NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1942)

portunity to show cause why cease and desist orders should not be issued against them. Aniogen Co., 147 North St., San Antonio, Tex., engaged in the advertising and sale of a medicinal preparation designated “Amogen Tablets,” is charged in a complaint with false advertising and misrepresentation. (4836) George & Thomas Cone Co., manufacturer of ice cream cones, Sharon, Pa., is charged in a complaint with use of lottery methods in the sale of his products. (4837) Glover & Wilson, Little Rock, Ark., engaged as brokers in the sale of food products, are charged in a complaint with violation of the brokerage section of the Robinson-Patman Act. (4S3S) J. T. Jarrell Company — A supplemental complaint has been issued charging violation of the brokerage section of the Robin¬ son-Patman Act against Jim S. Porter, trading as J. T. Jarrell Co., Little Rock, Ark. Subsequent to the issuance of the original complaint against J. T. Jarrell Co., a corporation, the corporation was dissolved and its vice president and principal stockholder, Jim S. Porter, continued to operate the business of J. T. Jarrell Co., in the same manner and form as when it was a corporation. (4547) Mono Service Co., 349 Oraton St., Newark, N. J., engaged in the manufacture of paper cups for the packing of ice cream, is charged in a complaint with supplying others with the means of conducting lotteries in connection with the sale of its products and ice cream. (4834) CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS The Commission issued the following cease and desist orders last week: Baer Laboratories, Inc., 30 East 20th St., New York, en¬ gaged in the preparation, sale and distribution of a medical preparation designated ‘‘Sulfuraid-21,” has been ordered to cease and desist from misrepresentations concerning the product. (4686) Maurice J. Engel, 146 West 29th St., New York, has been ordered to cease and desist from misrepresentation in the sale of knife blades used by the fur industry. (4490) Norfolk Mattress Co., Inc., Norfolk, Va., manufacturer and distributor of mattresses, pillows, bedsprings, and studio couches, which it brands or labels “Dr. Ezera Storm” or “Dr. Ezera Storm’s,” has been ordered to cease and desist from misrepre¬ sentation in the sale of its products. (4488) STIPULATIONS During the past week the Commission has announced the fol¬ lowing stipulations: General Automotive Specialty Co., Inc., Long Island City, N. Y., engaged in the sale and distribution of switches for use in connection with electrical devices or equipment, has stipulated that it will cease and desist from use of the words “bakelite base” as a designation for or as descriptive of any switch not equipped or provided with a bakelite base, and from use of the word “bakelite,” either alone or in connection with any other words, to describe any part of an electrical switch not composed of bake¬ lite. (3526) Felix Girard Co., Inc., 2013 Fourth Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn., engaged in the manufacture of insecticides and a rat and mouse poison designated “Red Cross Rat and Mouse Embalmer,” has stipulated in connection with the sale and distribution of its products, to cease and desist from use of the word “Embalmer” or words of like meaning as descriptive of a product which, when fed to rats or mice, will not embalm their bodies, that is, preserve such bodies and prevent their decay ; representing by statements such as “World’s Leading Rodenticide” that their products lead all other rat and mouse poison throughout the world either in volume of sales or merit; use of the statement “Each pound of the Embalmer is guaranteed to clear 5,000 square feet of infested floor space,” or any other statement or representation to the effect that it can be depended upon to destroy or eradicate all rats or mice in or from buildings or the floors or walls thereof ; use of the word “Guaranteed” or any words of similar m.eaning in con¬ nection with the advertising or sale of its product, unless, w'henever used, clear and unequivocal disclosure be made in direct connection therewith, of exactly what is offered by way of se¬ curity; use of any guaranty unless strict and complete perform¬ ance be made therewith ; and use of any unwarranted statement or representation having the capacity or tendency to disparage or discredit competitors. (3530) Edwin F. N’ivkol, Inc., Versailles, Ohio, engaged in the sale and distribution of monuments and grave vaults, including rein¬ forced concrete vaults supplemented with cither marble or granite covers, has stipulated to discontinue use of any statement or representation, the effect of which tends or may tend to convey the belief that its burial vaults or memorials are everlasting or will endure forever; or that the carvings on such memorials will forever withstand the ravages of time and water. (3529) Puritan Knitting 3Iills Corp., Altoona, Pa., engaged in the manufacture of sportswear, including sweaters, has stipulated in connection with the sale and distribution of its products, to cease using the words “Shetlana” or “Shetlanas” or; any other word or term connoting “Shetland,’ either alone or in conjunction with other words, to describe any yarn, garment, or fabric which is not the wool of, or made from the wool of, Shetland sheep grown on the Shetland Islands or the contiguous mainland of Scotland. (3527) Savoy Luggage Sliop, Savoy Luggage Manufacturing Co., and Savoy Trunk & Leather Goods Manufacturing Co., 60 East 59th Street, New York, engaged in the sale and distribution of luggage and other merchandise, has stipulated to cease and desist from representing as the customary or regular retail prices of his merchandise prices which in fact are fictitious and in excess of the prices at which such merchandise is regularly sold at retail, or using fictitious price labels or markings on his merchandise or on the packaging thereof ; representing directly or inferentially that the prices at which he offers for sale or sells his merchandise constitute a discount to purchasers when, in fact, they are the usual and customary prices at which he sells his merchandise; describing or representing his business as a wholesale business or representing that the prices at which; he sells his' merchandise are wholesale prices; using or disseminating any so-called discount cards or similar devices purporting to enable the holder to receive a discount or other financial advantage in the purchase of mer¬ chandise when the holder does not receive a discount, deduction, or other material financial or trade advantage based upon the actual prices at which the merchandise is usually sold ; using the word “manufacturing” or any word or words of like meaning as part of his trade name, and using such words in any manner to convey the belief that he actually owns, operates or controls the factory or factories' in which the merchandise sold by him is made or manufactured. (3531) Spiegel, Inc., 1061 West 35th St., Chicago, engaged in the sale and distribution of merchandise, including women’s coats, has entered into a stipulation in which it agrees to cease and desist from use of the term “Fur Fabric” as descriptive of garments manufactured from fabrics composed of fibers other than fur; and from the use of the word “Fur” or any fur-connoting word, either alone or in connection with the vzord “fabric,” so as to convey thd belief that such garments are made or manufactured from the fur of fur-bearing animals or from a fabric made of fur; and from advertising, selling, or distributing garments com¬ posed of fibers other than fur under any representations or con¬ ditions of deceptive concealment whereby purchasers or the con¬ suming public may be misled into buying such garments in the belief that they are composed of fur. (3528) September 25, 1942 — 575