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Show punciusE of cunv. FOR WAVYIS STOPPED Discovery of Impurities in Supplies Responsible for Action of Department. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Discovery of impurities in candy supplied to canteens of navy ships today caused the issuance of an order suspending the sale of candy to the men and also the purchase of additional ad-ditional supplies, pending investigation. Navy department officials were careful not to say what the "impurities" were, but the announcement of thf nrrlptr im mediately caused a recurrence of the re-I re-I port that powdered glass had been discovered. discov-ered. There was no confirmation for this, however, and no cases of sickness from eating the candy have been reported. It was merely stated that "impurities" had been discovered in candy sold to the officers and men and that while chemical investigation was determining what the foreign substances were, no more of the stuff would be sold and no more would be bought for the supply. So far as is known this is the first official of-ficial action of its kind on a great crop of reports of food poisoning by enemy plotters, which have ranged from breakfast break-fast foods to canned goods and now finally final-ly to candy. |