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Obituary Henry E. Niese Henry E. Niese, former general manager of the American Sugar Refining Co.. died at his 3iome in Jersey City on December 30, 1929, at the age of 8 1 . Hie was born and educated in Germ a n y , a n d c a m e to t h e United States in 1873 as chemist to the Matthiessen & Wiechers Sugar Refining Co. He rose rapidly to the position of superintendent, and was generally recognized as the outstanding sugar refiner of his day. In 1891 the Matthiessen-Wiechers company merged with the American Sugar Refining Co., and in 1908 Mr. Niese was made head of the manufacturing department of the combination, later becoming general manager. He served as a director of the company from 1908 to 1913, and on three different occasions was a director and president of the New York Sugar Trade Laboratory. Mr. Niese also was a director of the First National Bank of Jersey City and of the Title Guarantee and Trust Co. He was one of the founders Henry E. Niese of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY, and a detailed account l of his life has been printed in our American Contemporary series _ His wife, Mrs. Hattie F. Niese, died in 1924. Surviving him are three sons, Henry E . , Benedictus E., and Alfred M. Niese, and three daughters, Mrs. Ralph H. Perry, Mrs. William A. Shenkling, Jr., of Philadelphia,, and Miss Harriette Niese. i IND. ENG. CHEM., 19, 429 (1927).
John I- Tierney John I. Tierney, 54 years o l d , secretary of the Manufacturing Chemists' Association and veteran newspaper man, died in Emergency Hospital, Washington, D. C , December 23, 1929. Death was attributed t o complications following an operation two weeks previous. Mr. Tierney was a native o f Worcester, Mass. H e went to Denver, Colo., as a youth axid became political reporter for various newspapers there. Heater he became state senator. He went to Washington, D. C . , prior to the World War as secretary to the late Senator John 3E7. Shafroth of Colorado. In 1919 he was appointed secretary o f the Manufacturing Chemists' Association. He was a member of the Congressional Country Club, the National Press Club, the Denrver Press Club, and t h e Monday Luncheon Club. Mr. Tierney is survived t>y his wife, Mrs. Mary Frances Tierney; a son, John Tierney, student at Georgetown University; a daughter, Miss Kathleen Tierney, a student at the Wilson Normal School, Washington, D. C ; three sisters, residing in Denver; and two brothers, living in Massachusetts. I t is with regret that we announce the death of Charles W. Baker, president of Baker & Co., Inc., o n November 16, 1929.
Dolomite Indixstry in St. Louis The discovery of dolomite near Bonne Terre, Mo., may serve to establish in St. Louis an ex'fcensive new industry, according to a statement by Charles "W. Cuno, of the St. !L,ouis Industrial Bureau. I t is expected that dolomite will be quarried a t the rate of 500 tons daily, having an annual value of $270,000. A $75,000 plant and quarry t o crush a n d screen the dolomite will be constructed by the Columbia Qua-rry Co., of St. Louis, operation to begin February 1. The Induistrial Bureau was active in consummating arrangements. Previous to this discovery, St. Louis depended on Cook County, 111., for its dolomite.
Vol. 8, No. 1
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association Elects Officers The following officers and members of the board o f governors of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association of the United States were elected at the eighth annual meeting of the association, held at the Hotel Commodore, New York, N. Y., Friday, December 13, 1929. President—August Merz, of Heller & Merz Co., reelected. Treasurer—Albert J. Farmer, of Pharma-Chemical Corp., reelected. Secretary—C. A. Mace, reelected. MEMBERS OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS:
Dyes Section: Wm. S. Weeks, vice president E- A. Barnett R. W. Cnrnelison Albert J. Farmer August Merz Crudes and Intermediates Section: E- G. Robinson, vice president E. H. Killheffer E. H. Klipstein S. W. Wilder Fine Organic and Medicinal Chemicals Section: R. E. Dorland, vice president John W. Boyer A. L. Van Amerigen Special Chemical Section: F. G. Zinsser, vice president Glenn Haskell A. Cressy Morrison
Nitrate of Soda Prize Awards At a recent meeting in Chicago, the American Society of Agronomy named the three following agricultural scientists to receive the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Nitrogen Research Awards for their outstanding accomplishments in this field: P. L. Gainey, professor of soil bacteriology, Klansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, for his study of t h e free nitrogen-fixing bacteria in their relation to the nitrogen content of the soils of the great plains. C. A. Mooers, director, Tennessee Experiment Station, Knoxville, for his study of the economic use of nitrogenous fertilizers. Selman A. Waksman, microbiologist for the !New JerseyAgricultural Experiment Station, N e w Brunswick„ N. J . , and associate professor of microbiology at Rutgers "Univeirsity, for his research concerning soil organic matter.
Fused Silica Optically Sensitive to Heat Treatment Certain experiments on the behavior of fused silica glass at the Bureau of Standards indicate that this material is optically sensitive to heat treatment. It is known, also, t h a t variations in density and in refractive index are found to a greater extent among samples of this glass than among the crystals from which it is made. Consequently, when seeking any uniform optical component of fused silica, it appears unsafe t o omit a n investigation of the heterogeneities of the specimen, especially since such defects may be caused by temperature gradients which exist during the annealing or which change during the cooling procedures.
Higher Consumption of Gypsum Heavier demands of the cement industry and tfie manufacturers of wall board have contributed largely to t h e increased use of gypsum, the domestic production of which amounted to 5,102,250 short tons in 1928 valued at approximately $32,000,000, according to the Bureau of Mines. In 1890 the gypsum output amounted to 182,995 tons valued at $574,523, the bureau stated, and with the exception of t h e war years showed a steady increase until 1925 when the output reached the high mark of 5,678,302 short t o n s valued a t $47,577,240. Since then the ton production h a s shown a slight decline but the value of sales has dropped considerably because of a price war which has been existent since the summer of 1927. Gypsum is used to the amount of approximately 2.5 per cent in the composition of cement as a retarder and approximately 20 per cent of the total production is sold for t h i s purpose. Crude gypsum set a new high production record in 1928, with an output of 899,412 short tons of which 967,357 tons w e r e consumed for cement. The crude product is also used as agricultural fertilizer, but its utilization in this capacity has b e e n decreasing. The greatest use for gypsum is in the calcined product from which most of the manufactured products are made.
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