Evening star., 1941-12-21
Preparations Made
To House Victims
OF Air Raids Here
Emergency Units Set Up
In so Of City's 66
Civilian Defense Areas

Emergency housing units, charged
with the task Of arranging tenn
porary shelter for civilians rendered
homeless by air raids, have been
established in all but six of the
Districts 66 civilian defense areas,
Randolph Bishop, deputy air raid
warden in charge of emergency
housing, reported yesterday.
Reports received from his assist
ant deputy wardens indicate that
every homeowner in Washington Is
willing to provide temporary shell
ter for friends and neighbors forced
to evacuate their homes in times
of emergency, Mr.. Bishop said.
The men in charge of this impor-
tant phase of the civilian defense
front met Friday with Col. Lemuel
Bolles, civilian defense director, who
impressed upon them the need for
speed in organizing emergency hous-
ing units.
Each area" Col. Bolles said,
must be prepared to provide i'm
mediate temporary shelter to those
who may be made homeless in time
of emergency. The best therapeutic
treatment for homeless persons is
good meal and a homelike atmos-
phere."
Billeting Setup Emphasized.
Mr.. Bishop emphasized the i'm
portance of appointing billeting Off
GERS in all zones and sectors in every
defense area.
Areas which have organized for
emergency housing and the officers
in charge of this work are:
American University Park, War
rem w. Shoemaker; Anacostia, Mrs.
Francis M. Walters; Arkansas,
James Farrell: Barry Farm, John
Chinn: Benning, A. j. Prince;
Bloomingdale. James M. Roberts;
Bradbury Heights, E. S. Alverson;
Brentwood, Stanley Dosik; Brook
land and Dahlgren Terrace, William
j. Weber; Capitol View, Mrs Regina
Chandler: Cathedral Heights and
Cleveland Park, Tracy Lay; Central
Northwest, Mrs. Cora Washington;
Chevy Chase. Herbert J. Jacoby;
Columbia Heights, Mrs. Gertrude
E. Ulrich; Conduit road, Miss
Eleanor Watson; Congress Heights,
George B. Stevens; Connecticut av-
enue, Mrs. Paul Henderson.
Other Sections.
Crestwood, Patrick E. Radigan;
Dupont Circle, Mrs. Arthur Mac
Arthur: East Central. James M
Montuor,or,,. Eoct1opt Gor5ooe and
Deanwood. j. c. Shumate; Forest
Hills, Charles Burmeister; Foxhall,
Martin E. Ekstrand; Garfield. Mrs.
Edna Brown: Georgetown, Mrs. Os-
good Nichols: Glover Park, w. j.
Neuland; Hampshire Heights. Ar
thur W. Reid: Hillcrest. Elward Ma
son: Hillsdale, Mrs. Louise Dale;
Howard Park, Eugene Jackson; Ivy
City. Enoch Gray: Kalorama, J. s.
Turnover; Kenilworth, Norman Kraft;
Lincoln, Mrs. Martha jackson; Lin
coin Park and Kingman, Hazen C.
Terry.
Manor Park. John D. Smoot; Mar
shall Heights, the Rev. Elijala Camp
bell; Metropolis View, John J. Cum
ningham: Mid-City, C. c. Latin;
Mount Pleasant, Mrs Howard Slau-
son; North Cleveland Park, Mrs. j..
w. Burrows; Northeast Boundary,
Simon Vincent; North Randle,
Emanuel j. Frieberg; Park View,
Jacob A. Kameron: Petworth, L. T.
Jones; Pleasant Plains, Mrs. Rosella
G.. Nelson; Randle Highlands, Mrs
c. D. Murphy; Sixteenth Street
Heights. Harry Friedman: Sixteenth
Street Highlands, H. NJ. Barrett;
Southeast. Mrs. A. M. Minnix;
Southwest. Miss Margaret Merrill;
Summit Park, William P. Fallon;
Takoma, Morton Stavis, and Trini-
dad, Mark Kabik.