AIR RAID MENACE
BRITISH PRECAUTIONS j GREAT BLACK-OUT PLANNED R EA LI STIC PROGRAMME ; LONDON, 28th June. I England will have its greatest “air raid ! black-cuf 'on 9th August. The area to be plunged into darkness extends from j the Wash [ Lincolnshire) through London ! tn the Channel, and then west as far as 1 Bournemouth. j ">ll he the climax to the greatest I campaign vet attempted to tent h people how to act in an air raid. The area comprises 20,C00 square miles, with a population of 20,000,000. factories will be darkened and street lights extinguished. 'J he air defence organisations will be at action stations and th«! Royal Air Force squadrons will search I for the slightest glimmer of light likely to help enemy raiders. . Arrangements have been made for 50,00,000 leaflets to be distributed early in July, telling of the dangers and duties during air raids. Ihe British Broadcasting Corporation «*Il continue its dramatic air raid precautions, in which Mr Chamberlain is interested. Listeners will hear announcers say that the international situation has suddenly deteriorated, hear sirens screech, bombs crash and guns boom.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 July 1939, Page 9
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186AIR RAID MENACE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 July 1939, Page 9
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