Show CURB FIRE FlUE MENACE l There is no greater menace to our national progress and prosperity than fire Each year in i n America this destroyer takes tal ten times the amount it takes in Europe It is estimated that the loss by fire in 1926 averaged about 1 daily dally reaching a total for the year of The rapidity of increase is shown by the fact that ten years before before bethe be be- fore i in 1916 the loss was about less than half 01 of 2 i what it is at present ti Perhaps the greatest tragedy of this waste is that it is f y fV tier lly entirely preventable European countries have demonstrated demon demon- emon- emon m n- n t str this with strict building codes inspections and laws hola- hola ing ng the owner of property which has sustained a preventable fire guilty and for any damages done to his neighbors neighbor's property as well as his own without allowing him insurance indemnity It may be questioned whether European preventative methods meth- meth i t would be either practical or acceptable in inthis this country This 11 however is a minor issue The point is that fire is pr preventable fa authorities state that as high as 80 per cent of fires are unnecessary un- un necessary necessary and and the prodigal waste must be blamed entirely on ourselves ourselves- V P Fire f Prevention Week Veele is is just dust past Various public and 1 i vate vote organizations throughout the nation have made laudable k f efforts to educate the public on abolishing abolishing- fire risks and have havet z t taught practical prevention If full advantage was taken of the a. a corn corn- cornin opportunity and the teachings are carried out during the com com- t rY in ing g months it will mark another milestone in our progress |