Evening star., 1947-09-02
Prosecution Records
Link s. u. 5. Firms
With |. 6. Farben
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NUREMBERG, Germany, Sept. 2.
American prosecutors today intro
duced documents linking 50 Ameri-
can firms with the defunct I. G..
Farbenindustrie chemical trust,
illustrating the worldwide influence
Of the sprawling German combine.
The records were offered without
comment in the trials Of % Farben-
industrie directors, whose lives may
be forfeited If they are convicted as
charged with waging aggressive war.
The trust crumbled with Germany
(American companies men
toned in the indictment have
denied stoutly that any agree
ment they had with Farbenindus-
, trie weakened the United States
as an arsenal. On the contrary,
they have declared their links
with the German combine, which
were established in the business
Of peacetime years, strengthened
the war potential of the United
States)
The document named as direct
sales agencies for Farbenindustrie
the American Cyanamid and Chemi-
cal Corp, New York: Ivan B. Dahl,
Inc, New York; General Drug Co.,
New York; Interstate Chemical Co.,
New York, and RoehIn' and Hass
Co., Philadelphia. ~
Participating" Firms.
Listing as participating" in up
ward OF 10 per cent of its business
with Farbenindustrie was Life Saw
ers, Inc, of Delaware.
Those cited as participating" in
upward of per cent of their busi-
ness were Atlas Power Co., Del
aware; Bristol Myers g. Co., Del
aware; Eastman Kodak, Rochester,
N. Y; European Gas and Elecrtic,
New York; Hercules Powder Co.,
Delaware; Standard Oil OF New
Jersey; Sterling Products (Which has
been succeeded by Sterling Drug,
Inc0, Wheeling, w. Va; United
Drug, Delaware, and VegeX, Inc,
New York.
Other firms listed without desig-
nation of the extent of participa-
ton were:
Advance Solvents and Chemical
Corp, New York, San Francisco,
Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles,
Jacksonville, Fla; Afga Ansco Corp,
Binghampton, N. Y, Boston and
Cincinnati; Afga Rawfilm Corp,
Hollywood, Alba Pharmaceutical
Co., New York, American I. G..
Chemical Corp, New York; Amerl-
can Magnesium Corp, Wilmington,
Del; American Norit Co., Jackson
vile; Antidolor Manufacturing Co.,
New York; Bayer Semesan Co., New
York; California Fig Syrup Co., Cal
ifornia; Chemnyco, Inc, New York,
Cleveland, Ohio; Chemical Associ-
ated Cook Laboratories, Chicago;
E1ectron Metals Corp, New York;
General Aniline and Film Corp,
New York; General kniline Works,
New York; General Dyestuf Corp,
New York, Boston, Charlotte, Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Providence and
San Francisco; Hutz and Moslin,
New York, Hydro Engineering and
Chemical Co, New York; Hydro
Patents Co., New York; Joint Amer
lean Study Co., New York Magnes-
ium Development Corp, Whining
ton.
Canadian Firms Listed.
Metz 81 Co., New York; Mountain
Mill Paper Co., Massachusetts,;
North American Industries, Ltd,
New York; Ozand Corp, New York;
Ozophan Corp. Stamford. Conn;
Pen-Chlor Incorporation, New York;
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co.,
New York; Plaskon Co., Inc. To-
ledo; Standard I. G. Co., New York;
Synthetic Nitrogen Products Corp,
New York; Antidolor Manufacturing
Co., New York, Chicago, San Fran
cisco; the Bayer Co., New York;
Owl Drug Co. of Nevada, Wick Chem
ical Co., Delaware; Winthrop Chem
ical of Delaware and Winthrop
Chemical Co., of New York, Atlanta,
Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New
Orleans, st. Louis and San Fran
cisco.
In Canada, the document listed
as participating with Farben the
Aefa Onsco Co. of Toronto. Chemi-
Gals Ltd. of Montreal, Consolidated
Dyestuf Corp. Of Toronto, Sterling
Products of Canada. Bayer Co. OF
windsor, Hughes Owens Co., Mon
treal, and Winthrop Chemical OF
Windsor.
Listings were taken from Farben's
own records captured at Frankfurt
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