The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-30
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In accordance with a prOcla-
nation issued today by Cover
nor Harry F. Kelly. Macomb
county will observe annual Fire
Prevention Week in Michigan
from Oct. $40.
The East Detroit fire depart
ment and auxiliaries will stage
a demonstration at the Victory
hospital, Chesterfield and Ora
tiot avenue, Sunday, Oct. 3, at
p. m. Members of the fire de-
psrtment will d m on stra e
methods of rescue work and will
have on display fire-fighting sp-
paratus.
In charge of the National Fire
Prevention Week drive in St.
Clair Shores is Phillip Eckhout,
who today asked all ST. Clair
Shores residents to observe the
following four point program
for fire prevention:
Cd Inspect and install new
fire-fighting equipment.
(2) All fire brigades to be
on guard.
CD Clean and inspect all
heating equipment.
a. Business and h m e
alike clean out and dispose
of combustible rubbish.
Fire Chief Harold A. Flechsig
at Roseville announced today
that beginning with Fire Pre-
vention week and continuing
from then until the job is COM
pleted, complete inspection OF
all business buildings in the viii
lage of Roseville will be made.
Chief Flechsig today urged all
Roseville residents to keep IN
mind the blackout ordinance
covering the use of lights from
sunset TO sunrise and he stat
ed that the ordinance specifical-
" referred to bonfires lighted
during that time. 1T is against
the blackout law TO have fires
burning outdoors unless they are
attended by someone all during
the time the fire is burning" he
said today. He added that all
bonfires must be small enough
so that they could be put out at
a few minutes notice.
Officials at Center Line and
Warren today urged observance
of Fire Prevention Week-urg-
ing the public TO focus its atten-
ton on the seriousness of care
lessness.
The following proclamation
has been issued by Governor
Harry F. Kelly:
Fires caused by lack OF pre-
ventive measures and by care
lessness retard our war effort
and help our enemy TO an ex-
tent that makes the work of
saboteurs pale into Insignia
canoe. Our war production is re-
duced almost million dollars
day because of fire. 10000
American lives are sacrificed
each year; $4,000 farm build
ings across the nation destroyed;
over 800, 900 dwellings reduced
to ashes. Appalling tragedy a
day-to- day occurrence, greater
loss Of life and property annual
~, than England suffered in the
peak year Of enemy bombing
all this because of carelessness.
Each fire gives aid and COM
fort TO the enemy; each fire
lengthens our road 10 victory;
each fire lessons the chances of
an American fighting man re-
turning home.
Annually. since 1920. Fire
Prevention Week has been pro-
claimed nationally TO focus pub
lie attention upon the enormous
annual fire waste, and TO seek
by education and example to re-
duce carelessness as the chief
contributing factor. In this year
of total war, the careless fire of
yesterday is the criminal fire of
today, destroying our human
and material resources so vitality
n cessary in the successful
prosecution of the war.
Therefore, /, Harry F. Kelly,
Governor of the State of Michi-
gan, do hereby proclaim the
week beginning October 3, 1943,
as Fire Prevention Week in
Michigan, and l urge every
patriotic citizen, every public
authority, all civic bodies, all
educators, the pulpit, the press
and the radio to lend their eff
forts 10 this worthy campaign;
and l further direct the appro-
pirate agencies of the State to
cooperate with all our citizens
in initiating programs for the
en- nhasizinR of these inject