Show v v OUR ANNUAL J BONFIRE Even In normal times controlled fire tire takes a heavy toll of or our human and physical resources During the war fire tire menaced the I 1 security of oC our armed forces I T In peace pence It menaces the security Of th the tho worker Individual I and the united effort eUort of aj all I tIre fire fighting agencies are arc necessary I t to control this ever pr present danger dang r There Thore have already been rn many ny i disastrous postwar fires In in Indus Indus- I t trial plants Everyone is Concerned concern ed with this because fires Ires deprive w workers v of oC Jobs an and d th the prima primary primary J objective of or the American people J ja In days abe ahead d w will be an and production I IThe The The record of vital statistic shows that on an average lose their lives persons each year In fires And many any times th that I number suffer Incapacitating or of painful burns and Injuries Seven Sevea I thousand of or these deaths occur In la homes where more than fires were reported last year The victims of these home fires tires 11 are largely women and children During the last 12 months Am Am- f erica elIca burned worth of property the property the highest fire loss lossIn lossIn lossIn In 12 years This huge accumulation of buildings and lation goods was wasted at a a time when the world is crying for all kinds of ot food 1 I clothing building materials and and andI I i Commodities commodities of every kind While I striving to conserve resources to produce or supply the products for our own as as well as other nations nations na na- Lions our our annual bonfire consumed I Inear near nearly half halt a billion dollars la In 1 property I r |