In 1939, guarding contracts follow at the ice hockey world championships in Zürich and Basel as well as the National Exhibition in Zürich. The outbreak of World War II demanded flexibility: due to the rising counts of break-ins and thefts during the black-out, patrol areas see a rise in staff and patrol frequencies are heightened. To bypass staff shortages due to general conscription, the guards' wives took over their husbands' nightly rounds. During the so-called "Anbauschlacht" or "cultivation battle" to insure the nation's food supplies, the company was assigned a plot of land above Cademario in Ticino, where potatoes were cultivated.