THE CHEMICAL W O R L D THIS WEEK At the n e w plant, production will be devoted primarily to microspheroidal-type catalysts, which w e r e developed in co operation with t h e petroleum industry.
Coatings Chemist Needed A t Aberdeen Proving Ground T h e ordnance d e p a r t m e n t at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., has announced that two additional positions have been au thorized which will permit the employ ment of chemists having experience in the paint, varnish, a n d lacquer held. V. B. Sanders, chief of the employee utilization branch, Civilian Personnel Di vision, h a s said t h a t they a r e attempting to recruit two chemists, preferably with master's degrees, w h o have for three to five years' experience in t h e formulation and evaluation of a w i d e range of organic coatings. T h e starting salary for one of the positions is $4,600 a year a n d for the other position t h e starting salary will he $5,400 a year. Additional information can be obtained from V. B. Sanders at Aberdeen Proving Gro.und.
Rubber Supply Studied By B. F. Goodrich T h e Nation's present rubber supply position compared w i t h 1940 is illustrated in t h e chart p r e p a r e d by B . F . Goodrich Co. In 1940 t h e U n i t e d States consumed RUBBER CONSUMPTION AND C/WACITY IN THE THOUSANDS OF LONG TONS 1200]
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6.50,000 tons of rubber, 9 7 % of which w a s imported from t h e F a r East. There w a s tfcien in existence in this country capacity t o produce only 4,500 tons of man-made rubber of all types. Today t h e nation is consuming rubber at a rate of more than a million tons a \ ear but h a s facilities for producing 940,0O0 tons of American rubber. Output of man-made rubber will be at t h e rate of 740,000 tons early in 1951. During the latter months of World War I I America turned out man-made rubber at a rate of a million tons a year.
WEW§ C H I E F S Tulsa Office f o r GATX. General Americ a n Transportation Corp. has announced t h e opening of a new plate and welding division office in Tulsa, Okla. J. D . C a m p will represent General American for t h e sales o f all fabricated equipment as well as Wiggins conservation structures a n d Wiggins gasholders. Camp's office will b e in t h e First National Building. TexHIeafher Expands S p a c e . Purchase b y the Textileather Corp. of t h e plant formerly occupied by t h e American Swiss Co. in Toledo, Ohio, was announced b y Jules D . Lippmann, president of Textileather. T h e buildings, containing a p proximately 100,000 square feet of floor space, will be used primarily for storage purposes. ϋΝΙΓΕΟ SLATES Oil Lands f o r Lease. THOUJAWDS OF Approximately 480 acres of Mississippi a n d N e w Mexico oil lands will b e offered for oil a n d gas leasing through competitive bidding by t h e B u reau of Land Management, Oct. 11 at 1 P . M . , E S T , Secretary of t h e Interior Oscar L. C h a p m a n a n nounced. T h e Mississippi land is located in t h e Yellow Creek field, approximately 22 miles northeast of Laurel a n d is offered in o n e parcel of 40 acres, while t h e New Mexico oil land is approximately 35 miles east of Artesia a n d is offered in four parcels totalling 4 4 0 acres. Sales Office Moved. Chiksan Co., Brea, Calif., h a s established sales headquarters for t h e Rocky Mountain area in Salt Lake City with B. P. Ragsdale in charge. Chiksan's Rocky Mountain heaquarters were formerly in Denver, with Al Myers as sales representative. Myers h a s r e signed to enter business for himself.
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Detroit Plant E n l a r g e d . Quaker Chemical Products Corp. h a s recently given out contracts increasing their plant a n d storage facilities in Detroit by approximately 50%. Completion is scheduled for t h e end of this year. C h i c a g o Sales Office Moved. T h e Chicago office of D. J. Murray Mfg. Co., manufacturers of Grid unit heaters, moved on Sept. 1 to 612 North Michigan Ave. It w a s formerly in t h e First National Bank Building. 3M Cleveland W a r e h o u s e . T h e Minnesota Mining & Mfg. C o . h a s announced plans for the construction of a $250,000 branch warehouse a n d office building in Cleveland, Ohio. T h e one-story, steel and masonry structure will contain 30,000 square feet of floor space, with outside dimensions 150 by 200 feet.
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Fenn College t o Begin Chemical Engineering Course Sholto M. Spears, dean of t h e school of engineering, F e n n College, Cleveland, r e cently announced that t h e school will inaugurate a n exploratory program in professional level education with t h e course "Chemical Engineering Process Planning" d u r i n g t h e academic year 1 9 5 0 - 5 1 . T h e course, catering t o m e n in industry will b e presented b y five practicing engineers and will be u n d e r t h e direction of A. J. Teller, chairman of t h e chemical engineering department. Lecturers a n d their industrial affiliations are: II. S. Curtis, Naugatuck Chemical division, U . S. Rubber Co.; E . C. Gosnell, Colonial Iron Works; L. S. Howe, Naugatuck Chemical division, U . S. R u b b e r Co.; II. Pforzheimer, Standard Oil Co. of Ohio; a n d H. B„ W a r n e r , Avon Lake experim e n t a l station and sales service division, B. F . Goodrich Chemical C o . Additional information concerning this course m a y b e obtained by writing t o : Chemical Engineering D e p a r t m e n t , Fenn College, Cleveland 15, Ohio.
First Memorial Lecfure Scheduled a * Illinois T h e William Albert Noyes memorial lectureship is being initiated Nov. 1, 1950, at 8:00 P . M . when W . A. Noyes, Jr., speaks at t h e University of Illinois, Urb a n a . Dr. Noyes, h e a d of t h e department of chemistry a t the University of Rochester, will b e honor guest at a banquet preceding the lecture. T h e lectureship is sponsored b y t h e Alpha Chapter (University of Illinois) of Phi L a m b d a Upsilon, honorary chemical society. William Albert Noyes, t o whom t h e lectureship series is dedicated, w a s h e a d of t h e chemistry department at t h e University of Illinois from 1 9 0 7 - 2 6 a n d professor emeritus until his death i n 1941. 3437
