Smyrna times., 1936-08-20
EXPECT CROWD
WONDER SHOW
Smyrna Rotary Club Sponsors
Wonder World of Chem
istry Tonight
AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

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last Thursday evening at Wayside
Inn, George o. Fearon, president,
presided. Visiting Rotarians, r. P.
Schoenjohn of Wilmington Club;
G. Morris w hiteside of Whining
ton Club. Guest, Reese Dill of
Wilmington. E. r. Dick, chairman
of program committee, announced
I that arrangements are completed
for the showing of the films THE
Wonder World of Chemistry" The
film show, which is sponsored by
the Smyrna Rotary thru the kind
offer of the DUPONT Company, will
be shown in the John Bassett
Moore High School auditorium this
Thursday evening at o'clock
standard time. The Smyrna Ro-
tary, which will have as guests
Rotary Clubs of Middletown, Do
yer and other clubs in Delaware
and from adjacent states, the
Smyrna Grange and other Oranges
and the Horticulturists and Agri-
culturists of this vicinity, is look
ing forward to an entertaining and
instructive evening. These films
are shown free of charge, and the
public is invited to attend. The
program is as follows: Address,
Better things for Better Living -
Through Chemistry" by Mr.. Chap
lin Tyler; sound motion picture,
THE Wonder World of Chemistry; /;
address, THE Development of
Methods for Controlling Seed
borne Plant Diseases" by Mr.. Gil
bert F. Miles; sound motion pic
ture, Feeding the Multitude. ;"
This motion picture depicts the eff
fects of seed-borne diseases and
shows the beneficial effects of dis
injecting seeds before planting.
Slow motion pictures of plants
growing from treated and untreat-
ed seeds dramatically show the
ravages of diseases and the bene-
fits of controlling them by seed
disinfection. This is the first pub
lie showing of THE Wonder World
of Chemistry" A private show
ing was held recently at the Hotel
DUPONT for the executives of the
DUPONT Company. Though the pic
ture was filmed and prepared for
the DUPONT Company, it goes be-
yond the company's corporate
bounds. 1t tells the thrilling story
of the chemists accomplishment in
laboratories and the results of the
victory are shown by the thous-
ands of products that flow into the
everyday life of the world. Thrill
ing? Yes-but perhaps not pic
ture of a rugged pioneer crossing
the plains or heavy muscled men
building dams, cutting swatches in
wilderness for railroads, the mod
ern scene of pioneering and ro-
nance the picture shows, in the
laboratory when chemists harness
air, water, coal, cellulose, salt, veg
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comes chemistry's cornucopia.
Among the hundred and more
shots in The Wonder World of
Chemistry are many actual scenes
never before recorded for public
view. Thus, research chemists,
not actors, are shown engaged in
their daily work in the DUPONT
factories and laboratories; the nj
trogen fixation factories are shown,
including giant compressors which
squeeze gases under pressure of
seven tons a square inch; the mo-
torisct may learn how his anti
freeze is made from coal; and how,
in the future, hi tires may be
made from synthetic rubber,
creation of that same coal, along
with limestone and salt. Of inter-
est to the women folk are the
scenes showing how dyes and per-
fumes materials are made from
coal tar; how plastics and rayon
are made from cotton; and COM