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Show 5400.000,000 Tire Loss The week of October 8th has been proclaimed Fire Prevention Week by the President who calls attention to the large waste every every year from preventable fires. In the midst of the war exertion exer-tion it is more important than ever to use every precaution a-gainst a-gainst the destrduction of needed materials and plants by fires that can be prevented. Nevertheless, the same need is apparent almost al-most every year and we should not get the idea that this is a war-time campaign. Fire losses, according to the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, have increased steadily since Pearl j Harbor. In the seven months of! 1944 they were nearly fifteen per I cent above the 1943 period. This ; means, if the trend continues throughout the year, that 1944 losses will be over $400,000,000, ' higher than any year since 1932. j The business organization says : that farm fires have increased ! substantially and adds that I "there never was a time when j fire prevention was more neces-I neces-I sary on all types of buildings, j stocks and furnishings." |