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Show New Matches Can Be Rain-Soaked and Still Light Matches whlrh can be submerged sub-merged in water for four hours and still light have been announced by a U. S. match company. It is stated the matches will withstand Innumerable Innum-erable drenchings and still function, and will be a boon to farmers, hunters, hunt-ers, fishermen and others who often get caught in showers. These water-resistant matches were developed during the war to provide a sure-fire light for members mem-bers of the armed forces under the wettest conditions of amphibious and jungle warfare, but will soon be available to civilians. Accepted by the war department In 1943 after rigorous tests, millions of the water - resistant matches were shipped from the factory to fighting fronts. Most of the service water-resistant matches were packaged pack-aged in the familiar nickle-size boxes for the armed forces, but another an-other type, a tiny waterproof light little more than an inch long, was also produced for emergency kits. The water-resistant matches for civilians will be sold in packages of eight boxes of pocket size, each box containing 40 matches. These new matches, which "shed water like a duck's back," carry a money-back guarantee if they fail to light after a four-hour submersion- |
