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Modem Paul Reveres UseFALL RIVER, MASS. (NBA)— The president of * leading hank in Fall River rushed to a position oustide a labyrinth cf partitions, clicking a counting apparatus in his hand as people entered a aeries of Civil Defense exhibits.For half an hour he carefully clicked off the entry of men, wo*m A CARROLL TIMES HERALO Thursday* May 1# If52men and children, until relieved by a member of the local Civil Defense organization of which he was chairman.The enthusiasm which put- a bank president in the humble as-Huge Trailersignment of admission-tahulator is what’s making a success of the 1952 version of Paul Revere’s ride: the touring “Alert America convoys.Trail mobiles rolling across the! country in three convoys are carrying defense expositions to stir the countryside to prepare as the Minute Men of 1775 did against hostile attack/in 70 cities, local Civil Defense organizations are preparing to meet and man the displays, in order to sign new volunteers for community protection.Dramatic dioramas and illu-• • •mmated displays, which fill the floor of an armory or auditorium, are compressed for rapid travel in 10 vehicles in each convoy. The convoy can close a showing in Kansas City on Wednesday and reopen in Indianapolis' on the following Sunday.In less than three months, managers of the three convoys estimate, the mobile expositions have been viewed by upwards of 300,000 people in three dozen cities. Reports show that volunteers have signed for civil defense duties at the rate of one for every 10 men, women and children viewing the displays. As a result. more cities are demanding a place on the show's’ itinerary. ,Convoys to AStaged by the non-profit Valley Forge Foundation at the behest of the Federal Civil Defense Administration, the exhibits show the damage a foe can inflict on j the average unprepared city and what can be done to lessen the damage.The arrival of an “Alert America” convoy is itself a test of the local defense preparedness. Once the 10 carriers roll into the community with the properties, it's a local show.t »The Army has detailed an officer and 16 enlisted men to each convoy, to keep them rolling. The Valley Forge Foundation provides a show manager and four maintenance men to superviseAH work and nt plagiarism .lt;iak« a dull tslsvision program.QUICKIESBy Kon Reynolds
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Carroll Daily Times Herald
Carroll, Iowa, US
Thu, May 01, 1952
Page 12
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