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Newspaper
Woodbridge Leader
Location
Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1930
Page
4
The piece argues for a national campaign led by President Hoover and supported by insurers and public groups to modernize traffic laws. It warns that inexperienced drivers and weak enforcement fuel rising accidents, predicting costs of a billion dollars and over 35,000 deaths yearly if trends continue. It urges public cooperation and heightened awareness.
The article reports former Ambassador Gerard predicting a France Italy war is possible amid tense relations. It notes France allied with Poland, Jugoslavia, Roumania, Czecho-Slovakia and Belgium to maintain the Versailles order, while Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and Germany seek revision. It warns war could come within years if Mussolini and allies push toward aggression.
Compton states no new emergency borrowing planned this year and reports wiping out a $105000 over expenditure from the past three years. He notes a $664000 refinancing from temporary notes into a permanent bond at 4 percent, with strong bid competition indicating financial stability. He criticizes prior audit and monthly check practices and credits board cooperation for early 1930 gains and possible tax rate reduction in 1931.
Benjamin Henry a barber of LOX W. Price street Linden received a fifty dollar fine plus costs for reckless driving after striking a car on Amboy avenue near Valentine place. Officer George Balint pursued him and captured him when he tried to flee. The other car owners declined to press charges since they reside in South Jersey.
Funeral services for Michael J. Csernak 60 of Garden Avenue Woodbridge were held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church with Rev Feye A Houghlin officiating. Interment followed at St James Cemetery. Survived by wife Julia several siblings including Mrs Harry Schroeder New York Mrs Stephen Bella Perth Amboy Anna and Mary Woodbridge Louis New York Michael James and George Woodbridge one sister Mrs Veronica Csanyi Hungary and four grandchildren. He belonged to St Marys Society and the Rakoczi Society of Perth Amboy.
James 3 Johnston 69 of Trigate street Iselin died after a long illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at his late home Rahway Cemetery will be the final resting place. Survived by wife Fannie and three daughters Mrs William Roskhold of Wallace Mrs John B Matteson and Miss Bertha Johnston of Iselin.
The Presbyterian Sunday School picnic at Echo Lake featured a morning arrival after leaving Wood Bridge at nine. Athletic events crowned winners in multiple races for different age groups and a horseshoe tournament won by Rev. Ernest Abbott and John McCreery. Box lunches and an afternoon baseball game followed organized by John Breckenridge and assistants.
The 11 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Miahael Guerra of Second Street Port Reading died yesterday afternoon. Funeral services are set for tomorrow morning at 10 from the home with interment in St James cemetery. Read The Leader Regularly.
PDQ broadcasts recounts of track events with colorful names and humorous asides. References to racers such as Mile. Hello Nice and health officer observations mix with crowd color and gossip about vendors and officials at the event.
A garbled compilation presents quotes from Capone to Hollywood PR chiefs and musicians. It weaves opinions on crime psychology, economics, politics, education, and media, with scattered misprints and incomplete attributions.
The notice outlines driving rules for approaching emergency vehicles with bells sirens or exhaust signals and states right of way for official convoys. It also reports births: Helen Gregorys July 22 at Strawberry Hill Avenue Woodbridge and Charles William Kalko July 23 at 51 Almon Avenue Woodbridge plus Patricia Anne Hoyland born July 18 at Perth Amboy City Hospital.
The article explains how right of way is understood differently in Washington and New Jersey, stressing that drivers must yield to vehicles on the right at intersections, keep right on highways, and avoid following too closely. It highlights common violations by "road hogs" and the need for caution, horns, and safe overtaking practices.
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