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17147
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Certain recent events have been tests for the American populations, and foreshadow the extent of their willingness to participate in World War II. The first test of the machinery of civilian defense co-ordination was foreshadowed in the nation in the passage of the Selective Service Act. The second test of civilian defense in North Carolina began with the forerunners of army maneuvers. The third test began with the bombing Pearl Harbor.
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17148
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Counties, cities, and towns face the task of making more brick with less straw, as it were, as government spending is focused on wartime efforts.
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17149
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For some two million U.S. citizens who are males and old enough to fight, and for millions more who are their dependents, a national transition from a state of peace to a state of war naturally creates more or less acute personal problems in connection with debts, taxes, shelter, and food. The aims of the Soldier's and Sailor's Civil Relief Act of 1940 was set up in advance \"to promote and strengthen the national defense by suspending enforcement of certain civil liabilities of certain persons serving in the Military and Naval Establishments.\"
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17150
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Old as military history itself are many of the \"new\" problems facing law enforcement officials of an increasing number of North Carolina cities, towns, and counties. Crimes of violence and against property, always on the increase in times of stress and crisis, are especially high during war-time.
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17154
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The U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA is the fourth American combat ship to bear the name of the North State. The first U.S. battleship to be commissioned since 1923, the new North Carolina cost $70,000,000, displaces 35,000 tons and is 704 feet long.
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17156
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The Institute of Government has become an integral unit in the structure of the greater University of North Carolina. This integration of resources has long been envisioned by University and Institute officials and the general principle approved by their respective governing boards.
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17157
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Governor J. Melville Broughton provides a program of action for the home front as offices and seamen launch on the U.S.S NORTH CAROLINA. North Carolinians along with the Institute of Government and other North Carolina institutions will work together to focus on public water supplies, wartime and emergency duties of police, and public purchasing and financing, while a large portion of North Carolinians are away at war.
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17159
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A few months ago everybody in New Bern knew everybody else, but today there are so many strangers that the town is assuming a metropolitan air. When in the fall of 1940 Craven County and the City of New Bern jointly purchased the site for the Simmons-Knot airport, few could have foreseen that the summer of 1941 would find 500 marines and 75 airplanes stationed there for training purposes. The influx of people is causing expansion and growing pains.
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17160
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Sherwood Brockwell's fire-fighting experience began in 1896 when as a boy he would help hitch the mules to the Raleigh steam fire engine. Today, he is still a firefighter, but his activities have spread out to cover all of North Carolina and his influence is felt throughout the nation.
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17161
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On December 7th, civilian defense in North Carolina received a much-needed shot in the arm. Before that time officials had not been able to get any response from many county councils; but the next day, state officers were being besieged with offers of service and a framework for civilian defense was laid out for the State.
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17163
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Over a year ago the University of North Carolina took inventory of its mental, physical, and moral resources, with the aim of preparing and expanding its training facilities to coincide with the defense effort. Since that time, training for military, including naval and air forces, has increased, as well as public health nursing and medical technicians. Additionally, courses such as physics, chemistry, biology, etc. have been redesigned to emphasize training vital to the preparation of modern war.
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17172
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Conservation measures aimed at limiting the civilian consumption of scarce materials is just one of the developments affecting business in wartime. Defense comes first, while tires, fire fighting equipment, typewriter production, and transportation space come second.
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17173
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The strength of a democracy in war is more than the ability to produce the machines of war and the ability to man those machines with trained men. It is also the strength of every individual and the organizational strength of every group. To assist state and local Defense Councils, the Office of Civilian Defense has been established in Washington.
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17174
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Coates discusses the chain of aircraft warning services and air raid systems for North Carolina, including centers of post throughout the state.
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17175
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The bombing of cities in modern warfare is intended to destroy life and property--primarily war materials and strategic industrial centers--civilian morale. Smith discusses the types of bombs used and the protection against them that should be utilized in North Carolina.
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