September 10, 1926
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Obituary J a m e s Alexander Lyman James Alexander Lyman, for seventeen years head of the dep a r t m e n t of chemistry a t Pomona College, died suddenly July 29, 1926, while on a vacation trip at Long Beach, California. Hi? death followed an operation for acute appendicitis. Dr. Lyman wasfc>orni n Lee Center, Illinois, October 17, 1866. He took his Bachelor of Arts degree from Beloit College in 1888 and his Master of -Arts from t h e same institution in 1891. He received t h e degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Johns Hopkins in 1892. For one year h e w a s instructor in chemistry a t the University of Chicago, then became instructor in chemistry a t Portland (Oregon) Academy where he remained until he was called to Pomona College in 1909. In 1897 he married Ethel Anna Skinner. He is survived by his wife and three children, a n d by his father and mother. His younger and only brother, D r . George R . Lyman, late Dean of the College of Agriculture a t the University of West Virginia, died recently, thus "foringing a double sorrow t o their aged parents. Dr. Lyman's special research problems were in t h e field of sulfonphthaleins a_Jid t h e ethers and esters of ^-nitrobenzyl alcohol. He was joint a u t h o r with William Conger Morgan of two preparatory school textbooks, "Chemistry» a n Elementary Textbook," and ""Chemistry, an Elementary Textbook with Laboratory Manual." H e also had nearly completed t h e manuscript of a textbook of organic chemistry. His brilliant miii-d and ready wit made h i m a most inspiring teacher, and undeir his leadership the department of chemistry a t Pomona College developed rapidly. His good judgment, his keen sense of justl«ce, a n d his foresight won for him t h e deepest respect and admiration of his students and colleagues and the members of t h e cornimunity i n which he held an honorable place. His students and ^hose of us who have been so fortunate as to toil with him feel kieenly the loss of a noble friend. T h e inspiration of his life still lives. Edward P. Bartlett
{Continued from page 7) SWEDISH
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T h e Swedish Axnerican match trust which has long been striving for a private monopoly in Germany has had remarkable success during the last five years. After the repeal in 1919 of the Germtan a c t regulating the production of matches t h e trust has successively bought up German factories, and the factories owned or - controlled by t h e trust have now a capacity of about 70 per «cent of t h e total German production. Last year the still independent factories applied to the government for the reëstablishrncnt of the former production-regulating a c t in order to b e relieved of the powerful competition. Now it is reported, however, that the trust has succeeded in getting a n arrangement ^cvith t h e independent factories, securing for t h e former 65 per cent of t h e total consumption, in addition to a price agreement fixing the prices to the mutual satisfaction •of t h e former coimpctitors. In several other European countries the trust is purposely following a similar policy, and, it is reported, with considerable success. About one year ago the trust got an official state monopoly in Poland. Now it is said, however, t h a t t h e new Polish Government is considering the agreement unfavorable in Poland and will try to have it abandoned, since the "foai-gain appears to be very unpopular.
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UNIFORM FOOD-STUFFS LEGISLATION IN SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES
The third meeting of Scandinavian chemists has recently been held in Helsingfors, Finland. Before the close of the meeting it was iresolved to favor the early establishment of uniform and eflicient legislation regarding the control of all sorts of food-stmfïs in the Scandinavian countries. On t h e invitation of the Norwegian Chemical Society it was voted to hold the fourOh chemists' meeting in Oslo, Norway, in 1932. INCREASED PRODUCTION OF L U M B E R I N SOVIET R U S S I A
The Supreme E^inancial Board of Soviet Russia has set up a scheme for the production of lumber goods in t h e financial year 1926-1927, assuming a n average increase in the production of all the state trmstsof 30 per cent, the value of the total planned production being- estimated at 203.7 million pre-war Rubles as against 160 million R u b l e s last year. T h e Russian Academy of Sciences in Leningrad h a s sent a special expedition t o t h e Murman district in N o r t h Russia with t h e object of investigating the foresfts and seeking out favorable places for the «erection of saw imills a n d exportation stores. Augusts, 1026
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