Index

Abbe, Dr. Ernst, 144

Abbott Laboratories, 92, 95, 96, 110

Acetol Products, Inc., 87, 91, 93, 105, 110

Addison’s disease, 61, 73

Agriculture, Dept. of, 109

Aircraft accessories, 252

Airplanes, 157

Alba Pharmaceutical Co., 256

Alien Property Custodian, 34, 59, 64, 76, 81, 125, 140, 143, 178, 200, 219, 220, 256

Alig Agreement, 222

Alkasso (See United States Alkali Export Ass’n.), 193, 199–204, 252

Allied Chemical and Dye, 181, 253

Allies, 215, 240

Aluminum, 11, 33, 221, 222, 236, 253

Aluminum Co. of America, 221–225, 253, 255

Aluminum production, French, 6

American Bosch Corp., 254

American Magnesium Corp., 221–223, 255

American Medical Ass’n., 90, 106

American Potash and Chemical Corp., 200, 202, 253

American Tanners, Ltd., 122

American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 21

Animal Industries Bureau, 109

Antitrust Division of Dept. of Justice, 35, 83

Antitrust laws, 38, 48, 58, 77, 130, 154, 176, 198, 205, 250, 251

Argentina, 71, 113–115, 119, 165, 176, 183, 184

Armistice, 215

Army Air Corps, 22, 23, 25

Arthritis, 57, 91

Associated Press, 256

Asthma, 91

Atabrine, 229, 230

Atlantic Charter, 10, 209

Atlantis S. A. Panama, 69, 70, 71

Ayerst, McKenna and Co., 89

Badische Anilin und Sodafabrik A.G., 211

Barkey, J. A., 121

Barney, L. D., 85, 87, 97, 100, 104

Barrett Co., 241

Bartholomew, Sir Clarence, 185

Barton, L. E., 126

Basal Agency, 122

Bauer, K. A., 173

Bausch and Lomb G.m.b.H. Frankfort-on-the Main, 155

Bausch and Lomb Optical Co. (Rochester), 24, 142–175, 255

Bausch, Carl L., 155

Bausch, Dr. Edward, 154, 165, 166, 170, 171

Bayer, 205 (See Germanin), 55

Bayer Co., Inc., 256

Bayliss, 60

Belgian Congo, 1

Belgian Solvay (See Solvay et Cie), 202–204

Bell Laboratories, 21

Bell System, 22

Bendix Aviation Corp., 218, 252

Berst-Forster-Dixfield Co., 185–189, 191

Beryllium, 34, 47, 220

Beryllium Corp. of America, 220

Binoculars, 143, 166, 170–174

Blacklisting, 101

Blumenfeld, Joseph, 127, 129

Bobst, Elmer H., 254

Boehringer and Sons, C. F. (Mannheim), 61, 74–76

Bombsights, 144, 156

Borden Co., 89, 106

Bosch, Robert, A. G., 214

Brazil, 113, 114, 176, 183

British Cabinet, 5, 8

British Laporte Co., 133

British Match Corp., Ltd., 185

British Maxium, 223

British Purchasing Commission, 217

British Titan Products, Ltd., 133, 134

Brodbeck, James, 72

Bryant and May, Ltd., 185, 189, 190

Bulbs, glass, 254

Buna, 212

Buttle, N. A., 101

California Alkali Export Ass’n., 193, 199–204

Canada, 16, 79, 132, 176–178, 181, 186, 187, 190, 203, 217, 218, 225

Canadian Industries Ltd., 134, 181, 184, 225

Canadian Titanium Pigments, Ltd., 134

Carnation Co., 106

Carpenter, Walter Samuel, Jr., 179

Casado extract, 118

Chamberlain, Joseph, 5

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Enterprises, Ltd., 64, 68–70

Chemical Marketing Co., 215

Chemical pharmaceutical industry, 54

Chemicals, 253

Chepha, 64, 68–70

Chilean Nitrate Sales Corp., 253

Chimio (See Les Laboratoires Francais de Chimiotherapie), 61, 76

Chlorate of potash, 186, 190

Cholesterol, 89, 110

Church and Dwight, Inc., 200, 202

Ciba (Basle) (See Society of Chemical Industry (Basle)), 61, 72–81

Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., 72, 254

Climax Molybdenum Co., 255

Cocomalt, 89

Cod Liver Oil with Viosterol, 97, 100

Commander Larrabee Co., 89

Commerce and Industry Ass’n., of N. Y., 193

Commercial Pigments Corp., 130

Compania Sud-Americana de Explosivos, 182

Congress, 16, 36, 37, 192, 193, 197, 198, 217, 232, 243, 244, 250

Corning Glass Works, 254

Cortate, 73

Cotan, S. A., 120, 122

Crown Zellerbach Corp., 256

Czechoslovakia, 14, 129, 162

Davis, Charles Krum, 179

Davis and Co., R. B., 89

Delta Pharmaceutical Corp., 69–71

D.E.N., 241

Deutsche Gold-und-Silber Scheideanstalt, 215

Diabetes, 52, 53, 57

Diamond Alkali Co., Inc., 200, 202

Diamond Match Co., 185–191, 255

Dodds, E. C., 80

Doitsu Senryo Gomei Kaisha, 135

Dow Chemical Co., Inc., 200, 202, 221–225, 255

Drisdol, 103

Duisberg, Carl, 232

du Pont de Nemours and Co., E. I., 24, 124, 125, 130–134, 140, 141, 179–185, 218, 225–227, 241, 244, 245, 256

du Pont, Lammot, 179, 183, 226

Dusseldorf, peace of, 14, 16

Dyestuffs, 6, 30, 43, 184, 214, 215, 253

Dynamit Aktiengesellschaft, 182

Economy, American, 36–39, 51

Eddy Match Co., Ltd., 185, 190

Edison, Thomas, 44, 46

Egeler, Mr., 28

Ehrlich’s “Magic Bullet” (See Salvarsan), 47

Eisenhart, M. H., 165

Elley, H. W., 88, 92

Ely, Carl B., 116, 117

Engi, Dr. Joseph, 78

Ephedrine, 92

Ergosterol, 89–93, 103, 104, 111

Ergosterol, Irradiated, 98

Espionage, Nazi, 12

Ethyl Gasoline Corp., 24, 25, 26, 27

Explosives Industries, Ltd., 182

Fairburn, William A., 185–189

Falkland Islands, 240

Fauth Instrument Co., 144

Federal Trade Commission, 194, 195, 201

Federation of British Industries, 13, 235

Fertilizer, 253

Fleischmann Co., 87, 90, 93, 103, 105

Fluorescent lighting, 44, 254

Foreign Agents’ Registration Act, 209

Forestal Land, Timber and Railways, Ltd., 114, 116, 118, 121, 122, 256

Forinvent, 68, 70

Fortune Magazine, 168

Freedmen’s Hospital, 93

Fritzsching, E. T., 74, 75

General Aniline and Film Corp., 256

General Aniline Works, 31, 216

General Baking Co., 104, 105

General Dyestuff Corp., 253

General Electric Co., 42–45, 237, 254, 257

General Mills, 93, 104

General Motors Corp., 26, 180, 232

Geophysical Laboratory, 145

George, Lloyd, 5, 6

Germanin (See Bayer 205), 55

Germany, 5, 14, 15, 22–27, 33, 62, 64, 129, 135, 138, 142–147, 151, 161, 166, 175, 176, 182, 210–215, 219–221, 224, 227, 228, 231, 232, 235, 240, 246, 247

Glass container industry, 41, 42

Glucose-D, 89

Goodlass Wall Lead Industries, Ltd., 133

Good Neighbor policy, 10, 12, 209, 214, 230

Goodrich, 212

Goodyear, 212

Gordon Corp., William, 185, 187, 191

Graham crackers, 89

Great Britain, 14–17, 80, 132, 166, 216, 217, 224, 235, 237, 240

Grecian Navy Dept., 149

Hague, The, 150

Haight, George I., 84, 85

Hammond and Carpenter Corp., 120

Harbison-Walker Refractories Co., 255

Hayfever, 91

Hess, Donald P., 254

Hitler, Adolf, 142, 143, 146, 150, 154–159, 162

Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., 73, 74

Holland, 27

Holman, Howard F., 185

Hooker Electrochemical Co., Inc., 200, 202

Hormones, 58, 59, 60, 61, 67, 69, 72, 74, 76, 254

Horton, Ralph, 103

House Judiciary Committee, 196, 198

Howard, Frank, 210

Howes Bros., 117

Hydrogenation, 22

Hydrogenation plants, 23

I. G. Farbenindustrie, 24, 25–27, 54, 84, 88, 124, 125, 129–132, 135, 137, 141, 180, 181, 184, 186, 190, 201–204, 211–213, 216–225, 228, 229, 232, 241, 255

Illinois, University of, 91

Imperial Chemical Industries, 125, 132, 133, 179–185, 199, 203, 204, 225–227, 241, 245, 253

Imperial Chemical Industries (N. Y.), Ltd., 200, 201, 204

Imperial Smelting, 133

Indiana Condensed Milk Co., 106

Industrias Chimicas Brazeileiras “Duperial,” S.A., 183

Industrias Quimicas Argentinas “Duperial,” S.A., 183

Instruments, gyroscopic, 254

Instruments, military optical, 255

Insulin, 52, 53, 60, 66

Interflash Signal Corp., 148

International Match, 189

International Products Corp., 114, 117, 119–122

International Standard Electric Corp., 167

Jackson Laboratory (du Pont’s), 31

Japan, 118, 129, 132–136, 186, 190

Japanese Titanium Co., 135

Jebsen, Gustav, 127, 128, 129, 133, 136, 137, 139

Jewett, Dr. F. B., 21

Justice, Dept. of, 3, 35, 39, 46, 58, 112, 176, 179, 185, 193, 195, 199, 204, 220, 225, 252

Kaiserism, 3, 5

Kamp, H., 72, 73, 76, 80

Keim, R. D., 97

Keuffel and Esser, 160, 168

Kewley, Joseph E., 254

Kies, W. S., 103

Kilgore, Senator Harley, 247

King, Kenneth T., 103

Kokusan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, 135

Kovaks, S. S., 89

Krebs Pigment and Color Corp., 130

Kreuger, Ivar, 187, 188, 189, 190

Krupp Works (Germany), 42

La Chaquena, S. A., 120

La Forestal Argentina, S.A., 114, 117, 118

Lamps, electric, 43, 236

Lamps, flashlight, 28

Lamps, incandescent, 254

La Prensa, 119

Larson, W. N., 100

Lasdon, W. S., 75

Latin America, 12, 13, 68–71, 176, 214

Les Laboratories Francais de Chimiotherapie (See Chimio (France)), 61, 76

Lever Bros., 105

Light metals, 33

Lignite, 211

Lind, Paul Bertil, 185

Lion Match Co., Inc., 185, 187, 189

Literary Digest, 166

Lithopone, 126, 140, 141

Lomb, August, 155–161, 170

Lomb, Carl, 154, 165

London, University of, 86

Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co., 89

Magnesit Co., Ltd., 255

Magnesite Brick, 255

Magnesit Industrie Aktiengesellschaft, 255

Magnesium, 11, 34, 214, 220–224, 236, 237, 255

Magnesium Development Co., 222

Malaria, 57, 229

Matches, 186, 255

Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc., 200, 202

McGowan, Harry Duncan, 179, 181, 183, 226

Meade-Johnson and Co., 94, 95, 96, 99–101

Medical Research Council, 80

Meinhardt, 231

Merck and Co., Inc. (N. J.), 76, 176–178, 256

Merck, E. (Darmstadt, Germany), 76, 176, 177, 178

Merck, George W., 177

Mercurials, 178

Merrell Co., W. S., 98, 111

Metal and Thermit Co. of N. Y., 220

Metals, Alkali, 184

Methyl Methacrylate, 28, 29

Milas process, 88

Milk of Magnesia, 66

Mines, U. S. Bureau of, 221

Molybdenum, 255

Mond, Henry, 179

Monroe Doctrine, 214

Moore-McCormack Steamship Co., 121

Munich, peace of, 14

Mutual Chemical Co., of America, 254

Narcotics, 55, 178

Nathan and Co., Joseph (Great Britain), 84, 88

National Lead Co., 124–137, 140, 257

National Titanium Pigments Co., Ltd., 133

Navy, U. S., 143, 147, 148, 158, 163, 164, 166, 170–174

Nederlandsche Instrumenten Compagnie (Nedinsco), 149–153, 157–158, 167

Neoprene, 184

Nestle’s Milk Products, Inc., 106

News reporting, 256

New York Match Co., Inc., 185

Niagara Alkali Company, 200, 202

Nieuwe Nederlandsche Maatschappij Tot Vervaardigen Van Spiegelglas N.V., 254

Nitrate of soda, 240, 241, 242

Nolo contendere, 113, 142, 254–256

Norsk Hydro, 241

N.R.A., 159

Nylon, 184

Office of Facts and Figures, 8

Ohio Match Co., 185, 187, 189

Optical glass, military, 24, 214, 236

Optical Triple Alliance, 144

Ordnance, Bureau, 147

Organon, N. J., 61

Organon, N. V. (Oss, Holland), 73, 76, 77, 79

Ottawa Conference, 226

Ottawa Journal, 17

Otterberg, Fritz, 185

Ovaltine, 89

Oxford University, 80

Pacific Alkali Co., Inc., 200, 202

Palladium, A. G., 68

Panama Canal Act, 250

Paper, newsprint, 256

Paraguay, 113

Parke-Davis and Co., 94–97

Patent Office, U. S., 77, 170

Patent system, 3, 6, 36, 37, 38, 47, 48, 51

Patents and processes agreement, 184, 225, 226

Patents, 5, 36–47, 53, 56, 59, 64–66, 77, 83, 85, 86, 92, 128, 130, 133, 136, 139, 140, 162, 184, 190, 191, 220

Pearl Harbor, 34, 36, 70, 175, 212

Pellagra, 57

Penn. Salt Manufacturing Co., 200, 201

Periscopes, 144, 148, 156, 166

Pet Milk Co., 106

Petroleum, 253

Pharmex, Inc., 69, 70

Phillips of Holland, 237

Pistor, Gustav, 255

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 145, 200, 201

Plastics, 24, 28, 34, 43, 184, 214, 227, 236, 256

Plexiglass, 24

Pomerene, Senator, 195, 198

Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten Corp., 177

Price fixing, 83, 84, 97, 104

Proctor, Ellison, 117

Pure Food and Drug Act, 29, 30

Pyridium Corp., 75

Quaker Oats, 89

Quebracho, 112–123, 256

Quinine derivatives, 55, 229, 230, 249

Range-finders, 144, 148, 155, 156, 166, 168

Rare Chemicals, Inc., 74, 75, 77

Reciprocal trade pacts, 10

Reichsgruppe Industrie of Germany, 14, 235

Remington Arms Co., 179, 183, 217

Resins, synthetic, 184

Rheinische Westfalische Sprengstoff, 217

Rickets, 57, 82, 98

Robinson, E. G., 111

Roche-Organon, Inc., 74, 78–81, 254

Rohm and Haas (Darmstadt, Germany), 24

Rohm and Haas Co. (Philadelphia), 24, 29, 30, 227

Ross, Ward, 85, 91, 97, 100, 102, 104, 105

Rossi, Dr. A. J., 126

Russell, Dr. Henry L., 85, 90, 91, 92, 96–100, 105

Russia, 186, 190

Sachtleben Co., 129

Saegmuller, George, 144, 147

Salvarsan, 46, 54

Samuhi, S. A., 117, 118, 120, 122

Saraka, 66, 69

Schering A. G. (Berlin), 61–71, 74, 77, 79, 80, 227

Schering Corp. (Bloomfield, N. J.), 64–69, 73, 76, 77, 79, 80, 227, 245

Schering, Ltd., (London), 68

Schmitz, Dietrich, 255

Schweitzer, Dr. Samuel, 68, 70

Shangri-La, 238

Sherka Chemical Co., 69

Sherman Act, 1, 13, 16, 37, 179, 185, 191, 193–199, 202, 205, 206, 234, 250

Siemens-Halske Co., 218, 220, 237

Sights, gun, 144, 148, 166

Smith, Adam, 19

Snider Packing Co., 90, 91

Societe de Products Chemiques des Terres Rares, 130

Society of Chemical Industry (Basle), 61, 72

Soda ash, 201

Soda, caustic, 201

Solvay et Cie, 200, 203, 204

Solvay Process Co., 200

South America, 12, 55, 56, 71, 112, 115, 128, 131, 177, 181, 182, 215, 216

Southern Alkali Corp., 200, 202

Soviet match monopoly, 190

Spain, 71, 129

Spencer Lens Co., 145

Sperry Corp., 254

Sperti, George, 95

Sprague Steamship Co., 121

Squibb and Sons, E. R., 95–97

Squibb’s Viosterol, 94

St. Helen’s, Ltd., 115

Standard Brands, Inc., 87, 89, 103, 107, 108

Standard-I. G. Corp., 219, 220

Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), 22, 24, 26, 210–213, 219, 228, 253

Standards, Bureau of, 145

Standard Telephone and Cables, Ltd., 167

Starling, 60

Steenbock patents, 84–87, 90, 92, 99, 107, 108

Sterols, 89, 109, 111

Stickstoff-Syndikat, 241

Stilbestrol, 79, 80, 81

Stockard Steamship Corp., 121

Stragnell, Gregory, 69, 70

Sulfa drugs, 55, 178

Sullivan, John B., 114, 116, 119

Svenska Tandsticks Aktiebolaget (See Swedish Match Co.), 185–190

Swedish Match Co. (See Svenska Tandsticks Aktiebolaget), 185–190

Swiss Bank Corp. (Basle), 68, 70, 254

Synthetic nitrogen, 236, 243, 245

Synthetic Nitrogen Products Corp., 254

Synthetic rubber, 24, 47, 67, 184, 210, 212

Synthetic rubber manufacture, 7, 8

System Nedinsco-Zeiss, 152

Tanks, 157

Tannic, acid, 114

Tannin Corp. (N. Y.), 114–116, 120, 122, 256

Tannin Products Corp. (Dela.), 115–116

Teagle, Walter, 210

Tetra-ethyl lead, 25

Tetrazene primed ammunition, 217

Thyroid, 66

Titan Co. A/S, 127–129, 139

Titan Co., Inc., 124, 127, 132–139

Titangesellschaft, G.m.b.H., 129, 132–139

Titanium Alloy Manufacturing Co., 126

Titanium Pigment Co., 126–130

Titan Kogyo Kaisha, Ltd., 135, 136

Titus, Dr. Harry, 109

T.N.E.C., 46

Transamerican Match Corp., 185

Truman Committee, 63

Tschopski, Prof., 144

Tungsten carbide, 42, 257

Uniform Chemical Products, 190

United American Bosch Corp., 214

United Nations, 16, 20, 33, 175, 247

United States Alkali Export Ass’n, 193, 199, 201–204, 252

United States Army, 143, 147, 158, 160, 166

Universal Match Co., 185, 187, 189

Valentine, T., 121, 122

Veitscher Magnesitwerke Aktiengesellschaft, 255

Vernon-Benshoff Co. (Pittsburgh), 29, 30

Versailles Treaty, 142–153

Viosterol, 91–94, 97, 98, 100, 103

Vitamin D, 82–87, 90–99, 103–111

Vitamins, 55, 60, 92, 178

Vitamin Technologists, Inc., 107

Von Spee, Admiral, 240

Waddell, Dr., 104

Wanter Co., 89

War Department, Mexico, 149, 150, 160

War Department, U. S., 167

Wardenburg, 227

Webb Act, 192–196, 199, 205–207

Webb, Congressman, 196, 197, 198

Webb, E. W., 24

Weisburd and Cia, Ltda., 120, 121

Weltzien, Dr. Julius, 62, 70, 73, 81, 254

West End Chemical Co., Inc., 200, 202

West Haven Creamery Co., Inc., 107, 108

Westvaco Chlorine Products Corp., 200, 202

White lead, 126

Whitelisting, 101

Wilson, Tariff Act, 250

Wilson, Woodrow, 7, 193

Winnipeg Free Press, 17

Winthrop Chemical Co., 95–97, 101, 103

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, 82–111

Wisconsin, University of, 82–85

World War I, 39, 126, 144, 151, 186, 187, 215, 228, 239, 240

WPA, 239

Wyandotte Chemicals Corp., 200

Zeiss, Carl, 24, 142–156, 159–164, 168–175, 255