Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-06
Home Defense Notes
Home Defense Notes
Gen. Hershey
To Talk on Draft
As Affecting All
BY KEN HALL

| BY KEN HALL
There will be approximately
1000 seats available to the gen.
eral public for the Maj. Gen
Lewis B. Hershey selective serv-
ice meeting in Masonic Temple
next Monday evening, according
to Mai. Paul V. Engstrom, head
of wayne County's selective
service.
Already some $500 tickets have
been mailed out to draft officials
Iindustrialists and labor organiza-
Itions on request. Starting today
the remaining tickets will be
mailed to citizens who desire Ia
attend until the supply is ex-
hausted.
To secure them you, must mail
TO selectce service headquarters,
1912 Book Tower Building, a writ
ten request. accompanied by a
self-addressed and stamped return
envelope.
TO ATTEND LUNCHEON
General Hershey will arrive In
Detroit Monday morning and after
a conference with Mai. f. M.
Rosecrans, state selective service
director and other state and
county officials, will attend a
luncheon of the Economic Club
in the Book Cadillac, where he
will be introduced by Major Rose
Grams.
The Masonic Temple gathering
is scheduled for 8 o'clock and Gen
eral Hershey will talk on selective
service as related TO every citizen.
There is no admission charge. but
all seats are TO be reserved in ad-
vance. The Wayne University
band OF over 100 pieces will fur
nish music for the occasion. Gov
ernor Murray d. VanWagoner will
introduce General Hershey, who
will conduct a question and answer
quiz for a half hour after his talk.
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
there is to be meeting of the
l1S district co-ordinators Of the
metropolitan defense area in the
Barlum Hotel, at which time plans
will be set for the next area black
out. which will take place in about
three weeks.
In attendance ut the session,
which will fix a definite date for
the blackout, will be army and
navy defense plant officials, who
will be asked TO blackout the fac
tories IL it is feasible TO do so.
Others in attendance will be
Inspector Fred w. Jeurgens. d.
rector of traffic for the police
department: d. Grant Mickle. city
traffic engineer; Charles E. Boyd
secretary of the Retail Merchants
Association: Mai. Gen. Clifford
Powell. army officer in charge of
the Lower Michigan defense area.
and Capt. Don Leonard. head of
the Michigan state citizens de-
Tense corps.
j. J. Lassaline. regional director
OF Ontario's civilian defense COM
mittee, also will be on hand to
lend any possible assistance to the
plans which also will include the
border cities.
Glenn G. Richards. associate
civilian defense co-ordinator for
the metropolitan Detroit sector.
reports today that the names of
30 wilful violators in the city's
first blackout Sunday will be
turned over TO the police for
prosecution today. The list in
cludes a dozen cafe and restaurant
owners with liquor licenses and
the liquor control board will be
asked to notify them to observe
the ordinance hereafter under
penalty of losing their license.
Mr.. Richards also states that
reports from the 18 districts in
this area not including Windsor.
show that there were 1898 air
raid wardens on duty Sunday to-
gether with 1892 auxiliary police
men and TO auxiliary firemen. the
later two branches of the defense
setup being in the smaller towns
and cities.
Section No. 3 OF the civilian de-
Tense air raid wardens will start
its classes in the Civilian Defense
Institute on May II. ending on
June IL. There are $500 air raid
wardens in this class who will
be instructed in 1876 classes at
45 schools.
This brings the total enrolment
10 1000 with 10000 more needed.
Citizens wishing to volunteer
should file their names with the
Defense Board in the Barlum
Hotel.