Show Fc II I- I I s ut Things I 1 Never Knew Til Now That Uncle Sam lost soliers sollers sollers sol- sol lers sailors and marines in 1944 1944 not by Jap or Nazi bullets bt but t by accidents in the U. U S. S That when soldiers and sailors actually accident accident accident acci acci- take heed of their superiors' superiors dent warnings the Accident rate in camps drops 60 This column is dedicated to saving the life of some soldier sailor marine or worker in the war effort effort and and the statistics prove that it probably will Every life lire lost to this country is one less fighter against Hitler Your country needs your life life to to protect its own Thus This s is the breakdown of your chances of living living living liv liv- ing this year That Americans have been injured in home front accidents accidents accidents acci acci- dents since the war started Work accidents last year caused the loss of years man of labor and more workers were killed OFF the job than on the job job to That drinking on the part of either the driver or the pedestrian is in involved involved involved in- in in one out of every five fa fatal tal talI I traffic accidents and that even in wartime one or both drivers in fatal accidents violate a law in two out of every three cases That about persons were I drowned in the United States last year Smokers cause cause- nearly a fifth of all fires in the U. U S. S A A. A I Accidents kill one out of three school-age school children who die Three out of five fatal traffic accidents accidents accidents acci acci- dents occur at night Nearly 2000 persons were killed in grade crossing accidents last year jear So Look Listen and Live That thousands of hunters will be maimed this year year and and nearly 1000 will be killed in hunting accidents unless the hunter is e extra tra careful people in farm families were killed by bj accidents last year year year- and only mining construction transportation transportation transportation trans trans- and public utilities are more dangerous industries than ag ag- About hospital beds are occupied today by persons who have suffered accidents This is roughly 10 of all beds and the pity of it is that accident cases usually usually ally require the immediate attention of several doctors and nurses as aswell aswell aswell well as the use of anesthesia apparatus apparatus apparatus operating rooms and hospital f beds And this at a time when they're talking about drafting nurses That Benjamin Franklin was one of the first safety advocates in America Remember He said I Haste makes waste and Caret Carelessness Care it t does more harm hann than want of knowledge r That the Chicago fire of 1871 the Johnstown flood of 1889 the Galveston tidal wave of 1900 the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 the Boston night club fire in 1942 19 and all the other major disasters since 1865 have killed less than Americans And y yet t day-by-day day accidents killed 9 1000 in 1944 19 alone That That accident figures prove the safest people in in the U U. S S. S are little girls between the ages of 5 and 14 14 There is an accidental death in inthe inthe the U. U S. S every 5 minutes minutes and and an injury every 3 seconds I AccidentS Accidents Accidents Acci Acci- dents are the fifth cause of deaths in the U. U S. S And cost per year per family in America That the Seaford Nylon plant of I E. E I. I duPont de Nemours ComI Company Com Corn I pany has the best no-injury no record I in American t I Inea industry having gone nea neatly nearly ly man hours without I a single lost time injury to one of its employees And at the last report report re re- r port the record was still running That even if more than women drivers were involved in traffic accidents in 1941 there is no conclusive evidence that women are I I more reckless than men when it comes to driving automobiles A speed violation is a factor in about lh of all fatal traffic accidents Approximately 4 lof drivers involved in fatal accidents are hit and run drivers The rats That communications is the safest industry and mining the most dangerous One person person person per per- son in hi 14 will have an accident in the United States in 1945 19 if the 1944 pattern prevails Nearly pedestrians are killed in traffic accidents yearly And walking is so easy That peanuts coins medals marbles marbles marbles mar mar- bles and such simple things can be and are killers More than children under under five years of age are killed every year because small objects like Uke these are so easily sucked into the lungs Falls were the greatest single cause of accidental accidental accidental acci acci- dental deaths in 1943 the last year for wh which ch figures are available The number killed by falls in 1943 was And 92 of all persons killed by falls are 25 years of age or over two out of three persons killed by falls are arc 65 years or older |