Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-02
Home Defense Notes
Big Apartments
On Alert, Ready
If Bombs Fall

Typical Of what is being done
by Detroit's apartment building
operators 10 protect their propert.
from possible air raids is th'
precautionary program instituted
by Manager J. J. Patton Of Alder
Park Manor. 500 East jefferson
avenue
Under Mr.. Patton'S direction. q
corps of 60 air raid wardens has
been organized. Fire and incendi
airy bomb fighting equipment, a:
prescribed by the constituted
authorities. has been placed in
specially built sheds on the roofs
Of all four buildings included in
the manor ensemble. and The
water systems extended TO the
roofs
The wardens have been trained
by Miss Beatrice Cowan. a teacher
at Eastern High who took an air
raid warden course at Wayne
University and also is an instruc-
tor at Eastern.
Monday evening in Wayne Uni
versity's Civilian Defense Insti-
tute. a class of 60 Detroit clergy
men will start a course in air raid
warden training. A program OF
industrial plant protection volun-
teer instruction also will start al
Wayne soon. IL is expected 600
plants will be represented in these
classes.
That the advisory council for
vocational training for war work
ers has taken a very important
role in the training of defense
factory workers is shown by the
report of deputy superintendent
Of public schools. DR.. Warren
Bow, chairman of the council, at
a meeting of that body Friday in
the board of education.
Mr.. Bow gave data 10 show that
under its supervision nearly
100000 workers have been trained
in the Detroit and metropolitan
area, 10000 of them in Detroit at
vocational schools. in factories and
through other means. Also, 1000
have been trained for navy duty.
In one of this city's large indus
tries pioneering in aircraft fuse
lage production, over 80 per cent
of the workers were trained on
this program. which was started
in 1910. In a large arsenal, practi-
cally the entire staff has received
its basic training through this
source.
The group includes in its per-
sonnet educators. public schools.
teachers. unions, civic and federal
organizations.
A call has been issued by the
United States Civil Service Com
mission for metallurgists TO fill
civilian positions in the army air
force at from $500 to $4,000 per
year.
Men and women with non
ferrous metallurgy training who
possess college degrees in metal
lurgy or allied fields and have
experience in dealing with mag
nesium. aluminium and alloys are
urged to apply in person for inter-
views from 8 a. m. TO 4:30 p. m.
Monday through Saturday at the
army air force central procure
ment district headquarters, 8505
West Warren avenue.
Franklin Settlement has been
selected as headquarters for Zone
2. Area /. air raid wardens in
charge of Lee Pouget, district
chief. Pouget announces that a
concentrated scrap campaign will
be instituted by the wardens in
his district to raise funds for first
aid equipment.
Selfridge Field airmen made a
fine appearance in their first mass
review at the field yesterday aft
ernoon and in the evening played
a conspicuous part in the Mt
Clemens May Day defense parade
There should be more of these
reviews, which would help enlist
ments materially.
El1oxAxa@or LoIIe