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Show I . . Reduce Drowning Vacation time is here and judging judg-ing from the experience of other years, 3,500 lives will be lost by accidental drowning during the next few months. This represents only one-half of the total number of people drowned each year but they are crowded in the three summer months. The annual death toll in the United States from drowning grows larger each year. More than one-half one-half of those dying in this manner are young persons under twenty-four twenty-four years of age. The largest single age group of persons drowned drown-ed is the group of youths between fifteen and nineteen years of age. Every vacationist should be careful care-ful this summer. A period of rest and relaxation from work is fine and necessary but carelessness should not accompany it. To venture ven-ture too far in the surf or to take chances in a swift current means running the risk of drowning. Swimmers should be extremely careful. |