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The article provides information on the strategies of Bank of England that makes the company first design changes its currency since 1928 in Great Britain. It states that engineers, chemists and physicists have used two-mile-long reels of paper to turn each distinct serial number of finished products in a continuous operation. Moreover, the bank has designed geometric-lathe work to delicate tracery of fine regular lines with multiple crossing points for counterfeiting.

Information about the topics discussed during the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society on the application of chemistry to professional life held in New York in September 1944 is presented. Topics include the application of the chemical profession to food processes such as peeling of potatoes, water treatments, and the stimulation produced sympathomimetic amines. The symposium also featured several chemists including Dr. Donald F. Othmer, Dr. M. L. Tainter and Dr. George F. Hand.

Information about several papers discussed at the two-day seminar at Monsanto Co.'s campus-like world headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Topics include the vital information to acquaint technically oriented professors with the fact of marketing, scientific activity and marketing management. The seminar featured Dr. William R. Davidson, technical representative Bruce Ocko, and moderator James A. Singmaster Jr.

The article offers information on the new plastic made from sawdust by the chemists at the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. As stated, these chemists have produced the plastic from waste wood and taken a patent for the free use of the public on some molding plastics. The cost of this plastic is stated to be around 3 cent to 4 cent per lb, which is one fourth of the price of better known synthetics. Several companies are stated to be working with the material.

The article focuses on the collaboration of manufacturers with aromatic chemists to address the offensive odor of their products. The current trend in industries is to compound the aromas to neutralize odors. Also noted is the cost of neutralizing odors in commercial products including one to three cents per gallon of paint and one dollar per 10,000 yards of textiles. Among the victories of aromatic chemists are printed glassine bags for coffee and printed candy wrappers.

This section offers research briefs as of September 1954, including the intention of the Manufacturing Chemists Association to set up a cooperative research program on chemistry, the plan of Hydrocarbon Research Inc. to study the gasification of anthracite coal, and the conference held by Surgeon General of the Public Health Service and other agencies to discuss selfish sanitation in Washington.