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Show Workmg Working With Civilian DefenseRed Defense DefenseRed Red Cross Completes Plans for forAny forAny Any Emergency if Enemy StrikesWASHINGTON Strikes WASHINGTON - IF ENEMY BOMBERS ROARED ROAREDover ROAREDover ROAREDover over an average American Amencan community commumty in m a surprise surpnse rught night rughtattack nightattack nightattack attack emptying emptymg its bomb racks on the sleeping sleepmg city to cause causefires causefires causefires fires and explosions maiming malmmg or . killing 1.1llmg 11llmg men women andchildrenhow andchildrenhow and andchildren children-how children how children - how would the American Red Cross operate In Insuch insuch insuch such an emergency emergency9 ? Traditional age-nt age nt agent - ofthe of -the the - the American Americanpeople American'people Americanpeople ' people in d sastcr relief rel1ef the Red RedCross RedCross BedCross Cross would provide food clothmg clothing clothmg'lnd clothingand clothingind 'lnd lnd and ' temporary shelter during durmg the theemergency theemergency theemergency emergency period mimed unmed Smmed ' itely 'ltely ltely ately fol followmg tollowing 01 01lowing lowmg lowing an enemy attack As soon soonas soonas soonas as the emergency had passed state stateand stateand stateand and local pubhc publ1c public v . welfare elfare agencies agencieswould agencieswould agencieswould would provide continued contmued care for forfamll1es forfamilies forfamilies famll1es families on an individual mdlvldual basis in inaccordance Inaccordance , accordance with plins phns plans v . worked orked out outby outby , by the Office of Defense Health and andWelare andWelfare andWelfare Welare Welfare ! Services ( ODHWS ) the thewar thewar , war activities branch of the Federal FederalSecurity FederalSecurity FederalSecurity Security admmlstrationDUring administrationDuring administration admmlstration administrationDuring During an emergency the clvll1an civilian clvll1andefense civiliandefense civiliandefense defense authorities will control all allserVIces allservices allservices serVIces under orders of the local localcommander localcommander localcommander commander of the Citizens Defense Defensecorps Defensecorps Defensecorps corps unle unless < s the army has assumed assumedJUrisdictIon assumedjurisdiction assumedjurisdiction assumedjurisdictionHowever JUrisdictIon JUrisdictIonHowever However In natural dIsasters dIsastersand disastersand disastersand and in disasters caused by acel acct acctdent aceldent accident dent or sabotage the responsl respond responslbll1ty respondbility responsibihty bll1ty bility of oC the American Bed Red Cross Crossremams Crossremains Crossremains remams remains the same as in peace peacetimc peacetime peacetime timc time The Thc term dlsast disaster r w1l1 will w1l1contmue willcontinue willcontinue contmue continue to be applied appl1ed to them thembut thembut thembut but for the duration "civilianwar "civIlianwar "civilian civilian "civilianwar " war aid is the term to be used usedto usedto usedto to define all forms Corms of relief to tocn tocitilians tocnilians cn citilians IlIans affected by enemy ac actlOn actenon action actionNational tlOnNatIonal tenonNational tlOn tenon National agreements which the theAmencan theAmerican theAmerican Amencan American Red Cross has entered enteredmto enteredinto enteredinto mto into with the OCD and the ODHWS ODHWSrecogmzes ODHWSrecognizes ODHWSrecognizes recogmzes recognizes the principle that CIvil CIvilIan civilran civilian Ian ran protection and civilian clvlban war aid aidare aidare aidare are a pubhc pUbllc public responsib re < pon pon"ib ponib " < lb Uty l1ty lity Accord AccordIngly Accordingly Accordingly Ingly the Red CrossVIll Cross will \VIll VIll \ operate m in mharmony inharmony mharmony harmony with whatever v.hatever vhatever . plans are arelaid arelaid arelaid laid down by these agencies natIOn natIOnally nationally nationally ally and State Defense councils and andCItizens andCitizens andCitizens CItizens Defense corps m in the van varm vanous varmous vanous ous commumt communit esWhile esWhile es esWhile While the scope of Red Cross par partlclpatlon participation participation tlclpatlon ticipation m In civil an war a d has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been limited l1mlted the Red Cross emblem emblemlong emblemlong emblemlong long famil famiy ar in d saster relief rel1ef work workW111 workwill workwill W111 will still be much in evidence Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross personnel faciht facillt es and re resources resources resources sources will have a prominent part partIn partin partin In the picture The degree and nature natnre of Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross participation will "Ill Ill " vary varyconsiderably varyconsiderably varyconsiderably considerably according accordmg to local localconditIons localconditions localconditions conditIons and the desires of ofdefense ofdefense ofdefense defense authorities authontIes For e\.am e.am e .am am cram e.ampIe crampie exampie ' \ . pIe defense plans m In a hazardous hazardouscoasthne hazardouscoastline hazardouscoastline coasthne coastline coasthnecommUDlty "community community -commUDlty commUDlty - " will be beastly bet be\ be beastly t \ , astly different than m in an Inland Inlandcommumty inlandcommunity inlandcommunity commumty community far removed from fromany fromany fromany any apparent hazard hazardIf hazardIf hazardIf If you are among the 3 500 000 000Amencans 000Americans 000Americans Amencans Americans . who .ho ho have taken the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross standard first aid trammg training trainingyou trammgyou trainingyou you will have an opportunity to put putyour putyour putyour your knowledge and skill to . work ork as aspart aspart aspart part of the Emergency Med cal calservIce calservice calservice servIce set up by each Citizens De Derense DeSense Defense rense Sense corps corpsA A Chance to Help HelpYou HelpYou HelpYou You may be asked to become becomemembers becomemembers becomemembers members of stretcher teams or to togn togite togne gn gite e first aid to the injured mJured such as asgiVIng asgiving asgiving giVIng artificial respiration stoppmg stopping stoppmgblood stoppingblood stoppingblood blood from spurting spurtmg arteries and andcare andcare andcare care for traumat e C shock The Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross helps the Emergency Medical MedicalservIce Medicalservice Medicalservice servIce by recruiting recrUltmg persons tramed trained trainedm tramedm trainedin m in first a d and recru ting tmg tang and tram train trainrang traming 109 rang Volunteer Nurse s Aides Aldes to serve servewIth servewith servewith wIth Emergency Medical service serviceunitS serviceunits serviceunits unitS at base and casualty hos has hospita hasportals hospitals pita portals Is casualty stat ons and first aid aidposts aidposts aidposts aidpostsLocal posts postsLocal Local chapters of the Red Cross Crosswill Crosswill Crosswill will have a representative in the > control center the operating head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters of the local Defense corps corpsfrom corpsfrom corpsfrom from which all services serVJce service . are dJrected directed dJrecteddurmg directedduring directedduring durmg during bombing bombmg or other war emer emergencies emergencies , , gencles gencies affecting affectmg civilians civlbans W th in informat informat format on and instructions mstructIOns rccelved received rccelvedfrom receivedfrom receivedfrom from the commander or ch cf cl of of thc the thcEmergency theEmergency theEmergency Emergency Medical MedJcal service the therepre therepresentative therepresentative repre representative < entatlve will be in a position positionto to set m in motion the chapter services servicesWhICh serviceswhich serviceswhich WhICh a part cular cuear situat sltuat on de demands demands demands demandsThroughont mands mandsThroughout Throug-hont Throug hont Throughont Throughout - the country and andespecially andespecially andespecially especially in small towns Red RedCross RedCross BedCross Cross chapters are ImprovlSmg improvising ImprovlSmgeqUlpmcnt improvisingequipment improvisingequipment eqUlpmcnt equipment for possible use In Inemergencies inemergencies inemergencies emergencies Commercial ve- ve veblcles vehicles ve vehicles - - hicles blcles are being ' converled converted Into Intocanteens intocanteens intocanteens canteens ambulances ambulanccs and trans transportatIon transportation transportation portatIon units umts In some parts partsof partsof partsof of the ( he country small chal1ters chapters chal1tersare chaptersare chaptersare are combining combmmg to form flying flyingsquadrons flyingsquadrons flyingsquadrons squadrons which place dlsas disas dlsaster disaster disaster ter and civilian war aid on en entlrely entirely entirely tlrely tirely mobile basIs basIsIn basisIn basisIn In view of the thc Red Rcd Cross agree agreement agreement agreement ment with ODHWS localchapters local chapters chaptersare are laying laymg special stress upon the thepossible thepossible thepossible possible feeding of large masses ofr ot of -r- r - 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Scenes such as this one-taken one taken onetakengas one - taken iigas gas mask dnll-mlght dnll mlght drill-might drill might drill - might take placeearnestness place Iearnestness earnestness that they take place on onCross onCross onCross Cross is preparing preparmg for any eventua'strike eventuastrike ' strike home here in the U Speople S Speople people in m bombed areas For asmall a asmall asmall small suburban community Law Lawrence Lawrenee Lawrence rence renee N Y has an efficient setup setupIts setupIts setupIts Its Canteen Corps made up of memhers mem members members bers hers who have taken Red Cross nu nutrlbon nutrition nutrition trlbon trition and canteen courses go mto into intoaction mtoactIon intoaction actIon immediately after the allclear all allclear allclear clear signal It can prepare twomeals two twomeals twomeals meals tor for 1 I 500 persons Within WIthm an anhour anhour anhour hour after the order has been received re recelVed received celVed ceived the Motor Corps transports transportsthe transportsthe the meals to the feeding feedmg center m mthe mthe inthe the vicinity of the disaster Thereis Therems There IS ms a second group of canteen workers work workers workers ers made up of mothers with young youngchildren youngchildren youngchildren children who are called out severalhours several severalhours severalhours hours later Besides the large sup suppiles supplies supplies piles plies for 1 I 500 emergency meals nowstored now nowstored nowstored stored in 10 unit headquarters the 10 to 10cal tocal local cal chapter will it If necessary buy buyfood buyfood buyfood food from local storesVherever storesWherever stores storesWherever \ Wherever \Vherever Vherever mass feedings feedlngs becomenecessary become becomenecessary becomenecessary necessary the American Amencan Red Crosswill Cross Crosswill Crosswill will be able to put into mto practice & 2 , s 9 z ' wy wyrt r roff off offwy rt 74 74s s a aF aha L F ha f 4 4f 4L > Ew 4 - ! < A tJ . , , - /1 1 / tJ1 - - " : . - - 1 . 11 - . : - . . , - . 7tf 7tfi ? . ; - . - - t ' " -1 1 - " : - . 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' - _ . , _ . - = : ' . n nWhen - : \ < -J J : " ' - RedCross When the furious fightIng was taking place In the Philippines the Red Cross was there admmlstermg administering to the clvlban civilian population Injured This Thispicture Thispicture picture oC of two native Red Cross girls was taken by tbe the army signal corps durmg during corpsdurmg corpsduring tbe the fightIng on the Island As They Sewm Sew m - , r + s I Ie IThousands e Thousands of women such asthose as asthose asthose those pictured plcturcd here in clubs and andchurches andchurches andchurches churches and Red Cross Cros . , chapters chapterstbrougbout chaptersthroughout chaptersthroughout tbrougbout throughout the tbe land are sewing sewmg and andkwttmg andknitting andknitting kwttmg knitting for the war woundedthroughout wounded woundedthroul"hout woundedthroughout throul"hout throulhout throughout : " the tbe world Civilians too tooIn tooin tooin In war 1 I ammcred ammered lands beneft fromthe from fromtbe fromthe tbe the activities of such groupssome groups group groupssome . , some lessons leirned le'lrned lelrned learned ' from the experiences ex experlences expenences perlences periences ot of civilian civll1an re rel reI ] et ef of v orkersm orkersIn orkers In the bombed areas ot of Great Bnt Brit Britant Bntam Britain am ant Through an agreement with withthe withthe withthe the American Restaurant associatIon associatIonmany associationmany associationmany many persons may now be fed fedqUickly fedquickly fedquickly qUickly and economically economicallyIn In some cases a central kltch kitch kltchen kitchen kilchen en and d mfg nn nll g hall ball would be set setup setup setup up in an industrial mdustrIal cafeteriaThe cafeterIa cafeterIaThe cafeteriaThe The Worcester Mass chapterfor chapter chapterfor chapterfor for example e'tample etample ' has provided I1rovlded for forseveral forseveral forseveral several mobile canteens to totransport totransport totransport transport food from restaurants restaurantsWorkers restaurantsWorkers restaurantsWorkers Workers are to be fed at the tbe thes , , ' m - - m mrz ' " s ? w - * rz y ? yYy Yy > y/ y yi / v vyf yf q a CJ t t ' 9w 9wY w 9ww Y i1J I i England during durmg a Red Cross nursel nurseI nurse I this tbls country and with the tbe same samethe samethe samethe the British Isle Today the tbe Red.Ity Redty Red . .Ity Ity . > ty in case the tbe enemy attempts to scene of disaster but victims vlchms at atevacuation atevacuation atevacuation evacuation centers Mobile can canteen canteen canteen teen operations have been beenplanned beenplanned beenplanned planned on a unit umt food load of 20 20gallons 20gallons 20gallons gallons of stew bread butter buttercoffee , coffee milk and aud crackers for for200 200 persons at a timeRed time hme timeRed Red Cross chapters will handle 10 in 10qUlrIeS inqueries inquines qUlrIeS queries concerr ng the th-e th e - safety of per persons persons persons sons m in the event of bombing bombmg or orother orother orother other enemy act on This is a logl loge loglcal logecal logical cal Red Cross serviceDetailed service serviceDetailed Detailed plans are being bemg worked workedout workedout workedout out bet\\ bet between beteen bettteen \ \ een local chapters and De Defense Defense Detense fense Corps commanders and chiefs chiefsof chiefsof chiefsof of the Emergency Med cal service servicefor servicefor servicefor for use of Red Cross ambulance ambulanceumts ambulanceunits ambulanceunits umts units mobile canteen un ts is and sup supplementary supplementary supplementary plementary transportat on when whenneeded whenneeded whenneeded needed Members ot of the Motor MotorCorps MotorCorps MotorCorps Corps often use their own carsIn cars carsIn In some cities business busmess firms and andmdustnal andindustrial andindustrial mdustnal industrial plants have formed re reserve reserve reserve serve fleets fieets of trucks and automo automobiles automobiles automobiles biles for use m in possible enemy air au airraids auraids airraids raids The Worcester Mass chap chapter chapter chapter ter has established estabhshed so called auto auto- automotive automotive automotive - motive parks in m eight different dIJIerent sec sechons sectenons sections hons tenons of the city Each park cen centraIIy centrally centrally traIIy trally located for far operat ons in m Its Itsown itsown itsown own neighborhood serves as head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters for the departure and re return return return turn of the various vanous motor serVIces serVIcesand servicesand servicesand and |