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I ruPlans for Blackout*' -i.a;i! St.heinar1 cl i;it0l ncFirst Test Wili I p*orBe Held Night of ; reJanuary 19I an; I CU:'■ Ah oflkc.ots of 1 :ie Corpus: fj,I ChrAli Civilian Defense Council' urjthrive been summoned to' ruv;-:?» p. :n. today with Naval ofl.cers.j ac'county officials. the sheriffs de-, prj partnienii polite 'officials'- and.: members of the City Council toI'prepare preliminary plans for thfi I' 'hidnehoi.it o:' the Corpus Christi i ^ '.•hich will take place on the.i „n l ea which will to kft place night *:{' January 19,City Attorney R. Rn.voe King,reTifohn • called the conference. au-|eifoaratWofMofU'l1 p.nurtcod I his the hku-k• '• ?; nui wilj begin at 0 p. m. on that: : night and wiiI continue for JO:| m'mite.'. This is a change from:: Plans for a blackout Irani 8:30 to!: 5) p. in.. originally announced.. j I The change was made, accord -1 J ing !o King, to eliminate hazard j j to commercial air lines using the-• iv.iuhcipal airport. A chock'.ip to- i | day disclosed no planes are sehe- \ j duied t: arrive here between 9; jand 9:30 o'clock on the night o'\ the blackout. ' orj Following 1 he meeting this af-; tcnioon, another conference wili I j take place Wednesday in the City |Council chambers with the same! officials joined by representatives j A,cesoroofsnthla:piesmof'the Eighth Corps Army areal ! from Fort Sam Houston and officials nf towns and crties in San Patricio and Kleberg counties.Col W. W, Sterling, who willattend the Wednesday meeting, i has been assigned by Brig. Qen. | , | Robert Donovan, commander of j i the 'Eighth Corps area, to act as, co-ordinator for the regional of- j -'c fi'ce of the Civilian Defense .Court- ! i!L’ oil in San Antonio. ‘ | *°Signal for the blackout test on j T? the night of January ifl will be; a two-minute warning sounded* by air raid sirens, two of which1 \ arrived today, and are soon to be i p ! ! ■1 (See BLACKOUT. Pace 2}crA
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 09, 1942
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