CITIZEN DEFENSE CORPS MEETING IN HOLLYWOOD, ZONE 36, COMMUNITY 7, BIG AFFAIR, ADMISSION FREE!
Broadside invitation from Zone Warden Jim McQuiston to a gathering of Zone 36, Community 7 of the Citizens' Defense Corps in Hollywood on June 8, 1943. A spokesman from the U.S. Navy was scheduled to provide a vivid, first-hand account of fighting in the South Seas and Mrs. Carrol Oliver, a Citizens' Defense Corps aide, was to speak on fire defense. The event was free, but attendees were encouraged to bring "a good book for the boys" at Advance Naval Base Hospital".
In the early days of the Second World War, air raids and other assaults on populated areas in Europe generated fears that similar attacks could happen in the United States. On May 20, 1941, more than six months before the United States entered the war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set up the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD) to coordinate non-military state and federal measures to protect citizens in a war-related emergency. The OCD organized the United States Citizens' Defense Corps to recruit and train volunteers to perform essential tasks.
Featuring a block map of Zone 36, which was bordered by Santa Monica Boulevard on the north and Melrose Avenue on the south, this single-sided notice is printed on 8 1/2" x 14" red paper that is a bit faded with some very minor chipping along the edges. OCLC locates no holdings. Item #77124
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