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Show UiilVERAL KICROEILMING CORP. 277 6TII AVENUE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH LAYTON. DAVIS COUNTY. UTAH Victim X, whose name will neer be known, was the. 1,000,000th highway traffic. fatality in the United States since 1900. ' rictim X may have been man, woman or child it might have been you! - This life, sacrificed to carelessn ss, was snuffed out in an automobile accident late in 1951. Only a few months earlier, anothe unknown met his death on a Korean battlefield. GI-- X was the millionth soldier to die for is country since the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. It took seven United States wars an.1, the conflict in Korea to count a toll of 1,000,000 Americans who died in the cause of frceaom and .independence. It took only 52 years for another million to be killed on the stree;s and highways of our country. Besides these dead in traffic accidents, 35,000,000 more were in ired, maimed or disfigured for life. 1 ; Automobiles will claim their second million victims much sooner, possibly in the next j 25 years, unless you and 60,000,00) other drivers: get" seriously safety conscious. i Carelessness causes nine out violation of rules of the road and ci every ten accidents. Speeding, dripking-and-drivm- g, are major causes of auto fatalities and serious accidents. Lack of alertness by pedestrians contributes its toll to 'the death statistics. Drive safely walk safely. Save your own life and the lives of others. right-of-wa- y, Drive As Though four Life Depends On It IT DOESI M |