Fire Losses Drop
Loss In U. S. In 1954
Readied Total of
$870,984,000
Estimated fire losses in the
United States last year took a
downward turn, the National Board
of Fire Underwriters has report
ed. The figure for 1954 was sß7t),-
11K4.000 as against *!M»,'1, 100,01)0 foi'
1!t53,
hast year’s estimated monthly
loss statistics declined steadily
from June until December. Toe
resulting annual figure marks the
first time in four years that the
rising fire losses have lieen check
ed. It gives encouragement to
Estimated fire losses in this
country last year totalled Ss7<>.
9X4,000. This is 3.0 per cent
less than the year. before. wh.'ir
they amounted to $903,-100,00b.
A thorough, rnmnmnity-wid"
Clean-Up campaign can help re
duce this national waste still
further!
S.
community campaigns such a-
Clean-Up Week, which work to
bring about increased . public ~sup,
port of fire prevent ion. Nevalh •
less, the toll continue.- to bow r
near the hillioii dollar niatk. pi
seating a serious threat to th
! country's -economy. t
Although relatively ,-light redtic
tions ill the nation’s fb. I>. .
. have occurred in Three yorirs'sinoc
1935. tlie trend has been a general
increase, with an abrupt rise lie
ginning in 19431. The losses, -l it
. National Board explains. reflected
the nation’s expanding economy,
particularly those insurable values
Which increased proportionately
With rising prices find mounting
production.
AT FOUT JACKSON
Private Robert Holley. Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bober! Holley.
Route 2, Tyner has! been assigned
to Medical Company, tth Battalion
•list Airborne Infantry Regiment
!>rt Jackson, S. (a, fop basic, t rain
ing.
He will spend the!-next eight
weeks learning the fundamentals o f
being a soldier. This include'
classroom lectures in such..subject:'
as Military .Courtesy and Firs’-
Aid, and Combat field meldem
involving the use es the M 1 rifle
which he will learn to fire on van*
ous ranges.
After eight Weeks of trainin',
with the 101st Airhoriie.l Division
the trainee is given about l-I day.-
leave. He may return to For
Jackson for eight more weeks o'*
infantry training, or h,*> may: he as
signed to one of the many A lain
schools.
Rate
“Helen's train gets in at 1:20.”
“Well, I’ll he at the station at
5:30.”
. “Five-thirty ?”
“Ves. .1 Helen is always an hour
later, whatever she does.”
Jih
Parker Helms Says:
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rjth.
This is a m*w variation of voge-'
talth* chow mt‘in in which hot salted
peanuts replace chow mein noodles.
It is served with rice to make it a
fully vegetable -meal. Th<* rice and
peanuts, providing the foot]
energy and proteins for which
these powerful nutrients are fa
mous, make it a irotn of a main
course especially during Lent.
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1 j to 1 clip sliced mushrooms,
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1 pound fresh lx an sprouts or
2 cans
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1 cups diagonally. sl-ieed r« h ry
1 cup si iced on ions
1 l it teaspoons salt
.8 tal*h spoons sov sa.uco
«; water chestnuts, slic.nl
1 cup sliced bamboo shoots
r : . cup “CDS*’ (Chinese Drown
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2 cups salted peanuts
1 cup sliced ereeii pepper
Soak dried m'Us'hrooms in void
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1055
Police Arrest 97
During February
j Chief of Police (leorvp* 1. Hid
I reports that during February Kd» n
ton police made a total of 07 :»r
--j rests, of whom 80 were found l?; 11 i!-
ty as eharH«*d. The arrests', inelm
id (»l white males, five white I«*
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males, 20 colored mah > and five
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banes amounted to .$425, costs
$202,70 or a total of $717.70. Os
this amount $Bl5 represents offi-j
ceps’ fees and was returned to tin*
town.
During tin* jriionth police answer- j
ed (1.8 calls, fnv e.-t iyated six actvi- i
dents, recovered two automobiles.
Worked three funerals, reported 45 i
street lights (nit. extended 50Cour
tesies, found 12 doors unlocked, j
made 45 invest iuations, answered !
six fire-calls, and issued .582 ci
tations. The police made 700 ra- !
dio calls and were on the air 58 !
minutes a.ml 50 s« conds.
Family Formation In
Wide Swings Since ’4O
Family formation in the Unite I
States has sliovvn Avide swings over
the last dec.ado and :: half. accord
r injr to figuiv?> just inaih’ public by
the C. S bureau of tin Census.
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War II demobilization, saw a boom
| with the increase in the number ol*
new families averaging 1,203,00(1 a
year. This figure was nearly two j
and one-third times the 518,000 nv-|
[ertige increase for the period from
* 1910 through 1947.
Since 1950 there has been an
I abrupt decline in new family for
mation, primarily reflecting the
low birth Tate of the Thirties. The
average annual increase in families
: for the 1950-54 period has been
only 405,000 a year.
The total number of families in
the country in April, 1954, was 41,-
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of Commander John S. Fletcbi i "
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SECTION TWO—’
I Oh. Deart
From a petition in a damage suit
’by a lady whose bathtub is <»vident- J
j ly located ill the kitchen:
...-"That upon emerging from tub
phi ir * ill’ stepped on soap and was
thii - . c ompelled to sit upon the
,r nge. That, although, she arose
therefrom with all diligence (she
would! i she discovered she had
1 1 ■ eii. branded H-47.”