Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1953 — Page 9

SECTION TWO

Gives Pointers On Cutting Fire Loss Pay Big Dividends In Cutting Losses ; . ' ’ i : I ’ & • SEATTLE; Wash J UP -4 Chief "William Fitzgerald’s ideas, which Seattle claims makes its tire department the best in the United States, are paying big dividends. The city’s annual fire loss has been substantially below the national average for many yebrs and has reached a new low Os $1.14 per capita, compared to the national per capita loss of $4.98. < The loss in |952 in Seattle was $549,507, as compared with $778,249 the previous year—a <29 percent reduction. The department protected $1,397,000,000 worth of property. Seattle’s fire pretention pro-

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gram includes the unique feature of roving fire trucks ready to go into action at a moment’s notice. One unit of every engine company cruises through the City during daytime. When they are not fightting fires, they inspect buildings. Kre calls reach them Uy radio and they usually reach t.he scene in less than three minutes. Fitzgerald says Seattle's fire department was the first in the nation to have every engine and car equipped with two-way radios. “The radio has completely revolutionized fire-fighting as the switch from the steamer to the gasoline engine changed it in 1910,” he explained. Fitzgerald also has originated a home visitation; program, designed to teach home-owners about fire prevention. Firemen '; in uniform delivered 146,992 fire> prevention messages to Seattje housewives last year.

Another unique feature of the department is that each fireman

takes extra care in avoiding unnecessary damage to property during f fire-fighting. For example, while one group of firemen is busy attacking a blaze in a private home, another removes pictures . from walls, clothing from closets rolls up rugs and movfs (furniture to the middle of the roonf. These items are then covered with tkrps to prevent water damage. Firemen even remain behind after a blaze] to remove debris, sweep floors and often deodorize the building. . L *• i. —.—, Confusion Note U GRENADA! Miss.], UP - Just for the record, East Street here is two blocks Uest of the business district and runs north and south. Appropriate LAFAYETTE, Ind., UP—Thieves entered a store and stole $lB worth of boys’ sport shirts across Which Were emblazoned the words “I’m a Little Stinker.”

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A Hard Dollar TOPEKA, Kan. UP — Topeka police 'believe thieves often Work harder than men earning an honest living. Take the case of a 1934 automobile being junked. It had no wheels, no seats, no hood; no grille, no bac*k window. Yet some thief took wheels from another automobile, put them on the derelict's body and pulled the old car away. First Come— CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y., UP—MI and Mrs. David Thomas haVte a tree, 120 feet high, growing through the porch cd their house. The tree was there first, Mr. Thomas said. Delayed Blast WESTPORT, Conn., UP -Vandals were blamed for touching, off dynamite in a Revolutionary War cannon that hadn’t been fjred since the British landed in 1777.

Carolina Develops Appeal To Tourist i Business Booming On Lonely Coast BUXTON, N. C., UP — This once-lonely outpost in the Atlan'tie, one of the few undeveloped areas along the coast, is rapidly awakening to a booming tourist business. Only two years ago) a trip down the colorful outer banks of North Carolina to the famed Cape Hatteras lighthouse \and the bountiful fishing grounds was for the more adventurous traveler only. There were two ways to reach lhe settled part of the island. One was a three-hour ferry ride across the, open water of Pamlico Sound from the mainland to the fishing village of Hatteras on the southern tip of the island. ■ \ ’ i . A New Road The <gher lay along a deeprutted sand rail from Oregon Inlet south to Rodanthe where a paved road began, although it was often washed out when an angry sea; washed over the narrow strip of, sandhills. The wrecks of ships, some of them early sailing vessels, still line the route. But now a hard-surface road reaches all the way from Oregon Inlet to Hateras. This, combined with rapid ferry service at the inlet, has contributed greatly to the budding tourist business here. The tourist finds modern cottages and restaurants where once only limited facilities catered tn hardy fishermen who came to fish in the Gulf Stream and the surf off famous Cape Point. National Park Another feature attractive to the vacationer by the U. S. Park service of the nations first seashore national park. The park service now owns 13.000 acres of 'the narrow strip of sandy wasteland and forests and plans to acquire another 20.000 acres, all of which will kept in

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its natural For the the national park development is a mixed blessing. Mafy M them own land which will be bought up by the part service, land which they feel thdy be allowed to develop tt> .1 >eir own advantage. S |;■ But the park i p"vice maintains that this is the of |y strip of beach along the Atlanti |cpast not overcrowded with cci&jnprcial development and shoulgßhb ' retained for the general pubW.; Land vJ|e Rises’ The national tSSjtk should work to the advantageWi those who are able to retain tlmr land, since it will eliminate possibility of overcrowding anjOmake this area more attractive W the vacationer who is seeking ffj&get away from it .all.” I IjkJd values ha®? increased accordingly. Geor&r Fuller, who owns a small gonp of' summer ' ' ! US I

cottages, said his tax rate had increased 15 times in two years. The islanders, most of them descendants of ship-wrecked sailors who stilt speak with a strong British accept, are rapidly awakening to the possibility of a better income from tourist dollars, than they made fishing or working for the Coast Guard. But the development is still in its early stages. As Fuller put it: “If you think it’s grown up in the past two years, come back in another two years and you'll really see somd changes.” Triple Check INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., UP — Indiana pulled a $646.51 boner when it mailed, a veteran's bonus to Denver Riley, Indianapolis. In the envelope were throe checks totaling $913.51 — Awo of which were made out to other veterans. Riley turned them over to their rightful owners and cashed his own check—worth $267.

Prohibition ,Note CHARLESTON, W. Va„ UP —A series of ? explosions in the basement of the Kanawha County jail brought deputies on the run. Eight quarts of home brew, stored as evidence, had blown up. His Car { • GARNETT. Kan. UP — When a Garnett car dealer took a tradein, he got a tan terrier in the deal. The dog figured the bld car was his and persisted in returning to it everv time his owners took him home In the new automobile. i MTake Your Choice / EDINRWG. Tex., UP U-1 The • Edinburg Chamber of Commerce acted to establish the population of the city beyond question after learning that each of the four i signs on the four main roads into Edinburg listed a different figure.