Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-08

TtE enterpflslnT housewife
has a double incentive this
u Spring TO get rid of scrap
and rubbish OF every kind. First.
by so doing she is aiding the
patriotic nationwide Salvage
for Victory Drive" and, second,
she is making her house a safer
place 10 live in by removing fire
hazards.
Now is the time for every
housewife to enroll in the new
voluntary army, pledging herself
TO salvage waste and junk TO
add TO the great flow OF scrap
that will help to keep our fac
tories at full blast in the making
of war munitions.
This patriotic incentive TO sal
wage waste material works hand
in hand with the imperative need
to protect our dwellings, for 1t
is possible that bombs and in
cendIary fires may subject them
70 Unforeseen fire risks. More
over new building will be cur
tailed for the period that build
ing materials and labor are
needed for war industries. So
on these two counts the home
maker may become her own
ifirewoman, as it were. and
take active responsibility for see
ing that her family's shelter is
as foolproof as her efforts can
make IL.
vast sums are lost annually
from fires and a large per cent
Of the losses is due TO careless
ness. Many first-line battleships.
destroyers and submarines could
be paid for each year from the
millions IN property that 20 up
in fame. When We fight tire
We fight our enemies.
Attack the attic! Clean up
the cellar, These two locations
are dangerous home gangsters.
In these places, experts claim.
are started the largest number
of fires in the private dwelling
because Of the accumulated Junk
at these vulnerable points Junk
is a prime fire breeder because
II offers waste which ignites
easily or produces conditions for
that strange type of fire caused
by spontaneous combustion
with your attic. Does
- IT contain piles Of old news
papers and magazines broker
down wooden furniture discarded
clothing hats and shoes hoapo8
in cardboard or wooden
boxes Is there an outworn mat
trcss a roll OF carpet. a hamper
If curtain materials, an assert
mcnt Of useless outmoded lug
gage. much OF It paper or fibre
II so, Mrs. Housewife. YOU are
literally encouraging risks. as
definitely so as if you dropped a
lighted match into a full waste
basket.
Today the attic. every attic
and yours in particular must b.
as Fire-Risk Enemy 80
/ Why? Because not only is
such a storage of junk FIRE
hazard at all ordinary times but
in these var days we must guard
against enemy inccndiary bombs
In other countries now involved
in war II has been found neCcs-
sary 10 make a complete sweep
Of all attlCs. so that bombs VIII
have no additional materials O.
ignite In Britain IT is reported
that attiCs are cleared out and
a . s-inCh layer Of dry SAND
spread over the floor while all
exposed timbers have been fire
PROCEED.
Nov for the cellar which is
~ certainly Fire Risk Enemy
No. .. Every basement. if il
has n heating plant, is potcn-
tial tire-risk owing 10 the dan
ger Of overhcatinG the plant. tho
coal, wood or other fuels used
and stored at this point But If
the basement is also a catchall
for papers, rags, trash broken
wood, etc, then such normal fire
hazards are quadruplcd.
Looscly-ftting stovc.pipcs or
furnace-pipes. the use OF wooden
barrels or fibre cartons for ashes.
cracks in the chimney bricks. all
these still further aid in making
the cellar literal hrctrap
Millions in property losses and
scores of lives would be saved
if flues were kept clean and
tight, if rusted pipes were dis
carded, and above all, II no rub
bish were stored in any cellar
TLOSETS, strangely enough
- are Fire-Risk Enemy No
1t is in the closet, or shut off
area, where that mystery fire
known as "snnnlannnus rnnlLus.