Show school children will t jo join n in campaign carapa ign for prevention of home accidents the school children of pluto plute county will join with millions ot of young people throughout the nation it 0 n in the annual a R red ed cross campaign lor for the prevention ot of home and farm arm a accidents cc li dents to be launch ed d the last I 1 st week in november it a was announced recently by J E R os caison chairman of the red cross chap chapter ter in communities all over the country the junior red cross with a national membership of over boys and girls and other youth organizations organizational wll will cooperate under the direction ot of their leac herc and leaders in distributing and using red cross accident hazard check lists at home and on farms to insure maximum ettice ency enc said president roosevelt on in a recent lecent proclamation we must have hae maximum safety 24 hours a day not only at work but also on the highway at home everywhere the president called upon every citizen in public or private capacity to enlist in tile the campaign against accidents this the red cross can take as a keynote as it joins with other agencies agen cles at tire the instance instance of the national safety council on this battle front since the beginning 0 of the de tense feuse program the tha national accident rate has been rapidly in cr earing dislocations of families and new conditions hilve have contributed tri Irl buted to the increase in the increase inci case in ili the number humber of 0 home accidents last year thirty three their death and almost people suf fored from injuries as a result of home accidents the approximate I 1 ila te cost of those accidents waa was do the red ned cross hazard check lists will play an important part pan in the reduction of home and faun farm accidents said chairman OB carson the boys and girls who distribute the check lists will bring io to the ane attention of oe their families and neighbors haz baz ards aids that up to now have been accepted without realization 0 of the danger that thai exists in ili them the check lists will be used to eliminate old hazards that up to now havo have been accepted without realization ot of the danger that exists in them the check ests allsta will be used to eliminate old hazards and prevent p event new ones it is estimated that elleck check lists will willbe be distributed to school children this year ear the pluto red cross chapter urge aiges parents and neighbors to cooperate with the boys and girls who are as anxious as adults to make a concrete contribution to the national defense program pio giam in line with president roose belts proclamation calling toi for a nation vide campaign against accidents ci chaliman chairman Os caison n announces that the pluto chapter will offer certified cei titled cour courses s es in home and farm aim accident accides it peeved diemen tion more aloro than a third of the accidental deaths last year were the result of home accidents said bald mr ml Osic aison while farm tai in accidents resulted in more deaths than any an other occupation only by b an intensive educational program in accident prevention ven tion mr all Oh carson pointed out cin call tile the appalling national accidental death rate late be reduced i last year eai tile the total number ot of accidental ci deaths death toi for the nation was 06 and injuries were ft era well veil over the mark maik As high as was vai the 1940 ace accident I 1 rate it is increasing inci easing to such an extent this year seal that 1841 1941 may mai win will the disgraceful distinction of having the highest accident rate late in the history of thy country tho the only thing that can stop that rate late front rising ri ing Is an effort on oil the part pait ot of eNer youe to make the national campaign against accidents a personal matter mattei the new accident prevention coureas offered by the red lied cross will give ghe everyone who takes them a new weapon v tor for fighting an old enemy |