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Show " "The experience gained during the last few years indicates that the dan- j gers involved in water sports can be eliminated through training and by the adoption of water safety methods," a recent Red Cross report stated. "When our communities provide sufficient suf-ficient swimming pools, bathing ' beaches, and skating places, and fur- j j nish trained leaders unde whose guid- ance both adults and children may enjoy themselves in safety, the num-I num-I bcr ot preventable deaths through drowning will be greatly reduced." The Red Cross is endeavoring to supply trained leaders i.i water safety so far as Its facilities permit. To increase in-crease the effectiveness of this and other services, the Eleventh Annual Roll Call, from November 11 to 24, will urge an enrollment of 5,000,000. Red Cross Meets Heavy Demand for Water Safety Duty Trained life-savers In the United States, qualified by the Red Cross as experts In all phases of water safety, now number 134, 5S2 adnlt3 and juniors, according to the Life-Saving Service of the American Red Cross, which reported 32,506 trained and qualified in the past year. This number num-ber does not include other thousands who were taught to swim. Training courses conducted by the Red Cros3 last summer brought out a uniformly high standard of proficiency. pro-ficiency. In addition, more than 20 winter training courses were conducted con-ducted the past year. Swimming "institutes" at camps in Arizona, California, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York,' North Carolina, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin, "splash weeks" and swimming and life-saving campaigns under Red Cross auspices held In many States aroused great Interest. - - |