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Show Italian Stores Retail Gas Masks for Next War Rome. Fear of gas attacks against civilian populations in the next war is one of Europe's worst bugbears at the present time. Retail stores in Italy are now displaying dis-playing a type of gas mask In their shop windows the same as they would hot water bottles, goggles, or other types of rubber and chemical appliances. appli-ances. Two types of masks are to be seen In a store window for retail sale in Plebiscite street, just opposite Mussolini's office. No statistics on retail re-tail sales are available but the Implication Impli-cation is that the public Is to be encouraged en-couraged to buy these masks and store them away for time of need. Italian disarmament proposals at Geneva call for the discontinuance of gas warfare and the dismantling of all factories for the manufacture of toxic gases for war purposes. Meanwhile Mean-while the manufacture of gas masks adds another staple to the rubber aud chemical business for public consumption. |