HOME FRONT MONTHLY BULLETIN OF THE ALABAMA STATE DEFENSE COuNCIL
VOLUME 1. MONTGOMERY, ALA., AUGUST, 1944
Press .. Radio .. Movies .. And Outdoor Advertising Commended
STATE PRESS RECEIVES SERVICE AWARD Alabama Publishers
AT BIRMINGHAM CITATION BANQUET Honored By Office
Civilian Defense
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ALABAMA
'~trbice ~warb
_________T~HE~A~LA=DA1~ PRESS ASSOCIATION
For full Cooperation and suPPOt·t of tile War Effort through
Facsimile of certificate presented to all Alabama publications, Radio Stations, Motion Picture The-
atres, and members of outdoor advertising Association by. the Alabama State Defense Council in recog-
nition of unselfish contributfon to the war effort "far beyond the call to duty." Governor Chauncey
Sparks and State Defense Council Director Haygood Paterson were warm in their praise of the part plaYed
by these toward winning the war and maintaining morale on the home front.
Security Award Salvage Officials Nutrition Councils
Presented Moblie Meet In Capital Plan Busy Month
Gas Service Corp. To Boost Output
The Mobile Gas Service Corpora- At a meeting of salvage officials
tion, Mobile, Alabama is the latest from Washington and Atlanta held
Alabama plant to jOii1 the honored at the offices of the state Defense
ranks of those receiving the Na- Council August 1st and attended by
tional Security Award presented by 35 representatives of city and
the U. S. Office of Civilian Defense neighboring county women's clubs,
for maintaining a superior standard it was disclosed that Montg'omery
of protection and security to safe- was supplying only 20 per cent of
guard employees and property. its salvage quota.
Alabama is outstanding among Miss Helen Blankenhorn, chief of
the States in· the Union for the the women's salvage unit of the
number of awards given plants and WPB's general salvage branch with
facilities for extraordinary efficiency headquarters in the Nation's capital
in plant protection services. (Turn to page 3)
activities.
Local Nutrition Councils have re-
ceived from the state Council a kit
of materials to be employed for spe-
cial programs during September,
which has been designated as Na-
tional Nutrition Month.
Suggested aids for programs in-
clude pamphlets, posters, films, ra-
dio material and news articles.
Ruth Chambers, Regional Home
Economist, National· Livestock and
Meat Boar'1o Chicago, .Ill., will be
available to Nutrition Councils in
Alabama in October.
NUMBER 3
At a Citation Banquet in Bir-
mingham" August 18th, featuring
the 74th annual summer convention
of the Alabama Press Association,
newspaper publishers of daily and
weekly papers and State publica-
tions were honored by the Governor
of Alabama and the Director of the
State Defense Council with a pres-
.entation of the Office of Civilian
Defense Service Award in recogni-
tion of unselfish contributions to
the war effort "far beyond the call
to duty."
.State Defense Council Director,
Haygood Paterson expressed his ap-
preciation in the follOWing letter:
"The newspapers of Alabama have
done a great job in mobilizing the
civilian population for the war ef-
fort. True to tradition, the Press
continues to contribute time and
effort necessary to achieve ultimate
victory by appealing to all Ala-
bamians to support War Bond Sales,
salvage drives, recruiting cam-
paigns, victory' gardens, food con-
servation, Office of Price Adminis-
tration order1\" labor-supply pro-
grams, and every other war ac-
tivity. Each task imposed by the
Government has been successfully
carried out to completion because
of the untiring support of the press
of Alabama, the principal channel
of communication in the war effort.
"At this particular time, when
there is a shortage of newsprint and
labor, the newspapers, at a tremen-
dous sacrifice are devoting unlimited
space day after day -- week after
week toward winning the war and
maintaining morale on the home
front. They are thus actually mak-
ing a cash 'contribution far in ex-
cess of what they should be asked
to contribute.
"After the 'tumult and the shout-
ing dies' and this War is written
into the annals of American his-
tory, the contribution of the Press
of Alabama will be engraved on the
tablets of memory of every loyal
Alabamian. Therefore in recog-
nition of unselfish and effective
service and full cooperation and
support of the war effort, the Gov-
ernor of Alabama and the Dierctor
of the State Defense Council take
great pleasure in presenting to you
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PAGE TWO.
Severe Storm Salvage Officials-Soldier&-Firemen
Warning Network
Nears Completion Round Up Forty Tons Of Waste Paper
Civilian Defense members in a
number of areas in Alabama have
had a new job assigned them, the
warning of the approach of severe
storms.
The U. S. Army, the U. S. Weather
Bureau, and the U. S. Office of
Civilian Defense are cooperating in
organizing a Severe Storm Warning
Service to assist weather forecasters
to determine the movement of de-
structive winds, hail, tornadoes, and
thunderstorms.
State Defense Council Officials
have been working with the Weather
Bureau in establishing a Severe
Storm Warning Network for Ft.
Benning, Tuskegee Air Base, Craig
Field and Brookley Field. Observ-
ors have been selected around these
army bases within a radius of ap-
proximately 30 miles of each field.
By the end of the month networks
will be completed for Courtland Air
Base, Camp Rucker, Camp Seibert,
Ft. Barrancas, and Keesler Field
according to H. B. Andrews, Chief
Civilian Protection.
These observors will report the
progress of local storms step by step
and at frequent enough intervals
to provide information as to th;
exact path of the storm and its
rapidity of movement.
Paul A. Miller, acting regional di-
rector of the Weather Bureau with
headquarters in Atlanta outlines the
work that is to be done by those
who undertake to man the storm
warnings network. Accurate and
definite predictions by local observ-
ors. is valuable in that it makes it
possible for aircraft in the open to
be placed in the hangar or flown
out of dang'er; aircraft in the air
to be warned; personnel to be evac-
Tlated from barracks and other in-
stallations if a tornado approaches;
power lines and gas lines to be shut
off; the public to be warned to take
suitable precautions; munition fac-
tories to be warned so as to take
steps to avoid explosion.
Little whispered secrets, little ver- ed long enou:5'h betwee:! activities
bal leaks - mUltiply the sorrows to give her a word- of well earned
when the battle speaks.
A Prayer
Dear Lord
Lest I continue
My Complacent way:
.Help me to remember
Somewhere out there
A man died for me today.
As long as there be war:
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?
\ From the Perth Amboy,
N. J. Bulletin. Mrs. Brame, the block leader sys-
HOME FRONT
Director Paterson
Urges Alabamians
To Collect Waste
Salvage officials estimated that nearly 40 tons of waste paper were
collected in the last regular two week pick up in the city of Montgom-
ery. On August 1st, Army trucks began unloading in the Central of
Georgia Railroad yards. Mrs. J. Y. Brame, Director of the Citizens
Service Corps and Mrs. George Cleere, Home Salvage Chairman are
on the spot. They are shown above with soldiers from Maxwell Field
and Gunter Field, who drove the Army trucks used tp pick up the
paper and firemen, who acted as route men, directing the drivers
through the city highways and byways.
in assisting the Montgomery County
Mrs. J. Y. Brame War Finance Committee with the
Praised For Wark drives. Her capability and devotion
to duty have tremendously impress-
In War Loan Drives ed me. Never has she failed to re-
spond to our call and put into im"
Mrs. J. Y. Brame, Director of .the
Citizens Service Corps has becom~
mediate operation any plan we
might have for promotion ideas.
a familiar figure in Montgomery- Her ability to organize and obtain
always on hand when th"re's work full cooperation of her Sector and
to I::e done. Often her good ser- block leaders is outstanding. You
vices are taken for granted, but of- are to be congratulated upon having
ficials of the Montgomery County such a capable Citizens Service
War Finance Committe~ have paus- Corps Director!
"With the drives becoming more
frequent, it is vitally important to
praise. have the full and complete coop-
Mrs. Raymond L. Winn, Director eration of all organized groups. It
of Promotion and Publicity of th~ is a source of great satisfaction to
Com.mittee in a letter to State De- know that we can always depend
fense County DirEctor Haygood upon your department for assist-
Paterson wrote: ance."
"Although the press of activities
attendant to the Fifth War Loan
Drive delayed my sending this let- John S. Gamundi
ter to you sooner, I wish to take
this opportunity to express my ap- Wins Service Bar
preciation to you for the valuable
assistance rendered to the Fourth In recognition of 500 hours of
and Fifth War Loan Drives by Mrs volunteer service, John S. Gamundi,
J. Y. Brame, Director of the Citi- member of the Citizens D'efense
zens Service Corps in Montgomery. Corps of Mobile Couflty was award-
"Under the expert guidance of ed the 500 hour service bar. This
is a distinctive honor for a signifi-
ter has become a vital organization
, cant service.
AUGUST, 1944
Further curtailment of paper for
civilian consumption as announced
from Washington recently came
as no surprise to Haygood Pat-
erson, chairman of the Alabama.
Salvage Campaign, who has been
stressing all 'along that more and
more waste paper should be col-
lected.
"I am gratified that Alabama has
been on the progressive side of
waste paper collection in the last
two months or more," said Chair-
man Paterson, "because it has been
frequently pointed out that the
!leed for paper grows with every
.1dditional ounce of ener;:;·y our sol-
diers overseas put into the drive to
end the war.
"It is not surprising to me that
there is to be a further cut in ci-
vilian paper use. The need for pa-
per for containers to keep our war
fronts going has become more and
more a.pparent as we approach the
day when a German collapse is in- .
evitable. Both paper and tin scrap
1.re salvage materials which we have
in quantity in this country and
which we could get in quantity if
our peopl~ were sufficiently ac-
luainted with the facts."
Chairman Paterson asks the peo-
ple of Alabama, in every walk of
life, to redouble efforts to collect
both waste paper and waste tin.
As chairman of the State Salvage
Committee, Mr. Paterson is not sat-
isfied with what has been accom-
plished in increasing these salvages
'n Al~: bama, He believes Alabama
~an double what has been done if
,vprv"'ody puts his shoulder to the
wheel.
1. 7 Aircraft Warning
Observers Awarded
Seventeen Jefferson County air-
craft warning observers have· bee:!
awarded gold observer wings by the
chief signal officer of the lllth
Fighter Command. Receiving' th~
wings were B. E. Jenkins, R. E.
Mitchell, Mrs. Susan S. Lee, E. W.
Lee, Mrs. James S. Lee, Mrs. W. R.
Lee and James S. Lee, all of Bes-
semer; Georg'e Jeff Morris and L.
Alexander, of Labuca; W. C. Car-
gile, E. Howard, H. G. Parsons, of
Johns; Z. F. COUCh, Sparks Cass-
well and Bert Manning', of Warrior,
and William J. Bailey and Claude
J. McCOrmack of AdamSVille.
Awards were also sent to Col. R.
M. Nolan, U. S. A., retired; Capt.
J. H. Atkinson, U. S. A., retired, di-
rector of Protective Corps, and S.
L. Moore, who were responsible for
the setting up and instruction of
these posts until they were taken
over by the U. S. Army Signal Of-
fice in Mobile.
AUGUST, 1944 HOME FRONT PAGE THREE

Decks Clea:red For 4

Civilian Defense Plays Important Role NEWS------
War Chest Drive
In Mid October In Various Disasters On Home Front Other States ,
REPRESENTATIVES FROM That there is a continued need for protection services on a voluntary CALIFORNIA
COUNTIES ATTEND MEET basis in case of disasters is proved by the important role Civilian Defense A new project is being undertaken
TO DISCUSS PLANS is playing in preventing and alleviating suffering in fire, floods, strikes, etc. by the Los Angeles, Calif., War
These excerpts taken from August 5th issue of Civilian Front, the Na- Council. It will get the daily list
Two hundred representative Ala- of casualties from the War Depart-
bamians from all parts of the State tional Weekly organ for Civilian Defense, speak for themselves. ment and a letter fr'om the Mayor
cleared the decks for the Alabama ****** will go to the next of kin with a
War Chest Drive this fall when they Arlington, Va.-Prompt participa- themselves by their prompt re- questionnaire requesting vital statis-
met with Governor Sparks and tion of Arlington Civilian Defense sponse to the call for aid and in tics to oe kept for historical pur-
President Haygood Paterson in the forces in the evacuation of 150 handling the traffic and crowd of poses.
House of Representatives champer, flood-evicted families from Jubal curious attracted to the scene. ILLINOIS
July 28th and mapped plans to raise Early Homes, housing project near ****** Fifteen more memorial plaques,
$1,000,000. the Jefferson Highway, prevented Philadelphia.-Ten thousand aux-
honoring Chicago, Ill., men who
The Alabama War Chest has been much suffering. iliary policemen, trained under the
have fallen in the war were erected
accepted as a model for the Nation ****** Civilian Defense program, were an
and the first in the Nation to make Chicago, Ill.-His training for air important factor in controlling at street corners nearest their homes
by the Defense Council
it possible for County Community raid emergencies proved useful to crowds during the city-wide strike PENNSYLVANIA.
Chests to raise their monies during John J. Klinck, 55-year-old OCD of transit workers.
Zone Captain, in extinguishing a Pittsburgh's Pause for Prayer
the course of the state-wide cam- Acting Police Superintendent Guy
paign. plain, non-bomb fire in his apart- Parsons said the regular police were Campaign may get under way soon.
Impressed by the solemnity of the
E. C. Lackey, executive director ment house. aided by the 10,000 auxiliaries and
D-Day services a Councilman has
submitted a financial report show- When a fire broke out in the boil- reserves in maintaining full control
proposed making private devotion
ing that Alabama's goal of $589,000 er room, Kiinck evacuated the six of the city. a daily habit. State Defense au-
in the first campaign in 1942 and families and organized a fiFe-fight- ****** thorities have been consulted re-
$1.179,000 in the second campaign ing crew that had the fire under 'Emporia, Kan.-The storm warn-
garding 'the use of the siren sys-
in 1943 had been raised; only eight control by the' time firemen arrived. ing service of the Lyon County Ci- tem; a single sharp blast at 11
counties failing in their quotas in vilian Defense organization aided
o'clock each morning would be the
1942 and five in 1943. Barnegat, N. J.-Hundreds of vol- the "alert crew" of the Topeka Air
unteers worked with the State For- call to worship.
The Executive Committee submit- Base to prepare for the wind and
OHIO
ted recommendations for relation- est Fire Service to combat New Jer- thunderstorm of July 10, reports Lt. At the American Medical Asso-
ship between the State War Chest sey's worst July forest fire in 40 Vernon E. Johnson, of the Topeka
ciation Convention, the Victory
and County Organizations, prepar- years. Base Weather Station.
Corps examination of 5,600 Junior
ed by a committee headed by Dr. Civilian Defense Units of all ad- ******
Roscoe Martin of the University of jacent communities were enlisted. Lincoln, Neb.-The answer to th€ and Senior High School students in
Alabama. According to these rec-
***~,** question as to why the Interior Cincinnati, Ohio public schools was
ommendations counties may set up Trenton, N. J.-The War Emer- States need Civilian Defense, is hailed as a great achievement.
gency Radio Service of the Hamil- contained in the report on assist- NORTH CAROLINA
community chests for their local
ton Township Defense Council, one ance rendered by Nebraska Civilian The first canning demonstration
needs and fill these needs in the
for Durham, N. C., zone leaders
one campaign of the State War of thirty-eight such licensed groups Defense organizations in the Elk-
Chest. in New Jersey, proved its worth at horn River Valley flood which con~ was held in the proving kitchen of
the scene of a recent Army plane tinued from June 11 to 15. a local utility company.
The Alabama War Chest Cam- crash in Mercerville near here.
Civilian Defense workers, fully-
paign will be held in conjunction At the same time the Police Re- trained, were on hand in every af-
with the National War Fund Cam- serves of the township acquitted
~ected county and community.
Franking Privilege
paign beginning the middle of Oc-
tober and continuing through No-
. Rescinded In July
Volunteer Office stands as a sort of
vember 11th. Citizens Corps Aid recommendation to both sides. The The Penalty (Franking) Privilege
The necessity for a strong and
permanent local committee to han- Birm'gham S'vice owner feels that any person who made available to State and County
would appeal to a service organiza- Defense Councils by the National
dle the .approaching campaign was Men And Wives tion is worthy. In turn, the renter- Office of Civilian Defense was re-
stressed; also the necessity for a
permanent executive committee in to-be feels t,hat only reputable scinded July 15th.
Hundreds of service men and their places would be listed with such a All County Defense Councils, who
eal:h county to serve as a represent- have not yet returned the OCD
at~ve of the State War Chest and
wives who have been stationed in well known organization. Many
Birmingham have found suitable places have been rented more than Franked Labels in their possession
also handle the needs of the local to the Alabama State Defense
charity and welfare organizations. places to live through the Housing once, due to the fact that satisfac- Council, P. O. Box 196, Montgom-
Before adjourning the meeting Bureau of the Citizens Service tory tenants had been secured
ery, Ala., are requested to do so at
adopted amendments to the consti- Corps. This service was started through the Service Corps and the once.
tution designed to make the Ala- more than a year ago when the In- change was necessitated by the
b~ma War Chest a leader of its
formation Desk was staffed by the shifting. of the service men at the
kind in the United States. A. A. U. W. Air Base and the Armory. Salvage Officials
At intervals, appeals are made ******
through the daily papers for rooms Mrs. Thetford Directs <Continued from page 1)
and small apartments. No houses. The Volunteer Office of the Citi- told the conferees that a serious pa-
Alabama Publishers The responses have been splendid zens Service Corps is directed by per' shortage threatened the nation
especially for single rooms. The Mrs. H. P. Thetford with Mrs. in Septembe,r. This was due to the
great need for two or three room George Truss as her office assist- fact that school children were on
(Continued from page 1) apartments has never been supplied, ant. Mrs, Thetford has a long term vacation and did not work as hard
even after repeated calls. The need of service with the women of Jef- at collecting salvage.
the Office of Civilian Defense Ser- for apartments for couples with ferson County which qualifies her Haygood Paterson, Luther Creel,
vice Award." children cannot be met. Six or sev- for this directorship. For many and Mrs. J. Y. Brame also partici-
Operators of Alabama Radio Sta- en calls often come in a single day years she has been church leader pated in the conference. Mrs. Ruth
tions, moving picture theatres, and from the Home Service, A.. R. C., of her section of Birmingham. She Carter, of the Office of War Infor-
members of the Outdoor Advertising and the U. S. 0., appealing for such served as Director of the Third Dis- mation, and J. A. Vacarro, regional
Association of Alabama were like- apartments for couples who have trict, Alabama Federation of Wo- assistant manager of the WPB at
wise honored with the Office of come to their offices for help. men's Clubs, representing apprOXi- Atlanta were the other salvage of-
Civilian Defense Service Award. The Citizens Service Corps and mately 5,000 civic minded women. ficials present.
PAGE FOUR
Dr. John Newdorp
Visits Montgomery
Dr. John Newdorp, formerly As-
sistant State Director, Emergency ~-----------~_
Medical Service, Alabama State De-
fense Council is now serving as
Field Medical Officer of the War
Food Administration with the rank
of Major. Dr. Newdorp maintains
headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., but
spends a large part of his time at
army bases throughout the Southern
States.
While in Montgomery recently,
Dr. Newdorp visited the State De-
fense Council to talk with old
friends who remained and to in-
quire about those, who like himself
had entered the service or who had
left to engage in other activities.
He has many friends in the Capital
City, where he was at one time as-
sociated with the State Health De-
partment, who were interested in
seeing him and hearing of his pres-
ent assignment.
Alabama Hospitals
Train Cadet Nurses
The recent addition of st. Mar-
garet's Hospital in Montgomery, to
the list of those participating in
the Cadet Nurse Corps Program
brought to 16 the Alabama hos-
pitals participating in this pro-
gram, Miss Pearl Barclay, chair-
man of the local Nursing Council
for War Services and Director of
the State Health Department's Di-
vision of Public Health Nursing, re-
cently announced.
0N:E JUMP AHEAD
Again, Talladega has stepped to
the front in realizing and accom-
plishing a need-that of construct-
ing a Salvage Depot in the business
section of town. She is to be com-
mended on. this gesture.
Major Ferdon Returns
Back home in Birmingham,
friends are welcoming Major Wil-
liam Ferdon who has just returned
after two years spent in India.
Major Ferdon was one of the first
members of the Jefferson County
Defense Council and rendered in-
valuable assistance in setting up the
Citizens Service Corps in addition
to filling the important chairman-
ship of Civil Protection.
He has been in Miami for sev-
eral months recovering from wounds
received in India. While in Bir-
mingham, Major Ferdon will be
presented with the State Award of
Merit by Mayor Cooper Green, Pres-
ident of the Jefferson County De-
fense Council.
We are depending on our fighting
forces. Our fighting forces are de-
pending on us.
HOME FRONT
Capt. Atkinson
Citizen of Month
.....
Jefferson County
Commander Of
Defense Corps
The name of Captain John H. At-
kinson appears prominently in the.
records of Civilian Defense in Jef-
ferson County. In fact, Captain
Atkinson volunteered September
1940 for service on the home fronG
and has been devoting time and
energy to the war effort in many
capacities.
As Assistant Executive Director
he was given the herculean task of
organizing all plants and industries
and training coordinators, having
the distinction of conducting the
first plant coordinator's school in
the United State!>.
When Col. R. M. Nolan resigned
as Acting Director, Protective Corps
in 1943, Captain Atkinson was ap-
pointed to fill the unexpired term,
later serving as Director.
Captain Atkinson relates with
pride that the National S:curity
Award was recommended for 16
Jefferson County Plants, for out-
standing efficiency in Plant Protec-
tion Services, and sixteen plants re-
ceived it, thereby making history-
as this was the only Defense Coun-
cil receiving 100 percent awards as
recommended.
Devising plans for financing Ci-
vilian Defense through voluntary
contributions at no expense to tax
payers was another noteworthy
achievement. In addition, suffici-
ent salvage was collected by Civilian
Defense volunteers to provide sup-
plementary funds needed in oper-
ating the office for two and a half
years.
(Turn to column 4-same page)
Alabama Achieves Plant Protection
Coveted Goal In Program Statewide
Fifth War Loan The States War Inspection Service
Another War Loan marks another
milestone. The Fifth War Loan is
officially over but it still redounds
to the credit of Alabamians, who
once more surpassed their quota.
Alabama's overall quota was $102,-
000,000. Total sales reached $160,-
000,000. .
County Defense Councils and lo-
cal Service Corps put their shoulders
to the wheel throughout the state.
Excerpts from reports received in
the State Defense Council Office
bespeak effort and cooperation:
"The Office of the Chairman of
Civilian Defense was used as a
clearing house for information. All
members worked actively."-Blount
County.
"A complete county wide drive was
launched in one day. All business
houses closed for the event to give
their owners an opportunity to par-
ticipate.· Civilian Defense cooperat-
ed with County Agricultural Com-
mittees. About 100 volunteers were
used."-Conecuh County.
"Fully 50% of the Bond selling
personnel were Civilian Defense
workers. In many areas and pre-
cincts the entire job was done by
Civilian Defense Air Raid Wardens
and Auxiliary Police." - Jefferson
County.
"Many Civilian Defense members
made talks over the cou':J.ty in the
interest of the Fifth Loan."-Mar-
shall County.
"Practically all of our members
served on committees." - Bullock
County.
"Each warden was requested to
work his block."-Baldwin County.
"The special bond drive in Mobile
VlaS conducted by members of the
several civic clubs. Our oeD co-
operated by providing the facilitie3
of our headquarters and office per-
sonnel as center for reports and ac-
counting of the soliciting teams."-
Mobile County.
"The people of Clarke County
have been very cooperative in every
phase of defense work-including
Bond Drives and every program has
been carried out both in letter and
spirit."--Clarke County.·
"Civilian Defense C:>U:1cil ap-
pointed heads of the Drive from its
membership. plejging its coopera-
~ion."-Lee County.
"We worked as a war loan group.
The effectiveness of our efforts was
shown by our oversubscribing our
quota."-Covington County.
"Houston County oversubscribed
nearly 100%."-Houston County.
"The Lauderdale county war fi-
nance commi,ttee feels grateful to
the women of the service corps for
their whole hearted cooperation.
Much of the credit for this county's
meeting and exceeding' the quota
of $1,291,000 is due to their splen-
did endea~rs."-Lauderdale Coun-
ty.
AUGUST, 1944
Program in Alabama has gained
rapid headway and practically all
plants have been inspected, accord-
ing to H. B. Andrews, Chief Civilian
Protection. Several additional
plants, which have been added to
the list are now being inspected.
In the past, plants were inspected
by regular Army personnel. All re-
cent inspections, however, have
been made by civilian inspectors
appointed by the Industrial Protec-
tion Officer of the Fourth Corps
Area of the Army. These men have
been selected for ability, integrity,
and loyalty as Americans and their
service has been strictly voluntary.
The purpose of the Plant Protec-
tion Program is to maintain ade-
quate protective measures against
hazards of fire, accident, sabotage,
and unauthorized entry.
Jefferson County
(Continued from column 2)
Captain Atkinson modestly at-
tributes the success of the Jeffer-
son County Civilian Defense to the'
loyalty and cooperation of volun-
teers workers. He declared, "No
Director in the United States has
had better support from the De-
fense Councils of the State and
County, or could possibly have had
more splendid loyalty and cooper-
ation from the thousands of defense
VOlunteers, the Unit Commanders,
and Staff than I have enjoyed.
"Any credit due the Jefferson
'County Civilian Defense is the re-
suIt of the patriotic services of its
citizens business firms industries
and go~ernment official~. The Red
Cross and Welfare Services have
cooperated fully in all of our ac-
tivities, which have made our all-
around effort a success."
Our Citizen .of the Month was
born in New York in 1897; edu-
cated at Hasbruck Institute, Pen-
nington School and Dickerson Col-
lege; entered service April 1917 and
was appointed to Regular Army by
examination. He served with the
7th U. S. Infantry, Third Division
in six major campaigns and
throughout World War I until re-
tired "for disability incident to
wounds received in action" May
1920", being recalled to active duty
November 1920. He then served as
P. M. S. & T., University of Florida,
returning to civil life in 1923.
Since 1928 Captain Atkinson has
been associated with the Alexander
Hamilton Institute of New York and
was granted a leave of absence for
Civilian Defense Work. His wife,
the former Mayme Lee Brooks, of
Columbus, Miss., is also active in
the war effort on the home front
serving as Chairman of Nutrition,
Jefferson County Red Cross, and
Health Chairman, 3rd District, Ala-
bama Federation of Women's Clubs.