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) A—-6 VERMONT REDUCES ITSAUTO ACCIDENTS Motor Mishaps Decrease 20 Per Cent So Far This Year From 1931 Rate. The State of Vermont has re- duced its automoblile accident rate this year more than 20 per cent from the rate in 1931. In the following special article. Charles T. Plerce, Vermont commissioner of motor ve- hicles, explains how this decrease was accomplished: BY CHARLES T. PIERCE, Gommissioner of Motor Vehicles for Vermont. | MONTPELIER, Vt, July 28—The State of Vermont is credited with hav- nz the lowest per capita motor vehicle deatn rate of any State in the country, in statistics recently issued by the Na- tional Safety Council. During the first four months of 1932 Yermont had a total of 7 motor vehicle fatalities, compared to 11 fatalities in the first' 4 months of 1931. Not only was the pumber of fatalities lowered, but the total of accidents involving per- | senal infury and property damage were correspondingly lower. Lists Three Reasons. In answer to the inquiry, “Why have there been fewer accidents in Vermont this year?” T would advance three rea- | sons. In tho first place there is smhtly| Jess traffilc on the highways this year, | the reduction being due most of all to the fewer non-resident cars on Vermon! highways In the second place, a study of acel- dent reports and daily reports received from department enforcement officers indicates that motorists are driving with more care than in previous years. ‘There are fewer reports of cutting in on traffic, of passing other cars on the brows of hills and on curves, and a noticeable reduction in accidents caused by defect:ve_equipment. This his been brought about by fre- uent inspection of motor vehicles con- gucted by department officers. The motor vehicle inspectors report that many motorists are driving at a high rate of speed, but they seem to show better judgment than formerly in the selection of the locality where high speed can sifely be maintained. In past vears many accidents have been caused by overcrowding the front seat or drivitg compartment. In an ef- fort to reducs accidents during the past ears, a short suspension of license has geen issued against any operator who is found guilty of this infraction of the Vermont law. Overcrowding Reduced. ‘The result ~f these suspensions has been a noticeable reduction in the prac- tice of overcrovding. The third fastor in Vermont's record lies in the fact that, for the first time, mector patrol «fficers were on duty throughout the Winter and Spring months. ‘When allpg‘en ice conditions were ob- served on hilis and curves the in- spectors immediately notified the High- way Department patrolmen, with the result that saud was soon applied. porary relief by personally small quantities of sand and ing signs warning of dangerous condi- tions Considerable time was used in warn- ing car operators of the surface condi- tiom of roads and this practice was fol- Jowed throughout the Spring, and is followed at the present time, Vermonth hopes to maintain its high record throughout the year. Com- Fara:ive figures to July 15 are as fol- ows. 1931. 1932, Total number of accidents reported . 2,140 1,840 Fatalities .. 25 15 FOUR MEN ARE DROWNED WHEN BOAT CAPSIZES Another Missing in Ontario Rap- ids—Accident Happens in At- tempt to Breag Log Jam. By the Associated Press. DEUX RIVIERES, Ontario, July 28. ~Swept into the turbulent waters of the True Rapids when their boat capsized, four men drowned and a fifth is missing. Three others clung to the cverturned boat and reached safety and another swam to shore. The nine river drivers were trying to break a log jam. Their boat sud- denly was drawn sideways into the backwash of the rapids and the men were thrown out. “ONE OF THE 577 HEINZ oz. WAS 16 t | Md.. for THE EVENING motored to New York frocm Detroit in tl ‘The former Prince Frederick of Prussia (left), scn of the former Crown Prince of Germany, who now is working in an automobile factory in Detrolt, met his brother, Louis Ferdinand, when the latter arrived from Germany. Prince Greets Brother FROM DETROIT TO NEW YORK FOR MEETING. He had | he fast time of 14 hours. —A. P. Photo. Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Tracy has been welieved as assistant chief of staff, War Department, effective August 1. Col. Gideon H. Willlams, Infantry, his own request. Capt. Thomas W. Jones, Fleld Ar- tillery, transferred to Quariermaster Corps; relieved from Fort Lewis, Wash., and assigned to Quartermaster Corps School, Philadelphia, for instruction. Capt. Leland 8. Mobrey, Dental Corps, from Camp Stephen D. Little, Nogales, Ariz.. to Fort Clarke, Texas. The following lieutenants of the Ordnance Department are relieved from Watertown Arsenal, Mass, and assigned to Aberdeen Proving Ground, instruction in Ordnance School: Ralph H. Bennett, David J. Crawford, William J. Crowe, Waldo E F. Sedtler, John H. Hinrichs, Norman E. Poinier and Cyril E. Williams. Maj. Bethel W. Simpson, Ordnance, relleved as assistant commandant, Ord- nance School, Watertown Arsenal, as assistant commandant, Ordnance School, Aberdeen Proving Ground. VALU H OVEN- BAKED CAN retired from active service July 31, at | Laidlow, Henry J. D. Meyer, William | + 2 | Maj. William K. Evans, Medical Corps, Fort Hancock, N. J., ordered to await retirement. Capt. Ralph M. Thompson, Medical Corps, from general dispensary, Wash- | ington, to Hawali, sailing November 9. | Capt.. Everett E. Stevens, Quarter- | master Corps, Fort Niagara, N. Y., ordered to awalt retirement. Lieut. Coi. George E. Stonerville, | Finence Department, from Finance School, Washington, to Governors’ Is- | land, N. ¥-. | . Lieut. John E. Bryan, Infantry. trans™ | | ferred to Fleld Artillery. Licut. Warren A. Maxwel', Alr Corps, attached to Selfridg: Field, Mich., for nevigation fiying training only, Col. Willlam McK. Lambdin, Finance Department, retired from active duty on July 31 at own request. PILE - FOE. cription, for quick, pleasant relief. All forms of piles success- fully relieved. Satisaction gusranteed. Get PILE-FOE fo STAR. WASHINGTON. STRUGTURES OF 17 T0 BE DESTROYE Three Wartime Buildings Ready| for Demolition When Oc- cupants Move. ‘Three of the Government's wartime temporary buildings are to be de- molished soon, Public Buildings Com- mission officials have decided. Karl J. Hardy, executive secretary of | the commission, announced yesterday that Building D, in the Mall; tempo-' rary Building 3, at Nineteenth street and Virginia avenue, now housing the Personnel Classification Board and temporary Building 6, at Eighteenth | street and Constitution avenue, oc- | cupled by the Federal Trade Commis- sion, will come down as soon as they | are vacated. This will cut the main-| tenance cost and lessen the load on| the West Potomac Government heat- ing plant, he explained. The Personnel Classification Board is slated to move into the old Patent| Office, at Ninth and F streets, with the Civil Service Commission. The Inter- state Commerce Commission units | | housed in the temporary building to be torn down will move into um-l D. C, THURSDAY, porary Buildirg No. 1. The Feder: Trade Commission will be moved from the temporary building at Eight- | eenth street and Constitution avenue| linto the wartime structure at Consti- | tution avenue and Twentieth street. o “FLYING PARSON” BEATS | DINNER GONG WITH EASE Gets in Extra Hours and Lands at Home on Time in Tiny 450- Pound Ship. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, July 28.—Rev. J. C. Brown, the “flying parson” of Oxboro Heath, has solved the problem of how to get in plenty of flying time without being late for dinner. An enthusiastic aviator, Mr. Brown owns a three-place open-cockpit plane. When he was through flying for the day, he brought his ship down at a local fleld, which is about 10 miles from his home. Then he'd drive home in_an automobile. But that was too slow, and today he also owns a tiny 450-pound ship which he can set down in a small fleld at the rear of his residence. Thus h gets in some extra fiying and Mrs. Brown doesn’t have to keep the meals waiting. JULY 28, 1932. |WINS FIGHT FOR 6 CENTS ON ELECTRIC LIGHT BILL | Yacht Broker, Threatening Suit if Power Was Turned Off, Is Victor Over Company. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, July 28—The battle| |of the century for 6 cents has ended with Capt. John R. Locke getting the cents. He complained that the New York Edison Co. had overcharged him 6 cents, and that 6 cents is 6 cents. The company suggested that he pay or_ have his electricity cut off Locke wrote letters and so did the company. He sald, “Go ahead and cut off the current and watch me sue.” Now the Public Service Commission notifies Locke, a yacht broker, that the company has agreed to credit him with 6 cents and let bygones be by- | gones. ' |FACES SHORTAGE CHARGE | Former Employe of Investment House Arrested in New York. 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