Show HOME SAFETY sal byry LAUDABLE ENDEAVOR governor herbert n B may has proclaimed the week of april 8 to 14 as home safety week in utah it Is a fitting recognition ot of a problem which sadly needs greater public attention and interest each year scores of die needlessly need as the result or of accidents in the home Ilund hundreds reds are seriously injured perhaps disabled for life thousands suffer minor injuries which r some medical attention or hospital treatment treatment an the pitiful thing about it Is that almost all of these accidents with their heartbreak their suffering their lost time their heavy cost could bo be avoided tho the great majority ot of accidents in the home are the result of sheer carelessness slipping on floors on stairs or in bathtubs stumbling over toys or other things left carelessly ou on dark stairways electrocutions or fires caused by the use of faulty appliances cords fixtures or writing wi clug taking poison by mistake due to carelessness in properly marking or disposing of such potions falls from rickety ladders or stools explosions resulting from tile tho careless use of gasoline or the improper care of stoves these are some of tile the things usually involving neglect I 1 or carelessness which cause accidents in the home at any time home accidents are ai a national tragedy and loss but they are doubly so in this critical war period when ayery nian man and woman is needed to help the war and when every day lost from useful work la Is a lost day not just to the individual but to the nation tho the effort under the direction of oe the ille utah safety council to call the attention of all utahna ut a has during durl a g this week ot of april 8 to II 11 to the needless tragic toll of 0 home accidents is commendable it can easily bring about a very considerable decrease in the home accident toll jn utah for 1945 it will do just that if generally will heed the warning of the safety council and play it sata safe in their homes this year |