Show Officer Urges Safe Fourth Keep that record clean It was Utah's 1944 Fourth of July record of ot zero on traffic fatalities fatalities fa fa- fa- fa to which Supt P. P L L. L Dow I of the state highway patrol re referred referred re- re In an to motorists with a holiday Urge to drive some some- where I Drive brive but drive carefully n. n eull the I officer admonished There were no traffic deaths in Utah last Fourth of or July tuly and there were none on the corresponding holiday In 1942 according to state highway patrol statistics s but on July 4 1943 two persons persona were killed Although there there has has been a trend toward increased highway deaths i in all western states during the first five iye months this year Compared corn Com I i pa pared to a corresponding e p pJ J ding perlo period last year the lh in increase reas in Utah h fi has s been only compared o par d to the I average increase of ot 21 2 2170 in all aU western states according to a are are- re report report re- re port of the national safety council Three states Wyoming Montana and Washington lowered their traffic death figures this year compared compared com corn pared to last year and Nevadas Nevada's highway fatalities totaling 13 this year are the sam ath same a as l they were last year Traffic fatalities for 1941 1944 Inthe in inthe the western region were tabulated tabulates as follows Wyoming 9 Nevada 13 Idaho 26 Montana 30 Utah 52 New Mexico 54 Colorado 86 Arizona 87 Oregon WashIngton Wash Wash- Ington and California 1121 |