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Cumulative Index for Consumers' Research Bulletins July 1945 through December 1945 (Vol. 16, No. 1 through Vol. 16, 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\.luminum scrap, reclaimability............... ........... July...4 Appliances, household, availability..........Sept...3; Nov...4 Athlete's foot, treatment.................................... Oct...4 Automobiles * air-conditioning systems predicted.................. Dec...4 batteries..................................................... Oct.,.13-16* 1946. . ............................. Dec...J-3* 100-octane gasoline......................................... Dec...J2 overpowered engines.............................. .Sept...27 poor acceleration................... .'.........................Oct...2P radiator cleaners.......................................Nov...19-24* radiator stop-leaks......................u...........Aug.,.18-20* tire gauge................. ........................................Aug...JO . tire shortage.........................................................Oct...J tires, condemned, sale...................................... Aug...4 Baby supplies, sterilization................. .'............... Oct...26 Bacon, shortage....................................... Nov...J Batteries, automobile storage..........................Oct...13-16* flashlight, rechargeable............................. Aug...21-22* Beans, baked........................................................ July...7-8* canned green and wax, unpopular.................... Aug...4 Beef, cooking grass-fed........................................ .Oct.,.29 Beer and ale, vitamin content................................. Sept...4 Binders for CR Bulletins.................. Nov..J(tf : Blankets, wool, part-wool, and cotton. Dec...12-14, 17-18* Boiler water treatment..........................................Nov...24 Bottle closures..........................................................Aug...24 C^an opener, wall-type............................................. Aug...8 Candy, judicious use advised.................................July...29 Canning, home, spoilage due to understerilization.. Oct...29 Cards, Christmas, correct mailing............................ Dec...3 Cementing materials, household..............Aug...15-16*; 30 Chopper and dispenser, for nuts....................... Aug...3P-30 Cleaner, all-purpose................................................ Sept...JO brush................................................................ July...JO for porcelain-enameled ware...........................Sept...30 Cleaners, automobile radiator..........................Nov...19-24* household.............. Sept...22, 25*; Oct...JO; Dec...26* Cleansers and detergents, fabric and rug___ July...21-23* Clipper, fingernail.....................................................Nov...30 Closets, cedar-lined................................................... Sept...4 Clothing girdles, two-way stretch, availability............. Nov...29 hosiery, women's silk, availability.................... Nov...J treating preparations....................... Sept...13-14 * rubber footwear, men's, women's, * children's..................................................Dec...9-12* scarcity.................. ................................. ....... Dec...3-4 shirts, sports, reclassification............................July...J shoes, children's, availability........... ............. July...3P men's dress..........................................Sept...5-10* Month Page slips, women's........... .................................... Nov...5-9* ' socks, men's................................................... Aug.;.5-3* storage in glass jars........................................... Dec...29 suits, men's...... .............................t .........Nov.,.15-17* meager supply............................. Aug...J; Nov...J two-pants.................................................... Nov...4 white, removing scorch........................ Dec...J Coffee, soluble............................. Dec...2J-22* Consumers' Observation Post, each issue, beginning at page 3* Corn muffin and other mixes, prepared at home.. .Oct...3 Cosmetics, creams, hormone..................................... Aug...4 deodorants and anti-perspirants................. Oct...9-12* government surplus............................................. Nov...3 . shampoos, some taxable....................................Oct...JO sunburn preventives...................................July..,P-22* Creams, hormone___ r................................. Aug...4 D D T................................................................... Oct...J-J* Deodorants and anti-perspirants........................ Oct...9-12* Diet, reducing.................................................. Sept...22-23* , vegetarian, inadequate.............. Dec...4 ) Dishwashing, organized........................................... Aug...2P Drugs and cosmetics, government surplus............. .Nov...J Dust cloths, home treatment....................................Sept..,4 Editorial, each issue, beginning at page 2* Eggs, dried.......... ................ Nov...3-4 Engines, overpowered auto................................... .Sept...27 .Fabrics, renewing nap..........................................July...Ji* Fading, gas and atmospheric, of some rayons........ Oct.. .3 Fat-back, wanted by UNRRA................................Nov...2P Feed bags, print, may be discontinued.................... Aug...4 Fencing, wartime barbed wire................................... Dec...4 Film, Army surplus................................................Aug...27* Hypersensitizing process.................Sept...23-24* photographic................................... July...20-22* Food . bacon, shortage................................................... Nov...J beans, baked..................................... July...7-J* canned green and wax, unpopular.............Aug...4 beef, cooking grass-fed......................................Oct...2P candy, only limited judicious use advised... July..,2P coffee, soluble............................................ Dec...18-21 * corn muffin and other mixes, prepared at home.......................................... Oct...J decrease in nutritional values...........................Dec...4 eggs, dried.........................................................Nov...3-4 fat-back, wanted by UNRRA......................... Nov...3P CONSUMERS* RESEARCH BULLETIN DECEMBER. 1945 IS Y Month Page filet mignon, availability........................... Sept...4, 29 fruits, home-canned, change of color...............July...3 ce cream, available flavors...................... Sept...29-30 jams, preserves, jellies, and marmalades.Sept...18-21* meat, dehydrated...............................................July...3 consumption in hot weather..................... July...4 increased use expected........................... ... Oct...4 milk, in relation to acne..................................... Oct...4 raw, preferred by some.............................Aug...4 olives, canned ripe..................................... Aug...0-/0* peanut butter............................................. Oct...12-13* potatoes, being held for higher prices........ ... .Nov...4 prune paste, as a dog food.................................Nov...4 quality from the soil............................... Sept...14-17* spring-grown, affords best nourishment........ . Aug...3 sugar rationing................................................... Aug...3 Fruits, home-canned, change of color..................... July...3 Gasoline, 100-octane..............................................Dec...3/ Ou , . . Month Page mineral, misuse in food products................... Dec 4 penetrating ................................................ jJuuiyly......30 Olives, canned ripe................r.......................... Aug...0-/0* Ovenware, glass...................................................July...5-0* Peanut butter................................................... Oct...12-13* * Pencils, colored leads for, and colored..:.. .Aug...24, 31* Phonograph needles....... ............................ .Dec...22-23* Phonograph records, rated in each issue* Photographic equipment, film........................ July...16-21* Army surplus.......................................... Aug...17* hypersensitizing process...................Sept...23-24* paper.......................................................... .Oct...24* Poison, rat and mouse................................ .......... July...30 Polish, all-purpose.....................................................Oct...30 furniture, touch up............................. ............ Dec...30 Potatoes, being held for higher prices......................Nov...4 Prune paste, as a dog food.............. ....................... Nov...4 Gauge, automobile tire.................................. ....... Aug...30 Girdles, two-way stretch, availability....................Nov...20 Glasses, drinking, heat-treated............................... Nov...30 Heating, panel......... ........................................ Nov...*P-/4* Hosiery, women's silk, availability.'........................ Nov...3 nylon, quality..................................... Dec...4 treating preparations...............................Sept...13-14* Ice cream, available flavors..............................Sept...20-30 Ink, made to order and to specifications.............. Nov...24 Jams, preserves, jellies, and marmalades.. .Sept...18-21* K in equipment, "streamlining".......................Oct...4 Knife, modelling...................................................... Dec...30 Laundry, home unit stations................................... Oct...4 Lighting, fluorescent, increased use...................Dec...20-30 IVIatches, loose kitchen, potential fire hazard...............................................................July...3 Meat bacon, shortage................................................. Nov...3 beef, cooking grass-fed............................. Oct...20 consumption in hot weather............................July...4 dehydrated......................................................... July...3 fat-back, wanted byUNRRA.......................... Nov...20 filet mignon, availability........................... Sept...4, 20 increased use expected........................................Oct...4 Mildew-proofing agents.................................. July... 11-15 * Milk, in relation to acne............................................ Oct...-/ raw, preferred by some......................................Aug...4 Mixed-drinks, effects................................................ Oct...30 Mop, self-wringing................................................... Aug...30 Moth-treating product, ineffective........................Sept...30 Motion picture ratings, each issue* Motors, electric, prices for repairing............ . .Oct...30 Miipples, rubber, nursing bottle................... Sept.../0-/2* R-efrigerator design, housewives' preferences. .Dec...4, 20 Refrigerator-freezerrpost-war....................... .July...20-30 Rubber footwear, men's, women's, and children's................................................. Dec...0-/2* Shampoos, some taxable....................................... Aug...30 Shirts, sports, reclassification...................................July...3 Shoes, children's, availability.................................July...20 men's dress..................................................Sept...5-/0* scarcity.................................................................Dec...3 Sleeping pills, increased use...............................July...4, 20 Slips, women's....................................................... Nov...5-0* Soap, being stretched with builders........ Oct...3; Nov...20 Sqcks, men's.......................................................... Aug...5-8* Steel wool, aid in using................ .......................Oct...4, 20 Stop-leaks, automobile radiator and house-heating boiler.....................................Aug...18-20* Sugar rationing...........................................................Aug...3 Suits, men's........................................................Nov.../5-/7* meager supply..................................... Aug...3; Nov...3 two-pants.............................................................Nov...4 Sunburn preventives.......................................... July...9-11* Sc--wee--p--e--r-s-, c--a--r--p--e-t. .Aug...3 X eeth, effects of acids in foods on...............Aug...11-14* Tire shortage............................................................... Oct...3 Tires, condemned, sale..............................................Aug...4 Tooth decay, ammonia nitrogen, aninhibitor... .July...4 Toothpaste, Ipana....................................................Aug...3 Trace elements........................... Oct...16-24*; Nov.../3-/0* Utensils, aluminum cooking,unfair tactics.......... Sept...3 Vitamins and vitamin preparations....... Aug...4. 20-2/*; Sept...4,30; Oct...3; Dec...3 Washing powder for diapers.............................Sept...25 Water, overchlorination, possible ill effects............July...4 Wax, floor, self-polishing..........................................Dec...30 Wax paper roll holder............................................. July...3/ Windows, gadget for drying....................................Aug...30 Windowshades, cleaning........................................... July...3 CONSUMERS' RESEARCH BULLETIN DECEMBER 1945 All-Wool Blankets A. Recommended Kenwood, Famous (Kenwood Mills, F. C. Huyck & Sons, Albany, N.Y.) $14.95. Peach. 71 x in. (72 x 84 in.). 15.2 oz. per sq. yd. Wool, of fair grade, with a trace of viscose rayon and cotton. Blanket binding showed noticeable, but not objec tionable, fading in light-exposure test. Tensile strengths best of the blankets tested: of warp, 96 lb. (more than twice the minimum warp breaking strength suggested for this kind of blanket); of filling, 45 lb. (well above the minimum breaking strength for the filling yarns sug gested for this kind of blanket). Thread count, 28 x 19, relatively low, but meets 24 x 16 minimum sug gested for this kind of blanket. cr44 3 B. Intermediate American (American Woolen Co., 225 Fourth Ave., New York 3, New York; distributed by Gimbel Bros., Inc., New York City) $8.95. Blue. 74 x 84 in. (72 x 84 in.). 14.2 oz. per sq. yd. Wool, of good grade, and mohair, with a trace of cotton. Blanket showed a rather serious de gree of fading; binding faded slight ly in light-exposure test. Tensile strengths: warp, 57 lb.; filling, 39 lb. (both well above the suggested minimum requirements). Thread count, 24 x 18, lowest of blankets tested, but meets 24 x 16 minimum suggested for this kind of blanket. cr44 1 Chatham, Woolwich (Chatham IVyg. Co., Elkin, N.C.) $10.95. Blue. 71 x 83M in. (72 x 84 in.). 17.3 oz. per sq. yd. Wool, of good grade, with a trace of cotton and viscose rayon. Blanket showed a rather serious degree of fading in light-ex posure test. Tensile strengths: warp, 57 lb.; filling, 32 lb. (much too low). Thread count, 26 x 26. cr44 2 saribo, Northwood (Faribault Woolen Mill Co., Faribault, Minn.) $12.98. Blue. 72 x 89 in. (72 x 90 in.). 18.2 oz. per sq. yd. Wool, of fair to unsatisfactory grades. Tensile strengths: warp, 80 lb.; filling, 45 lb. Thread count, 28 x 20. Warmth- retaining properties, about average. Abrasion resistance, fair. Colorfast ness of blanket to light, poor; of binding, fair. Shrinkage, less than average. 2 Lady Seymour, Style 44 (Seymour