Smyrna times., 1942-04-30
BAY COAST TO
SHADE LIGHTS
Delaware COastline, Including
Delaware Bay, Will Be
Regulated
MAY FORCE BLACKOUT

The Delaware coastline, includ-
ing Delaware Bay as far inland as
Deepwater Point, and covering an
area of Kent and Sussex Counties
extending approximately Is miles
back from the shoreline, was af-
fected by a list of regulations is
sued at New York by Maj.-Gen.
Irving ]. Phillipson, commanding
general of the Second Corps Area,
in a move to protect shipping from
Axis U-boats. Declaring that the
lighting situation "is Immediately
vital to the protection of our ship
ping, which has become an essen
tial facility for the prosecution of
the war" General Phillipson eau
toned that if the regulations are
not followed, complete blackouts
would be ordered.
Must Shade Lights
His instructions provided that
~ All exterior lights used for il
Illumination of streets, roads, high
ways and parkways shall be shaded
so as to prevent their direct rays
from being visible from the sea or
shining at an angle above the hor-
Iizontal; (2) Exterior illumination
used for advertising that cannot be
shaded shall be extinguished; (3)
Public street and parkway lights
adjacent to the coast and normally
visible from seward shall be re-
duced in number or candlepower to
the utmost extent consistent with
traffic safety and shall be screened
by paint or other material.
Autos Affected
a. Exterior lights along board
walks, places of amusement, hotels
and commercial establishments also
the shoreline, not necessary tc
highway traffic, shall be extin-
guished between shutdown and sun.
rise; (5) The windows of all COM
mercial establishments, hotels OF
dwellings adjacent to the coast
shall be shaded or darkened; (6)
Automobiles parked or moving
were their lights are visible from
seward shall not use their bright
lights. Nightly inspections from
the sea will be made to determine
the effectiveness of this dimming
out" General Phillipson said
Should these measures not prove
sufficient to obviate the necessity
for stricter regulations, complete
blackouts may be prescribed for To-
calities or communities that fail t.
meet the requirements.
| May Force Full BIackout
Attempts have been made tt
dim this shore lighting on a volun'
tary basis. This has not been en-
tirely effective. 1t is now fount
necessary to control shore lighting
along the coast of this corps area
first through the enforcement o.
definite regulations for the dim
ming of lights and, second, if thi.
does not prove efficacious, then t.
enforce a complete blackout in 6
locality which fails to meet the pro
vided requirements; or, third, tt
enforce a complete blackout along
the entire coast"
Military Area
The instructions followed an an
nouncement by Lieut.-Gen. Hugh
A. Drum, commanding general Of
the Eastern Defense Command, de-
claring that the entire Atlantic
Seaboard would soon be designated
as the Eastern military area will
the conduct of 100000 civilian!
becoming subject to Army regula
ton and control. General Phillip
sons instructions ordered the i'm
mediate blackout of all lights
above the 18th floors of all build
ings in the corps area in move tt
reduce glare. The regulations cover
the coastline zones of New York
New Jersey and Delaware.