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Show Great Britain Plays Safe I - -Vl- t NY , . I ' ' ' v 1 . ) I - - $ f I - , - - '" . -' ' ' 1 V 'f ' -J ' - ' I i . cUJ: - J c- , .Parade' A 4 Though England has not J? J intwZprf or 7,000 years, I modern airplanes brintd(mer ' ' bombim; and pas raids. So i , J f ' (Air Raid Precautions) 1 f ,s a-'iir v civilinns now to ucar mnsfis I r (,(,fen(l themselves against ' 'tMf' , " Tl! fcomb. Wosf mashs sell for 75 ' I STjA-f ' - jf cfns nrif fie goiernment has I Vl"' j an ctlrn 40 million on hand. Though England has not been invaded for 1,000 years, modern airplanes bring danger of bombing and gas raids. So A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) has been organised to leach civilians how lo wear masks and defend themselves against bombs. Most masks sell for 75 cents and the government has an extra 40 million on hand. v. y - - : t t " r- This year, Britain is spending spend-ing $1,715,000,000 on rearmament, rearma-ment, building anti-aircraft guns (above) and fixing out defense troops with oilskin suits ( risht ) as protection against disastrous mustard gas. Though the nation is outwardly calm, A.R.P. has perfected an amazing organization of 600,-000 600,-000 community "wardens" who will have charge of A.R.P. fire brigades, first aid units, evacuation evacua-tion and contamination squads. Moneyed classes are building underground bomb-proof shelters shel-ters where they will retire to live in comparative comfort during raids. Hut poorer classes cannot afford this luxury, indeed in-deed cannot even afford gas masks. ' . I ! - - "-p r fef; I f v ; 1 . si vj f il:BisiPl:3lliIllIilliiii ?. ' i'-J- f, b 3 England hopes her coastal defense measures will drive away planes to forestall a repetition of World War raids which killed 1,414 people. One phase of this defense is the artillery, another the fantastic fan-tastic wire mesh supported by balloons, which ivould stir-round stir-round London and possibly scare off planes. A third phase is fast transportation of troops by planes, enabling Lngland to move man power to any part of the coast in the event of invasion. Britain realizes the English channel is not so wide, that an enemy can knock at her front door within a few minutes after leaving the continent. - - r - k-C,-' ?v I Post haste, British pilots see how fust they can lake oQ. |