Word: sirening
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when the city of Cambridge tested its air raid warning mechanism, which is located on the top of Widener Library. After many attempts during the spring and winter to find a suitable place for the horn, which can be used as a public speaking system as well as a siren, authorities settled on Widener as the best spot in the vicinity, and have held several tests since it was installed...
...some great cosmic thing was about to happen, as though creation were about to occur and a new world were to be born." Said he: "I suggest that while the protective forces are on the physical alert all other residents of Westchester declare a spiritual alert between the warning siren and the all-clear signal so that persons may, in solemn unison, lift up their hearts in prayer for the safety of our armed forces and civilians alike in a mighty plea for victory." In the area's surprise black-out this week, prayers will be led by clergy...
...anti-aircraft station in the south of England the siren murdered sleep. Eight girls of an ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) crew slapped on tin hats, raced for the gun pit. Jerry was upstairs. The detectors had him pegged...
Should an air-raid siren sound "while you're watching a major-league baseball game, don't leave the ball park. A sticker on the back of your seat will tell you what to do. If you are to move at all, red and green arrows will direct you beneath the stands...
...APPREHENSIVE DOG-H. C. Bailey-Crime Club ($2). Mr. Reginald Fortune luxuriates at a museum-piece English inn while probing the violent death of a long-absent village siren, whose return to childhood scenes precipitates murder, suicide and confusion among the gentry. Intelligent, well-characterized and done with customary Bailey finesse...