Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-04
Home Defense Notes
Rites Will Add
2,250 More
AirWardens
Home Defense Notes
BY KEN HALL


Detroit's civilian defense setupI
will be further enhanced next
Tuesday when 2,250 schooled air
raid wardens will be added to the
list at two graduating ceremonies
in Areas and 7. This will make
$4,000 air wardens available in this
area. Two thousand more are
training. :
At Northeastern High School.
1890 Grandy avenue, at 8 p. m,
$50 wardens of Zone of Area No.
! and so navy anchorettes will be
given their oaths Of allegiance to-
the flag in a ceremonial conducted
by Zone Warden Lee j. Pouget.
Among the notables expected are
Gov. Murray d. Van Wagner,
Mayor Edward j. Jeffries. Federal
Judge Frank A. Picard, who will
swear in the wardens, Area War
den Wilbur c. Woodson. associate
co-ordinator Glenn c. Richards and
Chief Air Raid Warden Frank M.
McLaury.
The WPA symphony orchestra
will furnish musical numbers.
The anchorettes will form the
guard of honor and will be swornI
in by Ensign Harry NJ. Monson.
Commander r. Thornton BrodheadI
and Lieut.. Byron F. Fletcher OF
the naval reserves also Will be-
there.
INCENDIARY BOMB TEST
At Lodge Field, Georgia and
Van Dyke avenues. a class Of 1000
Area Z wardens will be given Gre
dentials, followed by an incendiary
bomb demonstration by Lieut..
Bernard Prio of the police depart
ment.
A silk air wardens flag with
official OCD warden insignia made
by the women of Sector /, Zone 2,
will be presented TO Miss Sarah
Robinson. warden of Area z.
Associate co-ordinator Glenn c.
Richards and Chief Air Raid War
den Frank NJ. McLaury will speak.
Clarence f. Brewer, head Of the
department of parks and recrea-
trained Fecreational leaders in the
defense setup and a class OF these
volunteers. 80 of whom already are
trained. will start Monday evening
ar the Woodward Avenue Baptist
Church, Woodward and Winder
avenues. in charge of Miss Viola
Armstrong Of the recreation staff.
Volunteers completing the course
will act as teachers Of neighbor-
hood groups in every part Of the
city.
Volunteers are asked TO commu-
nicate with the OCD office. the
parks and recreation office or at
the church.
These leaders will play an
important part I'm building mo-
rale." states Mr.. Brewer. I'm
newly settled neighborhoods of
defense workers they will be es-
pecially valuable also where
recreation near home II made
necessary by gas and tire ration
ing"
The program is jointly sponsored
by the Wayne County Council Of
btlNIHtt lGNiOii Attltilst SOGiieAi
and the Detroit Association for the
Study OF Group Work through the
parks and recreation department
in charge of instruction.
Following up last weeks meet
ing 10 form Detroit defense for
possible gas attacks Drs. c. K.
Banks Of the Detroit section Of the
American Chemical. Society, and
DR.. Bruce II. Douglas. chief Of the
OCD's emergency medical service,
have compiled an analysis OF poison
gases, their characteristics, effects
and antidotes, which is herewith
printed. Cut il out and put in a
conspicuous place.
Mustard gas (blister gas)-Simi-
lar TO Lewisite. with odor Of garlic,
mustard or horseradish. depending
on the individual inhaling them,
sometimes fatal in large doses.
Most effective close TO the earth.