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u Where there is no vision, the people perish99 A wise man said it u long time ago. Today, more than ever, the world knows he was rigid. Knows that jobs, prosperity, new materials, new techniques, are the end result of scientific research -- and of the vision that keeps the re search workers in action. The mighty accomplishments of men of sci ence through the war are more than matched by the peacetime research in American industry-- the chemical industry, the electrical industry, the glass industry, the steel industry, every field which makes use of the scientist and his vision. It is the longtime objective of putting more things within the reaeli of more people by low ering costs, of making work easier, of making life more comfortable, of contributing to the efficiency of American home and business that is at the heart and core of every Du Pont oper ation. Research cannot do the whole job. Engineers must build the plants that translate research dreams into chemical reality. Management, ser vice departments, laboratories, foremen, the girl watching the trembling needle of a gauge-- all are partners in production. But through all their work--for all our bene fit-- runs the single objective -- to share in the creation of a better America. To that end we are expanding research, increasing our scientific staff', multiplying our plant production program, creating new jobs, developing new techniques, new materials -- dedicating our entire research and production facilities to-- BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING . . . THROUGH CHEMISTRY E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (INC.), WILMINGTON 98, DELAWARE H F M 0 n E R N P IE D PI P F R. T. . I 11 ILt . If1 U I# L l\ 11 I I L U I I i l it . :l ONCE AGAIN, out of the pages n scientific history ' 'has come'" another "chemical' to" aid' iiiiti..in "Mis"" novor-cnding- fight against- pests, - Only a short, time ago it w es DDT* This time It is a rat poison known as ANTU. To.be strictly scientific AMTU should be written' alphanaaphthyUhiourca, but most-of us will 'lie satisfied"villi "tlii'llpliabetieal eniitmctfoii 'jrarw long as it kills ruts, ' .;.....Bats..and..human1-welfare.are.much.more.cbscly- related than we care to believe. In the loss of human life alone, rats have taken a. greater toll than all the wars in history. They have spread disease among Itiimails in epidemic proportion. Then too. .ruts cause -an-aTMual-loS"-of-property-iii-"Uie-"Uv"av-of"dver^OOr- 000,000. Unimportant us it may seem to some, to hail the discGvery..of..a.new..rat.poison, thoraTa.always.. ""tie.]MlIiMitF"lC''OT that parallels the importance of DDT. :. In many respects the discovery of ANTU' as a rodenlicide foliowed Hie same pattern as MTU loth --were-prepared- originally.-as, chemicals--of-interest in research programs that had. no thought of pest rid- ..bailee., .connected ....with..them,...ANTU.................... made.. by Dn Post research chemists us a part of their rUii(ljlnmnip>/vll |iIU^I ft 1*1 +f0iw itteitviAV lfcC4AmJj^l nII*CwVt wIIaf-AVifiUtli<oa fmAt#*!. -HLuAalfci f manufacturer of improved dyestuffs and cither useful products. That was in 1925. Following its devclop- .jiiMit..AN.T.U,.. which.(lid.. not..prove.. mluaUe..to.. the... production of dyestuffs! joined the 30,000 other or ganic chemicals in the files' of the Du Fontt laboratory to await discovery of its usefulness (as later devel opment** have'proven) as-an item-for better living. Less than twenty years later ANTU was -lifted from -the shelf in answer to a letter from Dr, Curt F. Richter of Johns Hopkins'Hospital who was looking for a materiel with & formula similar to that of A NT 11. Since then this product, known as-a Du Pont .Eoienticiie..AN;.fils.. been.tried.. nia""fils..proved.to" bo a highly effective rat poison. .' The story of ANTU as a rat poison is-another of Uioae.aetion-l.ike .tales in the p.m^reas of human wel- -1 '- 1 siur ui .thI e. rQulYlie*.e^ o~.pi eSw*e>iki,ii'l( relOpment, to' ccmtiiWe tilu: ..iilong....the.lines..of.rat..controls....:...................................... :... . As he continued his work, Dr, Richter found the ...laboratory, rats. ..would ..eat enough ,ol....the...chemical ...to.. poison themselves, but that wild rats'trapped on the city 'dumps' of' Balt i rrtofe' apparently tilljetted' 'to t Imp bitter taste of phenyl-thiourea and consequently would not eat bait which Intel boon treated with the- ..chemicaL.................................................................................. To Dr* Richter this situation raised the possi* ..Mlfcy...of.iiinM..j}i|micili....w.hIch.might. be,,rited..to. phenyl-thiourea, -lint which would not have the objec tionable bitter testa- Ho appealed to the Du Font Company for a supply of related materials* knowing that - such materials might be available- from- the Du...Font.liboriitory...flit for.|ls.Ji|iattgiitiii|f.. Twenty-.. four different, but plated'compounds. first unci second cousins to pheny 1-th io urea, were selected from the "eiteiiiieiil.files..and "'Bent" to BE "Richter for further'' investigations. Of-these twenty-four, No, 15-cm theIi-st was ANTU, the mm which to now recognized as an outstan ding roctotidde. Although Du Pont subBcquently sent several hundred oilier related chemi cals..to" Kiel'tor'" fortil s.. ttomrclif.. hoiiie"' proved'' as effective as the early-discovered compound. - ...... And .Du.Pont"Com*" party it second important contribution = was :made to- Lm A i vll t * vli J&. v,tA el y utifl AAvi II!54# .1 lit* *IA. 1< \% 5$ sulfanilamide, which, like .ANTU, -was taken from- ii .......;..1 rriitLr iIJn Oc ittKd Vif II Uf* ct lLAa dd d till! Southern Furniture Manufactur ers Association's 1941 figures, about forty per cent oF alb 5^^ in-this country sow o ms from-the South. and about seventy-five per cent of this total* from factories In Virginia -and North Carolina,.. .Furniture .making, in Dixieland has become a large industry since the .. Iki.. Pont..iSiIsHin....."..m...i.is.ie...f*i.i.i'ls.....a..r.e.....u..s..e..d" there in large quantities. ......So''much "for a foreword. 1932.&ritoano^ i'tO1h1 e.t.o`Dtf-vfu. Pout fin ishes engineer who was assigned to the furniture industry found that lie was working at a disadvan tage becau&c the Du Punt laboratories in Fomas? ] !ihiE and' New "Jersey-wero'"too 'far"'away'"to" Hanoi his customers' technical- problems promptly. As "trained-technicjani-he-waB-qualified.to-aolve-many-o: them himself, but he needed the necessary equi and a place to work. By following the premise tliir successful selling requires rendering satisfactory serriee--and thatfs particularly true with users of industrial" finishes--he..seen reel- permission..to- 'rent' one room Iti the building pictured here, installed u siu-ay..-booth, -oven, - drying.. rackr.efcc.(- which ware -the- bare ftssentials needed to conduct routine tests and to match colors for hm customers. It was a modest start which lias-slues grown -to-a- -complete^ service, Step Nw 2 Involved warehousing a limited amount of material so that emergency shipments made to keep customers' plants in perati of delay in the shipment of trams! orders ... -faotoiy--IocatioiuiJhig added service proved-Its wort by keeping plants supplied during critical periods, .......Cw.stome.ri..and.. prospects..like..to..sit..down.. and.. discuss their problems with Du Pont men, A need for -a. place to hold these' conferences was indicated. This resulted in - an innovation--the establishment of a field display and reception- room.' This worn as olee.as a field-service engineers in .. clerk, mid warihciuseiuiiu, Thus Du Pent,sennet to southern furniture manufacturers-has been expanded far'''beyoud''th8'''Hcop'''of''the'''ortgi'nal'"plaTiB...Thr'Roan-" oke establishineiit m short* as now1 1 tuicfloiiiiijf as a center-of- information-aaid-'flervicei -not' only' for-cus- tomers of the .Fabrics A Finishes . Department, but also a* a starting point for information on products made by other Du Pont departments. And we may add that the'kind of service renderid has been re warded by increased "business' for'all concerned,........ The Roanoke Field Service Laboratory is the first under way to i. rial centers in sufficient fi similar organisations. II Arlfei.iL 40Cr- A -iAnn RiJOR TASK BECOMES A HMr PROCESSING OPERATION i". :; `ii: v * V- . , f ,t : . i! , t : .Si/" t u1 <-.i i-t- ilu- 1X JgjJL JT.. . |i......I.. Fill H 'p piii ii h ImJI .if..mm ii in h .... .............................................. GEttULOSE.ACETATE..FILM."WELDS".HISTORICAL..PAPERS;.......... !. ' '' ' AND PROTECTS THEM FOR GENERATIONS ' ': h a t 's t b s b md , you. thought, as you gingerly un- Tfold eel that battered old family dead. it beige paper split right down the middle, in your hands. buck over the horizon to the civilization of ancient Egypt, progress in preserving documents--even up to it decade ago-...had been relatively snail-like, ' : . :.:...:m.i,...w.eiL.:xoH..efl.uifln'tJ.ecinh.eitif.insMax,.iQuijt.Miii.:.:.:.::.:::;::.:mi:.:iiiiiiu'*s:^ . Just moment, please. Take & look at the original away In some kind of airtight, irmmpmrmd envelope - :.. draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights ifore- (after all, a document is meant-to be read] (hat runner of our Federal Bill of Rights) or the front offered something . hitter. than current methods of page of the Virginia Gazette, elated July 1G, Ifffl, lamination. - ...... which scooped" the' colony""with..the" llrot newspaper............"Ciepeltue,"' a""stm'|{,"coarselyI\voTiii"silS fabric,.................... account of the signing of the Declaration of Indepeud- and Japanese tissue, which Is tough, thin and trans- ' ': ...... iilce'af"Fill 1 iiililpliia'"i!2"'flityB"-earlier,.. ji""tiiiirof"pricm......imimtrla"lili""usia'.... ........................................................... :........... :"" less historical treasures, if ever there were.any! Ami. -of two.sheets.of the protective tissue, with the douu- i there they repose in the State Library at Richmond, meat ta the filler, the whole pressed into a single Til., with, a new. life .expectancy of scores of years. unit with mi adhesive at the binder, .............................. : ... They've been sealed snugly away in plastic, and ehem- ' The hitch here was that "the best adhesive for the ' ...... lt:iflly""twiitia"t.irlmlt"'attBBlts""bjr"iMtcrD-orgaHtBmsf"'rii......piiJbSe"mS"stSfcI1"wMaiiIl"viiTiiRrietivi''Io"Iiecti'"i............ :..) the sulphur dioxide In the air--things that made and fungi--great destroyers of old manuscripts. In ' - " ' deed; over the yours, tit only for the wastebasket..... additJonratiirch tends to cslood the finished work. This....;........ :..- . . The.story of. this .chemical face lifting and face .is no help .at all to photographers, who. make :fac- :............. saving for old documents goes back to the early Til's similes, or to historians using uili'ii-violei, or .infra- : when the U. 8. Bureau of Standards was making ex- red rays ta verify the authenticity of a doeumenL. ; baustive tests to find the best way to conserve our The Bureau experts worked with various types of ' ..... Cfnfntry' irreplaceable source material, and prolong......cellulose-sheetings,.. and-cellulosa derivntiveB....Cell'll-.............. ... - its life. While the art of paper preservation sow lose Uni, (lint cousin to the cellophane on your dg- ; . . .; : Ger a rr di S, G , U irONT VENTUBE, flGXltJlG, I'llbtjsrtZSCi VftlltliRt- tunnels by supplying f rash sir from ventilating fans ..to.in.ftii.working.in... .the.murta-....dcp.ths.of....fto.:....ear.tii.,. now has a now assignment--furnishing air to air planes 1 '- "Ventube/' as you probably know, has bees used in -coal and metal mines and tunnels for ever EB years.' ........:................................................=......................... a' flexible tube of chemically-treated, impregnated fabric^Du...Pont .`Wentube?--^... giant. air-hose. ..'..The entire bold of a ship under construction may be yeniilatod.ta.ffiattiiM ping a length of "Ventube* clown to the bottom of the ship; Or, an exhaust fan may be attached/ end the foul air drawn out through the new-type tube. - "Du-Pont helical-type "Ventube-'-eonsista-af a lein-' I I Miners were quick to recogn grew to regard it as a truatwo Others, .too, have learned to in that same wap Dining the war more ships wore 'liiill'" than" e/er "before. ""Homw to get'fresh' air'"Iowii"to men working: inside a ship to dry dock or cm the ways* 'lMiW'''to''Tim'oVe''1ilie.f^l''ari\''was''''lting'''a''''ti,oublea'ama' problem*...................................... Par down inside stuffy holds mm worked amici the ringing slum and dash of great stool .platen,.in. the, deafening clatter of rivetmg. In winter the steel Is ' ` imace* Only one thing, could make work at li" to.human'" flesh' and blood^-frcsh" air I.......... If "Yeirtybe" worked .so well in mines--Op Pout, tears asked--why wouldn't it work equally well down in the holds of ships ? So-they lowered a smooth grey tube into the bottom of a hold. Eiveters and welders were-ehortly drawing-into their tongs fresh," sweet air, iparieimted by ventilating fans to which the ^Yentube-.was " ` " Now, no matter how dark dTM spring -mounted -within cloth sleeve. The spring v opening even tube i turned, or bent around 'The" sleeve ia madeof cotton" Xabric 1:N*ted" wltl' chemicalIs and coated to mm It resistance against gases.: The tubing is impregnated with a compound that helps keep air in and water out and gives it great: tougkuess. Some `'Ventube" has a.diameter of eight inches; pieces of it -may be coupled together like n flre-hoseTyou-CHn-hsrwany-len-gth-you.wauf"if-yoiir" fan i s- powerful enough. If, by accident, y-tiu bnni "ii"" 1 ole ".through - it wit* * acetylene- fahnq.can be repaired in.tne si way in tube of tin automobile tire is use, this new-type "Ventube'' pnt< is easy toWhh, aen.nd! ln!eotanind, easy to stored It "aeeordion-foMs" at the'ratio of 15 feet.to "li)'"laches," which' mcims -tliat to- eim be "0111* ....... ei and packed In smalt boxes for storage, labor.underground ...or..iu..the ....holds.of you how "Ventube" brings fresh, clean any space a-man can enter. Anti aircraft ntenanca men will back- them up, tor `Ventube'' Is now li ringing air into airplanes.....................to Improve operating efficiency in your plant with upo0lop Conditioning Scientific use of paint increases employee effi ciency and improves morale. Du Pont Color Con ditioning; is a comprehensive program for the selection of color in the maintenance pain tingof an entire industrial plant. It is practical, functional not glamorized interior decoration. It helps you select and apply appropriate colors where they are needed basing its specifications on over 17 years of successful results obtained in hundreds of typical American plants in all types of industry. Color Conditioning reduces eyestrain and fati gue. It salvages waste light. It helps eliminate personal injuries and fosters better employeemanagement relations. Act now to make your plant safer, more effici ent, more productive with Du Pont Color Condi tioning Paints. Write: E. 1. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (1 nc.), Finishes D i v ision, Wi 1 mi ngton 98, Del. Dark machinery silhouetted ayainst glaring white walls causes eye fatigue among operators, Poor utilization of light results in bad see ing conditions. Unidentified danger hazards, pipes and switch boxes endanger employees. Color Conditioning eliminates glare and sharp contrasts between equipment and surrounding wallspace. Color on working areas of machines "spotlights" material being fabricated (Three Dimensional Seeing). Hazards and safety devices clearly identified in accordance with Du Pont Safety Color Code. A pleasant, efficient atmosphere conducive to increased production and better employee morale. \\\\ Use your EYES to find good buys GOOD THINGS ARE BACK AGAIN . . . AND MANY ARE BACK IN CELLOPHANE Right now there is a special reason for keeping your eyes wide open when you shop. Lots of good things you couldn't get in war years are back on the counters. Many of them come in Cellophane to show off their points of quality. During the war you had to "take what you could get." Now, more and more you can exer cise your right to inspect and select. And Du Pont Cellophane lets your sharp eyes choose what you want . . . helps you get your money's worth. For instance, quality baked goods are pack aged in Cellophane--not only to show you their appetizing variety--but also to protect delicious freshness and flavor. Wherever you shop, what ever you shop for--remember that Cellophane protects what it shows and shows what it protects. BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING . . . THROUGH CHEMISTRY A product of l)u Pont research MOISTUREPROOF (jellophane shows what it protects PRINTED IN U. S. A.