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AY1st-Defen establl fstratlcatedGAS CHAMBER TEST £!“OEFENSE GROUP GETS25 Women Take Part With Air Raid Wardensfarm of the blank* office Dur stated hired from yearlongci wit tlhoutDriver** Corps Will Take Part in unskl!for ttDrill With Slate GuardUnitto lac part I may 1 progr NoUnder conditions simulating as v5h?c itary nearly as pouible those of an 0f th May actual gaa attack,-60 Civilian Dc* coniand tense air raid wardens and mem- XVork ailed bers of the Red Cross ambulance from inccd corps and ClvlJan Defense women are c vens, drivers' corps were put Utrough Ha time the gaa chamber at Aquidneck p0tflt Tor- Hut last Thursday night by an In- thim n or-'structor, Fireman George Butler. coimi Ser-:Tear gas was used/ - It was the item id 37 first time that some of the ward- see(j JlRce-, ens had.worn a gas mask while CUSS£I wearing a helmet. The Instructor 5354iport- said this makes a great deal of piani0 the difference. ato }local The women stood up equally as Wom ine/i well as the men, he said, and some to bf•ingle 0f the lied Cross women who had jt\ c w*, to go out of the chamber to re-ionth,; adjust their masks when the tear youi 'K G*. gas began to seep through, came ||vfn mar‘ right hack to finish the test. The aVali 3 cx_. women were not in the least pen* sum- frightened, he said. Some of the by 3 ior wardens also had to have their 5pcc1 , masks re adjusted, I £lt;ca for j Mrs. Reginald Norman, vice 0[jjxlt;J,r- chairman of Newport Chapter, IoCa;h the K€d (jrC3a Mi85 Augusta McCagg. eceive captain ff the Red Cross motor ° noJ corps, and lieutenant Margaret .ce of Hathaway of the.women drivers’ corps who were In charge of the le in- WD7neI1lt; took the test. . There'. h g for weP€ 25 WD7nen from the RedthatViet C. i orgeaaons. j Cross add 10 from the drivers’ J beenj .. . ccrps.' F5Af•dean | Before making their exit each nul,ex' one was required to remove the iwP” S»s mask bo as to know what ’ it was like to be without a mask ,K?irB during actual gas conditons. Eyes q-1 filled with tears, but most heededeasing ^ adV|Ce Fireman Butler and gre from rubbing them. ..s. in I Seven r.ew mnmbers or the 1,01 ’Va* women drivers’ corps watched the! .! tests being made And took notes. | D.lor to, . ft . _ IV.. rn f AkamW tactmrtinn-' V! After the gas chamber Instruction - rect mli®.the entire unit of women drivers dYc* ^Ported at the State Armoryfor a review period of convoy slg- Knc nals. ,andLieutenant Hathaway said that day the wornta drivers would take can part In another drill with the piJu local company of the State .Guard1 ber.re-immer xhaust :luslve mated. i look earlyon Sunday, May 9.:y /iiWEEXLY SIREN TESTSslal 11 terI
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Newport Mercury and Weekly News
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Fri, May 07, 1943
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