White Friday Aims To Halt Linn County Accidents
Inn County launches Safety Week centered on a single day, White Friday, urging Linn County residents to avoid highway accidents for 24 hours. Police, patrols, driver tests, and public reminders accompany radio notices and banners to promote cautious driving and car safety checks.
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You Cant Lose On This One An Editorial
An editorial argues safety is the best investment, urging caution on highways and sidewalks during Safety Week. It cites 1941 auto deaths and injuries, urges individual responsibility, and frames safety as essential defense alongside guns and tanks.
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Robestabrook
Cedar Rapids
America
Safety advocate urges jaywalking laws and alert driving
J T Taylor executive secretary of the Cedar Rapids Automobile Club advocates state anti jaywalking ordinances and strict pedestrian enforcement. He cites schoolboy patrol programs reducing injuries and urges drivers to avoid distractions and avoid drinking while driving for safer intersections and streets.
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Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
American Automobile Association
Linn County Highway Safety Commission
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Wisconsin
AAA
Cedar Rapids
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Automobile Club
United States
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Okla
Motor Club
Traffic D4 becomes menace to life and property
Mr. Taylor warns traffic on D4 is a danger as drivers tailgate in lines. He notes a 10 foot gap still risks collision if the car in front stops suddenly.
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Taylor
Safest Truck Driver Awarded to Minnesota Driver
Ted Lukehart of Worthington Minnesota, a produce company trucker, won the nation's safest commercial driver title after amassing 870000 miles since 1927 without an accident, receiving the National Safety Council award.
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Worthington, Minn
Ted Lukehart
National Safety Council
Thief Returns Motor Car With Added Fuel Supply
John Pierce reported his car missing from near his home in Philadelphia. The next day the thief returned the vehicle to the same spot, but the gasoline tank had been filled, indicating the car was supplied with fuel rather than left near empty.
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Thief
Philadelphia
John Pierce
Pierce
Driving Instructor Is A Nonchalant Fellow
Los Angeles deputies named Jay Bell Thompson the city's most nonchalant driving instructor after officers pursued James Mitchell at speeds up to 85 mph and found Thompson asleep at the catch. Thompson said Mitchell was a friend and he was teaching him to drive.
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Nat's Safety Council Outlines Slowup Rules for Drivers
A safety group led by Detroit traffic engineer D. Grant Mickel issues ten rules to curb speed. Key points stress adjusting speed to road and weather, maintaining safe distances, avoiding sudden slows, obeying posted limits, and reducing speed in bad conditions or heavy traffic.
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National Safety Council
D. Grant Mickel
Detroit
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