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Your Dollar By CONSUMERS UNION WORK PANTS are much better constructed than work shirts, Consumers Union found in tests of 20 brands. Only three brands were not cut to correct size; workmanship was...
...Palmolive won't keep the skin young nor will it heal most skin eruptions...
...That's the main sense of a blistering indictment of the company for misrepresenting its main products— Palmolive Soap, Palmolive Shave Cream, Colgate Dem, tal Cream and Tooth Powder, and Super Suds...
...The makers claim it will remove all odors...
...Take those Palmolive Soap claims which you've seen so frequently in women's magazines, for instance...
...In other words, each main selling point of the ads is untrue, FTC charges, and each of the many thousands of women who were influenced by these claims to buy the soap was cheated...
...Consumers Union tested work pants for strength of material, fit, construction, and shrinkage...
...In its April Reports, Consumers Union takes a look at the new products...
...Nevertheless, since there are exceptions, it pays to examine carefully before you buy...
...Here are the points to look for: Label: Check to see if it's the weight of denim you prefer (eight ounce is generally liked for light - factory work, 10 ounce for farmers and workers in heavy industry), and make sure it's pre-shrunk...
...Buttons should be riveted and buttonholes should be firmly sewn...
...Advertising for these products is "unfair and deceptive," says the FTC...
...There should be no less than eight stitches to the inch...
...C. Penney Stores...
...Belt Loops: There should be at least six, well reinforced at-the point of attachment...
...Among the best brands were the following: Oshkosh B'Gosh ($1.89) ; Pay Day (J...
...Buttons and Buttonholes: Look for at least four at the fly...
...Were You Cheated...
...Palmolive Soap is not made mainly from palm or olive oils, points out the FTC...
...1.49) ; Headlight ($2.19) ; Lee ($1.98) ; Carhartt ($1.98) ; &ig Ideal (Sears, Roebuck...
...Aer-Aid and other air filters will remove only those odors which pass through the filter—an insignificant amount unless you use a ventilating fan to draw the air into the filter...
...OD-30 is a powder from which you make a spray or rinse solution...
...Odac, sold for the same purpose, will actually destroy some odors, such as those of meat or fish, because of its formaldehyde content...
...Kitchen Deodorizers Some kitchen deodorizers are fairly effective, others not so good...
...The product does not destroy other odors...
...Palmolive won't do anything more than any other soap to give you a "lovelier skin...
...workmanship was fairly good on most brands tested...
...Here are some of its findings: " Air-Wick, sold in grocery stores to "kill kitchen odors," is worth buying only if you happen to prefer, the smell of Air-Wick to the cooking odors...
...It merely covers them with its own stronger smell...
...Seams: All seams should be sewn with two rows of stitches...
...1.15 plus postage...
...But CU found that even a long soaking in OD-30 did not deodorize a herring plate, nor did OD-30 remove tobacco odors...
...Ends of buttonholes should be bartacked...
...See "Your Money's Worth" for Feb...
...However, many people find the chemical irritating to eyes and nose...
...Reinforcements: Look for bartacks or rivets at all points of strain...
...the small amount of olive oil used in it is of a low grade, and no oil remains in the soap anyway...
...The Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company, manufacturer of Palmolive Soap, puts out ads that are "false and misleading," the Federal Trade Commission charges...
Vol. 8 • May 1944 • No. 18
