alabama civil defense - jun 1944

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HOME FRONTONTHLY BULLETIN OF THE ALABAMA STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL

VOLUME 1. MONTGOMERY, ALA., JUNE, 1944 NUMBER I

Fifth War LoanDrive ChallengesAll Out EffortDirector Paterson is aga in ap

pealing to all County DefenseCouncils and Local Corps to prepare for active part ic ipat ion int he F IFTH WAR LOAN CAMPAIGN, June 12th t o J ul y 8th.This, th e most important of al l'War loan Drives is a challenge to

every patriotic citizen-the National goal totalling $16,000,000,OOll----'$6,000',000,000 of which mustcome from individuals.County quotas when assignedwill be announced by Chairmenof County Defense Councils.Let's plan ahead!

WACS CelebrateSecond BirthdayWith Novel Rites, May 15 th marked th e second an -

Iniversary of th e Women 's A rmyCorps,. and Alabama, Montgomery,and the Military joined hands to,Icelebrate. Full dress parades, lunch-

I eons, and o th er activities were in ~ o r p o r a t e d in th e daily military re:sImen at Maxwell an d Gunter FieldsI to honor th e organization's birth. day. A dance at the City Auditor ium brought th e event t o a fittingclose.At Maxwell Field , Air Wacs leda parade of enlisted squadrons inreview before Maj . Gen . Wil liam O.

Butler, Commanding General of th eAAF, Eastern Flying Training Command. Among th e dignataries inth e reviewing stand was HaygoodPaterson, Director of t he S ta te Defense Council.. Governor Chauncey Sparks watch! ed WACS march impressively onto!the parade ground at Gunter Field: and later visited with them inform-ally.

The Maxwell Air Wacs held a'buff et lu nc heon in th e WAC area.,which approached carnival gaiety,and was climaxed by cutting th e 9pound birthday cake with a sab re .Dance orchestras from both fieldsplayed for th e city auditorium danceand an impressive f loor show was

presented with talent recruited fromboth fields.The State Defense Council tooka special interest in this unusualbirthday party as Director Patersonis Chairman of th e WAC Recruit

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Every battleship contains 76 tonsof tin. Send every t in c an to sea!

Jefferson CountyPlants ReceiveNational Award

Alabama's beautiful Capitol was again th e scene of historic im portance as the first group of WAC Recru it s in t he S ta te was in ducte? into service. Alabama now leads the Southeast in WACre?rUltmg and S ta te Defense Director Haygood Paterson is proud ofthIS record.

Alabama WACS Preparing ForServiceWith U. S. Armed. Forces

Salvage Of WastePaper ImportantWaste paper remains i tem numberone on the must program of thesalvage committees throughout th e Director Haygood P ate rso n and

country , according to L. E. Creel , H. Burton Andrews, Chief of CivilExecutive Secretary, Alabama Sa1- ian Protection were guests of Jefvage Committee, who says: ferson County Plan ts and Facilities"The school pupils throughout th e who received th e National Security

country have done an excellent piece Award for outstanding efficiency inof work collecting waste p a p ~ r . Now Plant Protection Services at a cerethat schools are closing it is goin'5 monial banquet at th e TutWiler Hoto be necessary for us to use all tel, April 26th.means available or we shall ha.ve a Mayor Cooper Green welcomedlet-down in this important War the assemblage composed of twowork. Many schools have plans to hundred of th e state's outstandin3continue the work right along. citizens. Jerome A. Connor, RegionHowever, some schools are not sit- al Director of the Off ice of Civil ianuated to continue and o ther means Defense presented th e awardsof collecting must be found to avoid which were accepted by the Presi,:t.he falling off that must nClt occur dents of th e various plants. Thewhile th e War goes on in Europe. flags, presented by Director Pater-"Waste paper collections i n Apr il , son were accepted by Plant Superinwere th e largest in any month so tents; ' Warren Whitney, PresidEmt offa r reported, bu t even then we were the Allied Industries of Alabamg,short several thousand tons on o u making the acceptance speech.

quota. (Turn to page 3)"We urge you to continue to save

your paper until a sys tem for collecting can be worked out in yourcommunity."

Director PatersonAnnounces FirstHome Front Issue

News And ViewsOf Other States

COLORADO"Please, Colorado Citizens, startthat Victory Garden r ight away"urges th e Colorado Counselor, offi

cial bullet in of th e Colorado Counci l of Defense. Colorado ha d a fineVictory Garden history last year.( Tu rn t o page 2)

This the first issue of ALABAMA HOME FRONT, proposesto tel l of the fine jobs being donedaily by th e War Service Volunteers in Alabama Civilian Defense.We propose to issue this eachmonth and ar e sure you will findin it many instances of servicesand sacrifice that will inspire andhel p you to carryon.Remember that what we doday by day on th e Home Front

brings nearer the end of th e Warand t he writing of peace.Hasten th e Day!HAYGOOD PATERSON,State Director.

OHIOThe Ohio State Salvage Committe e a nd State Defense Council havethrown down t he gaunt le t to theother 47 states to beat it s monthlype r capita salvage .of waste paperfo r the rest of th e year. Here istheir challenge: "Ohio believes, inparticipating in th e coming invasionby doing ou r part here at home nextmon th and every month unt il thisWar is won. Total s for Was te Pa per, America's Number 1 critical salvage Material must rise! Let 's exchange every assistance to swell theNational Total-and beat us, if youcan!"Ohio will have plenty of competit ion judg ing from th e number ofStates accepting th e challenge.

GEORGIABased on it s own successful experiences in organizing an effectiveCitizens Committee on Youth Prob1ems , th e Chatham-Savannah(Georgia) Defense Council has prepared a mimeographed pamphlet ,which describes in comprehensivedetail, th e procedure . that was' followed. (This would doubtless contain valuable suggestions that maybe utilized by other Councils).


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PAGE TWO HOME FRONT JUNE,1944

County Defense Councils FillMany Vital Community Needsartirne WoofynessA new disease seems to bespreading over the country diagnosed as Wart ime Woofyness andit is extremely contagious. Whenyou get huf fy in s to re s for slowservice and when you keep asking

for warbanned art ic les you canrest assured the little bug hasbitten you. The cure is verysimple. First count 10 very slowly thinking all the while of theRrave help short age 'merchant sare faced with-then' think ofwhat ou r fighting men are giving us-take a deep breath .filledwith good nature an d seasonedwith tolerance . Before you knowit you will be out of quarantineand will really be helping theCivilian Defense effort.-The Lake Fores ter.

Volunteer FireFighters NeededJ. M. stauffer , State Coordinatorof the Forest Fire Fighters Servicein Alabama, in a' letter to HaygoodPaterson of th e Alabama Council ofDefense says that it is hoped to havefrom 1,500 to 2,000 qualified volunteer fire f ighters when the forestfire season begins in October.Already, according to Mr. Stauffer, th e work is progressing rapidlyand many qualified forest fire fighters in the various counties are being given their certificates of merit.The forest fire f ighters a re vol

unteers who are doing a fine workduring the war because one of thegreatest, if not the greates t needright now in t he war effort , is wood,bot h for l umbe r and for paper.Director Paterson expressed to Mr.Stauffer his gratification at the extent to which this service had grownan d i ts bright future.

CD Plays Unselfish'Role In ServiceThe welding and holding togetherof the vast volunteer Civilian De

fense organization is one of thegreatest achievements of this nationat war, Leonard Dreyfuss, Chairmanof the East Coast Con fe rence o fState Defense Directors, told a me. tropolitan radio audience. in an ad-dress on th e t hir d anniversary ofthe .establishment of OCD.

I t takes two ordinary tin cans toproduce th e tin used i n making onesyrette-a tiny thing,. gleaming likesilver, about the size of the firstjoint of your little finger. A twistof the finger and the plastic covering i s removed exposing a steri lizedhypodermic needle. This little "Angel of Mercy" is helping save thel ives of thousands of American boys.

MORGAN COUNTYMrs. Vera Hughes Austelle, Executive Secretary of the MorganCounty Defen se Council is as busy

as the .traditional bee. She saysthat e ach d ay at th e office is fullto overflowing."Right now," she states, "we arevery busy with the clothes whichare to be sent to Russia. A mostgenerous donation has been mad3and I am having the different Paren t Teacher Associations in the Cityvolunteer their services in assorting,classifying and packing the articles."The schools have, t hi s mon th ,made another drive for a ca r ofpaper. The last report I had wasthat '40,000 lbs. had been collected."I have had three rush cal ls forblood donors i n t he la st week for local people who were desperately ill,in the hospi ta ls . Seven donors responded, and the patients are onthe ro ad to recovery. I keep a record o.f th e type blood of each donor.When a call comes, I refer to myregister an d can tell just whom tocall for that particular case. Bloodplasma from "Deca tur, Ala.," haspeen used in Italy, so I saw in anarticle recently."MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Montgomery's organization for theRussian War Relief Committee iscompleted, and already a mountainof clothing is graded an d ready forshipment.The committee believing that"Many hands make light work," ha sdistributed the work among severalorganizations, instead of placing thejob ent irely on the shoulders of thea lready over-burdened P a r e n tTeacher's Association, as it has beendone in many other sections of thecountry.The school children collected theclothing from Montgomery homes.The P.T.A. packed them in 500boxes.City trucks delivered them to thewarehouse.Federated Women's Clubs, American Legion Auxiliary and individualgroups of women are now preparingfor shipment" these boxes and allclothing, sent in by th e towns inthe Montgomery district.E. D. Emigh is Chairman.Mrs. J. Y. Brame, Director.Paul Fuller, Advisor.Mrs. Dan Winn, Miss Nellie Wilkinson, Chairman o f packing andshipping.

MOBILE COUNTYThe Mobile County Council of Defense ha s set the way for other bodies in th e state to s timulate th e ac t ivit ies of volunteer defense firemenby inaugurating a contest that canbe participated in by any auxiliarytruck company in Mobile. The winning company will receive a pla{luecontributed by the Firemen's divis-

i"an an d a cash prize of $25 providedby the county defense council.Two contests have a lready beenheld an d the t hi rd will be held onJune 4th. At each contes t auxiliaryrescue squads will give exhibitiondrills. Donald Smith, assistant chiefof aux il ia ry firemen ha s been incharge at the contests and the traffic officers will be furnished fromthe wardens an d auxiliary police.Mobile suburban communities maybe represented by one company inthe final contest.COLBERT COUNTY

The Sheffield "I-Day" programwill Pe held at the USO under thed irec ti on of the Citizens DefenseCorps, whose commander Jack S.Caruthers says: "This day, as youknow, will be a solemn one for usand we feel it is every Americancitizen's duty to make it a day ofprayer. I f ever before in the historyof America we need to pray it isnow."The "I-Day" p rogr am in Sheffi eld will consi st of Prayer, Sacredan d patriotic music and a mosttouching War Read ing. Dr . W. H.Saxon w'ill give a talk of interes t toevery American citizen. Several vo-cal sel ec tions will be heard as wellas unison singing. A talk by a service man who ha s seen overseasduty will be an outstanding featureof the program."Those boys are fighting and dying for us, an d we all want to express our full realization of the sacrifice being made by every memberof the armed forces i n pro tect ingus and in pre se rv ing Amer ica. "1 Day" is a time to rededicate ourselves. Do your share for him, heis doing more than his part for you."

Postwar PlansMembers of the Millbrook Men'sClub l ea rned about plans for' Alabama communities to provide a ful le r a nd b et te r life for men and women returning to their homes afterthe war, when Director Haygood

Paterson addressed them at a meeting recently.In discussing postwar possibilitiesfor returning service men and women Director Paterson emphasizedopportunities i n ru ra l areas, pointing out need for livestock programs,soil conservation an d projects of"enlightened self interest programs",whereby communities can bet ter retain labor and payroll.W. O. Dobbins, J r. , D irec tor ofth e State Planning Board reviewedother postwar plans in which Alabama communities are vitally in terested.Don't talk you r Nat ion out ofVictory.

Bulletin Used ToContact Workers"Civilian Recruit" is t he name ofa four page bul le tin i ssued by th eMontgomery County Citizen's Service Corps, for th e purpose of conveying messages to th e six hundred

Block Leaders, and th e eleven hundred Junior Service Corps members, who serve as aides to the BlockLeaders.This bul le tin ha s proven highlysuccessful and is taking the place,except dur ing Bond Drives, of themeetings formerly scheduled everyfew weeks.An important phase of th e work,is the direction by the Block Leaders of the Juniors, who cal l on Saturday at the home of the blockl eade r for ins truc tions for the following week's work.The Block Plan, whereby individuals selec ted by block leaders, serveas neighborhood chairmen, createsa tremendous net-work of volunteers spread out over the entire city.Months were required to assemblethese leaders an d because there is,for var ious reasons, a constant turnover, th e director and s taff workersare kept busy keeping the ranks inorder for regular line of duty andfor emergencies. Block leaders are.poised now for the 5th Wa r LoanDrive. Their job will be to checkevery home in th e city and placeshields in the windows of al l bondbuyers.As a result of this canvass in previous War Bond Drives, many additional bonds were sold.During the 4th War Bond Drivethirty Block Leaders reported shieldsin every home in the block. .Some additional activities of th eblock leaders are:Victory Garden, Home Salvage ,Recruiting of Volunteers, BundlesFo r Russi a, O. P. A. informationto householders, Preparation for In vasion Day.Montgomery Council was the firstin the S ta te to consummate plansfor the "Observance of InvasionDay".NEWS AND VIEWS J(Cont inued f rom page 1)

MISSOURIEighty-two neighborhood motionpicture theatres in St . Louis and St.Louis County, Mo., a ided th e wastepaper drive by a special Saturdaymorni ng mat inee , admission towhich was a bundle of 10 lbs. ormore o f wa ste paper . About 35,000children attended, turning in morethan 125 tons.

PENNSYLVANIAA $100 Wa r Bond was awardedby the Philadelphia, Pa. , Council ofDefense t o Shi rl ey Binder, 17-yearold high school girl, for he r winningentry in the Council's Anti-BlabSlogan Contest. Her slogan was:"Don't - Talk Your Nat ion Out ofVictory". It will be widely displayedin th e city to discourage leaks inmilitary information. .


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JUNE, 1944 HOME FRONT PAGE THREE

One hundred pounds of waste pa pe r will make 115 boxes, each tocontain ten 20 mm. shells.

Don't bum was te p aper . S al vageevery bit!

Th e Standard Plastic Company,62 Water Street, Attleboro, Mass.,ha s been licensed to manufacturea"plastic ba r to be worn by membersof t he J un io r Service Corps. It isan attractive ba r in imitation silverwith p in f as tene r and costs 16c.All orders should be placed byState Defense Councils directly withth e Standard Plast ics Company .Free samples will be sen t upon requel't. Orders of local councilsshould be placed with approval ofthe appropr ia te S ta te Councils.

HeavyMetal DriveTo Be Launched

Bar For Juniors

In th e very near future there willbe instigated throughout th e countr y a special drive for heavy metal.This will be secured largely whererep leni shment s have been made inheavy machinery about th e farms.The inventory of heavy metal is thelowest that it ha s been any timesince Pearl Harvor, and i f we continue th e use of heavy metal for avery long period without replenishing th e s tock , we may reach a critical s tage.All committees are urged by L.E. Creel , Secretary of th e SalvageCommittee, to be thinking and planning for this important drive whichwill be made sometime in th e nearfuture.JEFFERSON COUNTY(Continued from page 1)An inspirational add re ss by Col.

J ames P . Barnes, District Managerof the War Product ion Board wasan interesting feature of this exceptional ceremonial, significant forpresentation of th e largest group ofawards ever made to one county inthe United States at one t ime.The National Secur it y Award wasestablished by the National Office ofCivilian Defense to be given to facilities no t entitled to receive th eArmy-Navy E, in recognition of th eeffective manner in which they haveprOVided f or t he ir own protection.The Jef fe rson County P lant s r eceiving th e award were: AirwayCommunication Station-MunicipalAirport , Alabama Power Company ,American Cast Iron Pipe Company,Avondale Mills, Birmingham GasCompany, Chicago Bridge and IronCompany, Connors Steel Company,McWane Cast Iron Pipe Company,National Cast Iron Pipe Company,United States Pipe a nd Foundr yCompany, Standard Oil Company,Birmingham Electric Company, In galls Iron Works, Tennessee Coal,Iron and Rail road Company, andWofford Oil Company.

Organization of approximately2,000 members of the city' s Auxiliary Pol ice Force , including thosewho have completed advancedt raining, into an official ReserveCorps ha s been ordered by the Chiefof th e Los Angeles, California PoliceDepartment.

"I n the womanpower o f Ameri carests th e answer as to how m o r ~ ,and badly-needed, manpowe r canbe provided for combat fronts," Maj.Gen. Joe N. Dalton, USA, declaredat a s ta te -wide Women 's Reserverally in Raleigh, N. C., recently."It will tak e th e combined effortof all of us," said General Dalton,Director of Personnel for th e ArmyService Forces, "of every man andwoman, to hasten America's ultimat e day of victory."The basic, the unanswerable, .reason for a woman t o enlist in one of

th e services is that she is needed.We must instill a fee li ng of individua l responsibility in th e minds ofthose women who ar e eligible forenlistment. I t follows logically thatonce this feeling of personal responsibility for the success of our wareffort is established, we shall comeclose to th e goals whic h have be enset on the basis of our country'sabil ity to furnish needed womanpower."The Women 's Army Corps as wellas i ts s is te r counte rpar ts of th eother services, was created by thereal ization on th e part of ou r lawmakers that the waging of totalwa r is no t solely man's responsibility."We have an armed force that exceeds t en and one -hal f million persons. Such a force, i f it were compos ed solely of combat troops, andif it could be brought to bear onou r several fronts at one time, might

defeat our enemies by sheer weightof numters. Unfortunately, this tenand one-hal f million man force asa tool for combat, does no t exist."For every man who ha s th e sat

isfaction of sighting th e Rising Sunthrough his bomb sight, for everydoughboy who fires a shot andwatches a Nazi slump from view, forevery gunner who extracts a ho tshell case f rom h is piece after a hi ton an enemy raider, there are moremen engaged in less exc it ing, lesssatisfying, bu t equal ly vital noncombat tasks."How, then, are we to ar rive ata solut ion to provide more and badly

ne eded manpowe r for th e combatfronts, a s h o r ~ , afloat, or in the air?"The answer rests in the wom:ln

power of America."I n th e Army alone, we have some

239 positions which can be an d arebeing e ffec ti ve ly filled by women.Bu t th er e a re a gre:lt many morevacancies than the re a re women whohave come forward to fill them.

Wi\.C Need Is StillGreat, DeclaresGen. Joe N. DaltonAnniston ChairmanReviews Activities

A Prayer For D-Day"Almighty an d most merci fu lGod, Father of a.ll mankind, lover

of every life, hear, we beseechThee, the cry of Thy children inthis dark h ou r of conflict anddanger. . . . May it please Theethis day to draw to Thyself th ehearts of those who struggle andendure to the ut termost.... MayThy comfort be sufficient for allwho suf fer pain or who wait inthe agony of uncertainty. . . . Maythere arise a new order whichshall endure because in it Thywill shall be done in earth as i tis in heaven.... "-Bishop Henry St. George Tucker, President of t he Fe de ralCouncil of Churches of Christin America.

An important meeting of men,who are making th e supreme efforton th e Home Front will be held inNew Orleans, La., June 8th a nd 9th,when a Conference on Communi tyAction and Civilian War Services forCivilian Defense Regions Four andEight will bring together dignitariesof more than a dozen SouthernStates.Alabama will be represented byHaygood Paterson, Director of theState Defense Counc il , H BurtonAndrews, Chief of Civilian Protection, and L. E. Creel, Executive Secretary of th e S ta te Salvage Committee.Purposes and scope of th e civilianwar services and community participation will provide "meat" fordiscussion. Of special import will bea dinner meeting for State Directorsof Civilian Defense with the Nat ional Director.

Judge S. E. Boozer, Chairman ofth e Anniston Civilian Defense Councilpoints with pardonable pride toth e many notable achievements ofhis o rg an izati on . We are quotingfrom a recent report:Mr. J. C. Stanley, Salvage Chairman, s ta tes that th e Boy Scouts ofAnniston have collected in th e lastfour months 137 tons of waste paper, th e Schools have Collected 24tons 371 pounds, Mr. Stacks 96 tons.1,000 pounds of silk stockings weresent. 50,000 pounds ti n cans havebeen shi pp ed anci they are beingcollected regularly. From 600 to 700pounds of grease i s col lected pe rmonth. The money f rom the tincans ha s gone to beautify a publicpark in Anniston and also String-'fellow Hospital. $167.00 was contributed by th e G ard en Club forsalvage collected to an ambulancewhi ch i s now in Russia.

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"I PLEDGE-"Today , with th e knowledge thatou r heroic men and women in thearmed services are facing the supreme test, I hereby rededicate myself to th e cause for which we fight;th e preservation of those rights andprivileges which ar e ours by heri

tage, vigilance, sacrifice and hardwork; so that no Ameri can in thisconflict will die because I failed todo my full measure of duty on theHome Front.

The employees of the Mills havebeen buy ing Bonds sys temati ca ll ythrough th e Payroll Savings Planand 96% of th e employees havebeen buyi ng Bonds this way witha deduction of about 12% of theTotal Payrol l for Bonds.

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Under the able leadership of Roberts Blount th e recent Red CrossDrive went over th e top a s have allprevious drives.

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The local Committe es on BondDrives have be en very active andall quotas in the past have been sold.Th e Fifth Loan Drive will open soonand there is no doubt bu t that thelocal quota will be subscribed.

The t ransportat ion Problem ha sbeen one that caused much concernfor th e employees of Tallassee Millswhic h have been working on 80%War orde rs. Pr ev ious to the gasrationing, these employees came inprivate c ars from both Tallasseea nd Eas t Tallassee and some as faras 20 miles in th e rural sections.The Mt. Vernon Transit Companywas organized as a priva te enter prise by Ed Ingram. He operatesabout 15 buses, transporting about700 people daily.

Th e Tallassee Rotary Club, sometime ago, built a large Board on theMain Street, on which the HonorRoll showing names of men gonefrom this Communi ty was placed.The n umber h as increased so thatit has become necessary to add twowings to thi s Board to t ake care ofth e additional names.The Tallassee L ion s Club and

Tallassee and East Tallassee BoyScouts are cooperating in a continua l drive for gathering waste paperand have a lre ady sh ipp ed seve ra ltons to a Mobile paper mill. Thiswork will be continued for some time State Representedto come. *****':' At Regional Meet

B. G. Stumberg, Commander ofth e Elmore County Cit izens Corpsat Tallassee gives a few live noteson War Activities in hi s County.Civic Clubs, mill employees, individual citizens-all are cooperatingin "putting it over"; as you will seef rom the following:

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PAGE FOUR HOME FRONT JUNE. 1944

II Personalities On IThe Home Front

Jr. Citizens Corps

The waste paper salvage campaignin Andalusia is under t he sponsorship o f the Junior Chamber of C o m ~merce. The f irst ca r was shippedon April 29th and weighed 14 andthree-quarter tons.Some three t o f ou r t on s h ave beencollected toward f il ling a second ca ran d is being jointly sponsored byth e Jaycees and Boy Scout Troop99. A city-wide collection of wastepaper was p la nn ed fo r Sa tu rd ay .

May 27th, and it is hoped en oug hwill be col lected on th is d ate to filla second car.Andalusia plans to collect wastepaper as long as this i tem remains

on th e critical shortage lis t of th egovernment.

Andalusia PushesWaste Paper Drive

The Sheffield Citizens DefenseCorps ha s a member whom theyhave affectionately dubbed theirheroine. Miss Cora LaMar r Caruthers. Miss Caruthers is th e younger daughter of Jack J. Caruthers.Commander of th e Defense Corps.She ha s been in th e organizationfor two and a half years, servingas th e only member of th e ClericalStaff, an d is doing a splendid job.At times. June Caruthers. he r sister.helps he r with th e typing so thatCora can attend to other duties.Every member of the organizationlikes Cora. who is always ready to

help any of them whether th e jobbe big or small. She makes telephone calls for most of th e members. Cora is a lways ready to work.la te o r early. Her f ai th and loyaltyaccording to he r fellow workers ha sproven he r a real American. Sheprepared the ent ire " Invasion Day"program.A counc ii member declared."We appreciate th e interest ofthis young girl and we hope she willse t an example for our members and

citizens everywher e. As Cora says.'The mos t we can do is th e least wecan do. Lets ge t to wo rk and showth e boys we are fighting fo r themon the home front ...

During th e summer vacationmonths. t he work' of paper salvage,handled so ab ly in many communities by the schoo ls i s threatenedwith' temporary stoppage. Thiswould p rove an extremely serioushandicap to our War Effort and th eState Defense Council is deeply concerned with avoiding this hazard.An appeal is therefor being madeto Junior Citizens Corps in everycounty t o a ssume an increased re sponsibility in this matter andCounty Executives are being urgedt o f in d out f rom salvage committeesto how great a degree their Corpscan be of service .

Fire Fighting Aid

Every battleship contains 76 tonsof tin. Sen()oevery t in c an to sea.. . .t 1w

To strengthen community firefighting facilities. it is th e desire ofFred Arn. Commander of th e Citizens' Defense Corps of Mobile County to have a Federal four-gallonHand Pump Fire Extinguisher in stalled in eve ry b lock throughoutth e City of Mobile and Suburbs.These exting'uishers are given toF ir e Gua rds i n every block with th einstruction that they be kept filled

with water and so located as to beavailable for use by neighbors atal l hours.

Another Bond Dri ve i s com ing .Ge t ready!

hazards of fire. accident. sabotage.and unauthorized entry at importantindustrial facilities.Wllen th e inspections are made ofthe various plants by th e volunteer

inspectors. reports will be made ofdeficiencies in protective deVices. ar rangements. etc.. and these reportswill be handled by th e EvaluationBoard which i n t urn will make recommendations to ' the Industrial Protection Officer. Th e members ofth e Evaluation Board a re H. Burto n Andrews, L. P. Goodwin. E. G.Darling, Harry Benton an d FrankN. Julian.Alabama is doi ng s ome of th e best

work in th e Nation in seeing to itthat war necessary plants . as wellas plants making civilian goods, areup to th e minut e i n fire protectionand in th e protection of worke rs ,etc.

The Spring Inspection Tour ofthe Avondale Mills was a noteworthyevent, according to State Defens,"Council officials. Director Haygood

I Paterson and Chief Burton Andrewsjoined th e trek at Lafayet te, May3rd and conducted by. Hugh Comerand mill superintendents m ad e th erounds. participating in a well planned al l day program.This inspection tour. an annual

event to promote good wil l betweenemployer and employees. presentedan opportuni ty for Defense Councilofficials t o famil ia ri ze themselveswith th e Avondale Mil ls. with aview to determining eligibility forNational Security Award in accordance with State War Inspectionstandards.Th e al l day affair included an ex

cellent lunch at LaFayette. dinnerat th e Alexander City Country Cluband a program at Bevelle Schoolfeatured by talks by veterans of th eSouth Pacific, now recuperating atthe Hospital at Tuscaloosa.

Defense Heads Touri Avondale ~ i l l sII

Thank You!

HAYGOOD PATERSON

We Thank YouAndWelcome News

WACS CELEBRATE(Continued from page 1)ing Campaign in Alabama and wasresponsible for sett ing up a committee in each county in th e State.Lieut. Margaret E. Rainey. LiaisonOff icer coopera ted with DefenseCouncil personnel in making thecampaign in Alabama a success.Alabama now lea ds th e Southeastin WAC recruit ing. At tract ive Lieutenant Rainey in he r trim uniformmaintained a desk at Defense Council headquarters. where she workedconscientiously for "the cause".Plant Protection

We wish to thank County andLocal Defense Councils who havecontributed to thi s f ir st i ssue of theHOME FRONT; also t o request contributions from other Councils. Wewelcome news about your activit iesand your pe rsonne l. P leas e senditems of interest to:Haygood Paterson, DirectorAlabama State Defense CouncilP. O. Box 196Montgomery, Alabama

Th e Plant Protect ion Program inAlabama is well underway, accordingto Chief Burton Andrews. Throughth e cooperation of representativesof th e Fieldmen's Association andth e Alabama Inspection and Rat ingBureau al l plants turned over to th eOff ice o f C iv il ia n Defens e by th eArmy will have been inspected byJune 15th.Th," purpose of th e Plant Protection Program is to maintain throughorganization and training of proper'plant personnel. adequate protectivemeasures against th e continuing

Send Clothing ForRussians Promptly

Alabama is the first State in th eNatio n to inaugurate County WarChests and a surve'y is now underway under t he direction of Dr. Roscoe Martin of the University ofAlabama with t his in view.Director Haygood Paterson of th eAlabama State Defense Council announced that Alex Pow in chargeof th e survey. upon it s completionwill make r ecommendat io ns to aspecial committee.Governor Sparks is of the opinionthat County War Chest organizations will con tr ibut e g reat ly to th eEatisfactory operation of th e StateWar Chest.

Th e wa r service committee of ci vilian defense is assisting homedemonstration agents, nutritioncouncils. community clubs and other s in th e Victory garden campaign.Food authori ties s tate that Vic

tory gardeners in A lab ama raise dfifty per c en t of all v e ~ e t a b l e s produced last year. In spite of un favorable weather conditions Victorygar den s t his y ear a re playing theirpart in food production over theentire State.

Victory GardensFeed AlabamiaRs

Alabama PlanningCountyWar Chests

Grease th e skids for th e Ax'sSave used kitchen fats.

"Send us your clothing for th eRussians as promptly as possible,"urges W. L. Spencer, Director. StateCommittee Russian War Relief. Inc.Warehouses have been secured insome cases for only a l imi ted t imeand sorting and packing at th e cent er s a re done by voluntary workers.Director Spencer commends De

fense Councils throughout the S ta tefo r their cooperation and assistancein the "SHARE YOUR CLOTHESWITH THE RUSSIANS" campaign.The drive is of f to a good start!We wish to remind you that clothing may be brought to nine concentration centers:Anniston: Alabama Gas Company.

12th & Noble Streets.Birmingham: 2203 Avenue C,South.Decatur: 519 Bank Street.Dothan: Back of auditorium atCity Hall.Gadsden: C & S Garage, 231-235South 4th S tree t.Mobile: 54 Dauphin Street .Montgomery: 1020 Madison Ave

nue.Sheffield: 319 Raleigh Avenue.Tuscaloosa: Junior High School

Gymnasium. at Queen City Avenue& 10th Avenue.

alabama civil defense - jun 1944

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