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By WILLIAM LONGRENReleased LONGRENBeteased LONGREN LONGRENCReIeascd Western Newspaper Union i ) iLONDON ( ( CReIeascd Released Beteased by I LONDONSome LONDON -Some Some - - Some day soon soondeath soondeath soondeath death may rain ram from the Bnt Brit BntIsh Britash British Ish ash heavens a screaming screammg ex explosIve explosive explosive plosIve death whose maker makerWIll makerwill makerwill WIll then turn tail tall and hie hle for fora fora fora a hidden haven on the Euro European European European pean continent contment It will be war waran , an unfair unfalr conflict of helpless helplessmen helplessmen helplessmen men against agamst merciless merclless planes planesand planesand planesand and bombs But England WIll WIllbe willbe willbe be prepared-m prepared m prepared-in in prepared - in a measureIn measureIn measure measureIn In the city which first felt feltaenal feltaerial feltaerial aenal aerial warfare from 1914 to to1918 1918 last autumn s Munich Mumch cnsls crisis cnslsgae crisisgate crisisgave ga\e ga e gate \ impetus to a matter of fact factresignatIon factresignation tactresignation resignatIon that whatever happened happenedLondon happenedLondon happenedLondon London must be ready to take It ItDurmg itDuring itDuring Durmg During tour four days ays of frantic franhe frantic table pounding in m the capitals Iuropethe : JJuropcthe the folks back home made del b berate berate bi erate purposeful plans to evacuate evacuate2 2 000 000 persons from London 111 in 111two intwo intwo two working days Today with theair theair the theair air raid precautions program go gomg gomg going mg full hIt tilt , , even more could be beevacuated beevacuated beevacuated evacuated What s more Important importanta ImportantI I a lot of the folks left behind behmd would wouldI wouldbe wouldbe I be safeWeekend safeWeekend safe safeWeekend Week-end Week end - - Sport SportARP SportARP SportARP ARP has become a fetish With Withthe withthe withthe the Br 'Br ' tishers tlshers a hobby I 1 ke golf or orgardemng orgardening orgardening gardemng gardening to Americans Over week weekends weekends weekends ends you 11 find them bu ldng 14.ng 14ng . , rock rockgardens rockgardens rockgardens gardens over awkward lookIng lookIngmoun lookingmountains lookingmountains moun mountains tams in m their backyards beau beaut beautofying beautifying t tofying ymg the steel shelters to which whichthey whichthey whichthey they may ma } ) some day flee before gas gasand gasand gasand and shrapnel You 11 II find them fit fittmg fitting fitting tmg ting gas masks and gas proof un unforms unforms unforms forms or studying studymg an offic ofiic al book of ofregulatIons ofregulations ofregulations regulatIons covering covermg civilian clvihan beha behavlor behavior behavior vlor vior in ill t me of emeigency emelgency emergency They re retakIng retaking retaking takIng the whole th ng with good goodhumor goodhumor goodhumor humor mostly because they can t ttake ttake ttake take it any other . way ay Britain BrItam must mustbe mustbe mustbe be prepared preparedChildren Children come first'hen first When \\'hen 'hen hen \ ' sirens sirensscream sirensscream sirensscream scream their warn ng rig every teach teacher teacher teacher er must rush her charges to railroad railroador or subway stations or maybe she shemust shemust shemust must hide them m bomb proof shel shelters shelters shelters ters until unhl the ra d passes This IS ISwhere iswhere iswhere where the human element enters a aquestIOn aquestion aquestion questIOn of decision by those least leastable leastable leastable able to decide it is the weakest weakestpomt weakestpoint weakestpoint pomt point of the ent re ARP system and andm andm andm m ght bring brmg needless tragedy it If of key keypersonnel keypersonnel keypersonnel personnel were to act on the Impulse impulseof of excited emergencyInfants emergencyinfants emergency emergencyInfants Infants Cripples TooEvacuated TooEvacuated Too TooEvacuated Evacuated with elementary school schoolchildren schoolchildren schoolchildren children would be youngsters too tooyoung tooyoung tooyoung young for school accompanied by bytheir bytheir bytheir their mothers and the physically physicallyhandIcapped physicallyhandicapped physicallyhandicapped handIcapped Men must stay so somust somust somust must women whose children are old oldenough oldenough oldenough enough to care for themselves Fur FUI " , , S3 a 4 4 4Ii Ii Iitr t Z4 Z4t tr t " x xC xt4 C t4 t4x x . 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A Londoner and Ius his tnfe life ( [ emerge from fromtherr fromtheir therr their bomb proof proofshelter shelter , equIpped equIppedwHh equippedwith wHh with gas masks as they ttould could ttouldappear couldappear appear after a sudden arr air raId The heap of ofcement cement balls twuld would twulddeflect woulddeflect deflect any drrect direct Tut hat thermore children of 14 and over- over overout overout over overout - out of elementary school - must mustshare mustshare mustshare share their parents fateWhen fateWhen fate fateWhen When the evacuation starts be It Itbefore itbefore itbefore before or after the first raid rand arten arteri artenal arterial artenal al highways and express expl"ess expless " subways subwayswill subwayswill subwayswill will be devoted exclusively to thiS thiSone thisone thisone one purpose depositing deposltmg a precIOus precIOushuman precioushuman precioushuman ' human cargo in m outlying outlymg distrIcts districtswhere districtswhere where bombers would not look for tor\ tor fort torictims t \ ictims Ictlms ictrms If they secure gasolne gasol ne be beforehand beforehand beforehand forehand private groups gl"oups gloups " can drIve drIvetheir drivetheir drivetheir their automobiles to the country It ItIS itis itis IS estimated that 800000 800 000 to 1 000000 000000Londoners 000 000 000Londoners 000Londoners Londoners have imde mde made , such extra extraofficial extraofficial extraofficial official arrangements arrangementsThe The government is very explIcit explIcitand explicitand explicitand and exacting exactmg in its emergency reg regulahons regulations regulations ulahons ulations which would place the en ent ent ent t re nation nahon under virtual milItary milItaryrule militaryrule militaryrule rule For example the followmg following followmgplan followingplan followingplan plan is outi outl ned for childrenThey childrenThey children childrenThey They should go to school as usu usual usual usual al They should be dressed m in their theirwarmest theirwarmest theirwarmest warmest clothing clothmg They should be beglvcn begiven begiven glvcn given an overcoat or mackmtosh mackintosh mackmtoshhand mackintoshhand mackintoshhand hand luggage a blanket if possible possiblefood possiblefood possiblefood food for the journey and an apple or ororange ororange ororange orange but no dr nks in m bottles bottlesThey bottlesThey bottlesThey They should take their resp rators ratorsParents ratorsParents ratorsParents Parents Can t InterfereTo Interfere InterfereTo To reaseure reassure worrying worrymg parents the thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment government po nts out that teachers teachersaccompanymg teachersaccompanying teachersaccompanying accompanymg accompanying the children m in the theevacuat theevacuaton theevacuat evacuat evacuaton on process will be in fn con constant constant conslant stant personal persDnal touch with them aft after after after er they arrive m in the country But Butparents Butparents Butparents parents are not allowed to mtrude intrude intrudem mtrudem intrudein m in the arrangements auangements by accompany accompanymg accompanying accompanying mg ing their children to trains trams or sub subWaY subtiny subWc WaY tiny > y stations Instead notices will willbe willbe willbe be posted at schools informing lruormmg par parcnts pareats parents cnts eats where each ch Id ld has been sent sentand sentand sentand and the youngsters themselves will He Adopts Grocer's Grocers ' Technique Techrigue TechniqueTo TechrigueTo To Help Folks Shop for Homes . - , - . . . . . . , t I , a arn rn . ens na y yE yu 1 E u s r S a a / CHICAGO CHICAGOYou /'HICAGO 'HICAGO HICAGO / " ' -You You - You can shop lor for asu asu a ' su t of o1 clothes or a box of crack crackers crackers crackcrs ers but as tor for shelter-well shelter well shelter - well that s sd sd sd d fferent ffel"ent ffelent iferent " It s 1 > been bothering bothermg Percy PercyWilson PercyWilson PercyWilson Wilson nationally known housmg housing housmgauthonty housingauthority housingauthority authonty authority so long this complex and andabstract andabstract andabstract abstract business busmess of shopp ng for a ahome ahome ahome home that he s done somethmg something somethmgabout somethingabout somethingabout about it m In hope of quickening quickenmg the thelaggmg thelagging thelagging laggmg lagging pulse of America s construc construe constructlon construelion construetion tlon lion industry and pro prov v d ng rig the the1 1 500 000 new homes he thinks the thecountry thecountry thecountry country needsHIS needsHis needs needsHis His complamtWith complaintWith complaint complamt complaintWith With the exception of houses housespractically housespractically housespractically practically every requ rement of ofman ofman ofman man is sold by well known and andproved andproved andproved proved advertising advertlsmg and promot onal onala a ds because you have to show em emto emto emto to sell em But the bu Idmg lding mdus Indus Industry mdustry , try is so big and complex that it itI itstl"angles itstrangles itstrangles I stl"angles stlangles strangles " itself Material Maternal firms pur purposely purposely purposely posely avo d launching launchmg large scale scaleconstl"uctlOn scaleconstruction scaleconstruction constl"uctlOn constluctlOn construction " programs pl"ograms plograms " since smce they theywould theywould theywould would then be in compctit competIt on With Withcontractors withcontractors withcontractors contractors to whom they sell their theiri theirproducts theirproducts theirproducts i products As for the contractors contractorsthey contractorsthey contractorsthey they " re I"e Ie essentially craftsmen and andare andare andare are neither expected expectcd nor equ PPLd ppcd PPLdto ppcdto ppedto to sell homes So \ who ho s going to do doit doit doit it ? Hs H s solut on A more mtegratLd integrated mtegratLdmerchandlsmg integratedmerchandising integratedmerchandising merchandlsmg merchandising planMr planMr plan planMr Mr Wilson bel bd bcl eves a puzzled puulcd pro prospectlve prospective prospective spectlve spective home bu Ider lder should be beable beable 1ble able ' to vis vas t a mi ml mt sci Set sct m of m n alurenomes aturehomes alure ature alurenomes nomes homes po nt at o 0 e and say I 11)take 11take II 11 III IItake 11take ) take it at I ABOl AlJm ABOr E Mr Wilson ex examines examines I Iamrnes amrnes amines Tu hit lass brainchild brarncluld brarncluldcome brainchildcome come cometrue cometrue cometrue forhomes true a shopping place for homes homesHis forhomesHis His idea developed while he was wasorgamzer wasorganizer wasorganizer orgamzer organizer and reg onal d " rector I"ector Iector for forthe forthe forthe the Federal Housing Housmg admin admm stratlon stration stratlonhas strationhas strationhas has taken shape in m just sucha suchhouse suchhouse such a ahouse house museum in m the Merchandise MerchandiseMart MerchandiseMart MerchandiseMart Mart at Chicago where visitors VISltOI"S VISltOIS " can cannot cannot cannot not only exam examine me m nature n ature homes homesbut homesbut homesbut but see every conceivable item that thatgoes thatgoes thatgoes goes to make up a home from cel eel cellar eellar eellar lar to att cThe cThe c cThe The exh b t Mr W Ison lson s personal personalbl"a personalbra personalbra bl"a bla bra " nch Id sho vs all modern ma matenals materials matenals tenals terials used in m bu Id ng construction constructiontogether constructiontogether constructiontogether together w th all home services and andequipment andequipment andequipment equipment Huge rooms are devot devoted devoted devoted ed exclusively to lumber bnck brick bnckstone brickstone brickstone stone marble mal"ble malble " terra teua cotta and other othermatenals othermaterials othermaterials matenals materials with sidelights sidehghts on the r rgeneral rgeneral rgeneral general values and particular UsesThe usesThe uses usesThe The village of model homes de desIgned designed designed sIgned by arch al"ch alch " tects lects tests from all prts parts prtsof partsof p-irtsof p irtsof , - of the cou couitry Itry Includes all section sectionally sectionally sectionally ally popular des gns-Cape gns Cape gns - Cape Cod co coIon coion coIon Ion al of : English Inghsh cottage Spamsh Spanish Spamshmodem Spanishmodern Spanishmodern modem modern and ultra model modet modem n types Not Notonly Notonly Notonly only is e.lch elch each e . < ich t ni n3 n } deta Imcorporat 1incorporat 1 I mcorporat incorporat incorporated mcorporated ed but floor tIoor plans and pr ces al"e ale are al"eg areg areg " g vcn ven yen vcnIt venIt yenIt It s ju juit just t I 11 II l e a grocer o 0 Id ld do dobus dobus dobus bus ness says \ Mr l\lr l lr W 1V Ison lson We rc re rcsimply resimply resimply simply transfo transfe r g lo 10 to hnus hous ng thelechn thetechn the thetechn techn lechn quo que used by m lei idl icljnts .Ints Ints ants . i 1 sell sellmg selling selling mg ing other needs _ be given a stamped postcard to mall mail mailu mallU U eir elr parents upon reaching reachmg safetyThe safetyThe safety safetyThe The government offers no guar1.ntee guarantee guar guarmtee mtee 1.ntee 1ntee antee . of complete protection mdeed indeed indeedit mdeedIt It is very frankly admitted that the thecivIlIan thecivilian thecivilian civIlIan population should be w Ilmg lung Ilmgto lungto Uingto to take its share of risks nsks while men menIn mento menin In to Die thE : field are giving glvmg their lIves lIvesAlthough livesAlthough livesAlthough Although every unnecessary person personwill personwill personwill will be evacuated it is hoped enough enough1 enoughJ J 1 ey personnel will remain to keep keepbusmess keepbusiness keepbusiness busmess business moving movmg as usualFor usualFor usual usualFor For adult refugees a 48 hour ra rahon ration ration hon tion of food will be supplied supphed at rail railroads railroads railroads roads where householders will wall be beunder beunder beunder under compulsion to provide shel shelter shelter shelter ter access to water and samtary sanitary samtaryservices sanitaryservices sanitaryservices services For housing both adults adultsand adultsand adultsand and ch Idren ldren people in m the recep receptlon reception reception tlon tion areas will receive about $2 2 $ 50 50a 50a 50a a week Householders have already alreadybeen alreadybeen alreadybeen been located and catalogued by the thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment thegovernmentNew government governmentz"ew government1ew " New z"ew zew 1\ew 1 ew \ Mask for BabiesStandard Babies BabiesStandard Standard equipment for every everyE'1glIshman everyE'iglashman everyEnglishman E'1glIshman E1glIshman E'iglashman Eiglashman ' ' must of o1 necessity be bethe bethe bethe the gas mask since it is the least leastexpensive leastexpensive leastexpensive expensive means of providing provldmg noml nomi nomlnal nominal normnal nal protection protechon Between 40 000 000 000and 000and 000and and 50 000 |