The costly toy of television, into which NBC and CBS have sunk millions, began to prove itself useful last week. With the delighted cooperation of the New York City Police Department, to which civilian defense has been one long headache, NBC's television experts took up the task of teaching urban air-raid wardens how to do their job.
In all of the city's 90-odd precinct police stations, television receivers were installed in classrooms. Private set owners, including International Business Machines' Thomas J. ("Think") Watson, had opened their houses to other classes. Policemen who got their own instruction in London helped NBC to put...
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