Evening star., 1942-07-14
Nearby Counties Map
Plans for Maryland
BIackout Tomorrow
Short-Wuve to Be Tested
As Auxiliary Method
Of Sending Signals

Civilian defense officials in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Counties
today were completing arrange
ments for the dusk-to-daWn black
out tomorrow throughout the State
This will mark the first time a
blackout is held in nearby Maryland
counties without the Districts active
participation. Washington police
will cooperate, however, to the ex-
tent of stopping all traffic except
emergency vehicles at the District
line during a Commute AFRAID
drill to be held some time during
the night.
With the exception of Anne Arun-
del County. the blackout will last
from 9 pm. to 5 am.
AS the result of a compromise
agreement between Col. Henry S.
Barrett, State air-raid precautions
director. and Col John de P. Douw,
Anne Arundel County defense di-
rector. that county will blackout only
from 9 pm. to midnight with VOL
untary corporation thereafter. Col.
Douw has declared the county has
an inadequate number of AFRAID
wardens to enforce an all-night
| test.
/ Short Wave to Be Tested.
Use of short wave radio as an
auxiliary method of sending of send
ing signals to the various AFRAID
contro lcenters will feature the test
A State policeman will be stationed
| in radio-equipped car at each
county control center to receive the
yellow, blue, red and white signals
by short wave from the State control
center at Pikesville.
The signals also will be sent by
telephone and the time elapsed in
using the two systems will be COM
pared. The control center, however,
will operate only on the telephoned
| signals.
Glen Echo Adjustment Park will
be closed at 7:30 pm because of
the blackout. Celebration of CAL
ifornia night at the Spanish Garden
ballroom has been postponed until
the following Wednesday night and
the ballroom will not be open to-
morrow. The swimming pool and
! other amusement features will be
closed at 7:30 pm. and the park
cleared of visitors at pm
In Frederick, F. Lester Smith,
president Of the Maryland State
Volunteer Firemens Associat ton,
/ fnI
the fact that the State Council Of
Defense had ignored" the volun-
teer firemen in the State OCD setup,
the Associated Press reported.
Protest to Be Drafted.
Mr.. Smith announced that COM
mittee, headed by Thomas Bassett
of Annapolis, had been appointed to
draw up resolution protesting the
OCD's attitude toward the State
volunteer fire departments.
The resolution will be presented
to Col Barrett and Isaac S. George,
executive director of the Maryland
Council of Defense.
! Mr.. Smith said the association
would ask for the same recognition
and the same authority accorded the
Baltimore and Cumberland salaried
fire department personnel.
He said the resentment of the
State association was based on what
he termed these three oversights of
the Maryland OCD:
That no insignia had been issued
the volunteer flremen for use dur
ing blackouts.
That the firemen had been issued
no equipment such as the gas masks
and helmets given the auxiliary fire
Wardens.
That the firemen had been given
no authority to operate during
blackouts.
If the resolution met with no sue
cess, Mr.. Smith said, the contro-
versy would be carried to Gov.
O'Conor.
Leaders of the State association
will meet July Is in Baltimore to
study the resolution and approve 1t
before it is submitted to the State
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