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Show Sudden Death May Lurk In War Trophies, Army Says be presumed to be safe, the ordnance officer warned. Persons in doubt of the safety of war souvenirs may arrange to have them examined exam-ined by an expert munition officer by contacting the commanding com-manding officer of any army post. Those classified as "sudden "sud-den death" will be inerted and returned to the owner. However, How-ever, those discovered to be too dangerous to unload will be retained and taken to a safe place and destroyed. Is there a little "booby-trap" lurking in your home? That is the question Col. A. V. Dishman, ordnance officer of-ficer for the ninth service command, is asking hundreds of persons in the west who unsuspectingly may have "sudden death" ammunition souvenirs in their homes today. to-day. The army ordnance officer. , an ammunition expert, warned owners of grenades, shells, fuzes and other wartime items that it is impossible to determine de-termine by external examination examina-tion if "sudden death or painful pain-ful injury" lurks inside of the souvenirs. Disassembly of such articles by inexperienced persons, is extremely hazardous, hazard-ous, he added. Although the post office has done an excellent job of detecting de-tecting such dangerous items through scientific methods, a number of servicemen are returning re-turning daily from overseas with improperly inerfpd "loot" in their baggage, Col. Dishman declared. Even though the main charge has ln ren""'". b said, the explosive confined in a fuze or cap is -ufficient to cause loss of fingers, a hand or an ew, if discharged. Onlv souvenirs aomoanied by an army certificate can |
