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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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In Boston, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, U.S. civilian defense director, warned that American cities lack equipment to defend against air raids, estimating $75-100 million needed for auxiliary fire departments amid war production priorities. (148 characters)
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Boston, June 3.—(AP)—Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York, director of civilian defense for the United States, said today that the country did not possess the necessary equipment to protect its cities from air raids.
"We know what equipment we need," he said, "but let's not kid ourselves. The equipment does not exist. If it did exist, not a city in America could afford to buy it."
LaGuardia estimated that it would cost between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000 to fit out the auxiliary fire departments needed, adding that civilian defense equipment would have to take its turn in the hope that production of more urgently needed war material should make air raid protection material unnecessary.
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Boston
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June 3.
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equipment does not exist to protect cities from air raids; cost to fit out auxiliary fire departments estimated at $75,000,000 to $100,000,000; civilian defense equipment must wait behind more urgent war material production.
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Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York, director of civilian defense for the United States, stated that the country lacks necessary equipment to protect cities from air raids, which no city could afford even if available.