Show fire extinguisher stifles blaze and sales prospect PANA ILL john mackey st louis fire extinguisher salesman had a swell opportunity to demon strate th merits of his firm s pro duct at a gasoline station lire fire and although the demonstration put out the fire ire it also dampened a pros buyer s ardor mackey was passing a filling sta tion operated by tony reiss aher an automobile driven by charlei charles skidded on the ice anc struck a gas pump the pump over turned and burst into flames mackey leaped from his automo bile with a sample fire extinguished el ei and put out the blaze before IN th pana fire department arrived bu when mackey attempted to sell ai extinguisher to reiss the station operator declined the fires fire s out now be he fi said mid wouldn t happen again in years |