Show JQ p ALL ESSENTIAL WINTER vINTER DRIVERS lIck eck Skid Anti-Skid Chains i ers s and Defrosters i 1 Before First Snowfall t. t TATE ATE COLLEGE PA Prof os is E. E administrative gad ad d of the Institute of Public Safe- Safe fr the Pennsylvania State college consultant on road training k Automobile association i ns essential drivers in 34 winter t states they must prepare in in iri x vance with practical precautions get through safely an and on time Ms nois crucial wartime winter Having just completed the fifth i ual short course for truck fleet i Professor pints ints out that over half of the nat natan's na- na t tans tan's s 's passenger cars are owned by bikers rs in industries essential to Aj of the war While the vast majority of trucks e e essential a larger than normal of passenger cars will n wise be in the absolutely essen- essen i fil al 1 transportation class this winter id d should therefore be equipped id fd able to get through and get ough safely an and on ti time when vere svere snow and ice Ice conditions arhe ari ar- ar i he declared SJ The The primary hazards of winter riving are inadequate traction and visibility said end j d this means those who must It 4 t through regardless of severe sinter road conditions should repair skid iti-skid chains now since new ones fe ie scarce and check condition of wipers and defrosters M More lore Deaths in Snow Belt He pointed out that the National f fety gety ety Councils Council's committee on win win- win win- r driving hazards studies revealed tat traffic accidents in snow-belt snow rakes es last last winter ran the mileage wath ath rate up 24 per cent higher Signs o of Victory In South Pacific acx vay V Youngsters in the South Pacific salute members of a marine tank crew with the victory signal Platoon Sergt Frederick Adams of Andover Mass 1 is in the turret In foreground left to right are William Villiam Buckley Buckley Buckley Buck Buck- ley of New York N. N Y and Sergt Paul E. E Jacob of Birmingham Ala than the summer toll The milder southern winter caused a 5 per cent increase in states below the Mason- Mason Dixon line Street and highway departments he said have already been advised to repair snow plows because new machines are hard to get and to attempt to forestall a labor shortage for such work as snow removal Labor Labor Labor La La- bor shortage for winter whiter road maintenance maintenance main main- will undoubtedly be serious and advised essential car owners in the vital northern states to take immediate steps to secure new or repair old seasonal winter winter equipment needed for their own protection protection pro pro- protection in driving to work Let ULet winter whiter help defeat the Axis not America he warned Even ClEven minor wrecks skid-wrecks with mechanics so busy may lay up cars' cars for the duration and everyone must cooperate cooperate cooperate op co erate to minimize traffic due to snow and ice on the essential ci civilian civilian civilian ci- ci vilian front Avoidable accidents and delays on the home front spell too little and too late on the battle front Many newly essential worker- worker drivers who formerly stayed home when roads were bad may not be prepared for the role of war workers workers workers work work- ers who must get there said and advised them to beg borrow or repair a pair of tire chains and otherwise check your car for winter I |