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Died. William J. Sparks, 71, co-inventor of butyl rubber and the holder of 145 patents; after a long illness; in Coral Gables, Fla. Joining the Standard Oil Co. (now Exxon) in 1936 as a research chemist, he soon helped develop the synthetic rubber so vital to Allied forces during World War II. Sparks often expressed his concern that young scientists be taught an obligation to society. Said he: "Science without purpose is an art without responsibility...
...when it took over rights to a bacteria-fermentation process for producing a solvent used in artillery explosives; the process had been formulated by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who years later became the first President of Israel. It was found that a by-product of the Weizmann recipe, butyl acetate, could be used in a marvelous, quick-drying lacquer for cars. Until the Weizmann patents expired in 1936. Commercial Solvents' picture was painted rosy...
...glue itself but the volatile solvents (acetone, butyl acetate, toluene) used to make the glue dry faster that are poisonous as well as intoxicating. Glue manufacturers are trying to find a remedy for the situation. Says Charles D. Miller, president of Tester Corp., Rockford, Ill., makers of model-airplane cement: "We are going to change the formula by reducing the amount of acetone so that the narcotic effect will be slowed down, but I am afraid the kids will just switch to another product...
...announced the Government will sell its 50% interest-exactly five shares of common stock-in Jasco, Inc., a World War II prize confiscated from Germany's I. G. Farbenindustries. Jasco owns the basic patents on just about every process used in synthetic rubber, from butadiene for tires to butyl for tubes, Oppanol for insulation hose...
...Farben combine for the U.S. rights to its new hydrogenation process of making gasoline from coal. Their deal included the formation of a Joint American Study Commission (Jasco), by which each would share in any future developments. The joint work led to butadiene rubber and later butyl. But when the U.S. had trouble getting a synthetic program going in World War II, Jersey Standard's alleged "Nazi" tie-up got it damned for everything from trading with the enemy to "treason" (by then Senator Truman...