Illinois mobilizes, vol.1, no.4

              Vol. l,No.4 24      *    *     *         * U! * 
         *     *    *     September 1, 1942 
          
                                    FIRST DIMOUT 
                                   TEST IN STATE 
                                    HUGE SUCCESS 
          Northern Illinois covered it- 
         self with blackness — and dis- 
         tinction—the night of Aug. 12. 
          The State’s first blackout test, 
         which darkened 36 counties, was 
         highly successful — 97 per cent 
         perfect. In a letter to Gov. 
         Green, Maj. Gen. George Gru- 
         nert, Commanding the 6th Ser- 
         vice Command, who ordered the 
         test, commended ISCD and citi- 
         zens in the affected counties. 
         (For text of letter see page 
         seven). 
          
                                 97 Per Cent Black 
          Parts of Michigan and Wis- 
         consin were included in the 
         blackout. One minute this great 
         midwestern heart of the nation 
         was ablaze with light; the next 
         it was 97 per cent black, in many 
         sections 100 per cent. 
          
          “We are not satisfied but we 
         are pleased with the result,” 
         Capt. William F. Waugh, Chair- 
         man of the Civil Protection Divi- 
         sion, reported to Gov. Green. 
         “We found some ‘bugs’ and we’ll 
         get them out; we learned some 
         lessons; we’ll profit by them.” 
          
                                 75,000 Volunteers 
          More than 75,000 volunteer 
         members of Citizens Defense 
         Corps units cooperated with the 
         citizenry to carry out blackout 
                               (Continued on page 6) 
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         Women to Discuss 
         Tasks of 700,000 
          The wartime activities pro- 
         gram of 700,000 Illinois women 
         will be discussed at a meeting 
         in the Palmer House, Chicago, 
         Sept. 18. 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
          Mrs. Frederic W. Upham and 
         Rep. Bernice T. Van der Vries, 
         co-Chairmen of the Women s 
         Division, have invited their 26 
         Vice Chairmen to talk over 
         progress of current programs 
         and proposals for further ef- 
         forts. The Vice Chairmen rep- 
         resent large and influential wo- 
         men s organizations. 
          It also is planned to discuss 
         means by which their member- 
         ship best can be fitted into the 
         women’s activities programs of 
         Councils of Defense in their re- 
         spective communities. 
            Drawn for ILLINOIS MOBILIZES by Vaughn 
         Chief Cartoonist of the Chicago Daily News. 
         Shoemaker, 
         3,OOODemonstrate in Pageantry How 
         Melting Pot Brews Good Americans 
            The American melting pot is pouring out fighting men 
         and implements of war, Illinois National Day demonstrated 
         in a brilliant celebration Aug. 23 at Soldier Field, Chicago. 
           War heroes of the 24 partici- v 
         pating foreign language groups 
         gave visible proof that the na- 
         tion’s adopted sons are fighting 
         to defend their liberties. 
           Singing, dancing folk, in the 
        now discarded dress of their 
            homelands, participated in col- 
            orful pageantry and tableaux, 
            depicting their ancestors’ ar- 
            (Continued on page 15) 
         ILLINOIS TOPS 
           U. S. IN SCRAP 
                                    METAL DRIVE 
           Once again Illinois leads the 
         nation in scrap metal salvage. 
           Once again the State has gone 
         over the top — 
         this time with 
         a margin of 
         nearly 100 per 
         c e n t — in the 
         nationwide ef- 
         fort to avert a 
         threat to the 
         country’s war 
         production 
         schedule. 
           The total of 
         farm and home scrap metal sal- 
         vaged in the six weeks’ intensive 
         campaign which ends today will 
         reach nearly 200,000 tons, Rob- 
         ert Tieken and George M. Elsen- 
         berg, co-Chairmen of the 
         Salvage Committee, have re- 
         ported to Lieut. Gov. Hugh W. 
         Cross, Secretary of ISCD and 
         Chairman of the Conservation 
         Committee. 
          
                                 100,000 Ton Quota 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
           Mr. Tieken and Mr. Eisenberg 
         based their report on estimates 
         from scrap metal dealers 
         through whose hands nearly all 
         farm and home scrap moves. 
          Six weeks ago WPB asked for 
            100,000 tons of farm and home 
            scrap from Illinois. Lieut. Gov. 
            Cross, Mr. Tieken and Mr. Eis- 
            (Continued on page 2) 
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                                  Labor Bombs Axis 
                                   With $100,000 
           More than 200,000 building 
         trades workers in the State have 
         contributed $100,000 that will 
         be presented to the government 
         to buy a bomber, Reuben G. 
         Soderstrom, Chairman of the 
         Labor Committee, reported to 
        ISCD. 
           A presentation ceremony will 
         be held in Union Station, Chi- 
         cago, next Sunday. A represent- 
         ative of President Roosevelt will 
         accept the gift. 
           All contributions to the fund 
         were voluntary, Mr. Soderstrom 
         said. The workers are affiliated 
         with the Illinois State Confer- 
         ence of Building and Construc- 
         tion Trades. 
         “—that government of the people, by the people, 
         for the people shall not perish from the earth.” 
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