The Wilmington morning star., 1942-07-03
POISSON STRESSES
CD TRAINING NEED
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whether the Russians are holding
and think of keeping America az
independent nation"
Workings of the aircraft warning
service was explained by Captain ]
C. Thomason of the info11mation-fil
ter center.
1--WE are preparing for the worst,
he said, "but are hoping for the
best. We can't sit back and be com
placent. It's not impossible fol-
bombers to come over this country
because it is known that our enc.
mics have bombers which can come
here. We can't sit down and say il
can't happen here and unless we
are prepared we will be sorry.
Everyone of us must do our
part, regardless of how small, even
if it means standing by six weeks
or two years. We must know first
aid and the other prescribed
courses and be ready.
1.-THE Army is ready but not as
ready as it will be because every
day plans are made and are carried
out to make 1t more efficient
Throughout the system we think
we have plans to keep any such
disaster from happening here as ir
England.
Give of your time and energy,
the captain urged, because you are
not actually giving 1t, you are shar
ing with the American people, yor
are actually protecting the liberty
of the American people SO they car
enjoy it,
G. F.. Malone, FBI agent, told Of
the coordination of the FBI with
the Army and Navy intelligence ani
with Other law enforcement agen
cies and spoke OF the training pro
gram which is being conducted b,
the F'BI.
Mr.. Malone declared that dealing
with persons trained in sabotag,
and espionage is different from tn.
usual type that law enforcement
officers are faced with because o.
the training given agents of tn,
enemy.
After explaining that training il
vitality essential for the work O.
the auxiliary police, Mr.. Malon,
concluded with "a good law enforce
ment man is one who can observe. >
Chief C. H. Casteen of the city
police department stressed the ne
cessity of volunteers for the auxil
iary police force to complete thei1
training courses and added ut l!
necessary that we have the aid o
you men to help us do the job"
Sergeant T. B. Hughes of tn,
city police department, who is aid
ing T. r. Orrell, chief of the cit,
auxiliary police, in organizing tn,
auxiliary set-up, declared "the aux
iliary police must have training
the knowledge to act in case of az
emergency and to maintain order. ;
Sergeant Hughes exhibited hel
NETS. upon which he has painted
insignia of the auxiliary police, arm
bands, and a white canvas belt. or
the order Of a Sam Browne, which
is all of the uniform for the yolun
teeTs. These articles will be giver
the men when their courses ar,
completed.
In conclusion, Sergeant Hughe
declared, ut is Imperative that w
have men,"
Mr.. Orrell expressed his app~e
citation to Sergeant Hughes for hi
assistance and spoke of the set.u
OF the organization. He explaine
that the city had been divided int
10 zones with the plans calling fo
lo men at each zone headquarter
and 20 Or rs additional men to h
assigned to the various groups.
However, he said at present onl
100 men have volunteered for tn
work and II of them complete
their courses. The plans call TO
from 225 to 250 men tn the city.
!. Sheriff c. David Jones, commar
DER, who presided at the meeting
said none of us are being paid fo
; what we are doing except to salyar
what we can out Of this war to saw
democracy"
He said although chief Of tn
county auxiliary force had not bee
named yet, an appointment was e,
} pected soon.
: You are fighting for yourself
M'Kean Maffitt. technical advise
for the. defense council, told tn
men and urged them to observe
] correlate the facts and report then
accurately and quickly.
1 Robert Strange, commander q
the local post Of the American LIE
gion, reminded them of the EXPIRES
sion too little and too late" an,
urged them to get behind this c]
villain defense
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