TIME
The tenth Boy Scout law reads: “A Scout is brave. He has the courage to face danger. . . .” Last week good Scout Charles Follette Jr., 14, had the courage. At a football game in Ellwood City, Pa., the gas tank of a popcorn wagon exploded, set the wagon on fire. Keeping a crowd away from the flames, Scout Follette was fatally burned.
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