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THURSDAY, JUNE 25th, 1942. THE NEWS-JOURNAL. RAEFOBD, N. C Of Licoidiary Bombs Wow'Urged t ... i I 4 Boston, Mass., June 20.—The Na tional Office of Civilian Defense Rec ommends that householders dump blazing incendiary bombs into a 12- quart pail of water instead of smoth ering agents, Joseph M. Loughlin, New England Regional OCD director, disclosed today. Experiments made by OCD labo ratories have shown that the bomb simply goes “glub” when treated in this newest, simplest way, he said in an interview. Under some conditions, he made known, National OCD recommends ^that householders risk a violent hy drogen explosion by turning a stream of water directly on an incendiary Ijomb. Americans had previously been cautioned always to use a gentle spray. These and other refinements in the method of handling incendiaries have resulted, he said, from recent British ■experience, tested in careful labora tory experiments at a Civilian De fense Training School, and other OCD centers. No Longer jKegarded . Sand and other smothering agents, including high-priced commercial products, are no longer regarded as primary weapons in the bomb fight er’s arsenal, Mr. Loughlin stated. If confronted with more than one bomb at once, a householder or of- Rce worker may turn the hose directly on each bomb, forcing them to ex plode and do all their damage at once, the Director declared. This method is approved only as a time-saver in emergencies when .several bombs must be battled at once, he cautioned, pointing out that a water spray is still the safest and most logical weapon. He warned Americans not to “fall for smooth tongued salesmen” who would offer them “magic compounds” to extinguish incendiaries. The National Fire Protection As sociation has found, Mr. Loughlin de clared, that “the gullible American public” has been “separated from many thousands of dollars” by sales men of “bomb extinguishing com pounds, snuffers, scoops and other gadgets.” Some such weapons are “perhaps theoretically effective,” but have “little or no practical value,” ihe said. If an incendiary bomb falls into a homeowner’s attic, his method of fat t^ck is very siniple, and need involve little training, in Mr. Loughlin’s opinion. Here is what he should do: First, if he is adequately shielded from the flying particles of molten magnesium (a W4^en chair held up I before the face will do), he can take an ordinary garden shovel and dump the bomb into a 12-quart pail of water. • (Bomb “dunking” was first discov- -ered by the Russians, according to the Fire Protection Association. The Association’s Committee on Hazard ' oijs Chemicals and Explosives “has fried this and found it works,” if there is plenty of water to cover the bomb completely, a report now in ;Mr. Loughlin’s hands declares). If a pail of water is not quickly -available, the householder should ig nore the bomb for the time being and turn his whole attention A the .bres being started near by. While a man is getting out his sand, spread ing it on the floor, moving the bomb onto it, covering the'bomb, and shov eling it into a pail—as previously Instructed—50 fires may have start led in the attic. “It does no good to put out the bomb if by that time the whole house is on fire,” Mr. Lughlin said. Other extinguishing or snuffing agents are Little quicker, and hence little better, than sand in this respect he declared. One need not fear that while\ he is turning the hose on surroundmg fires, the bomb will burn through the floor and drop down below to start new ones. If it has fallen on a reasonably solid beam,'it will take several minutes to eat through; and, if not, it would bum through any- w^ before it could be handled, OCD ha^ found. Once Under Control Once the fires started by the bomb are under control, it is safe to turn one’s attention to the bomb itself. Then the old-style sand-and-shovel methodS'are of use; so is the turning of a water spray on the bomb. Water streams turned directly on chemical decomposition of the water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hy drogen bums and the oxygen sup ports combustion. The result is an explosion, and particles of the bomb fly in all directions. If the fitre fighter is protected, how ever, he may safely approach to with in 15 or 20 feet of the bomb and turn the hose directly on it. The ex plosion will not send particles more than 10 to 15 feet under ordinary con ditions. After it has gone off, ex hausting the magnesium in one giant burst, the bomb will go out in a few seconds—^perhaps 10 or 15—and one’s whole attention may be turned to secondary fires. This method has the added advan tage of permitting the bomb-fighter to do his work at as great a distance from the bomb as the force of the hose will permit. In the home, with only one incen diary to handle, a gentle spray will hasten the burning and involve no danger whatever from an explosion. If one is out of doors, the prime necessity is to keep to the windward of the bomb being fought. As for special extinguishing ag ents, Maj. Gen. L. B. Gasser, Chief of the Protection Branch of National OCD, declares that “special powders, solutions, pitch materials, etc,” are “in most cases . . . no better than sand” in spite of their “exorbitant” cost. “We should do all we can to dis courage the purchase of all articles which do not provide, adequate pro tection against fire, thereby endan gering civilian lives by engendering a false sense of security.” STORAGE Federal farm officials are appeal ing to farmers to make arrangements for more grain storage facilities on their farms due to restrictions on shipment of grains to terminal ware houses. BOARS Ellis Vestal, Extension swine spec ialist has selected pure-bred Poland China boar pigs for Ned Wortham, H. M. Robinson and Marvin G. Breed love of Vance county, reports N. M Smith, assistant farm agent. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY - PUBLICATION State of North Carolina County of Hoke. In the Superior Court Mrs. Mildred Barrett Thomas, Plaintiff —^vs— Lee Roy Thomas, Defendant. The defendant, Lee Roy Thomas, will hereby »take due notice that an action entitled as above has been instituted in this Court against him for absolute divorce, and that he is required to appear before the im- dersigned Clerk at his office in. Rae^- ford, N. C., and answer, or demur to the complaint (which has been filed) within twenty days after ser- yice>of this summons has been com plete. This notice is required to be published in some newspajwr published in Hoke county, on.oe a week for four successive weeks, af ter the fourth publication or issue of which service will have been ad judged complete. This notice will appear in said paper June 25th, 1942; and July 2nd, 9th and 16th, 1942. This Jime 22nd, 1942. EDGAR HALL, Clerk of Superior Court. Jo Relieve Miaerij I iniim TABIETS.SALVE.HOSE DROPS yiCTORY BUY UNITED STATES FAR BONDS AND STAMPS WA 25,000 COAT HANGERS MUST BE IN GOOD CONDITION AND IN BUNDLES OF 25. 35c PER HUNDRED CASH 50c PER HUNDRED IN TRADE McNE ILL’S ClctUtCTM"'" ■ ■ * ■ ■ TOtloTS RED SPRINGS, N. C. ' ---i To The Voters of HOKE G)uiit]r: It has not been my intention to enter into a press campaign for Ae office of Representative of Hoke County, but I now feel that owing to certain statements made by my opponent that I should have something to say. I have been a resident, property owner, and TAXPAYER of what is now Hoke County since before said county was formed and I feel that I know the wishes of the people.^ My opponent, Mr. E, C. Crawford, according to his statement is a propertyowner and within the poll tax age and has been a resident of Hoke for ^out three years. The records at the City Hall show that he has NOT paid one cent of tax to the Town of Raeford since he has l^en a resident here. The records at the court house show that he faiM to list or pay any tax for 1940; that for 1941 he listed and pmd $5.08 tax and 5c penalty for late payment; and that for 1942 he has failed to list his property or poll for taxation. (Not to list your property for taxation is an open and flagrant violation of State Law ^A^at consideration would he have for the taxpayers of Hoke County? No wonder he claims that he is not a candidate for any county office.) In regards to the illustrations which he is paying to have pub lished with his anti-liquor articles I notice one in which he shows a soldier standing in an ABC store holding a glass in his hand m the act of drinking whiskey. He should know, and no doubt do^ know, that a thing like that could not occur in an ABC store m North Carolina. However, he may consider this a legitimate piece of campaign literature. Ever since my opponent has been a resident of Hoke County he has consistently criticized and opposed the National and Foreign policies of President Roosevelt and the National Administration, UNTIL he announced himself as candidate for the ™use of Rep- resenU^yes. Even np^ he is criticising the National Admimstra- tibn particularly in reference to rationing of sugar. He knows,^ or should know, that practically all of our industrial sugar is bemg made into alcohol for the use of the government in the manufac ture of high explosives, but he is not frank enough with the voters to tell them so. i j i • jl Please don’t forget that he bragged on Reynolds, Lmdber^, and Wheeler; that he opposed the draft law; that he opposed the change in the neutrality law; that he opposed the lend-lease hill; and that he opposed practically all other defuse measures and preparedness moves advocated by President Roosevelt and the true patriots of America. Please don’t forget that in his obstructionist views he aUeihpted to justify the wanton sinking of American ships by the Nazis on the free high seas before we entered the war. The folks of Hoke County have known me for a third of a cen tury and they know that I am a Democrat and have always voted a straight Democratic ticket, and that I am today standi^ squarely on the Democratic platform. Mr. Crawford is NOT ON TH^DEM- OCRATIC PLATFORM. The Democratic platform wa^d^awn jy by Mr. Josephus Daniels, Governor J. M. Brougldon, Hon. D. Hid- en Ramsay and other outstanding citizens and Dem^rats of North Carolina. Evidently for the reason that they wanted a unified citizenry in North Carolina during this war period, workmg for the preservation of our nation, they saw fit to leave the liquor issue out of the platform. They want all of our energies turned agamst Hitler and the Japs rather than to have us scrapping among our selves. Is it better for our Legislature to spend its time next Jan uary fighting among ourselves or for them to devote theii* fbH ergies to put the State of North Carolina behind President Roose- velt, our Congress and our fighting forces in the prosecution of the war? Finally, I have not seen lit to take the “X” Gasoline Rationing Card which the government was good enoug^i to give me on ac count oi my medical profession to make a house to house c^ vass of Hoke County. However, I will appreciate your support, and if you see fit to elect liie on Saturday, June 27th, rt will be my purpose to cooperate with the State and National Gove^ei^ rather than try to block and hinder vital legislation. I ^1 myself as an ele^ve reprissentative of the people of Hoke County and will be guided by their" wishes and best interests. Dr. G. W. Brown. /- *11 T‘ tt'.
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