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Nationwide Forest Fire Prevention Campaign Launched

San Francisco, August 5.-To protect the forests of the nation, acknowledged as vital in winning the war, the U. S. Forest Service, State foresters, lumbermen, and many leading industries aided by the National Advertising Council, have joined forces in a Wartime Forest Fire Prevention Campaign. According to foresters, a one hundred per cent increase in the number o{ man-caused forest fires in California this summer calls upon all patriotic Americans to take an active part in the fire prevention movement.

Symbol of the forest fire prevention campaign is the head of a leering Jap soldier against a fire background, holding a burning match before his face. The campaign slogan is "Careless Matches Aid the Axis-Prevent Forest Fires."

Because of the shortage of steel, wood is now in great demand for building airplanes, ships, patrol boats, cantonments, Lend-Lease supplies, and many other war-time necessities. Regional Forester S. B. Show declared today that unless man's carelessness with matches, cigarettes and campfires is curbed the nation's war effort may be seriously crippled by shortages of timber and other forest products. In viewing the vital role that public forest lands play in winning the war, Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, in charge of the Western Defense Commind, has listed twelve reasons why every patriotic citizen should contribute a willing part in preventing further outbreaks of man-caused forest fires.

1. Smoke-palls from forest fires along coastal areas limit visibility for defensive air and sea patrols and invite ofishore operations by the enemy.

2. Smoke haze reduces visibility from aircraft warning stations and fire lookouts.

3. Many defense plants and military establishments are located in or adjacent to forest areas and might be damaged or destroyed by major conflagrations.

4. Forest fires reduce the output of lumber and other essential forest products which now go directly into war effort.

5. Fires destroy livestock grazing ranges that produce beef, mutton, hides and wool for Lend-Lease and Food-forFreedom goals.

6. Fires that destroy the forest and chaparral cover of mountain watersheds cause serious flood-damage to war industries, agricultural lands and communities.

7. Fire-scorched watersheds are unable to yield regulated waterflow for irrigation, home use and industrial hydroelectric power production.

8. Communication and transportation systems and power lines, vital to war and industry, ma1o be destroyed by forest fires.

9. Forest fires serve as beacons for the enemy.

10. War production is slowed down when men in defense plants, on farms and in military camps are drafted to help fight forest fires.

11. Fires reduce outdoor recreation.and destroy scenic attractions that contribute to wartime public welfare and morale.

12. FOREST FIRES DELAY VICTORY.

East B.y Hoo- Hoo Club Meets Sept. 14

The next dinner meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club will be held at the Leamington Hotel, Oakland, on Monday evening, September 14, at 6:39.

The principal business will be the election and installation of the new officers. There will also be entertainment.

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