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Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Matches are made for only one purpose: to start fires. They start too many accidental fires when they are left, as in this case, near open flames or in other places where they can be set off. They were responsible for 22,000 fires in 1941, and a property loss of over 3 million dollars

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Civilian defense. Fire prevention. Matches are made for only one purpose: to start fires. They start too many accidental fires when they are left, as in this case, near open flames or in other places where they can be set off. They were responsible for 22,000 fires in 1941, and a property loss of over 3 million dollars

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Picryl description: Public domain image of cooking, kitchen, food preparation, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942

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United States. Office of War Information.

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