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Every township in the county ex-[Leroy Alcorn; Windsor, Arnold Grafenberg, Grant Lauer, Henry j (Continued on Page Four)WHAT TO DO IN AN AIR RAIDOFFICIAL—U. S. Office of Civilian Defense.1. KEEP COOLAbove all, keep oool. Don't lose your head.Do not crowd the streets; avoid chaos, prevent disorder and havoc.You can fool the enemy. It is easy., If planes come over, stay where you are. Don’t phone unnecessarily. Do not run — do not scream. The chance you will he hit is small. It is part of the risk we must take to win this war.Until an alarm, go about your QBual business and recreation in' the ordinary way.Think twlC6 before you do anything’. Don’t believe rumors— spreading false rumors is'part of the enemy’s technique. Don’t let him take you in.Know your air raid warning. In general, it is short blasts or rising and falling pitch, or whistles on horns. The all clear is asteady tone for two minutes. Watch this paper fpt description of the local signal. (This is subject to change.)Await official information before taking any action. When the Air Raid Warden comes to your home, do what he tells you. He is for your protection. He is your friend.He will help you do your part to whip the 6nemy.We can do it. We will do it, if we stay calm and cool and strong and alert.2. STAY HOMEThe safest place in an air raid is at home.If you are away from home, get under cover in the nearest shelter. Avoid crowded places. Stay off the streets.The enemy wants you to run out into the streets, create a mob, start a panic. Don’t do it!If incendiary bombs fall, play a spray from a garden hose (never a splash or stream 1) of water on the bomb. Switch to a stream to put out any fire started by the bomb. Switch back to a spray for the bomb. The bomb will burn for about 15 minutes if left alone, only about two minutes under a fine water spray. A Jet ,splash,splash, stream or bucket of water will make it explode.Under raid conditions, keep a bathtub and buckets full of wator for the use of the fire department in case water mains are broken.If you have a soda-and=aoid extinguisher (the kind you turn upside down), use it with your finger over the nozzle to make a spray. Don’t use the chemical kind (small cylinders of liquid) on bombs. It is all right for ordinary fires.Should gas be used, go at once to the most ‘‘inside” room in your house (fewest doors and windows). Paste paper over glass. Stuff rags in window cracks and undei doors.But above all, keep oool, stay home. Choose one member of the family to be the home air raid warden - who will remember all tho rules and what to do. HotheT make* the best,3. PUT OUT LIGHTSWhether or not blackout is ordered, don’t show more light than is necessary. If planes come over, put out all lights at once—don’t wait for the blackout order . The light that’s out will never guide a Jap. Remember a candle light may be seen for miles from the air.If you have portiers, overdrapes, or curtains, arrange a double thickness over your windows. Blankets will do. If you have heavyhave heavy black paper, paste it on your windows. Don’t crowd or stampede stores to get it, however. You probably have everything you need at home. Be ingenious—improvise.Should you get an air raid warning, remember to shut off gaB stoves, gas furnaces, and gas pilot lights on both. Bomb explosions may blow them out from blast effect. GaB that collects may be explosive later.Prepare one room, the one with the least window-glaBB, in tho strongest part of youi’ houBe, for a refuge room. Put food and drinking water in it. Put a sturdy table in it. Put mattresses and chairs in it. Take a magazine or two, and a deck of cards, into it. Take things like eyeglasses and dentures with you when you go into it. Take things like eyeglasses and dentures with you when you go into it. Take toilet facilities, paper, a soreen. If1 you have a portable radio, take that too. Above all, keep calm, Stay at home. Put out lights.4. LIE DOWNIf bombs start to fall near you, lie down, You will fool the blast least that way, escape fragments and splinters.Tho safest place is under a good stout table—the stronger the legs tho better.A mattress under a table combines comfort with safety.The enemy may use explosive bombs or incendiary bombs, or both. If incendiaries are used, it’s more important to deal with them than to be safe from blast. So defeat the incendiary with a spray (never a splash or stream) of water, then go back to safety under a table in a refuge room.Unless gas is used, raids will likely be over In your Immediate neighborhood in a short time. However, stay under cover till the“all clear” is sounded.Know your raid alarms. Know the “all clear”. Official news of these will come to you from your Air Raid Warden. Don’t believe rumors. Watch this paper for Air Raid alarm description. Ask the warden when he comes.Should your house be hit, keep cooL Answer tappings from rescue crews if you are trapped. (You most likely won’t be either hit or trapped, bat if yon are, yon can depend on rescue squads to go after you.) Again—keep cool, and wait. Don’t yell after you hear them coining to you, unless they tell you to. Keep CQOl:Just keeping cool hurts the enemy more than anything else youcan do. Keep calm. ..Stay at home. ..Put out lights. ..Lie down.5. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWSGlass shatters easily, so stay away from windows.Don’t go to windows and look out, in an air raid. It is a dangerous thing, and helps the enemy. The air raid warden is out there watching for you. Again we say, get off the streets if planes come over.At night, there is danger of being caught in blast from explosives. • ; lt;'i1.Anti-aircraft fire means falling shrapnel. You are safe from it indoors, away from windows. It’s more important to shell a plane than it is to see it from a window.Stay in your refuge room, away from windows. That is the safest place. Go there at the first alarm, stay there until the all-clear.Above all, keep calm. Stay home. Put out lights. Lie down.Stay away from windows. Do not say—wo are repeating; we would rather repeat until we bore you than have you forget.You can do all those things without any Bpeoial equipment, other than what you have now in your home.You can help lick the Japs, with your bare hands, if you will do just those few, simple things.Be a good fellow and follow instructions and keep well.Do not be a wise guy and get hurt.6. YOU CAN HELPStrong, capable, calm people are needed to man the volunteer servioes. If you want to help, there are lots of opportunities.If you know first aid, and have a certificate, there is an immediate job for you. If i'on are a veteran, or a former volunteer or regular fireman, or policeman, there is work for you. If you have no special skills but are strong and husky, there is a job for you in rescue squads, road repair units, or demolition and clearance squads. If you have and can drive a car, you may be needed for drivers’ corps. Older boy and girl Bcouts over 15 can help as messengers. Both men and women are needed.Here’B how to get started:If there’s a Civilian Defense Volunteer Office in your community call there and ask where to report. If not, call your local Defense Council or Committee, or the Chamber of Commerce. Phone and ask where to report, rather than going in person.There are people needed for—Air Raid Wardens (men and women)Auxiliary Firemen (men)Auxiliary Police (men and women)Fire WatoherB (men and womenNurses’ Aides (trained women)Emergency Medical Forces (men and women with Red Cross FirstAid Certificates)Rescue Squads (men)Road Repair Units (strong, husky men)Demolition and Clearance Squads (strong, husky men)Electrioal Repair Units (trained cleotrioianB)Gas Decontamination Squads (strong men and women)Emergency Food and Housing Units (Women who can cook andBervejlAbove ail, keep cool. Stay home. Put out lights. Lie down. Stay away from windows. You can help IF. H. LaGUARDIA U. S. Director Civilian Defense
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