Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
Shipyard Workers Marct
Through Strike Pick<efs
Coast Far Short
Of London Status
In Air BIackouis

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SAN FRANCISCO De 23. ,JPf
Ten day after WI came 70 Lon
don the city Vas banked 10 tie ears
with sandbags Windows We're erlss-
crossed by tare aud papeg 10 pre-
vent shattenn2.
Residents haG settled down q a
siege of bombne. mr raid shelters
were crowded meAtlN. and deeon-
tamination SQUADS ana auxiliary
flremen patTGlleG tie streets
More than ten GAYS saEe passe5
since war came - Tie Pacific coast
Unidentified alrpiaaes have beef
heard on five different occasions.
Yet the Pacific coaSt = : whole
in the apparent bcuet tEat distance
gives protecto0 kas done title 4
follow the London pattern.
London Vas 4oo ml.e> rom Ger
man bombing hases Wlel Nar broke
out the Pacific coast i almost 600o
miles from Japan. Sc Iona as there
Is an United States llee,, there Is
little chance an aircraft carrier car
approach eloaelH enoueh 10 launch
a deyastatlng attach. the laymar
believes, though iI.I.tt"fN authorities
may disagree.
WHAT PEOPLE THINK
This briefly appears To be tn.
reasoning o. Pacific coast residents.
a United Press survey o. the states
of Washington. oregon. ara Cali
fornia showed toGaN.
The Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graph company.s communications
center in San Francisco appears 70
be the only structure protected BY
sandbags. which are pied 10 tht
second floor windows Al this stage
OF the var IN London. practically
every BUILDING VIII street .efe.
entrance WI baFacadeG b. said
bags. some - alAA i. TIE third
floors.
There has been little precauton
taken agaius, tly.ng glass. Some
public and commercial buildings IL
San Diego have built shields OF ply
wood for thelr windows. bat gener-
ally London 5 practice Of using cello
phane or crlsS-crossed paper strip
10 prevent snatterug has been fol-
lowed only IN few private homes
NUISANCE RAIDS
II this connection. Co ! B. u
Corey head OF Seattie's deteEst
commission. THINKS such precautions
hardly worth considering. AnS bomb
ine of that city ne believed. WoalC
be only in the torn c nuisance rad
and never would they approach the
bit2 that st.uci: London.
Almost without exception. taese
has been no move 10 paint OF,
traffic lights. 1o- II most cases
they arc controlled from centra.
switch and car be turned OF sinful
taneously az the first rad warning
IL San Diego. traffic 3.sL;s XII. /.
reWired 10 4 cent.a- COMIC. Y.t.M
TWO weeks.
Some hospitals rae been eyae9-
ated. Dat principally because the
were in vital areas lie Veteran
hospital AZ For. Ai.leE. San Fran-
cisco has been en.ptlec 0. a. bqt
a few patients: TIE balance haHs
been sent TO F.tl,ln.moas Genera
hospital at DenYe! o. y ihtn homes
CHILDREN MOVED
Fifteen crpplee children haE.
been moved WON - Shrine hoapI-
tai near The Portland alrpors, emil
dren also !ay beeA n!0Hed ron ths
Shrine Hospital n San Francisco
and a section Of TIE LaEQna Hondl
home for the ageG II San Francisco
has been enptied.
Otherwise there appeared 10 be nc
immediate shortage OF Ao5plta. beds
but steps were BENG taken Il eyerl
center of population 70 assure a.
emergency supply by taxing OYER
nurses quarters. Seattle Geslgnatel
the auditorluGs Of seven hlgE
schools Is emergency hospitals whIie
Portland surveyed facilities az the
cities Of RoseE&r2 Astoria Cor
YalliS. Alb3us Ea2eee Oregon City
ana Salem
There is lltfio agXl,lars III equip
ment. London. aa.ost oYeII.sht. cor
jured up tralIers 20 aEach 20 taxi
cabs 70 ATTACK a.es popping up L
unexpected places while BIZ appar-
atus Vas busy elsewhere
San Francisco pian> 70 order aux
10 taXicabs. Fire Chef Charlie
Brennan feels such equipment |.
besl handled b. men familiar wlth
it. Il would De attached TO CITY
owned trucks.
Seattle Is preparing outmoded fire
apparatus for emergene.rs. Ost9of
has registered al TRUCKS II tae de-
tense area vest Of the Cascadas
San Diego plane 70 eqalp taXlcaos
with saAdDaes and .ano flre-fleht-
Ing equipment e d p!acec at tEt
disposal OF 200 volunteer auXiliar
les now benz Trained Every neigh
borhoou y mobil2ing volunteer brig
AIDES and eqsaDlne tEem Win gar
den hose iaGae.s sAoyeis. saAs
buckets 10 flglt small l.res.
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