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Now that the heated discussion on five-
and ten-cent candy bar-ing has been
thoroughly aired, let us turn to another
subject which has occupied top billing in
the Argumentive League for years and on
which new light-both pro and con-has
just been shed.
Is candy a threat to dental health? The
Council on Candy of the National Confec-
tioners' Association has been conducting a
national educational campaign, pointing out
documentively, authoritatively and perti-
nently that candy, eaten in moderation, is
not a detriment to sound teeth:
Comes now a barb shafted by Dr. Lon
W. Morrey, an official of the American
Dental Association, who asserts that if
sugar rations are increased-with propor-
tionate increased consumption of candy,
soft drinks, etc.-a "definite threat to the
maintenance of sound dental health" will
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untering Dr. Morrey's statement is one
Joseph F. Volker, professor of
clinical dentistry at Tufts Medical College,
who traces poor teeth in youngsters to
mothers-not \1:0 candy. Says he: "If the
mother and father are caries (tooth decay)
susceptible, dte offspring is likewise. If
they are immune, the children are i.mmune.
However, in those instances where the
father is sUsct'ptible and the mother is
immune, the <;\1ildren are immune. Con-
versely, when the father is immune and the
mother susceptihle, the children are sus-
ceptible."
Taking the cC'ntroversy out of the labora-
tory and routiJg it into the pathways of
life, we note with interest an incident
recently occurr;ng in Bloomfield, N. J.,
whereby a physic:'1n's prescription of candy
helped a 14-month-olti .baby girl walk and
regain its health. At fist, doctors believed
she had a serious communicable disease.
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Further examination, however, brought
forth the diagnosis of idopathic hypogly-
cemia (sugar deficiency in the blood).
Plenty of candy on orders of the medico
returned the child to perfect health.
The proof of the pudding is in the sales
volume. In November 1946 the candy in-
dustry reached a new high in gross, $63,-
188,000. Maybe the consuming public knows
what's best for them-even if certain mem-
bers of the medical profession do not.
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The concerted drive by the nation's prin-
cipal sugar users for decreased shipments
Meet Don McLaughlin, handsome sta r
of "David Harding. COUNTERSPY" . ..
the sensa tiona l radio program presented every
Sunday t;tfternoon at 5 :30 p, m. EST. over 200 stations of the ABC network.
by Schutiei Gandy Compa ny, A favorite of millions. this entertaining pro-
gram sells Sc~utter's two famous ca ndy bars: OLD NICK and BIT-O-HONEY.
Listen to "ry'v:vid Ha rding. COUNTERSPY" next Sunday a fternoon and you
will understand why e very w eek sees new thousands a sking for these
OLD NICK a nd BIT-O-HONEY candy bars.
to foreign countries and increased domestic
allotments was flared high with inflammable
fuel by a happening in Pittsburgh. One of
the candy manufacturers there, who had
lost thousands of dollars in sales because
of short sugar quotas, received a letter from
Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish firm
offered to sell him confections made in
Denmark from American sugar. This is
remindful of pre-war days when the U. S. '
shipped scrap metal to Japan, only to have
their cargo boomerang in the form of deadly
missiles. Whether you say it with sweets or
with bullets, there is nothing fair about
sugar quotas or war.
Chew Chew Ch' Gooie-Servicemen, those
lucky folks who received gum unlimited,
are one of the reasons for the current heavy
demand for the product. During the war,
per capita consumption was 630 sticks
yearly-which was more than six times the
civilian pre-battle chewage of 104 pieces
per capita .••• Plans for the South's first
chewing gum factory are well under way.
Manufacturer is Thomas-Wiener Co. of
Memphis. A new building has been pur-
chased and $100,000 worth of equipment
installed. Production has commenced on
Super Bubble Gum . .•• Bubble gum is a
profit item for venders, a source of delight
to youngsters-but a troublesome headache
to manufacturers who can't catch up with
demand. The Shelby Gum Co. of Ohio are
faced with a problem: In every morning's
mail countless letters are received from
young people, enclosing coins and even
dollar bills for the purchase of this popular
but scarce commodity. All coins are re-
"turned with .brief notes. One letter, with a
two-penny enclosure, was received .from a
New York school girl who said' she pur-
chased her last piece of bubble gum
second-hand from a friend. Shelby manu-
factltres E-Z Blo Gum, Blow Gum, and
Blo Bubble Gum.
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