Show S. S Sl L. L Takes Place in Contest 1 For Traffic Safety Honors Salt Lake City had the unenvIable unenviable unenviable viable position of ranking thirty thirty- seventh among 52 cities in Its ts population population population pop pop- group at the end of six x months In the 1940 national traffic safety contest sponsored by the National Safety council This was shown Wednesday in a report issued by the council from its headquarters at Chicago showIng showing showing show show- ing standing of municipalities aso as o of ot July 1 However the outlook for the city is not entirely gloomy since the way half mark standings are based only on fatalities donot consider con con- rider sider traffic safety activities such suchs Is as s accident prevention work engineering engineering engi engl- veering enforcement education accident report r reporting e p 0 r tIn 1 n g and other phases of a safety program In the contest reductions In fatalities make up 50 points in judging safety activities making up the other 50 SO points The July 1 standings are based only on cities' cities fatality records and their improvements over the aver aver- ages for the last three years Salt Lake City on July 1 had points putting It in thirty-seventh thirty place At the top of the list of ot cities of ot between and population was Lynn Mass lass with points In cities titles of between and population Provo ranked No among cities titles In the first half hall of 1940 Salt SaIt Lake City had 15 fatalities against an average of 17 for the first halves of 1937 1938 and 1939 |