Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-11
"GR0UNO GLASS" IS
CALLED ACCIDENT
Local Investigator state, tie Cannot
Nub-tantiatC ltumur~ uf m-
turN hN STUFF
FIND SAND IN SOME CASES
EairChd Covered with Nmnll rchhlc-
found IN several Instances; Public
tnrcaSouahly scared.

In an effort to run to ruth thr
many stories OF alleged injury ruw
what is said 10 hc rruuud glass
found In bread. as well pa 100 other
foodstuffs In this cit,. G. o. luh.
man manager 81 q local baking CON.
corn and president % tho Master
bakers association of oklahoma. has
spent the last two Gays lu % per.
sOnRl investigation
Mir Iahman In Chivago. on March
%, was appointed chairman uf The
Uakers Service committee, tu acct Iu
conjunction with tho food admins.
traitor for the state OF pklnhuwh
In reference tu the oHsus uf ul
legged ground glass In bread Uu0
other food served In restaurants, Nj
lahmnn states that II is his belief
that Is very little. n any touuda-
ton for the many reports circulated.
Not Certain OF origin
Going into detail Mir IAhmtu sBN-
that the case of glass being found
in bread IN a restaurant uu North
Main street does not luol, uE bad ms
It was at first thought 10 would
The lady who reported having swHI
lowed the glass, according fo Mr.
lahman, did not notice II uuul three
or four hours after shc had eaten
the meal Then her throat became
irritated and the next morning a
piece OF glass one-half an inch long
and about ono-eighth OF an n0h Ia
diameter. perfectly cylindrical In
shape, was taken from his wind
81. Ia. a.
IN not entirely certain, said MIR. IRh-
man. az to exactly when and whore
she DOT the glass.
Another case Of alleged glass was
reported To MIR. IahmRu which he
Investigated Tuesday, II was whore
man had purchased loaf OF bread
at n grocery store and found there
ing small pebble possibly one-siA-
tenth OF an inch in diameter. The
pebble closely resembled glass, and
Mr.. Lahman gives II az his opinion
that II was simply an accident, for
a thorough search OF the loaf In
which the pebble WAS found failed
10 reveal any other foreign sub
stance.
Sand IN Tomatoes.
Last week Il will he renem bered,
there was ease whore "a can OF
tomatoes was thought TO be fun ut
ground glass This can was turned
in at the police station and from
there went to United states Deputy
Federal Attorney Whalen, who In
turn handed 1t TO Or. MRngan, the
city chemist. Analysis. according 10
tho written report OF Dr, Mangan,
proved that the can contained Il
large qauantity OF fine sand which
had .pFabably gotten there during
the process OF canning.
Mr.. Lahman reports investigating
also the reported case of a loaf OF
bread which WAS thought 10 he COW
cred all over the bottom with glass.
The glass turned out 10 be sand
which evidently was In the pan when
| the loaf was nut into H.
Mr.. IAhman states that he has
spent the past two days running
down every possible rumor that he
could hear. and that, so far, he has
failed To find anything that would
Justify him In thinking any ono WAS
putting glass In bread. II these has
been any found. he saws. II has been
In such large sized pieces that u
person would detect IL In the act OF
swallowing II, or would find II be
fore II was swgllowed. This, he
thinks, could not be the work OF
alien enemies. because II II too crude
and ls. more than likely. an acclden-
tai occurrence.
The substitutes being used bv the
bakers. Mr.. Iahman says. are de
signed not only to save wheat flour,
but also TO save on the sugar sup
ply OF the country The govern
ment limits the proportion OF sugar
that can be used to the barrel Of
flour, ard methods now being used
under government supervision are
such that the vorv act Of baking
creates sugar inside the loaf This,
he thinks. accounts In. very Ernt
measure for the appearance OF fine
granules that resemble minute par
tlcles OF glass.