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Lrsday, FefeRHti-yl, 1^40 YaMc Accident® Continue Downward r Trend lit State Traffic accidents atjff fatalities continued their Kin\ji->rl ri»orifl 1*1 VT/nir VA«1» Ofni. J....: 'j.i._ ... few nuard trend in New York,State during the yeat in the face of materianncrease ifrvehicle-mifes 1:59 ii f travel, it has-been rwealed by the annual report of urroll E. MTealey, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, km it tori r.A. fVia. T.^ny?e1otrisvA. i • fbmitted ta the Legislature. ip.rt, covering, the calon-'f , , 1939, highlights, a \sqv- . i ys lives., compared to the ••11 of'1938. This repre- , l 9 percent reduction, in i establishes the year the i he highways in. 12 .years. motor vehicle year was ; : .y in at least three oilier • it was indicated iji the . i. Motor vehicle registn}.- ....thed an all-time high i nearly two and three- million cars; 2, The num- r ijersons licensed to drive JI s approached tlje four million ntarlf j 3; Motor vehicle re- ceipts eceeded those of any former comparable- yea*. The 3939 traffic death> traffic toll was 2;429« compared to 2,528 in i038»« The number of persons in- jured .totalled 95,9*6 or 472* less thiart in tte previous year, while the number of accidents was 73,. 442; or 083'less than those in 1938. Hearctesif Trofflc Experience \The downward trend-cannot be viewed' with too much satisfaction when so many lives, are still lost and so many axe Injured in traf- THE W Wfl<*» Tpw ///////// EftRMSS* OWNING AlflaMQSllEt IM THE U-$. iMCR»>Etr-pRoMi «\«jfr r IN 7 mo- to 71 vi THI* YEAR, >»CCORqfrl« TO A BURBAU Of TAXB* WiP By ISO IEAOIM6 CORPORATION* tAVT YFAR -^~., ^ c «^—^ AMOONTEP TO i*~ \fr-$zT*& £ I.6-5/.00O.O0O 'V\\ 'i?-* AMOUNT P4I0 IN '932- hfJUNO H 0AT < ARE Mtf> BV NATTVe4,lll INOIA/ X./P roe/iafS; rwy /«if wux of KeePS tr\-fj KAireruKt, Ti/trtl covewp MTU W/rWt- /*• -0/ Hlt>E .. 40H6 BFrvst /W CHOmMlM. rsynwt HAP A CXUDB sprm Of AlK-C0HDmONIN9. UilM Am-TuNnea in Koop-TOPi/ A MONUAieKT EBBCTEO TO THE 2ff**- SB0B6IA Ac accidents\ said Commissioner Msaley* irr comatwwfiag- upon th« year's aecidlent sumrotry. \How* «ver, it is «. source of some encour- agenntnito w 4a;owa*orJ^t»-4Sot« that tfcisM* casualties <3ecUaed in * 32 mojtfhs giirjLojl nwfcwfe fcy thfe heaviest traffic, in; the history of th.**jtei** It is. significant thaft the; decline occurred jba spite of? the Ioc(! that automobile? trayei.raAhft state during, 3S39, due-in* a large jnaefewre' to the 'Worlds Fa.&, ex«. teedftct the| of the previous year by well, over one; biiUon, mites, based on taxable gasoline sales in the state.- \In terms of traffic fatalities; that means automobiles travelled over 9,*9fr,Q00 miles for each fatal .accident in the state last year-* 328,000 more mites per death than in the previous year and by far more miles of safe travel than m any other year on record. \A large number of factors may fee said; to figure in the accident SKBPrtente of a state. Yet, I am inclined to believe that we owe ihis sustained improvement large- iy to the cooperative spirit of the oiatM ing public. Improved driving practices and cheerful, acceptance af suggestions for safer highway travel should not be underestima- ied in any appraisal of toe acci- dent reduction.\ Eeccipts, Registrations, Licenses In the matter of revenue, the year 1939 was productive of an all-time high record, with but sne exception. Initial issuance of Jiree-year driver licenses in 1937 *ras responsible for a dispropor- tionate rise m receipts. With the xpirntion of three-year licenses •n 1840j leceipts for this yeur will ifidoubtedly equal or eheeed hose of 1S37. Grcss motor vehicle receipts for 1C39 totalled $47,993,669.53, ex- ?€tdin« these of 1938 by S 1.374,- 128.26. • Although there wos ;i slight de- cline in omnibUM and dealer regis- trations, tho registration of pas- itnger vehicles and for nil other types of vehicles ro-,c for the sixth consecutive year during 1930 and x-t a rv.-w high mark in the histiry of the : tate. Registrations at the close of the yeur totalled 2.749,133 — a sum of 80,336 over 1038. Tiu* numbe. of hceu.-.cd ilii\c*rs in liic Jtute, reaching u tot.U of 3.083.554 in 1939, iepresents an in- cTcane if 247.000 ovqr the number of operators in the prevmu • yeai and a new record figuic. \Sufest\ Year Since 1927 With respect U> the number \f i acculentH, injuries and deaths, the ycai 1939 was the \safest\ m Nc-w Yoi k .itate >iniu 1927, the u-pnit diT'o- -.. The month of Februoiy nvjvved the it'cutest unp.nvement mw 193fi. .9 fc wci (fi-utii^ being le-j ccrdcl in February. 1938 Oct bci, j with a futallt> incie.ikc of 21 u\cri sesa-swsBSrssasss*,!,, !J,,I|J , u Mi^mimmmmssism mmmmm The Styles Changeth Styled an^ modes in* newspaper waiting have- changed in fifty years jpat as they have in other fields, A perusal of 189(Xi8s«es of the TAibnne is apt to convince th^ reader of this faet as\ veil as, sntoM Hixi nohttle^nnisenien%-^ * Quotog directly 'ft'om the Jan-*' uaiy 2«th issue of the Tlibuno fifty years ag»; \Resident of ow vilWo who happened down, on Main Street last Sunday afternoon witnessed a disgraceful sight. Fivo or six owners of test horses, ono of them an alderman, were $peed» ing their frotters up atjd 4own the street while a large number of spectators applauded, and encour* aged tb.e .strafe,\ \CJiarltfe Daniels of LyaaonviHs has. taught his old,grey : iloi'se to stand at the depot unhitchfid'.\ \George Rogers fr.o« Ws feet last Saturday and rjowdie hasr to, sleep with his shoes on,'* \Kites. Nellie Walker, tfee petite and beautiful wife of Aloazo'WaJ- ker, has commenced an notion against Hiram Eaman for the price of a kiss which the djafen&int stole from her one fine morning. She has set the price at $8,00.5. Harry Roke is embarking on October, 1938, showed the largest ncrease in traffic fatahties of any month, compared to the previous year. Pedestrians' deaths, declined sev- en percent from a toll of 1,389 in a. new enterprise. He Has ,e«olose& a: £a»d knoll on liis fc»^ convert- ihgiit into a, i&utik hateh^rj?,\ 4, ws sai<3 thai ri»t* entertain- Jhent was given at the- Opera House, Tuesday by tho female minstrels.* fidow!esvitt« 4-H |JlfMIL l lH.U|iUI\l | P 1 \** qg»'4.8 Chtb of '1bww}m{Uo have InQtujurated a basketbftll leaftttfi as leisure time aetivl^, Games are played on Monday nightsret fee local dpaage tlajl. In the opening set of games jjlaycd January 25 Cornell defeated »art- mouth 49- to 29 wtate Albion took measure of Princeton In a close contest 24 to 22. Nesct week will findf the winners of these gomes meeting while the losers como to grips in the other match. To date Walter Tucker, Horry Howell, Norman Goheen and Llnwood An- derson novo been dividing the scoring hoaot-s. Members of the Knowiesvflle 4-H Club B. B. Loagtso are: Cornell: Roger Pratt, Cnpt, Harry Howell, Lylo VnnAuker, Farming Becomes Complicated Job Seneca Co.Growp Outlines 1138 to 1,271 in 1«39, but still re- ?Sl!!. B8 - 8 Pe '' C0Rt ° { ^ t0tai ! Alien HlatoTTo^'curttn? DartmoutTt: Roger VonAernum, fatalities. Child deaths In motor vehicle accidents declined one par cent during 1989, compared with the previous year. Fatalities in the children's ago claslfication decrea- sed from a total of 272 in 1938 to 209 in 1939. October was the most danger- ous month of the year, according to the report. In this single month, there were recorded., 298 traffic deaths, the highest monthly toll of tho yeur. Saturday, with 443 fatal accidents and Sunday with 43S, weie the two most hiinrdous days c.f the week. Tho hour of groatest peril was from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. 175 (atal accidents oecurlng during this period. February was tho safest month of the year, only 104 fatalities be- ing llsti'd Tuesday, with 244 fatal accidents, was tho safest day, and the hours 5 a.m. to 0 a.m., tho solost perind i>f tho day with only 33 filial accidents. A.s m the past, the hours of daikn.-ss were responsible for tho k. cutest number if fatal accidents. Mero than 08 pel cunt of tho total death crashes occurred at night. In 1938. this percentage wan 59.(1. capt., Wulier Tucker, Geo. Mnrttn, Ruy Tucker, Roger Dunham. Albion: Mike Bokmirn, captain, Norm Cokeon, Henry Bokmun, Francis Allnrd, James Andersen and Lee Hlbburd Princeton: Hurley VanAernum, captain, Linwood Anderson, H. Bundemrr, William I>enhart, Ross Wood roe Schedule February 5: Cornell vs. Albion; Dartmouth vs. Princeton. Feb. 19: Cornell vs. Princeton, Dartmouth vs. Albion. • Mar. 4' Albion vs Princeton, Cornell vs. Dartmouth Mar. 18: Dartmouth v«. Prinoe- ton, Cornell vs. Albion. April 1: Dartmuihh wi Albion, Cornell vs. Pi incoton. April 15 Tenmj In first and se- cond pluce Teams m Ilin d and fourtrt places. DUV Meeting To-morrow A tureen suppor at (I 30 o'clock will launch the regular meeting of Harriett Beeehcr Siowt- Tent 21, D. uf U. V, Friday evening Businpss sessiiin is slated at 8 p m. FACTS YOU NEVER KNEWljj [}{E ACHIEVED THE IMPOSSIBLE /// By Bob Dart JoSTINOS S7- YNOW GERMAN;, I' ARTIST IN THE V I PAINT ON COEV* I SPENT 20 YBAK •vr4, AM AUSTRIAN - ONi-y J VVMO CAN ... HE PERFECTING LITTT:F: ~BI rnny TAUK \To ME PLEWSff QPiUL Wp- OF IM CSOMWA\ BE P> ^4^)JWS\ SAIUSC \WH5»0 X <3?FT /*^\8&S'Nt BIG!'. HEV, Me eos'K> PBOM IWdWoW. CftUSS I'M SAILOR VJHEK) mi 1 lin IM ••!• *\^M Boy, lutrr's ^ •roc ut»e Port Me ,OM THe RA&tMG Sf A! OJ30SRIW& SAILORS P(ROUMO!> TV4ATfe A By Bruce Stuart MOM WAMTS V<X> T» 0O HOME* PiKO Wf Way Through Present- Day HaKardi \ /' 5Phe stjlwee of fwi^lnf i* mw** ingly compU^te^v 3Sot <»>ly mu*t th$ Javmcr )tw^ , vnfto-dftt* on fann nv^tfecs, tot Kve faust «tsa ndajjt his style ot'Mmin* to- ra* pidiy ciianging HHMM^RS* So says a Vepftrt H'Om m* ^«ft« tea County AfiUcaltural Coniw- enec commlUce,\ Tho xspbi fc* presents tl>o chUcetivc opinions oj a group of' thlnklngj ^Uct;es$M farmecs who UaVe siudled ih(i tauts ohct an attcm$ is \w\&<* to help fawners chart u safe course to«8h pjB^m»U»«<o^:..fl?yRJ¥Sfe. 0oiwft esipfesto ytiJ|Bwk '|jif-MM la eato \fmm IJw&Qtej?\ MM&$ with isttfepte, m$k m Sand ufio. t the mm 8ltu^^o% men f<sft- nncy j*«l)tem,. ftipm 1^% pm lire insurflB^ ma^6tljft& tflftal government, roads mi mxm&h, elcetrifleatton, and tyM<J*«? *ol* J« the county. Although we £)o(« te- late to Seneca couAtl, tho prob- lems are slroilar to those its otti^r agricultural counties of tho state. Concerning: farm tabor, the eam» mittce agreed that far-Kjrgnted fttr- mers, ,.\ order to OBevate a large** sized bxtsiness efTictentl^*, will de- vise moans of keeping the bettes class of men who are able t« op* orate machines and properly to onrc for livestock. Police, Firemen Among 1940 Income Taxpayers Among those required to mnk« foderal income tax payments un- der a now law, the Public Salary Tnx Act of 1039, are slate and lo- cal judges, members of. the stat* and local legislative bodies, school teaeheri, policemen, firemen, ot- her city employes and a nurnbor of other classifications, according to Edward J. Moorodlan, deputy collector for tho federal bureau oi Internal revenue A state employee is defined as an olftcer or employee* of u iitoto, a political subdivision or any aaency or instrumentality of oiu or muro state or pollllcal subdi- visions, Re turns mo required before March 15 of every oinRle porcon who. for tho year 1939, hod a srois Inconio of $5,000 or more or a net income of $1,000 or moro ond ot ovary husband and wlfo living to- Rcther who, for 1030 had an ng- [(reijr.to net income of $2,000 or moi c. The personal exphiptlonn arc $1,000 lur (.Ingle persons and $2,- S00 for married pcisoim llvln« to- gether and fot heads of families. lluxband and wife living togot- her ni.iv make »cparota returns ol the imumi' of each or their In- comes may bo included In n Joint (etui n, the federal official /mid If :.cp.irnte reiurnn tiro filed, one may nut ri-poi t income which bo- lonfis I ) him If a Joint return U filed ,iuh return m trouted as a t.i>.ulilf unit u\t\ the Income dls- c-,..e.| c Mibjerl to both i?b<» nor- mal t.i'. uiul the nurtax, llus'Lind and wife may elect CMcn ye.a whether to fllo a Joint (.•urn 1.1 dopunite u-tuma Where, h. weiii, joint or H(iparatc-*-uturiis h..\c 'icen filed for a particular year (wither hunbnnd or wife may, iiftei ihe due date of tho return, Me i,d amended icliiin i)r returns on .i diller; nt basli. for that Name Veil\ Weils IK Sentenced To Attica Prison li, , ., ,M Wi i 1 ' 111 Medina, ch.j:«<d v. ith ..ccnd (Irgreo Brand liiitc/ Y m tie Ihi'ft uf mi auto and i. .etc nd felony offender, wan mnl<ocid five l/i ten yearn In At- li, ,, si .ii- l'i i '\ Monday by Monioc CoKdiy .1 !•'*/• William C Kohl/nei/ Seandinaviatw In U,S. Beinff Recruited Daily 'h\ linnish Army • i/l other, .... . '- J . V »f|- vu /,, o. ... U.ti I, of 111, orn Finland, the I. :< •' M.ii'h of Time ,'llm, \The Republic of I'la- lond,\ BIIOWS. The film Ja to play at the Dlnno, Tueuday and Wed- nesday, February fl and 7. How theto volunteers arc being recruited at clm/en Finnish consul- ar (wsfa ihroujjhout tho U. S. today In pictured In thl« new March of Time, which presents n complete and enlightening pictorial story of the Finnish people who arc today fighting to defend their lltle 21- year-old republic from Soviet Ru»- sio Only able-bodied appUcursi*, who are able to pay their own\W»y to Finland und are not U. 8. citi- zens, ore boinjg accept«d for wrr- vicc in the Finnish army, the March of Time ehows. Tho«e among the notion* C00,* 000 Flnnteh-Amcrican who ere unable to serve wltU ftatend'jfc armed force*, the flipi poinU m% have ,,lre«dy become full-time Red Crow w«srkor« to an &ftm te> do their E^rf to m»1s# m» 1st of Finland's Jiront-fln^ »oWi«w mm® ocmtortaMe. As voiunt6«ra reach Finland, they will be smlgmA to varlsu* oni* of tfw Httte n«tt<m%« M«K: 'tary forces, which HurRlwr I«s8» mmm CROSS WORD PUZZtKNOaiT ) ,. fiMi f«H \MM m mm ±$m y >• »» (fe m%, Vtwm »v<«**»*rU»Vi*.> Horl»aht*l. ' t—TBi^ircrt nitmw W»R. A T-Qrutifiwi Jt-Kntt lt-llftoff bthlnd 1«—PB« of \to W IT—»o b» iti }|-.»r|)U>na» 10—8(rlk«tir*Hktr II—ObHo.tt«dy »>—J'roc«ic.t H—Barly Bngllnh (nbbr.) 18—KitPlmi)Htltm H—ar*«k Utur M»Awbaa*idor »1—P*ti «i-.A MitlMit IS«i*e»ir»M»*<i *T~Rlgticit nolni SI'-Uiholdl »—MliKign Hi Texan, ic«n* of * mautcr* in list Kt—OOtta «l«-Nervoui commotion 44*=>8*eor«i«J 4*=P*ti» es«t tl—BneountHMd 61— 8sm» ii* J3 llorUoatM U—PrcpoiUtoa M—X'rtnoiltton 8i—Ig^yptlRa #un tort W—More than on» tiibtir.) tK—Wlna «torro »t«»1tw«lrth of it foot »|—Uoolrla» of f«t« tThloaophy) M—Bl Inning int-et II—Plec* of tiroand It—Bnaliolllio n*h M—PampUloi mbtir.) IJ—1<wie» (muitcai dlrtotldn) M—ria« TS—llrlvtil -•CUIIOH will ayprnr In anal Uaut. .«, V«rtlc*f« »—To naltit , t«»nwtnt>H 4«.Thun I—RWHt «—0<>]H i-«irt)s,vi»Bly nqdy .* t**how hoolt I—Jfor *MIII«U («^br.) ,* «—U*ji« lift* t » il~-p«rioit ot Um« e »—Corrupt H— Nau at mail«l **•.!»• ^ k 5 «-mn#i» . - «*$Jif*4 si—WH ii%mn tti»t MtMmw mt\M • '• '** IMin. lUftttnllaf Tteltftoleiri! * t8t>t)Rj , -**«>• nn^vtf*. toft iwltu- , H M—Ktnfl of melfln. M-WvJI tnttl»««r (#U»if4 , s 14—Month of Mat»rt»v» c»l«ni*r SJw.Tweaiy.foar hou« 8tw«eBti«eUoa of fcwmul* »,, 4t-6elte»t« 4S*»tfnti«* 43—MM!)! Of tr»fl*aort*tt8B (ftbttM (S—lied CruM (abtir.) il-UKl iO~UJk« _ M'-ia |«-Mrtk« «ultiiW» for '' |t—ivrform* *»— tU%t <*«l\) ID— Fartil(td«n *J-I'r«nit liift#ning nol «&—Mann IHU It—For «*oiupJ» t»t>br.» •9—K«elatimti«n \ than half 11 million men. Despite early wintor viotorleg, tnrgcly nttributublo to ski troops and tho military genius of Qcnoral Karl Mnnncrhehn, Commander- in-Chief of tho Finnish Army, tho Httlo republic null faced tho over- whelmingly grontor armies of Soviet Rusalu which conolat o| about 13 million men. Over $25,000 Moro IB Allotted State School The sum of $310,070 ho« been allotod Albion State frnlnini) School for 1040 according to tho budget Bubmltlod for the fiscal year by Governor Lolimun to the Legislature. This In an increnso of 525,748 over lost year's allotment. Othe. appropriations ore Al- lien PrlBon, $1,001,013, 11 gain of gflQ.QOO. Of tho increase;, $30,400 represents a rlao In cost of porgon- Bolutlon to Puwle No. lit. •1 ^mi^mtifm*^MMMmmmm« mwmmm*&ifmtiim 1 I RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR ••.•.•••••..•i.a<wiai» ty IARLE FERRIS ,.»».i»«i«p«»«» cost'for' iho \tofTimo \recojlilm G RNEVIKVJi ItOWK, pIclUMll llOrOi Is now tho featured soloist on the Tuefiday and F'rWny 'Johnny Presents\ programs. Mian Rowo fg a nntlanol nmiltlon winner, a »o. prano, flnd«h#htt0h from Woqiter, Ohio, Sho mudd Iter radio dobut over n Cleveland radio motion he. fore coming to NPW York. Dnvp Hlmnn has nr<mentcd hii 500th hobhyist on \tfobby Lobby,\ but ho lan't afraid of running out of program material In a hurry, He has the names of some 500,000 more In his efflee flhja. * • • Atemdy tte slhglna nemaUon of the W«diWi|d«y'niKht Btflr'flioatre, Kenny,Baker,, imwti here, cur- rcntly it m*Wn# between-broftd. c»»t conmti jippemmmn m western Glim, Bmm's, &m»lm \tt o»n#«i«««t- MP'tmW worn mm the eemm stop twark* ono of tiss fm titnm i j^rMnalUy ha» ptoumm to.thit «t«aium meet* !/ from tl)<j «M«»«i # • ». Alien Prttcott, noted c&mie whs aiiwro\ w%n. fcwu 6e««d from mm to the title ^mbmmmt \v^Mum kM mktm m grarw flftd * *»rif# of r^mltigs, X Thurs<lny nlfiht Music Hall broRtl* ' tmt time recent oint out f tho Muifo .„.. .„ ^„- „. aary's favorite prw ;raros. lie confessed tahln dad li« Hall la ono of Gary's favorite pro* crams. We confessed tahln dftil Ii* Uked It o» welt 08 the Lone ItangOW * • * Knie Smith llltos to joke on thfc air about bolng tho best »M«turtt* bier In ihe country- However,; p ronllly tho slriger-eommefltiitorp ono of the nations niojt m§M ladioa on skis. , • A * ,*' * vj Basil rtathlJSMC, stftf of (lir \Sherlock liohttiir pregfram* hoar* over the NBC-flJtje network an* 1 1 nol, and of this amount $21,680 l* for 11 now positions, including ? flunrdo; Brockport State Normnft SI 10,280, a gsia of 11.170; Qetimo BlaU. Normal, 0204,000, a gain of 8273, Matiivia School for llllild 8137,121, down $2,0fli}, largely b|# caunt? of cut« in cfiuipment and mnintennneo provi8lon», won on tytrtUMioayfe landed M tte fafnef ini„. ,..,., sleuth. natJjbene, Ihown Mr*, hai just been iK>nt a flrit edition of tilt faiwou* A. Co«»« pvyle. »t«rl<» from A listener wjto te»t« he «?om» plutoly poi trays fthsrlock. Th» CBS pnm twy «Mlin«3 Ifr shooing autuj'faph a#«k«if» mty from ''fcMivci *lhe(jti«\ fluent it«r» has Hollywood's most <flfflculfc Mi tie IK WI avid autograph liuntwr himself • * • T»ie remarkable work of 8«ft* DavJ«, iihown hflr?, amii B$M?*# Tr««y in tho IRafllo 11»e«te'» Jr>f >arlf Vict*,,, ,.„ mt hmm tw »«tfe &m W* ft Q & H 'A n -; ^'fi i N 'A • Lu&t
