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Other Livestock


S5a5cA6 aSad 4nF 1000 drgasE sIssa4 Is
Il LAC J6s $7lO@7 25; top. $3.50; 220-826
$500 rs; smooth light weights to Sc:
light lights. 140-160 lbs, good and Choice
S7@7.25: light weights, 10000 lbs, good
2oO@25O lbs, good and choice. $s.s5 "a 7 7.25:
heavy weights, 25O-S5o lbs, good and
choice Ig $6.l5@6,2o packing, sows, 75G5oo
1 n}s; m 1e6 apd good $54o@e; slaughter
@7I0. .Cattle--Receipts. 5000: calves.
5000; fully steady. trade on better grade
ted steers and long yearlings: all interests
Ioads. S9Q9.25; best yearlings. SO; light
helLerS ana mixed yearlings, about steady
With weeks downturn. but most long year
week ago; other classes steady. Slaughter
cattle and vealers-Steers. 6OO-900 lbs,
good and choice, s8@1o: 9O0-110O lbs, good
and choice. ss@g25: ls0o-i5oo lbs ibs.. good good
and choica S809.75: 600-130O lbs. com
mon and medium. $5.75@3: heifers 55O-850
and g00f and s. ehS5e6 ss75@S
choice, S5Q6: common and medium. $3.50
60; low cutter and gutter. S325@4 so;
pulls pulls. yeaarlli5n!gs excluded. good and choice,
40. vealers, milk fed. good and choice,
500. stock and feeder cattIeWsteers''
SommoH and ns m s9Ga a3 sG0S sheeP
Receipts. 1900; opening slow, few sales
choice clippers at S8.65@8.85, 15025c
lower: no woolskins sold early; packers
bidding unevenly and sharply lower; sheep.
steady. Slaughter sheep and lambs
d9.75; medium. s5.25@8.65; 9l-10O lbs,
common. S70825: ewes. 9o-150 lbs. me-
dunn to choice. S275@4: all weights Gull
and common. S1.5oQ3.
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DOW-JOneS
Summary

Bank of England made no change In
Its discount rate of per cent
LoNpoN.-New York cables opened at
/ l24.43: Amsterdam, 1907, Italy. $3.50
Berlin. 20.42.
Vulcan DEFINING Company declared reg
/ ular quarterly dividend OF 81 on common,
/ payable July 20, record July Z.
/ Packard Motor Car Company declared
dividend Of 10 cents on common, payable
June IL, record May Is. In two preeed-
| quarters 15-cent declarations were made
prior to which rs cents was paid.
General Gas and Electric and subsidi-
aries in year to O. March 81, consolidated
charges against s7,4o4,43s in preceding
year.
Liquid Carbonie six months to March
ago earned s29i,o27 or IS cents COM
mon share.
Bank Of England statement as Of April
80. shows circulation $40 Si4. coo pounds,
against 348, 444 900 pounds April %. RATIO
55.3 per cent against Sc per cent and bull
hon i47.227,o00 pounds against LAG, $4,000
pounds.
American Writing Paper Company
quarter ended March 81, net profit .S2S.772.
after interest, depreciation, federal taxes,
etc, against S127, ala in first quarter 1880.
Calumet & Hecla first quarter net loss
1881 1855 before depreciation. Year ago
earned Sloo4.252 or so cents share.
National Tea Company in first quarter
earned 81 cents a common share against
% cents q year ago.
Atlas Stores chairman estimates
earnings in year ended March 81. at
$3.50 share on 312 600 common shares.
Year ago earned S464 share on es7,s75
shares.
White Motor Securities Corporation de-
clares regular quarterly dividend OF Sl.75
on preferred payable June 80. record
/ June IL.
New York Railways Corporation quarter
! ended March 81. net income $2.849 after
taxes and charges against net loss Sl01.-.
| 442 in first quarter 1880. March net in
! coEne, Sl3;55s against net loss S27.246 in
| Batchelder Snyder. Dorr. Doe Company
! omits So quarterly dividend on preferred
due May /. Company is controlled by
Of General Foods Corporation.
Empire Gas and Fuel Company declared
| regular monthly dividends of Sc % cents
| on per cent preferred. So 1-3 cents on
| per cent preferred. 81 1-6 cents on 6i2
| per cent preferred. SO cents on 6 per cent
| preferred all payable June l. record May
! Western roads seek injunction against
| cut in grain rates ordered for June l,
/ by I. c. c.
German treasury expects to issue ESQ.,
! 100000 marks hve-year notes either IN
/ May or June.
International Safety Razor Corpora
tion declared regular quarterly dividend
of so cents on class ''B" and so cents
on class ga" stocks. both payable June,
record May IA.
E. J., Brach 81 Sons declared regular
! quarterly dividend of so cents on common
| payable June l. record May is.
American Tobacco Company declared
| regular quarterly dividends OF SLIPS on
| common and common b. stocks, payable
| June 1. record May 9.
Faultless Rubber. Company declared .regu-
! lar quarterly dividend of 62lz cents on
| common payable July l. record June Is.
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on sale. $500; fairly active at decline:
desirable 10000 lbs. largely .s765; few.
SITS; palmer kinds. $500 Z 60; bidding
rs; cows unchanged; cutter grades, $3.50
"a. Calves-Receipts 500; vealers steady:
dunn. s5@750. Sheep-Receipts 400 not
enough old crop lambs to test market; de-
sirable 75-lb Kentucky SpringerS. sl2.75
straight; shorn ewes, S4M4,50.
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Bv United Press

CHICAGO, April 80. : Eggs = Market,
Ssatay TSeeepts 2e85 extra @stenfs stS 1sc
seconds, 13c. Butter-Market, steady; re-
eeipts, 1902 tubs; extras, 23c; extra frsts,
22m2212c; firsts, 2lq2lAc; seconds, goa
easy; receipts 2 cars; fowls, 18@21c;
springers, 26c Leghorns 1712c; ducks, zoe;
geese, 10c; turkeys, 22Q25c; ROSTERS. lac;
broilerS, 34c. CheeSe-TWins, 1872 M12% C;
Young Americas, 141ac. PotatoeS-On
track, 296; arrivals, 1872 shipments, 957;
market, weak; Wisconsin sacked Round
Whites, $1.3001.45; Minnesota Round
Whites. $1.150I.30; Idaho Russets. 81. 5OG
l6O; Colorado McClures, $4,000. 95;
Florida barrels. spaudling Rose, Sc, Bliss
Triumphs, $3.50.
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BIZ United Press

NEW Wiz YoRR april Sowp9tat9esnMaE:
southern, $4.25@6.50 barrel; Maine. S2.75@
S.75. barrel; Idaho. s1.40026O sack; Ber-
barrel. Sweet potatoes-Market. steady to
firm; jersey baskets. 75c6$3.50; southern
baskets. S1.25Q4. Flour-Market, firm
barrel. Pork-Market. steady; mess, $29
barrel. Lard-Market, steady middle
west, spot. $8.65@8.75 ID. Tallow-Market,
steady; special to extra. 31s6l4Hsc. Dressed
poultrY-Market steady; turkeys, 25@44c;
chickens 26@38c; broiIers 35@45c; fowls
tryEMarKet,H quiet: geese. i0612c; ducks,
14Q24c: fowls, 22Q25c; turkeys, 20635c;
ROSTERS. lac; chickens. stays. 15@17c;
Market. steady; state whole milk fancy
to special. 13Q221ac; young Americas. Is
m20c
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BRITONS APPROVE TAX
Land Levy VIII Become Operative
in 1888.

LONDON, April 3O.-The house
of commons adopted, without a
record vote, a resolution of Phillip
Snowden, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, that the 1882 budget
include land tax to become op-
erative in 1888.
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BIZ United Press

EAST ST. LOUIS, III. April 30.-Hog-
Receipts. 10,50o: market fairly active; S q
l lQc higher; top SIPS some som hogs he'd
sos Cattle-Receipts. 1900; calves re-
ceipts 000 market. vealers Csc higher at
$780, lower tone on beef cattle; other
choice heifers. SO; low cutters. S3G3 So;
medium bulls $3.50 down. Sheep-Receipts.
70 city butchers: packers biding lower
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BIZ United Press

ut ri WA y, Ind. q APTI s9.HOgs =:
l40-16o lbs 81; 1870 lbs. $40; 10000
lbs s72o; 2Oo-22O lbs. s7.1o; 22o-24O lbs.
10000 lbs $685. S00-35O lbs, S645;
roughs. $3.50, stays, S3.75: calves. So;
wooded lambs. So, clipped lambs. So. spring
lambs, $40.
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STEEL SHARES
LEAD UPSWINC
IN SECURITIES
Blue Chip Given Support
From Opening; Others
Follow.
Average Stock Prices

Average Of thirty industrials for
Wednesday was 1851 of 4.sz. Average
OF twenty rails was 1894. up 49, Average
Of twenty utilities was 57.z6, OF l.39. Aver
age Of forty bonds was e5.o1 Of .08.
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New York Stocks
,By Thomson & Mcginnoni
By United Press

II = TE71
NEW YORK, April 3o.-Sales on
the New York Stock Exchange to-
day totaled 100000 shares; Curb
stocks totaled $4,000 shares.
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BIZ United Press


CINCINNATI. O., April 3O.-Hogs-Re-
oeipts, 500; held over no. somewhat
slow loc to zoe higher; better grade, 100
weights scarce; some $50 to eco lbs. S769
TAO: $40 lbs. down to $3.50: 100 to $50
lbs. mostly S725; a few strong weights.
S1.5o, sGws steady. mostly $3.50: a few
eeipts. $50; calves 9o0 generally steady:
31ad lots common and medium steers and
heliers, S5,72m7; more desirable year
nnkS. SI;5O4I4o; most beef cows S4750
800; bulk low cutters and cutters and
cutters, sS.2544; IS. strong weights $3.50:
hullS weak ct So down; vealers. steady
down. Sheep-Bsceipts $50 slow steady:
better better grade spIingers. ,11@12c: common
down TO SO, old crop lambs and sheen
down on clipped lambs; fat ewes around
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CROP NEWS is
STRONG FACTOR
IN GRAIN MART
Lack of Moisture Is Acute
in Northern Wheat
Regions.
BY HAROLD E. RAINVILLE
United Press STAFF Correspondent

CHICAGO, April 3O.-Short COW
ering in wheat and corn at the close
advanced those two grains sharply
and while profit taking caused wheat
to react, both were higher as the
Board Of Trade closed. The session
had been highly unsettled with
much liquidation Of corn and oats
early. Buying toward the last dis
closed a lack of pressure and prices
bounded upward, catching shorts
mapping.
There was considerable selling of
May wheat in small amounts by a
large house during the day that the
trade attributed to the government,
as it usually acts for the government
agencies. Oats held to a narrow
range, paralleling wheat and corn,
but were held back by rye's weak
ness.
Liverpool Is Steady
AT the close wheat was q to
cent higher with May 4 cent lower.
corn was rs to rs cents higher
and oats were Il cent lower to q
cent higher. Provisions were uneven,
lard steady and meats sharply lower.
Liverpool remained practically
stationary throughout the afternoon
waiting a report on the German
action, closing 4 to q cent lower.
Buenos Aires was off Il cent early.
The forecast for rain in the Da-
kotaS with some snow in parts of
Canada, had little effect early as
the moisture situation in those dis
tricts is acute. Cash prices were
unchanged. Receipts were 104 cars.
May Corn Weakens
While further liquidation of May
corn weakened that delivery, the
market as whole maintained its
strength on short covering until
May was out of the way. Prices
were off % cent at mid-session in a
quiet trade. Cash prices were Il
to Il cent lower. Receipts were "a
cars.
Oats eaSed on their own inactivity
early but some buying was met and
prices were off 70 to % cent at mid
morning. The good cash sales were
without much effect today. Cash
prices were unchanged to 4 cent
lower. Receipts were II cars.
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(By R. +. Gibson 81 co.,
PRICES ARE TO 12 NOON C. s. T.
Net Changes
BIZ United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, April 30.-Closing
prices and net changes on principal
stocks traded today on the New
York stock Exchange follow:
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By United Press

PITTSBURGH. April S0.-Hogs 49, Re-
oeipts., 500 market mostly i0c lower:
most l50-2l0 lbs, S750@ .65: 2l0-240 lbs.
SI25@ $40; packing sows steady: bulk
S5.50m6. Cattle-ReceiptS 10; market.
nominal Calves-Receipts. 1907 market
steady; better grade vealers S750Q9;
900; shorn lambs around steady: good to
choice lambs. S9@9.50 springers scarce.
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Local Wagon Wheat

City grain elevators are paying CSC for
No. red wheat and CSC for No l hard
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April 30
Net balance for April %. =. 1892 989. 924. 81
CUSTOMS reefs mo to date az sSS g7 Sc s.
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Produce Markets

Eggs Country run)-Loss of delivered in
Indianapolis. 13c; henery quality, No. /.
lac. No. 2. 13c.
Poultry buying prices) Hens weighing
5 lbs. or over. 19c: under lbs, zoe; Leg
Ia lbs. and up. SIC; under II lbs, 23c;
bareback. zoe: Leghorn broilers. 28c; ducks.
SC: old cocks. 9Q1lc; ducks. full feathered.
fat whites. &c: geese. &c. These prices
are for No. 1 top quality. quoted by Ktngan
Butter twholesale)-Eo. 1. 27a2sc: No.
2 25026c.
Butterfat-24c.
Cheese wholesale selling price per
pound American loaf 22c; pimento loaf.
23c: Wisconsin frsts. 19c; LonghornS. tic:
New York nnberger. SOC.
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Other Livestock
BIZ United Press

DW VIIIVVA 7 zoo
market i6a25o lover: heavies. $6@6 $50
mediums. s6.7506 $50; Workers. S6.90m7,
pigs, s6.75d7. Cattle-Receipts. 100:
market, slow. Calves-Receipts light;
market, SLOW. Sheep-Receipts light;
market. steady.
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RAW SUGAR PRICES
Public Service Company
of Indiana
formerly
Interstate Public Service Company
Notice of Dividend

The Board of Directors Of the
Public Service Company of In
diana has declared the regular
quarterly dividend of one and
one-haf per cent $3.50 on the
outstanding Preferred Stock of
the Company. payable May IS.
1881, to stockholders Of record
April 80, 1881.
BERNARD P. SHARON,
Secretary.
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International Safety Razor Corpora
tion declared regular quarterly dividend
of so cents on class ''B" and so cents
on class "a" stocks. both payable June,
record May Ia.
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Batchelder. Snyder, Dorr. Doe Company
omits So quarterly dividend on preferred
due May l. Company is controlled by
Frosted Foods Company Inc. A subsidiary
Of General Foods Coronation.
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E. j. Brach 81 Sons declared regular
quarterly dividend of so cents on common
payable June l. record May is.
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regular monthly dividends of 66 % cents
on per cent preferred. So Ia cents on
per cent preferred. 81 10 cents on 6i2
per cent preferred. SO cents on 6 per cent
preferred, all payable June l. record May
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New York Railways Corporation quarter
ended March 81. net income 50 $40 after
taxes and charges against net loss S101.-.
442 in first quarter 1890 March net in
come S13.549 against net loss S27.246 in
March, 1880.
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CHICAGO. April 3o-Primary receipts:
Wheat. 789 900. against 603, 900: corn. 459 :
900. against 666 900; oats. ga. 600. against
297. 200 Shipments: Wheat. $50 900.
against 743.000; corn. 974 900. against
897, 600; oats, 709, 000 against $3.50. 600
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Bp United Press

CLEVELAND. April o.-Buter-Extras.
27c: standards, 27c. Eggs-Firsts, 151ac.
Poultry-Heayy fowls. 2ic medium, 22c;
Leghorn fowls. 19c; heavy broilers $50
Ale; Leghorn broilers, sic: ducks. Csc; old
cocks. 13c; geese, l50151ac; capons, ESQ
$780, .Potat9esoM Is. al G5een Moun5t it il
sacks; Idaho russell. s210Q220 per 100
Id. sack.
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German treasury expects to issue $50.
100000 marks flve-year notes either IL
May or June.
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American Tobacco Company declared
regular quarterly dividends of SIPS on
common and common ''B" stocks. payable
June 1. record May 9.
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Western roads seek Injunction against
cut in grain rates ordered for June l,
bV l. C. C.
The Washington times., 1931-06-12
ANGRY PARENTS
MOB OFFICER

Detective Sergeant Michael j.
Dowd spent a bad is minutes yes
terday when he was literally
mobbed by a crowd Of colored
men and women at First and M
Streets Northwest after he had
reprimanded a small boy for
throwing gravel into passing au-
tomobileS.
Dowd was driving home to din
ner, and when he reached the in
tersection he was struck in the
face with a handful Of pebbles.
He caught the youngster and was
taking him home to his mother
for punishment.
The crowd gathered and attack.
ed the detective. A riot call
brought police Of the Second pre-.
cinct to Dowd's aid.
Six persons, all colored, we're ar
rested, and booked for disorderly
conduct. They were: Viola My
ers, Frances s. Parham, Robert
Brown, George Tyler, Mary Tay'
lor, Thelma Palmer. The offend
ing boy escaped.
The Washington times., 1931-06-12
Traffic Light Halts
To Permit Radio
Fans Pleasure

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y, June
12.-Town Clerk Edward Hen
Messy, of Mount Pleasant, has
received instructions to stop the
traffic light at the intersection
of Cross Street and Elwood Ave
nue. in Hawthorne from blink
ing because the blinking was
held responsible by residents Of
that vicinity for the static on
their radio sets, it became
known today.
For many months the resi-
dents have wondered why their
radio reception was poor. Ex-
perts failed to solve the prob
lem. A WestcheSter lighting
company employee finally Sug-
gested that the blinker light be
turned off for a few moments.
His diagnosis was found to be
correct,
The Washington times., 1931-06-12
Thornton Motley
Sued As Bi0nn1iSt

SAN FRANCISCO, June IL
uN.SJ.-Thornton Lothrop Mot
ley, Of o prominent New York
family, was waiting trial today
on charges Of bigamy, brought
by his second wife. Mrs. Yvonne
P. Motley charges that when
Motley married her last August,
he was still the husband Of Mrs.
Anobel P. Motley, Cleveland so
ciety woman.
The Washington times., 1931-06-12
Minister'S Council
Calls Rally Sunday

A mass meeting sponsored by
the World Council Of Ministers
and Layman Alliance win be held
at the Masonic Temple, Tenth
and U Sts. N. W., Sunday morn.
ing and evening.
The speakers will include the
Rev. Simon P. Drew, pastor of
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, and
president of the council: Bishop
Edward Jones, the Rev. ]. N. Bea-
man and the Rev. j. H. Curtis.
The Washington times., 1931-06-12
Women Near Death
In 35-FOOt Plume

When their car failed to make
sharp turn at Grace Church
Road, two colored women, Annie
Berkley, Of Linden, Md, and Elsie
Pumphrey, Of Wheaton, Md,
plunged 35 feet to the rails below
the Woodside Bridge over the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad tracks
and escaped with only leg in.
jurieS.
The Washington times., 1931-06-12
U. S. Expedition Gets
Welcome to KnbML

Kabul, the isolated capital Of
Afghanistan, has been reached
by the trans-Asia expedition, &C
cording to a radio dispatch Just
received. by the National Geo.
graphic Society, which Is cooper
ating in the expedition.
Typical, Eastern hospitality
marks the country that during
the past three years has had
three kings, the report stated.
The Washington times., 1931-06-12
army, NAVY PAY
/ SAFE FOR YEAR

The pay and living conditions
Of officers Of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps win be maintained
at the present level for the next
fiscal year, it was decided yester.
day by President Hoover in re-
sponse to proposals for a slash In
allowances for quarters and sub
siStence.
Although the President is in
favor of reducing expenses for
maintenance Of the military estab-
liShments where possible, he in
formed the interdepartmental pay
board that he could not favor
any lowering of living conditions
among the officered personnel.
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K. Of c. ELECTS
J. T. BURNS

j. e. Burns last night was
elected grand knight Of the Keane
Council of the knights Of Co
lumbus. J. P. McKeon was
chosen deputy grand knight, and
the Rev. Francis x. Cavanagh,
chaplain.
other officers elected were
Charles Dean, chancellor; Charles
Boone, lecturer: Dennis inland,
financial secretary; Edwin P.
Goodwin, recording secretary; Ed.
ward Strudley, treasurer; w. A.
Mulligan, warden; Henry Nolda,
inside guard, and Clarence Won
Drehl, outside guard.
Delegates to the building com
pany named are Charles Darr
and Eugene Edwards; delegates
to the State council are Mr.
Burns and Mr.. Darr, and the
delegate to the Washington Chap
ter, is DR.. James B. O'Donnell.
The Washington times., 1931-06-12
THIEF TAKES JEWELS

Jewelry valued at more than
$500 was stolen from the home
of Mrs. Ella w. Jones, 1922 Park
wood Pl. N. W., yesterday after
noon. Entrance was gained with
a duplicate key,
The Washington times., 1931-06-12
East Central CiUic
Association Meets

A reception featured the clos
ing meeting in the year of the
East Central Civic Association
held last night at the John F.
Cook School, First and P Streets
n. W. Miss Corraine Martin, presi-
cent OF the association, presided.
The Washington times., 1931-06-12

It is only through patronizing local industries that
A hope to maintain present economic conditions
and hasten the early return of prosperity to city,
True Washingtonians DO NOT WANT the evil condi-
tons that will inevitably result if permit the cut
throat business methods of outotown interests to lower
Standard of Living Washington bakeries merit the
loyal support of every true Washington citizen!
The Washington times., 1931-06-12

TRANSFORMATION worries can be over
come economically through the Dur.
chase Of gSn gSSd uisG TGxs SsF ,.t.d SS' In to- o.
day'S Classified Section.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-11
AUTOS HAVE NO BRAINS
Delaware Safety Council Gives Ad-
vice For Driving on Highway

Automobiles have reached a high
stage of mechanical perfection but
they have no brains. Automobiles
have no instincts of their own and
must depend entirely upon the
driver for intelligence. AS the Del
aware Safety Councils Safety
Sally" emphasizes, ian absent
minded automobile driver is pretty
sure to become an absent citizen"
Driving a car demands all your at
tention. When a man sits behind
the wheel of his car he must be
alert to visualize certain situations
that may occur suddenly perhaps
around the very next corner He
must know how to act not only in
these emergencies but beforehand
to avoid them. Safe driving de-
mands attention to business. 1st
and foremost, constant attention
to the business of driving is par
amount. The lapse of one seconds
vigilance may wreck your car, kill
a person or cause serious property
damage. Keep your hands on the
wheel, your mind alert and focused
on the job of driving If you must
talk with your companion don't
take your eyes off the road. Study
and remember the traffic law.
Every law ever created is a cloak
of safety resigned to help every
citizen in the community. Good
brakes, good common sense and
good thoughtful drivers will result
in a material reduction of acci-
dents. The driver who absent
mindedly holds a heavy foot on the
accelerator is a constant source of
danger to other users of the high
ways. The danger of speed is al
ways a relative matter which de-
pends upon weather, road, mechan-
ical and traffic conditions. Use
judgment. What's your hurry?
You'll only overtake your own fun
eral.