Show APPALLING WASTE WAS mountains Moun M ao u vu bontin tins g fire F ire lo 10 loss ss predicted CHICAGO with fire losses con to mount damage may ex aeed the billion dollar mark by 1950 t 1 rank A christensen president of national board of fire Under teas warns in urging support of the federal action program to save life and resources which was the result of president truman s conference on fire prevent on the increasing fire waste was attributed by christensen to two causes one physical and one apsy ch the physical factor tends to c in crease the number of fires 0 of f all kinds and the size of losses where flames gain headway because of de bayed alarms poor fire protection negligence or bad housekeeping he explained the psychological factor arises out of our careless and reckless habits he be explained christensen pointed out that since 1941 national waste by fire has more than doubled rising to million dollars tor for the 12 months ended april of this year from million dollars for 1941 even more appalling he said is the indication that the loss of life may have risen to a figure never experienced before loss of life in hotel fires in 1946 was greater than in any year in our history despite a 22 per cent increase in arson investigations the national board had found a sharp decline in the number of fires started for profit during the last year the board pointed out that in the y year ear ended april 30 juveniles ac co counted anted for almost half of the per sons arrested because of incendiary fl es and persons mentally irre tor for another large share |