Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1941 — Page 6

b PAINTERS BACK WAR, | : BUY $1000 BOND,

Members of the Indianapolis — Painters’ Union 47, A. F. of L, in # recent meeting voted a resoluSion recommending support of the ®-Government’s war effort, and voted -skhat the local purchase a $1000 de-| Be Afense bond.

“oJ. F. Dean, local president, said)

that the group had sent letters tol & President Roosevelt and

New Yorkers Once’ Laughed, but Now Blackout Artist Cashes In on Foresight

By JACK DEVLIN ndent NEA Sa SRL

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Blackout is the business of a firm that is hit{ting the jackpet here in the wake of

| Uncle Sam's entry into war.

People who thought it was a gag 14 months ago when Melvin Wolff

both | announced with a straight face that

Houses of Congress, pledging the | he had founded the Defense Black-

~~ union's full support.

out & Camouflage Co., now have to

stand In line at his midtown office or wait their turn on the telephone to place their orders. Mr, Wolff just can’t handle all of the business although he is expanding his facilities as fast as he can. As the name of his concern implies, Mr. Wolff deals in the business of making your home, office or industrial plant light-tight so enemy bombers won't be able to see signs of life on the ground below.

The trick is usually accomplished s by one of two means. The more popular system is to nt to make a wooden frame, that fits inside each window, and cover aN with a tightly woven black clo The oH which fits snugly all around the window, can be lifted out'during daytime hours to let the light in. The second system is to cover the outside of all window panes with a

ial of paint which Mr Wolf. sas ig teed to have seh a Sali

glare or give a reflection in the moenlight.

The same type paint, but in different colors, is used on the roofs of factories to make them blend in with surrounding terrain and serve as a camouflage. He also uses a system of tacking or nailing black cloth to the walls

all around windows and, while it is-less expensive, it is not so practicable if light is to be let in during the day. Business at the Defense ‘Blackout & Camouflage Co. coasted along rather slowly until the United States declared war and air-raid warnings began to shrill on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. “Since then my phones have been

running me bowlegged and people have almost been storming the place,” declared Mr. Wolff, & mid-dle-aged former bond trader whose only other previous business experience was importing and manufacturing costume jewelry until things went “pfit” in 1932, He sald he tired of the grind of bond trading and then the defense program came booming along.

FINGERPRINTS bon ALL OVER 16 ASKED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (U. P.) .— Rep. Carter Manasco (D. Ala) today introduced a bill to require every citizen over 16 to be fingerprinted and carry an official identi fication card.

The bill would require that the card bear a general description of the holder, his fingerprints and a statement of his citizenship.

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