The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-15
Air Raid WarGenS Needed
By LAWRENCE oEHMKE
Chief Air Roid Worden

BY LAWRENCE oEHMKE
Chief Air Roid Worden
Two hundred additional air roid wordens are re-
CURED immediately for the adequate protection Of
civilians in the city of Mount Clemens.
THE CITY IS HOPELESSLY UNDERSTAFFED
FROM THAT STANDPOINT IN THE EVENT OF A
DAYLIGHT RAID DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY
OF THE TRAINED AIR WARDENS WHO ARE
AVAILABLE FOR NIGHT DUTY ARE EMPLOYED
IN DETROIT AND OTHER OUT.OF-TOWN WAR
INDUSTRIES
The principal handicap to securing the needed
volunteers for Air Roid Warden duty is the bugoboo
of the time it would require.
ONE OF THE AIR RAID WARDEN COURSES RE.
. QUIRES II HOURS OF YOUR VALUABLE TIME. THE
Z OTHER ONLY TEN!
Its foct that the duties Of the Air Raid Warden,
properly performed will require additional time and
effort A post Air Raid Warden is required to map and
register all buildings. fire hydonts locations Of spec
ioI fire fighting equipment hospitals, approved re-
fuqes and other features exposed to peril in air
raid or essential to defense against aid raid. In
addition he is required to list the number and oges Of
occupants Of all buildings in his post oreo With spec
io nototions to the presence in it Of any nvods
other persons who would require special attention in
event Of raid He is also required to list all special
aides who might be found to assist in defense re-
lief work in his post oreo such as Doctors nurses
first oiders fire fighters messengers etc.. and to dis
tribute equipment and instruct building occupants
in the proper measures to be taken for their de-
fense In the event Of rod, either by day or night
he would be subject to coll until the emergency ended
to enforce bockout, clear the streets, and guide
seneers.
THIS NAY SOUND LIKE A BIG JOB. BUT 1T is
FAR FROM BEING As FULLTIhAE AS THAT OF THE
r ~ nE
E THE FAR FLUNG WAR FRONTS TO PROTECT THE
BUSINESS AND THE HOME LIFE FROM WHICH
+ YOU CAN NOT SPARE YOUR VALUABLE TIME!
And it is we'll to keep in mind that an Air Raid
Wordens post covers only two city blocks so that the
number Of hospitoIs, fire stations and the like to be
mapped and listed will not into very large figures.
II the and who serve at the front can de-
vote their fuItme and risk their lives day otter day,
for your protection; if the men and women who work
In the war industries wiling to toke chance that
we who not at the front or in industries will
protect their loved ones in their obsence, we con-
scentiousy and periodically betroy their foh in us2
WHEN YOU REGISTER AS AN AIR RAID WAR;
DEN YOU ARE CLOAKING YOURSELF IN THE DIG
NIFTY OF A GOOD SOLDIER WHO IS DOING HIS
PART IN THE WAR EFFORT!
Air Rod Wordens are the first line Of civilian de.
fense they ore not Shoppers nor stool pigeons they
men Of integrity who ore doing Job to serve hu.
monty If they are invited into home to discuss
measures Of self defense or equipment they will eod
y cooperate, they not interested in trying to see
what they see, or learn what they learn that
is wholly apart from their jobs
THERE is AN URGENT NEED FOR WOMEN FOR
DAYTIME DUTY SO REGISTER NOW, NOT TO.
MORROW, NOT NEXT WEEK, NOT IN AN HOUR
OR TWO, BUT NOW
Registrations ore being token at the Volunteer
Office in the City Voter Department on the Sixth
floor Of the County building.
;alRTH CONTROL
@ IN ,PoIond, women ore forbidden to bear children
!r(t,ot expfess written permission Of Herr Hitler,
G. &e7 ~ more often wthheId-by his authorized
III This is true of course only Of those not