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Zurich Herald, 1947-06-26, Page 6Voice Of The Pass Watcla the Others If every person who handles a motor vehicle could be brought to obey the behest of "watch the other fellow", highway travel would 'be'safer in very great measure. A great number of accidents are caused by pure carlessness and a great deal of this carelessness lies in simply neglecting to notice what the drivers of other machines are doing or likely to do. Chatham News. 'Why' of Accidents ' The great majority of automobile accidents are not caused by lack of skill, physical incapacity or han- dicaps of drivers, nor by failure of Me car mechanism—the greatest (percentage are due to ill -temper, gross bad manners, or had judg- ment, —Winnipeg Fret Press. They Wouldn't Those who do not know the dif- ference between right and wrong seldom -make the mistake of doing right. —Quebec Chronical -Telegraph, Very Doubtful St. Thomas Times -Journal says there was a time "when you could find a tiny square of pork among the beans, if you had good eyesight" And a well equipped micro -analyst might still be able to detect it, but we don't think so. _ —Ottawa Journal. That Annual Illusion Now comes the worst illusion of man, that a straw hat tossed in the closet Iast fall will be wearable in June. —Brandon Sun. Still They Get Killed Lights, bells, watchmen and even lowered gates are insufficient to cause all motorists to stop, look or listen when approaching a railroad crossing. Of the accidents at such crossings last 'year, 37 per cent. were at spot protected by one of these means. —New York Sun. :i�nitaal Fare—lartending in Chicago ,is going to the dogs, as evidenced by these pictures of Baron, a Doberman .Pinscher, as he waits on customers in his otener's tavern. At left, he deftly removes a dollar bill from the bar. Holding it in his mouth, he turas and places it in cash register drawer, right, as Anthony Katalinich, full-time bartender who helped owner Luke ]3otica train the dog, looks on. This soaked and abandoned kitten finds refuge between two torn boards of a shack in Canton, Mo., as flood waters swirl around it below. Cop who found this duck strut- ting down busy street in Los Angeles, Calif.: gets armed escort as he takes it on leash to Humane Society. - It's full speed ahead for this rooster as it experiences a nCW thrill by sailing down the flooded Main St.. in Canton, Mo., on a floating hoard. w 68 Children Of School Age Were Killed In 1946 In Ontario Cr o� fug l igr ay din+ g Bicycles Ragan in S reet CominC from babied pzetesel cars Waleson Hiatmay Q'GSSiitg between Intersections Crozeinf, v kere aro %grad Crossing Diagonally Crossing with Signa.I Gettfng'on or oft a Vehicle There is no "percentage" in being careless in tn.ffic. This statement can be proven. You read the papers and listen to the radio. You learn from these sources details of individual traf- fic fatalities and injuries in On- tario but you have not a clear conception of just what your own chances are of being involved. Just what are your chances? Worse than you might think! '5 * * Based on statistics compiled by the Ontario Department of High- ways, here are some of the chances you face of being involved in a traffic accident in Ontario in 1947, if the experience this year dupli- cates that of 1946. —Your chances of being killed in a traffic accident in Ontario this year are about 6,000 to 1 and your chances of being involved in a motor traffic accident of some kind are 236 to 1. —Your chances are worse in the tourist season, just opening, be- cause highway traffic is heaviest then; and your chances are not particularly improved in the coun- try because about 46% of all ac- cidents occurred in rural areas last year, * * r - Neither •Neither youth nor age is inn - mune from the disaster riding the streets and highways. Last year, out of a total of 12,228 fatal and non-fatal accidents, 197e happened to children gilder 14, and 10% to those over 65 years. People be- tween 15 and .35 have more acci- dents than any other group, but there are more people that age in the population. Actual fatalities (persons killed per 100,000 popu- lation) arc highest among older people and lowest in the group aged 5. 14. :bast yea], I out of every 25 li'enscd (Ontario drivers got into an atc.•'dcn. involving death, in- w;y or pranerty damage. These figures are no mere a.:..esees. They are official statistics provided by Hon, George H. Dou- cett, Ontario Minister of High- ways, in urging safety on motor vehicle operators. Traffic safety is a gigantic prob- lem. Public officials and safety leaders cannot handle it alone, In- dividual drivers and pedestrians are the only persons who can cut down the mounting death and ac- cident toll. The life you save by being careful may be your own. Right of Freedom For Princely States Many people are asking: Under this change in India, what of the Princely States? The answer—made clear by Mr. Attlee and Lord Mountbatten—is that the Indian States ruled by Prince§ are left free to choose joining the new regimes—Hindustan or . Pakistan—or to remain inde- pendent, without British interfer- ence. In other words, the British are not setting part of India free and maintaining bases or bastions or other control in other parts of India. When they say they are gCtting out, they thean it. ---Ottawa Journal. STUFF AND THINGS • (OUT OP THIS-VVORLD] "Come, come l A good brisk walk will put new life in ybu I" Shipping Los's Great Lakes - Shady Reduced in Recent Years Memory a bleb s amietimes finds expression on this page goes back to earlier years when shipping ac- cidents and d:=Isles-s on the Great Lakes were much more common than in recent years. A generation ago the young reporter in any town along the Great Lakes kept cone slant watch over the shipping offi cels and other offices. of like • char-; acter, fully conscious of what was likely and, in all too many instances. did conic. The fall seasons especially were known for the accidents that were - due to the stress of weather, says, the Port Arthur Nelvs-Chronical: - Exlaosed points on the Great Lakes were the scene of many aci?idents when ships, seeking shelter in their lee failed to find it and, instead - were driven on the rocks. - On all the lakes • there was no place snore productive of accidents than Whitefish Point, where Lake Superior narrows into channels that farther down become St. Mary's River. The steamer routes con- verge there and it is also a place where fogs are frequent and cola lisions were many. A picture if the bottom of Whitefish Point would show it strewn with the hulls of sunken steamers, some probably on top of others. heweenaw Point took its toll as ships sought protection that also could be had when once it was rounded. The passage between Isle Royale and the mainland to the north, used by all ships in and out of Port Arthur and Port William, was, and, as the most recent disas- ter proves, still is a danger spot. It was always easy for a vessel to get off course in that vicinity. Explan- ation more common in former clays than at present was magnetic dis turbances which were claimed to affect compasses. Whatever the explanation, there have been many bad accidents thereabouts. Another location that seems to have taken high toil is some miles to the south of Port Caldwell, about on a line between Thunder Bay and Miehipicoten, A few years ago it was learned that there are bad shoals in that area and certain find- ings since indicate that they hold the explanation of a number of Cases of complete disappearance, like that of'the Bannockburn which sailed out of Port Arthur and was ' never again heard of, or the mine sweepers which sailed from Fort 'William with their :French crews during the First Great War 'and of which there has since been no word or trace. :More recent yeas have seen a • marled diminution in the number of accidents. There are several rea- sony I'robaby the most important on al- n-; the. Beat ilnproeienient, ala j' aids to navigatos, tt•lephones, range • finders end weather reports. it is also •a fact that vessel captains are more cautious than formerly, es- pecially as regards the weather. In earlier clays no skipper yould ad- mit that he feared any weather and it was considered a lasting disgrace to take shelter or refuse to go out in a gale. That idea cost good money and still more valuable lives. Ship owners discouraged it. Today the vessel captain is ex- pected to put safety first. For that reason Port Arthur people can fre- quently see Thunder Bay spotted with ships carrying ore from Two Harbors or Duluth that 'have put its here for shelter, instead of Contin- ] uing down the lake in the face of II gales. Also there are better ships. The safety provisions are a governmen- tal must and inspections are severe. All have been worth while in saving of Iife and property. Accidents have not been entirely eliminated but they have.been sharply reduced. Dawdling Drivers Must "Speed 'er Up" • Provincial Police have started a campaign against slow drivers on the highways. In the long rim, it may do as much to cut down' the- accident rate as the prosecution of motorists for speeding and other dangerous driving practices, says the Cornwall Standard -Freeholder. The Provincial Police are not set- tinga precedeint with this campaign. There is a section of the Ontario Traffic Act that lays down definite penalties for driving on the highway ata speed slow enough to impede normal traffic. No motorist, then, should be in- censcd if the police check him up for driving too slowly.- He can re-- Member, e=member, first, that he's breaking the law and secondly, he might recall the last time he made a long trip himself, and think of all the hard things he said about the dawdlers then. POP --Free ea "i"i' ERe A 4k4r4 C aa'aaShea.-...,ohes Geed Susi ess By AL J. COLLINS Uncle Joe came stamping into. thekitchen making about as much noise as a small herd of cattle, "Mere! You be. careful!" Aunt Martha warned, waving a large mixing spoon threateningly. "I have bread settin: And wipe your feet, don't you dare traipse in here from that dirty old barn yard." "Gob darn it, woman, you put what I was goin' to say clean out of my head," he grumbled. "Oh, yes, now I remember—I think we should sell out and go live in town." There was a faraway look in his eyes and he thought of all the pleasures of retirement, Perhaps they'd buy a new car and do a little traveling, "Huh! I'm not moving to town and leave our home just to suit a whim of yours. Just get the whole idea out of your bead!" There was finality in het voice. "You go and clean up. Ralph and Jenny are - coming over for .supper. All your clothes are on the bed_ so don't asic me where they are when they're right under your nose." • We didn't have the slightest inkling of what Uncle had sug- gested until supper was nearly over and then Aunt Martha asked: "Do you know what your uncle wants to dor" and as she generally does, answered herself before we could even open our months. "Sell the farm and move to town," "Oh; I think that's a good idea!" Jenny cried. "It'll he so much easier for you." The first thing we knew. we were involved in a full scale battle, three against Aunt Martha, but she wasn't giving an inch. Not her! Finally she did admit that she didn't get her work done as spry- ly 'as before and from there on the battle was won. Uncle Joe was jubilant. It had been easier than he'd dreamed. During the next few ~weeks sev- eral would -he buyers came to ap- praise the farm and finally one of them said he would buy it. Uncle Joe and Aunt Martha had been shopping around trying to find x house in town but getting one was a tougher proposition than thee' d expected. • Eventually the sale was complet- ed and the new owner bought the farm complete with stock and im- plements for ten thousand dollars. He told Uncle Joe they could have another additional two weeks tes. find a house and move. Early next morning we. were over at their place amid into the job of packing up, About nine= thirty the new owner drove out and hailed Uncle Joe, "I've been thinking it over.., Mr. Quinn, and this place doesn't quite suit me, How would you like to buy it back at the same price;" Uncle Joe sort of looked at him popeyed and we all crowded around: "Well, sirl I just don't know what to say," he' mumbled, "the wife has sort of set her mind. en movin' to town." "Faith, and I haven't!" Aunt Martha swung her arms around excitedly. "You buy it back, Joe Quinn, if you know what's •good for you." "Well, let's go to town," there was no reluctance in Uncle Joe's voice, "and get the papers fixed up." We went outside leaving. Aunt Alartha crying softly in Jenny's arms. I watched them drive away and Uncle Joe was grinning for all he was worth, Later when we were driving home, Jenny said. "It was lucky the man wanted to sell it back. Neither one of them wanted to leave the farm." "Lucky my eye!" I snorted, "It was just plain conniving on Uncle Joe's part. He made an agreement to pay the owner an extra thou- sand if he'd come out and say what he did. Don't say a word to Aunt Martha, he told me to keep it under my hat." "Well, what do you kizow," Jen- ny laughed, "Uncle is still a bit of a gallant." "An expensive one," I grumbled. Jenny smiled to herself. There was no sense in telling him that Aunt Martha had alt eady paid the new owner five hundred dollars to sell the farm back to her husband. What Science is Doing 80 Pound Piano Once upon a time, the piano was one of the few instruments a musi- cian could not pack on his back. An eastern manufacturer has brought out a series of ivories you can carry with you to the fishing lodge, or even take on the train and play in your roomette as you roll along. Peter N. Comstock, the inventor, ledoesn't even call it a piano because it has 64 keys instead of the con- ventional 88. A pianist doesn't need the extra -24 keys, anyway, he said, unless he wants to go into the long-haired stuff. This little joi starts with "AI" 2 and one- third octaves below middle "C" which is clown deep enough ;n Comstock's opin ion. Packed and looking like a suit- case with., the Legs folded under, . the "piano" weighs only 80 pounds. The porter can carry it, if he can lift 80 pounds. Set up, it is 3i;,,i inches high, 38;.4 incites wide and 23 inches deep. You can take the legs off and put it _on a card table, controlling the pedals with a simple contrap- tion operated with the knees. The new instrument, which will sell for less than $300 and which isn't in production yet, was demon- strated before the public -for the first time at the National Associa- tion of Music Merchants show at Chicago. 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