Luggage types tested by Bureau of Standards reveal damage risks
Consumer Reports notes a National Bureau of Standards study on hand baggage. The tests, including a 12 000 mile rail trip, found common damage from broken handles and hardware, frame separation, and punctures. Larger bags broke more often. cheap handles lasted longer. Vulcanized fireboard bags score high in tests. plastic covered bags cost more.
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Consumer Reports
National Bureau of Standards
Spring cleaning tips to protect fabrics from moths
The article urges quick action this spring to prevent moth damage. It covers sorting laundry by fabric type, separating woolen pieces for laundering or dry cleaning, and sealing clean items in airtight containers. It warns against moth balls and suggests using newspaper wrapping or approved fumigants as precautions.
Moth Prevention and Home Fabric Protection Tips
A guide on interior moth prevention methods including closet sealing, garment bags, and fabric treatments. It covers storage practices, factory wool mothproofing potential, fluorine home sprays, and DDT spray considerations, with emphasis on thorough saturation and safety for human exposure.
Formica News Unemployment Committee Sets Up
UE locals form an unemployment committee chaired by Laurence Williams with Local 757. Wage talks continue as probationary Formica workers are laid off. Carl Flack returns from illness while Jake Slavik is hospitalized for observation. Anglea Listerman to marry this month and Darrell Wiseman sets May 14 for his wedding.
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Laurence Williams
Local 757
Formica
Louis Torre
Carl Flack
Press
Jake Slavik
Veneer
Christ Hospital
Jake
William Moore
Dan Cupid
Angela Listerman
Standards Department
Angie
Darrell Wiseman
Breaker Arm Department
Frank Stroshiem
Laboratory
Good Samaritan Hospital
Art Ruff
Ruff
Geneva Powell
Art
Geneva
Amateur boxing blamed for talent slump in sock market intrigue
Column rails at amateur boxing as a racket, tracing back to bootleg shows 25 years ago and a drive for newspaper circulation via the Golden Gloves. Also notes Cincinnati All-Star Bowling Team victory at an Inter-City meet in Indianapolis with 18 teams competing. Josie Bonnilla joins Miami Beach Good Neighbor Tennis matches for a title win.
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Gene Tunney
Amacho
Boxing
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Bros. Mollaun
Schnur
Ziegler
Steinman
Horan
Josie Bonnilla
Cuba
Miami Beach
Federated Pictures
Soup spill fixes for a penthouse resident in Bridgeport
A reader asks how to handle repeated soup spills in a penthouse. The peculiar answer suggests piercing the floor to let the mess fall to the level below and implies the downstairs resident should clean it up, reflecting a quirk of the era’s humor.
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Bridgeport
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CIO
Co ‘Ooper
Mill Street Lockland
Sports
Chicago Tribune
New York Daily News
Golden Gloves
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Amalgamated
Fanger & Rampe, Inc
Pearl G Broadway
5. Pollack
Dentist Associates
Stephan, Schantz
Skrotnik
Myers, Sullivan
Vine Street
Palace Hotel
DR. Pollack
WKRC
WCKY
Xogeke
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