Evening star., 1942-01-11
Civilian Defense
Booklet Available
After Tuesday

1ndorsed by top-ranking civilian
defense officials. pamphlet entitled
you and an Air Raid" will be pub
lished by The Star Tuesday.
The pamphlet is based on the Sc
ries by the same name published IN
The Star, with the information re-
vised to meet more recent instruc-
tions and suggestions from civilian
defenss officials.
The decision to publish the ma
terial in pamphlet form is IN re-
sponse to requests and suggestions
from District residents who wanted
the Information on hand for ready
reference Some Of them said they
were clipping the articles as they
appeared each day but had missed
one he:e and there.
Ever those, however, who have
made I notebook conts ring all the
articles will find q number of re-
Visions Among them, for instance,
IS the advice concerning water.
Earle instructions were to fill
bathtu.os with water at the AFRAID
signal Is q home fire-f1ghting meas
ure. Later, however, 1t was decided
that such a procedure would rob the
city OF ofvital water pressure for light
ing large fires.
hdorsed by La Guardia.
Mayer La Guardia. director Of the
ONCE of Civilian Defense, sent this
Endorsement to be included IN the
pamphlet:
"The articles published by The
Evening Star were checked for ofi-
cial technical data in the ONCE OF
Civilian Defense. This cooperation
In public service stands out in glar-
ing contrast to articles written on
the stbject and published without
information and without the bene-
fit of accuracy"
Also giving his approval to the
pamphlet, Col Lemuel Bolles, execu-
tive 6lrector of civilian defense for
the District, wrote:
publication by The Evening Star
Tn tbs convenient form, OF the
wealts of civilian defense informa-
ton which has been published in the
columns of The Star daily, can be
considered as an example of an un-
selfish performance Of public
duty.
"Tle press has, by right Of its
performance throughout our nation
al history, justly earned the high
esteem in which it is held by the
American people. This is another
example Of its unselfish, patriotic
devotion to the public service.
Supplies Zine Basis"
II urge the people of our Metro
politsn Area to take this pamphlet
and study its contents carefully, 50
that every one will be armed with
this protective information, should
an emergency arise. I urge. too,
that none take this pamphlet as
the last word in civilian defense.
It is { fine basis, but 1t must be sup
plemsnted by study Of the columns
Of TIE Star and our other news
papers each day for the current
changes which will occur"
Official instructions for the ham
ding of gas appliances are in
cluded in the pamphlet and else
where in the pamphlet is q longer
explanation of how these instruc-
tions may best be followed.
AED displayed separately from the
fulle. explanations are the official
afraid signals, placed so that they
can be memorized at a glance.
The Information in the pamphlet
Is based on the advice and instruc-
tiona OF o. G. D. technical experts,
local.. defense omcials and British
men and women who have actually
experienced air raids
In preparing the pamphlet. the
material from British SOURCES was
carefully dfted and checked against