Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1950 — Page 22

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Indiana Traffic Accident Fatality Total Exceeds 29,000 for 43-Year Period

By JOHN V. WILSON

have died in Indiana traffic accidents.

Hoosiers enter the second 50 years.

the state police show that more

and the next motorist or pedes- able.” trian you meet on the road can| A bright spot in the s answer that question. fie picture is the nr

The. sine. in-1ry! {ann ions I necumlERAd Tea

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population. Highway travel, of every 10° the number of drivers and the!.iral Zreas. ‘number of vehicles all set new [toll rose to records last year. {persons kiljéd.

& matter of the human factor. |... 4. They say automobiles can be Lowest in 22 ¥ improved with new safety devices, | Ayes. 'n So Soars

the unknown human da

quotient remains.

toll,” ‘Capt. H. A. Sutherlip, hetyia Yu t haven't Kept abreast were recorded.

of ahs a attics for own safety.”

[fatalities in 1950.

{pedestrians who jaywalk

hind parked cars. Add 25 Motoreycles

out errant motorists.

lin 1948, {

{50-year era of the automobile.

swing. of Ingtanapelis Ine

Bugpd

Year's 1851

rani? CHECKS ore INTEREST A coy matled each six iments, LATES 4, x yes, COmpoundeg semi-annually,

% Morris Plan Investment Certificates sam 3% interest per yeor from day issued.

sk Certificates mature in 6 months and may be automatically renewad. Issued in

multiples of $1,000.

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Since the advent of the avtomobtle, more than 296.000 persons

. The traffic toll has made a steady, grim rise during the halfcentury . since 1900. And the slaughter continued unabated as

The old year, 1949, was no exception. Incomplete records of

, than 1100 died because of “mur-| law on the highways would be a)

State police officials say pre mone drop in urban fatalities is x died. vention. of traffic deaths is solely , . ouy/by Indianapolis traffic

Hmit |, ideas to reduce the number of

| Traffic Division officials will ask for a city pedestrian ordi-| nance. They ‘want it backed up i 3 cker to penalize] with & 83 wick h or Archi€ Greathouse,

idodge into the streets from be- |

But the state traffic death pleture remains grim. The fatality 3816 E. {chart shows a steady rise in the

.. From the earliest recorded |deaths—three in 1906—the toll Of 1734 ‘shot upward to the peak of 1478 [in 1941, Only two wars and a Charles Gider, |depression have dented the up- Gider, 73, and Carrie all of 1822 8. Talbott Ave.

“Times Chart by J. Hugh O'Donnell

«This is the arching : span of traffic deaths during the 50 years of the sutomoshe | ip. Indiana,

Monticello Woman Dies of Injuries |

Marion Coun

Marion County fatalities stood] reggae , der on the highways.” DIE help. / |at zero for 1950 today, but a Mon- | - That's like wiping out the pres Up to now the only law has ticello woman died last night in! . . . i J ent population of Carmel, Ind. been that maximum highway General Hospital of injuries re- . The outlook for 1950? Only you speed which is “safe and reason: ceived Saturday at Ind. 29 and :

86th St.

te traf-| Eight persons we ction of one seriously, ‘Human Element Blamed deaths in cities. But 4t has been [terday and early Y today on Indian-| nie :

FE: x am AAR ei Mrs. Helen: Stephenson, “38, AR ehths occurred inl. C5 jn a Saturday ident]

and Holmes Ave, e

of December, the 1049/20, of 626 E. 16th St. She was additional cost. toll was the lowest in the admitted to General Hospital for “Individual responsibility is ps years of record keeping. Yes- treatment for possible skull main Jactor in cutting the death/terday the toll stood at 50, com- fracture. {pared to the previous low of 51] state police records bureau chiéf. in 1939. In 1948, 64 traffic deaths, “co ariven hy her husband, 'Alfred, 25, who was cut slightly. heir! However, December embar- ye was jater arrested on a dis-| [rassed city accident prevention Grderly conduct charge during)

Nghwars mraightened and wid-| - As/ the city entered the final critically injured Mrs. Anna Rees, deat h

Bh eg ction orl officials. The death toll of 10/nvestigation of The accident. onaidering, OC Ticla any previous month since legislation ae means, y of reduc pecember. 1047. Jaga the dea toll, ey believe 1 h definite’ a 60 mile per ) hey 1 | City -police also have

‘and Mra, Rosemary 30. None were serious.

N. Senate Ave, was 1

/dition in General Hospital today,

{his left leg broken in

In addition, the division will Yesterday In the 900 block N.| add 25 more motorcycles to its Senate Ave. citywide trafic force. And dis-|

{ Police sald Mr. Grea

trict cars will continue to seek driving south in Senate when he |

collided with a truck

The 1949 district car campaign Joseph Britts, 34, of 1808 Olive, | paid off in big dividends which st fultimately prevent deaths. Po-: Three Slightly {Hee mide 11.800 more arrests for

At Orleans and low | moving violations than they did

terday, three were slightly in-| jured. They were passengers in a! car driven by Carl Gider, 18, of]

Pleasant Run

operated by Kenneth Naomi St.

Remember, the police are on Mary Jeffries, 28, {your side, They'll do all they can pletcher Ave. was in [to help you live to celebrate New (ion at Methodist Hospital to-| day, injured in an accident at State -and Fletcher Aves. yester- |

day. She was a pass

car driven by Bruce Morgan, sil, 1 i Greenwood. Their car collided: {with one driven by Arthur Whit {aker, 33, of 5248 Burgess Ave

Mrs. Freda Whitaker,

/ Clear 1950 Record

in accidents yes-|

Mrs. Rees was a passenger in

Police sald the Rees car collided with the automobile driven : by Thurow Blaymaker, 43, of 11% ~~ W. 11th 8t. Injured in the Slay-| maker car were Miss Virginia Fleming, 30, of 840 Chadwick St.

Dr. The ear collided with one!

Released after treatment were 78;. Mrs. Mary

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Ast year the rural which killed Taylor Walden, 46, ! * /seven of every 10/,,.4 of Monticello, and Mrs. Edith , {Warkenstein, of 2804 E. 64th St, Woman Injured | — A whiz of a value! All pure worsteds, all The lining is all-wool—zip it in or out and be ° A two-car collision at 16th St. : smartly tailored, each only 29.75! Many can right with the weather! Cravenetted* for

arly today

be purchased with trousers to match at slight rainy-day wear—low priced for exceptional

value!

ALL-WOOL COVERT AND TWEED TOPCOATS, 75

specially priced . . .

Slaymaker,

$45-41.50 TWEED OVERCOATS,"reduced to only... 533

41, of 326 n fair con-

2-TROUSER WORSTED SUITS Q.75-

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a collsion|

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45 ZIP-LINED ALL-WOOL COVERT TOPCOATS 347 and ZIP-LINED GABARDINE TRENCH COATS

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Burke, 33,

Gider, 72,

Sold nationally for many dollars more!

of 1840

fair condi- |

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|General Hospital ater

Officers Named |

For Naval Cruise | i" Announcement of 13 Hoosier Sale of Men's SLACKS

UU. 8, Naval Reserve lead thé. 230-man ‘unit “to Panama Canal was today by Capt. Marion son, USN. inspector - USNRTC. The group will Teave

Saturday and satl-aboard destroyers from New, Orleans Sunday Gov. Schricker and governors of

“send-off ceremonies.

The officers are:

Lt ‘Commander lohn USNR 85th 8B Lt Robert Bash, 3847 CO

treatment.) | cPORTSWEAR : : . Sale of Outdoor JACKETS

officers to

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Glabardines and tackle twills with quilted, fayon or alpaca linings.

here early

Ten gabardines, pleated fronts; pure worst--.eds, plain fronts. Sizes 29-42,

other states will participate in } : ' o/ , ~ 17.95-19.95 Corduroy Jackets and Casual Coats_____. 12.75 17.95 Genuine Leather—Modified Fight Jackets___.___12.78 T Barnel!l | 3 ) aeniand AYE : *BLOCK'S MARKET STREET STORE FOR MEN, DOWNSTAIRS STORE

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Lt. Lt. Edward T tichard,

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QUAKE HITS MANILA |. MANILA, P. 1, Jan. | | A light eartliquake shodk Manila {for about two minutes today,| {causing many persons to flee

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