The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-01-10
Federal TRADE
COMM. ORDERS
and COMPLAINTS

Prime Hat Company, Inc, 81 East
Houston ST., New York, and Vincent
Gerbino, Samuel Scifo, Vito Digreg
orio and John Scifo, individually and
as officers of the corporation, have
been ordered by the federal trade com
mission to cease and desist from mis-
representation in the sale and distri-
button of hats made from secondhand
materials.
In the conduct of their business,
the commission finds, the respondents
buy old, worn and used felt hats,
which are then cleaned, steamed,
ironed and shaped, and fitted with
new trimmings, sweat bands and
labels The hats are then sold to
jobbers and wholesale dealers, the
findings continue, and they resell
to the public without disclosing the
fact that the hats are manufactured
from felts previously worn, and are
not new hats.
The Herman Nelson Corporation,
Moline, ILL.,, manufacturer of ventilat-
ing equipment, has been served by
the federal trade commission with a
complaint charging misrepresentation
in the sale and distribution of it's
product
In advertising in periodicals, cata-
logs and other printed matter, the
complaint alleges, the respondent des-
ignates and refers to it's equipment
as "air conditioning" and represents
that it will air-condition school build
ings and other buildings in which it
may be installed.
Fred c. Malta, trading as Premier
Color Works and as Malta and Bri-
CAN'T Company, 1872 Pearl St., New
York, has been ordered by the fed
eral trade commission to cease and
desist from Misrepresentation in con-
nection with the sale and distribution
OF a line of effervescent and laxative
products designated ave Maria"
ave Maria Effervescent Preparation"
and ave Maria Laxative Preparation"
The commission finds that the re-
spondent Malta is engaged in the
and sale of the products,
and that on cartons and containers
in which they are packed, are printed
statements among which are: "
Made in U. S. A. from a highly rec
formula of DIR. Arnaldo
Piutti, director of the Pharmaceutical
Institute of Reggie Universita' di
Napoli' (Italy)," and Highest awards
in the Hygienic divisions of Interna-
Lional Expositions.
The commission finds that the re-
spondent Matthias products are not
made from formulas recommended by
Arnaldo Piutti, and that the medals
and decorations depicted on the con-
-ainers and cartons are not reproduc-
ions of decorations awarded the pro-
lucts at expositions, and that the pro-
lucts have not been awarded any |
medals or other prizes at international |
The federal trade commission has |
ssued orders in two cases requiring !
New York corporations to discontinue
representations in connec- |
ion with the fiber content of fabrics y
" garments sold.
Respondents in one of these cases
ire A. Schottland Inc, 1441 Broad
way, and Valmor Undergarment Com
'any, Inc, 149 Madison Ave-, and in
he other case, Gimbel Brothers, Inc,
and BIRD st.
A. Schottland, Inc, manufactures
abrics at it's factories in Rocky
iount, N c., and Manuel, N. Y while
valmor Undergarment Company, Inc,
women's undergarments /,
nd allied products. The Schottland
was found to have sup
lied customers with tags and labels
the words pure Dye" and
Crepe" in prominent type and the
Tords DUPONT Rayon and Silk in
mailer type, so that purchasers and .
manufacturers were given !
lie impression that the products so :
were silk, when in fact
ley were composed entirely of rayon =
Findings are that Valmor Undergar-
ent Company, Inc, purchased GER +
in fabrics from the Schottiand cor !,
,ration and used the tags and labels I,
Finished by Schottland and also dis 4
ay folders to designate its finished ! /,
ldergarment and allied products as
TX, when they were not composed
silk. O