91,000 Persons Killed In
United States Last Year
caeo. Feb. 7 IU.KJ ACCl-
dents killed 91,000 person! In the
Chicago, Feb
U. S. lait year, inflicting disab
ling Injuries on one out of every
18 persons and cost $f,zuu,uuu,
000, the National Safety council
reported today.
But high as those figures were,
Ned Dearborn, president of the
iafety council, said the nation
took "an encouraging step in the
right direction."
Represents Reduction
The death total represented a
three per cent reduction from the
previous year a saving of 3,000
lives.
Road mishaps led the list,
with home accidents a close sec
ond. But all classifications
showed decreases, the largest
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six per cent in occupational
accidents.
The deaths by classes: motor
vehicle, 31,500; home, 30,500:
occupational 15,000; public not
including motor vehicles, 18,000.
The council points out that this
totals 03,000 deaths, but said
2,000 were duplicated in the
various categories.
Lowest On Record
The death rate for the year in
all types of accidents was 61.2
per 100,000 population the low
est rate on record, surpassing
the previous low of 64.3 in 1948.
The estimated economic loss
from accidents during the year
was $7,200,000,000 from both
fatal and non-fatal accidents
Occupational deaths went
down 1,000, with a saving of
400 In the coal mining industry
alone.
Portland On List
Portland, Ore., and Kansas
City, Mo., had the greatest drop
in fatal accidents among cities
over 200,000 population. Each
was 41 per cent below 1948. San
Francisco had a 40 per cent de
crease, and Cincinnati, O., a drop
of 39 per cent.
Fifty -three cities of 10,000
population or more completed
the year without a singe traffic
death. Great Falls, Mont., with
a population of 40,1000, was the
largest city with a perfect rec
ord. Minneapolis and San Francis
co had the lowest traffic death
rate among cities over 500,000
population, each with 2.3 deaths
per 10,000 registered motor vehicles.
Family Of 6 Lives On
$95.96 For One Month
New York, Feb. 7 (U.R)
Housewives who na their hus
bands for more money for the
food budget could take a lesson
today from City Welfare Com
missioner Kaymond ra. iiuiiara.
The 815,000 -a -year commis
sioner kept his own family of
six on a food budget of $95.96
last month about 52 cents a
day for each person.
Hilliard conducted the experi
ment to prove that a recent
seven per cent cut in the indivi
dual food allowances for persons
on relief was justified.
The commissioner pointed out
that his family of six would
have received $124.50 for food
if they had been on relief and
thus would have saved $28.54.
He admitted, however, that
the money saved would have
gone for cigarets and other items
not included in the food budget.
Mrs. Mary Hilliard, his wife,
said she got along fine on the
budget by buying cheaper cuts
of meat.
Rogue Cemetery
Members Accept
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Rogue River, Feb. 7 At a
special meeting of the Cemetery
association held February 4. in
the Civic club rooms, members
voted to accept the city council s
offer of free water for the ceme
tery and to buy water pipes at
once.
Regarding installing water
Sipes, it was recalled that since
eginning of the first cemetery
in early Woodville days, people
of the town and especially of the
surrounding country have al
ways proudly responded when
called to work In their cemetery
and it was decided to inform
them their help will be needed
in the near future.
To Go Through Ranch
"We will connect with the
city main at the Pharr ranch,"
said Phil Strahan. chairman of
the association. "Pharr has given
us the right to run the pipe
through his place. It will go
through the garden, berry patch
and the hog pen. That part must
be dug by hand, about 250 feet.
Then it will run through the
clover field and we plan to use
a subsoiler and pull the pipe
through by tractor. But it must
be done soon, before the clover
starts to grow. We can't set a
definite date and notify workers
ahead of time because the
weather is so changeable. But
we will call as many as we can
contact as soon as the weather
breaks.
"This is the Woodville ceme
tery," stated Mrs. W. A. White.
"We retained the original name
and did not change it when the
town became Rogue River. The
cemetery association was first
organized in 1884, later the
books and records were destroy
ed by fire and the association
was organized in 1924.
All persons owning lots, or
heirs of owners are members of
the association. Dues are $1
year and money thus derived is
used for general expenses and
upkeep of the driveways. But
the care of the individual lots
depends upon the owners if liv
ing and upon their death the
care of their lot falls to the duty
of their surviving relatives or
friends. It is the custom of the
community to gather on a set
date each year, usually the week
end prior to Decoration day, and
work together to clean and im
prove the entire cemetery.
"Many of the early settlers
who are buried there have no
families left, they have all
passed on or moved away," said
Strahan, "but we try to take
care of their graves and we
would appreciate it if the new
residents would join us in this
worthy work, whether they own
lots or not they can help in this
civic service. Every one brings
their own tools on clean up day,
and they brine sandwiches or
other cooked food for a potluck
I luncheon at our house. We al-
i ways cook a big kettle of beans
and a huge pot of coffee to
serve ine worKers. uiu irjeuus
meet to work side by side, bound
together with ties of grief and
sorrow as well as with the com
mon interests of life. To the new
er residents our cemetery among
the pines may look rugged, but
the pioneers who sleep there
were just as rugged, and I am
sure they feel more at home
than if they lay under the
clipped turf of a city park sur
rounded by carefully pruned
hedges.
"We will hold a regular meet
ing in April as usual," he con
tinued, "but we will need help
with the pipes this month. Please
be ready to come when called."
Gl's Widow Cannot Claim Hall 01
Insurance Benefits, Court Claims
Washington, Feb, 7 iU.PJ
The supreme court ruled today
that a Gl's widow cannot claim
half his life insurance benefits
under state community property
laws if she is not named benefi
ciary,
Such state laws generally say
that property acquired by either
a husband or wife becomes the
loint Drooertv of both. California
courts ruled that a widow has
a right to half the Insurance pro
ceeds, since the husband's salary
was used to pay the premiums
Finding Overruled
But the supreme court over-
Trial Set For Man
Charged With Illegal
Practice Of Medicine
Portland. Ore., Feb. 7 (U.R)
The trial of Otto Soles, labora
tory technician charged with
practicing medicine without
license, has been set for Febru
ary 27, it was disclosed today.
Soles was arrested after an in
vestigation by the district attor
ney s on ice. Allegedly, ne naci
been treating a woman for can
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Tokyo, Feb. 7 (U.R) Army
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kins. Tex., died in a military
hospital of a fractured skull re
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army announced today.
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to split the payments with her.
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