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Woodrow Wilson: The present serious shortage of home and business structures makes the daily destruction of buildings by fire an…

On the recordSeptember 6, 1920
The present serious shortage of home and business structures makes the daily destruction of buildings by fire an especially serious matter.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 1573—Fire Prevention Day—1920

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