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Show Auto Turns ver twice Near Orem Driver Loses Control When His Car Clicked Into Another Machine; Victims Hurled More Than 40 Feet in Fatal Impact. I Two Salt Lake men were fatally hurt and two others incuired injuries, Tuesday evening, when the ear in which they were riding turned over twice on the state highway through Orem, after brushing into another car which partially par-tially blocked the road near the Washburn service station. C. Arthur Smith, 50, head of the physics department of the East high school, Salt Lake, and Thomas V. Davies, manager of the American Packing and Provision company, were hurled through the top of the light sedan, receiving injuries from which they died half an hour later. J Josuph E. McKnight, University of Utah professor, incur ivd cuts ami bruises about ike head. Ralph ) Branning, 153 C street, e.-caped practically without Injuries except 1 for slight cuts about his arm. Emoute to Provo i The four Salt Lake men were j en route to Provo to attend a Ma- I sonic banquet and grand lodg; visitation vis-itation to Story lodge No. 4, F. and . A. M. The car a Chevrolet sedan, belong to Davies who was diiving. j According to several eye witness- ; es, Davies was driving at an oxce' I sive into of speed variously c-sli-: mated at between 50 and fto inlle.t an hour. The crash occurred as 1 h 1 Salt Lake were passing thi ougl: Orem. In attempting to rut around a car belonging to A. L. Stalling oJ Richfield which was partially blocking tho highway in front of the Washburn service station, the Davies car struck a chuck hole on the east side of the pavement. After brushing into the side of the St alliums car, the Davies machine ma-chine continued down the highway high-way madly careening from Irft to right, apparently out of couliol o-l the driver, to finally turn over twice. Smith and IV vis were f thrown more than -10 f --el in the i impact. y 'All four of the ocMpanl.-i were t rendeied unconscion: in the crash. kj Davis was removed to t'w home of ! A. H. Bishop whore he was given j first aid by Dr. B. C. Linebaugh of 1 Pleasant Grove. He died SO min- utes later without regain inf.; consciousness. con-sciousness. ' Smith was rushed to the Aird hospital whett it was found that his sit id 1 wa:i badly crusluui indicating in-dicating that ho must have, been thrown on his head. He died within with-in tin honr, also without regaining consciousness. McKnight and Branning regained consciousness while being taken to the Clark chnlc at Provo. After having their injuries treuled they were later removed to 'their homes in Salt Lake. It was feo rod that McKnight sustained a minor fracture frac-ture of the skull. No inquest will be held over the. deaths of Smith and Davies, ao- CContiiuied On Page 4 WO KILLED IN AUTO SMASH CC'jnl imn'd From Puge One) ding to W. Stanley J'unfoid, a.s-,. a.s-,. ar.t county attorney, who made . - careful investigation at the ' ne nt I he wi ei k. i oni 1 1 if eviu.-nce ga I lie i e I bv , t tun foi l it was elea i ly ap-eni ap-eni that Davies did not see the .llins car ahead of him Until i late to avoid clicking into the indicating that he nuht ( v'e been prenceiipied wit li ot her iters at the time. ro blame was attached to Stall-s Stall-s who wan dwlaied to have n wliolly within li i k lights. His which was being pushed out ot VVa.dibtirn service station had 1 !y proceeded u distance of thiTe t. onto the pavement when the vies car brushed past, it was d. Stallings signalled to mako turn intending to turn around t be west side of the highway ' (I come back into the station. iome of the witnesses declared . it. even at the speed at which the wa s t ra veiling. Da vis would vo been easily able to avoid the tilings car hail his attention 'n concentrated on the road ead of him. ; The banquet at the Provo Ma- lie temple was scheduled for '.() and the accident happened ai 0, showing that there was ample 1 ' ne (o make the appointment. Mr. Smith was well known in ah county having taught ot the j phi and Payson schools before I ) ing to Salt Lake. Me was born in Argenta, Illinois, 1 . 1871. Surviving are his widow, 1 . :s. Ella Murphy Smith; two sons, ) .ilbur H. and Frank Smith of Salt j ke; a brother, Dr. F. O. Smith of die, Mont., and a sister, Mr. ! aira Roush of Salina, Kans. |