Evening star., 1941-12-23
Defense SideIights
BIockout Shoes Garry Miniature
Flashlights to Avoid Stumbling

The Nations first pair of blackout
shoes-brogues with pairs of flash
lights attached to the Scotch
tongues-were displayed at the
Earle Theater yesterday by Miss
Suzanne Jordan, Roxyette, who
received the shoes and accessories
to match from a New York shoe
designer.
The ,three-inch flashlights f1t
into cartridge-like leather tubes on
either side of the tongue. The PIN
points of light shed small circles OF
illumination for about two feet
ahead o. the Wearer when sne
walks. Standing still. the lights
swing downward, casting almost no
light at all. The lights go on oy
screwing the cap Of the flashllgnt
and a battery lasts about nan
hour of steady use.
Designed to keep women from
stumbling over curbs and tumbllng
down open manholes in a blackout,
the shoes, according to Miss Jordan,
will be sold at $l0.75, complete with
four batteries, but will probably be
copied to fit simmer purses.
Enlisted National Guard Reserv-
lists who wish to volunteer for active
duty will be recalled and assigned,
as far as is practicable to their
former grade and former unit, ac-
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! by headquarters of the District OF
Columbia National Guard late yes
/ terday. Married Reservists who vol
unteer for recall to active duty will
be required to certify that the men,
| bers of their families are self-sup-
porting.
Men recalled will be processed
through reception centerS probably
located at Fort George G. Meade
Those who have been on an inactive
status for more than so days will be
required to undergo complete
| physical examination.
War Department employees in
the new Municipal Center Build
| ing staged an afraid drill yes
terday and the 2,100 workers
reached their endorsement raid
shelter in S1a minutes. The fire
alarm bell system was used to
summon them from their desks
/ and to sound the all-clear. III.
o. Akers, raid warden Nfor the
building, was in charge.
| Owners and managers of Wash
ington theaters had plans under
way today to safeguard patrons in
case Of an air raid.
| The auditorium of theater ac-
tually is one of the safest places
YOU could be during an air raid
Col. Lemuel Bolles, director of
civilian defense, told the theater
men at meeting yesterday. But he
1 stressed the need to train theater
employees in what to do in any raid
emergency.
John j. Payette. general zone
manager for Warner Bros. and as
sistant chief deputy AFRAID warden
for theaters, appointed committees
to make defense plans. The theater
men heard from Inspector Harvey
Callahan of the metropolitan police
and Clement Murphy, chief air raid
warden.
How Washington would look
to an enemy bomber was seen
yesterday by the class in air
raid precautions of the American
Women's Voluntary Services.
Two flights with members of the
class we're made over the city on
an Eastern Airline plane. Capt.
Robert Knight, Air Corps Re-
serve, conducted the trips. Miss
Augusta G. Urquhart, day in
structor, and Mrs. Donald
Church, night instructor, ac-
companied respective flights.
Under the impetus of 300 repre-
sentatives of scores of colored Or
ganizations who held defense rally
recently, colored citizens are being
organized for the protection of then
communities.
The delegates to the meeting
pledged unqualified and enthusi-
aStic support and cooperation II