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143Girl Tests New Equipmentiby'My, what a funny new nose,” observes little Barbara Collins ns she squeezes her face into a civilian gas mask with the help of Fire lieutenant William A. IJmh. Her brother* Mickey Collins, watches from behind his mask-]nscshea-liftrsF.onnca-46o?agheedofintil,11-ih.ofhe0-iad-y-onidn,n-•3.lieinP“igeelinti'ahet»yEinItinhe£hidOCD Provides Training Course to Combat GasnIf enemy planes should strike at Salt Lake City in the near future with poison gases, their attack would not immobilize then,2dit,li-10»P!X•y»y«dbaiiS0StctlitVti1*svp-sio:irs;struction courses and also will give demonstrations at various public gatherings throughout the city.Remainder of the masks will be allocated to C D C leaders and public utilities officials who will be required to keep them in good condition. No masks will be distributed, however, until special courses on their use and care have been completed.Gaa Raids DoubtfulThe masks, made by a famous manufacturer whose name is a byword to every housewife, arc compactly fitted into a canvas bag which may be worn from the shoulder.When fitted, a mask gives the wearer the appearance of an ant-eater, because of the long cannister which acts as an air filter.city's protective services.With the arrival Monday of 3554 noncombatent type gas masks, the Salt Lake City citizens’ defense corps as well as public utilities operating in the city was in possession of a variety of equipment for combating air raids. Fire fighting apparatus and other equipment valued at 5-10.000 was received from the government two weeks ego.The gas masks. Of a standard type issued by the office of civilian defense, are government property and are the first of 15,000 to be loaned to Salt Lake City for issuance to all members of the citizens' defense corps and all essential employes of public utilities.commander of the corps, said the shipment received Monday contained 345 large masks and 2660 mcdlum-sizo masks for adults ns well as 3' 15 masks for children.The assortment of sizes wns sent, he explained. because training of citizens' defense enrps members and nil others interested will be undertaken with the masks in the shipment.Forty large, SO medium and -iO children's masks will he allocated immedintcly to special C D C crews who will conduct training sessionsFirst Shipment lie re Captain T. F. Collins,at regular civilian defense inIn Utah to review Iho state’s industrial expansion under the impetus of war and to Address executives of the Utah organization of the Purchasing Agents’ Association of America, Roy Ha-bcrker of Winston-Salem. N. C., national president, arrived in Suit Lake City Monday night.His address to the Utah association executives will be made at a dinner meeting Wednesday in the Hotel Utah. Meanwhile, he will be escorted on scenic and Industrial tours of the Salt Lakearea Tuesday, viewing the Alta winter sports arcu, the pit at Bingham and local industrial developments. He will be guest of honor Tuesday from 3 to 10 p. m.at an open house reception in the Hotel Utah for association members and their wives.Preceding the dinner meeting Wednesday at which C. C. Pin-gree, state president, will preside, Mr. Haberkern will visit the capi-tol and other points .of interest in the city.The: cannister has a. rubber inlet valve on the bottom, which permits air to puss in. Outlet valves for exhaled air are at each side.Although Salt Lake City's inland location makes it doubtful that need for masks ever will arise here, Captain Collins said masks for issuance to the general public are available from the OCD whenever the need arises.PAA OfficialSpeaks Hereictorv Dates For EveryoneApril .13fund drive continues, with Utah’s quota set, at $50,000,000.1r*
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Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

Tue, Apr 13, 1943

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