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Show Home Safety WeekApril Week WeekApril I IApril April 8 to 14to 14 14ton5Fwe J JV V , to J JwERs9 wERs9 wERs9.rJ .rJ rJ . : 2 S SWIISFRVE ton5Fwe WIISFRVE 11 lives cPROP VESVES fp/topfRTY fp topfRTY / jFV ? . \ J Jr r r " Home Division DivisionUtah DivisionUtah DivisionU DivisionUoh Utah oh Safety CouncilHome CouncilRome Council CouncilHome Home Rome accident fatalities and In InUrles injuries injuries juries ) Urles Ctuse c'Iuse cIuse cause ' enormous waste of life lifeIInd lifeand lifeand IInd and limb 11mb a staggennfr stag/erID stag erID staggering / { economIc economIcloss economicloss economicloss loss and sorrow and suffermthat sufftnne sufferm/ sufferm suffering / { that thatnever thatnever thatnever never can be measured mea'lured mealured ' . , In this country list hst last year-1944- year 1944 year194430 year194430500 year - 1941 - 30 30500 500 per persons on'l onl ' were hilled killed in home homeaccidents homeaccidents homeaccidents accidents 4 600 000 other others * were wereIIl.1uxed wereinjured wereinjured IIl.1uxed IIl1uxed injured IIl.1uxedand injuredand . and the cost reached reached550 $550 550 $ 000 000 00It 00t 00 00It ! It t is estimated esl1matpd that more th'ln thln than thanhalf th'lnhalf thinhalf ' half ofall of all fires occur ocwr in homes homesAbout homesAbout homesAbout About 7 7000 000 are killedand killed and about abouttWice abouttwice abouttwice tWice th'lt thlt that ( hit ' number are arc injured Inured ) ev every every CTcry 1 ery ycr year * Many rtlany of theIchms the \ Mctims \Ichms Ichms bicttms 'Ire Ire are 'Ireexphyxlatcd areexphyxiated ' ireexphyiiated exphyxlatcd exphyxiated or trapped by smoke smokefire smokefire smokefire ' fire gashes gasses gas ! : > es and flamesThe flamesThe flames flamesThe The majority maorlty ) of I.f If Qf ! . home fires are areattributed areattributed areattributed attributed to accumulation of rub rubblsh rubbish rubbish blsh bish defective chimneys chimne dumne } ) s sparks on onflammable onflammable onflammable flammable roof roofs ; defective heatinf heatm/ heatm heating / { ; electrical defects care less m'ltchesland smoklDand smokinff smoklD/ smoklD smoking / { and use of m'ltchesl mltchesl matches matchesand ' - * and flammable liquids Children Childrenshould Childrenshould Childrenshould should ncTer never be left unattended unattendedeven unattendedeven unattendedeven even for a few minutes mlDutes Death by byfire byfire byfire fire is most tragic to say nothmg nothing nothinKof nothmgof nothingof of property lossHave lossHave loss lossHave Have ) iou you ou made a room by room roomcheck roomcheck roomcheck check for safety of your home re recently recently'r reGently7 cently cently'r centlyr " ' A few minutes mmutes of your yourhme yourtime yourtime hme time may mean the aTinff saVIn/ saVIn saving saVInof / { of your yourhome yourhome yourhome home or a loved one from a hor horrlble horrible hornble rlble rible deathThat deathThat death deathThat That is the national nahonal picture Un Unfortunately Unfortunately Unfortunately fortunately the State of Utah had hada a part in this drab story of human humantragedy humantragedy humantragedy tragedy 130 of our clhzens citizens citizen * were werekilled werekilled werekilled killed in the homes in the state by byaccident byaccident byaccident accident and 3230 3 230 suffered dls die dlsablln dieabhng disabhng ablln/ ablln abhng abllnInunes / { Inunes injuries ) with an eshmated estimated eshmatedeconomic estimatedeconomic estimatedeconomic ; economic loss of $500 500 $ 000 durlnJ during duringthe duringthe : ' ' the year 1944During 1944During 1944 1944During During the week April Apnl 8 to 14 14the 14the 14the the Home Division of the Utah UtahSafety UtahSafety UtahSafety ' Safety Council assisted by the Am Amerlcan Amencan Amencan erlcan encan Red Cross Relief Society Societyand Societyand Societyand , and l\I l I M \ MI I A of the L LDS D S Church ChurchCatholIc ChurchCatholic ChurchCatholic CatholIc Diocesan of Utah Jewish JewishWelfare JewishWelfare JewishWelfare Welfare Association Asqoclahon Utah Mmls Minis Mmlstena Minisferia Ministenal tena feria ! ! Association Public Welfare WelfareDE'partment WelfareDepartment WelfareDepartment DE'partment DEpartment ' Public Health Nurses Association Asso Assoclatlon Association clatlon ciation Women s Safety Council of ofUtah ofUtah ofUtah Utah Utah Federated Women lYomen s sClubs sClubs sClubs Clubs and other serviceroups service /roups roups groups groupspledge / { groupspledge roupspledge pledge themselv themselvts themselves s to an IDtenslfied intensified IDtenslfiedprogram intensifiedprogram intensifiedprogram program of cooperative effort and andeducatIOn andeducation andeducation educatIOn in home accident preven preventlOn prevention prevention preventionEen tlOn tion tlOnE tionElen E\ E E\en E en Een Elen \ en though our national rec records records records ords show a 6 per cent decrease decreasefrom decreasefrom decreasefrom from 19 1943 3 in 111 iii home fatalities the thetoll thetoll thetoll toll tollIS is still stili far too high hl/h hl h / { to be betolerated betolerated betolerated tolerated toleratedwhen when provedmethods proved methods of ofreducID ofreducing ofreducing reducID/ reducID reducing reducIDthese / { these needless casualties casualtiesare are available avallablt ' The important Pun/ Pun thing PunIS thingis / { IS that our Mlow fpHow fellow human bem beings beingswere bemsswere s swere were so rechlessb recklessly reckless ! } sacnficedAccidents sacrificedAccidents sacrificed sacnficed sacrificedAccidents Accidents wreck sa sa\ sa savings samgs \ mgs ings and andbank andbank andbank bank accounts and divert salanes salaries salanesand salariesand salariesand and andwaItes andwages wages waItes from normal channels channelsof of trade ' ind 1nd and bU'llne bUllne businessAccidents business businessAccidents ' < : s sACCidents Accidents fill fin hospital beds bedsdep bedsdep bedsdep dep etc ete hosoital hosPital treasuries and In Increase increase increase crease charity chanty demandsCCldents demandstccidents demands demandsVccidents \ Vccidents \CCldents CCldents tccidents came cauqe cause poverty hard hard'Illlp hardship hardship 'Illlp Illlp ship ' " ind "lnd lnd and discomfort - and they theyleave theyleave theyleave leave pernnnent perm'lnent permlnent permanent ' scars on the fam famlIy famfly family lIy fly of Gf the Ictlm-and Ictlm and bictim-and bictim \ victim - and ' fll I'll Ill ell too often oftenon oftenon oftenon on the future of our childrenAnd childrenAnd children childrenAnd And finally acridents acrldents accidents ' illect 1ffect affect our ourwar ourwar ourwar war production efforts particular particularly particularIy Iy ly when the breidwinn bre'ldwmn breldwmn breadwinn ' r is the the1ctlm thevictim thevictim \1ctlm 1ctlm victim \ ' Accidents to workers alone aloneIn alonein In 1941 clused c'Iused cIused caused ' " widespread "Idespread Idespread absen absenteelsmthe absenteeismthe absenteeism teelsm-the teelsm the teeism-the teeism - the equl'v equlv equivlcnt equtv'lent equtvlent ' ' lcnt of a :1 1 : mllhon million mllhonmen millionmen millionmen men out of nf work for a whole year year'And yearAnd ' And And11Ighly highly 11Ighly sl sign n ficant is the f1ct fact f1ctworkers factworkers fictworkers workers occurred off the Job-on Job on Jobonour jobonour job - - onour our streets andin and in our homesMrs homesMrs homes homesMrs Mrs George Geor/e Geor e / { P Parker Director Directorof of the Home Division is chairman chairmanof of the committee planning Dlanmn/ Dlanmn DlanmnHome / { Home HomeSafety HomeSafety HomeSafety Safety Week assisted by the fol following following following lowing reDresent.tlves reDresenttlves represent representativesMISS reDresent.tlvesMISS . tines tinesMISS MISS ELLEN MANDERSON M ANDERSON GranItT Grantn Granter II Ile IleMRS IIIMRS . YolKS MRS GEORGE BAGUN BAGLl\ BAGLl BAGLIA BAGLlSalt ! \ Silt Salt Lake LakeYoIRS LakeMRS LiittMRS YoIRS MRS ABB ABE GUS Salt Lak Lake LakeMRS L.li.MRS Lli.MRS LliMRS . . MRS DONALD E ROSE Salt Lake LakeMRS LakeMRS L k kMRS MRS AMs AI'ol'o AIolo ANN ' ' BORG Salt Lake LakeMRS LakeMRS LakeMRS MRS J 7 S TINGEY Salt Lake LakeMRS LakeMRS LainMKS MRS HARRISON AARRISON HARRI ON L . L . BEAN DEAN Salt Lake LakeMRS LakeMRS LaktMBS MRS E G STEIN Salt Solt Lake LakeMRS Lak LakMRS MRS S A COTTFRFLL Salt Lake LakeMRS LakeMRS LakMRS * MRS WILLIAM H A FOLLAND Salt Lab LabMR Lek LairMR . MR SHERtIAN SHERr.IAN SHERrIAN SBERMAN . T HITTER FlU"TER FlUTER AU\TER AU TER " \ Salt S.lt Slt . Laka Lake |