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Show THOUSANDS DIE JLifli Red Cross Official Shows Needless Loss of Life Vore than fOO peraona loat their Urea by drowning In tha United Btatea laet year. In moat of tha caeea the victim would not have drowned If be had been accompanied accom-panied by a peraon who knew how ta ewim. amid Dr. a. H. Richard -eon of Ban Franelaro. who la In Bait I-ake repreaentlng the American Ameri-can Red Croe t the mine rescue meet. He will act a chief Judge in th rearae work. Dr. Richard eon la bare also to atimulata Intereat among tha people peo-ple of the atate In the art of awtm-ming. awtm-ming. He aald that elne the Red Croaa had taken -up the teaching of awimmlng and organlaatlen of lifeguard cot-pa throughout - th country tha number of deathe caueed from drowning had been reduced from 1.00 ta about 7000. Much aotlr work la being carried en In Provo In thla line. Dr. Richardson Rich-ardson aald. Life guard eorpa will be formed aw the . University of Utah and among the Boy Bcouta In (he near future, he aald. "What we are after , within the next few years Is a waterproof America." ha aald. "Every peraon per-aon not Only should know how to awlm from a pleasure standpoint, but should learn so -that be could aara one'a Ufa if aver need be," he aid. Dr. Richardson will confer with Oscar Klrkham, local Boy Scout executive, during hi visit here in regard ts tha forming of tha Ufa guard eorpa among the Boy Bcouta. ' Dr. Rlrhardann ha bean conferring con-ferring with aire. W. O. Cleland, executive secretary of the local chapter of the Red . Croat Ha atated that much constructive work waa being accomplished by the lo, eal chapter The medala and certificate cer-tificate ta be given bv th Red Croaa in th 1rsl Aid Mine Rescue work will b handled through tha local chapter and algned by . Hit. Cleiand. he aald. |