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Show itV. JANUARY 1, 1942 THE WEEKLY REFLEX PARE SIX A c Zl 0 Official by Kaysville City and U. S. Office of Civilian Defense a Bn cm -- . set e 'fPk ark fen-8- tu t . St KEEP Dont . VJJfc u a! fin idetjt keep cool. CdPdPE 2. STAY atMUPME ' lose your head, jt crowd the streets, avoid chaos, prevent disorder and all, The safest place in an air raid is If you are away from home, get under cover in the nearest shelter. Avoid crowded places. Stay off the streets. The enemy wants you to run out into the streets, create a mob, start a panic. .. Don't do it! If incendiary bombs fall, play a spray from a garden hose (never a splash or stream) of water on the bomb. Switch to a stream to put out any fire started by the bomb. Switch back to a spray for the bomb. The bomb will bum for about 15 minutes if left alone, only about 2 minutes under a fine water lixa ids, a. ;an tit itr.rj ten ON ondii fool the enemy. Dont rre you are. be hit is small. It is easy. If planes come over; phone unnecessarily. The chance is part of the risk we must take to I war. about your usual business and recreation in an alarm, go raiy way. twice before you do anything. 'g false rumors is lake you in. Dont believe rumors part of the enemys technique. Dont spray. A jet splash, stream or bucket of water will make it explode. Under raid conditions, keep a bathtub and buckets full of water for the use of the fire department in case water mains are broken. If you have a extinguisher (the kind you turn upside down), use it with your finger over the nozzle to make a spray. Dont use the chemical kind (small cylinders of liquid) oh bombs. It is all right for .ordinary fires. But above all, keep cool, stay home. d Choose one member of the family to be the home warden who will remember all the rules and what to do. Mother makes the best. warning. In general, it is short blasts or pitch, on whistles or horns. , The all clear is tone for 2 minutes. Wa tch this paper for description 1 signal. (This is subject to change.) official information before taking any action. When id Warden comes to your home, do what he tells you. your protection. He is your friend. help you do your part to whip the enemy. do it. We will do it, if we stay calm and cool and Iyour TEL It air-rai- d soda-and-ac- bs BUDWN 5. STAY start fall you, lie down. You will feel the way, escape fragments or splinters. place is under a good stout table the stronger the . tetter. under a table combines comfort with safety. may use explosive bombs or incendiary bombs, or incendiaries are used, its more important to deal with 3 to be safe from blast. So defeat the incendiary with a a splash or stream) of water, then go back to safety ' ' in a refuge room. Jds will likely be over in your immediate neigh -jn.fi short stay under cover till the sounded. your SAVE THIS PAGE See Page One for Sponsors Glass shatters easily, so stay away from windows. Dont go to windows and look out, in an air raid. It is a "dangerous thing, and helps" the enemy. The Air" Raid Warden is out there watching for you. Again we say, get off the streets ' if planes come over. At night, there is danger of being caught in blast from explo: sives. Antiaircraft fire means falling shrapnel.' You are safe from it indoorsraway from windows Its more ' important to shell a -plane than it is to see it from a window. . Stay in your refuge room, away from windows. That is the safest place, Go there at the first alarm; stay there until the . . all dear. Above all, keep calm. Stay home . Put out lights. Lie down. Stay away from windows. Do not say we are repeating; we would rather repeat until we bore you than have . you forget. You can do all those things without any special equipment other than what you have now in your home. - , You can help lick the Japs, with your bare hands, if you will do just those few, simple things. Be a good fellow and follow instructions and keep well. Do not be a wise guy and get hurt. , -- ' ; r r, raid alarms. Know the all dear. Official news come to you from your Air Raid Warden. Dont pnors. Watch this papef for air raid alarm description, (garden when he comes. four house be hit, keep cooL Answer tappings from if you are trapped. (You most likely wont be trapped, but if you are, you can depend on rescue to after you). Again keep cool, and wait. Dont hear them coming to you, unless theell ill cool hurts the enemy more than anything else calm Stay at home Put out lights. l0, JFM0M wmmwws rt time.-Howeve- id air-rai- alert. 4.toMIS near - home. t - .41- - ... , 3. PUT WTT M(GMT not Whether or than is necessary. lights black-ou- is ordered, t dont show more flight If planes come over, put out or cover all at once dont wait for the black-ou- t that cant be seen will never guide a Jap. light may be seen for miles from the air. order. The light Remember a candle . If you have portieres, overdrapes, or curtains, arrange a' double thickness over your windows. Blankets will do. If you have heavy black paper, paste it on your windows. Dont crowd or stampede stores to get it, however. You probably have everything you need at home. Be ingenious improvise. d Should you get an warning, remember to shut off gas stoves, gas furnaces, and gas pilot lights on both. Bomb explosions may blow them out from blast effect. Gas that collects may be explosive later. Prepare one room, the one with the least window glass, in the strongest part of your house, for a refuge room. Put food and drinking water in it. Put a sturdy table in it. Put mattresses and chairs in it. Take a magazine or two and a deck of cards into it. Take things like eyeglasses and dentures with you when you go into it. .Take toilet facilities, paper, a screen. If you have a portable radio, take that too. Above all, keep air-rai- calm . Stay S. at home. Put out lights. Y0U AN MEEP to man the volunteer Strong,, capable, calm people are needed services. If you want to help, there are lots of opportunities. If you know first aid, and have a certificate, there is an imme- diate job for you. If you are a veteran, or a former volunteer or regular fireman, or policeman, there is work for you. - It you have no special skills but' are strong and husky, there is a job for units, or demolition and you in rescue squads, road-repaclearance squads. If you have and can drive a car, you may be needed for. drivers corps. Older Boy and Girl Scouts over 15 can help as messengers. Both men and women are needed. Heres how to get started: If theres a-- Civilian Defense Volunteer Office m your community, call there and ask where to report. If not, call your local Defense Council or Committee, or the Chamber of Commerce. Phone and ask where to. report, rather than going in person. . There are people needed for ir -- Road Repair Units (strong, husky man). Demolition and Clearance Squads (strong; husky men). Electrical Repair units (trained elec- tricians). , Decontamination Squads (strong men and women). Emergency Pood and Housing Units (women who can coed; and serve). Stay home. Put out lightsi Lie down. Stay away from windows. You can help! V Above all, keep cool. U. S. OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Director. Washington; 0. C. |