Show 1641111Ady - JtL011111g -- Zig Salt gakt Zribun! -- - —August t 25 1910 Zinc 4 Prices thotici Five ( 0 which i nosing cancer is revealed at the Uni4 versity of Illinois College of Medicine The antiserum gives a definite reaction when cancer is present in 'a particular mbMobbidorModi organ The total eclipse of the sun on Oct 1 will be recorded in color motion pictures by the Amateur Astronomers Association which will journey to Brazil to observe and photograph the solar spec tacle Answer to one of the most baffling problems of the universe the mystery of the white dwarf stars has been de- dared found by Prof D S Kothari of Delhi India His theory contends that a powerful electrical field is set up inside the dwarf star which answers the prob lem of how the minute particles are able tt keep blazing away in the universe Permission is being sought by an American airline company to commence a weekly plane service between the United States and Africa by way of Puerto Rico or Brazil ' Uncle Sam defies the possibility of the curtailment of crude rubber st?131ib-- It developing an 11 r:- - FR' 4 tl 1 : f' ' ": 1577::'::::7:: :: :ZZ-::- ::::r:::::-:-:c- ii I 1 iti - i !' 1 t 1 '"! !14'!' 1 ) At7'4' : :::: ' I ::11 t A ( :to hand" The senator's statement implied a 96 esti6n To which the witness answered: "If that happens we would just have to roll up our sleefes and give it hell" This determined stand might well be the answer of America to a veiled threat unspoken but nevertheless indicated that the spreading frontiers of war may disrupt the flow of crude rubber to this i ' ki 0 '1 41 V sal IL'i ' I a 2tV: ' i !:: ''' : 1 '''' ' ' it? — 1 iIfil IrL -- man-mad- 4 - ct 't:401 I I t4 ::: — el LI ' ac him WO Application of estrone a femininizing hormone to the skin has brought about partial disappearance of excess hair in women with gandular disorders Dr G B Dorff of Brooklyn reports Headquarters stations and automobiles of the Connecticut State Police are being equipped with the new frequency modulation system of radio transmission and reception following tests which demonstrated the system's freedom from certain types of static interference pre-form- ii ( Tst et" 11: nan all cks on ning reamin Mond Londor ter he tept heaCi 1 t lick de this aim ol Dn - round tumbet - gbari onus N' lritish 400-pou- ass air — liarm afl 04 was odon l were tie Lon& m tnnoun t 11 Br Own ic ed wit steadil: te nigi ?flights ritish of airp he ou of Ge :en ttedly inistr3 of oi Item n air bag tt coal rds air Imed makil 75—a 19 tish A unda3 for t istry al n Ss re sa 'welt( only: oth Sund Of air-bor- Itish 'air - u1sh lebri - -- Ispre tropi :io blaze rubber-producin- 4 k s it '' ?' I I 1 S 1t '' deft ' '' -- S: ti7' V: Ara pe ' L Lrsums WIP :: ' - ktra par se ( Atte life wa i 150-pou- e 1111 ' then : 1 11r1 :' wa slig )d r t' Tt‘ r arge te 1 ' A's ht ' '' 1 ettin 7 r ' 1 im lame i ' 1 uadrol : ' I di hac L t re !ire 11' ae:1 Mt dicatel 1 de s all-- c es Thrat -- 11 I :':'''' e tl 0-----' '1- 4 tl over g A 4:' A 2000000 or more tons but observers feel that would be impossible now if the trade routes were closed before the crude rubber could be transported to this country Another is to grow rubber in America but experts estimate that this venture would take eight to 10 years be' fore there would be sufficient rubber to meet our demands Experimental work of course still continues with a native plea 'called guayule the Mexican rubber plant It desert shrub is a dusty greyish-gree- n rubber films under which has its bark Guayule output zoomed to about 5000 tons a year in the rubber shortage of the early AO's factories were opened in Texas mid thousands of acres were put into cultivation in California But when the world rubber markets were flooded during the depression guayule production dropped to 3000 tons The United States Department of Agriculture is also doing some experimental work with goldenrod which the late Thomas A Edison inaugurated I It does not take long to grasp the enormity of the problems involved in the mass production of synthetic rubber to meet America's needs when rubber consumption figures are understood Last year America produced enough synthetic rubber to meet consumption demands of 1700 tons But last year 7 the nation consumed 592000 tons of crude rubber in addition to 170000 tons of re 1:111 claimed rubber which means the reuse of rubber from old automobile tires Consider- ing the fact that there would be perhaps from five month to a year's supply of crude rubber available should the 1 source of supply be suddenly cut off the gigantic task ahead would be to step up the production of artificial rubber to meet the country's needs in as short a period as possible Can it be done? 4 The government is not waiting for the threat to our rubber supply to be carried out before it tackles the problem The Senate Committee on Military Affairs mentioned at the beginning of this article has the problem under consideration and has been discussing the advisability of having such pri- vete companies as Goodrich and the Standard Oil Co of New Jersey accelerate pro- - duction of synthetic rubber immediately so that peak production can be reached ' ::::::":::::::- - - synthetic can a committee room of the United Senate a few days ago a made this statement to a witness: 11 am looking forward to the possibility that our total supply of crude rubber may be cut off and what the condition this Nation would be in with about five months' supply of rubber on y country the worlds largest consumer And the answer comes in the form of a mass Of material from a test tube that science has dubbed synthetic rubber The revelation that synthetic rubber Records of over 1500 pa of to natural the take can bemade place Cents reveal that temporary 4:i!:gNmii1!::::::::n::-::1arubber might eventually be regarded as elevations in blood pressure America's Second Declaration of Indedue to emotional stress alpendence For synthetic rubber can be After the Polymerization Process the Thick Milky-Whit- e though commonly believed Latex produced and is being produced entirely insignificant probably 'mil Which isVery Similar to Nature's Own Rubber Latex is Stirred materials Its from American produccate the patient will be sus4In Large Vats to Give it Greater Resistance tion depends not one bit on the rubber toHeat and Oxygen ceptible to hypertensive die-trees of the Dutch East Indies South 0 ease in later life Dr E A 4411!401 America and other countries which have Hines Jr of Rochester been supplying the world with crude Minn reports in the Jour- ' 1::17 became known uses t since its rubber of the American Medical - nal Under investigation and experimenV ::':' ''::::L'' Association tation for several years synthetic rub1 bers even now have definite commercial Electrical experts of ci uses In this country one type of artifi:' laboratories 1 Schenectady koroseal used is as rubber cial known ::!:!i':!Nl' have' developed a special ‘ ' ': i ' cables ''' extensively in the insulation of V000 "shock stick" for the control b cZ4 7) ri4gotge' and as a coating for fabrics table cloths 1 i' of a ::!:!?::a-::'??:::4::::- : gorilla in Ha- '' I and clothing Another type called neokN kk vana Cuba The stick is ca::'::::: ::'i:::::0:-:::oil to is koroseal resistant like prene — pable of conveying 5000 i: :74r' It has many uses including hose linings volts to the gorilla by bvo gaskets printing plates conveyor belts electrodes at its end—if he 5 ?:1 k''' rubber gloves refrigerator seals sink 1 I doesn't behave ?::::::::::::::'::::::::::::::!::::::'!-1::scrapers and hospital sheeting In fact in 1939 the United States con7:::z::::::::::::::::7 :: Collection of specimens of i::: ' e sumed a total of 1700 tons of k::::::::::::::::::4::::':c-the small three-toe- d horse r rubber is one purpose Mesohippus 4ii i141jk5 4 Now the way has been opened for the "1::: °fan American Museum of of automobile tires from syni ' production Natural History expedition t-I 4 matter as a of are rubber thetic They ' '": ti:!:::::::::'''J to the fossil beds of western !: Tii 41:i 1B I 6 F turned out the fact now being by ::::: South Dakota this summer Goodrich Company for the retail market '''' A 1::::::'' : :':::::: 4k ' And it follows that if automobile tires Studies made of 30 male :4'' II can be constructed hod artificial rubII golfers revealed that better rubber so and can tires ber equipment i scores resulted and fatigue ::4li :'' for war machines because of similarity was reduced when the golf ::Z:0::N:1:!!:Lu in construction So with America's :)0 era ate lunches that were ''0 sources IV crude rubber being threatened high in fat and consumed as scientists curtailment with it regard To Prepare the Synthetic Rubbe? for Use in Tires and Other Rubsugar or candy at certain periods during a distinct possibility that America may the round members of the American ber Products the Raw Rubber Fresh from the Vats is Broken Up rubbers for have to resort to Medical Association have been advised and Sheeted on a Wash Mill Above Cutting a Sample for a Tests : its great machines synthetic of war bed 711" Invention of an It is no longer a secret that many of ?r1:75r7rfir'lnIM which warms the sleeper in winter and Germany's army trucks armored cars cools him in summer has been tn gun carriages and motorcycles roll on : 777: nounced at the University of Washing V::: II :::::: 1 I 7:71::::if:-synthetic rubber And it is said that 1 qeton The occupant dials his own weath- during World War I when blockaded rt?:t3x er for the night with a knob at the heat' from the natural rubber sources of a: the bed made Germans i::'"( and Ceylon the Malaya ' s 1 44 I iV41 f: some solid tires of synthetic rubber Dvelopment A "magic carpet" which glows in the The secret to successful artificial rub ':4 of Rubber In is declared to provide greater tt dark ber is polymerization which is the procTube for patrons of modern motion Is 4 safety i::'1::494 s:': 1 ess of linking molecules‘together in long' picture theaters Special dyes in the chains such moleeular chains are found Uncle Sam's carpet glow softly with various colors 4 Answer to a in natural rubber Chemists at first tried In the "black light" of invisible ultrav ‘ to duplicate rubber's chemical coinposiThat violet rays tion in experimenting with the synthetic Crude Rubber no was It but only place got variety 1 The U S Department of Agriculture Supply Might' i when they set out to duplicate its strucin with the Writ Be Disrupted f working mechanical action that they ture and :1(zi ‘ Manufacturers' Association raper ing t' began to get results hall conducted development work on a more rapidly if the emergency arises While the process is the same the synnew process for making a high quality :: aid to The of ::4:re::: government possibility not all thetic rubbers known today are of writing paper directly from cotton facilities boost ''!::: t and increase production made the same way Germany's buta- ':'l'-rubbers 4 of the for production synthetic e et diene better known as buna is made " Development of a dependable "battery )'iii::!i !1 from acetylene a prodUct of coal and was suggested How long it would take — '47' condition indicator" made available for tr T1r to step up production so that artificial limestone The Goodrich variety called use on the dashboard of any automobile ' r ' 4 '''''''t rubber could be supplied- - to meet the t but butadiene rubber a is it Ameripol as an'accessory has been announced (:::777''--- -t : the demands of nation is '$) questionable :'""" is Made from petroleum '4 i4 1 :iN ioti:osigolii American Conservation of the rubber A light filtering device for wearing By what is 'known as the modern as well as its supply is Alio a An Outstanding feature of the Man-MciRubber is that it Can be the nose and mouth to protect the over process this black sticky supply "cracking" concern of the government today material is broken down to a mixture of Readily Processed on Standard Rubber Machinery Here the Mali- respiratory system against the Senate committee At hearing dusts pollen and certain bacteria has fur Is Wein Out and Lumpy Material Squeezed Into Thin Sheets simple molecules From this mixture can committee members were given this been designed be separated a gas which under pressure '' oPinion: liquifies to give butadiene This is mixed "In a real emergency I think that An insect has more strength than a with other ingredients prepared from legislation or cooperation we horse in proportion to its size a British natural gas and air and then made into through e should limit the speed of vehicles Treads scientific photographer reports While a a milky emulsion using soap produced wear out much faster at high speed and horse can lift a load five times its weight 041 sources from American agricultural vehicles running at 40 miles an hour inan earwig can lift 104 times and a y Upon beating and agitation these ingrestead of 60 miles an hour wouldmake a j ground beetle 162 times their own dients react to form an emulsion of syndifference" 4 ' weight thetic rubber which is similar to the great The curve of rubber consumption It g latex obtained from A new airplane propeller with a skelewas said goes up very sharply as the :::jii: trees "'S‘ V I1 ton of aluminum magnesium or their speed of a vehicle increases So the From there on the process of obtain-I- n conclusion has been reached that a re alloys covered by fine steel wire and a sheeted rubber is 1ik that used duction of speed would 4" in a thin stainless steel sheath encased 14tit::: a ! about 3'1 A bring 0 i 1 ‘ i 't' for natural rubber The latex is coagu IA an extra-ligt super-stron- g reduction in the present consumption of represents' ''' 4 0 k! '' '' P4 1 e lated with acid producing a curd This rubber 0 1 t :0 structure which is expected to witht :1I f 1 1 1) f ': ' ':'' is then sheeted and dried to give the syni fire stand machine-gu- n ':k I ' 2 4 V 1:i 1' x The witness also suggested the 1 l -- thetic rubber 1 II' of traffic $ diverting certain road k btortYail '!'4k I 4 201 Aceording to the United States Bu Mass production of synthetic rubber ' it 4' ' But while such methods might I ? ' i 's ' A reau of Mines not the earth but the : of one In this is three only sugcountry 1 I bring about a reduction in the consumpcubic miles of ocean contain ' 351522100 e‘i s'J offered to I meet the I I danger of tion of rubber there would still remain gestions I 2' i 1 the world's largest mineral fieposit ? 1 or curtailment the elimination complete : need the new constant a for 1 suppli Consists tfmnrn than 128300000 of our crude rubber supply 90 per cent which apparently could be furnished ! 7 I I s This tons of common salt as well as millions l' Innow which comes from the of ' East : 1 'I' only through synthetic means should of tons of other minerals 1 t dies But while the production ofart k the ' ' : 'I! rl':k1ik''' i:'' i existing :purees of crude rubber be f f to meet the enormous needs blocked heist rubber 4 The work done by the heart of an -s- 'of America presents a difficult problem- - No great claims have been made for ' il' '' 'ia'ik)Ilsikii'i l t 1 t 17 man is roughly esti- - average ') if: 1 American-mad- e many observers feel it may become a necmated at 15000 footpounds when the synthetic rubber al- ' :': ' c l':' ''?i' 4 i '' i 4 f4 defense measure while For the essary i man is doing heavy labor and at 3000 thoughimost tests have proved it a sati U S may have to fight to keep the trade ' l't ‘ ':H'::'H:"" t : :1 ti'Y'VA"il isfactory substitute for the natural vaTires First i On of is the footpounds when he i s at rest Here ': - :: to routes the East open it would have to riety And today it costs three times as 0:L)LL12144114 Li na 1 Rub with Built Ever - Synthetic have enough rubber to fight with before Forest products at present have much to produce a synthetic rubber tire ' This Workman Is Holding Synthetic Rubber in the Thin Sheets Re bor It is Used for Sidewalls it could fight about 4500 uses says the ForestService ' ' : as it does a natural rubber tire Even and Tread Other Materials one One alternative would mean the pur- - so America has found an answer to a of the United States Department of quired for Most Standard Rubber Manufacturing Operations It is chase of a stock pile of crude rubber tioshColored at This Stage but Becomes Clear Amber on Drying Agriculture threat—and found it ma test tube! Same as in Natural RubberTires " I 1 4' : L 'à ::': A::' ---- I all-Ameri- INStates Butadiene a Liquified Gas Obtained Petroleum Is the Basic Ingredient of the Synthetic Rubber Ameripol The CO inders Above Store This Gas Under Pressure of 20 to 40 Pounds it of an antiserum - DRODUCTION 1 is 'declared an important aid in diag- - )ort The tire ' be itte iØiJ t f I 4' I |