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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1926
Page
7
The Stewart-Warner Safety Council notes rapid auto growth from 1900 to today and warns of a rising menace. It cites a 22 000 annual fatality rate and urges a vigorous public education campaign to cut crashes.
The Stewart Warner Safety Council cites that for every auto fatality at least 28 serious injuries occur and compares annual motorist casualties to American World War II losses, noting over a third as many killed as U S soldiers in the war and nearly three times as many injured as wounded soldiers.
The piece outlines a Stewart-Warner Safety Council parody linking seven ages of mankind with automobile fatalities. It highlights infants, schoolchildren, lovers, youths, bankers, the family man, and the aged as overlapping risk groups. The chart notes higher accident shares among the very young and the elderly due to heedlessness and infirmity.
The Stewart-Warner Safety Council review of 3 023 auto fatalities in the first seven months of 1925 shows pedestrians as the greatest sufferers. About 68 percent occurred with pedestrians, 11 4 percent with another motor vehicle, 7 percent with horse vehicles, 4 2 percent with fixed objects, 3 5 percent with street cars, 2 7 percent with trains, and 1 4 percent with bicycles. The 6 8 percent noncollision cases suggest growing rail crossing safety.
A Stewart Warner Safety Council study of seven months records 1 290 auto deaths with 727 blamed on pedestrians. Most fatalities occur between 4 and 6 PM in Chicago with 47 of 1030 crashes and 86 of 353 adult deaths in the seven to nine o clock period.
An appeal urges advertisers to place display ads with emphasis on reaching local readers. The notice stresses timely reservations and slots to maximize visibility during upcoming sections.
The forum highlights Dr Hseih at a conference in Williamstown Massachusetts noting a Chinese delegate at the Institute of Politics. The observer praises Dr Tehyl Hsieh for his winning personality and the influence on sympathies at the gathering.
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