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Cumulative Index for Consumers* Research Bulletins July 1947 through December 1947 (Vo!. 20, No. 1 through Vol. 20, No. 6.) Single BULLETINS are available, at 30 cents. The month of issue is followed by the num ber of the page or pages on which the item appears. Entries marked (*) are longer or more comprehensive items. Month Page x\nti -freeze, scarcity................................................ Dec...3 Appliances dishwashers....................... Aug...18-20*; Oct...14-16* electrical, high prices, consumer resistance___Nov...3 food mixer, electric........................................July...70* freezers, farm and home.............................Dec...5-12* model changes often infrequent or minor... .Dec...12 refrigerators...................... Sept...16-21*; Dec ..22-23* gas fumes, menace to health......... ........... Aug..3 small electrical, limited demand...................... Dec...29 stove, electric, table.......................................July...3/* washing machines, small...............................Nov...5-6* Automobile, anti-freeze, scarcity............................. Dec...3 enamels, new........ .......................................Nov...23* engines, compression or expansion ratio.. Oct...32-33* new, distribution.............................................. Sept.. 3 oils, motor................................. Oct...25; Nov...13-14* tire and fire extinguisher unit......................... Aug...29 trailers, not the time to buy............................Aug..29 Bacon, proper cooking............................................Sept...4 Balls, golf................................................................. July...9* Beans, gadget for cutting....................................... July...30 Beef, retail cuts, relative economy................Sept...22-24* Binders for CR's Bulletins......................................Aug...23 Blankets, electric............................... ............Nov...29-30* Bobby pins, opening, injury' to teeth....................... Nov...3 \Bones, fragile, due to diet.......................................Sept...3 Bottle-fed babies, meat added to formula............... Nov...3 Bottling plants, sanitation........................................Sept...4 Bread, home-style loaf..............................................July...3 Brooms, quality and price......................................Nov...3-4 Camera, miniature...........................................July...23-24 new type.............................................................Oct...16 simple, low-cost............................................Nov...7-10* Carpets and rugs, selection, care.................... Nov... 11-13* Caulking compounds...........................Aug...29-30; Nov...4 Cleanser, household................................................. Aug...30 Clocks, post-war................................................Aug...13-17* Clothing, coats, fur, how to select..................Sept...11-15* shirts, men's.............................................. Dec... 13-14* shoes, prices...................................... July...4; Sept...4 proper fit important.................................. Sept...3 skirts, length.....................................July...3; Sept...4 stockings, nylon, ample supply.........................Aug...3 suits, men's, increased price...............................Dec...3 production drop.................................. Nov...4 worsted, plentiful supply....................Aug...4 Coats, fur, how to select..................................Sept...11-15* Coffee, black most stimulating.............................. Sept...29 plentiful supply..................................................July..A Coffee makers.................................. Sept...5-7*; Nov.,.28* Cold cures, two.................................................... Oct...29-30 Complexion, poor, cause..................................... .Dec...3 Month Page Consumers' Observation Post............................... each issue, beginning at page 3 Correspondence, reasons for CR's delay in answering............................................................. Nov...19 Cotton goods, prices going down............................. July...3 Creams, cosmetic, supplanted by emulsified products................................................................... Aug...4 Dd T, undesirable effects........................Aug...4; Oct...37 DDT products for fly control......................... Sept...24-25* Depilatory device, misleading claims........................Dec...3 Detergent, dishwashers, liquid...........................Nov...37-32 laundry, complete..............................................Nov...37 Diet, milk-free, for treating diarrhea...................... Sept...3 nutritive, for convalescents................................ Oct...4 Dishwashing detergent, analysis..............................Oct...38 Dishwashing machines..............Aug...18-20*; Oct...14-16* Disinfection by ultraviolet lamps.......................... Sept...26 Door chimes, electric and mechanical.............Nov...31-32* Drill press, modelmaker's....................................... July...30 Drugs, manufacturers' errors..................................... Dec...4 H/ditorial......................... each issue, beginning at page 2* Enamels, automobile, new..................................... Nov...23* Engines, compression or expansion ratio.........Oct...32-33* Enterprise system, strength.......................................Nov...6 Film, motion picture..........t ............................. July...24 Fire extinguishers, automatic carbon tetra chloride bulb type................................................Sept...10 Fireplace logs, synthetic............................................ Nov...4 Fish, reason for high price..........................................Dec...4 Fishing line gadget................................................. Aug...77* Flies, DDT products for control.................... Sept...24-25* Food, availability...................................................... Dec...2P bacon, proper cooking....................................... Sept...4 beef, retail cuts, relative economy....... Sept...22-24* bread, home-style loaf....................................... Juiy...3 diet, milk-free, for treating diarrhea................Sept...3 nutritive, for convalescents........................ Oct...4 fish, reason for high price...................................Dec...4 fruits and vegetables, canned, subsidy suggested........... ............................................ Sept...4 icecream, packaged, quality.............................Aug...3 pie, custard, food poisoning................................Oct...4 protein, adequate quantity needed............ Nov...32-33 rice, packaged, rinsing unnecessary...................Dec...3 steaks, prices.......................................................July...4 Food mixer, electric............................................... July...19* Freezers, farm and home.................................... Dec...5-/2* Fruits and vegetables, canned, subsidy suggested.Sept...4 Fuel, shortages predicted........................................... Oct...3 Fur coats, how to select...................................Sept...J1-15* Gardening, soil management. July...15-16*; Oct...22-24* Gastric ulcers, diet...................................................... Oct...3 CONSUMERS' RESEARCH BULLETIN DECEMBER, 1947 #10 Month Page Golf balls.................................................................. July...?* \nd cleaner, analysis..........................................Oct...3$ ier, house, gas................................................... July...i<5 Heating equipment, domestic, oil burners...........Oct...5-8* Heating with cold water................................... Nov...24-26* Housing overpriced................................................... Sept...3 Ice cream, packaged, quality...................................Aug...3 Insect repellents, excessive use................................. Aug...7 Iodine in diet.............................................................. Dec...4 Irons, electric and steam.................................Oct...18-21* Jewelry, gold-plated, amount of gold used........... Oct...34 Labor, costs......................................................July...4, 29 Lamps, Christmas tree.....................................Dec. .20-22* infra-red. ................................. Nov...30-33*; Dec...14 ultraviolet, disinfection by.............................Sept...30 Lard, plentiful, lower prices.....................................Sept...3 Lawn, mowing......................................................... July...24 Lawn mowers, power.................. July...5-8*; Aug...32-33* Lawn sweepers, availability................................... July...29 Lens quality.......................................................Nov...33-34* Lenses, high-speed.............................................. Aug...23-24 Lotions and creams, sun-protective and insect-repellent...................................................... Aug...3 Luggage, wartime, in slow sale..................................Oct...3 IVJosquitoes, attracted by certain colors........... .Aug...4 Motion picture ratings...................................in each issue* Oil, fuel, scarce in certain sections....................... July...4 Oil burners, domestic.............................................Oct...5-8* Oils, motor, quality ratings............. ............. Nov... 13-14* Oils, motor, year-round............................... .......... Oct...25 Operations, surgical, often unnecessary....................Dec...3 ^aint, new type.....................................................Nov...20* in, multi-color bail-point.......................................Dec...30 Permanent wave, home..................July...29-30; Nov...33 Phonograph needles, jewel-tipped.................. July...27-23* Phonograph records....................................... in each issue* Phonograph records, shellac substitute............Sept...4, 29 Photographic equipment, camera, miniature. July...23-24* cameras, simple, low-cost............................Nov...7-10* film, motion picture.........................................July...24 lens quality................................................. Nov...33-34* lenses, high-speed........................................ Aug...23-24 motion picture equipment................ .. .Sept...8-10* projectors, photo-slide..............................July...32-33* Pickup and preamplifier available.....................Nov...26-27 Pipe cleaners for art work........................................Oct...37 Pipe, water, joint compound..............................Nov...4, 37 Plier-wrench, lever- or toggle-lock........................ Oct...34* Poisoning, lead, in shooting galleries........................Nov...4 Pots and pans, cleaning soiled..................................Aug...3 Pressure saucepans............................................... Aug...5-7* Prices, some comparisons of increase and decrease. Oct...4 Protein, adequate quantity needed....................Nov...33-33 Putty, plumbers'..................................................... Sept...30 Radios, console, AM-FM.................................... Nov...20* phonograph combination, AM...............Nov...20* high-fidelity AM-FM phonograph combination.................................................Nov...27 * loud-speakers, high-fidelity......................... Oct...P-22* phonograph combinations, AM-FM.........Oct...11-12* Month Page pickup andpreamplifier available................Nov...26-27 portable......................................................Nov.. .15-16* prices cut............................................................ Sept..A table-model AM-FM...................................... Nov...20* tuners...........................................................Oct...12-13* FM...................................................... Nov...27-23* Record holder........................................................... Aug...30 Recorder, magnetic............................................Oct...17-18* tape..................................................... Dec...25-26* Reducing, diet and drug methods............................. Oct...4 Reducing drug.............................................................Nov...3 Refrigerators.............................Sept...20-32*; Dec...33-33* gas fumes, menace to health..............................Aug...3 Repellents, insect, excessive use............................... Aug...7 Researches, government, benefits unavailable to taxpayers.................................................................Oct.. .3 Rice, packaged, rinsing unnecessary.........................Dec...3 Rug backing, cotton or jute, deterioration preventive...............................................................Oct...3 Rugs and carpets, selection, care.....................Nov...11-13* Scales, home, weighing.................................... Oct...30-30* Sewing, home, increase.............................................. Aug..A Shampoo................................................................... Dec...30 Shavers, electric................................................Aug... 11-13* Sheets.................................................................. Dec...33-34* Shirts, men's..................................................... Dec... 13-14* Shoes, prices.............................................. July..A; Sept...4 proper fit important.......................................... Sept...3 Skin protector, liquid................................................Nov...38 Skirts, longer..............................................................July...3 buyer resistance............................................... Sept...4 Snapper kit......................................................... Oct...21-22* Soap substitute........................................................ Sept...30 Stains, oven, removal............................................ Sept...29 Steaks, prices............................................................ July..A Stockings, nylon, ample supply................................ Aug...3 Stove, electric, table-top......... ............................July...31* Subscriptions, time required for entering.............Nov...19 Suits, men's, increased price...................................... Dec...3 production drop........................................... Nov...4 worsted, plentiful supply............................Aug..A 1 elephone attachment for two listeners----- Oct...30-31* Television, extra charge for electricity......................Oct..A Tire and fire extinguisher unit..................................Aug...3P Toothbrushes, misrepresentation..............................July...4 Toys.................................... ...............................Dec...17-20* Trailers, not the time to buy....................................Aug...30 Travel, foreign, again encouraged.............................July...3 Trees, damaged, treatment....................................Sept...3J* Typewriters, portable.......................................... Aug...8-10* Ultraviolet lamps, disinfection by, Sept...26 'Vitamins, synthetic, deficiencies. . .Aug...4 W ashing machines, small..................................Nov...5-6* wringer hazard....................................................July...8 Water softener.................................................... Oct...24-25* Water-softening equipment............................ July... 10-13* Weed killer, 2,4-D..................................................July.../7* Wool, factors causing price rise................................Oct...37 Worry, affecting weight loss or gain......................Sept...29 Wrench, jar.................................................................. Oct...3 plier-type, lever- or toggle-lock...................... Oct...34* Wringer hazard...........................................................July...3 16 CONSUMERS' RESEARCH BULLETIN DECEMBER, 1947 ABSORBING interest in prc jects which require menu concentration in addition to ca ful and accurate craftsmanshi can help materially in divertin attention of young people froi interests and activities which ma lead to their getting into mischie This is an appropriate time, v believe, to make Christmas gif of a sort that tends to give stimi lus and encouragement to ar young person who gives evident of being interested in a skilh craft or a scientific or engineerii pursuit. The toy market reflects the i creasing interest in mechanic hobbies; the model airplane hobl in particular appears to have lc none of its great popularity wi the youngsters. Model railro construction and operation r popular with both young and c enthusiasts, and even the mar facturers of the low-priced or "t plate" electric railroads now of scale models of actual railrc equipment. Miniature racing c. and speedboats have their < votees. Perhaps because of active p ticipation by women in the m; ing of war materials, an increas number of girls appear to be she ing interest in mechanical, e! trical, and chemical work, and be developing scientific aptitu and skills. Girls now enter cc petitions on equal terms with tl brothers, for example, in me airplane meets. Nevertheless, great majority of little girls doubt prefer dolls as toys. When buying toys of pla material, it is advisable to m Lionel No. 1437WS, Tn