Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-08-24 | Page 11 | Mayor of South Bend Talks Safety with Salt Lake Traffic Heads

I Records Tumble in Anti-Accident Anti Competition 4 p I 4 t Ji t ef LI I I tV- tV I m TRYING TO CAPTURE SILVER TRAFFIC SAFETY TROPHY FOR THEIR CITIES I I 1 Mayor or Ab Jenkins of or Salt SaIt Lake City left Ia 1 Mayor or J. J I. I Pa e Favey Pavey of South Bend Ind md Mayor of South Bend T Talks elks Safety With Salt lake Traffic Heads I The mayor of oI South Bend Ind md said to the mayor of ol Salt Lake City Our traffic safety contest is a aswell aswell swell swell- thing I Mayor J. J I. I Pavey was telling Mayor Ab Jenkins what he heI thought about the old day contest contest con con- contest I test between Sou South h Bend and Salt Fake Eaker ak which seemed tied likely Saturday to end in a 1 i-i tie August August August Au Au- gust 31 Conferring with the mayors at atthe atthe atthe the city and county building Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- were M. M Daniel Hammond member of the Salt Lake City traffic commission and J. J Leon Anderson chairman of the Salt Lake junior chamber of commerce tra traffic lic safety committee While the conference was under under un un- un- un I der way a large ebony based d silver silver silver sil sil- sil- sil ver trophy donated by the Studebaker Studebaker Studebaker Stude- Stude baker corporation of South Bend arrived at Mayor Jenkins Jenkins' office Both mayors promptly st started a amock amock amock mock tug o 0 war to retain possession possession possession posses posses- sion of the cup Two new records have been ch chalked up in South South- Bend since the contest started Mayor Pavey Pavey Pavey Pa Pa- vey reported We achieved a anew anew anew new deathless days day record and when I left home recently we had passed through 10 days wi without without with with- hout h- h out a personal injury accident accident- also a new mark Mayor Pavey and Mayor Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins Jen Jen- kins said they were discussing the possibility of staging another contest contest contest con con- test between the two cities in 1941 It is a terrible indictment of the people that it is necessary to stage a contest of this nature to induce them to protect their own lives the South Bend mayor said but the contest has accomplished accomplished accomplished that purpose He arrived here Friday evening from the Pacific coast and will leave for the east early Sunday via United Air Lines