The American City Magazine - March 1953

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Just 19 CHRYSLER AIR RAID SIRENS to alert the City of St. Louis!

In seconds . . . a remote-controlled system of nineteen Chrysler Air Raid Sirens could alert St. Louis, a city of 860,000 people and sixty-one square miles.  Compare this basic quantity with the necessary number of any other warning device and you will understand the importance of selection Chrysler . . . the siren sounding the "loudest warning ever heard."

Equipped with its own mighty 180 horsepower Chrysler V-8 Industrial Engine, each Chrysler Siren delivers up to 173 decibels of sound, ranging from a deep-throated roar to a shrill scream.  Under favorable conditions, this sound carries four miles in every direction from the rotating siren.

Since the Chrysler Siren can be operated either as part of an entire utility-controlled system or as an individual manually-controlled unit, it is an ideal warning device for any community, large or small.  It can be operated from a fixed location or from a moving truck or boat.

Learn how few Chrysler Sirens are necessary for you protection . . . arrange a demonstration of the Chrysler Siren in you community: write: Dept. 12, Chrysler Siren Layout Service, Industrial Engine Division, Chrysler Corporation, Trenton, Michigan.

CHRYSLER AIR RAID SIREN

Defense is a vital need, shared by all. 
Join and assist the Civil Defense group in your area. 

[ Photographs of the Demonstration Siren on a Dodge Truck ]


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