Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-27
Restrictions On Light
ing Far Reaching
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2. All lights visible from out-of-
doors which cannot be extinguished,
completely obscured or reduced in &C
cordance with standard War Depart
ment blackout specifications within
five minutes of the sounding of a
blackout signal, shall be permanently
extinguished
8. All fixed lights visible from the
sea must be entirely obscured or eX-
tinguished.
4. Vehicular headlights must have
the upper part of the lens obscured
by some opaque material; high beam
headlights are prohibited; where
headlights are visible from the sea,
no more than two driving lamps, each
not to exceed maximum of $50 beam
candlepower, may be used.
5. Escape of light from windows
in stores, homes, restaurants, bars,
commercial and industrial establish
ments shall not exceed twofoot can
dies as measured by light meter
held at any point three feet from a
window, door, or other opening. For
example, show windows may have any
amount of light in them provided the
escape of light is reduced to the "a
mount permitted by properly adjusted
screening material.
6. Railroad, streetcar, bus and fer
nv light and windows shall be shield
ed so that no source of light will be
visible from the outside at an angle
above the horizontal; and the escape
of light shall not exceed two-foot
candles at any point three feet from
the outside of such vehicles.
z. Street and traffic lights will be
reduced in wattage and number to the
minimum consistent with their pur
pose and those retained in use shall
be permanently shielded in such a
manner that the source of light will
not be visible above the horizontal.
Other exterior lights, both essential
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ly shielded so that the source of light
will not be visible at an angle less
than 45 degrees below the horizontal.
All exterior advertising signs, how
ever Illuminated, will be extinguished.
These regulations will require con-
siderable revision of the dimout prac-
tees that have been followed hereto
fore in the dimout area.
Rule 1 will shorten somewhat the
hours of dimout Under the old reg
ulations the dimout was in effect
from sunset to sunrise.
Also, under the old regulations the
direct rays" of fixed lights were not
permitted to shine to seward and all
lights were required to be "dimmed,
or shaded, or otherwise obscured that
they will not be visible at any time
for distance of more than one
mile =. :"
Rules 2, s, 5 and supplant this
regulation.
1t was formerly required that We
hicles moving toward the sea proceed
with parking lights when within a
mile of the sea and other vehicles
moving parallel to the water within
the one-mile area could only use dim
med headlights.
Rules a and supplant this regu-
lation.
In effect the regulation means that
all motorists on the Eastern Shore
east and south of Dorchester county
must paint out the top part of their
headlights; merchants and household
ers must dimout their property to a
maximum of two candle power of
light; if the lights can be seen from
the water they must be completely
obscured or extinguished.
Until the new regulations were a
dopted Ocean City was the principal
community affected by the dimout.
Now Salisbury, the States fourth
city; Princess Anne, Snow Hill, POGO
moke City, Crisfield and others will
be affected.
In Ocean City, street and board
walk lights have been dimmed or
painted out in the direction of the sea
but civilian defense officials have
found them to be visible for nearly
mile at sea, although the shipping
lanes are a number of miles beyond
that point.
Under the new regulations, some
thing will have to be done to these
lights so they may not be seen at all
from the sea.
In commenting on the new regula-
tions, General Reckord said:
"The residents, businessmen and in
dustrialists in the affected area must
realize that regulations governing the