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Show B R I E F S . . . by Baukhage The use of aerial bombs as air-aid air-aid warning devices are frowned lpon by the war department in a itatement to OCD officials. Not only s the sound of aerial bombs easily :onfused with that of antiaircraft ire, but "they have doubtful value tor warning purposes." Communi- des now using aerial bombs should liscontinue the practice. Buy War Bonds In response to repeated requests, (he OCD editorial section has established establ-ished a file of human-interest stories sto-ries on civilians in the war effort, rhis file is composed of anecdotes ' f individual and community ! ichievements, sacrifice, heroism, in genuity and neighborly co-operation. In Milford Center, Ohio, Carl Kauf-xian Kauf-xian was treated for chills after being be-ing trapped in a packing house refrigerator re-frigerator for four hours. Three Hours later he was treated for bums when his truck caught fire. A houseboat on the Nile has been opened as a club for warrant and noncommissioned officers serving with American army forces in Egypt. At Camp Livingston, La., Sergt. Robert Sullivan, grandson of John L. Sullivan, gives rifle instruction to Pvt. John W. York, cousin of Sergt Alvin C. York. The best known and loved of all army mobile equipment, the Jeep, got its name when the first of the bouncing buggies was rolled off the freight car by a soldier who noticed the initials "G.P." stencilled on the side to signify "General Purpose." a A trucking pool saves gasoline, tires and time for farmers in the volcano district of Hawaii and on the island of Oahu. A fixed schedule sched-ule of transportation is made out eliminating half loads in getting produce to market. |