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Citizens Are Warned Blackout Test Is NoInstructions for: Drill Monday Are Drawn UpShnvp waniin? to the civilian nnnuUUion nf Curous Chvisti dnrilt; u 1the surrounding communities to be included in the blackout area next Monday night was issued today in joint instructions of the local d dense council advising against making the blackout test the occasion for parties.The instructions were contained in printed' forms issued over the signatures of Mayor A. C. Me-Cnughan and County Judge Joe D. Browning.. The blackout drill is ordered by the commanding general of the Eighth Corps Area, an-* nouneed the two officials. . It is an event of eximr.e importance. It has to do with tlx: protection.oi your life and property.'Tt is not an occasion for parties, celebrations, or anyother form of entertainment. It is an occasion that demands your serious, whole-hearted co-opera* tinn. It is a highly necessary preparedness move for an eventuality which we MUST be prepared in' meet.”The instructions were issued after U. Co!.. W: V. Sterling. lia-sion officer'of the-OCD for this district, appeared lie re yesterday to warn that none-here should be lulled into the belief that 'it can't happen here.”If raiding pianos should come, cither from carriers or from secret bases in Mexico. said Sieving, “they would fly at such greatt See BLACKOUT, rage 2)
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 15, 1942
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TX, USA 05 Aug 2020
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