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FIRST ILLINOIS COUNTY BLACKOUT IS PLANNEDWAUKEGAN. 111., J»n. 15 JP -Illinois’ first county-wide bl a c ‘St-put will be staged in Illinoia to-Bight when lights are ordered to be turned out for 30 minutes in Lake county. iThe practice alarm, affecti n g Fort Sheridan, the Great La k e s » naval training station and 120,000 civilians, will be ushered in at 7 I p.m. by fire sirens in 18 towns.Lake Forest, with 177 gas lights left over from horse and buggy days, offered defense officials a unique problem and it was decided 136 would be turned off by air raid wardens and the others left lighted but at widely scattered points.
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Centralia Evening Sentinel

Centralia, Illinois, US

Thu, Jan 15, 1942

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