Show HI 1 C C. C 1 CAMPAIGNS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS Program Inaugurated in Local Chapters to Cut Down Farmand Farm Farmand Farmand and Home Accidents The American Red Cross has launched a wide nation campaign to eliminate hazards in the home homo and andon andon andon on the tho farm that now take an annual annual an an- nual anal toll of af nearly nearbY lives a ac according ab- ab cording to a recent statement by James L. L Fieser vice Ico chairman In charge of domestic operations Every Red Cross chapter being is asked to play a part In this campaign campaign cam cain Mr FI Fieser er said Hazards inthe in inthe the various communities will witt be pointed out The children In our schools throughout the country will willbe willbe willbe be given a list of at the home hazards and asked to enroll parents or relatives rela rela- relatives tives in the fight light against them Nearly five million men women and children were temporarily disabled disabled dis dis- dis In the homes of ar America last year ear by accidents officials of ot the National Safety Council have re re- re- re Most 1 of or the accidents in which persons were killed and Injured inJured injured in In- could have been prevented according to this safety agency this fact alone largely motivating tho the Red Cross Gross drive for accident elim elim- Active cooperation of or social civic educational veterans' veterans and other groups has been secured Red Cross inspection forms or home check lists will be distributed to homes where there are no children with the help of or these organizations Due to inaccessibility and lack of or compensation coverage little or no pioneering has been done in the field held of farm safety the Red Cross states However more people were accidentally killed in agricultural pursuits last year than in any other occupation making tho the need for safety education and farm home inspection inspection inspection in in- apparent Other agencies now active in the accident prevention accident prevention field point to the fact that because of its nearly 13 DOO chapters and br branches the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross has a a. unique opportunity to tosu su successfully promote a project of or orthis this nature Home accidents injure many more than do automobile accidents they kill nearl nearly as many claiming an average av av- av of about 80 lives daily In terms of or dollars and cents for the practical practical cal minded home accidents cost more than 1000 per minute Accidents of all types are Public Enemy No 4 Only three diseases c cause uso as man many deaths each year rear heart disease cancer and cerebral hemorrhage The Tile home is not the place of safety it is commonly supposed to tobe tobe be be said Mr 1 Fieser In commenting on the new Red Cross service to the community The Red Cross as as a apart apart apart part of its chartered obligation to prevent death and alleviate suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing is conducting this humanitarian program to cut down the mounting toll of or avoidable personal injury and death in the homes of ot the country The annual Red Cross roll cull cult running from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Day is one of ot the means of ot backing such a campaign All citizens of th the United States ar ah a j offered the opportunity to join and assist in the work of the tion |