Evening star., 1931-06-04

- L PROGRESO, San Juan.-There
- are six times as many people
killed in Porto Rico in motor
IL accidents, based on the number
of cars in the island, as there
are in the United States. This state
ment was made in a letter to Col. Rod
rigueS de RimineZ LutZ, chief of the in
Sular police, to DR.. Luis Sanchez Mo-
rales, president of the Insular Senate.
The motor death rate in the United
States is 1.2 per thousand automotive
vehicles, while in Porto Rico it is 6.12
per thousand motors. Last year 81
were killed here in automobile accidents.
Comparisons like this give impressive
understanding of the danger accompany
ing one of the mans most useful mven-
tions when properly employed. Our
people should certainly congratulate
themselves upon their immunity, at
least from the perilS to which the cit
liens of large American municipalities
are exposed from the constant menace
Of congested traffic. For the chance OF
mortal injury from motor cars even in
our rural districts is five times greater
than in most Of the American States.
Even in New York City, where accidents
are many and fatalities high, the dan
gers seem to be less than on our roads.
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Venezuela Continues
Public Work Construction.
El Nuevo Diario, Caracas.-While all
the rest Of the world IS struggling to
keep its proletariat employed, or at least
sustained in the necessities Of life, Ven-
ezuela is continuing its vast pubic work
construction upon the same scale as n
years of universal prosperity. The Sen
ate and Deputies voted last week to ap-
propriate an additional 2,642 900 boil
WARS ($528, ,400), to be used on further
road and other public improvements.
Congress also announced its intention
to arrange for a similar sum, as soon
as this appropriation Is exhausted. A
part Of this money will be used to de-
velop public parks and recreat1onal CEN
tiers within the federal district, and es-
pecially in Caracas.
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Many Germans
Live in Foreign Lands.
Cologne Gazette.-Herr Prof. Wilhelm
Winckler, member OF the Relcnstag,
has compiled for the bureau Of statistics
of the government a tabulation showing
the total number of Germans In the
world. This figure Is reported as ga
soc, 900, Of whom 62,50o,000 are living
within the territories of the Fatherland. d.
seven million persons of German birth
are living in the United States and
Canada, and about 100000 in Mexico
and South America. Austria has within
her borders 100000 persons born IN
Germany, and as yet not denationalized l.
Switzerland has nearly 100000,
Czechoslovakia 3,500,000 and France
100000. Many Of this last group, OF
course, find themselves in the French
territory more or less involuntarily.
They did not move away from the
Reich, but the Reich has moved away
from them in the realignment OF the
frontier after the plans OF Versailles.
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Urge Special Train
To Garry Legislators to Quake.
Daily Telegraph, Napier.-1t is hoped
before any discussions are entered upon
in the Parliament with the object of
providing relief and obstruction In
the earthquake area tilc.. .i2e govern
ment will arrange for a special train,
and bring all the members OF the
legislative body to view the devastated
region. They will then be far better
qualified to decide upon the action and
assistance necessary, for no words or
pictures are able to depict the condi-
tions of the towns and the predicaments
Of the people.
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Prisoners Ask
Road Construction Work.
E Dictamen, Vera Cruz.-A petition
has been sent to Gov. Bartolome Vargas
of the state of Hidalgo, signed by
prisoners in the jail at Pachuca, in
which they ask to be given work on the
roads now in process Of construction
throughout the state. In their petition
the prisoners declare that they do not
wish to be supported in idleness and
confinement, but would much prefer to
be given the opportunity to work, both
for the benefit Of their physical health
and 10 do something seERtceahle for ths