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! i 14 ; f i ,1 I mm x b imp PS M i U .1 f PAGE SEC (Third Setion) THE WAYXESVTLLE MOrXTADCEEB FRIDAY, 508 Persons Were Killed As Results Of Traffic Accidents In Nine Months During the first nine months of this year. 508 persons were killed And 5,353 others were injured as a result of 11.323 traffic accidents, the Motor Vehicle Department re ported today. Fatalities showed a 15 per cent reduction over the same period last year, uhen 595 persons were lulled. Total accidents however, jumped 28 per cent over the cor responding period in 1947 The report listted deaths tn type as follow- 176 perjons died a- a result of motor vehicle eo!li.'n a two per rent increase over ia-f ear. 121 were pederiar.i fjta!; Struck while walking on streets or highways 'an 18 per cert decrease over last year'. 116 person were killed when their vehicles ran ofT roadways 32 per cent decrease over last ear . 29 were latailv r.,i while ridin? their biccles 'three per cent increase over 1947'. 20 were killed when their venules oxer- turned in roadways (20 per crr.t increase over the same period last year'. 18 died in motor i-ehicle-train collisions: eight died as the result of collisions between motor vehicles and animal draw n vehicles: six were killed when their vehicles collided wth fixed objects: II per sons were killed in other non-collision accidents: and three died uf miscellaneous accidents. Brakes Cause Wrecks A total of 19.312 vehicles were involved in all accidents. Of these. 890 were defective, with bad brakes alone causing 446 accidents, nine of which were fatal, killing one or more persons per accident Fifty five accidents were caused by ve hicles with -'no headlights" two ( of these proved to be fatal acci- , dents. "Steering mechanism de- i fective" was listed as a direct i cause of 128 accidents, six of them 1 latal. Twenty-five accidents, two I of them fata, were caused by ve- niciex with no rear lights. The fatality report showed that W per cent of ai; traffic deaths Otturred in rural areas, while the ! remaining 18 per cent took place ?i,tle and towns A total of; MTO accidents, killing 416 persons 1 and Injuring 4.091 others, occurred I oa rural hghways. In cities and towns, there were accidents, with 92 deaths and 1.262 injuries Ommerrial Drirers More persons betwn ik of 25 and 34 were involved in ac-1 craem man any other age group and more commercial drivers were i Involved than any other occupa tional group of drivers. In 1547. i more farmers were involved Com- j memal drivers include chauffeurs bur. tax. truck and tractor driven! and delivery' men. j Howard Hughes Junks Movie At $2,000,000 Cost By PATRICIA CLARY Inited Press Staff Correspondent ! HOLLVH'OOD il'P.i-A man who made a movie for Howard Hughe a; it's not fair to dismiss hnn. as Hollywood does, with a funny .'or Hughes is the most misunder stood ;;ian net only in Hollywood on' in the whole country." says .he actor Richard Flato j It s not hard to see how the mis- I understandings arise. Hughes used , half a dozen directors to make the rro,e - Vendetta" not once but Xw.ce Then he threw hnth :r the wastebasket and directed a third x ers.cn himself. Further, he directed it from Bp m. to 8 a m. ' Hughes considers nothing im- j possible Flato explains. j "He expects and demands to get I what he pays for and he accepts: no excuses for failure He is a real perfectionist." Flnto said he knows why Hughes threw away S2.OOO.0O0 in junking two finished "Vendettas". Fussy Craftsman "It would have been a waste and discredit to him '" Flato said, "to release a picture which did not come up to his personal stand ards " Flato worked 40 weeks on the j pinuie as tne killer who stalks I George Dolenz j "Hughes is a very meticulous craftsman ' Klato said "He may go ' over one line a hundred times until j he gets the exact inflection anrt i timing he wants. He doesn't care how much it costs. " If any other movie director I called a cast and crew to the studio in the middle nf ih I Hughes did, and made his movie while the rest of Hollywood slept, he'd be buried under protests But Flato says nobody com plained about making "Vendetta" that way. They were as absorbed in the work as Hughes was. There's only one thing about Hughes that Flato can t go along with, and that's his delay in re leasing "Vendetta". "I'm getting tired," he said, "of waifing to be discovered." BECORD TROCT LANDED SA.VDPOINT, Ida 'U P .Joseph W. Bates, Jr.. a visitor from Massa chusetts, landed the largest Kara lapi rainbow trout ever taken on Utfit tackle It weighed 31 pounds, 12 ounces. RELIEF AT 1AST ir Your COUGH lbkm relieve promptly beciu e It Cock riffbt IO tK (cat nl lh trniikl. to belpVloofen and expel aerm laden phlegm and aid nature to toothc and heal raw, Render, inflamed bronchi I aooCDui membranci.Tcll your druggut to tell you a bottle of CreomuUioo with the uadcrtMndiog you muit like tba way it quickly allays the rough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coiighj.Chesr Colds, B ronchitis Legionnaires Get Vote Out In Big Manner LKJLbMAN, Wis. (UP.)-This Milage in southeastern Wisconsin has 198 eligible voters. On Nov 2 last, 198 ballots were ton hi me village. The 100 per cent voting record uue a get -out-t he-vote cam paign conducted by the local American Legion rwwt I-eeionnaire kept watch at the polls on election day and checked .... names of voters who showed up By mid-afterrfbon they started ..junoing up voters who hadn't appeared. One Legionnaire had to run a restaurant so its owner could vote Another had to turn baby-sitter. RED MEN RED FACED DL'RANT, Okla. fUP)-The faces i or 25 Indians were really red here 1 after they got lost in the woods! they are traditionally supposed to know. Even their excuse was pale mej got lost after they relied on a white man to IphH hm back from a tribal council wiener roast. Better QUALITY Blankets Need Care . . . and careful cleaning to preserve their beauty and utility. We use only the best solutions spe cially for wool Quicker SERVICE JUST PHONE 205 VayiicsviIIc Laundry . i FRED SHEEHAN JOE LINER BOYD AVENUE PHONE 205 How Town Got Named; Just Slight Error MERCEDES, Tex. (UP.) This town was named by mistake. The story goes that the city fathers decided to name it in honor of the wife of the president of Mexico at the time. They were told Poifirio Diaz's wife was namprl Mercedes, so the town became Mercedes. Her name wasn't Mercedes at all But the folks like the town and the name stuck. 2 Hours In Working Day Found Most Dangerous SAN FRANCISCO . I P. - The time for industrial workers te he careful is between 10 and 11 m and 3 and 4 p. m That's when indutri&: accident' reach their peak The California Depart merit of Indust.nl Relation', sr.'.? r:r,f ac cidents, finds thai H per ct nt ai all disabling indu-lnsl rr.tsr.fcr take place durinc the third tvour of the work day, and 12 per cent dur ing the third hour after .K-h Wife Preservers M'hM ft'Aivhin lA!h4L ar.it u ilh fw TotiOTf Vt moe !nrh con t'ruer us tl tU-'dt K!uUon tends to .Ult ft Weather Balloon Soars 21 Miles In Ohio WILMINGTON, O. (UP.) A weather baljoon was sent up by the air weather service detach ment at the Air Force base here more than 21 miles for the second highest recording ever made. Cait. Lawrence E. Ftobertsan said the 112,800 foot ascent was exceeded only by a height of 120, 000 feet made at the Air Force weather station at White Sands, doe it .. New Mexico. 1 Tha V, .. 1 1 ' ... - carry.ng a n. tmncm (ah u.Li.l . . v.-.......Cl U1C1 Sen(is sjf,M()K l U.Tfj)j aicaungthe temperature, hu,ilh J and pressures, was followed du,,,,, its climb by means ..f r-.,i... it burst. The euui.,,., " ""Jl floated to earth by a iuii -a, ,, '"M niton " wt 1 j Signals from th.. hnii ""'"ii .N receiver on ihp , i u Si. l B. . . L. 1 1 VJ """'ii was tl ""mi The term "mayor or A pet .,o.. f . ...o mm iw any person ui... i .... .... supervision of others. " MIUI "Will'.- . 7a 3 0 PRINCE ALBERT CHRISTMAS CARTON 79c GEORGE WASHINGTON CHRISTMAS CARTON !-) 69c CAMELS CHRISTMAS CARTON $1.42 tarn FROM , SMITH'S DRUG STORE Christmas Package SOFSKIN CREME Qgc ZIPPO LIGHTERS $3.00 up G-E SUN LAMP $g.50 PERFUME ATOMIZERS .... Qgc up BONNI HAIR DRYER $g.98 GILLETTE RAZOR SETS ... .00 up WILLIAMS SETS ... 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