Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1953 — Page 6

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Safety CodnczZ Head Urges Sane Driving

(Editor’s . note: During the Christmas weekend, at least =532 persons died in traffic accidt its, a near-record. In a dispatch Written for the United Press, nati pal safety council president Ned H. Dearborn gives his expert ad ice on how to avoid \ dying in the tangled wreckage qf your wn auto in the dangerous New Y< ir’a weekend just ahead.) \ By NEO H. DEARBORN*! CHICAGO, (UP) — There Ire many ways to say “Merry Christmas." But, certainly, one of them is not to kill more than 500 men, women and children on the pu|lic highways during the sacred holiday season. When the cold statistics indifaty ed to us here at the national safety council that 510 people | might be killed over the Christmas hjpli<ay season unless the extra traffic ■ hazards \bf the season were : let with extra care, we couldn’t 1 Blp but believe that the . Christi iss | spirit bf, “Peace on earth, god 4' will toward men” would be tri ns.lated into friendly courtesy bet nd K' the wheel and hold down this t affic toll. We were wrong. The oil exceeded our estimate. , More than 500 people were 1 111--Aed In holiday traffic accid&ts alone. Ten times that manyfinjured, many of them for life. More ' than 700 people killed in all Id ids of accidents over the holiday eriod. Is this the kind of a cele ration a Christian nation must i ive a religious holiday? I refuse; to believe it. / Now, our statistical studies I ad us to believe that 360 persons rill be killed on the roads during he New Year’s weekend. / What can we do about it? Is there any way to pull down i Ils disgraceful traffic record, dr nt Ist we resign ourselves to wholes de slaughter on the highway as a "price of progress?” There certainly is away to eut the death total? First, every Recent man and woman in America who is sick and tired of this sei seless and brutal waste of life i nd limb can make up his or her m nd to behave better in traffic. Ey ry one of us can drive more ci refully. more courteously and more intelligently than we do if we li >nestly put our mind to it. It’s tl ne we started—even the best of ui ,?! * And every one of us can ,en Ist in the war on accidents byte ming up with our friends and nel fhbors in an organised effort Jto make our communities safer, loin your local safety campaign. Do your part. More immediately, make Jew Year’s resolution right now to drive carefully, sensibly and c( urteously over the New Year’s t >ll-

CARL GERBER’S NEW YEAR’S RESOLRWONS 1' — L' I Talk about copy-cats. 1 Now Carl Gerber has to do like everybody else and make New Year’s Resolutions. A Here’s what Carl RESOLVES for 1954: 1) To quit worrying about profits. It only leads to melancholy. Bp??•~= 5= \ 2) To keep on treating]all customers like rieh aunts. vB 3) To quit pushing doors marked PULL and pulling doors |Bt svW marked PUSH. I * 4) To keep nagging th# wholesalers for their best quality ] jfl and lowest prices. 5) To learn to play something else on the piano besides Chopsticks. 6) To continue lettihg you know how much he appreciates your business. ? «4» T SMOKED PICNIC OPEN KETTLE RENDERED J larTd hams £»s.d.oo ] 39c n>. Gerber’s MARKET T - ;'\ 150 S. Second St. f“ * Phone 3-2712

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day. - Don’t mix alcohol and gas. Drive like everybody else on the road had been celebrating. And keep right on driving with extra care and common sense throughout 1954. If enough people do this—watch the traffic toll come down. Rigid law enforcement, better highways, better traffic engineering — all these are important. But most important of all is that you and I, as individuals, want to drive better and more carefully. Let’s start doing it now! Couple Face Murder Charge In Florida Retired Physician And Wife Charged DANIA, Fla, UP — A retired physician and his wife charged with second degree murder were free under $5,000 bond today after a young widow testified about a wild Christmas Eve drinking party which led to the death of her husband. Peace justice Leonard H. Brook ordered Dr. Francis Fielding-Reid and his wife to face trial in crim inal court of record after a preliminary hearing Monday at which he .reduced the charge against thern from first to second degree murder. The Fielding-Reida are accused of slugging George L. Crim, 26, a West Palm Beach, Fla., hairdresser and pushing him overboard during the party which alternated between the couples’ adjoining yachts at their berths here. Mrs. Lea Crim, ah attractive brunette, testified that FieldingReid, a 61-year-old retired Baltimore physician, apparently sought to interest Crim in Mrs. FieldingReid, because he. “repeatedly pulled pulled down his wife’s halter." “I believe that Dr, Reid was trying to get George excited about her so he would have free rein with me," she said. "I was disgusted . . .’’ She said also that the doctor made "several verbal \ but not physical advances” to her during the course of the evening although it was the first time they had ever met - y The Fielding-Reida did not appear in court but in a statement, Mrs, Fielding-Reid charged that “Crim started to make love to me . . . and-took all his clothes off” wben'Mrs. Crim and the physician returned to the Crims* yacht after a few drinks aboard the Fielding-Relds’ yacht "I told him not to go about in the nude, to put on his pants

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“shorts," the 4 5-year-old doctor’s wife said. "Then I started to open Christmas presents." Two Volcanoes In Eruption In Japan ' TOKYO, (UP)—Two of Japan’s active volcanoes erupted spectacularly but with little apparent damage today. The biggest eruption took place at 2:30 a. m. by Mt. Mihara, the “suicide volcano" on the island of Oehima, 60 miles south of Tokyo bay. Mihara, popular rendezvous for disappointed lovers who want to end it all, sent up an 1,800-foot high column of smoke and fire. Ground - shaking rumbles sent islanders scurrying from their homes in panic. Activity-subsided by noon. Mount Asama. near the fashionable summer resort of Karuizawa north of Tokyo, erupted twice at B:4<F a. m. and 10:23 a. m. It sent smoke and ashes billowing upward to a height of 1,600 feet. Flag Leaktag Pipes Leaktag water pipes may be temporarily repaired with eld leather, er heavily parafflnod cloth for cold water pipes. Hold in place by means tightly secured with pliers 1 '. ' ''-e ■dao AppUaaoeo t Electric appliances, such as toasters and waffle irons, should be wiped with a soapy cloth after each use te keep them new and sparkling. Never immerse them in water, ae ♦ha» will ruin th* •lectrieal unit ■ ' Jf

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Results Os Safety j! Campaign Studied J. Death Percentage Lower In Indiana [ INDIANAPOLIS UP — Indiana’s traffic-conscious state officials, who stepped up a safety campaign in an effort to cut a staggering . Hoosier highway death toll, today took a look at the results. i State police figures showed that to date 1,250 persons died in Indiana traffic accidents this year. As of Dec. 28 last year, 1,251 were killed. If the death rate continues at its present pace for the next three days, this year’s fatality total may rank with that of 1952 as one ot the highest in history. Last year’s total was 1,277, second only to 1,478 killed in 1941. The figures, however, belie a percentage-wise decrease in traffic deaths per 100 . million miles. Through the first 11 months of 1953, the death rate was 7.3 *per cent compared to a 1952 11-montb rate of 7.5. The J9s® over-all |>ercerrtage was 8.0 per 10-miUion miles of road traveled, showing a heavy increase in the number ot traffic deaths in December, partly because of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. '• Tbo Oaarl uoiiday weekend, I a day shorter this year than last, brought a probably still incomplete count of 12 persons killed, compared to 22 highway deaths |ast year. ',} State police pfficials point out J safe driving rests With the motor- j Ist. In an effort to eliminate wio-< lation-prone drivers, troopers i in j their concentrated weekend “Wolf--packs” and routine patrolling i ar- i rested a total of 61,800 persons as' of Dec. 1. That’s a 53 per cent; boost oyer 1952 in "movings or hazardous" violation arrests and a >4.3 per cent increase in total arrests.- \ Nearly 31,000 drivers, according to .state officials, have lost their drivers’ licenses this year for violations on city and country highways. . \ I Staggering through the arrest and fatality figures may b 6, stele officials point out the reduction in deaths per 100-mil 11 on miles Wks made despite an increase in the number of highway miles traveled and in the number of Hoosier vehicles registered this year. That some sort of safety-con-sclousness is slowly developing along With better automobiles and highways is shown by a '{farther backward look. Sixteen years ago the death percentage was 19.3. B & O To Lay Off About 5,000 Men f BALTIMORE, UP —The Baltimore & Ohio railroad plana to lay off about 5,000 workers because of a slump in freight traffic. I f Company president Howard Simpson said about a fifth of the railroad’s yard employes and about a tenth of its office workers will be affected. He said most of the furluoghs will start Jan. 1 because of a “substantial decrease in freight traffic volume in the past few months" and indications of a continued slow-down in the first part: ot 1954.

Fears Loss Os Job, Teacher Kills Self MUNCIE, Ind., UP — Delaware county authorities said Frank M. Aldrich, 26, killed himself today because he feared he might lose his position as commercial teacher at New Castle high school. Coroner Eugene Eissman said Aldrich shot himself with a pistol while spending the Christmas holidays at the farm home of his fiancee's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mendal Hamilton, near Daleville. Mrs. Hamilton told authorities Aldrich, a native of Terre Haute, was despondent over the death two weeks ago of New Castle School Supt. Joseph Craw and feared he might lose his position because of it. — Orders Contracts To Hard-His Areas Order Issued By Pres. Eisenhower AUGUSTA, Ga. UP — President Eisenhower today ordered . the govarnment defense agencies to spend more federal dollars "in areas where has been a large amount of unemployment.” The Chief Executive, working from his temporary White House offices at the Augusta National golf club, sent a memorandum to the defense agencies asking that more defense contracts be placed in areas suffering from heavy unemployment. - - The memo went to the defense department, the atomic energy commit lo * l and the general services administration. In his memorandum, Mr. Eisenhower threw his full weight behind a plhn ot Arthur S. Fleming, director of. the office of defense mobilization, to speed up the tax wrjte-Qff for defense plants in unemployment areas. Mr. Eistohower instructed that his views in the-matter be com-

■KUM|| ' fl B as ■ . IBl* fR - I JB " w JB r%fiß - ? ' •■%»»»•■ * THIS TOUCHING SCENE in Los Angele* results from ths loyalty of a boy to his dog. Two weeks ago a stray dog followed Ronald Terry, «, home. Ronald resisted pleas of his parents to get rid of the dog. Then the dog, Blackie, ran into the street in front of an oncoming auto, and Ronald rushed after, pushing Blackie to safety. Ronald wound up with a fractured arm and leg and a bead injury. He is shown in a hospital With Blackie and bis mother, Mr*. John Terry, who says Blackie can stay with the family after aIL (International Soundphoto/

Worst Cold Wave Os Winter Hits Plains 35 Below Zero Is Predicted Tonight By UNITED PRESS The most severe cold wave of the winter swept the Great Plains today, riding on winds that hit 50 miles an hour at times, and the weather bureau said temperatures would drop to 35 below zero in many areas tonight. Forecasters said a huge mass of Arctic air already had pushed south through Nebraska. It was 50 below zero at BrocheL Man., and 45 below at Churchill, 600 miles north of Winnipeg. Some parts of Saskatcheman and Alber_la- had blizzard conditions. -x The mercury fell to 12 below - zero at Grand Forks, N. D., at dawn and continued swiftly downward. By 11 a. m. it was 19 below and still falling. It yras 14 below at Devils Lake, N. D.. and 11 below at Fargo. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed ahead of the cold frpiit and some residents were due for a rude awakening with temperalures dropping as much as 60 degrees by Wednesday! morning. Most sections of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin warned to expect lows of 25 to 35 below zero overnight. • Some snow was accompanying the cold wave and the high wind kicked up old snow. Motor clubs 4 in Minnesota warned that poor visibility made travel hazardous. The weather bureau said the cold wave was. so powerful that it might sweep to the east and Gulf coasts. municated to all procurement officials of the defense agencies.. ' . Actually, the government over a period pt .months has tried to relieve qpot unemployment by channeling defense contracts \|nto these Ureas. What made the White House

Predicts Sharing Os Atom Benefits Declares U. S. To Find Way To Share WASHINGTON, (UP) — Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, R-lowa, predicted today that the United States will find away to share the peacetime benefits of atomic energy with other free nations even if Russia refuses to go along with President Elsenhower’s “uranium bank” plan. Hickenlooper is the senior senate member and former chairman of the joint congressional atomic energy committee which would have to pass on any legislation authorizing U. S. participation in an international atoms-for-peace program such as Mr. Eisehhower proposed in a speech before the United Nations general assembly earlier this month. Mr. Eisenhower suggested that the United States, Russia, Britain, Canada and other atomic powers contributed portions of their uranium stockpiles to a U. N.-spon-sored agency which would develop peacetime uses nf atomic energy for the benefit of the whole world. The President hinted tiyit cooperation in this limited field might build up enough mutual confidence among the nations to warrant a more ambitious attempt at controlling atomic weapons as well. The Soviet government has accepted Mr. Eisenhower’s invitation to enter into private diplomatic talks on- the proposal. The conferences may get underway at the U. N; headquarters in New York next month. Hickenlooper said he - has little hope that Russia will agree to Mr. Eisenhower’s plan “in good faith.” But he said the idea will not 'be dead even if the Soviet Union refuses to cooperate. “As far as peaceful uses of, atomic energy are concerned,” he said, “the United States is moving more and more toward a position where it can make atomic resources available Jto„ the free world." p •.. announcement today important was , the fact that Mr. Eisenhower identif fled himself personally with the a&niniatration attack on jobless ' cAditions in a number of cities. t If you have romething to sell or ; rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings,results.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1953

Harvester Lays Off 400 At Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky., UP — The International Harvester Co. plant here announced today it will lay off 400 more production workers' and halt production of the cub tractor in January. Works manager P. W. Johnson said the reason for the new layoff was a decline in tractor sales, coupled with high inventories. ■ He said tractor production will be cut from the present rate of 150 per day to 90. Total plant employment will drop from last May’s high of 7,200 to 2,900 with next month’s layoff.4 Trade in a Good Town — Decatur.

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