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Show I f i f Tha Western Mineral Survey, Sait Lake City. Utah r New Mineral Compound May Find Use In Electronics "vt -- ti - r to 4 t m Ahead ' st vices. The potential competitor is a compound of aluminum and antimony. It is one of several that may come from compounds pf alumium, gallium, and indium with arsenic and antimony. Rectifiers have already been produced in the laboratory with the new semiconductor material and its use in the making of transitors is a distinct possibility, according to Dr. A. E. Middleton, of Battelle Institute, here. Studies sponsored at the Battelle research center by the Bradley Mining Company, San Francikjo, Calif., have shown that aluminum-antimon- has y electrical properties at least as interesting as those of germanium and silicon. Further more, the new material may be superior to germanium, and perhaps silicon, for military uses where operation at high temperatures is required. . Aluminum-antimon- y is likewise attractive costwise, Middle-to- n said. Both components currently sell at less than 50 cents a pound. Germanium sells for about 350 a pound. Raw mate semi-conduct- or .Chemical Firms In Consolidation On Rare Metals . Experiment Unit Award of the construction contract for the Bureau of Mines Rare and Precious Metals Experiment Station at Reno, Nev., to the Nomjellini Construction Company at Stockton, Cal., was announced by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay. The contract price is $665,186.10. The station will be situated on a tract adjoining the campus of the University of Nevada on the north. The site wap deeded to the government by the State of Nevada. It was decided to proceed with construction at this time, the secretary said, because emergency requirements for several of the rare and precious minerals are far greater than normal expansion of production could be expected to meet. When the new station is ready for use, research conducted there will emphasize the rare earth minerals, some of which are radioactive, including mona-zit- e and related minerals, together with such commodities as fluorspar,- manganese, sulfur, talc, and tungsten. A main objective will be to increase the usable mineral reserves, of the 4-a.- - Far West i . of the ccftnmon McAstock of the rthur Chemical Co., Ltd., of Montreal and Toronto, oldest chemical company in Canada, has been acquired by St. Maurice Chemicals Limited, according to a joint announcement made today by John P. Remensnyder, chairman of the board and V. G. Bartram, president of . St.. Mau-jric- e which is jointly owned by Heyden Chemical Corporation of New York and Shawinigan Chemicals, Ltd. of, Montreal. Mr. Remensnyder is chairman of the board of Heyden Chemical Corporation and Mr. Bartram is .president of Shawinigan Chemicals,, Ltd. A majority Shock-Resista- j abroad nt WASHINGTON If in the American peole ever lose their in any great numbers, Secretary, of Interior Douglas McKay said to me, our nation will be destroyed. ' We were seated in his office in the Interior Department for thfe second in this series of interviews with key people in the Eisenhower administration. The key word in the American language Secretary McKay feels is opThe governments portunity. primary presponsibility is to protect and expand it. Secretary McKay considers the number one job of the Interior Department to be the safeguarding of the natural resources so their development may enrich the lives of all Americans. He believes that in most i cases private enterprise can best serve in such developments. At my request Mr. McKay related a bit of his life story, but the most interesting details came from talks with some of his intimate associates in the department self-relian- ce SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS Douglas McKays Scotch forebiears helped settle the West but his (parents were of such modest means that young Doug, at 14, was driving a butchers delivery wagon while getting his high school education piecemeal He worked his way through Oregon State College, but the beginning of his career Was cut short by World War I. He enlisted. In the historic battle of, the Argonne Forest, his outfit engaged in the fiercest ac- Electric motors used naval vessel must be able to withstand the shock of a hear miss during a battle, and for that reason the frames, end shields and other parts of many tion. Of its 201 men, only 28 of, these motors are now being survived. McKay, his right made of Ductile Iron, a cast iron shoulder shattered, was terribly ' with excellent resistance to chance little for life. He given, shock. was hospitalized, for months and had to adjust to a lifetime of Alloys For Jets being handicapped. At wars end he got a job sellHeat and corrosion resistant nickel alloys are used in vital ing Ford cars in his home town, Ore. He lived thriftiparts of jetaincraft engines Portland,. where their resistance to the de- ly, saved his money, and in. 1928 structive effects of high temper- bought' a small Chevrolet dealership in Salem. , Some of his atures is of prime importance. capital was . borrowed money and this he paid back early in the depression because; he felt the future was so uncertain he might not have it later. He weathered the depression by cutting expenses to. the bone. 'Today his BETTER automobile business, built up gradually over 25 years," is pros' pering. PUT SOMETHING BACK Smyth, veteran writer Larry Our consultants can help you, too, with on the Oregon Journal, was persuaded by the new Secretary to better applications of electric power. take a leave of absence and There is no charge for this service. work with him for a time in covered Washington. Smyth McKays political career in OrWhen Douglas McKay egon. got in business for himself and began to (progress in Salem, he also got into civic work, Smyth told me. His ' theory was, and still is, that those who take something out of a community should put something back McKays civic wtark led to his being elected mayor. He next was sent to the state senate.When World War, II started he cut short any further politi111-year-- old . . . , ; . . APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRIC POWER . - 1 . cal career and, although handihe enlistcapped and over-age, ed in the. Army again. He in service until the Japanese had capitulated. Back in his Salem automobile dealership once more, he was stunned one day in 1947 when the governor, the Senate President, and the House speaker were killed in A few an airplane accident. the later days Oregon Republic- - ed I SAN FRANCISCO, Sales total1952 and net Homestake Mining Co. has re- BOSTON, Mass. By GEORGE S. BENSON President Harding College Searcy. Arkansas THE NEW SECRETARY OF INTERIOR Work To Begin 17, 1953 New Earnings Earnings At Reported By Homestake Take Slump Calumet Co. Calif. t , Scientists rial cost, it should be pointed at,' COLUMBUS, O. here report the development of however, .is but a small fraction a low-comaterial that may of the total cost of any rectifier with compete germanium and or transitor. silicon for use in transitors, rectifiers, and other electronic de- April f ' .i f i ing $50,816,934 8 earnings after taxes of $1,837,-77were reported by Endicott R. Lovell, president of Calumet & Hecla, Inc., metal producer and fabricator. Although sales were largest in the companys history up 14 per cent above the 1951 figure of $44,578,149 earnings after taxes were 25 per cent under the previous years $2,450,-56The net earnings figure for 1952 is equivalent to 89 cents per share, compared with $1.18 per share earned during 1951.., Shares outstanding total 86-ye- ar 5. 2,068,-270- Mr. Lovell attributed lower earnings to four factors: A 63-d- ay strike at the copper mining, smelting, and refining operations of the firms Calumet Division. Unrealistic price controls that adversely affected both the Calumet and Wolverine Tube Divisions. Governmental restrictions on output of the Wolverine Tube Divisions plant in Detroit and Decatur, Ala. A sharp drop in the price of zinc which took a toll of S. & H. operations in Shulls-bur. zinc-minin- g g, Wis. Sulphur Substitute A plant, which is now producing more sulphur dioxide than the( combined man(ufac-tur- e of the rest of the free world, uses as its raw material the smelter gases from the huge nickel-coppsmelter at Copper The liquefied Cliff, Ontario. gas which it produces is now d being used as a substitute for sulphur in Cana-er . much-neede- ans tossed in McKays hat for governor. He was elected. In to a four-ye1950, he was term with the biggest vote any Oregon gubernatorial candidate jever received. He left the governorship' to join President Eisenhowers team. HIS PHILOSOPHY At 59, Douglas McKay feels that the Interior Secretaryship now1 gives him an opportunity to put something badk into America for what America has given him. Two actions as Governor of Oregon characterize his governmental philosophy. He closed Oregon Indian reservation schools, and brought the Indian youngsters into the public schools, and at the same time repealed all state laws discriminating against Indians. And when a vast acreage of Oregon timberland was denuded and left barren, he organized a d and great reforestation project, sowing seed with helicopters, instead of relying on the federal governmen to do it. re-elect- ar ed . ported net prbfit amounted to dr. 88 .cents a share for the year ended December 31, 1952, compared with $2,104,063 or $1.05 a share in the previous year. A marked change for the bet k ter from the severe caused by conditions created by the outbreak of the Korean war was evident in the last half of the year, President Donald H. McLauglin said. He added: . This improvement is to' be attributed both to the addition of a moderate1 number of skilled miners and to various technical changes in mining and metallurgical practices that were beginning to become effective in the closing months. Until inflationary .procedures are restrained by restoration of the gold standard with the dollar made freely convertible into gold at a ratio this is in proper relation to the available gold supply and to future claims that must be met in paper currencies, times will continue to be bad for gold mining, McLaughlin said. $1,-768,3- 15 set-bac- Sales Set Record Sales of Philco products and services set a new record in 1952 of $366,964,000, an increase of 20 per cent over 1951, William Balderston, president, and James T. Buckley, chairman of the board, Philco Cbrporation, announced recently in th com-- e pany annual report for 1952 which is being printed and will be mailed to stockholders next week. Sales in 1951 were $305,-329,00- 0. . Net income for 1952 after all federal and state income taxes totaled $11,491,000 or $3.15 per share of common stock after preferred1 dividends, the reEarnings before port states. income taxes for the year 1952 were $25,631,000 as compared with $22,013,000 the previous year. Income taxes increased to $14,140,000 in 1952 from $9,845,-00- 0 in 1951. Net income for 1951 was $12,168,000, or $3.35 a com- mon share. Mine Ughts On Ships The head lamps long associated with miners to light their way below the earths surface are now being used as a source of light by the maintenance crews aboard the shlips of the United States reserve merchant fleet. These lamps, powered by small batteries, allow the crew members to have their hands free at all times and provide better illuInterior Secretary he mination As with equal fire prowants gradually to end the gov- tection, to that of an approved ernment jurisdiction ! over the vaporproof ektehridn i light ; t Indians, give them" full citizenship: responsibilities and let PaJTESTERN.MINERAL them become v ternalism for anyone, he thinks, SijRVEYV4"VV' j is destructive.- enterI, believe in private v f 4 East' 1st South close of the said the at he prise, Telephone: V$0656r interview. .But earfi wintered 'etess matter :at Salt its way.- For' instance, atomic Xkn City,'uaeooad Utah, wuiar Act at March S. energy is being developed by 1879. our government. It holds great Subscription orRates: 84.00 tor r two 0M Tear and 81.60 for ?i80 IBOntlU. promise for the future. At the BIXPtoue mention Western Mineral Surrey proper time, I believe it should rates be gradually transferred to private industry but not as a gift U M. HILL, Business Manager There are, on the other hand, some individual projects that All the news of the development of tbs seem fitted to public ownership, Western Mlnsral Published by Thi Surrey. and in such cases I think public the Westers Mineral Surrey is obtained from sources ownership and private ownerto be reliable, but no responsibility Is. assumed for accuracy of state ship can and must work side by .xrentfe ' side. i. i"'it i. j.i locally-man- locally-finance- aged niqkel-iron-alkali- ne ! self-relia- nt. : 22-2- 45 'it-mus- t - - : - : f . , . . . |