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Personals The committee in charge of the annual award of the Perkin Medal haspselected Dr. M. C. Whitaker as the recipient for 1923. The presentation will be made January 12, 1923, a t a meeting of the American Section of the Society of Chemical Industry. Mr. Lloyd A. Hall, formerly chief chemist of John Morrell & Co., Ottumwa, Ia., has for the past year been general manager of The Chicago Chemical Products Co., manufacturers of coal-tar dips and disinfectants. Dr. Richard C. Lord, at one time instructor a t Washington and Lee University and later engaged in industrial chemistry, has been elected assistant professor of chemistry and physics at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Dr. James C. Andrews has severed his connection with E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and is teaching physiological chemistry in the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. George Barsky, formerly a research assistant of Prof. R. H. McKee, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, has been appointed to a position in the research department of the Abitibi Paper Co., Abitibi, Ont. Mr. Leonidas R.Littleton has resigned his position as chemist with the National Aniline & Chemical Company and has accepted the professorship of chemistry at Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va. Dr. Simon Klosky has accepted appointment as instructor at the Martin Maloney Chemical Laboratory of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. Dr. Klosky was formerly with the Chemical Warfare Service at Edgewood Arsenal. Dr. G. Davis Buchner, research chemist a t the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Kentucky, has secured a year’s leave of absence, which he will spend in Europe visiting the more important educational and scientific centers of Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, and England. Mr. Thomas. H. Wickenden and Mr. Charles McKnight, Jr., have recently joined the development and research department of the International Nickel Co., New York, N. Y., to undertake work in connection with alloy steels. Mr. J. B. Foote, president and treasurer of Foote Bros. Gear & Machine Company of Chicago, died on October 12, 1922. Mr. Foote was widely known for his skill as a gear maker and inventor for transmission and other machinery. He was the pioneer in making cut steel, case-hardened, tough-cored gears for heavy duty work. He was one of the first to invent and build enclosed types of transmission for reducing electric motor speeds. He shared with Henry Ford the honors of pioneering the present light weight type of farm tractor, and in this connection he was the inventor of the enclosed transmission and live axle drive. He was also the inventor of numerous automatic machines for making cans and was regarded as a foremost authority on special machinery. He is survived by his widow, and his brother, Bradford Foote, who will continue the business of Foote Brothers Gear & Machine Co., 213 N. Curtis St., Chicago, Ill. Mr. Charles T. Bragg, formerly with the Michigan Smelting and Refining Company, is now president and general manager of the Michigan Valve & Foundry Company. Dr. Thomas R. Duggan, of the Permutit Co., New Yorlr, for many years trustee and chairman of the House Committee of the Chemists’ Club, New York, was tendered a dinner on November 3 by about seventy-five members of the Club. The occasion was the departure of Dr. Duggan for an extended visit to England. He sailed November 4 on the Aquitaiiia. The following instructors and assistant instructors have been added to the chemistry faculty of the University of Kansas: Robert Taft, formerly professor of chemistry, Ottawa University; E. L. Joss, formerly a member of the faculty of Oklahoma State University; F. G. Moore, formerly of Texas Agricultural College ; J. M. Wainscott of Southwestern University, Kansas ; William Seaman, of Brown University; Miss Helene Thomas,Miss Selma Gottlieb, W. McPherson, A. J. Miller, and M. L. Ross. Mr. Curtis C. Meigs, formerly president of the consulting chemical engineering firm of Meigs, Bassett, & Slaughter, Inc., with offices a t 1304 Finance Building., Philadelphia, Pa., has sold his interest to Bassett & Slaughter, who will conduct the business under the name of Bassett & Slaughter, Inc. Mr. Meigs has taken offices at 709-710, Stephen Girard Building and is associated with Mr. Hugo Schlatter, formerly with the Hercules Powder Co., and Mr. W. B. Goentnerand, who was assistant chief mechanical engineer far the old firm. These nien will d6 consulting work of a chemical engineering nature.
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Industrials The import prohibition on coal-tar products into Italy has been removed; fuel oil has been made duty-free; and important changes are effected in the import duties on coal-tar dyes and intermediates, according to the commercial attach6 a t Rome. The changes went into effect on October 29. The prohibition on the importation of synthetic dyes and other coal-tar derivatives into Italy went into effect June 3, 1921. Under the present regulations these products may be imported, but a t the increased duty of 300 gold lire per 100 kilos instead of the former duty of 120 lire. By the same decree the import duties on nitrobenzol and aniline salts have been raised one-third. During October 1922 twenty-three companies were formed to engage in the manufacture and distribution of chemicals, drugs, and dyes, with a total indicated investment of $5,950,000, as compared with $5,300,000 in September and $5,850,000 in August. This is slightly below the total capitalization in October 1921, which amounted to $6,675,000. A joint committee representing the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, the American Association of Worsted and Woolen Manufacturers, and the National Association of Woolen and Worsted Spinners has been named to aid the Bureau of Standards in scientific research work affecting the woolen industry. The committee will meet in Washington in the near future for the purpcse of aiding in the drawing up of a program which will more fully utilize the facilities of the bureau in considering general and specific problems of research and standardization in the textile trades. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported a rise of two points in September in the government index number of wholesale prices in chemicals and drugs. The September number is 124, as compared with 122 in August. The chemicals and drugs number is 4.7per cent below that for September 1921, while the number for all commodities is 8.5 per cent higher. American industry is spending about $70,000,000 annually on scientific research, according to the Fabricated Production Department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. About one-half of this sum is spent by American manufacturers in the conduct of laboratory research, while the remainder is expended in experimental and development work in plants. As a result of scientific research work, approximately $500,00O,OOQ are being saved annually by industry in this country. As an incentive to members and students of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry resident in Canada, prizes amounting to $75 have been created by three Institute members for the best two articles accepted for publication by any Canadian magazine, which are national in scope and of a business or literary nature. The competition will close May 1, 1923. Prize winners will be chosen by a committee appointed by the council of the Institute. After extensive investigations of new laboratories now being erected, Dr. Charles E. Coates has submitted to the building committee a plan for the new chemical laboratory to be built a t the Louisiana Agricultural College. Approximately $450,000 are available for the erection of this laboratory, and the buildings are to be planned to permit additions when necessary. At a recent meeting of the directors of E. I. du Pont de hTemours & Co., Inc., it was voted to increase the authorized capital stock from b80,000,000 to $100,000,000, by adding 200,000 shares of $100 par value. The present outstanding capital is $63,378,300, and the directors will declare a 50 per cent stock dividend, with the approval of the stockholders who have been called to meet on December 4 in Wilmington. The Sales Promotion Section of the Office of Director of Sales, War Department, Washington, D. C., has recently issued a booklet, “War Surplus,” which describes the methods resorted to by the War Department in the disposal of its stocks of surplus property, and tells what these stocks contain, where the property is located, and how t o buy it. Quartermasters’ supplies form the major part of the remaining surplus to be sold, but the Ordnance Department, Air Service, Signal Corps, Medical Department, Chemical Warfare Service, and Corps of Engineers have considerable stocks to be disposed of. The Chemical Equipment Company is opening a new office a t 109 Broad St., New York City, with Mr. G. M. Hickey, formerly of the Celite Products Co., in charge. It has been announced that the Stauff er Chemical Company is to move its plant from San Francisco to Chester, Pa. Ten acres of land adjacent t o the Sinclair Oil Company development have been acquired and several million dollars are to be expended. The buildings alone will cost $500,000.
