Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 29 July 1932 — Page 3
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1932.
STATISTICS AND FACTS ON LOSS OF LIFE,IIMB, IN AUTO ACCIDENTS frrtywfca ay Travelers Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn.
SQUIRE EDGEGATE I Just a Lillie Exchange of Questions and Answers, That’s All!
BY LOUIS RICH A!
Driving demands undivided attenttion. Fatigue a real cause of many accidents
DRIVERS’ ACTS ■ CAUSE DEATHS
Circumstances Show That Others Also Follow Practices 860.000 ACCIDENTS BY CARELESSNESS 26,800 of Fatalities Resulted From Erros of the Operators
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In three-fourths of the country’s autmobile accidents last year, improper actions on the part of operators of cars p’.ayed an important part, as 645,000 of the 860,000 accidents which occurred involved some improper action by the
drivers.
Out of the total of 34,400 deaths, 26,800 of the fatalities resulted from mishaps in which an error by drivers had taken place, it is shown by an anaalysis of state reports of the year’s automobile experience extended to apply to the entire country through mathematical calculation by statisticians of the Travelers Insurance Company The non-fa'tal injuries of 748,200, involving actions of motorists, comprise 75 per cent of the total of 97,600 persons in-
jured.
Driving Off Roadway”
While failue of motorists to practice caution at intersections when the right-of-way. was involved caused 18.5 per cent of the accident ascribed in some part to the actions of drivers, the specific action of operators which re-
sulted in “driving off the way” caused 24 per cent
deaths for which operators’
ions were responsible-
Exceeding the speed limit for the time and place of accident led to the death of more than 3,900 persons. The operation of -a car on the wrong side of the road caused the death of ^,300. 'Failure to exercise caution as to right-of-way resulted in the death of 3,010. Reckless operation (was respon- ‘ sible for 2,6:00' fatalities, while skidding caused 1,700 deaths. Data applying to the circum) stances surrounding the death of 14,500 pedestrians and the injuring of 297,000 show that in many cases pedestrians failed to safeguard their own lives. More than 800 pedectrains were killed in crossing intersections against signal lights and more than
met death in crossing
tions diagonally.
Walking Along Highway Crossing in the middle of the block led to the death of nearly 4.000 pedestrians, while more than 1,600 lost their lives when they appeared in the street from behind parked cars. The death of more than 2,300 pedestrians ocsurred as they walked along uuaJ
highways
'The figures also show that there were more than 50,000 accidents which involved children playing in the street at the time of the mishap. These accidents resulted in the death of 1,700 children and the injuring of 49,000 others That the chance of an automobile injury being fatal is greater among pedestrians is shown by the fact that a pedestrian fatality occurred for every 20 who were injured, while the ratio of fatalities to number of persons injured undei all classifications is one for every
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Today’s Household ZD&roiJiy-^lDavsnfiozt, Household Science Institute;
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Eoarding money may be wrong. At least that’s what they say; [(Myself I never had enough To treat that casual way!) But hoarding foods in jars and titys Against a leaner day Is what a thrifty housewife does Because she’s learned they pay. OST of us have met the overzealous housewife, who in her enthusiasm for home canning, watches with a begrudging eye every fresh bean and tomato eaten because she feels her yawning jars and tins are being robbed thereby! Certainly no one should be deprived of necessary food while it is fresh in order to eat it canned later on. What is required In these live-at-home days is that, instead of canning tvhatdVer surplus happens to be available, a definite canning budget should be made out based on the family’s yearly needs. Plant the garden in the spring and early summer, advises the National School of Pressure Cooking, with the requirements of this budget clearly in mind. No set rules may be given for making this budget, nor is it possible to say just how much must be plapted to yield the necessary products, since so much depends on climate, soil, and quality of the seed. The home canning budget should be planned, however, with a view to providing well-balanced meals that will meet all bodily requirements both for children and adults. For a family of two adults and three children it is suggested provision be made for canning 40 quarts cf leafy vegetables (spinach and other greens), 105 quarts of tomatoes, 140 quarts of other vegetables. 325 quarts of fruits, 130 quarts of meats, chicken and fish, and 3G quarts of soups, nvtde from meat stock and vegetable odds-and-ends. This is in addition to jams, jellies, pickles and relishes. The non-acid vegetables (which means practically all except tomatoes) and all meats and fish should, of course, be canned in the pressure cooker, the only safe method for such foods recommended by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The high temperature obtainable by this method is essential to assure sterilizing harmful bacteria, especially that of botulinus. The pressure cooker is also used successfully for canning fruits, using low pressure for a short period of processing. Scholarships for C.M.T.C. Candidates
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students, gives a credit of $160 to apply against the $200 tuition fee. Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia—Ohe scholarship, valued at $60 for one year. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky—'One scholarship, including tuition for the year 1932, 1933, valued at $94. De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana—'One scholarship for Fort Harr'son, valued at $200 per year- / Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana—One scholarship, valued at $200 for year. Tfanover College, Hanover. Indiana—One scholarship, valued at
$75.
Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute, Indiana—One McGregor scholarship, valued at $50. Lockyear’s Business College, Evansville, Indiana—‘One scholarship for a complete course, valued at $300. BLAMERESTS ON THE ADULTS
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Lhe motor laws designed to promote safety on the highways and insist upon their equitable enforce-
ment.
Commissioner Hqffman also points out that while younger children have demonstrated pm iptitude to assimilate safe practices, the eld pi*'ones, now in high school and college, have not shown the same tendency. “Statistics show,” he says, “that these youngsters are notoriously
unsafe drivers and for the tragic accident record of youth, I am convinced that our high schools and
often we are tempted to confine consideration of it to children, and even to the motor vehicle owner
colleges must accept a large share | and operator, forgetting that the
of responsibility- The high schools prepare these hoys and girls for various activities of life; but when it comes to an activity that we are sure most of them will take up, that of driving a car, they do
comparatively little.
“Education in the traffic field is Universal in its application. Too
YOUR TEETH And Their. Relation to Your General Health
automobile manufacturer, the motor vehicle administrator, the highway engineer, the legislator, and even the corner traffic cop always must go on acquiring new and more useful knowledge.”
By the Educational Committee of the American Dental Association
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
Growu-Ups Must B Brought to Full Sense Of Responsibility
Education of motorists in traffic safety is still in the little red schoolhouse stage of development in the opinion of Harold C. Hoff man, motor vehicle comm'ssionej of New Jersey, who believes that adults are largely responsible' for the nsIow progress of safety train ihg. i Although good work has been done in instilling safety codes in the young, Commissioner Hoffman lommeiits, “Our efforts in teach ing safety to children cannot come to full fruition until we have been successful in bringing to the adult motorist a full sense of responsibility to Ins own children and others. We must engender, too, a general and wholesome respect for
There is no under-estimating the value of teeth. “Believe It or Not” Ripley tells how a billion dollars, a bishop’s weight In rubies, was offered for a' tooth supposed to have been Buddha’s. The offer was refused. The other day one of Gabriele d’Annunzio’s wisdom teeth was raffled off for 3,000 “lire, about $150, at a bazaar in Milan. Yet ^hese two instances of the high premium set on some teeth is overshadowed by the $446,000,000 dental bill paid annuauy by Americans, as estimated by Dr. Maurice Lcven in a survey completed a short time ago for the American Dental Association. The American dental bill, authorities say, is hign not because people go to dentists regularly for a check-up on their teeth. It is high because peor!" 1 neglect their teeth until serious dental trouble begins, and then they are forced to get special, expensive dental attention, owing to advanced decay. The story is told that Grant, at Shiloh, lost his false teeth when an orderly threw away a basin in which the set had been put for the night. Grant had to wait for weeks while a new set was sent from the
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“THAT LITTLE GAME”-
he Signs Failed
GARNER HAD NO DOUBTS
Speaker Jack Garner once conducted an invetigation in which he expressed doubts of the truth of one witness’ testimony. Later a reporter not at the hearing, interviewing Garner, asked if he had questioned the veracity of this witness. “No,” said Garner. “Did you express doubt of his truthfulness?” the reported contin-
ued.
“I should say not?” “Did you tell him you suspected him of falsifying?” i“By no mfeans. Say boy, what you trying to get at anyway? I did call the fellow a damn liar, if that’s what ou mean-” o
The old timers practiced bleeding, too, but not as a punishment for success
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Colonel W. R. Standiford, commanding the Citizens’ Military Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, announced that thirteen scholarships had been offered to candidates attending the camp by twelve educational institutions of J.be Fifth Corps Area. Each scholarship is worth from $60 to $800. High academic standing is a prerequisite for most of the scholarships, although some are opeir to only “the outstanding student in camp.” Candidates have been advised lo communicate with their school beads for credentials to establish their scholastic StandingOne principal and two alternates will be chosen tor -each scholarship, the final award to be made by Major-General Hugh Drum, commanding the Fifth Corps Area. The thirteen scholarships, obtained through the efforts of the Military Training Association, are
as follows:
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio—Cue scholarship, valued at $150 for one year Rio Grande College, Rio Grande, Ohio—Two scholarships for Fort Harrison, each valued at $60 for one year. / Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio.— One scholarship for Fort garrison for a four-year term, valued at $130 per year. Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana—'One scholarship for Fort Harrison, restricted to students from Indiana, valued at !7t) for one school year. Wabash College, Crawfordsville,) Indiana—One scholarship for one! •school year; restricted to Indiana 1
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