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...Abolished the Office of Civilian Defense, by eliminating its $369,000 budget. About $34,000,000 worth of OCD equipment (gas masks, stirrup pumps, etc.) in 2,900 cities will be given to the Army or sold for surplus property...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting the Cost | 5/14/1945 | See Source »

...want to start slackin' orf just because we've 'ad a victory," said the Sweep. ". . . Keep up your 'ome Guard and keep your stirrup pumps 'andy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Nat Gubbins | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

...took our most recent look at you last June when we sent an eight-page questionnaire to a cross-section of 20,000 subscribers. (It began "Do You Own a Stirrup Pump?"; our prewar surveys used to begin "Do You Own a Horse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 11, 1943 | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

...about that Stirrup Pump: Only 27 of you who answered our questionnaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 11, 1943 | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

...year, the University had a fairly smooth-working system under Chief Warden Aldrich Durant '02, 600 trained wardens, an auxiliary fire and auxiliary police service, fire watchers in the House towers, airplane spotters, and first aid experts. Blackout paint and curtains were installed, and liberal quantities of sand, stirrup pumps, and other equipment supplied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Year In Review | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

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