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Show -COLDS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OF TIME The cold and sniffle season isn't over yet, folks, even though the worst of winter is past. There are still spring colds to contend with and they will account for many days' time away from the job and a good part of the billions of dollars dol-lars in annual economic loss. This warning is given by the National Conservation Bureau, division di-vision of the Association of Casualty Casual-ty and Surety Companies, which is just as interested in public health as in safety. For an example of what the common cold means to the worker, the Association points to a recent medical report which estimates that cold sufferers in this country will lose 100 million working days and that the economic eco-nomic loss will be not less than j $2,000,000,000 this year. I Sadly enough, says the Health ; Department, these nostrums don't j cure. No sure-fire cure for the j common cold has yet been found. If you want to avoid a cold, take j the following advice: I |