AERIAL GAS ATTACKS
NEED FOR PRECAUTIONS. STREET SHELTERS URGED. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, June 12. “People luridly exaggerating the perils of aerial gas attacks deserve the most refined tortures of the Spanish Inquisition,” declared Mr J. Davidson Pratt, general manager of the Association of British Chemical Manufacturers, speaking at the annual meeting. He added: “I hope a pamphlet will be issued describing the true nature and extent of the menace.” Mr Pratt, however, pointed out that mustard gas could be sprayed from the air to fall like rain, and it might take two days before contaminated objects were safe to handle. He urged that every building should have gas-proof rooms and that public shelters should be provided for people caught in the streets.
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Southland Times, Issue 25312, 15 June 1935, Page 11
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