Show 11 17 KILLED BY G CAR B MISHAPS I IN Accidents in S S. S L l. Hurt Seriously State Gt Figures Given Death rode at the wheel in 17 O Othe of ot the traffic accidents in Salt Lake during the first six months of th the tha current year ear when automobile mis mishaps haps sent 41 victims t to hospitals with serious injuries ac according t to the semiannual report released cd bythe by bf the thc police traffic bureau Saturday Figures as s compiled b by Walter E E. E Jukes patrolman in charge of poUce po police po- po lice Uce traffic records were on a paIL with the exception of casualties re re- re with those for the same pc- pc led lod of 1930 During the first six months of last year accidents occurred resulting result- result in ing In injuries t to persons Fa Fatalities totaled 16 Traffic arrests including those for fol overtime parking numb numbered red 1111 in the last six months almost twice as many as were made in the corresponding corre cone period of 1930 when th the names of 2075 motorists were entered on the police blotter DRUNKEN DRIVING DECREASES DECREASES' Included in the number of arrests arrests' for tor the current eminent year car were 33 for drunken driving Arrests for the same offense in the 1930 period totaled 44 Accidents in the county exclusive of those occurring in Salt Lake numbered numbered num nurn- according t to Deputy Sheriff Sher Sher- iff Wesley Vesley L. L Maughan There were 71 persons injured and six killed in inthe inthe the six-month six period ended June 3 30 last Maughan l reported In the state exclusive of or Salt Lake City 59 persons met death in auto autos mobile accidents during the last s six months Last year ar 47 were killed in accidents accident at this time The underlying cause of fatal ac acq recorded in the city Patrolman Patrolman Patrolman Patrol Patrol- man L. L F F. Bastow stow accident gator of or the p police pUce Uce department re re v ported was reckless and drunken drunken- driving combined with speed An appeal to Utah to continue its efforts to ke keep kep p down the numbe number of aut automobile accidents and fatalities was received by Milton Millon H H. Wellin secret secretary rj of state from the National Conference on Street and High Highway Highway- way way- Safety of which Robert P. P Lamon secretary of commerce is chairman REPORTS GRATIFYING G The reports at the recent meeting of the conference were so 50 gratifying that the tho call caU went out t to all aU states to continue and to increase th the adoption of improved traffic methods According to the communication communication- the death rate In 82 cities showed a a. a decline in June of ot 1931 as compared with the similar period of 1930 Officials of the a. a association declare that the decrease is due largely to the efforts of or the organization in securing better and more uniform traffic laws throughout hout the nation Thirty states now have molded their traffic laws after the model statutes drawn by the national bod body Eight sta states were added to the theist list in 1931 |