The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-25
HEAR
PROHIBITION
OFFICIAL
= M. Doran Urges Guards
Against Misuse of indus
trial Alcohol.

Members Of the American Chemi-
cal Society today were urged to do
I'll In their power to prevent misuse
OF industrial alcohol by J. M. Doran,
chief Of the industrial alcohol office
OF the Federal prohibition unit, in
Central High School.
Mr.. Doran's plea was made in an
ADDRESS to the society's division of
industrial and engineering chem.
Astry, one Of several division meet.
ings of the organization.
1t need hardly be pointed out"
ne said. that any misuse of indus.
trial alcohol that restricts the sun.
ply available should naturally be
ST." '- oAAeAN-
Cites Large Use of Alcohol.
Mr.. Doran revealed to the chem,
:sts, In outlining the last two
years progress in the use of indus
S sIal aIcohol, that the largest arti-
1 S SILK operation in the United
states has been established within
that period at Hopewell. Va the
mushroom war town,
There are EMPLOYED annualIv
over 100000 gallons of alcohol.
etner mixture in the preparation of
sc;onoo1on,' he said, in this regard,
ms development is a notable one,
ma IN addition to being of great
peacetlme value, it stands as an
asset to our nationaI defense, as the
entire plant could be rapidlv con.
Verted FOR the manufacture of
smokeless powder"
The speaker also brought ont
the fact that in the last two wears.
mlIIlonS of gallons of denatured
alcohol have been used as an anti.
freeze solution for automobiles.
Dehydration of alcohol for automo.
U!le use was another forward step
cited. ''oP
1.-THE use of ethylene as an
anaesthetic, instead of ether and
cnIoroform, also has increased enor-
mously in the time covered" said
Mr.. Doran.
THE production of alcohol bv
0lstlllation has made it available
ior research work at a very much
lower cost than heretofore" he
In the library of the high school
an informal debate on the advisa.
bility of teaching the electron theory
In secondary educational institutions
was In progress before tho chemical
education section.
rms symposium followed a paper
by r. B. Hutchins on Should the
Electron Be Included in High School
Chem1stry?" Prof. Hutchins took
the affirmative stand in his treatise,
ana maintained his position in the
subsequent discussion.
His paper, he told the section, was
based on the returns from Ques.
Connaires sent to more than ESQ
chemistry. teachers in New England,
ana ms report was mainly digest
of these opinions.
New ideas are constantly coming
from the West, concerning the
teaching OF chemistry he said,
land we are beginning to accept
them, slowly"
Other speakers declared that high
school students might be taught
about the atom and it's structure in
q general way-merely that the
atom has structure of positive
and negative electrons-but that
further enlightenment along these
lines would bring immature minds
into the realms of theory, perhaps
an unwise step.
Speaking before the petroleum
chemistry division, DIR. w. p.
Yapt, Of the Bureau of Mines, gave
advice on how to escape carbon
monoxide poisoning in private
garages.
''The doors of the garage" said
DR.. Yant, should be opened pre-.
vious to starting the engine even if
1t Is only intended to take the car
out, because no matter how careful
people might be, a few unheeded
minutes taken to look at the tires
or measure the gasoline tank may
prove disastrous.
Ignorance Exists.
III 1t is necessary to run the en-.
CINE for any lengthy period, as in
making repairs or adjustments, the
car should by all means be run into
the open and even then the direct
exhaust should be avoided in order
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