Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-30
Home Defense Notes.
0CD Workers
To See PrevieW
Of Bombed City
Home Defense Notes.
BY KEN HALL


volunteers tonight will get their
first preview of what a bombed
city looks like. combined with the
correct methods to be used In COM
batting incendiary bombs and fire
during the attack in the Army
OCD show called Action Over
head"
The demonstration will be pre-
sented by a unit OF the war de-
partments civilian protection
school operated by the chemical
war service. The crew, which ar
rived yesterday from Syracuse.
N. Y, consists of eight officers and
80 men. 1t will be supplemented
by some 40 civilian defense voiun-
teers of this city including about
30 women wardens who VIII
demonstrate incendiary control
measures.
A miniature city including
two-story hotel. a drug store. two
homes. numerous shacks and
control center will be finished be-
fore the first demonstration AZ
the state fair grounds race track
this evening. II Is being erected
inside the race track enclosure di-
rectly in front Of the grandstand.
4.ooo-LB. BOMBS USED
The bombing will be done by
fleet of Selfridge Field planes.
whose crews will drop the bombs,
of all types now in use by the
enemy and weighing from 100 10
1000 pounds. They will EXPLODE
but the real kick has been taken
out OF them.
The incendiary bombs will be ex-
tinguished by several methods, the
water spray and jet, sand ano
dunking. and the women air rald
Ardens will take care OF this job.
: drug store will he set on fire
BY thermit pot and an ignited
magnesium bomb. A stream OF
water will be used to extinguish
the bomb and blaze.
Another part If the show which
Is strictly for civilian defense per-
sonnet with admission by ticket.
js the use Of inflammable OIL
throwers by the army men:
Gov. Murray d. Van wagner
Mayor Edward J. Jeffries Jr,
Associate Co-ordinator Frank M.
McLsury. Chief Air Raid Warden
George Edwards and other civilian
defense heads from the Lower
Peninsula will be on hand for the
first performance Of Action Over
head" Seventy thousand tickets
have been issued. $4,000 for each
evening. The show Is TO be re-
peated Saturday night. II starts at
s o'clock each evening.
-Four auxiliary fire engines OF
the pumping type were added TO
the Detroit Fire Department
equipment yesterday--the first 10
arrive Of the additional equipment
10 be used by auxiliary firemen
in case Of fires started by air raids.
The engines came through the
state and were presented to the
OCD AZ the General Fire Truck
Conpanys plant yesterday noon.
They were accepted in behalf OF
the city by Nate s. Shapiro. presi-
dent ~ the Detroit Board OF Fire
Commissioners. and s ecretsry
Richard F. Reaume and were
taken TO the apparatus bureau for
further inspection. IL Is expected
soon that some Of the 217 bumpers
10 he given the city by the federal
government will begin arriving.
Detroit now has 5000 auxiliary
-firenen- enrolled 200 who are
fully trained. 1000 in training
snd 1000 recent enrolees await
training. Fifteen hundred more
SSt needed.
Forty thousand dollars worth OF
stamps and bonds were sold by
the Children Defenders At their
bond and stamp rally in the PEG.
ple's Theater. Twelfth an
Seward avenues. Wednesday eve
ming. The Children Defenders
membership includes nine children.
all of whom live in the apartment
house at POPS West Euclid ave-
nue. ages 9 To IL years. Ten-year-
old Susanna Pernick Is the leader
OF the group and gave the sales
talk preceding the auctioning OF
articles donated by the Twelfth
street merchants. Joyce Rashti
also was speaker.