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TEACHER MAKES WOMEN WEEP SO THEY'LL LEARN GAS DRILLNORFOLK. Va., Feb. 26.—’T —Messrs. Tavlor. Gable, Boyer and Flynn, experts in the gentle art oftear-jerkmg, have a competitor in Ensicn V. Taliaferro Boatwright. Jr.. U. S. N. R . who has made athousand women cry.Ensign Boatwright, in charge of gas mask instruction for women at the Norfolk naval operating base, has just completed a series of lec-Vr •lures and demonstrations designed to teach the rudiments of defense against gases. A thorough drill-master. he asked his pupils to go through the ga* chamber to get the most out of the demonstrations—hence the tears.These tears may stand the women in gocd stead, for the navy has found through years of teaching recruits that a dose of tear gas makes evervbodv grab a mask when the time comes. About 90 percent of the women who have undergone instruction here have gone willingly through the gas chamber—an adventure that left them crying butotherwise unharmed.The training, consisting of a lecture. fitting of gas masks and a test in the gas chamber, approximates the training given navy recruits. The women have learned the ways of detecting the various gases that might be used in modern warfare and methods of treatment advised as first aid measures for persons who have been exposed.Gas masks used in the drills here are of the new civilian type developed recently for protection against mass gassing of the population. Made in a universal size to fit all faces, they are much lighter and simpler than service masks. However, they deoend on the same general type of filter unit and exhaust valve to protect the wearer.Residents of Norfolk may ne\er be forced to don gas masks, but if they should have to, there will be at least 1.000 women who can teach them what to do.
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Thu, Feb 26, 1942
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