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Evening star., 1942-07-05

Second civilian masks are beng manufac-
tured and distributed for AFRAID workers
who will necessarily be exposed to gas if an
attack should come. The total number will
probably represent about 10 per cent of the
population in the target areas.
Third, the Chemical Warfare Service has
for 10 months been training selected civil
defense workers in an intensive course on gas
defense, sending them home as qualified in
structors to spread the gospel in their own
communities In 1941 over 500 men from 3l4
cities completed the course at Edgewood
Arsenal, Maryland. This year, with three new
West Coast schools supplementing those ac-
tivities, some 5000 more local instructors Will
be turned out. These men constitute the back
bone of civilian information about gas And
civilian information is the finest antl-gas pre-
caution vet discovered by anybody
Since mustard is still the king of war gases,
the one most suitable for use in warm weather
and one which requires more than face mask
for complete protection, it naturally gets the
most emphasis in both training instructions
and enemy agents propaganda. Sometimes
likened to "high-powered poison IVY, Its
bIistering effect on the skin conjures up for
bidding picture which is not to be minimlzed.
Yet the fact remains that there is nothing
supernatural about it and reasonable civilian
protection against it can be achieved without
Evening star., 1942-07-05

recourse to specially made clothing or equip
ment.
Major General Lorenzo D. Gasser, War
Department Member of the Board for Civil
ian Protection, OCD, sums it up this way:
''Where tightly-closed rooms exist. and
where soap, hot water and kerosene are
easily available for washing - they are
in cities - there is no reason why the
average householder should fear gas in
any quantities which are likely to be put
down at this stage in this war"
Rules for Refuge
n GAs-RFFUGE room should be above the
ground floor - the higher the better. Prefer
ably, it should not have fireplace or ven
tilator but if it has either, the opening can be
blocked off for complete protection, Window
cracks can be sealed with wet. pulpy news
papers, If windows should be broken by
explosive bombs. they can be covered with
blankets soaked in an anti-gas solution of salt
and water or bicarbonate of soda and water
to a strength of about five per cent.
The vast bulk of the population will find
some such shelter readily available, hence
their main problem is merely to remain safely
indoors until the danger is past. For those
who may be caught outdoors without quick
access to shelter, two points are important:
|. Gas always comes witk the wtad. There
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Puzzles for Adolf

EvEN if there were - or if the enemy ac-
quired land base close enough to work from
- there are still problems to be met which
even Adolf's intuition would find battling.
The first is. of course our Interceptor Com
mand itself. But supposlng planes got through
that in any number - they'd still have the
important item of weather to deal with.
lO-mile-an-hour wind will dissipate gas quick
ly - interesting in view of the fact that the
Average wind velocity in New York City for
year is Is miles per hour, with most coastal
cities at around the same figure. Rising heat
waves - which are particularly strong over
cities - speed up the dissipation of all types
except mustard gas.
In short, good physical conditions are vital
to successful gas attack - and physical laws
are infinitely difficult to control.
This does not mean that we can't be gassed;
it means that the possibility is remote. Be
cause, whatever else you may think of hum,
the enemy is no Ounce. He is quite capable
of calculating that for the same amount of
risk he could accomplish hundred times as
much damage with incendiary or high-expo-
sive bombs. Such raid could cripple vital
plant for 60 to 80 days as against the two or
three days that might be hoped for in perfect
gas attack
But the Chemical Warfare Service and the
OCD have realistically prepared for every
thing: First of all, gas-mask manufacturing
facilities and reserve stocks have been built up
since 1899 for quick. large-scale production,
if and when
Evening star., 1942-07-05

40 YOU'RE worried about a gas attack?
You're saying, Nov that we've got
~ ready to fight incendiaries, the Axis
will probably come over with gas bombs
Well, the Axis might do just that - but as
things stand right now it's pretty slim
chance.
This is not whistling in the dark. 1t is
calm appraisal of situation that is being
badly confused by rumor and exaggerated
bv fear. So much 50 that THIS WEEK assigned
me to interview OCD officials and the Chemi-
cal Warfare Service officers. The report:
The possibility of the enemy's making
widespread use of gas against us is rather
remote for two good reasons:
|. 1t is extremely difficult to use gas
effectively against civil populations.
2. Retaliation would be swift, and the
enemy is we'll aware of the fact that our
facilities for producing war gases are
second to none.
Our chief trouble is that we have read
too many fiction thrillers in which super
men in superplanes unload cargOes of
supergas which wipes out the entire
population of a city in two whiffs. All of
which is superbunk, exploded by little
sober thought.
Even in World War l, when gas was used
under ideal conditions, fatalities were less
than 2 per Cent of the wounded as compared
to "a per cent for those wounded by other
weapons. And recoveries were much higher
than for other casualties.
To gas New York or Philadelphia or Los
Angeles or any other large city is far cry
from gassing troop concentrations pinned
down in open trenches and unable to escape
In the first place. chemical-warfare men say
that to do any sort of an effective job in New
York would require from l 500 to 1000 planes
which, at present, would have to come from
carrier bases Figuring carrier capacities at
60 to rs planes each (the Jap carriers take
about 4O), it would require about 80 carriers
for this one job. And there aren't that many
in the world today!
Evening star., 1942-07-05
AFRAID OF POISON GAS?

Here facts: We're not likely to get widespread gas
raids Even we do, you've good chance of escaping
injury you know what do. Nows the time to Learnt
by Paul w. KearneY
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Connecticut Yankee

xe1T. C0NneCT1CUT. - His name
is Robert Nisbet. MA. That means
National Academician. and less than
100 people in this country can sign
themselves that way 1t means that as
a painter. this man is tops. But who
would ever look for a general behind
an Academician' easel?
Robert Nisbet wears no stars on his
shoulder, no uniform, even. But he is
the general in command of an army
that is being held up by Civilian
Defense officials as a model and an
inspiration.
1t is Kent's army of fire fighters -
500 of them in that little town of
1900. Robert Nisbet-this big, ruddy.
genial. sixtyish painting fellow - or
ganized it. trained it. directs it. And it
is the best-organized, best-trained.
best-dnected outfit of its kind any
where in the country.
Nisbet built it as Kent's Chief Air
Raid Warden. He had already built
up the usual warning organization. He
had even worked out, with the aid of
technicians, secret system of signal
ing to be used if the telephones failed
"a sort of modem adaptation, he
says. of the old Indian signal fires. But
that didn't satisfy him. Local condi-
tions called for special strategy.
This part of the Connecticut coun-
tryside is heavily wooded. Periodically
forest fires break out From his studio
window. NisPet showed me a scrubby.
second growth hill where there had
once been a thriving community
until a forest fire wiped it out. More
than once elessly-dropped match
has started fire which destroyed
everything for miles around. Imagine
what 100 incendiary bombs could do!
The ordinary small fire depart
ment." Nisbet told me, lis equipped
to put out fire - but not fires, plural.
The only way to deal with incendiary
Evening star., 1942-02-08

bombs is to have fremen everywhere
men, women and children put
ting the fires out as fast as they start.
Otherwise, it is entirely possible that
a fire could be started which would
wipe out whole states"
Like any other general. Nisbet
marshals his forces with big map in
front of him. 1t shows every house.
every road. every concentration of
pumps and other fire-fghting equip
ment. Colored pins represent his men.
Lines indicate their territory. At a
glance. he can tell the strength of a
given area. and where reserves are
available. Every single square foot of
ground has been assigned to a squad.
YUTY 10-man squads make up the
service. Each has captain and two
members who have been deputized to
close roads or to arrest anybody who
obstructs the work of fire fighting.
Every other man on each squad has
his particular function.
The volunteer fire fighters - many
of them students at the two private
boys schools in Kent - sleep with
boots, buckets and other equipment
at the foot of their beds, ready for
action at moments notice. How
we'll they function was demonstrated
when one squad was called out last
summer. A man had started an unau-
thorized brush fire. Within two and a
half minutes from the time it was
observed. the fire was out and the
culprit arrested.
And that, your correspondent sub
mits. is organization. You'll find it not
only in Kent. but all over this country.
And it is the kind of organization that
will make the Home Front invulnera-
BILE.
Incidentally, Nisbet's show is only
one phase of Kent's war effort. The
Defense Council has so many other
activities going on that when Chair
man James p. Humphreys started to
make a list of the people participating.
he decided it would be simpler to do
Evening star., 1942-02-08

BECAUSE total ,par affects every
man, iconaan and child, THIS
WEEK Magazine is sending staff
uriter, Arthur Bartlett, around
the nation to bring you frs sfhand
reports Of the srar effort on the
home front. The second of these
articles (Oiio,rs.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

it in reverse and list only those who
we're not able to serve. Out of Kent's
1900 men. women and children, more
than 1000 are doing something.
Volunteers have completed a sur
vey of everything in town that might
have any possibilities for war use sew
ing machines. mattresses and beds
that might be available in an emer-
gency: garden and dairy capacity and
how long available foodstuffs would
last if other supplies we're cut off;
vehicles of all kinds. firearms, boats,
binoculars. tents, crutches and stretch
ers; radio operators. frst-aid workers,
men with military training. farm
labor, and even people who could serve
as interpreters. Plans are complete for
assigning refugees to virtually every
home in Kent, and thorough survey
has been made OF the housing posi-
bilities of churches. schools, camps
and tents. One-third of the people in
town have volunteered to contribute
blood to a blood bank which is now
being built up.
Anybody know town that can
boast a total-war effort like that?
LEADING CITIZENS of the nearby
village of Bantam didn't like it
very we'll when. few years ago.
a little factory was started there to
build restaura ant furniture. The place
had always been purely residential.
serenely quiet and primly New Eng
land. Today that factory has 10 times
as many workers as it had at the start;
a serious housing shortage has been
created, the village is swarming. And
the old residents are proud of it all.
Because the factory is now turning
out seats for airplanes.
It's the kind Of thing that's happen
ing all over America.
Stopping over for visit in Essex.
Connecticut. dropped into a store
and heard the proprietor bewailing
the fact that he couldn't get long win
ter underwear fast enough to supply
the trade. When he told me why,
called up Meade Minnigerode, the
well-known author. and arranged to
visit Essex's Aircraft Warning Service
post. of which he is Assistant Chief
Observer. We rode to the top of a hill,
where the winter winds swept in Bit
terly, and climbed an outdoor stairway
to barn loft - first pushing a couple
of goats off the stairs. In a corner OF
the loft a room had been partitioned
off and fitted out with telephone and
an oilstove. Outside. on an open plat
form, two observers shivered in the
wind, scanning the sky for planes.
Somebody is out on that platform
all the time. twenty-four hours day."
Meade told me. "One at time they
can come in and get warm, but never
both at once
Who says the average American has
become too soft for war?
ARTHUR BARTLETT
TW-1-8-l
Evening star., 1942-02-08
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

The school campaign is bringing
many oddities. A Cass High girl
student Friday provided the weeks
best stunt. She skated to classes
and on her arrival. tossed the
skates into the scrap heap.
Southeastern High has stimuli
lated interest in its campaign by
offering war effort certificates to
the rooms which'Show 100 per cent
participation in ths scrap drive.
The certificates have been designed
by the business class students.
Angel School will pep UP its
campaign with student scrap
parade on Tuesday. If rain inter-
feres, the parade will be held on
Nednegday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

made the basis OF a Front Page
Drama program which The Detroit
Sunday Times will sponsor over IA
radio stations in Michigan and On
tario, next Wednesday, Thursday
Friday and Saturday. The day OF
the broadcast will differ on various
stations as indicated below:
MICHIGAN
WFDF, Flint, 9 p. m. Friday;
EASTWOOD, Grand Rapids,
$50 y. m. Friday: WIBM, Jack
son, S:45 p. m. Friday; WIN,
Lansing, S:45 p. m. Friday; WKBZ,
Muskegon. tbs y. m. Friday;
VICAR. Pontiac, PAS p. m. Thurs
day; WSAM, Saginaw, 10;45 p. m,
Friday; WTCM, Traverse City
1880 p. IN. Wednesday; Wills,
Port Huron, 1l;30 a. m. Friday.
ONTARIO
CFCO, Chatham. $50 p. m,
CKOC. Hamilton, lis
p. m. Saturday; CKCR. Kitchener,
9 p, m, Thursday; CKCO. Ottawa,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

WHY do Doctors, Hsspitah. San
ttcriums. Naturalists, and Bpeeis-
hsts recommend Mineralss And why
Dc millions year after year rssh 20
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relief from stomach and Kidney
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Arthrttis, Neuralgia, Low or High
blood pressure. Infantile Paralysis,
etc. eter Because Of the mirseuleus
aid Of the Natural minerals. known
for many centuries 10 the most
reliable remedy for those ailments.
THE CURATIVE properties Of
Minerals n not . new discovery. In
ancient Greece and Rome. In China
ssd Isdis, for thousands 81 years
people knew the curative wonders
Of Minerae. In America we have
the famous Mineral Springs In
Georgia. pstrcnised By thousands
year after year. In France they
have the Louvre and Air lie Bains.
and In Greece. the very famous
Springs Of Threnien where. accord
Ing 70 the legend, Hercules. the Ged
Of Strength and Youth, drsnk and
bsthed 70 reJuvenatej 70 be forever
younE.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
DrugIess Health!

BIO-MINERAL 10 o eembisatien
~ vitality Important Minerals.
blesded by Nature for those suffer-
lag the ageny Of Rheumatism,
Arthritis, stomach and Kidney all
ments. 10 comes from the depths Of
the earth - Natures laboratory. IL
NOT . Miseral OIL. physie or harm
fol drug Contains NO sleoheI-NO
drugs-NO epiates-NO proeervs-
tives-NO oil. NOT . SINGLE habit
forming ingredient. ONLY Natural.
Hfe-Giving Minerals - these Same
minerals OF the worlds beat springs
In highly concentrated liquid form.
ORDINARY eatharties are habit
forming and never cure constipation.
They force out the foods and diEes-
tive juices from your stomach and
do not correct the cause Of year
trouble. BIO-MTNERAL will not In
terfere with the natural foods IN
yeur stomach. It reaches down 60
the reot--te the walls Of your In
testines, ..neutraiiTinE, throwing
away abnermal waste material, gas
toxins and bloatinE. Not like ellis,
physics and cathartics do /. but In
. Natural. harmless. painless way
doing q real "house-efeaning."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Most Interesting Paper
In State: Monday Times

There are reasons galore why YOU should get Mondays
Detroit Times.
II offers:
Opening nstaln,ent of THE BLACK BoCn OF POLAND"
Naz atrocities EXPOSED with official, AUTHENTICATED
documents and pictures gwen 10 the Free Foilsn
Government in Exile.
PRIVATE BREGER ABROAD" soldier cartoon riot
Sgt Breger hits high in depicting the humorous
side O army life.
. TWENTY NATIONALLY NOTED COLUMNISTS
Including Winchel Damon Runyon Elsie Robinson
. A FULL PAGE OF ACTION PICTURES
. THREE PAGES OF COMICS
celebrated comic and adventure strips Blonde
King Royal Mounted, Popeye Judge Punle, Jggs
and others
TODAY analysis of developments by
expert.
. MODERN WONENS PAGES
. WAR COVERAGE FROM ALL FRONTS
BY International News Service and United Press
The Detroit Times "Michgans Interesting Newspaper"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
RhEU MATiSM
CONSTIPATION
KIDNEYS
For Better Health!

MINERALS and vITAMLNs Are
considered the very best health
remedies today. They are - widely
acclaimed, that people leek u them
~ . "God-sent" gift. Beeies have
bees written abeut then. The Gsv-
ernmeat encourages their use- Pre-
fessers In colleges praise them sky
high. Bakers now enrich their 0eur
with Minerals and advertise L.
Health lectures herald the good
pews absut them In seheels, In
health institutions, In the press, In
ehsrckes, the raAie, everywhere, the
cry 10, MINERALS. MINERALS!
MINERALS are impsrtans 70 keep
and regain health. The wsrring ma
tions bolster tho health Of their
armed forces with miperais. The
Medical Prefessien--ssw ~ never
hsfere--is stressing the impsrsanee
If Minerals. We ara fAld that I'VE
ARE WHAT WE EAT!" Feeds
lacking In Minerals are often the
eause Of many ailmests. sseh a.:
Deesying teeth. Falling eyesight.
Nervous tension, Constipstien. Gas
Toxins, Hosting. Kidney asd had
Der trouble, Freqseat eeids. had
breath. general rundown eenditiea
and ether disorders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
'WhdIemdn Tells
OF Foi|ing laps

How one lone VIII al e m n
thwsrted a Jap gang that sought
TO wreck the fur industry of the
United States will be told by
Cap'n Lester A. MoSher, one OF the
last whaling masters. in an excit-
ing article in The American
Weekly with next Sundays issue
of The Detroit Sunday Times.
This stirring tale will demon
strate how whalemen with their
cruises In remote places could
have told much OF the sinister de
signs of the japanese against the
democratic world.
Cap'n Mosher's article has been
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
u. 5. Sends 400 Men
To Harvest Beets

Four hundred workers are 10
arrive in the state today TO help in
the sugar beet harvest which has
been hard hit by a labor shortage,
it was announced in Washington
by the Farm Security Administra-
ton.
The migrant workers are from
Paintsville, KY, and are the first
group to be transferred by the
FSA. They will work in the beet
fields In Genesee. Shiawasee and
LaDeer counties
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Hudson Bombers Raid
French Coast Shipping

LONDON, Oct. II (UP)-The
air ministry said in a communique
today that Hudson bombers OF the
coastal command raided shipping
of the French coast last night.
The communiQue said a ship was
hit and this morning was seen
wrecked and aground. No planes
were listed missing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Drive for Scrap
FORCES Ahead
On All ; Fronts
School Campaign.
Tin Can Program.
Fats Setup Boosted

Detroit's scrap drive FORCES
ahead on three fronts this week.
. First, the school campaign will
be intensified as IL enters its final
week. A meeting Monday noon of
the school scrap committee Will
lay plans for the stepping Up of
the tempo of the drive to bring
every available pound Of metal
and rubber.
. On the second front, the house
hold fats program will be intensi-
ed with meeting set for Wednes-
day noon. The committee, headed
by Mrs. Henry Eddy and Mrs.
Marquis Shattuck, will start func-
tioning full time.
Miss Gale Calender, who has
been placed in charge OF the state
committees women's activities,
has already contacted most of the
w o m ms organizations in the
county to bring them into the fats
salvage program.
I'm Ian Ff0uS
. Thirdly, plans for another tin
can campaign will be discussed at
a meeting OF that committee,
headed by Terry Bannon. on
Thursday. Although the results OF
last Saturdays collection OF tin
cans was The best In the country,
for prepared cans, q new goal will
be set.
Although the Detroit schools
started a week after the national
school scrap campaign was gotten
under way, the national drive has
now been extended to October a.
This brings the city right in
line. Crosse Pointe schools, which
previously have not been in the
local campaign. have joined other
county schools.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

day pointed 70 q scrap collection
that looms as a national record.
The collection. estimated at
more than so tons, has been priced
between $500 and $500 by Lansing
Junk dealers. Plumbers said the
pile contains many items that
could be used in remodeling old
homes here.
Receipts from the sale will be
used for school projects.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
National Record
For High School

LANSING. Oct. 17.-With an
average of 20 pounds per student,
Pattengill Junior High School to-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Army POliticO
Privsie Is Candidate =
for N. Y. Governor

NEW YORK. Oct. IL uNS)~-
Admittedly. there is not much
chance that Pvt, Coleman b.
Cheney. stationed at Lowry Field,
Denver, will be elected governor
Of New York. but his name never
theless remains on the Socialist
ballot.
Private Cheney. former profess
Sor of economics at Skidmore
College. Saratoga Springs. was
Socialist gubernatorial
in June and indicted
into the army in July OF this year.
Like sending him n gift every
day. Order The Detroit Times
mailed daily to your man In the
armed forces
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Start Third Front

Under the leadership Of the Rev
DR.. Carroll r. Deadly, archdiocesan
superintendent Of Catholic schools.
the $4,000 pupils have been organ
lied into a Third Front" Each
school has mapped its own neigh
borhood and children have been
assigned TO each block TO gather
in the scrap.
The past week has been spent In
getting pledges of scrap and this
week. they will start bringing IL
in. The final day OF the drive.
Friday, has been declared a holi-
day in the Catholic schools TO
bring the campaign 10 a climax.
Dealers have already been lined
up 10 take the scrap from the
catholic schools The proceeds will
be used TO purchase war bonds for
each school.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

Sis p. m. Friday; CJcs. STRAIT.
ford. 7:45 D. m. Friday.
You are urged TO tune in on one
OF the stations for this program,
and also read in next Sundays
American Weekly. the thrilling
article by Cap'n MoSher.