Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1953 — Page 9

SECTION TWO

Expert On Traffic Coins New Terms Warns On Dangers To Auto Operators WASHINGTON. UP — If you’re an automobile driver, watch out for tenigue and velocitation this summer. t That s me warning of L. S. Harris. who has taken a few liberties in the way of word coinage to come up ‘With these two items. Harris, nationally known traffic expert and executive director of the American Association of. Motor Vehicle Administrators, explained xhat tenigue is a word he created from a combination of tension and fatigue. Tension fesults from .the frustrations and hurry-up of modern traffic. Fatigue, he says, figures in about one-third of all accidents and comes from overlong spells at the wheel without rest. "Tension warps driving judgment, and fatigue slows down reflexes," Harris explained. "Thus when the tenique driver must make a quick traffic decision he is likely to make the wrong one

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becaiise of the tension and he is certain to aqt too slowly because fatigue has brakes on his reflexed." Harris added that, in his opinion. the best’ antidote for tenigue is resf and refreshment. He suggested a haltlof at least 10 minutes every ‘wo hours, a cup of coffee for new alertness, and a little walking around to ease tensions <and to loosen taut muscles. Unconscious Speed Velpcitdtion, he continued, is his word ■ for an; avocatlonal ailment that -many motorists contract on superhighways and thruways. "Fifty or sixty miles an hour seems pretty (exciting at the outset i of a run along a superhighway,” ■ he said. "But. as the miles slip by j th® ,riionotonji and the, effortless and decisionljess motoring conditions begin to work on the driver. Unconsciously he treads a little harder on the accelerator and the speed mounts) to dangerous rates without his being aware of it — unless he glances at the speedometer. 1 "Traveling too fast for sure handling of the tar, the velocitation sufferer is wide open for trouble in any traffic emergency. When the symptoms are detected the j smart driver Will make a rest stop, > proceeding only after speed per-

spective become normpl again." The traffic authority also had some advice about driver physical fitness. "We are all aware of the need for the peak mechanical condition of our cars for safety s sake,” he said, "but we pay too {little attention to our own fifness. Th4 mechanical perfection bf a car is nulified when a driver who is fatigued or sleepy is at the wheel. The driver automatically turns into a service station now apd then on long trips to have tires and water checked and to refuel. He should take stock of himself ojn long trips and when the need for rest is evident. stop and rest His system peeds refueling also.” | I — __ j Dog Bites Man ' . DETROIT. UP — Karl S. Waldron filed a red-hot suit in circuit court charging he was bittern by a dog - —a hot dog —at a Detroit Tigers baseball game. He alleged ' thit the hot dog contained a I “sharp, unyielding object” that cut ! his throat and harmed his voice. He named the baseball club, the catering service and t|ie sausage company as defendants. — . < ~ \ / If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 27, 1953.

Collection Os Dime Novels Is Valuable I 11 Old Newspaper Is Collector's Tops BLACKSTONE, Mass., UP — A local textile worker, Eli A- Messier, has a multitude of hobbies, but his pet pastime is* collecting dime novels that once cost a nickel. The 54-year-old Messier devotes a large share of his spare time to collecting old newspapers, cigar bands, ancient coins, circus programs, pictures of historic railroad engines and English one-shil-ling novels. But his collection of so-called dime novels dating back nearly 50 years, is valued at more than $5,000. The paper-bound volumes fill the four walls of a den, most of a living room bookcase and '•'virtually all of his basement.; Newspaper Most Valued The collection of more than 6,-, 500 volumes includes several com-" plete sets, among them a Frank and Dick Merriwell series, 100 numbers of Bill’s Frontier Library, 1 a Jesse James series, a set of Hor-

atio Alger stories,’ a complete Great Western Library ahd all 60 volumes of a Deadwood Dick series. Messier has only scorn for the modern comic books which he says grew out of the old dirpe novels.” "Many of the dime novel authors of more than 40 years ago have taken important- places id American literature,” said Messier. He cited Jack London, O. Jlenry, Joseph Altsheler and others/ ■ "Many of my dime novels only cost a nickel when they were on the market,” says Messier. “You can’t, get a comic book for that.” •| Messier’s books are worth from 35 cents to SSO each, depending bn age, condition and attractiveness to the nation’s 400 other dime novel collectors. One of his most prized pieces, however, is not a dime poirel, but a newspaper—a 1774 edition of the Boston Gazette. But rating high in his esteem is his Hopalong Cassidy Series, pre-dating the television era. j j Conscience 1 GAYLORD, Mich., UP After running a mile to a telephone to report that his car had been stolen, Ephraim Brock, father of nine children, dropped dead Os a heart attack. The thieves returned the car the next day.

Country's Water Supply Adequate U. S. Not Running Out Os Water Supply FORT COLLINS, Colo., UP — The United States is not running put of water in the opinion of Gerald G. Parker, senior geologist for the U.: 8. Geological Survey in Washington, D. C. i \ “This nation is not, by any means, running out of water except in some local and industrial areas through the country,” Parker told Colorado A & M college students here.'x ' , 1 “Our lakes and the Pacific and Atlantic jocearis are”-not showing any definite* water -Myel decrease rior are most-.of this nation’s water tables,” he added. He pointed out that the geological survey can see no definite trend toward either an increase or decrease in the nation’s water supplies. Too Much Water Taken Parker blamed the use of too many wells in concentrated areas for the "very great” shortages which exist in parts of southwestern United States. He listed the high plains area south of Amarillo, Tex., central Arizona and some parts of southern California as the critical areas. “These people in Texas simply are mining w'ater, and when it runs out they will just have to return to dry-land farming.” Parker Warned. "In the high plains area they are taking 40 times as much water from the ground as the rains are restoring. He maintained that a crackdown on water law violators in A r i zona and California has helped the conservation program in those states.

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The Arizona problem, he said, was an aftermath of extensive use; of irrigation water for cotton production and a limited supply ;of water reserves.

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