Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-29
Home Defense Notes:
Home Defense Notes.
Wayne u. Unit
Of Red Cross
Does Big Job
BY KEN HALL


Wayne University Red Cross
unit. composed Of faculty men,
hers wives, students, alumnae and
women teachers, has contributed
heavily to the war effort in volun-
teer knitting and sewing. accord
ing to a report Of co-chairmen,
Miss Majorie Smith and Mrs.
Waldo Lessenger.
In Is months these women have
put In more than 10000 hours at
this kind of work, having knitted
293 children's sweaters, 112 pairs
OF socks, IL pairs of sea boots. 81
wool helmets, 66 army sweaters,
ID turtle neck sweaters. nine chill
dren's suits, four shawls, six muf-
fiers and one layette. In addition,
Us children's sweaters were made
for the needy school children Of
this city.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Other activities engaged in are
first aid, motor corps. canteen
service, volunteers and officials IN
Red Cross work in neighborhood
stations making surgical dressings
and in the universitys speakers
bureau.
The unit Is continuing its work
this fall and has new idea in
relation to Christmas cards
instead Of card exchanges the
money Isl turned in 10 the Red
Cross for more important pur-
poses.
More than $500 already has
been received from this source
and other Red Cross groups will
adopt the plan.
Two air raid wardens' meetings
are scheduled for this evening, one
in the Neighborhood House, 1411
Fourth avenue, al which Capt.
Thomas S. Croker OF the Saliva
ton Army will be sworn in TO
replace Herbert r. Dusendorf as
sector c warden of zone /, area
81. There also will be movies and
the time is Up. m. Dusendorf has
been named an assistant warden
TO Willard c. Webster Of the area
The other meeting is at South
western High School. West Fort
and Waterman avenues, at 6:45
o'clock. Area 2 will stage a bomb
demonstration. with 1t. Bernard
A. Preo in charge. All people OF
the area are invited, according 10
Mitchell Jachimski. area warden.
Two hundred air raid wardens
will parade at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon with three Boy Scout
troops TO the Stephens School,
Lambert and Seneca avenues.
where air raid wardens OF sector
G.. zone 2, area will have a
recruiting program, in charge Of
Sector Warden II. J. Lance and
assistant Frederic Scheuler.
One OF the finest examples Of
we'll organized air raid defense
systems that has turned up 10
date is that Of the Standard Acct
dent Insurance Company, $40
Temple avenue. whose 500 en-
ployes, in a test evacuation, took
refuge in the basement air raid
center in five minutes after the
raid warning had been given
Jack Slingerland. OCD sector
warden for sector X. zone 3. area
10. reports that the Standard air
raid shelter is one of the city's
best and is equipped with a
control room and emergency first
aid rooms.
It's warning siren has been In
stalled in the ventilating system
and can be heard in all parts Of
the building. All air raid precau-
ton services are under super
vision of F. s. Brown. vice presi-
dent and secretary. who is air raid
co-ordinator. He has a staff Of 80
assistants.
At get-acquainted meeting
last weekend air raid wardens of
Sector X. Zone l of Area 2, col
lected $3.50 for the cigaret fund
for men in the service from that
area.
Certification of wardens and the
recruiting of volunteers will fea-
ture a meeting in the Slovenian
Workers Home. South and Liver
nois avenues. Friday evening at 8
o'clock. The affair is conducted by
officials of sector d, zone 3, area
2 wardens. The sector boundaries
are Green. Scotch and West
Jefferson avenues and the Wabash
railroad. There will be a speaker
and movies. according to Sector
Warden Fred Mann.
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