The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17

Ne&AAftAAAU0AA AAA- tle further and imagine that the refugees Of bygone centuries must have felt somewhat the same sense Of security and safety reflected on the faces of today's shelters from the peFils of Hitler's robot bombs.
 To reach a shelter you walk down 238 winding. shining stairs to the first level. i80 feet underground. You are greeted with a blast of music from one Of the many loud speak. CTS and received by motherly wom. an warden with New Tube Shelt. CT in yellow lettering on the breast. pocket Of her nattv navy blue uni- form. At 10 p. m. families were be- ginning to settle while the children were darting in and out of the bays. playing tag.
 A SHELTER SLEEPS 5000
 There are 5000 hunks to a silelt- CT. The shelter Is divided into i6 sections on two levels. each section containing 800 hunks. all numbered. Sections in the shelter visited bore the name Of a well-known English painter. Families occupying six hunks can let down dividing parti- tions making for a little more priv aey. so dear to the British heart. Some shelters who have now been undereround a couple of weeks have even fixed mp their quarters with gay chintz curtains.
 eElanpA owa aswt,a aas.kaa.aa susasaua coffee. tea. cocoa. and hot soup as well as sandwiches and cake can be bought at the nominal flat rate of twopence 6 cents). the whole af- fair being on-Drofit-making.
 Washing facilities and lavatories are excellent. There is no provision. however. for hot water or heating A daily laundry service takes care of blankets. sheets and slips at very small cost. There is also a disinfect- ing station for bedding.
 Twenty-four charwoIpen vacuum clean the place every day. Both they and other emrloyes as well as the voluntary workers-300 in all-have a priority right to sleep there
 There is doctor. a sick bay. and two nurses in attendance on each level
 INTRODUCING MIR. ?. COPELAND
 A Central control room under di- rection of Mir. P. Copland issue stream Of instructions and advice over the l0lld-speakeF--a gift in- cidentally of the American Air Raid Relief. Mir. copiand served in the International Briqade in Spain as colonel and at the outbreak of war toured the country lecturing to wardens on bombing. He thereafter joined the Civil Defense.
 Tn time. Mir. Copland said. he hoped tO install separate bays for the children. where they could play until bedtime and all sleep together.
 The shelters open at 6 D. nl., close at I0:30. and lights are dimuled at ii p. n. Late workers have special passes. Everybody must be out be- fore 7:i5 Q. m. An exit connects with the tube" stations. which means that there is no need to climb the 2ss stairs. The elevator. by the way. is exclusively reserved for the aged and infirm. the blind and expeetant mothers.
 London has shelter accommodations for seven and a quarter million peo- pie. The night population Is esti' mated at six and three quarter Dlil@ lion. including private shelters,
 Tickets for shelters must he ob- tained from local authorities. and deep-shelteT users must justly their request. There are still hundreds of people, however, who every night ins wade the underground railway sta tions as they did in the blItz