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HOME FRONTONTHLY BULLETIN OF THE ALABAMA STATE DEFENSE COuNCIL

1. MONTGOMERY, ALA., AUGUST, 1944 NUMBER 3

.. Radio . . Movies . . And Outdoor Advertising CommendedSTATE PRESS RECEIVES SERVICE AWARD

AT BIRMINGHAM CITATION BANQUETAlabama PublishersHonored By OfficeCivilian Defense

ALABAMA

At a Citation Banquet in Birmingham" Augus t 18th, featuringth e 74th annual summer conventionof th e Alabama Press Association,newspaper publishers of daily andweekly papers and State publications were honored by th e Governorof Alabama and th e Director of th eState Defense Council with a pres.entation of th e Offi ce o f CivilianDefense Service Award in recognition of unselfish cont ribut ions tot he war ef fo rt "far beyond the callto duty.".State Defense Council Director,Haygood Paterson expressed his ap preciation in th e follOWing letter:"The newspapers of Alabama havedone a great job in mobilizing th ecivilian population for th e war ef fort. True to tradition, th e Presscontinues to contribute time andeffort necessary to ach ieve ultimatevictory by appea lin g t o all Alabamians to support War Bond Sales,salvage drives, recruiting campaigns, victory' gardens, food conservation, Off ice of Price Administration order1\" labor-supply programs, and every other war ac tivity. Each task imposed by th eGovernment ha s been successfullycarried ou t to completion becauseof the unti r ing support of the pressof Alabama, th e principal channelof communication in the war effort."At th is p ar ti cu la r time, whenthere is a shortage of newsprint and

labor, the newspapers, at a tremendous sacrifice ar e devoting unlimitedspace day after day - - week afterweek toward winning th e wa r andmaintaining morale on th e homefront. They are thus actually making a cash 'contribution fa r in excess of what they should be askedto contribute."After th e 'tumult and the shout

ing dies' and this War is writteninto th e annals o f American history, the contribution of th e Presso f Alabama wil l be engraved on thetablets of memory of every loyalA labamian. The re fo re in recognition of unselfish and effectiveservice and ful l cooperat ion andsupport of t he war e ffor t, th e Gove rnor o f Alabama and th e Dierctorof t he S ta te Defense Council takegreat pleasure in present ing to you

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activities.

Local Nutrition Councils have re ceived from the state Counc il a ki tof mater ials to be employed for special programs du ring September,which has been designated as National Nutrition Month.Suggested a ids f or programs in

clude pamphlets, posters, f ilms, ra dio mater ia l and news articles.Ruth Chambers, Reg ional HomeEconomist, National Livestock andMeat Boar'1o Chicago , .Ill., will be

ava il ab le to Nutrition Councils inAlabama in October.

Nutrition CouncilsPlan Busy MonthAt a meeting of salvage officials

f rom Washington and Atlanta heldat the off ices of th e state DefenseCouncil August 1s t and a tt ended by35 representatives of city andneighboring county women's clubs,it was disclosed that Montg'omerywas s uppl yi ng onl y 20 per cent ofits salvage quota.Miss Helen Blankenhorn, chief ofth e women's salvage unit of theWPB's general salvage branch withheadquarters in the Nation's capital

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Salvage OfficialsMeet In CapitalTo Boost Output

_________ T ~ H E ~ A ~ L A = D A 1 ~ PRESS ASSOCIATIONFor full Cooperation and suPPOtt of tile War Effort through

Facsimile of certificate presented to all Alabama publications, Rad io S ta tio ns , Mo tion P ic tu re The atres, and members of outdoor advertising Association by. th e Alabama State Defense Council in recognition of unselfish contributfon to th e war effort "far beyond the call to duty." Gove rno r Chaunc eySpa rks and S ta te Defense Council Director Haygood Paterson were warm in their praise of t he par t plaYedby t he se t oward w inning th e war an d main taining morale on the home front .

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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The Mobile Gas Service Corporaion, Mobile, Alabama is t he l at es tAlabama plant to jOii1 the honoredranks of those receiving the Nat ional Securi ty Award presented bythe U. S. Office o f C iv il ia n Defenseor maintaining a superior standardof protection and security to sa fe guard employees and property.Alabama is outstanding amongthe States in the Union for thenumber of awards given plant s and

facilities for extraordinary efficiencyin plant protection services.

Security AwardPresented MoblieGas Service Corp.

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Severe StormWarning NetworkNears CompletionSalvage Officials-Soldier&-Firemen

Round Up Forty Tons OfWaste PaperDirector PatersonUrges AlabamiansTo Collect Waste

Salvage officials estimated that nearly 40 tons of waste paper werecollected in th e last regular two week pick up in th e city of Montgomery. On August 1st, Army t rucks began unloading in th e Central ofGeorgia Railroad yards. Mrs. J. Y. Brame, Director of th e CitizensService Corps and Mrs. George Cleere, Home Salvage Chairman areon th e spot. They are shown above with soldiers from Maxwell Fielda nd Gun te r Field, who drove th e Army trucks used tp pick up th ep ap er a nd firemen, who ac te d as route men, dire cting the driversthrough the city highways and byways.

Further curtailment of pap er f orcivilian consumption as announcedfrom Washington recently cameas no surprise to Haygood Paterson, chairman of the Alabama.Salvage Campaign, who ha s beenstressing all 'along that more andmore wa ste paper should be collected."I am gratified that Alabama ha sbeen on the pr ogressive side of

waste paper collection in the lasttwo mon th s o r more," said Chairman Paterson, "because it ha s beenf requen tl y poi nt ed out that th e!leed for paper grows with every.1dditional ounce of ener;:;y our soldiers overseas pu t into th e drive toend the war."I t is no t surprising to me thatthere is to be a f ur ther cut in ci

vilian paper use. The need f or pa per for containers to keep our warfronts going ha s become more andmore a.pparent as we approach th eday when a German col lapse is in - .evitable. Bo th p ap er a nd ti n scrap1.re salvage materials which we havein quantity in this country andwhich we could get in quantity ifour p e o p l ~ were sufficiently ac luainted with th e facts."Chairman Paterson asks the people of Alabama, in every walk oflife, to redouble efforts to collectboth waste paper an d waste tin.As chairman of the State SalvageCommittee, Mr. Paterson is no t satisfied with what ha s been accomplished in increasing these salvages'n A l ~ : bama, He believes Alabama

~ a double what h as been done if,vprv"'ody puts his shoulder to th ewheel.

1.7 AircraftWarningObservers Awarded

John S. GamundiWins Service Bar

Seven teen Jef ferson County aircraft warning observers have bee:!awarded gold observer wings by th echief signal officer of th e l l l thFighter Command. Receiving' t h wings were B. E. Jenkins, R. E.Mitchell, Mrs. Susan S. Lee, E. W.Lee, Mrs. James S. Lee, Mrs. W. R.Lee a nd J ames S. Lee, all of Bessemer; Georg'e Jeff Morris and L.Alexander , o f Labuca; W. C. Cargile, E. Howard, H. G. Parsons, ofJohns; Z. F. COUCh, Sparks Casswell a nd B er t Manning', of Warrior,and William J. Bailey and ClaudeJ. McCOrmack of AdamSVille.Awards were a lso sent to Col. R.M. Nolan, U. S. A., r et ir ed ; Cap t.In recognition of 500 hours of J. H. Atkinson, U. S. A., retired, di

volunteer service, John S. Gamundi, rector of Protect ive Corps, and S.member of th e Cit izens D'efense L. Moore, who were responsible forCorps of Mobile Coufl ty was awar d- th e settin g up and instruction ofed th e 500 hour service bar. This these posts until t he y were takenis a distinctive honor for a signifi- over by th e U. S. Army Signal Of-cant service. fice in Mobile.

in assisting the Montgomery CountyWar Finance Commi tt ee with thedrives. Her capability and devotiont o duty have t remendously impress ed me. Never ha s she failed to res pond to our call and pu t into im"media te opera ti on any plan wemight have for promotion ideas.Her abi li ty to organize and obtainfull cooperation of he r Sector andblock leaders is out stand ing. Youare to be congratulated upon havingsuch a capable Cit izens ServiceCorps Director!"Wit h t he drives becoming more

frequent, it is vitally important tohave th e full and complete cooperation of all organized groups. I tis a source of great satisfaction toknow that we can always dependupo n y our department for assistance."

Mrs. J. Y. BramePraised For WarkIn War Loan DrivesMrs. J. Y. Brame, Director of . theCitizens Service Corps ha s b e c o m ~a familiar figu re in Montgomeryalways on hand when th"re's workto I::e done. Often he r good services ar e taken for granted, bu t off ici al s of th e Montgomery CountyWar Finance C o m m i t t e ~ have paused long enou:5'h betwee:! activities

to give he r a word- of well earnedpraise.Mrs. Raymond L. Winn, Directorof Promotion and Publicity of t h Com.mittee in a letter to State Defense County DirEctor Haygood

Paterson wrote:"Although th e press of activitiesattendant to th e Fi ft h War LoanDrive delayed my sending t hi s l et te r to you sooner, I wish to take

this opportunity to express my ap preciation to you for the valuableassistance rendered to th e Fourthand Fifth War Loan Drives by MrsJ. Y. Brame, Director of the Citizens Service Corps in Montgomery."Under th e exper t guidance ofMrs. Brame, the block leader syste r ha s become a vital organization,

A PrayerDear LordLest I continueMy Complacent way:.Help me to rememberSomewhere out t he reA man died for me today.As lo ng as there be war:I t hen mus tAsk and answerAm I worth dying for?\ From the Perth Amboy,N. J. Bulletin.

C iv il ian Defense members in anumber of a re as in Alabama haveha d a new job assigned them, thewarning of th e approach of severestorms.The U. S . Army, the U. S. WeatherBureau, and the U. S. Office ofCivilian Defense ar e cooperating inorganizing a Severe Storm WarningService t o ass is t weather forecasterst o det ermine th e movement of destructive winds, hail , tornadoes, andthunderstorms.State Defense Council Officials

have been working with th e WeatherBureau in establishing a SevereS to rm Warni ng Network for Ft .Benning , Tuskegee Air Base, Cra igField and Brookley Field. Observors have been selected around thesearmy bases within a r ad iu s o f ap proximately 30 miles of each field.By t he end of the month networkswill b e completed fo r Courtland AirBase, Camp Rucker, Camp Seibert ,Ft . Barrancas, and Keesl er F ie ld

according to H. B. Andrews, ChiefCivilian Protection.These observors wil l r eport th eprogress of local storms step by step

and at frequent enough intervalsto provide information as to th ;exact path of the storm and itsrapidity of movement.Paul A. Miller, acting regional director of t he Wea ther Bureau withheadquarters in Atlanta outlines thework that is to be done by thosewho undertake to man th e sto rm

warnings network. Accurate anddefinite predictions by local observors. is valuable in that it makes itpossible for a ir cr af t in t he open tobe placed in th e hangar or flownou t of dang' er ; aircraft in the airto be warned; personnel to be evacTlated from barracks and o ther i nstal lat ions i f a tornado approaches;power lines and gas lines to be shutoff; th e public to be warned to takesuitable precautions; munition fact ori es t o be warned so as to takesteps to avoid explosion.Little whispered secrets, little ver

bal leaks - mUltiply th e sorrowswhen the bat tl e speaks.

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AUGUST, 1944

Decks Clea:red ForWar Chest DriveIn Mid October

HOME FRONT4Civilian Defense Plays Important Role

In Various Disasters On Home Front

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NEWS- - - - - Other States ,

That there is a continued need for protection services on a voluntarybasis in case of disasters is proved by th e important role Civilian Defenseis playing in preventing and alleviating suffering in fire, floods, strikes, etc.These excerpts taken from August 5th issue of Civilian F ront , t he Na

tional Weekly organ for Civilian Defense, speak for themselves.******

REPRESENTATIVES FROMCOUNTIES ATTEND MEET

TO DISCUSS PLANS

Two hundred representative Alabamians from al l parts of th e Statecleared the decks for th e AlabamaWar Chest Drive this fall when theymet with Governor Sparks andPresident Haygood P at er so n in th eHouse of Representatives champer,July 28th and mapped plans to raise$1,000,000.The Alabama War Chest ha s beenaccepted as a model for th e Nationan d th e first in th e Nation to makeit possible f or County Community

Chests to raise their monies duringth e cour se of the state-wide campaign.E. C. Lackey, executive directorsubmitted a financial report showing that Alabama's goal of $589,000in the f ir st campaign in 1942 and$1.179,000 in the second campaignin 1943 had been raised; only eightcounties fai ling in th eir quotas in1942 and five in 1943.The Executive Committee submitted recommendations for relationship between the State War Chestand County Organizations, prepared by a committee headed by Dr.Roscoe Martin of the University ofAlabama. According to t he se r ec

ommendations counties may se t upcommuni ty chests for their localneeds and fill these needs in theone campaign of the State WarChest.The Alabama Wa r Chest Campaign will be held in conjunction

with th e National War Fund Campaign beginning th e middle of October an d continuing through November 11th.The necessity for a strong andpermanent local committee to han

dle th e . approaching campaign wasstressed; also th e necessity for apermanent executive committee ineal:h county to serve as a representa t ~ v e of th e S ta te Wa r Chest andalso handle th e needs of th e localcharity and welfare organizations.Before adjourning the meetingadopted amendments to th e constitution designed to make th e Ala

b ~ m a War Chest a leader of itskind in the United States.

Alabama Publishers(Continued from page 1)

the Off ice o f C iv il ian Defense Service Award."Operators of Alabama Rad io Stations, moving picture theatres, an dmembers of th e Outdoor AdvertisingAssocia tion of Alabama were likewise honored with the Office ofCivilian Defense Service Award.

Arlington, Va.-Prompt participation of Arlington Civilian Defenseforces in th e evacuation of 150flood-evicted families f rom JubalEarly Homes, housing project nearthe Jefferson Highway, preventedmuch suffering.******Chicago, Ill .-His training for ai rraid emergencies proved useful toJohn J . K linck, 55-year -o ld OCDZone Captain, in extinguishing aplain, non-bomb fire in his apartment house.When a fire broke ou t in th e boiler room, Kiinck evacuated th e sixfamilies and organized a fiFe-fighting crew that had th e fire undercontrol by the ' t ime f iremen arrived.Barnegat, N. J.-Hundreds of vo lunteers worked with th e S ta te F or

est F ire Service to combat New Jersey's worst July fo re st f ire in 40years.Civilian Defense Units of all ad jacent communities were enlisted.* * * ~ , * *

Trenton, N. J . -The War Emergency Radio Service o f th e Hamilton Township Defense Council, oneof thirty-eight such licensed groupsin New Jersey, proved it s worth atth e scene of a recent Army planecrash in Mercerville near here.At the s ame t ime th e Police Reserves of th e township acquit tedCitizens Corps AidBirm'gham S'viceMen And WivesHundreds of service men and the irwives who ha ve be en s ta tioned inBirmingham ha ve found suita bl ep lace s to live t hrough the HousingBureau of th e Citizens ServiceCorps. This service was started

more than a year ago when th e In formation Desk was staffed by th eA. A. U. W.At interva ls , appea ls are madethrough the daily paper s for roomsand small apartments. No houses.

The responses h av e been spl endidespecially fo r s ingle rooms. Thegreat ne ed f or two or th re e roomapartments ha s never been supplied,even after repeated calls. The needfor apartments for couples withchildren cannot be met. Six or seven calls often come in a si ngl e dayfrom th e Home Service, A.. R. C.,a nd t he U. S. 0 ., appea ling for suchapartments for couples who havecome to their offices for help.The Cit izens Service Corps and

themselves by their prompt re sponse to th e call for aid and inhandl ing t he t ra ff ic and crowd ofcurious attracted to th e scene.******Philadelphia.-Ten thousand auxiliary policemen, trained und er th eCivilian Defense program, were animportant factor in controllingcrowds during th e city-wide strikeof transit workers.Acting Police Superintendent GuyParsons said th e regular police were

aided by th e 10,000 auxiliaries andreserves in maintaining full contro lof th e city. ******'Emporia, Kan.-The s torm warning service of th e Lyon County Civi li an De fens e o rg an iz at io n a id edt he " al er t cr ew" o f the Topeka AirBase to prepare for th e wind andthunderstorm of July 10, reports Lt .Vernon E. Johnson, of the TopekaBase Weather Station.******Lincoln, Neb.-The answer to thquestion as to why the InteriorStates need Civilian Defense, iscontained in th e report on a ss is tance rendered by Nebraska CivilianDefense organizations in th e Elkhorn River Valley flood which c o n ~tinued from June 11 to 15.Civilian Defense workers, fullytrained, were on hand in every af ~ e c t e d county and community.Volunteer Office s tands as a sort ofrecommendation to both sides. Theowner feels that any person whowould appeal to a service organization is worthy. In turn, the renter to-be fee ls t ,hat only reputablep la ces would be listed w ith such awell known organization. Manyplaces have been rented more thanonce, due to t he f ac t that satisfactory tenants had been securedthrough the Service Corps and thechange was necessitated by th eshifting. of th e service men at th eAir Base a nd t he Armory.******Mrs. Thetford DirectsThe Volunteer Off ice o f th e Citi

zens Service Corps is directed byMrs. H. P. The tf ord w it h Mrs.George Truss as he r office assistant. Mrs, Thetford has a long termof service with the women of Jefferson County which qualifies he rfor this directorship. Fo r manyyears she has been church leaderof he r section of Birmingham. Sheserved as Director of t he Thi rd Dist rict , A labama Federation of Women's Clubs, representing apprOXimately 5,000 civic minded women.

CALIFORNIAA new project is being undertakenby th e Los Ange les , Cal if ., WarCouncil. I t will get th e daily listof casualties from th e War Department and a letter fr'om th e Mayorwill go to th e next of k in w ith aquestionnaire requesting vital statistics to oe kept for h is tor ical purposes.

ILLINOISFifteen more memor ia l plaques,honoring Chicago, I ll ., men whohave fallen in th e war were erectedat street corners nearest their homesby th e Defense CouncilPENNSYLVANIA.Pit tsburgh' s Pause for PrayerCampaign may ge t under way soon.Impressed by th e solemnity of th eD-Day s ervice s a Councilman ha spropos ed mak ing p ri va te devotiona daily habit. State Defense au tho ri ties have been consu lted re garding 'the use of th e siren system; a single sh ar p bl ast at 11o'clock each morning would be th ecall to worship.

OHIOAt th e American Medical Assoc ia tion Convent ion, th e VictoryCorps examination of 5,600 Juniorand Senior High School students inCincinnati, Ohio public schools washailed as a great achievement.

NORTH CAROLINAThe f ir st c anni ng demonst ra tionfor Durham, N. C., zone leaderswas h eld in the proving kitchen ofa local utility company.Franking Privilege. Rescinded In JulyThe Penal ty (Franking) Privilege

made available to State and CountyDefense Councils by th e NationalOff ice o f Civil ian Defense was re scinded July 15th.All County Defense Councils, whohave no t ye t returned the OCDFranked Labels in th eir possessionto th e Alabama State DefenseCouncil, P. O. Box 196, Montgomery, Ala., ar e requested to do so atonce.Salvage Officials

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Jefferson County

Plant ProtectionProgram StatewideThe Sta tes War Inspection ServicePr og ram i n Alabama ha s gainedrapid headway and practically all

plants have been inspected, according to H. B. Andrews, Chief CivilianProtection. Several additionalp lant s, whi ch have been added tothe list are now bei ng inspected.In the past, plants were inspectedby regular Army personnel. All re cent inspections, however, havebeen made by c iv il ian inspectorsappointed by the Indus tr ia l P rotect ion Off icer of the Fourth CorpsArea of the Army. These men havebeen selected fo r ability, integrity,and loyal ty as Americans a nd t he irservice ha s been str ictly voluntary.The purpos e o f the Plant Protec

tion Program is to maint ai n ade quate p ro tect ive measu res againsthazards of fire, accident, sabotage,and unauthorized entry.

Alabama AchievesCoveted Goal InFifth War LoanAnother War Loan marks another

milestone. The Fifth War Loan isofficially over bu t it still redoundsto the credit of Alabamians, whoonce more surpassed their quota.Alabama's overall quota was $102,000,000. Total sales reached $160,-000,000. .County Defense Councils and local Service Corps put the ir shoulders

to the wheel throughout the state.Excer pts f rom r epor ts received inthe State Defense Council Officebespeak effort and cooperation:"The Of fi ce o f t he Cha irman ofCivilian Defense was used as aclear ing house for informat ion. Allmembers worked actively."-BlountCounty."A complete county wide drive waslaunched in one day. All business

houses closed for the event t o givetheir owners an opportunity to participate. Civilian Defense cooperated with County Agricul tural Com-mit tees . About 100 volunteers were (Cont inued from column 2)used."-Conecuh County. Captain Atkinson modestly at-"Fully 50% of the Bond selling tributes th e success o f the Jef fe r-personnel were Civilian Defense son County Civilian Defense to the 'workers. In many areas and pre- loyalty and cooperation of volun

cincts t he ent ir e job was done by teers workers. He declared, "NoCivilian Defense Air Raid Wardens Director in the United States ha sand Auxiliary Police. " - Jefferson had better suppo rt f rom the DeCounty. fense Counci ls of the State and"Many Civilian Defense members County, or could possibly have ha dmade talks over the cou':J.ty in the more splendid loyalty and cooper

interest of th e Fifth Loan."-Mar- at ion from the thousands of defenseshall County. VOlunteers, the Unit Commanders,"Practically all of our members and S ta ff than I have enjoyed.

served on commi tt ees. " - Bullock "Any credit due the JeffersonCounty. 'County Civilian Defense is the re"Each warden was requested to suIt of th e patriotic services of it swork his block."-Baldwin Coun ty . c it ize ns business f irms indus tr ies"The special bond drive in Mobile and g o ~ e r n m e n t o f f i c i a l ~ . The R edVlaS conducted by members of the Cross and Welfare Services haveseveral civic c lubs . Our oeD co- cooperated fully in al l of our acoperated by providing the facilitie3 tivities, whi ch have made our allof our headquarters and office per- around effort a success ."sonnel as center fo r reports and ac- Ou r Citizen .of the Month wascount ing of the soliciting teams."- born in New York in 1897; eduMobile County. cated at Hasbruck Institute, Pen-"The people of Clarke County nington School and Dickerson Col

have been very cooperative in every lege; entered service April 1917 andphase of defense work-including was appoint ed to Regular Army byBond Drives and every program ha s examination. He served with th ebeen carried ou t both in letter and 7th U. S. Infantry, Third Divisionspirit."--Clarke County. in six major campaigns and"Civi li an Defense C:>U:1cil ap- throughout World War I until r epointed heads of the Drive from its tired "for disabil ity incident tomembership. plejging i ts coopera- wounds received in action" May

~ i o n . " - L e e County. 1920", being recal led to act ive duty"We worked as a war loan group. November 1920. He then served asThe effectiveness of our efforts was P. M. S. & T., University of Florida,shown by ou r oversubscribing our returning to civil l ife in 1923.quota."-Covington County. Since 1928 Captain Atkinson ha s"Hous ton County oversubscribed been associated with th e Alexandernearly 100%."-Houston County. Hamilton Ins ti tute of New York and"The Lauderdale county war fi - was granted a leave of absence fornance commi,ttee feels grateful to Civilian Defense Work. His wife,th e women of the service corps for th e former Mayme Lee Brooks, oftheir whole hearted coope ra tion . Columbus, Miss., i s a lso active inMuch of the credit for this county's the war effort on the home front

meeting and exceeding' the quo ta serving as Chairman of Nutr it ion,of $1,291,000 is due to their spl en - J ef fe rs on County Red Cross, anddid e n d e a ~ r s . " - L a u d e r d a l e Coun- Health Chairman, 3rd Distr ict, Alaty. bama Federat ion of Women's Clubs.

Capt. AtkinsonCitizen of Month

Jefferson CountyCommander OfDefense CorpsThe name of Captain John H. At

kinson appears prominent ly in the.records of C iv il ian Defense in Jefferson County. In fact, CaptainAtk inson volun teered September1940 fo r service on the home fronGand has been devoting time andenergy to the war e ff or t in manycapacities.As Assistant Executive Directorhe was given th e herculean task oforganizing all plants and industriesand training coordinators, havingth e distinction of conducting thefirst plant coordinator's school inth e United State!>.When Col. R. M. Nolan resignedas Acting Director, Protective Corpsin 1943, Captain Atkinson was ap pointed to fill th e unexpired term,later serving as Director.Captain Atkinson relates withpride that th e National S:curityAward was recommended fo r 16J ef fe rs on County P lant s, for outstanding efficiency in Plant Protection Services, and sixteen plant s received i t, thereby making historyas this was th e only Defense Council receiving 100 percent award s a srecommended.Devising plans for financing Civilian Defense through voluntarycontributions at no expense to ta xpayers was another noteworthyachievement. In addition, sufficien t salvage was collected by CivilianDefense volunteers to provide supplementary funds needed in opera ti ng t he office fo r two and a halfyears.(Turn t o column 4-same page)

0N:E JUMP AHEAD

We ar e depending on our fightingforces. Our fighting forces ar e depending on us.

Major Ferdon Retu rnsBack home in Birmingham,

friends ar e welcoming Major William Ferdon who h as j us t returnedafter two years s pent i n Ind ia .Major Ferdon was one of the firstmembe rs of the Jefferson CountyDefense Council and rendered in valuable assistance in set ting up theCit izens Service Corps in additionto filling t he impor tant cha irmanship of Civil Protection.He ha s been in Miami f or several months recovering from woundsreceived in I nd ia. While in Bir

mingham, Major Ferdon will bepresented with th e State Award ofMerit by Mayor Cooper Green, President of the Jef ferson County Defense Council.

Alabama HospitalsTrain Cadet Nurses

Again, Talladega ha s stepped tothe front in realizing and accomplishing a need-that of constructing a Salvage Depot in the businesssection of town. She is to be commended on. this gesture.

The recent addition of st. Margaret's Hospital in Montgomery, toth e list of those par ti cipa ting inth e Cadet Nurse Corps Programbrought to 16 the Alabama hos pitals participating in this program, Miss Pearl Barclay, chairman of th e local Nursing Councilfor War Services and Director oft he S ta te Hea lt h Depar tmen t' s Division of Public Health Nursing, re cently announced.

Dr. John NewdorpVisitsMontgomeryDr . John Newdorp, formerly As -sistant State Director, Emergency ~ - - - - - - - - - - - ~ _ .....

Medical Service, Alabama State Defense Council is now serving asField Medical Officer of th e WarFood Administration with t he ra nkof Major. Dr. Newdorp maintainsheadqua rt er s i n A tl an ta , Ga., bu tspends a large part of h is time atarmy bases throughout the SouthernStates.While in Montgomery recently,

Dr. Newdorp visited the State Defense Council t o talk with oldfriends who remained and to in quire about those, who like himselfhad entered the service or who hadleft to engage in other activities.He has many friends in th e CapitalCity, where he was at one time associated with t he S ta te Hea lt h Department, who were interes ted inseeing h im and hea ri ng of hi s presen t assignment.