Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-18

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Cow ntion 4
Hall, al the
= | q erS
) how, and MIR. PICKERING
Bailey. along with Otto Schaefcr
and Fred Gagnon, gave me the
works.
FIRST they produced a model
bomb which the MA made for
exhibition purposes.
It's a sllvcry, shining cylinder.
foot and half long and per
hap> couple of inches in diam
clcr with q fin tail one plane
could dump 1000 of them Even
1000.
That" they SAID "iS an In
CPndiarN, fire bomb.
Nv hen II lands. n charge Of
thPrmitc starts II burning. One
Of those things could burn
through your sidewalk. II gen
crates 1000 degrees of heat, and
burns for 20 minutes. II can
melt through An I8-inch slab
Of concrete in three minutes"
What can YOU do about one Of
those evil packages The best
thing is 10 keep a spray OF water
on - which oddly enough,
makes tho bomb burn out faster
and a. the same time keeps
surrounding m tcrlals from
catching fire
Unless. OF course. Il happens
70 bc thc l-out-of-50. one OUT
~ 80 lnccndiarioS dropped IN
England, they said, j. an eNplo-
>ryc bomb. 10 discourage the
English from TOO much diligence
In fighting the fires IN their
homes and factories - another
Gcl.iry added 70 tho hldcouS-
ness Of war 1912 style.
They had pile OF application
blanks AZ the booth. About three
weeks ago. they started recruit
ing volunteer iremen, and al
ready have $500 or more. About
1000 Of them have been finger
printed and by this FRIDAY
Harry Callahan, chief Of the
Fire Department training
school, viii have assigned them
10 the nearest fire station for
training.
is "a FAR cry from he Nolun-
'acr turmen Of other years IN
The booth Is dummLwearing
ffc uniform OF Captain Nc
Michael who took PhcnlN
Puniror 80 ; from Detroit 10
Chicago FIRE 20 years AGO
Leather helmet. leather trumpet
- shout orders through and =
leather water bucket over his
ann that was Captain Nc
N,rhacIS rig.
IN another corner is a model
o. Tho uniform that the l94-
volunteers VIII wear rubber
coar arr boots and a steel
trench helmet
This same exhibit has been
I'm several building lobbie>--a
week or two ago the hremena
found William -. knudsen in
spcctinc the display at the Gen
eral Motors Building.
Volunteers include everybody.
from executive 10 >choOlbON.
While | was there. Chapman Lee
DAY. fngerprint expert. and
his son. Jerome. ~. still in
= hool. signed up together.
Harry Baum, a builder. was the
first 10 sign up at the booth.
Tho 1872 volunteers WIFI Get
50 hours OF training in Two
hour doses. They can 80 once
a day or once a week. a. they
choose
Gacnon showed me some other
equipment. including rc>pira-
tor and later a gas mask. and
u was the gas mask that tripped
me.
or course 7 had Ia open my
biz month and say that Id worn
masks such n were used In the
last war. Could I try this one
on sure said Gagnon.
lie showed me the tank NJ
purifying chemicals. with tape
over the intake TO he torn of
before being used. So | slipped
the mask on.
There. that's right. Now We
null these tabs. 10 tighten the
straps. That's right, now it's air
tight"
ON boy. was it, IN one breath
7 exhausted all the. air IN the
mask That was when ! rfmcm-
bored the tape over the intake
Inhilc and what happens?
The mask nattcnS against your
face. but the airs been used be-
fore. We'll, well" said Gagnon.
Il wonder how you unfaStcn