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Show DOING NOTEWORTHY WORK,SAYSARGH . BROWNING Willys-Overland Head In- terested in Providing Reo reation for Aviators. T' HE movmfnt to provide Iwlmminf pools tar our aviation fields, eape-i eape-i In My thou In in Houth, whers the summer weather ia unbearably ! hot. Is receiving considerable Impetus. ec-: ec-: cording to Mansxor Arch Hrowning of the Hrowning AutnmnhHe romiany, local distributers- - trt Willys-Overland cars. : Among those who have come forward : f or this work, according to Browning, are Mr. and Mr. John N. Willy- of ' Toledo, O. ' "Tha national aeronautic committee ia 1 i associated with tha war department com- j I mission on training camp activities and haa been furnishing athletic equipment for i all of the aero iMUHdrona rot"; overaeaa i and slso aviation training cam pa In this : countr," aaya Browning. . "This equipment haa Included layout, for bMaehall, fool nail, aoccer. basketball, volleyhall. track, alao punching baga. hosing hos-ing glnvea, medicine tMilla. tennla out-'ftia out-'ftia and musbal instruments. All of thla (equipment la treated aa government prop-' prop-' erty upon receipt by tha aquadron and rnonconintt"wioned nfflr-era aswls-ned to It ' iriT nM rt'M,7iiTTiT TnT TTi Tipfcp.'" Twn hundred and aeven overaeaa aquadron already have h-en equipped and eighteen training fle'ds In thla country aa well "Now. the uppermost problem of tha k rnmmitte la the matter of providing twlmmlns booIs. which are a crying need in the aerfte. Tha radeta at tha Houth- era fleldw ara ohllgwd to talia atrenu fti.at phvairal frrla In nrrior In kep fit for flvlf)g. and when the temperature averages between Jf and l?ft degree. It heome Impoaalhle for ordinary athletics a -id aw mm lug la tha one suheHtute whtch will keep them fit and permit comfort, able sleep, for during tha hot night g II la very difficult for tha cadet to obtain ob-tain Biifficlent reat. ' bjen a flying cadet gnea without auf- fb-tent sleep, he Is ln llnert to iifcwni drowsy, while In tha air. and this drowsiness, drowsi-ness, or 'filer's trance,' has been the causa of a urn ier of fatal crashes. The Installation In-stallation of swimming pools will aid mg teriall ythe work of tha phyalcal directors direc-tors sod flight surgeons, who ar doing wonderful work In assisting ftylng officers offi-cers at ihs different fields to turn out SUcceasful pilots. 'Mrs. K. H. Harrtman haa donated outright out-right the first pool, whtch Is to ba built In arcordahce with specifications by army engineers. Other wealthy persona ar subscribing amount to keep up thla good work and provide mors poola aa soon as possible. , "Mr. and Mrs. Willys ha always been Interested In athletlt a. and tha former haa encouraged baseball and various forma of athletic sports among thousands of his employes. Now, In addition to his numerous other activities, be Is anxious f to assist In building up the physical end . of that highly Important branch of thai army air service." j |