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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
6
Nationwide observance October 5 11 targets hazardous habits and substandard construction. NFPA cites 1947 fire tolls and economic impact including 50 plus per family expected annual fire tax while detailing leading causes such as smoke, stoves, electrical faults, and open flames.
NFPA warns farm fires cost about 90 million dollars yearly and kill ten farmers daily. Using 1947 dollars, losses could fund 50,000 barns. NFPA cites faulty construction and bad habits as top causes and urges fire prevention during October 5 11 through cooperative efforts with the U S Department of Agriculture.
The United States is described as the world’s top fire trap with about 900000 home fires annually. The National Fire Protection Association says 90 percent are preventable through common sense and better housekeeping. Major causes include cluttered attics and basements, defective chimneys, faulty heating, matches, flammable liquids, and electrical defects.
Percy Bugbee of the National Fire Protection Association urged a Fire Prevention Wheels campaign to end careless smoking. He cited Agriculture Department data showing Americans smoked 327 billion cigars last year and warned each lit cigarette is a potential fire hazard. He said smokers cause over 100,000 of about 50,000 fires nationwide annually, with nine of ten forest fires man-made from careless smoking in woods.
San Francisco hosts the Marine Memorial club capitalizing on post exchange funds to honor marines who died in combat by offering living memorials. Brig. Gen. Evan Orchard Ames (retired) leads the exclusive civilian venue where only marines and civilian marines may belong with guest memberships for families and associates.
McKEESPORT Pa Aged and nearly blind Spotty the woolly dog graduates from grammar school with a perfect attendance record. Principal H E B Remaley calls the dog to the stage to receive a diploma and a certificate as the Stanko family recalls the dog's decade long watch over John Roselle and Robert Stanka who just graduated ahead of Spotty.
In August in Tomah Wisconsin May June, daughter of Mr and Mrs John July, became the bride of Frank Welke, son of Mr and Mrs August Welke, in a summer ceremony marking a family union.
An ad offers booklet No 37 teaching dance steps such as Rhumba tango fox-trot with diagrams and photographs. Send 25 cents plus name address and bullet title to Weekly Newspaper Service, 243 West 7th Street, New York NY.
In Burlingame Kansas Dr F E Schenele at ninety continues to practice though scaled back. Once a horse and buggy healer he recalls long days and nights and how teams carried him home while he slept on the ride. He remains an institution serving locals from birth to ages sixty and beyond and notes ongoing medical advances will lift national health standards.
In Hagerstown Maryland Jesse Young a carpenter received an eviction notice and did not despair. He constructed a new two room plus bath house in his basement using army surplus trunk crates in two months. With his son Frank they loaded the structure onto a truck and assembled it in two hours with six hours of finishing work.
New Orleans struggles with 2200 miles of streets and 1100 names. Tchoupitoulas is the oldest name with 20 official spellings. Burgundy was Craps Street, and church renamings caused years of listing errors. Lafitte Street crosses Claiborne Avenue by design due to historic rivalries. Basin Street fame stems from a renamed Saratoga Street, later restored.
The most decorated U S Army figure is Col Edgar Erskine Hume of the civil affairs division. Since 1914 he has earned 56 medals and decorations, 12 from the United States and 44 from 20 foreign nations.
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