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to ?\\W CONSUMER REPORTS, VOL. 13, JAN.-NOV., 1948 Page numbers of each issue run consecutively: January. 148. February, 49-96, March, 97-144, April, 145-192, May, 193-240, June, 241*288, July, 289-336. August, 337-384, September, 385432, October, 433480, November, 481-532 * indicates product ratings or specific brand-buying information e, treatment................................................ 126 ertising (see also FTC, F&.DA and re ports on individual products) --ailments, coined by copywriters............ 76 --Court decision sets standards................. 372 --during war time....................................... 471 --Old Cold, misuse of test results............. 436 --Ovaltine, claims for............................ 173. 275 --Rinso, Super Suds claims.......................... 4 osol bombs, low pressure.......................... 310 'er-shave lotions.......................................... 60 ?ne in bread, effects of............... 77, 222, 474 sick, comment by Dr. Linus Pauling..... 389 . minum foil, for kitchen use.................. 340 mia and folic acid................................ 79 trust actions and legislation -building materials............................... 468 --Cement Institute (basing points)....329, 424 -Columbia Steel................................... 374 -corn derivatives.................................. 37 electrical equipment........................... 470 -International Nickel............................ 425 -International Salt (patents)................ 329 -Mandeville Island Farms (beet sugar). . 376 -meat packers......................................377. 467 -m \movement in Industry. .............. 424 -m. inpanies.......................................... 233 -Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co. . 186 -Morton's salt (price aiscrimination)... 376 -moving pictures........................... 375 National Association of Real Estate Boards.................................. 469 plywood.............................................. 234 -salt....................................................... 234 -steel (basing points1........................... 469 -Supreme Court (review of 1947-48 actions!...........................326, 468 U. S. Gypsum (patents!...................... 327 -U. S. Line Materials (patents)............ 328 -wailboard............................................ 327 riosclerosis............................................. 123 mobiles -Auto Business (column) 20, 1 17, 259, 295, 342 411.445 -batteries, nickel-cadmium................... 101 -Chrysler, 1948, results of road test.... 491 Crosley................................................. 360 -dark glasses for nignt driving.........295, 304 -design of 1948 models, 204; sug gestions tor new designs............... 72 -European cars, small.......................... 360 Ford, 1949........................................... 293 "guest passenger" seat, dangers..... 295 Hudson, 1948, results of road test..... 491 maintenance program........................134, 180 Mercury, 1949, results of road test. ... 491 Packard and Hudson, 1948 mode s. ... 18 paint, Wype........................................ 170 purchasing contracts........................... 275 ratings and review of 1948 models (all makes)...................................... 197 tires...................................................... 115 transmissions, automatic..................... 408 used, buying advice and tests.......... 443 ries, nickel-cadmium............... 101 *Beer................................................................ 348 Benzedrine addiction....................................... 221 ^Biscuit mixes.................................................... 355 Book reviews: "How to Stop Worrying" . . . 463 --"140 Million Patients"............................. 81 --"You and Your Doctor".......................... 281 * Bowl covers, Fastop........................................ 100 Bread & Butter (department), see inflation, Prices, Congress Bread, white, effects on nervous system 77, 222, 474 *Burglar alarm, Burg-Larm................ 244 Butter, and oleomargarine (see also Oleomargarine)........................................... 471 * Cake, flour...................................................... 313 --frosting, O-T, Everbloom......................... 52 * Cameras, press............................................... 512 "Can openers................................................... 24 *--Flint, re-rated.......................................70, 341 Cancer, detection program............................ 412 --and milk................................................... 36 --and sunlight............................................. 323 "Carving sets.................................................... 509 "Catsup, tomato............................................... 405 "Cereals, breakfast......................................... 214 Childbirth, fear and............................. 319 `Cigarette lighters, table................................ 26 Cigarettes, Old Gold advertising................... 436 --consumption.............................................. 131 --and heart disease................................... 124 ' Clocks, alarm.................................................. 63 Coffee and insomnia....................................... 79 *--measuring device, Cofi Meter................. 196 "Coffee makers, automatic............................. 14 *--Royal Chef................................................ 389 Cold wave kits............................................... 118 Commodity speculation................................... 128 Congress --credit controls established................. 419 434 --Housing and rent control........230, 274, 338 --Joint Congressional Economic Committee fails................................... 290 --lobbying activities in............................... 420 --O'Hara Bill to emasculate FTC.............. 275 --oleomargarine hearings. .84. 132, 176, 280 --price and wage control................... 230, 419 --special session on inflation..................... 419 --Taft-Ellender-Wagner Act...................... 274 --taxes, proposals and actions. .83, 132, 230 Consumers Union, annual meeting.................. 291 --annual questionnaire, results.................. 365 Cost of living, see Inflation, Prices Crayons, wax, poisonous effects of............... 80 Credit controls............................................ 419, 434 Dental care, prophylactic use of sodium fluoride............................................ 321 Design, automobiles................... 204 --coffee makers.......................................... 15 --electric irons............................................. 57 --lamps........................................................ 506 --radio-phonograph, CU's custom-built... 251 --radio-phonographs, commercial............ 400 --radios, table models............................... 167 --sunglasses................................................. 307 --watches, inexpensive.............................. 66 *Diapers............................................................ 352 "`Diaper rash and Diapene.............................. 355 Diet, see Nutrition Diphtheria............................... 171 "`Dishwasher, Handi Mite portable................. 52 *Egg cracker, Crax-Ezy................................... 196 *Eraser, Rush-FybRglass................................... 340 Fair trade, see Price Fixing Federal Trade Commission (see also Antitrust), orders and actions with respect to --advertising of laxatives and hormones. 37 --Agarol....................................................... 474 --Barker Medication.................................... 92 --cheese, contaminated.............................. 186 --Curtiss Candy Co..................................... 137 --Delavaus Syrup for Coughs.................... 92 --Encyclopaedia Americana....................... 425 --Feenamint laxative............... 136 --Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.......... 92 --"free" offers........................ 185 --Nescafe..................................................... 91 --Philco high pressure sales methods........ 37 --Saraka, laxative...................................... 186 --Sonora Radio and Television Corp........ 186 --Sorbtex..................................................... 425 --wool labeling........................................... 425 "`Film, colon. ...................................................... 446 *Film tanks........................................................ 21 *Filters, photographic...................................... 402 ""Flour sifter, Multi-Sift..................................... 292 ""Flours, all-purpose, cake................................ 313 *--mixes: biscuit, cake, waffle.................... 355 *--pancake mixes......................................... 74 --unbleached all-purpose flours............... 222 --use of agene in......................... 77, 222, 474 Folic acid and anemia................................... 79 Food & Drug Administration, orders and actions with respect to --Barra's Burgundy Wine Dressing............ 137 --Butter (Cudahy, Agnour, Land o' Lakes, etc.)........................................... 91 --Clapp's baby foods................................. 91 --Kathryn Hormone Cream..................137, 275 --LaFay French Dressing............................. 137 --Nu-Maid Vegetable Margarine.............. 186 --Nu Youth hormone cream..................... 137 --Quaker Oats Co...................................... 137 --Rayve Egg Fluff Shampoo....................... 37 --Silverlatex prophylactics.......................... 37 --Sun-Kraft Mercury Quartz Ultra Violet Health Lamps........................... 91 --Tops-All Brand Salad Dressing............... 137 --Warren's Best Mayonnaise...................... 137 --Watkins Coconut Oil Shampoo.............. 37 Food & Drug Administration, extension of powers expected --Miller amendment to Food & Drug Act passed........................................... 425 For the People (department), see FTC, F&DA, Antitrust, Supreme Court Frostbite............................................................ 35 Frozen food consumption................................ 471 *Fruit cocktail, canned..................................... 71 Furnaces, oil, gas and coal............................. 31 "`Games............................................................. 498 "Gardening, bulbs........... .... 422 --crab grass treatment .... 312 ... *--fertilizers................... 138, 183 V--fungicides................. .... 310 /--information sources.. .... 231 --lawns, how to mow.. .... 257 --mulches..................... ----- 310 *--nursery stock, evergreens, shrubs........... 44 *--small fruits, dwarf trees.......................... 472 *--seeds, vegetable..................................... 92 --side dressings.......................................... 183 --tractors, field trials.................................. 407 ""Gelatin desserts............................................ 458 *Glass Wax...................................................... 318 Government actions, see FTC, F&DA, Antitrust, Supreme Court ""Grapefruit segments, canned....................... 29 ""Hair, cold wave kits....................................... 118 --dye. Lovolon............................................ 388 Health & Medicine (department), see entries for separate articles Health insurance (see also Medical Care), and National Health Assembly................... 280 --Brookings report...................................... 369 Heart disease.................................................. 123 --and smoking............................................ 124 --symptoms of............................................. 223 Heating, home, distributing systems............... 87 --furnaces and boilers............................... 31 --radiant heat, radiators and registers... Ill ""Heating, body, Therm-Aire pad................... 35 Heating, water, independent units........... 224, 268 --preheating and `"indirect" heaters........ 268 *--Thermojet, faucet type............................ 292 *Heatron stirrer..................................... 76 Hormone creams for skin........................... 137, 275 --for bust development.............................. 368 ""Hot water bottle, Hot-R-Cold Pak................ 340 "Hotcan, self-heating foods............................ 148 Houses, how to buy......................................... 455 "--look and Lustron houses......................... 264 --Prefabrication increasing.......................... 274 Housing (see also Congress and Anti trust), restrictive trade practices................ 468 --new home construction............................... 471 -Taft-Ellender-Wogner bill.........................274 /pack, Hof-R-Co/d Pak.............................. 340 immunization, a schedule of procedures........465 Infants, breast feeding.................................... 79 Infectious diseases........................................... 171 Inflation (see also Congress, Prices), report on...................................................... 417 --city worker's budget...................... 50 --consumer debt grows.............................. 325 --consumer expenditures (chart)................ 175 --Federal Reserve Board on family finances.......................................... 371, 434 --GE escalator clauses............................... 132 --Government bond sales.................... 371, 386 --ice cream manufacturers request lower standards.................................. 290 --income and medical expenses (chart)... 81 --Justice Department anti-inflation program............................................... 467 --life insurance unloading.......................... 371 --profit expectations.................................. 273 --profit increases........................................ 421 --rearmament, effects of......................228, 325 --rise in consumer debt.................................325 Insecticides........................................................ 310 Insurance, health.............................................. 280 --life, Gl policies........................................ 276 ""Ironers, electric............................................... 343 ""Ironing board cover, Non-Scorch................. 170 ""Irons, electric............................................... 53, 263 "--steam........................................................ 104 Itch, cold weather......................................... 36 *Jetronic oil burner.......................................... 271 ""Juicers, Juice King.......................................... 152 *--Mason....................................................... 100 ""Lawn mowers, power...........231, 254, 309, 406 *--Monfa Mower........................................... 307 ""Lens, magnifying for television..................... 298 ""Lens tissues...................................................... 153 Lobbying, cost of............................................. 420 Margarine (see Oleomargarine) "Mayonnaise..................................................... 68 Measles............................................................. 171 "Meat, canned................................................. 317 Medical care, (see also Health Insurance) --and propaganda.................................... 223 --group practice......................................... 461 --"140 Million Patients," book review.... 81 --"You and Your Doctor," book review. . 281 "Mercurochroroe, effectiveness.................125, 415 *Merthiolate (see above) *Metaphen (see above) ""Milk, and cancer............................................ 36 --dry skim.................................................... 391 "--dry whole................................................. 391 *--mail orders for dry skim......................... 436 --mother's (breast feeding)....................... 79 Milk prices and price fixing.................... 233, 467 Monopoly, see Antitrust *Multi-Purpose Food......................................... 173 Nickel-cadmium batteries................................ 101 Nose and throat disorders.............................. 82 Nutrition, and overweight............................... 174 --and sex.................................................... 366 --and vitamin pills..................................... 220 --breakfast cereals in................................ 214 --Dr. Anton J. Carlson on..............................415 --dry skim milk in........................................ 392 --effects of inflation on....................... 326, 386 --eggs in...................................................... 464 --for expectant mothers............................. 34 --margarine vs. butter in........................... 280 --salt in........................................................ 283 "Oleomargarine, ratings of brands............... 149 --and nutrition............................................. 280 --Congressional hearings on............... 132, 176 --consumption per capita.......................... 471 --Fulbright bill to reduce taxes on. . . 84, 280 "Ovalfine, and insomnia............................173, 275 "Pancake mixes................................................ 74 Patents, see Antitrust "Pears, canned................................................. 460 Penicillin, toxic reactions.................................. 126 "Perfumes.......................................................... 514 "Permanent wave kits...................................... 118 "Phonograph record needles and cartridges 436 "Phonograph record players and changer, in CU's custom-built set.............. 248 *--in radio-phonograph combinations........ 397 "--for long-playing records........395, 436, 484 "Phonograph record scratch suppressor........ 17 "Phonograph records, long-playing (LP)............................................... 299, 395, 436 --for reviews, see monthly "Record Report" "Photographic film, color................................. 446 "--filters......................................................... 402 Pneumonia immunization.................................. 80 Poison ivy, hot water treatment..................... 367 "Potatoes, sweet, canned................................ 122 Power mowers, see Lawn Mowers Pregnancy, during menopause........................ 369 --diet during................................................ 34 "Pressure cookers............................................. 58 Price cuts, paint................................................ 272 --U. S. Steel. GE, Westinghouse............... 274 Price fixing (see also Antitrust) milk.............. 233 --meat.......................................................... 467 --Webb City, Inc., "fair trade" 131, 146, 178 --what consumers can do........................... 179 Prices, cost of living (monthly analysis and chart)............ 39, 85, 133, 175, 228, 273, 324, 370, 418, 466 --food vs. other prices (chart)................... 85 --increases for aluminum, 338; bicycles, 290; canned foods, 421; cars, 325; houses, 132, 290, 471; lumber, 338; meat, 386, 467; oleomargarine, 290; oranges, 338; paint, 272; sal mon, 434; steel, 274, 371, 386; sugar, 338; tuna, 434; turkey, 434 --and purchasing power (chart)................ 133 --and production (chart)............................ 39 --rates increased for auto insurance, 132; electricity, 290; freight, 273, 386 --retail clothing prices (chart).................... 229 --shoes (chart)............................................. 471 "Puddings, packaged...................................... 45Q Radio broadcasting, children's programs. 38, 475 --censorship........................................... 379, 427 --crime programs........................................ 475 The Decern 1 --documentary programs........................... 235; --dramatic programs.................. 86, 427, 475' annual Buying Gu--election programs.............. 378: --folk singers............................................... I40; --FM & facsimile progrj n......................... l4Qj --giveaway programs..........................330, 427* --Housewives Protective League............... 426 < --industry code............................................ 33 Decembe --KMPC case (editorializing)..................... 187 --Mayflower case (editorializing)........86, 187 --mystery, murder programs..................... 283 --WABF and annoyance-free commercials.......................................... 475 "Radios, CU's custom-built set........245, 341, 397 *--FM tuners.................................................. 165 j "--GE Musaphonic......................................... 437 i *--radio-phonographs, AM-FM................... 3971 No regult "--table models, FM.................................... 162 f "Razor, Wilkinson Dry Shaver......................... 524 Records, see Phonograph Records ; Rubella.............................................................. 171 ? Saccharin, harmlessness................................... 416? "Salad dressings.............................................. 68! "Salmon, canned.............................................. 27 "Scales, baby, bathroom, kitchen, postal.... 106* Shape of things (see Design) "Shaving preparations, after-shave lotions.. 60 . *--Benex brushless.............. 148 i For details Shock therapy, uses and limitations of.......... 278 ' "Shoes, men's.................................................... 438 j *Sight Savers, for eyeglasses......................... 155 4 "Silver polishes................................................. 362 < which contains Ski equipment................................................... 517 i "Soaps, laundry............................................... 159 i *---^Rinso with solium...................................... 4 : *--synthetic bar (Vel, Dermolate).........244, 452 i "--toilet......................................................... 451 ! than ever befo Speculation, commodities................................ 128? "Steam irons..................................................... 104 < "Sunburn preventives....................................... 301 "Sunglasses....................................................... 304 Supreme Court, review of ` 1947-1948 cases................................... 326, 374 - Taxes................................................. 83, 132, 230 , --income, 1948............................................ 40 Teeth, sodium fluoride treatment................... 321 All si "Television, antennas....................................... 436 s. --magnifying lenses.................................... 298 ? *--Pilot Candid portable............................. 299 i Buying Guide is *--table model receivers............................ 5, 296 I --tube replacement difficulties.................. 386 * Tires, Extra Low Pressure................................ 115 --self-seaiino, tubeless............................... 116 .* sub "Toothpaste, Lyons.................................... 4 "Towels, bath................................................... 260 "Typewriters, portable.................................... 495 , "Venetian blind cleaner, Siat-O-Mat............. 340 * Vitamin Quota advertising.............................. 79 Vitamins, deficiencies....................................... 220 "Waffle irons, electric..................................... 501 "Waffle mixes.................................................. 355 - Washing machines, automatic *--AMC (Coronado)...................................... 157 *--Bendix........................................ 13, 158, 388 1 *--Blackstone..............................................13, 158 * *--Frigidaire......................................... 157 { *--G.................................................. 308 * *--Launderall.............................................. 13, 158 J *--Laundromat.................................13, 158,484 j *--Sears' Kenmore................................... 219, 388 j --Thor, tie-in sales...................................... 52 ? Use the Gift Oi "Watch strap, Ziplock..................................... 244 "Watches, inexpensive wrist and pocket.... 65 I Water aerators................................................ 4 i Water heaters, see Heating "Water repellent processes............................ 358 "Water softeners............................................. 11 "Window washer, Safeway.......................... 292 World Health Organization........................... 127 ^ "Wvpe car point.............................................. 170