Evening star., 1941-12-21
County 10 Give
Residents Sand
ToFight Bombs
Suburban OfficioIs
Hope to Avoid
Holiday BIockouts

As a safeguard against fires from
incendiary bombs, truckloads of
sand were to be dumped at strategic
locations In Montgomery County,
Nd. today As nearby Virginia and
Maryland communities announced
plans for acquiring 10 new sirens
and compressed-air horns.
Afraid wardens tomorrow are to
distribute handbills telling county
residents where to 60 and how to
obtain their quotas of sand. Those
not receiving this information are
urged to call their AFRAID wardens.
Along with the handbills each air
raid warden win distribute sand
quota tickets, without which house.
holders will be unable to obtain
sand. County civilian defense OFF,
cials emphasized this point.
After obtaining their sand quota
tickets, residents may go to the
points where the sand has been piled
and obtain their quota Of so to 100
pounds free Of charge. 1t was ex-
planned that the county has OBJ
tanned most of the sand from its
own sand and gravel pits.
Distribution Begins Tomorrow
Distribution OF the sand also will
begin tomorrow and residents are
urged to bring cotton bags or buck
cts with them when they apply.
In the handbills, residents are
asked to keep the sand dry and
to keep 1t available at all times in
Gaze Of emergency. II an incendiary
bomb strikes your home, this is
what you are instructed to do,
according to county defense off,
eials:
Pour q bucket OF sand on the
ground or floor beside the bomb
Then, shove the missile on top of
the sand and pour another bucket
Of sand over it. This is designed
to smother the bomb completely
and remove any chance of It's eat
ing through the floor.
City Manager Carl Budwesky of
Alexandria said four pressure air
horns are to be purchased for that
town at q cost of about 81 100 each
and will be erected at strategic
locations.
The Executive Committee of the
Montgomery County Civilian De-
fense Council announced that six
sirens, costing about 81 300 each.
will be delivered within 80 days.
A survey Of the need for addi-
tional sirens throughout the coun-
ty has been made by a committee
composed Of J. B. Morrison, COM
munications chairman of the coun-
Gil: Chief Air-Raid Warden Arch
Mcdonald and Fred w. Tuemmler.
To Be Operated on Gasoline.
The sirens will be operated by
gasoline engines 50 that they will
continue to function even If electric
power fails.
A committee composed of Circuit
Judges Charles w. Woodward and
Stedman Prescott, Paul Banfield.
Park Commissioner Lacy Shaw, Mr..
Morrison and Albert E. Brault, ex-
exutive director Of the council, will
meet today to decide on a perma-
nent site for the county control
center, now located at Silver Spring.
Wardens to See Film.
A special showing of the British
Aim, The Warning" will be given
for all air raid wardens of Mont
gomery County at l o'clock this
afternoon in the Hiser Theater,
Bethesda. The movie also will be
shown to the public as part of the
theater's regular program this week.
John Henry Hiser, theater owner
announced.
DR.. Dexter M. Billiard chief med
ical officer of civilian defense in
Montgomery, announced that
meeting OF all county physicians
and nurses will be held at $50
pm. Tuesday in the Circuit Court
room at Rockville. Plans for emer-
gency medical services in the county
will be discussed.
The Prince Georges County
Nursing Service last night issued
an appeal to all graduate nurses
living in the county to register with
the vomen's division in the county
service building at Hyattsville and
designate the hours and days they
will be available if needed. Nurses
may register by telephone at War;
field 2l42 or 1928.
There will be no blackouts of
Christmas trees in Hyattsville or
Arlington County. officials have an
nounced
Chief Deputy Warden F. Freeland
Chew Of Arlington said that unless
an air raid alert is sounded at
night, residents may continue to
light their Christmas trees outside.
Christmas as Usual
Mayor e. Murray Cover of Hvatts-
vile also announced that Christ
mas will be observed "as usual" in
that town.
Robert Forrest, chief deputy air
raid warden Of Prince Georges
County. said that as far as he was
concerned Mayor Covers decision
was applicable to the entire county
There is to be no letdown in the
aircraft warning service in Mary
land, on the alert since the start
OF the war, over the Christmas holi-
days, the Associated Press reported
from Baltimore.
All posts in Maryland we're ordered
to remain on the alert. manned by
full spotter crews "a hours a day
during the holiday period.