilizer and superphosphate under the regulation governing those products.
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Pine Tar and Pine Tar Oil. Producers' sales were brought under a separate price regulation August 13 b y MPR 446. Pinewood Charcoal. A ceiling of $15 per ton f. o. b. producers' plants i n seven southern states was announced August 17 i n an amendment to MPR 431 , effective August 21. Sugar. T h e allotment of sugar for lowsugar-content breakfast cereals and bakers' products, fruit preserves, and drugs and medicines was increased. August 14. Amendment 77 to Rationing Order 3 , OPA.
Price Control Cotton Linters. Price ceilings for cotton linters produced after August 1, 1943, were recently adjusted by the OPA so that farmers will receive the same average return as. they obtained on their 1942 crop. The change applies to chemical linters and hull fibers allocated by the WPB t o the chemical industry as well as the "free" or unallocated grades. The ceiling on chemical cotton linters i s boosted from S3.50to S3.80 per 100 pounds, and on hull fibers from $2.85 t o $3.09 per 100 pounds. Tarious adjustments are also made with respect to the priceB to be charged for the unallocated grades o f linters. These price changes were effected through Amendment N o . 1 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation N o . 191 (Cotton Linters and Hull Fibers) which became effective September 13, 1943. Fats and Oils. Mark-ups for sellers of linseed oil, other than crushers, were announced August 31 i n Amendment 5 t o Maximum Price Regulation 5 3 , effective September 4. Potassium Chlorate- Temporary ceilings for potassium chlorate produced and sold b y new manufacturers were announced recently by the OPA. These ceilings will result i n lower average prices for the chemical which is entirely allocated t o the production of matches. Only manufacturers "who before January 1, 1941, were not producing potassium chlorate are covered b y the new ceilings, -which range from 10.75 cents per pound for contract sales of 20 tons or more down to 12 cents per pound for sales of loss than a ton. The new ceilings s e t for new production will remain i n force for at least six months. All new manufacturers are required to submit specified operational cost data to OPA before February 1, 1944. The action embodied in Amendment No. 28 t o Revised Supplementary Regulation 14 to the General Maximum Price Regulation become effective September 21, 1943. Pulpwood. Temporary ceiling prices e s tablished June 22 on pulpwood cut from the stump in Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio were continued in effect b y Maximum Price Regulation 464, effective August 30, 1943. Refined Cottonseed Oil. Sellers will b e permitted to sell at prices that may b e adjusted t o the new maximum prices now being considered by OPA.
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This name stands for quality and service rigo usly maintained for more than century and a quar ter. U n d e i today's conditions every effort is being made t o fill our orders promptly.
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Factories making corn products for use in direct war production are again running full time and have sufficient reserves· t o keep running full time until this year's corn crop comes on the market, the War Food Adminis tration reported recently. From July 1 through August 10, the Ad ministration bought from farmers more than 35,000,000 bushels of corn, through elevators acting as agents for the Commodity Credit Corporation. The sellers were given assur ance that o n corn sales made during the pe riod July 1 through August 10 they would be protected against a rise i n corn price ceilings if one should occur before October 31. About 23,000,000 bushels were sold t o corn-processing plants, and CCC retained 2,000,000 as a war emergency reserve. T h e remainder i s being distributed through regu lar trade channels to feeders and feed mixers.
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Johm Maher & Co., Houston, Tex., has purchased the equipment and good will of the Naylee Chemical Co., Philadelphia.
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Various grades for various pur poses. Thorough care and con trol is used in selection of the raw lime, hydration process, conditions under which chlorination is achieved . . · and han d l i n g , packaging, etc.
The War Food Administration has asked "WP3 to give its approval to a program for importing 1,000,000 tons of Chilean nitrate durhxg the coming year. Officials doubt whetiher such a supply of nitrates in addition to available synthetic nitrogen could be effi ciently utilized i n the 1944 food program, al though t h e National Cotton Council has stated that without such provision the food and fiber production program is threatened with a catastrophe from a shortage of usable nitrogen. The question may eventually be decided b y James F . Byrnes, Economic Stabilization Director.
ABB indebted to the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, 608 Woodward Bldg., Washington, D . C , for t h e following figures sttowing business conditions.
CARBONATE OF POTASH
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June July 191,8 194»
July 1943
June 1943
July 1942
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202 227 227
178 174 216
207* 221* 229 146
203 222 227 132
180 167 216 142
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168.7 166.2 167.0 99.8 159.2
167.2 163.2 161.4 129.8 160.4
149.9 160.7 133.5 96.2 162.4
317.9 274.0 233.8 188.2 266.3
313.5 265.4 227.8 243.8 265.7
234.5 221.0 158.8 244.5 237.1
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Index of wage earner employment*: All manufacturing Chemicals Drugs Fertilizers Compressed gases Index of wage earner payroll: All manufacturing Chemicals Drugs Fertilizers Compressed gases
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Wholesale price indexes: All products (except farm products 96.8* and foods) 96.9* 96.4 Chemicals 96.4 165.2 165.2 Drugs and pharmaceuticals 79.3 78.6 Fertilizer materials Purchasing power of the dollar: AU products (except farm products $1.033* $1.032» and foods) 1.037 Chemicals 1.037 0.605 Drugs and pharmaceuticals 0.605 1.272 Fertilizer materials 1.261 α Source of statistics in the first six items : Federal Reserve Board. 6b Preliminary figures. TJ. S. Department of Labor. C H E M I C A L
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95.7 96.5 129.1 78.5 $1.045 1.037 0.774 1.274
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