The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-15

The location, movements and identity of naval and merchant vessels of the United States in any waters, and of other nations oppos- ing the Axis powers, in American waters; the port and time of arrival or prospective arrival of any such vessels, or the port from which they leave; the nature of cargoes of such vessels; the location of enemy naval or merchant vessels in or near American waters; the assembly, de- parture or arrival of transports or conveys; the existence of mine fields or other harbor defense; secret orders or other secret instructions regarding lights, buoys and other guides to noVigators; the number, size, character and location of ships in construction, or advance infor- nation as to the date of launchings or commissionings; the physical set up or technical details of shipyards.
 The location of forts and other Qualifications; the location of coast defense emplacements. or antiair- craft guns; their nature and num- Der; location of bomb shelters; To- cation of camouflaged objects.
 Specific information about war contracts, such as the exact type of production; estimated supplies of strategic and critical materials avail able ;or nationwide "round-ups" of locally-published procurement date except when such composite in formation is officially approved for publication.
 Specific information about the location of, or other information about, sites and factories already in existence, which would aid sabo- teurs in gaining access to them; in formation other than that readily gained through observation by the general public, disclosing the loca- tion of sites and factories yet to be established, or the nature of their production.
 Weather Forecasts
 Weather forecasts, other than of- ficially issued by the weather bureau; the routine forecasts print ed by any single newspaper to cover only the state in which it is pub lished and not more than four ad- joining states; portions of which lie within a radius of 150 miles from the point of publication.
 Consolidated temperature tables covering more than 20 stations in any one newspaper.
 Special forecasts issued by the weather bureau concerning temper ature tables, or news stories warning the public of dangerous roads or streets, within 150 miles of the point of publication, are all acceptable for publication.
 Weather roundup" stories cover ing actual conditions throughout more than one state, except when given out by the weather bureau. Photographs and Maps
 Photographs conveying the infor- nation specified in this summary, unless officially approved for pub lication.
 Detailed maps or photographs dis closing location of munition dumps, or other restricted army or naval areas.
 This has no reference to maps showing the general theater of war, or large scale zones of action, move ments of contending forces on a large scale, or maps showing the general ebb and flow of battle lines.
 Special care should be exercised in the publication of aerial photos pre- sumably of military significance which might reveal military or other Information helpful to the enemy; also care should be exercised in publishing casualty photos so as not to reveal unit identifications through collar ornaments, etc. Special atten- tion is directed to the section of this summary covering information about damage to military objectives. Casualty Lists Casualty lists: Note: There is no objection to publication of informa- tion about casualties from news papers local field, obtained from nearest of kin, but 1t is requested that in such cases, specific military and naval units, and exact locations, be not mentioned.
 Information disclosing the new location of national archives, art treasures, and so on, which have been moved for safe-keeping.
 Information about damage to mili- tary and naval objectives, including docks, railroads or commercial air ports, resulting from enemy action.
 The spread of rumors in such way that they will be accepted as facts will render aid and comfort to the enemy. It is suggested that enemy claims of ship sinkings, or of other damage to our forces, be weighed carefully and the source clearly identified, if published.
 Information about the transpor- tation of munitions or other war materials, including oil tank cars and trains.
 Information about the movements of the president of the United States or of official military or diplomatic missions of the United States or of otLar ,,otiny, nnnpci,,u tha Ayic