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Ho. 241 - 1947 December 5 CROFT, JR. ELECTED MAGNUS CORP. PRESIDENT W,, Ho Croft, Jr,, was elected president of the Magnus Metal Corp. at the Magnus board of directors meeting on November 26. Mr. Croft had been appointed executive vice president on Sept. 24 when Messrs. F. A. Croft, J. P. Boraa, W. P. Carney, N. P. Lyons, J. E. Brown, W. D. Hickey, G. A. Murphy, M. J. Turner and G. F. Mueller were made vice presidents and E. W. Sims Jr. assistant comptroller. Mr. Croft joined Magnus July 1, 1927. He was appointed a vice president and a director of the Corporation in 1936. REID AND CORJDrRY NAMED ASST. MANAGERS OF TITANIUM DIVISION Joseph H, Reid and Graham W. Corddry have been appointed assistant managers of the Titanium Division effective Dec. 3. Mro Reid entered the Company's employ in 1927 at St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. He went with the Baroid Division (then operating as National Pigments & Chemical Co.) in 1936 where he became production manager. On his transfer to the general offices in New York in 1941, Mr. Reid was appointed secretary of the mining committee and in April 1947 was made chairman of that committee. He is also a member of the manufacturing committee. Mr. Cordary joined Titanium in 1932, having been director of laboratories for Devoe & Raynolds previously. After several years as eastern sales manager he was made general sales manager and elected to the Titanium Pigment Corp.'s board of directors in 1940. STEWART MADE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH FOR ENTIRE COMPANY Alex Stewart, who has directed laboratory research for the parent Company since April 1936, has been appointed director of research for the entire National Lead organization. Mr. Stewart's service with the Company began in 1908 at the research laboratory in Brooklyn. He remained there until 1915 ana during this period carried to completion his studies at Pratt Institute and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. During the first two of the ensuing dozen years, Mr. Stewart worked as a chemist with a linoleum concern and then joined the C. L. Constant Co., mining engineers, where he shortly assumed charge of the engineering, laboratory and research depart ments and became a partner in the business. Mr. Stewart returned to the Company's laboratories in 1930. He served as research development engineer until his 1938 appointment as research director. WILES APPOINTED MINING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Gloyd H. Wiles, plant manager of the MacIntyre Development of the Titanium Division since dept. 1944, has been appointed chairman of the Company's mining committee, succeeding J, H. Reid. Mr. Wiles joined the Company in March 1942, starting with 8t. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. where he was in charge of mining and milling operations in the Tri-State district. He has been a member of the mining committee since Sept. 1945. 0000-NLI-000024878 MILLIKEN TO BE PLANT MANAGER AT MACINTYRE Frank R. Milliken, assistant plant manager at the Titanium Division's MacIntyre Development, has been appointed plant manager at MacIntyre, succeeding G. H. Wiles. The appointment becomes effective January 1, 1948. Mr. Milliken was an engineer with Utah Copper ^o. before joining Titanium in 1941. LLOYD BECOMES PUBLIC RELATIONS J3IRECTOR John Cv Lloyd has joined the Company in the capacity of Director of Public Relations. He previously did public relations work with J.- M. Mathes, Inc. and William Esty & Co., New York advertising agencies. During the war, Mr. Lloyd was engaged in liaison work between the War Dept, and the War Advertising Council. BOARD VOTES EXTRA COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES At its Nov. 25 meeting the Company's board of directors authorized the paymei of extra compensation to each employee equivalent to of his total earnings, ui to and including a maximum of $6000, for the first eleven months of 1947. HOSE HEADS PRODUCTION CLUBS Carlton H. Rose was elected president of the Federation of Paint and Varnish Production Clubs at the recent meeting of the organization in Atlantic City. Mr. who is head of the paint and pigment department of the Company's Research Laborstc served the Federation as president-elect during the past year and prior to that p< held the office of treasurer of the organization. BURLING MADE TITANIUM PACIFIC COAST SAXES MANAGER E. G. Burling, who has been handling the sale of titanium pigments in Los An* for the past four years, has been appointed Pacific Coast sales manager of the Titanium Pigment Corp. He will remain at Los Angeles, MUCCILLL. HEADS METAL DEPT. MANUFACTURING Philip C. Muccilli has been named to supervise manufacturing operations of ti Company's metal division. Mr. Muccilli started with the Company in 1920 as a draughtsman in Atlantic Branch. He later became plant engineer at Perth Amboy. From Nov, 1942 to Sept. 1945 Mr. Muccilli served as engineer at the Company-run, government-sponsored magnesium plant in Luckey, Ohio. He returned to the New Yor; engineering department when that plant was closed following the end of the war. 1 January of this year, Mr. Muccilli was made a member of the manufacturing committ- F. A. CROFT PASSES AT 67 F. A. Croft, for several years assistant general manager of the Magnus Divis and since Sept. 24 vice president of the Magnus Metal Gorp., died in Chicago on November 20. Mr. Croft was born Nov. 1, 1880 in Chicago. He entered the employ the Hewitt Mfg. Co., a -subsidiary of Magnus, in 1908. Surviving Mr. Croft are hi widow, Elsie Jamison Croft, and sons, Robert and James. DEATH CLAIMS ROSS, RETIRED PACIFIC COAST SALESMAN Frank T. Ross, retired salesman and sales promotion man for Pacific Coast Branch, died on November 10 at San Mateo, Calif., following a brief illness. He was 58. Mr. Ross was employed as a salesman in 1930 and did sales promotion work from 1935 to 1941. He retired last year because of ill health. Surviving are his widow, a son, a daughter and a stepson. MATTHIESSEN, LEWIS SALESMAN, .DIES Conrad S. Matthiessen, 59, for the past 25 years a sales representative of John T. Lewis & Bros. Co., died on November 15 following an operation in Cooper Hospital, Camden, N. J. Mr. Matthiessen entered the employ of the Philadelphia Branch as a clerk in 1906, later becoming bookkeeper and statistician, prior to his joining the sales force. OOOO-NLI-O00024879 WILLEYS ADDRESSES PAPER MEN William R. Wjllets, of the paper division of Titanium's technical service laboratories, spoke on "Titanium in Paper Making" before a group of paper indust people at Hotel Commodore in New York on November 10. -3- SMITH, CARTER VETERAN, DIES AT 78 ) Frank C. Smith, who retired from active work with the Company December 1, 1934 died in Pawatind Hospital, Niles, Mich., on December 2, following an illness of several months. Mr. Smith joined the Carter White Dead Co. Dec. 1, 1897. He was secretary of the Carter concern when its business was consolidated with National''in 1929. At that time, Mr. Smith moved to Chicago Branch where he managed white lead sales until his retirement. Mr. Ssith leaves no immediate sJurvivors. 111 LONG-TERMERS" HOLD 2ND ANNUAL DINNER The members of the "111 Long-Termers", the 25-year club organised last year by Company employees working at 111 Broadway, N.Y.C., held their second annual dinner on November 21 at Hotel Biltmore. Some 80-odd members attended the affair. PRODUCTION CLUB REPORT NOTES COMPANY'S NEW PIGMENT DEVELOPMENTS In a report by W. P. Colio of the du Pont Company on newly developed raw materials for the coatings industry, made to the members of the Federation of Paint and Varnish Production Clubs at the recent Atlantic City convention, a number of products developed by the research staff of the Company were mentioned. In the new pigment section of the report, of the eight new pigments described, five were Company products, among which were listed 45 X and Pigment E. SERVICE WATCH AWARDS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER The following employees completed 25 years of service with the Company during the past two months and were awarded watchess OCTOBER John W. S. Hammond - Atlantic Qmer Horn - St. Louis Pantaloon Lubinski " Thomas A. 0Neil Fred W. Schallenberg - Magnus NOVEMBER Joseph W,, Romaine - Atlantic William'K. Stouffer - Magnus James J. Schropp - Chicago Herbert 0. Ekeroth - " Ray Evans - Evans Lead Andrew P. Klugh - Theodore -H. Glick - Lewis Howard E. Koetzner - Titanium NEW GEMS DEVELOPED AT TITANIUM LABORATORY In their search for hitherto obscure characteristics of titanium, research chemists in the Titanium Division's laboratories have produced large clear crystals of pure rutile, a form of titania or titanium dioxide. When suitably cut, these crystals display a brilliance and fire rivalling those of the diamond and a play of colors similar to that of fire opal. Because the crystal shows unusual response to artificial illumination, it may well became the true night-use 3tone much sought by jewelers. Boules, from which the gems are cut, as large as 125 carats have thus far been prepared. The color may be varied from clear transparency to- red, yellow, blue, or green. The use of pure rutile crystals as gems may eventually turn out to be a minor one for they have unusual electrical, optical and sonic properties which may lead to important industrial applications. The properties of the crystals are being determined under the -guidance of Dr. Roy Dahlstrom, director of research of the Titanium Division. The special equipment required for the production of the crystals was developed by Dr. C. H. Moore, research petrographer. OOOO-NLI-O00024880