The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12

i Virginia Beach and Ocean City, Virginia, are now included as restricted zones and all persons, ex- cept military personnel in the per- formance of their official duties, are barred from the beaches of these resorts during the hours of dark ness.
 Now In Effect
 The new proclamation, effective August g, 1943, in the sixteen At lantic seaboard states from Maine to Florida and in the District of Columbia, augments four other pub- lie proclamations issued by General Drum by direction of the War De- partment and under authority of the Presidents Executive Order No. 9066, dated February 19, 1942.
 The principal points of the new proclamation are as follows:
 Cameras: "No person not in the armed forces of the United States engaged in the official performance of his official duties shall, without authorization by competent military authority (service commanders), use or operate any camera while en- gagged in any fight in any aircraft"
 Photographs, Sketches, Drawings:
 No person not in the armed forces of the United States engaged in the performance of his official duties shall, without authorization by competent military authority (service commanders), make any photograph, photographic negative, sketch or other representation of any area heretofore or which may hereafter be designated by the commanding general, Eastern De- fense Command and First Army, as a prohibited or restricted zone, or any part or portion thereof, or any object within any such area" This will prohibit, for instance, individ- uals standing either inside or out side a restricted zone such as a beach, or & prohibited zone, from photographing objects within the zone. It was pointed out that this was in addition to previous restric- tions prohibiting the possession of cameras by any person within a prohibited zone and the use of cameras by any person within a restricted zone.
 Lighting
 Lighting: "No person in control of lighting shall fail or neglect to regulate and control such lighting in accordance with the terms of restrictions imposed by proclama- tions and orders issued by the commanding general, Eastern De- fense Command and First Army, and of regulations issued by the commanding generals of service commands and the commanding general of the Military district of Washington, pursuant to orders Of the commanding general, Eastern Defense Command and First Army" The effect of this restriction is to fix uniform responsibilities for the control of lighting with respect to compliance with the dimout regula- tions in the dimout zone. These responsibilities are similar to those previously imposed concerning un- attended and other lighting during periods of blackout and air raid as prescribed by the Air Raid Protec- tion Regulations previously issued by military authorities. According ly, persons who leave lights unat- tended will not be able to escape responsibility for dimout violations.
 Exclusions: No person who here tofore or hereafter has been or is prohibited from entering or re- maining in the Eastern Military Area by any military commander of any area designated pursuant to Ex- ecutive Order Of the President, No. 9066, dated February l9. l942. shall enter. remain in or be found in the Eastern Military Area, or any part or zone thereof" It was explained that other defense commanders, such as the commanding general. Vest ern Defense Command. have the same power as General Drum to ex- clude persons whose continued pres ence in military areas is deemed dangerous to the national defense. These other defense commander also are authorized to exclude per- sons from the Eastern Military Area. The effect Of the proclamation