NEW YORK IN DARKNESS

Grey River Argus, 2 May 1942, Page 5

NEW YORK IN DARKNESS

First Total Blackout (Rec. 12.27) NEW YORK, April' 30. New York, the world’s most glaring city, offered an unprecedently ghostly picture when it was enveloped in complete darkness in New York’s first total trial biack-out on Thursday night. Thousands thronged the Times Square, watching the unusual spectacle of pitchblack huge skyscrapers against a full moon. The authorities says the first impression of the black-out was that fl was 96 per cent, effective. WASHINGTON, April 30. Mr. Stimson told the Press that voluntary control lighting along the Atlantic sea coast had failed, therefore the military authorities will enforce dim-out regulations. Mr. Stimson cited an eye-witness .who, said the glare of lights from the shore definitely helped a submarine to sink a ship. Mr. Stimson said that there could not be white lights on the beaches, if these endangered the safety of .our sailors.