Evening star., 1943-02-23
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streamed from their shelters on the
second blue" In marked contrast
with the virtually empty streets Of
the first blue"
The second blue" again was mis-
taken for the all clear in some quar-
tiers, but the most confused sector
in the downtown area was the top
floor Of an ONCE building There
the lights were all turned on on the
red" only to 60 out again a few
minutes later.
The first notice of the all clear"
downtown was the lighting of an
Office building and an outdoor sign
on night club. Seconds later a
MOTORCYCLE policeman called lights
on, all clear" and shortly after
ward the street lights came on.@ In
residential areas those Who rent
their radios on as directed heard
announcers break into programs to
report that the all clear" had just
been received 1t came at 9:28.
500 Incidents Reported.
While the public was getting its
education-to be repeated March 2
during the afternoon-wardens were
reporting more than 500 incidents
to control centers, on many of which
equipment was dispatched. Each
rescue squad responded on at least
one call and number of medical
units were also on the streets.
At the main control center "spe-
cial information" on simulated in
cidents included reports of three
saboteurs, several plane crashes and
the mysterious landing Of glider.
Also touring during the black
out were Commissioner Charles
w. Kutz; Col. A. s. Janeway
of the National ONCE of Civil
Ian Defense; Brig. Gen. John T.
Lewis, commanding the Military
District OF Washington; Maj Leonce
Legendre Of the co-ordinator's Of
fee; Acting Civilian Defense Di-
rector Porter Lumpkins and Her
bert Friede, controller OF communi-
| cations.
Mr.. Lumpkins and Mr.. Fields
included trip down Constitution
avenue in their tour to see II ex-
perimental lines painted to guide
traffic in the dark were visible.
They said they could be seen.
One violation of last nights Dis
/ trict area blackout was reported in
Montgomery County, Nd. Judge
Albert E. Brault, county civilian de-
tense director, said show windows
of a shop in the 5000 block of Geor-
gia avenue, Silver Spring, remained
brilliantly lighted during the entire
test after wardens tried without sue
cess to gain entrance to the store.
/ He said warrant would be issued
today against the owner, who was
described as previous offender.
Yard Lights Flicker.
In Alexandria, Va, visiting Off
cials from the co-ordinator' office
thought the blackout satisfactory
The principal flaw was reported at
the Southern Railway yards where
the lights fiickered on and off, due,
ofncials believed, to switch Difficult
ties rather than willful non-com-
pliance. The few violations noted
Will not result in prosecutions, Chief
| Aid Raid Warden Bernard j. Pad
gett said today. Violators will be
warned and given copy of the new
/ regulations to study.
In Prince Georges County. Civilian
Defense Director J. Robert Sherwood
said compliance was generally good
with about half dozen exceptions
which now are being investigated.
The violations were reported prin-
cipally in business houses where
proprietors had failed to extinguisn
lights before leaving.
According to Controller Friede
Prince Georges was the only nearby
area which made report to the
main control center here,