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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1942
Page
6
Wartime advisory urges residents to stay calm and orderly. Follow air raid warnings and signals, avoid spreading rumors, and listen to air raid wardens for guidance. Maintain routine until official information is issued and act on wardens instructions for protection and victory.
Clear instructions on staying safe during air raids focus on lying under sturdy tables or refuge rooms, using water sprays to defeat incendiaries, staying indoors, and waiting for the all clear. Emphasizes calm, coordination with an air raid warden, and avoiding crowds and unnecessary movement.
Public safety message urges residents to shelter indoors away from windows during air raids. Stay in refuge rooms at first alarm, keep calm, lie down, and put out lights. Do not expose yourself to blast or shrapnel. follow instructions to help defend at home.
Civil defense guidance urges immediate lights out even without a blackout order. Prepare a refuge room with food water and supplies, cover windows, secure gas, and stay calm at home. Take essential items like eyeglasses radio and a deck of cards to shelter.
Strong capable volunteers are urged to join Civilian Defense efforts. Jobs include first aid certified roles, veterans and former volunteers welcome, rescue squads road repair demolition and clearance squads drivers and messengers. Men and women needed. contact local Civilian Defense Office or Chamber of Commerce for reporting details. Stay calm stay home alert.
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