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Show jujuuyr, . . SA feifi XIK'S PAL . . . This himself to some of clg-g- f bj,.,o from the ripped a sailor friend, li the cen-,h- e I of a balloon training British Boyal navy nt ,rc. England. No one knows mg lit him the habit. Jark-bvlpii- ic BUT THEIR BATTLE IS NOT OVER . . . Greece, which was oa the Allied side In the war, la suffering Just as much, if not more, than former enemy countries who were on the losing side. Typical of the little people the common or average ellisen who are the real sufferers are these citizens at Kanalia, Greece. Marling from the ground ap, In a destroyed rlty, they are building a new home without money and suitable material. Even Uirir livestock went with the Germans. ON WAR'S WINNING BIDE GROMYKO HEADS SECURITY COUNCIL . . . Andrei Gromyko of Knasia, shown with gavel after he assumed the chair as president of the United Nations security council. Gromko, who will preside fur the next 30 days, succeeds Polish ambassador, Oscar Lange. Chairmanship of the security council is rolatrd among the variuus nations, each serving only 30 days, according to a compromise agrre-mrreadied during early organization days of the I'nilrd Nations. ANOTHER CASUALTY LIST nt Annual Observance Seeks Slash in Soaring Fire Toll If'Al vaturv. J C Ui Vn - h -- Americas fire losses' souring to an alltime high, ber of commerce. "Only through . public support in reducing the ganizations working together can terrific toll from fire will be relief be obtained," he adds In today's shortage of housing sought during Fire Preven- and building materials it would tion Week, which will be ob- be In the interests of tlie American served throughout the nation people if they made every week a Fire Prevention Week," declares W. October With YANKEE PILOT . . . Jointsucceeded Bill Dick-,- y ly Neon, nho NEW or-- n manager of the New York Inkers, has been Yankee coach SKt IMt 2. In hia E. Alullulicu, general manager of the National Board of Fire Under- annua proclamation setting the dates for the observance, President Truman said that fires threatened this year to exact the greatest toll of lives and the greatest waste of material resources the country ever had experienced. He observed this was at a time "when the entire world is faced writers. Waste Increases. Pointing out that with the number of fires Increasing and waste of property in 1916 reaching its highest point in history, Mallalieu contends that "it is time fur every individual to ponder the effects of national carelessness, recklessness and preventable destruction on his own life, job and family." 1. Place plenty of ash trays With monthly losses during 1946 about the house. 2. Have all wom or frayed ranging from 11 to 37 er cent higher than last year. Indications point electrical cords, or defective to electrical appliances, repaired or toll exceeding 600 million dollars In 1946. This loss, replaced. 3. Keep a metal screen in the result of approximately 700,000 front of the fireplace. fires, will be more than 30 per cent 4. Clean out all combustible greater than the 455 million dollar toll in 1915. rubbish, old papers and trash from your basement, closets or Years Toll Cited. attic. an average year, the toll During 5. Keep oily rags, paint rags of fire includes: 10,000 lives kwl; or oily dust mops in tightly-close- d 0 non-fa- t al burns to an additional inetal cans. or damage destruction 6. Have your furnace cleaned of 350,000 homes, 2,700 churches, and checked at the end of each 2,600 schools, 9,500 hotels and boardheating season. Repair defective ing houses, 10.500 restaurants, 1.000 flues or pipes. and 3,100 amusement hospitals 7. Avoid forcing" or overheatof 50 million doldestruction places; ing your furnace in cold weather. worth of lars farm properly; burn8. If supplementary heaters ing of forest lands equal to an urea arc necessary, fix them so they the size of Kentucky, and devastacant he moved around or tion of enough timber and lumber knocked over. house to build 200,000 Chief causes of fire are inatchc with distressing shortages of food and smoking, which account for 30 and hnsisiug and nearly every rent of all fires from known per essential to speedy reconversion to a peacetime economy." DOS CONTEST . . . Operating like a veteran mule whip, skinner, Ronald Wolf, 10, Is shown coaxing, with the aid of contest at the Quccns-Xassa- u his oxen in the agrieultnrsl X. Y. ltonald won the contest by inducing his society fair at Mint-ala- , team to pull more than 3,000 pounds of steel on a wooden sled. WINS record-breakin- ... WINS GOLF CROWN Ted Ihhap, Dedham, Mass., with tro-ph-y symbolic of victory which he us la the national amatenr golf rknapiimship at Springfield, N. J. Is defeated Smiley Quick. g ... NEW CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH Discovery of gold and a possible new mother lode at Crescent City, Calif., by a prospector, Joe Cronin, has started a fall fledged gold rush with hundred! af people filing new claims. Shown looking at gold deposit In n pan are, left to right: Mr. and Mrs, Joe Miller, Alvin Far let, Joe Aievrde, aaeayer, and Ernest Hey. 40,-00- vl'. i -- tP. , five-roo- ' 0t curn-nu.di- ty I'raes Precautions. Insisting that the vast inajr.rity of destructive fires arc preventable by the exercise of great caution, Pres-idcot Truman asked all Americans to do their part "by learning how to detect and eliminate nil pos- gible causes of fires in homes and businesses in order to safeguard both life and propel ty." State and local governments, fire prevention agencies, chambers of commerce, business and labor organizations. eburebes, schools and civic agencies arc in the annual observance. Fire Prevention Week was first proclaimed nationally in 1922 by President Harding although in 19211 President Wilson had proclaimed the first Fire Prevention Day. The ohsrrvanre is held annually during the week of October 9, anniversary Jf the great Chicago fire of 1871. Exceeds War Casualties. Marti mg evidence fire's of astounding toll is contained in report that since 1920 more Americans have lost their lives by fire than were killed In all the devastating battles of World War II. During .lie last decade fire lias claimed MO.OfiO vict.ms. with another 170.090 burned or disfigured for life. The destruction of property In the hundreds of millions of dollars by fire is outrageous," avers Pres. Willism K. Jackson nf the cham 1 ' ... AMERICA OF 1964 Li Anne Kenny, I, of Miami strikea her pose r A had been prettiest chosen "Miss JVroond of 1946. She ban u lead toward becoming id 1900. Miss INEXPENSIVE ATOMIC POWER . . . F. Aldcn Miller, executive oT a Buffalo machinery rompany, has offered to demonstrate to sciendevice that will produce inexpensive atomic power. Atomic tists scientists are trying to dramatize atomic energy and are playing It g scientific names trying to up with fancy charts and make people think It is something super nataral, Miller asserted. He has applied for a patent on a rrrtilirr. i fancy-soundin- -r M ' - ' ''$ y,' i - . A v i: , in' dr DONTS Don't leave children in the home unattended. 2. Don't matches within the reach of children. 3. Dont smoke in bed. 4. Don't use gasoline or other inflammable fluids for any purpose in the home. 5. Dont be an amateur electrician and tamper with the wiring in your house. 6. Don't Hit hot ashes in wooden boxes or barrels. 7. Don't use kerosene to start or quicken fires. 8. Don't leave electilcsl appliances unattended with the current turned on. 9. Don't search for, or attempt to repair any gas leaks. Call the gas company. 10. Don't use candles or matches fir illumination in clmet and attira. 1. . is -FOLIO VICTIM KEEPS UP WITH CLASS . . . School bells rang for Bill lie Smith, 8, Dayton, Ohio, who didnt let a little tiling like a wheel chair keep him from starting his third grado classes. Billy was stricken with polio In May, 1941, and bas been nnalrle to leave bis wliccl chair since. He is taken to and from eehool by hie father. With Billy in school, left to right, Janice Shrrwood, Louis Malloy, Bill and Janet Selieve. cancel. Other major causes ere defective or overheated stoves and fun.aees, misuse of electricity, Inflammable fluids and open fires. lire losses are heaviest dining the winter months, when more healing systems are In operation. Children are the most frequent victims of fire, with children tirder five accounting for 20 per cent of all fire fatalities. rH' PLAIN LEAVES . . . 4r. Joseph T. O'Callahan, S. J., of Cambridge, Mass., of the carrier j. wd flrxt clrric to grt (a iinr.,innal Meilal ef Ilon- - ,!plln mild CEASE FIRE' TRAIN AT LAI YUAN , . . t. 8. marine "cease lire train acts as Intermediary between the Nationalist government of China and the Communist party. It le composed of two officers and three enlisted men. There are six such trams. This one patrols the e narrow gaage Gung Chin line In an armored train. It appears wherever hostilities have broken out anew and at'rmpis to bring a peaceful settlement between the fighting farlinn. H Hi sides praiso the team's work. 100-mil- i. the deed to griib the war bi.i the home, your fir coat, jewelry or insurance pr.pcis. you're like tl.c avnai'c perr.'iii. b'wcvcr. when hot (him os arc lirk-i- : If than g around the likely you would pick up an empty birdcage, a worthless picture off ledi-tcad- . the wall, a pair of worn shoes, small table lamp or tlic key to the bark dour. Local firemen say that some time or another Detroiters have reacted in exactly this fashion. In fact, firemen are amazed when a docs anything sensible during a blaze. ClMdrrn often have more presence of mind than adults during fins, rijeris indicate. huu&e-ho'd- er 7 irr ft If ... InBE OR NOT TO BE dependent or Join the CIO or tbo AFL. That was the qarstion when A. F. Whitney, president of the Brothrrhood ef Railroad Trainmen. opened (he 28!h national i vention at Miami Beach, Fla. TO j vv A rrrrtM A. fad in AmerSPEEDY MITE REGATTA . . . Growth of the amall-boa- t ica is epitomized ly the many regattas held. Latest gathering of the i lan was at Wrightsrille Beach, X. I'., where 150 entries participated. The youngest rarrr In the rigalla wan Carmen Davis, 12, Wilmington. V V. Boat mannfartnrcrs are gearing themselves to supply Urn demand for thousands of Inespensivr, easily handled boats. t.v.' VIEWS SIIRINKINQ WORLD . . . Using a magnifying glass, Trygve Lie, aecrelary general of the United Nations, gases at a tiny sphere of the world whose peoples are becoming more and mere like aest door neighbors. The glebe Is shrinking das to political and air trarcL |