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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1927

Page

3

Radio Program for Tomorrow and Tuesday Event Listings

Radio Digest 1927 listing shows tomorrow schedule across stations KOA WLIT WRVA WLBT WSMB WEAF list, with KDKA WIZ WCCO WDAF and others featuring orchestras, concerts, and variety programs. Entries include station, time, program name, and featured acts across major markets.

KOA WLIT WRVA WLBT WSMB WEAF KDKA Pittsburgh WIZ Grand Theater Revue KMA Shenandoah Applesauce Twins Dixie Girls KYW Chicago Congress Carnival WCCO Minn St. Paul Trustodians WDAF Kansas City Star Folgers New York Eveready Hour WEEI WIJ WGR WOC WIAR WHAM KSD WGY WRC WCAH WGN WHAS WSB WSM WSAT WMC WTMJ WCAE WTIC Hotbray Orchestra WWJ WET WEBH Edgewater Beach Hotel Uptown Chicago Tribune WGN Ensemble Sam ‘N’ Henry Music Box Salernos Schenestady Edward Rice WHO Des Moines Bankers Life Trio WJZ Frank Dole Cook’s Traveler Stromberg Carlson Music Wbzwrza Ckdka WIR WBAL Continentals WBZ Wrez Kyw WJR Orchestra

Help Make Iowa Fire Prevention Week

A chaotic cautionary note urges safe burning near homes and warns that gasoline or cleaning agents can ignite badly. It implies dangerous outcomes from child play with matches and highlights October 9 to 15 as Fire Prevention Week.

Mely Iowa

Fire Prevention Week Endorsed by City Fire Chief

The fire chief supports observing Fire Prevention Week October 9 to 15. He cites frequent local fires from carelessness and emphasizes vigilance to reduce property loss and suffering while noting Washington fires have been held to low levels in recent months.

Washington C. C. Reister

Why Fire Prevention Should Be Taught in Every School

An instructional note argues fire prevention belongs in schools to curb current and future fire losses. It urges teaching children about fire danger, clearing waste materials, and preventing match-throwing hazards, tying to Iowa Prevention Week October 9–15.

University of Iowa America Iowa

Fire Loss Per Person Across Nations

The piece presents international fire loss figures, noting the US victims average $4.75 per person annually in 1926. It contrasts US losses with England 33 cents and France 49 cents, highlighting America’s unusually high burn damage and the global scale of the issue.

France England Germany Australia Italy Switzerland Holland United States

Get Rid of Your Trash And Fire Prevention Call

A plea urges citizens and businesses to remove trash and rubbish to curb fire risk and property insurance costs. The notice notes untidy lots drain resources for neighbors and stresses fire prevention. A rhyme about a youth named McGuire who burned his pants while running and fainted at a doctor's visit closes the piece.

McGuire

How to Read the Future Lore in a Chimney Crack

A fragmented old text links fortune to chimney cracks and papering a flue hole symbolizing loss. It warns that peering into a dark closet with a lit match is bad luck, and notes the wind’s moan as an omen suggesting imminent misfortune.

Safeguard Premises Against Fire and Other Odds

Fire prevention tips urge guarding premises from easily avoidable blazes. Maintain chimneys, seal cracks, and clear dry leaves to save lives and property. Notes on superstition and media tastes appear alongside unrelated facts about Scotland and Rhodesia.

Iowa

Proclamation on Fire Prevention Weekend 1927 Iowa

Governor Ramsay proclaims October 9 to 15 as fire prevention week urging citizens to heed statistics on fires and losses. The message notes 618 fires daily nationwide and urges preventive action as an economic and patriotic duty. Read in Des Moines on a Sunday in August 1927.

United States Iowa State of Des Moines

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