Sugar House Bulletin | 1941-12-05 | Page 5 | Wool Inedible for Moths, Science's New Discovery

Wool Inedible for Moths, Science's New Discovery WASHINGTON. Science held out hope to the housewife and others of making woolen articles safe from moths and heavy-handed laun-1 laun-1 dresses. The bureau of standards and Tex-j Tex-j tile foundation announced discov-ery discov-ery of a chemical treatment which ' shows promise of "making wool less edible for moths, less sensitive to alkaline factors in soap and less likely to shrink. Industrial trials will be given the process before a final decision on ; its worth.