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Show Conquer Fire lire destruction again shows a slight increase. For the first nine months of the year it was $341,-050,639, $341,-050,639, compared with $340,713,487 in the same period last year. We will soon learn whether any good results followed Fire Prevention Preven-tion Week, which was observed in October. As a general rule, the loss goes down during the week and in the period immediately following, fol-lowing, only to rise again soon after. af-ter. When it comes to fire, the public has a short memory. That shortness costs the nation ten thousand lives and half a billion dollars each twelve months. . In normal times the waste is a disgrace. In these times it is an unmitigated tragedy. The actual destruction of property is the least of the total fire bill more important impor-tant by far is the unemployment, loss of business and increased taxes tax-es that inevitably follow. Cases on record where whole communities have seen progress come to an end because of a single great fire which could easily have been prevented. pre-vented. Remember what you were taught during Fire Prevention Week. Apply Ap-ply it to the course of your daily life. And help diminish this terrific ter-rific yearly loss. |