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Show I YOUR LIFE AT j STAKE. During 1934, accidents of all kinds 'caused 101,000 deaths the highest total on record in addition to almost 1 10,000,000 non-fatal injuries. I The total cost of those accidents, including wage loss, medical expense and property damage, amounted to $3;500,0O0,0OO. ! Accidents are responsible for more : deaths to persons between the ages of five and nineteen than any other j cause. Among persons of all ages, ' only three diseases result in more ' deaths than do accidents. , These are facts that should make the public pause, think and remember. remem-ber. The waste of accidents, both in lives and materials, is complete and ! irrevocable. It cannot be repaired. And it is almost entirely unnecessary. Of all forms of accidents, those ! caused by the automobile are of course the most serious. Between 1913 and 1934 motor vehicle deaths increased from 4,227 to 36,000 a year, while other kinds of accidents dropped drop-ped from 78,233 to 65,000. That is ' largely due to the increased number I of cars in use but the fact remains that at present motor accidents per I thousand gallons of gasoline consum-I consum-I ed, are on the rise. The reckless ' driver is becoming more reckless the imcompetent driver is becoming still more of a menace to all who use the streets and highways. The automobile auto-mobile accident record is in str'king . contrast to that of industry, which : has made magnificent progress in reducing re-ducing both the severity and fre- quency of accidents in even the most hazardous factory operations. The war on accidents is every citizen's citi-zen's war, and every citizen should "join the colors." Thousands of lives, to say nothing of bill'ons of dollars, are at stake and your life and your dollars are among them. |