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Show . e Rio Honors Memory of Auto Victims RIO DC JANEIRO, Sept. rf By A. P.) A special Memortsl day for ihs victims of automobile accidents' was celebrated In thle city recently, with uech popular Interest and support sup-port that very probably It will become be-come an annual event. Ths Idea of an sutomoblle victims vic-tims ' memorial day grew out of a propoaal, probably made by some war, to celsbrste a 'chauffeurs' day," la homage to tha powerful labor organisation which pro tec is tha Interests of the automobile drivers. Hut. owing ta the large number of sutomoblle accidents, wtth their toll of killed snd maimed, the automobile drlvars. ss s clsae. are not beloved by the people. The public protest thst wss Immediately Immedi-ately and loudly rsised wss organised or-ganised Into s day of homage to the auto drivers' victims. Mass for tha souts or the sutomoblle suto-moblle victims wss. celebrated In the Church of Bao Kranciaco de Paulo, one of the lsrgeat templee In this city, and tha crowd which attended, consisting for the most part of relet Ives and friends of those who hsd been killed by automobiles, au-tomobiles, filled ths great building build-ing to ovsrflowiag. Wreaths of flowers were Spread on the graves of sutomoblle victims, vic-tims, snd other flowers were placed on aome of the "death corners" of streets where eutomobtl accidents have been frequent. - All of theae ceremonies were viewed with great public Interest, snd called forth much press comment. com-ment. Although official statistics concerning con-cerning automobile accidents hsvs t not been publlehed. It la estimated I that an average of five persons ara killed or injured by automobiles ta this city svery day |