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~~ CONFIRMATION OF TELEGRAM by ETHYL GASOLINE CORPORATION Manufacturing Division Message sent from Penns Grove, N. J. Date....MAY....a 1932........... ' Time ............ DR R0B1RT A KEHQE ; COLLEGE OF MEDICIKS -! UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI CINCINNATI OHIO ' ; . . .j MARCH TWELFTH WE SHIPPED CALIFORNIA CHEMICAL C0RPORATION NEWARK CALIF. TWO HUNDRED EMPTY ' GERMAN D IB R O M ID l^M ftr; : EHRGiSOY-USSTEDR T lftffi CUSR1NT iROBUCTION OF BIBROMIDE. TODAY WE : RECEIVED AIR K ONE W THESE M l ONE OF THEIR MEN WAS j OVERCOME WITH -FUM&S 8 1 1 THE M U SC l A JN M S T H lS m i UPON EXAMINSTf OF DRmi=TT A SMALL NUMBER O FTTH i DRUMS; ARE U SE D J S l ' ^ ITHfL TANK C A p , TEN WERE PLACED IN A 1 SERVICE,AND C O N ^ ^ S U O N S S ^ ^ Ifi^ S B l WE S iffiL f f l f L M f S :W T H E PLA1. ' CANNOT' UNDERSTAND \ \ THEREFORE MARKINGS; ON a S ^ fiM S L THEY I ^ E S T I S a IF THERE I S ANY DANGER FROM"SINGLE EXPOSURE \ OUR METHODS OF TBlITKBlffi. HAVE ADVISED THEM THAT YOU WILL COlf/TUNICATE WITH THEM FURTHER BY WIRE. BELIEVE THAT I F ANY BULK STORAGE DRUM WAS INCORRECTLY SHIPPED IT ORIGINALLY CONTAINED > ETHYL GASOLINE AND NOT FLUID AS IT IS OUR PRACTICE NEVER TO USE ANYTHING BUT ETHYL FLUID DRUMS ; FO R . CONCENTRATE LEAD MIXTURES. WIRE I F FURTHER PARTICULARS NEEDED AND ADVISE.YOUR, \ ACTION. HAVE ABVTSBD THAT IF TKlRS' 13 YET DANGER TO MAN THLY COMMUNICATE IN THE MEANTIME WITH Jv SAM.WAGNER AT LOS ANGELES PENDING YOUR ALVISE TO THEM. . U , G JfiSST J H SCHAEFER ' - ' V; 'S'.7] ETHYL GASOLINE CORP :J . .... At . si rr~- IV oo lu X I . WHMIKGTQN DELAWARE . MAY 2 1 9 3 2 PAUL A GROSS : ., . I CALIFORNIA CHEMICAL CORP NEWARK C A L IF . :: : .. j REPLYING TO YOUR LETTER REGARDING GERMAN DIBHGMIDE D R U B WE HAVE NEVER U S p j ANY QEP T H ESE 5 FOR ETHYL F L U ID . ETHYL FLU ID FROM BULK STORAGE I S USED FOR T M K CARS AND PRIO R TO' F IL L IN G 'j TH ESE CARS SOME RESID U A L S S S O E E M - I S RECOVERED; AS RETURNED FROM R E F fflE E H E S . TEN G FB M M DRUMS / ?/ERE S E T A S ID E FOR TH E SERV ICE OF STORAGE OF THE G A SO LIN E REMOVED FROM TANK-CARS. C E E C K T B iS '* V MORNING SHOWS THAT TEN DRUMS ARE S T IL L I N S E R V IC E , EACH ONE OF THEM P R IO R TO I T S USE WAS ' PAIN TED GREY WITH A LARGE RED NUMBER ON THE HEAD. CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEREFORE HOW ANY OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN S H IPP E D TO YOU AS WE S T IL L HAVE TH0&RIGINAL NUMBER. WE ARE WiLRING OUR MEDICAL D1PATCPMMT TODAY AT C IN C IN N A T I G IV IN G THEM PARTICULARS AND ASKING THEM TO COMPACT W IDE YOU j FURTHER. I F MAN I S YET IN DANGER WOULD A D V ISE YOU COMMUNICATE (MEDIATELY W ITH OUR D IS T R IC T MANAGER S . Iff. WAGNER - 6 1 2 SUBWAY TERMINAL BU ILDIN G LOS' ANGELES J H SCHAEFER ETHYL GASOLINE CORPORATION o !>* oo lit X. N20952.01