YOUR MONEY'S WORTH

...it sells for $3.79...

...good" would become "choice...

...If you are in the market for new knives, paring or carving, the Robeson frozen-heat knives guaranteed to stay sharp for three years are highly recommended...

...A second free pamphlet, which may be too late to help many vacationers this year but is a fine guide to have around for the future, is Touring Services for Motorists Of~ fered by Gasoline and Oil Companies, which lists the companies ' offering free maps, trip routing, and road information...

...Topping off the reports is the story of the St...

...Take the gloves off carefully and stretch before drying . . . James Rorty has some interesting comments on his experience as a protagonist for bread made of unbleached*flour in the July 1 issue of The New Leader . . . The belief that one kind of sugar makes jelly "jell" better is just an old wives' tale, according to the Department of Agriculture...

...Living Costs More In the last few months the cost of living has spurted upward again, primarily in food...

...The liquid also can be sprayed on clothing or netting...

...Installment credit, of which automobile debts are nearly one-third, is more than 11 Yi billion dollars . . . Potential car buyers will find reports on the 1950 cars in the May and July issues of Consumer Reports and the July Consumers' Research Bulletin...

...The used car market is up...

...Ranchers protested in Chicago that moving up the grades would be a fraud on the beef-eating public...

...the exhibit is sponsored jointly by the Mart and the Museum of Modern Art of New York . . . Washable gloves retain their shape and come out cleaner when washed on the hands...

...Notes One of the best buys in inexpensive, attractive, and durable glassware are the green Libby Safe-Edge glasses available in tumbler and orange juice sizes at many five-and-tens . . . The farmer's share of the food dollar is now 48 cents, compared to 40-42 cents in the 1920s, 32 cents during the depression, and 50 cents during the war . . . Consumer credit continues to rise and is now at an all-time peak...

...sale and manufacture of yellow oleo is still prohibited in 15 states...

...As recommended by the packing industry, the new labeling system would combine current "choice" and "prime" labels under "prime...

...Laboratory tests, he says, show that the product takes only eight minutes to apply and 12 minutes to polish, preserving paint and maintaining a new car look...

...Avoid hot water or soap until the stains are gone...

...One is Jellies and jams, a new 22-page mimeographed report available from the Extension Service, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Prepared by Cornell's college of home economics, it is a reliable and up-to-date guide to better preserves...

...The New Oleo Law Skim milk and dry milk help cut the food budget and so does oleomargarine, on which the new legislation went into effect July 1. Butter and oleo, to this old diehard, are not to be compared for table use, but there is no denying the price difference of about 40 cents a pound...

...The consumer agencies differ most in their judgment on the Powerglide Chevrolet .. . Remember that the first tomatoes, if you have enough after table consumption, are the best for canning...

...Not much consumer protection there...

...Retail meat prices have jumped most...

...This is available from the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior, Washington 25, D. C, and the Park Service will also send, you free a list of national forests and parks...

...Passing Eye" (priced at about $3.40) consists of two round mirrors which face each other at a slight angle...

...On the basis of these tests, we might as well save the money spent for antihistamines unless a doctor recommends them for individual allergy cases...

...J. D. Ratcliffe, who wrote the Digest article, says that after talking to 100 people in San Diego and Miami he was convinced that Car Plate was "the easiest-to-use car polish they had ever tried...

...Cane and beet sugar are equally good for preserving or cooking . . . Eggs stay fresh longer when stored in the refrigerator with the broad end up...

...However, this may challenge advertising copy-writers to new ways of saying the same old thing, for the antihistamine makers are free to say that their products will relieve, check, and in many cases stop the symptoms or manifestations of the common cold...

...Stains from cherries, peaches, plums, pears, soft drinks, and mustard are most easily removed by quick sponging with cold water...

...Meanwhile, Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan and other food officials discount jittery fears of a food shortage as "silly...

...Car Plate, an S. C. Johnson automobile wax, sells for $1 a can, enough for two cars...

...A number of communities have reported that all the cars on dealers' floors, regardless of model or price, are grabbed as soon as they're available...

...The Food and Drug Administration's first spot check in 16 cities revealed that 10% of restaurants were not telling customers they were serving margarine...

...Kriptin (Whitehall Pharmacal Co...

...agree to stop advertising that their pills will cure or stop common colds...

...A standard paring knife costs 85 cents, and there is a slim 4-inch general purpose knife, fine for slicing tomatoes and cucumbers, for $1...

...Under the settlement worked out, the makers of Resistab (Bristol-Myers Co...

...A new shower head called "Act-O-Matic" cleans itself automatically...

...With the last war so close behind us, it seems a bit incredible that some consumers don't, or don't want to, remember what we learned the hard way: that greedy snatching and hoarding help no one, not even, in the long run, Number One...

...Encouraging to consumers are the first hearings of the Department of Agriculture in Chicago on the proposed changes in the Government's beef grading labels...

...The July issue of Consumer Reports offers impressive evidence, in a summary of tests made at Western Reserve, West Point, Cornell, and Minnesota, indicating that the antihistamine pills do not prevent nor cure colds and are still "unknowns" in their effects...

...There have been a good many lifted eyebrows over the unqualified recommendation of a commercial product in the June Reader's Digest ("A 20-Minute Car Wash...

...the three are available from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. While we're on pamphlets, two others should be mentioned...

...Why be fools again...

...and "commercial" would be split into two grades...

...Don't stock up...

...It won't work...

...Under the new law, the 10-cent-a-pound tax on colored oleo and the quarter-cent tax on white oleo are removed in 33 states...

...Most cooks and food lovers will continue to prefer, and buy, butter if the price is not too much higher than oleo...

...Seasonal shortage, demand, and the Korean war are factors in the meat price hike, and consumers can make the best of a bad situation by concentrating on what relatively good buys there are, like turkey, chicken, and dairy products...

...When the water is turned off after a shower, a disc turns upward, opening a free waterway through which the shower head can drain, washing out water-borne substances that tend to clog the mechanism...

...Compromise on Antihistamines Compromise is the order of the day on relations between the Federal Trade Commission and the manufacturers of the antihistamine cold cures...

...It the stains remain, rub with glycerine or a soapless shampoo...

...This is chrome-plated, has a ball joint and volume control, and retails for about $5 (Sloan Valve Co., 4300 W. Lake St., Chicago 24, 111...

...A hot summer sun is a wonderful bleach for white clothes, but it can set and darken stains not removed before laundering...

...Louis woman who drove a new Ford off a dealer's floor to pick up 500 pounds of soap powder to hoard in her basement...

...Let's buy what we need and no more...

...Two new mirrors for motorists merit attention...

...Oleo" must be prominently labeled in the grocery store, and restaurants are required to serve it in triangular pats or otherwise clearly identify it as margarine...

...With the outbreak of war in Korea, evidence is all too obviously and unpleasantly reminiscent of the last time...

...A new screw driver has a built-in flashlight, to throw a bright light on the work surface...

...The Food and Drug Administration is still being lambasted by some critics for its approval of across-the-counter sales...

...The light is operated by a handle knob which doesn't interfere with manipulating the tool...

...It won't be long, I suspect, before even more laxness sets in...

...During the first week in July the wholesale food price index made its steepest jump in nearly two years...

...Daily papers around the country are reporting local runs on staples and luxuries alike...

...and Antamine (Grove Laboratories, Inc...

...Mounted outside the driver's window, the larger mirror faces forward, the smaller one faces the rear...

...Ana-hist (Anahist Co...

...In the FTC's words, the companies are free to advertise on their own responsibility "where the effect of these drugs on the symptoms or manifestations of a cold are still in doubt...

...Summer is a fairly easy time to hold back on expensive steaks, chops, and roasts and to make do with hamburger, frankfurters, and fish...

...It is Peally effective in repelling flies and mosquitoes (I can testify on them, and the product also claims to protect you from chiggers, gnats, and fleas...

...Pertinent Pamphlets As reminders of helpful Government pamphlets, this month's recommendations include Sunburn and Suntan (FS2150:1) and Trichinosis (FS 2.50:47), five cents each, and Good Posture in the Little Child (FS3.209:219), 10 cents...

...This is made in three standard sizes, has a chrome steel blade, and costs about $1.80 (Vaco Products, 317 E. Ontario St., Chicago II, III...

...The old advice of "two hours from plant to can" makes nutritional sense . . . Anyone interested in modern furniture of good design will enjoy the exhibit on the 11th floor of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago...

...Perhaps appeals to reason won't help us at all, but appeals to self-preservation may...

...A gentle swipe with a brush will clean the dirtiest areas, and a detergent makes rinsing easier...

...The rush is on to buy up flour, sugar, nylon hosiery, coffee, tires, and cars, among other things...

...For August vacationers and gardeners: one of the best of the insect repellents is Six-Twelve (2 ounces for 49 cents) which is easy to apply on the skin, has no odor, contains no oil nor grease, and does not harm clothing nor watch straps...

...Inhiston (Union Pharmaceutical Co...

...the rush will only send prices up and make it tougher for everyone, including the hoarder, to buy what he needs when he needs it...

...The gadget claims to reflect a broad view ahead, enabling a driver to pass safely . . . "Wydvue" mirror gives a broad enough view for the driver to see cars approaching on the right as well as the left side...

...After testing the antihistamine drugs for treatment of the common cold among 1,964 persons, the Navy has just reported the results "ineffective...

...She told the dealer, "I'm not going to be caught this time...

...Despite the scare gossip about industries turning to war production, industry spokesmen insist there are no potential shortages—if we keep our heads...