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Vol. I - No . 7 April 12, 1943BOMBING HEATHERThere have been no reports on themovement of the German Fleet sinceit was observed last nonth con-verging in the waters of northernNorway. This fleet, it is report-ed on good authority, numbers atleast three first-class battle-ships and four aircraft carriersin addition to an unknown'numberof cruisers and destroyers. Sucha fleet at large in the Atlanticcould well forecast the beginning*f those air attacks with whichHitler threatened America lastmonthThat -fee Office of- Civilian Defenseis not unaware cf the proximity ofthis threat was demonstrated lastweek in the address made by Col.Frank EfcNamee, Jr., assistant re-gional OCD director, at the open-ing in New York of a five-day in-tensive course in civilian pro-tection for defense officials ofNew York,New Jersey and Delaware."You may','he warned his listeners,"be getting into the big gelme anymoment now. With the improvementin weather conditions ve are likelyto get it at any time, We must beprepared to meat this offensive,"Cok McNain.ee also stressed the needof special knowledge and skill inthe performance of defense dutiesBoiled down, this means that thewar, as Britons and Germans andItalians have known it,is all toolikely to come to us this springat any hour of the dajr or night,and that wo should bo ready tomeet the emergency. Preparationnow may pay dividends in livessavedt

REQUIRED TRAININGA deadline has been set by thezone v/ardens for the completionof wardens* and firewatchers*training. Those who havo not com-pleted their training by thattime will be dropped from the ser-vice, except for those sectorswhere coverage is not adequate orwhere illness has made"completionof training impossible.As most of you know, New JerseyCivilian Defense regulations spe-cify that wardens* and fire-,watchers* armbands arc to be wornonly by those who havo completedthe courses and havo'been finger-printed, nd sworn in.To date 564 wardens and 215 fire-watchers havo completed all thecourses and received their ident-ification cards* Special commen-dation is duo tlio following sec-tors in which all personnel havecomnletoly qualified:Sector 10 Mr . H. H. French" 3F Mr . H. G. Hartley11 5A Mr.*! 5C Mr," 7C Mr ,

Ralph Morison, Frank HumricJiJ. T. Buchanan" 7D Mr. Norman Mattico9 5G Mr. W. S. Me CombSector Wardens D.H.Wolfe, DonaldArrowsmith and Kenneth Hamiltonof Sectors I'A, VII A, and Til B,respectively, deserve praise forthe fine effort which broughtthoir organizations to within asingle member of 100% completion.Get after the members of your ownorganization who havo lagged be-hind in thoir training courses.Lct*s try to add twenty or more

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THE ALERTsop tor's .to the 100$ list by thistiko-next month'! ' ...

RECONNAISSANCE AGENTS.Mr. Albert C. Walker has bo.on ap-pointed' eiXalrman of -tlio- committeefor Organisation nd Training ofChemical Reconnaissance Agents".-C ommi 11 oo momb c s;ar :I'. W. Robinson R.-'C. Ililler- ; . :Mi -R. Buffing ton * ...B Y - H. Knight -.Tiiis group,is composed ofmon wellqualified to adviso in tho handf!'ling; of chemical agents an! o".dorvolop facilities for uso 'in Qpiiir.bating them. Upon complot-ion' oforganization and training, Mill-burn w i n have a highly traincdpro--fessional group for gas defense, .MEDICAL DIVISIONThe OCD Medical Units are stilL inurgent nood of volunteers, men orwomen, who have had first aidtraining. Special instructioncoursos under tho supervision of"our First Aid Post Doctors will "bo"announced from timo to time.If you have had first aid and canpossibly fspairo tho time-, will youplease "Volunteer at once throughOCD Headquarters?AIR RAID WARDENS NEV/S AMD, NOTESYour Zone Wardons meet the scscondHonday ofeach month to discussimportant developments in Civil-ian Defense,*particularly thosepertaining'-to the Air- Raid War- den Services.' Your Sector Ward.onwill hold a mooting, during thatweek for''discussioa ." of importantpoints brought up at the Zone' Warden's'meeting. Got in" touch. with, your Sector Warden so thatyou may 'know the dates of thosemootings.

Mr. Ko'nly has boo n appointed ZoneV/ardon,for Zono V I I . " K r . GordonBall heis done a Superb job osDeputy'-- pinch-hitting whileM oncure Carpondo r has-:-been ill. Because p.f the pressure of busi-nessMr. ..]31auv:olt has. had to ro -sign as Zono *W-ardon of 'ZoneI,M r .Barrett Gosling, who has boonSenior Sector V/ardon..;in,' Zone. I,Sector A, has oonsontod to takeover tlio.job of' Ztine V/ardon.Zone Wardens have boon advised toinstruct each Sector to establisha MnimuFi of throo di&out patrolsa wepici' It is hopod that thiswill oliminatG any further criti-cism of our service. If you findporsistant violators, -a writtonreport should bo sent to Civilian ,Defense Hoed quarter's AUXILIARY POLICE

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Under tho supervision of QhlofWado and Captain Homer Wright,members of the Millburn AuxiliaryPolice were posted-"throughout theTownship doing Traffic Duty andRadio Patro l, during tho monthof Karch, It Is planned, to gettlio boys out soon on tho paradegrounds for some foot drills and.q little limboring uo. SorgeaiitRobert F. Smith of the First Soc-fion suggoatod a class . in. calis-thenics, and there may be a classwhen the wea-thor permit^;; Sergeant "Pip" Schroibor of theSecond Section is anxious to getup on tho pistol range again.Ser-ge ant' Ray' ort endyke of Section#3 has challenged'-"Pip" to a match,Ray claims he .can break -90 now.fThe Police Range is pretty vi/etyet, but you boys can be sure ifetyou will get practice, as soon- aspossible. V/e are. planning tohave a Pistol Team with Lieutenarb^Joseph Swankie as Captain,to com'pete with the neighboring Auxili-ary Police Units. It. is also

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THE ALERT"p l a n n e d to h a v e a r e v i e w of a l lauxiliary training,- such as Po- lice duties,First Aid, et cetera,H < * ! < -\~ =fc - I - -r > \< " ! > ! < >! - - v * H < * v%

S A L V A G E

The salvage drives ofthe pastyear have kept the wheel s ofwarproduction turning* With Scrapbecoming scarce, these new driveswill require extra effort and in-itiative ~* but the quotas mustbe iaeti

A general Salvage collection, in-*eluding rags, brass, bronze, cop-per, aluminum, and ead will bemade onApril 28th, 3ST6 tin ansare wanted atthis time*

On1 May 18th tin"cans will becol-lected, but it is important thatyou remember toprocess thfenr pro-perly . All cans must bethorough-ly washed andlabels removed, Re-move top and ottom, flattenanddeposit in a container*Due to a delay inannouncing th

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wprk he hasdone, andlastly we been thrown open to local garden~wish to extend ourvery heartfelt ars. Chairman 3?,B.Fellows of thegratitude to the owners of the Meighborhood Group Gardens Corn-various properties which have mittee makes the following report:Section Leader Group Gardens

Glenwood W, J, Stevenson 28Brook Haven L F, Robinson 20Knollwood M 0,Diedrich 18South Mountain. F, M.Farming Using Community

GardenWyoming E. Spitz, assisted byE. Pfister 28Hilltop L. "V Oak.es Report not

-completeBeeohoroft Mrs. J. L. parsons, Jr 20Day. Estates Mrs. C. S, Purnell 5Cross Roads E. R. Wendemuth, Jr 10

Mlf there are any omissions," says MrFellows, "they are uni.ntent;ional, Ifyou have not "been thanked individuallyplease consider yourself included*"

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