Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-04
Home Defense Notes
Raid Instructors
.ToBeGraduated
tomorrow Night
BY KEN HALL


Detroit's air raid warden In
structor quota, with 100 added,
will be reached tomorrow night
with the graduation Of five classes
at Wayne University, whose total
will be $50 teachers.
When these instructor classes
were started by the Civilian De-
Tense Institute Of Wayne Univer-
sity the Office of Civilian Defense
set its goal at 500 and there now
will be 500 qualified with Fridays
$50 added to the $50 previously
graduated.
These warden constructors have
been trained by Wayne University
faculty members assigned to the
task over period of several
weeks, a total of 20 hours in air
raid warden work and 10 hours OF
Red Cross activities. Four OF the
classes are for laymen and one
for clergymen. The classes are
S, 6. 7, 8 and 9.
Graduation exercises are to be
in the Wayne auditorium at 8
O'clock. The general public, area.
zone and sector wardens are in
vited. DR.. David Henry, execu-
tive vice president of Wayne ~"
will be the principal speaker.
All 600 instructors will be called
back for q "refresher session" on
June 13, 8 a. m. to 1890 p. m,
when the entire Wayne faculty
will polish them up on the latest
wrinkles In air raid warden duties.
All industrial plants of Area 8
are asked to send representatives
to a meeting called by its area
warden, the Rev. Ellsworth Refs
ner. in Mckenzie High School,
Wyoming at Oakland, at 8 p. m.
There are 800 plants in this area,
which Is bounded on the south by
the city limits and fireman ave-
nue., on the west by the city limits,
north by Schoolcraft avenue and
the east by Meyers road.
This will be the first effort by
the OCD to coordinate factory
and general defense activities and
is the opening session Of pro-
gram planned to cover all indus
trial areas Of the city.
"The fourth annual observ-
ance Of Flag Week from Juno
to IL, should be the most
patriotic and enthusiastic OBJ
servance ever noted" according
to Mayor Edward ]. Jeffries Jr.,
co-ordinator of this district.
Following out the mayors sug-
|gestion, Glenn c. Richards, asso-
|ciate co-ordinator, has issued a
letter to all air raid wardens and
others connected with the Office
lof Civilian Defense and its affili-
ated bodies to make a special
effort to see that flags are dis
lplayed from all business places
and homes during that period.
Tuesday, June 9. will see the
start Of Detroit's first all-women|
air raid warden class. On that
Afternoon at 3 o'clock. women of
sector L, zone 2, area 6. will meet
in the Grace Church, Fenkell and
Meyers road. to start preparingI
for any possible contingency con-
nected with air raid work. L. f.
Tenney, sector warden, Is or
ganizer OF this class.
Women air raid wardens areI
eligible to join proposed all-women
drill teams In each OF the 13 de-
tense areas In the city, the Office
of Civilian Defense announced
today.
The first such team, with 3OOI
is drilling at Southwest
ern High School. under the direc-
ton Of Maj. Pashia Smith. Drillingl
takes place at 1880 on Tuesday
evenings.
A drill team Of women wardens
OF area II will be organized at a
meeting to be held In Central
High School, 2625 Tuxedo, at 8:30l
tonight. All women wardens of
that area wishing to become units
of this drill team are requested to |
be present.
According to announcement by
Lieut.. Col. Harold A. Firlong,
state defense council administra-
tor, rubberless. plastic stirrupl
pumps for fighting fire bombs soon
will be available for home-owners
in danger areas. They will be sold
at less than IS.
These pumps are used TO de-
velop water pressure for attic and
roof areas where garden hose can
not be used or the water supply Is
inadequate. No word has been
received by the local OCD office
as to what Detroit's quota will be.
Tonight the fifth session of the
Industrial Plant Protection Insti-
tute Is scheduled at the Horace II.
Rackham Memorial Building, 100
Farnsworth. The topic will be
Maintenance Services" Speak
ers will be William M. Walker Jr.,
commissioner of the department of
public works, and c. p. Nankervis,
works manager Of the Fisher Body