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Show . Home Safety SafetY Wee WeeApril Weep WeepApril 1 1April April 8 to 14CO 14 . { Wi CO 5 i'LSjgss iLSjgss VBL1d ' S SHome L . saas Homo Home Division DivisionUtah DivisibnUtah Utah Safety CouncilHome Council Councilname name Home accident fat fatalities all tie . and in- in injurles in Injuries . - juries jurles eauoe cau.e caue cause . enonnotu enormou enormous waate wute waste of Ufe life Ufeand Ufiand lifeand and limb a 8 staffRerinR 8talrRerloR staggering : ; economiclose economiIOM eeonomlc economic 10118 lose , . and sorrow 8orrow and andsuffering uffertnc suffering .uaerln uaerln . . : thanever that thatnever thatnever never can cao be measured . In this country last 188t year-19U- year 19U year-1941-- 1941 year19U30,500 year194130,600 year - - 1944 - - - 30,500 30500 30,600 30600 , , , persons person8 were killed In homeaccidents home homeaccident homiaccidents ; accident accidents . , 4,600,000 4600000 4,600.000 4600.000 , , . others were wereinjured wereinjured weninjured injured , . and the cost coat reached reache < $550,000.000 550000.000 550000000 50'000,000 50000000 80,000,000 80000000 $ , ' . , 00 00It 00It \ It is i8 estimated that more thaihalf than thanh ' h If of all fires occur in homesAbout homee homes homeeAbout homesAbout , About 7,000 7000 , are killed and about abouttwice abouttwice abonitwice twice that number are injured ev- ev every ev evcry . - ' ery year Many of the victims are areuphyxiated areexphyxiated anexphyxiated uphyxiated exphyxiated or trapped by smokefire amoke smoke , ' fire tire , gasses lIasses , and flames Bames . The majority yf Of home fires areI aret areattributed an are areattributed , I t * attributed to accumulation of rub rubbiah rubblab rubbish biah blab , , defective chimneysr chimneysrsparks chimneys , sparks onflammable on onfiammable 01flammable fiammable flammable roofs , defed defective defective ve heaUnlt heating heaUnltequipment heatingequipment heatlnfiequipment equipment . , , electrical defects , careless care careleas careless leas less smoking smokinlf and use of matcheland matches matchesand matchesand > and flammable liquids Childrenshould Chlldrershould Children ChildrenMhould Mhould should never be left unattended unattendedeven unattendedeven I even for a few minutes Death by byfire bjfire fire is most tragic to say nothing nothingof nothingof of property los8lIa losshave IOBB los8 loss IOBBHave byI I Have lIa ve you made a room ro m by roomcheck room roomcheck roomcheck check for safety of your home re recently re- re recently recently - cently 7 ? A few minutes of your yourtime youltime Itime time may mean the saving savlnK of four your fourhome yourhome ymnhome home , , or a loved one from a hor hornble horable nornble nble able deathThat deathThat death deathThat That is the national picture pidure Unfortunately Un Unfortunately Unfortunately fortunately the State yf 9f Utah had hada hada ' a part In this drab story of humantragedy humartragedy human humantraKedy traKedy tragedy 130 of our citizens citlzens Werf were werekilled wer werkilled ' < killed in the homes in the state byaccident byaccident by byaCCldt'nt aCCldt'nt aCCldtnt accident ' and 3,230 3230 3.230 , , . suffered 8uffered dis die disabUn dieabling disabliiiK abling abUn iniunes injuries with an estimatedeconomic estimatedeconomic estimated economic onomlc loss of $500 500 $ 000 durinfthe durm during duringthe the year 1944 19H 1944During 19HDurInK 1944During During DurInK the week April 8 to 14 14the 14the 14the the Home Division of the Utah Utah"afety UtahSafety UtahSafety "afety afety Safety " ( < _ ouncil assisted by the Am American America .rlcan rlcan erican . n J { Ited Red ( > d Cross 'ross ross ( ' . , Relief Rehef Societyand "oclety oclety Society "ocletyIInd " Societyand IInd and M 1 I A of the IDS I D S Church Churchathohc ( atholic athohc Diocesan of Utah JewishWelfare JewishWelfare Jewish JewishWt'lfan Wt'lfan Wtlfan Welfare ' " Association Ltah Utah Ministenal MIDIS Minis MIDIStt'rlal Ministerial tt'rlal ttrlal terial ' Association Public Welfare Welfaren.purfment WelfareDepartment WelfareDepartment n.purfment npurfment Department . Public i'uhlic iuhlic ' Health lIealth Nurst's Nursts Nurses Nurst'sAssoCiation NursesAssociation NursesAssociation ' AssoCiation Parent Teachers Teach.rs Teachrs . Asso Assoriatum Assonation "Iatllm Iatllm riatum "IatllmV ( " Women \V V \ oml"n omln " s II Safety qafety Council 'ouncil ouncil 'ouncilof Councilof ( ' ofI of ofI oft I t tah tab ( ah Utah Utuh I 1 ederated Iederated 1ederated Women ofI s s I < ( lubs Iubs lube and andother other service serVH"e serVHe " groupspletl Jroups groups JroupsIIINh ( ) IIINh pledke . e . themselves to an "tl"nslfied tlnslfied intensified "tl"nslfiedprojram intensifiedprogram ' " intensifiedprogram " projram program . , ofcoopl"ratle ofcooperatne of cooperative coopl"ratl\e coopl"ratl cooplratl e cooperatne " \ effort l"trort ltrort " andeducation and andeducation .ducat ducat education . IOn in J horn home e accident prevt'n prevtn preven prevt'ntlOn prevenlion prevention preventionFv ' tlOn lion lionFvi Fv Fvi . Vt < n though thoul.h thoulh . our national rec records r.c- r.c rec- rec r.cord records . - ords ord ' ! show hhow ihow , a II , i I 1 < per cent decreasefrom dl"crt'ast dlcrtast decrease decreasefrom " ' " front from ) 1911 fIn 1913 in home IlOme fatalities fatahtu'H fatahtuH ' the thetoll thetoll theI ( toll is iM I " still Htlll atiii far too hlh high ) ; to be hI bet ' I t ( II Irited 1 I I ritedchin riled rited I t ell "hI hI M " chin h < n I1rtn proved I'd Id ' methods ml'thods mlthods ' of ofIt'ducrn ofreducing ofreducing It'ducrn Itducrn reducing ' Ihl these thee ' , " needltss Iwedlts needkss " ca"ulIII caulIII casualties rasuiiltiesare " 1111 1111arl " ' ' ( arl are " ivailihle "IVUlhhll IVUlhhll ivatlile " ivatl ile ) " 1'he 1he fhl fhe ' ' important Imp rtant thing thingis thll\ thll thllIS \ IS that thut i I ( ur UI fellow human beingswere bt'lnls btlnls beings bt'lnlswere beingswere ' { were 't t nn " ' - . < recklessly rt'ckleh.h rtckleh.h rtcklehh reckles.h recklesh ' . sacrificedAcCident4 sacrificed sacrificedAccidents I [ IACCident Accidents ACCident AcCident4 ' ! 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' . 11 1 ' , when wh n the 'breadwoUter breadwoUter 'breadwinner breadwinner ' to . the thenetlm thevictim ' - ' aloDeIn aloneIn -netlm netlm victim - yictiro Aecldente AcddenQ Accldents to worken workers aloDe alone alo ; la In 1944 IIU 1844 caused csuaed ea . . widespread .Idn.ad Idn.ad Idnad , , . .baeD baeD absen . ? . , , tee teeta-the teeta the baeUelam a.mllllmen amllllmen am-tbe am tbe " ' - - the equivalent equlalep.t equlalept iuitsleat a , . of a . . o'on oon million millionmen " " ' men out of work for a whole yearl FeRJ ! yeaAnd yearlAnd And highly hl h1y significant alRDI eant la is I . the ftworkera ftd ftct ftdworkera ftctworkers workera workers O < ' occurred UI'red UIred off oil the Ute Ike lob lobiour .ob-o .obo .ob ob o lob-cu lob cu lobcuour . - - iour our streets streett . and In ( n oflr 091 our " homea home homes . . , . Ilr Mra Mrs . George GeorRcP _ P . 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