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...called a halt, hundreds of women were rumped by electrified canes and battery-powered "jump boxes"-instruments which made them leap like gazelles. Thousands of women-even the tarts who gathered expectantly near hotel exits-were soaked by the Legion's merciless squirt guns, by a truck-mounted spray machine, and even, at times, by streams from the jugs which the water-gunmen used to refill their weapons...
...pressure hose, the fog wagon can pump 60 gallons of water per minute through two gun type nozzles. "Turning disks inside the nozzles," White said "atomize the water and create a stream of fog which extends 20 feet." In especially close work the fireman can turn on a protective spray which provides a water shield. A five ton winch which can be used to pull down walls and for hauling cars out of rivers is another feature of the new engine...
That attitude got him through the tough grind which made good golfers spray tee shots into the wire-haired rough, even quit in disgust...
Swathed in sweaters and towels, and wearing a white umpire's cap over bristling white hair, Haines is a striking sight, and seems almost functionally adapted to leaning into stiff breezes with overtones of cold spray to catch the fleeting error that can throw a whole crew off. When approached about the present write-up, he looked hesitant and said dubiously, "You know, I don't want there to be too much of this 'Bert Haines' business." Every man is, of course, entitled to his opinion about this...
...agricultural and health authorities, will take on all the trappings of a civic crusade. Local chambers of commerce, boards of health, Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs will march on the flies in close ranks. In northern Iowa a mechanized column of 40 former G.I.s is training with pressure spray outfits. They plan to hit Mason City on June 9, DDT-ing the whole town fly-less in two hours by the clock...