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to r. Tto p. 1 MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE DELTA UTAH rn History Written at Quebec j. i I Only Time WilliVill Reveal It A Military Experts Satisfied With Results of I Roosevelt Roosevelt Churchill Churchill Conference Political Angle an By BAUKHAGE Analyst and Commentator Mr Baukhage has hils written today's today's to to- days day's column from Quebec site of the Roosevelt Churchill conference confer conference which he cr co covered for newspapers newspapers newspapers news newspapers affiliated with Western Newspaper Union Ic Service Union Trust Building Washington D. C.

Now that some of ot the deep secrets which surrounded the most important impor- tanttant conference so far held by the firm finn of Roosevelt Churchill pur- I purveyors purveyors pur pur- I of victory are beginning to to- bebe revealed in action onecan lean back gaze at this remarkable adventure ad adventure in history in the making making- and wonder I cannot help recalling the evening evening evening eve evening of Sunday August 22 nearly a month after the actual preparations for the conference began the purpose of which was then un un- guessed even by the people whose Job was to do the spade work I I- waswas ws sitting with Edgar Mowrer the well known newspaper man Michael Michael Mich Michael Barkway representative of the British Broadcasting company and Wilson Woodside commentator for for- the for- the for- the the Canadian Broadcasting system That morning the news had broken s- that Ambassador Litvinov would not return to Washington It was learned that a virtually unknown member of the Soviet diplomatic corps who had been their representative representative representative represent represent- In Ottawa was to replace the I adroit Mr Stalin's expert lieutenant in London Woodside had learned quite by accident that a little while before the representative of Tass the official official official cial Russian news agency who had been an active participator in the press conferences had suddenly departed departed de de- de parted fromour midst severing mIdst severing the- the the- last the- last last shadowy link with the Kremlin A few days before just as a rumor was circulating that the conference had agreed upon the division of Germ Germany ny into separate states as one- one'- one 'S of the war post steps the text of a broadcast from Moscow was printed In an American paper It was made by the so-called so Free Germany committee committee com corn and of course could not have voiced any views contrary to the 4 will of Stalin It urged that the German army be kept Intact after the war Stalin's Absence 1 0 Of course Stalin's absence from the conference had been widely discussed discussed dis dis- discussed dis- dis cussed in Quebec To say the least wewere four very confused members members members mem members of press and radio and I think 1 our feelings were typical typical two two of us- i us i had covered international conferences conferences conferences confer confer- before Was Russia running a competition show to theone staged on the heights of AmericasAmerica's Gibraltar Gibraltar tar The shudder we shuddered and which spread out over the telegraph lines and airwaves bounced back totc the walls of the Citadel where thethc top men were conferring At an eight o'clock conference that eve eve- evening presidential secretary Stephen Stephen Ste Stephen Early announced that the recall recall re recall of Litvinov had been known to tc the conferees long before It happened hap and had no Influence or ef effect 5 feet on the conference Meanwhile all aU sorts of speculation about the effect of the absence of the Russians the ominous empty chair had been pouring out of Quebec Quebec Que Que- becbee perhaps comforting 1 If it not aid- Ing aid- Ing aiding aid- aid Ing the enemy and probablymaking to no one happy even Stalin Could this and the other unfortu- natenate note things which were written have been avoided were we in spite of i ourselves evil muses I said aid to one of the willing but S. ij rather futile and frustrated men who were supposed to provide us with 5 facts If we could have Just had a S. little guidance wouldn't it have been better He admitted that was true but he added When an information man asks the higher ups for Information tion they are so they will say more than theyought to that we get nothing More than press radio and news photographers were here We filled to bursting the little old Clarendon Clarendon Clarendon Clar Clarendon hotel with its narrow corn corr corri corri- dorsdors its lobby turned Into a telegraph telegraph tele tele- i graph officeand its modest bedrooms bedrooms bed bed- fo rooms made into press room and i. i broadcasting studios Two blocks S' away was the spacious Chateau Frontenac a palace with II bedrooms where some military mIll mili tary and technical experts were im Canadian Mounted police tough British marines and hefty Canadian Ca nadian veterans of DieppeDieppa guarded I its portals The inmates like us were virtually incommunicado When they dared take a one days river trip one officer said it was va to prevent an outbreak of claustro phobia Invisible Ink There is much we did not know knox when we arrived There Is more we- still we we- still we- stillstill do not know of what occurred I Ir after the conferees met mel History was written but it was written In Invisible ink Now some things can be told tol In Inthe Inthe I the first place the event was perhaps per haps purposely perhaps unwittingly unwitting unwittingly played down in Washington in advance Before I left the capital capital- I II I I was assured the conference would I probably end about the Wednesday a week before it did I hadbad hoped I Ifor for a quiet weeks week's vacation But no rio so soOner ner had I arrived on the Sunday preceding Roosevelt's arrival arrival aror rival the next Tuesday than I saw sau we were all wrong I felt sure something something something some something had happened when the President Presi- dentdent and the prime minister had their preliminary talk at Hyde Park Some Something did for I am sure there had been no intention of producing the parade of cabinet officersand other brass hats who kept dropping In i from rom the skies and elsewhere one after another But I learned thatthai the length of the conferencewas wa planned to a by the President long ong before It began He knew it ii would last precisely as long as it ii did for he timed his Ottawa trip in I advance so he would be back In Washington on August 26 He kne knew what was coming and that Is why he slipped off oft for that fishing trip which was Just that and nothing more ahead of the conference it it was a health measure pure and sim sim- pie Churchill andhis midnight ci cigars ci ci- ci- garsgars are something to prepare for the wee sma hours are the big moments moments moments mo mo- mo- mo ments for thishuman dynamo Then the something yet to be revealed happened Churchill hailed his foreign minister fromrom London and with him came not only Information Information ma mationtion Minister Bracken who played no part as an informer but nevertheless was of cabinet cabine rank but also the permanent head heads head of the British foreign office Sir Alexander Cadogan with the accent on the dog pronounced though Secretary Early could never quite master it dug Of 01 course Hull had to appear to match Eden then another cabinet member Secretary ofWar Stimson to match Bracken and then Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secretary of at the Navy Knox for good measure perhaps to give verisimili- tudetude to the talk that the Pacific was not being neglected Then Just before be fore Stalin made public his gesture of withdrawal recalling Litvinov T. 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Soong Chineseforeign minister minister minister minis minister more or less permanently installed installed in in- Installed In- In stalled in Washington for some time past appeared Then there was the excuse that a big drive on Burma was In the wind The Big Drive the press had blown very hot and then very cold on an Immediate invasion of Europe from rom Britain I dont don't know whether the the reports that the big smash was coming coming com corn ing lag was a part of the All Allied ed war of nerves but I am sure that the folks who threw cold water on it were sincere in their belief it Just couldn't be started before spring I sat with a general whom I have known for a long time a real soldier in World War I as well as in this one Heres Here's what he hadbad to say We haven't got the men yet We must drop bombs upon bombs There is a lot more softening up to do This man was on the periphery periphery- not on the inside I am sure that the technical experts exper the officers officers- and we had them all probably the I greatest aggregation of military brains and real experience too ever ever- II assembled anywhere they were sure They were certain And when I the conference was over they were satisfied As to the political side I that is an enigma and will be one one- as one- asas long as Russia remains one And that she Is I I. I 11 i I I I by Baukhage The British colony of Fiji once 5 noted for cannibalism among the na no-natives tives Is granting reciprocal aid 10 to U. S. forces stationed there to the- the i. i value of almost three million dollars'S dollars 'S annually Women have been found to 0 be be- men's be- men's 5 mens men's equals or betters in making- making diamond dies the has re re- re- re I A heavy bomber cruising at miles an hour burns 3 gallons of gasoline every minute I I- ToTo continue the standard of the U.

S. army as the healthiest army in the world additional physicians and surgeons will be needed during the coming three months and an additional 2500 by January 1 I 1944 I Need Farm or Factory Help Thousands of Workers In Japanese Relocation Camps Waiting to Be Hired Nearly Every Trade Found Among Loyal Japanese Americans Farmers and factory owners owners owners own owners who are looking anxiously about for help have available an almost untapped supply of intelligent and industrious workers These people are the Americans of Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japanese ancestry who are now in in- the in- the in- thethe ten relocation camps in in- the in- the in- the the West and Southwest TheWar Relocation Authority has found employment for and is seeking to place more by the first of ot the year More than one- one third of these Japanese American are farmers or have done some agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agricultural work Others arearc skilled mechanics and many are in Occupations in fact range from rom doctors to Most of these people are American born and are considered loyal to the United States These workers may be hired permanently permanently permanently per per- or seasonally by any farmer farm farm- eror other employeranywhere Inthe in in- the in- thethe country except in the military zone a strip running along the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast Procedure whereby AmericanAmerican- Japanese and loyal aliens are brought out of the camps and placed In Jobs is a simple one A relocation relocation reloca relocation office in each area has a stallstaff ofofficers who look for jobs In different different different dif dif- dif different kinds of employment farm- Ing farming farm farm- Ing dairying poultry raising nursery nursery nur nun sery domestic restaurant and hotel work skilled and unskilled labor factory work various trades and pro- fessIons professions professions pro pro- such as dentistry medicine engineering industrial designing Job offers received are screened as to suitability of wage and work- Ing working working work- work Ing standards If It legitimate the offeris sent to any or all of the 10 relocation centers which are in the states of California Arizona Idaho Utah Wyoming Colorado and Ar Arkansas In the camp Job offers otters are catalogued catalogued catalogued cata cata- posted In mess halls and administrative buildings and printed In the camp newspaper Each evacuee evac evac- ueenee has filed his working qualifications I evac-I and each camp camo has an em em- staff to assist the proper person to get the proper Job The evacuee Is not forced to take a Job He can select one for which hebe thinks he is best qualified He makes his own arrangements He corresponds with his prospective employer employer employer em em- and if accepted Informs Worms camp authorities who then place him him- on him- on him- onon Indefinite leave which means he- Is he he- Is he- is Is entitled to leave camp and go anywhere In the United States except except ex ex- the forbidden regions Both American citizens of Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japanese ancestry and Japanese aliens are allowed to leave the relocation camps In the West Vest once their loyalty has been assured Each evacuee Is Investigated by the War Relocation authority and males of draft age are checked upon by a Joint board In Washington composed of the in intelligence intelligence in- in departments of the armed forces and officials Also each evacuee is checked against FBI records I On the other hand before an nn Japanese American-Japanese settles in a community community com com- it is canvassed by officers who seek reasonable assurances assurances assurances assur assurances from rom responsible officials and and citizens that local sentiment will not be against the newcomer Indefinite leave usually is granted only to an evacuee who has a place to go and means of support Each evacuee must inform in Washington Wash Washington of any change in Job or ad address An evacuee must receive the standard wage rate of the I I y- I f. I fi 5 I jI S. A SPINACH SPINACH Miss Miss Tomato cultivates the dark green stuff on the tho broad acres of the Gila River Relocation center farm She formerly for tor- merly worked in FresnoFresco Calif calir Thousands of skilled agricultural workers like Jike Miss Yamato are look- Ing look look- k- Ing tag for tor private employment He can not enter as cheap labor WRAs motto is No more no less than anyone else for the same work in the same community BothIloth an nn American citizen of Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japanese ancestry or a Japanese alien can obtain indefinite leave An alien Is checked more carefully and outside out- sIde outside out outside camp his movements have more restrictions procedure to move Ameri Amen Japanese can out ofthe camps has been approved by the department of justice the U. S.

army and endorsed by the War Manpower ver commission as a contribution to national security and manpower needs WRAs program of relocating Japanese American began besan in the spring of 1942 when for tor military reasons some Japanese were taken from California the southern third of Arizona the western half of Oregon and Washington and placed in 10 relocation centers in- the In Inthe In- thethe West officials point out that the centers are definitely finitely not internment camps or places of con con- They were established by- the by- the by by- thethe United States government for two chief purposes to provide self self- sustaining communities where evacuees evacuees evac evac- evacuees can contribute to their own on support support support sup support pending gradual WELDER WELDER Many Many Japanese Japanese-Amer leans like George are excellent tradesmen He is working in Chicago at a farm tarm implement factory whence he came from the Minidoka Relocation center Ore where There he was maintenance machin maChin- 1st Into a normal American life and to serve as wart wartime me homes for those who are unable or unfit to relocate in ordinary American communities Beginning January of this year initiated a program of steady depopulation of the centers by encouraging encouraging en en- residents withgood records records rec rec- of behavior to enter re-enter private employment in agriculture or indus industry Relocation offices were set up in Chicago Cleveland New York Kansas Kansas Kansas Kan Kansas City Little Rock Salt Lake City and Denver to seek jobs for American Each relocation area has sub- sub offices The Chicago area for example example ex example covers Indiana Illinois WIs- consin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis WIs- Minnesota and the eastern halfhall of North Dakota Elmer L. Shirrell is supervisor of at the area Sub offices are located at Indianap- olisolisoils Peoria Rockford Milwaukee Madison Minneapolis and Fargo Relocation officers there carry carryon on the same kind of employment and placement service given in the area headquarters Model Communities Life In an evacuation center is no picnic Japanese American were abruptly moved from rom their own homes and placed in barracks which though adequately constructed constructconstruct- edcd were bare of furniture hadno running water toilets or any conveniences conveniences conveniences con con- we accept as normal A camp is laid out inhi blocks like a city Each block contains two rows of barracks housing 12 living I units Each block has its mess hall lavatories showers and meeting hall No family cooks for tor itself but must eat with the other Inhabitants inhabI- tants inhabi- tantstants of theblock in mess halls which are staffed stalled by full time Amer Amer- Japanese lean cooks and attendants Food for evacuees at camp Is received received received re re- re- re rom froni army quartermaster corps and cost must not exceed 45 cents per day per evacuee Each camp has schools churches playgrounds recreation halls YMCA units and sometimes a boy and girl scout troop Each camp has has- aa police force a fire department and each block Is represented in the camp councilwhich meets regularly regular regularly with officials to determine camp administration and other problems problems problems lems which comecorne up Each family is housed fed and i if one member of the family is working work working tag the government gives a small monthly allotment from 2 to 10 to each member for clothing Any bodied able American Japa nese can work at the camp and gen gen- emIly can do the same Job hedid on the outside American Japanese serve as doctors dentists nurses optometrists watchmakers clerks civil engineers carpenters masons farmers and in many other trades Each one who works receives from VillA a monthly salary from 12 to 19 depending on his Job Since the stall staff at each camp is very small a huge amount of ot the admin- Istrative administrative admin admin- work is done by the evacuees evacuees evacu- eesees who work as stenos bookkeep- ersers ens typists clerks interviewers translators switchboard operators etc Each camp has operative co-operative food and clothing stores a canteen notion notion no no- no- tiontion counters magazine racks and even a post office Most camps have large agricultural tracts and become largely self sustaining Japanese American and Japanese aliens sometimes are known as Is Issel sd NiseiNisel nd Kibel IsseiIssel are Japanese Japanese Jap Japanese born In Japan but who came here to live live- NiseiNinel are second generation generation generation gen gen- Ja Japanese Jancse ne born in the United United United Unit United States and citizens of this coun country are American born Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japanese who have gone back to Japan for education and then returned to America investigates very closely watches them carefully and Is reticent about giving them freedom Mostly NiseiNisel The great bulk of the Japanese Japanese Japa Japanese in this country at the outbreak of the war var including the along the West coast are Nisei They are the young boys and girls the men and women who have lived here all their lives and arcare just as American as we are They have broken away from Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- Jap- aneseanese customs Their thought is American thought They prefer American food and our way of doing doing doing do doing things They like to jitterbug go to movies have coke dates and parties like any normal American Surveys have proven that the Nisei have a greater percentage of members members members mem members with a college or university education than any racial group In Inthe in- the in- thethe United States It Is the belief of the that the spreading of the American Jap anese throughout the nation instead of concentrated in groups along the coast will be a good thing both for all Americans and for tor Am American American- erIc an- an Japanese American-American Japanese are In the United States armed forces AfterAlter Pearl Harbor they were given the opportunity to tb volunteer and thousands of boys enlisted enlisted enlisted en enlisted from the relocation camps Two large units at Camp Savage Minn and Camp Shelby Miss 1 contain contain con contain thin most of the Japanese American-Japanese combat fighters From Hawaii alone came a specially picked combat team of 2500 Japanese American boys At Camp Savage many are training to be Interpreters and language language language lan language teachers Wherever they have been stationed stationed stationed sta sta- sta- sta Japanese American-Japanese soldiers have won von high praise from their commanding officers They are training with extraordinary zeal even spending their free time in military study and voluntary drills Instructors have to be keen and alert to avoid being tripped up by ques ques- It is a sa saying ng among these Japanese American soldiers that We have a year and three minutes to live meaning a year of hard had training and three minutes In the thickest ofthe fighting officials have found that adequate adequate ade ade- ade- quatequate jobs can be fo found nd for the evacuees evacuees evacuees evac evac- but that housing is a serious problem This is especially true in large cities where booming war plants have caused a heavy influx of war workers In the smaller communities this condition Is less severe believes believes believes be be- that a large measure of its lt success will depend upon how well the Japanese American relocate in small towns and agricultural areas Tr I Ithe OVER TIlE THE PLATE PLATE Strictly Strictly In Inthe in- the the American tradition these Japa Japa- American nese-American sixth grade boys play Softball at recess at the Manzanar Man Man- Manzanar zanar Relocation center inhi Cal Califor Califor- or- or alania I Japanese pa es Fathers Father's Last Wish Sends Four Sons to U. 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Army Typical 01 ox toe the loyalty and affection affection alice alice- tion most Japanese Americans feel for the United States Is the case of the Sakura family Twenty-five Twenty years ago four born American Japanese Japa nese boys were gathered about their fathers father's deathbed in Seattle Wash Old Toyozo Sakura left this last charge wi with them My sons you are of the Japanese Japanese Japa Japanese race but you are citizens of the country whose soil has blessed us After I have gone It is fa my wish that you conduct yourselves with dignity and that you honor and serve thiscountry of your birth On December 7 19411911 three of them were living ing In Eatonville Wash They were married and living liv living tag in comfort and security The fourth was working i ig Seattle Early in 1942 all four brothers and their aged mother vere were removed to a are relocation re- re location camp in Idaho Here they remained for more than a year 0 Then on January 28 Secretary Stimson Stimson Stim- sonson announced that the army was going to form combatunits of loyal loal Japanese All AU the Sakura brothers volunteered volunteered volunteered volun volun- and were accepted although the eldest was 37 They are training train- Ing train train- ling Ing with an nn earnestness that sur sun surprises surprises their officers as arcare all the members of thisunit at Camp Shelby Shelby Shel Shelby Miss So the death-bed death injunction injunction injunc- tiontion of a Japanese who ap appreciated America is bein being A Hu Washington D. 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FURY IN TilE THE AIR U. S. air operations out of England England Eng England arcare now by far the most extensive exten sive and toughest operations of 01 the U. S. air forces Fliers who have seen action In four theaters theaters China the Pacific North Africa and Europe Eu Europe say rope say the first three are childschild's play compared with the current flak flak- and fighter opposition of ot Germans The first flight a year ago was made without the loss Joss of a single U.

S. plane The Germans were caught off guard by the daylight raid But such things dont don't happen any more It is no secret that U. S. losses on eachraid over oventhe continent conti nentneat are highenough to hurt badly though not high enough to stop the operations War correspondents in Britain declare declare de declare dare that U. S.

airmen who fly these missions are the greatest heroes of ot the war They have to face more fighting fury and face it with more skill than any other men in this war whether war whether fighting on land sea or in the air SS PARATROOPMIRACLE There was one thrilling bit of untold untold un untold history regarding the Allied I landing In Sicily which OI only now car- be can car I be revealed A division of U. S. parachute troops actually stopped i about two Nazi divisionswhich were dashing to the seacoast to await Allied Allied Al AI- lied landing barges This occurred the night before the landing barges arrived Hadthe paratroopers not succeeded In holding holding hold holding lag up the Nazis U. S. troops might have landed literally in blood What happened was that the paratroopers para troopers coming down mysteriously mysteriousmysterious- ly at night not far from rom the Nazi I divisions fooled the enemy into thinking he was outnumbered Acm Actually Actually Actu Actually a paratroop division Is far inferior In Inferior in- in fenior In numbers to a division 01 of ground troops But the Nazis couldconic I not tell in the dark how many Americans Americans Amer Amer- there were got the impression sion that the sky was packed with 1 para paratrooperstroopers So they decided to camp for the night and get ready for a fight the i next morning But by daylight U.

S. landing barges were safely ashore LUDWIGSLUDWIG'S WARNING Emil Ludwig famous German author au au- thorthor and biographer recently had a I unique session with the army's army school for military government al at Charlottesville Va as to what the Allies should do with Germany after the war Ludwig gave a series of lectures on how to prevent another Hitler from rom arising and plunging the world work I into another warwor 20 years hence Based upon years of studying Bismarck Bismarck Bismarck Bis Bismarck Hindenburg and the Kaiser the German historian urged that there be a strong army of occupation occupation occupa- tiontion by all the United Nations for foi for- at for- atat least five years I The German people should know forthe first time in years he i i- saidsaid what a foreign authority looks like Only thus can they be brought I Ito to understand that they have been beer I defea defeated ted Ludwig pointed out that GermanGermar militarism always had come from I Prussia while GermanysGermany's culture had comecorne from the south and west Therefore he proposed splitting Germany Germany Ger Germany up Into two states 1 siasin small ana and isolated and 2 Bavaria Bavaria Bavaria Ba Bavaria Saxony and the smaller Catholic Catholic Cath Cath- Catholic olic German states which are not militaristic and which would be joined with Austria This would put the Catholics inhi one country and the Lutheran Prussians in another No Poor Misguided Germans Leave to the Germans all that other nations have Ludwig recommended recommended recommended mended but take away their weapons ns supervise their education and give them political guardianguardian- ship I If you do not and if you speak of the poor misguided German people then 20 years from rom now your our sons will wUI be fighting another war against them What I fear tear continued Ludwig is that on on the day afteralter the death of Hitler the Junkers the generals will kowtow to you and say We love Americans Come let us be brothers again I fear that some of you will say Now let us make peace They are good people these generals But they are not They are not onene whit better than the They merely have better manners Ludwig declared Note Ludwig paid tribute pH- pH privately privately Jo the excellent Job the army was doing at its school for military government He lIe said he had sel ad- domdour met such an Intelligent progressive pro- gressIve pro pro- group croup of men with such a grasp on the Worlds World's future lems CAPITAL CHAFF 0 C. Quite a few Italian soldiers In Sicily undressed hid their uniforms put on overalls and went vent home to work to avoid becoming prisoners CI i When forthright ex-assistant ex secretary secretary secsee of war var Louis Johnson got back from India his report was scse critical of the British that state department department de de- de- de officials scarcely believed parts of it But after Ambassador Bill Phillips got back from his India survey Undersecretary Sumner Welles told Johnson that pro-British pro I Phillips was in complete agreement With Apologies By By JAMES IES M. LANDIS LANDIS- National Director of Civilian Defense Dc In war every threat to our country is a war threat Enemy action at sea sabotage fire flood hurricane and civil catastrophe stem our fighting fighting fight fight- air attack ing jag power as truly as an that mat is why Civilian Defense is not limited to protection against raiding bombers but has answered the Nations Nation's Nations Nation's Nations Nation's Na- Na tion's need In countless other emer emer- PROVINCETOWN HELPS IN SHIP DISASTER COCOANUT GROVE FIRE PROVES CIVILIAN PREPAREDNESS VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERS VOLUN VOLUN- AID MD TORNADO VICTIMS MIDWEST FLOODS FIND OCD READY READY WAR EMERGENCY EMERGENCY EMERGENCY EMER EMERGENCY RADIO SAVES LEVEE AID GIVEN IN RIOT EMERGENCIES EMERGENCIES EMERGEN- CIESCIES WAR AGAINST BLACK MARKET Cape Cod Early on a Spring morning last year Provincetown at ththe tip of Cape Cod got news that it would soon receive an unknown number of survivors of a torpedoed ship During the day out of fog and the crash of surf the town received a dark commitment of dead and half drowned men A hotel was commandeered com commandeered corn com auxiliary police roped oftoff the streets from the landing point to the hotel and In three hour shifts the wardens andother defense defense defense de de- de- de workers transported the survivors survivors sur sun to safety They were cared for by emergency medical forces and were clothed and fed by Civilian Defense and Red RedCross Cross workers For an outstanding record during disaster Provincetown was given national recognition in a citation from the U. S.

Office of Civilian Defense Boston The The work of the emergency emergency emergency emer emergency Civilian Defense medical services at Boston's Cocoanut Grove fire was bailedhailed as an epic in medi medi- medical medical cal history Volunteers rushed to the scene to administer first aid and assist in removing the injured to hospitals where casualties were given blood plasma from OCD's blood bank A master file system set up by local Civilian Defense officials officials daIs to operate during bombing raids functioned as a check on casu casu- In service to the sufferers fire-sufferers and the public the defense forces showed that the work they had been trained to do for war could be used for a scale large civil emergency Akron Leaving Leaving a path of wreckage wreckage wreckage wreck wreckage and Injury in its wake a tornado tornado tor ton nado struck northeastern Ohio the night of April 27 Within 40 minutes 1500 auxiliary policemen and fir firemen firemen fire firemen were entering toppling build- Ings buildings build- build Ings lags to rescue victims Auxiliary police rerouted traffic recovered lost property and prevented looting ofthe stricken areas In the morning morning morn morning lag Civilian Defense volunteers staffed the property relief relie office to help those needing repairs for tor their homes Emergency squads of auxiliary auxiliary aux awe firemen helped make temporary tempo tempo- naryry repairs on houses patching windows and repairing small roof openings In all an Civilian De De- tense workers saw Cleveland Me Me- dinadma and Akron through the tornado Ohio Air OhIo Air raid control systems from rom northwestern Ohio to eastern Oklahoma alerted Civilian De De- tense volunteers for tor flood duty as the Wabash and Its tributaries overflowed over overflowed their banks last May and the flood crests swept south OCD volunteer volunteer volunteer vol vol- vol- vol offices rushed the recruitment of additional workers while wardens and other defense forces manned the levees evacuated river edge families and helped feed and house flood victims Civilian Defense awe aux mary illary mounted on barges were sent In to give protection to districts the regular fire equipment equip equip- mentmeat could not reach and thus guarded against against the fires that accompany ac ac- ac- ac company flood Many li plants were kept In ope oPET Son Riots are particularly i harmful threat to the war viar effort In the Detroit riots Civilian Defense volunteers blue with the red white and ji emergency armband went Unharmed un unharmed through battle scarred areas rescuing victims and helping them buy food Volunteer nurses' nurses crowded aIdes gave ave emergency help in 0 hospitals Through units of blood OCD Pla plasma plied for na were sup sup- sup 1 I riot victims Harlem In the recent one day rioting In New York a volunteer ci civilian civilian ci- ci vilian patrol of 1500 residents most most- most most-i ly Negroes I augmented by air raid raid wardens helped restore the peace Anderson in I the same Midwest Midwest Mid- Mid dIo west floods the War Emergency Ra- dIo Ra- Ra Radio WEBS Service got ot its baP baptism sm In action is a local system of radio way two communication usIng sets reassembled re reo assembled from junked radios by CiVili CIvilian Defense At volunteers Anderson Ind lad sets saved JJ a crucial levee bl binble radios Four portable porta- porta were Placed in to operation on the r. i levee ploy trucks Te and were used to deploy de- de deploy merit ment men sand and and- equipment equip equip- against Other the roaring waters sets Operated at the the- other control center ani ot other er headquarters I I 4.