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Show 1 1"1 Cross Fighting ! F;rst Aid Battle ; I To Conserve Life ; i T?Minh!o records establish the fact I t vt more than 75,000 accidentHl i rlenths ocour every year in the UnltPd Stat s. The records show that 201 Amnrlrn.n citizens are killed every day; that 3S of these deaths are due to automobiles. 35 to falls. 19 to dmn-nibrrs. 1G to burns. ( F:tc:::g such distressing saoriflce of life Is the First Aid Service of the I American Red Cross, fighting through ( education and demonstration to Instill a concionsness of safety In the public rr'nd nnd tcpchfner anyirnvptl mp'hM' wi ih assure that competent hand? tl! care for Injured persons until th arrival of doctors. Trained service In the f!r3t few minutes Is vital In c j pc-'.nns accidents and saves many ! precious livos. One nf tl;e most encouraging slcns of the rast vrr is the record of the rd Cros First Aid insurance Car "o 1 which traveled 9,700 miles alonp ri:n!i (:iks. cto"p;n.s: at ?,7 places Th r;ir' st-r; nf surtrenns gave 911 1 i r!pmon.-tr;iTion tn audiences compos -d of 42.1(1 ni'rm.d men. 71.000 hich ;cho! and cllece students. 13 000 In d;i:'rial workers, 2 000 members of "I'iVp. and nearly 18,000 policemen f'-:nen. and othr-r municipal em t j.Iovps, a tr.tal of 147.000. t Rpd Cro-s First Aid eertlflcate? wfo corfprrd iron 13 peronn I who vnk th ronrse last year, an In nrr-'-cr. nf 4 tkio omr 1923 Telephone. Ji nnd elrt r!c companies, public I orrvjnrt eorro-A'Ions and other lare 'i J tmp!nvor of the country adopted the J j P. d Cr-- co'irse. and their team nnt-.Tte rivfn'whrc were witnessed " h- h rriwd3 with as much Interest ; q -nVc' -.a r P'-p--ir athletic games t1 : jr, !-,:--.trial r!d the growth of 'i Fir-' Aid pr.-ciire to fight to reduce prc-s -- -';. b'e arr;-nts and unnecs :. 1 sary of lif has received wM r'Ti'nn The p"mise of an nn rr "i-JrTod advj.-ice 1n this ftm 1 ro M"3 in i'lnce of th err-n' ?f-.-'' ?y tpni.'-. tic ir-'-t ruction in FIr .'.id ;..':?? made throughout the counlr , thrn:'rh the Ild Cross Chapter? and the the work of th exrerts In thfe -rv? ur.i--r direction of the national ' :i t At.i - ,-n ri'd C ross roll |