Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-18
1000 Wdrdens
Here Called 10
Defense Areas
Nv DOROTHY Williams

Nv DOROTHY WILLIAMS
Detroit, air raid protection
system e, undcr way today annie
reverbersuons o. President RooSc-
veltS warning that n would be
possible for enemy planes 10 bomb
the Motor City.
The 200 volunteer Detroit ar
rad Wardcns are benz called INTO
service by notices which are ~
pected 10 he delivered within "a
hours Glenn & Richards. 8SSC-
ciste Co-ordIrafoJ OF civilian de-
Tense here SAID.
Volunteers arc beng notified o.
the areas IN which they viii servo
and are being summoned 10 pre-
lirinaTy instruction IN CctInC 5
starting Monday.
LEAFLETS TO HOUSEHOLDER
Within three weeks measures
for defense of the city against m
cendiary bombs VIII bC taken 10
the householder with tho diStribu-
tion from door % door OF 10000
instruction leaflets
Leaflets viii nc circulated ll tho
1000 volunteer AIR rand Waidcu>
who VIII b. assigned TO nrlEhhoy-
hoods IN their areas and who VIII
canvass from house tp house.
George Edwards. deputy air.
warden. explained.
This will he doorstep can
vas. The volunteers are in
strlcted not 10 go into the
homes. even II they are asked"
TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS
Al the first preliminary inStruc- .
ton meeting volunteers Will bel
taught the functions al air wal
dens.
The second meeting will deal
with incendiarv bombs. Richards. .
Edwards and instructors will ad-I
dress these sessions Motion pic /
lures Of inCendiary bomb fighting
will be shown
Following theSe preliminary
NEE tingS. the 1000 potential
wardeHs -Mill start their Foutf the
20-hour instruction courses. under
the direction of the 260 teachers
now being trained IN the air rald
institute at Wayne University.
BY March 9 the 200 instructors
will have completed their course
and training Of the 1000 voun-
teers will be launched.
This will be the nucleus of tho
Detroit air raid protection system
which eventually is expected 70
expand 10 $4,000 persons, Ed d
wards said. :
Registration is still going on Al !
the civilian defense office, IL
Cadillac Square.
Announcement Of tho start of
air raid precaution system came
as Mayor Edward J. Jeffrles de-
Tended the metropolitan areas
civilian defense program.
There Is demoraliZing
danger in hysteria." the mayor
said. I'VE are trying "a move
thoroughly and efficiently.
"If We make mistakes or over
look some needed step, We want
10 be told. hut we are doing our
utmost 10 protect the public"
SCHEDULE ANNOUN need
Schedule Of the meetings FOR the.
volunteers follows
Monday February = ~ go
o. m. and Monday. March AZ
Z 80 p. m. area one az Miller High
School. 1892 DUBOIS street. Wilbur
{. Woodson. warden; area TWO at c
High School. 692l !
West Fort street. NJ. J CharEoL !
warden: area three AZ Southeast Z
ern High School, 1880 FaIrVlcW q
avenue. Kirby HAITI warden. and
area four. Post intermediate \
School. $500 Midland avenue, Mil
ton p. Christa, warden.
Tuesday, February -, 80 p m /
and Tuesday, March 3 at 30 p {
m. area five AT Northern High
School. 9026 Woodward avenue +,
James A. Bellon. warden; area Sly
at Cooley High School 1868
Hubbell avenue. Melvin Lanphar I
warden: area seven. Burroughs
Intermediate School. $3.50 St.
Cyril avenue, Miss Sarah Robin
son. warden. and area eight, Tap
pan intermediate School. 1l775 /.
American avenue, Ellsworth Refs
nor warden.
Wednesday. February =. 7.30I
p. m. and Wednesday, March a
7:3O y. m. area nine, Dcnby High /
School. 1890 Kelly road C. Ed
gar johnson, warden; area 10 t
Jefferson Intermediate school, ! .
Edward Falls, warden: area H.
Nolan School. 100 East LantI
street, Barney ChaHlSk!-AA warden
and area y. Central High School
242o Tuxedo avenue, Frank w.
Anterior. warden.
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