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C. Not Recommended The Rymplecloths were marked with their size before processing, which is misleading as their actual size was ap proximately 25% less. iSleekies (The Sitroux Co., 468 Fourth Ave., N.Y.C.; distributed by S. S. Kresge & Co.) 5c per yd., 33 in. wide. Thread count 18 x 12. Burst ing strength lowest of cheesecloth samples tested. A trace of lint. 1 Wards Polishing Rymplecloth (Mont gomery Ward retail stores) 8c per yd. Unbleached. Thread count 17 x 11; when held taut 14 x 9. Burst ing strength lowest of all samples tested. Only 26 in. wide, which would make cost on basis of 36-in. width comparable with other sam ples, 11c per yd. Some lint. 2 Kendall Absorbent Rymplecloth (Ken dall Mills, Walpole, Mass.) 11c per yd., 26 in. wide. (15c per yd. on 36-in. width basis.) Unbleached. Thread count 16 x 13; when held taut, 14 x 9. Bursting strength very low. 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' In making requests for ma terial of this sort, please specify in as detailed a manner as pos sible the subject to be discussed and the particular aspects of it which are of particular interest or which will be considered most fully in the article or paper'. aosaoi io bs o e Abridged Cumulative Index of Previous 1944 Issues Consumers'Research Bulletins . Month and Page Lamp bulbs.............June, 13-14!; Aug., 24-25 Lawns, seeding OUl/UlU HUt UC UUillCU.................. UCl., Z i Lighters, new cigarette!............... Aug., 25-26 fluid, inexpensive............................Sept., 4 Lip pomades!....................................Apr., 13-14 Mattresses, cotton-felt.........................Oct., 29 Mechanical pencils!.............................. Jan., 26 Metal cleaner and polish (Samae)f. .Feb., 19 Milk, evaporated!....................................May, 8 overconsumption, related to digestive troubles.........................May, 3 Mineral oil, vitamin losses due to..Sept., 29 Motion pictures!................................each issue Music, books on!............................... Aug., 8-10 Month and Page Annual Cumulative Bulletin, 1944-45, now ready............................. Oct., 11 Arms and ammunition!................ Oct., 10-11 Aspirin, extensive use to be avoided..June, 3 Automobiles, coming new models, minor changes for.............................. Oct., 4 Automobile parts, used, price ceilings affect supply...............Aug., 3 Baking soda taken for indigestion... May, 20 Batteries, automobile storage!.. .Aug., 13-15 charging, testers!........................ Jan., 8-9 Beans, navy and soy, deficient in essential amino-acids..................... June, 3 Beef, range-fed, longer cooking............ Oct., 3 wartime production........................ Sept., 3 Bib, waterproof (Seal Sac)!.............. June, 30 Blankets, part-wool, warmth, shrinkage.................................................. July, 4 Cameras, post-war........................... June, 8-10 Canned foods, keeping qualities, how and where to store.............. Sept., 9-11 Canners, pressure.................May, 30; July, 29 Canning, use of preservatives.................. June,4 Cereal breakfast foods, "puffed"... .Oct., 14 Cesspools and septic tanks............ Aug., 11-12 Cigars!..................................................Sept., 24-25 Cleaners, water softeners (Soilax, Dif, Oakite, Phos, etc.)!.. .Feb., 30 Cleaning solvents, household!.......... Aug., 20 Clothes, home pressing....................Apr., 21-24 Clothing, men's, care in buying Army rejects.............................. Sept.,3 shortages due to wartime conditions................................. Sept., 4 Coal, estimating weights in bin......... June, 7 Cocoa, in milk, adverse effects.............Aug., 4 Coffee, effect on stomach ailments. .Sept., 4 Cooling house in summer............... July, 13-15 Curtains, buying and caring for!.July, 15-16 Diapers, disposable!............................ May, 7-8 Diet, infants', improvement of...........Aug., 3 mothers', effects on infants.........Aug., 4 omnivorous, animal proteins essential.................. Aug., 4, 29 Editorial.................................each issue, page 2 Eggs, preservation, storage.............................Mar., 4; Apr., 15-17 Electrical appliances, use in or near bathtub dangerous..........Oct., 4 Exposure meter, not needed............. Oct., 7-9 Floors, preparing for rewaxing...........Oct., 29 Food, preservation by freezing satisfactory for long storage............June, 4 Food poisoning, prevention with foods at correct temperature.......... Sept., 4 Gardening..........................Apr., 5-8; May, 9-12 Gasoline, low-grade, cause of engine pinging......................Oct., 3 Gasoline dopes (Vitaplus)!.................. Mar., 15-16; June, 25 Hair tints and glints!........................June, 5-7 Hand soaps, protective creams!. . .Jan., 5-8 Headaches, as symptoms!.................... Aug., 3 Hearing aid!.................... Feb., 22; Mar., 24-25 Heating plants and equipment. .Jan., 16-20f; Feb., 20-21; May, 19-20!; June, 19 Household cleaning preparations!................................June, 20-21 Observation Post!............... each issue, page 3 Oils, summer motor!..........................June, 10 Paints, "plastic"!.............................. Apr., 18-19 resln-and-casein type!............ Mar., 21-23 Panties, baby, waterproof!............June, 11-13 Permanent waves, cold!.................... May, 5-6 solutions!...................................... Oct., 23-25 Phonograph records!..........................each issue use of one pickup advised............Oct., 30 Photographic items.............. Mar., 10; May, 26!; June, 4! Poison ivy, exterminating!............... June, 26 Posture . Oct., 12-14 Powder, face!...................................... Aug., 18-19 Process cheese!.............. ,...................Jan., 10-12 Radio tubes and repair problem........Oct., 25 Rayon, susceptibility to dye-fading.. .Oct., 3 dresses, gelatin rinse beneficial.. .Oct., 4 Razor blades, safety!.......................... Aug., 5-7 Rubber footwear!............................. Feb., 24-26 Scouring powder, test of!............ Sept., 21-23, Seed, grass, misrepresentation by salesmen................................................Aug.,3 Seeds, home-produced garden............ Sept., 8 Septic tanks and cesspools............ Aug., 11-12 Shampoos for nair and scalp!........July, 9-12 Shaving soaps and creams!. .Oct., 15-17, 26 Sheets, crib, waterproof!.......................... June,11-13 Shine remover (Shyn-O-Way)!...........Feb., 23 Shirts, men's white!....................................Oct.,18-21 Shoe polishes (Kiwi, etc.)!........................ May,22 Shoes, home repairing!.............................June,29 men's, report on tests!......................... Sept.,5-8 Shorts, men's, report on tests!___Apr., 9-11 Smoking cause of complications after operation......................................Oct., 30 Soap, toilet!...................... May, 3; Aug., 21-22 substitutes, for laundering and dishwashing (Sudz, Coldfoam)!.......................................... May,23-24 Sockets, "insides' for electric light.Sept., 30 Sockspreport on tests!.............................. Sept.,14-17 Soda in vegetable cookery..........................Feb.,9 Soups, dried!...................... Mar., 9-10; Aug., 3 Spraying vegetables with arsenicals............................................... June, 26 Staple remover (Presto)!....................... Oct., 30 Storing fruits and vegetables............July, 5-9 Suits, men's!.......... ...............................Mar., 5-8 rayon, care in cleaning...................Oct., 29 Tables, "bedside" (Tillie Table)!.. .Aug., 30 Teeth, in North Texas......................July, i7-18 and your dentist....................... Sept., 18-20 Tennis balls, wartime..................... Sept., 12-13 Tires, storing recapped...........................Oct., 4 Tooth powders!.................................. Jan., 13-15 Towels, for drying dishes!............. June, 23-25 Vegetables, some better stored than canned..........................................Sept., 3 Vitamins and vitamin preparations...................... Jan., 3, 12, 25, 26; Feb., 3. 9, 5-9; Mar., 11-14!, 29; May, 29; June, 18; July, 3; Aug., 15; Sept., 29; Oct., 3 Walking.......................................................... Mar.,17-21 Wall-covering, washable, substitute for table oilcloth (Sanitas)!............Oct., 30 Watches, Swiss, supply depleted. . . .Sept., 4 Water softening!...........................................May,13-16 Weatherstrippingf........................................ Feb.,18-19 Ice cubes, fast freezing.........................Oct., 29 Inks, writing!...................................Aug., 16-18 Vindicates that listings of names or brands are included. Jar tops, lids, rings..June, 18!; July, 3; Sept., 11-12 Qtarffg!?? ......................... iftws 26 CONSUMERS' RESEARCH BULLETIN. NOVEMBER 1944 dal . This section aims to ) a digest of opinion views, ranging - fror trade press to Pan rates motion pictures not 01 entertainment but on their aspects for children. It should be emphasized t ratings which follow do not r of a single person but are b the reviews appearing in soi icals. (See January 1944 is reviews.) The figures preceding the dicate the number of critics to rate the film A (recommen< and C (not recommended). Audience suitability is i adults, "Y" for young peopl children, at the end of each Descriptive abbreviations adv--adventure biog--biography car--cartoon com--comedy cri--crime and capture of criminals doc--documentary dr---drama fott--fantasy hist--founded on historical incident mel--melodrama musmysrtov-- romsoc-- t--in travwar- - B 7 Abroad With Two 9 Address Unknown .1 Adventure in Bokh 4 Adventure in Musi 8 Adventures of Mar 2 Allergic to Love... 2 Amazing Mr. Forn 5 American Romanc 10 And the Angels Sit 8 Andy Hardy's Blon 2 Are Thes Our Par 3 Arizona Whirlwind 7 Arsenic and Old La -- 44 5 Atlantic City......... 8 Attack....................... 2 Babes on Swing Sti 8 Barbary Coast Gen 12 Bathing Beauty. . . 1 Beneath Western S 2 Bermuda Mystery. 8 Between Two Worl 5 Big Noise, The.... 1 Black Magic........... 3 Black Parachute, 1 3 Block Busters........ 5 Bride bv M istake. . hi 11 Buffalo Bill.............. --3 [A :h . -- -h -- 12 11 7 4 5 10 3-- Call of the Jungle. Call of the Rockies Call of the South S Candlelight in Algt Canterville Ghost, Casanova Brown... Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat Christmas Holiday Climax, The........... CONSUMERS' RESEAf