Show KILLING OF CHILDREN In the past May day has been b nothing more mor than a day of ot outing Now It Is fa being observed as child chUd health day and no accident day The Th New Nw York commissioner toner of police George George- GeorgeV V McLaughlin McLaughlin has pl d himself to appeal person person- personally personally ally to every very policeman on on hIs force to make mak May day mate sare sat for or children Dr Louis I I Harris commIssIoner of o health who bo Is leadIng the th child chUd health day demo dem dern- dern demonstration In New N w York has called UPOn the th department of or education to warn parents and their children about traffic dangers dancers Mrs AIda Alda de d Acosta Root dele dele- delete tate dele gate te to the national conference on street and highway Safety recent recently Iy ly ly called by Secretary Hoover In tn WashIngton representing the th American Child Health assocIation offered May national day-national child chUd health day to the conference ask In ask ask- lug inS that they mako of It natIonal i child chUd safety day as welL She said Last year In itt America traffic killed children children a number equal to 20 per cent of ot the th entire number of men killed In battle battila In the tb United States army In la the world war Is it any wonder that wo we of the American Child Health association feel the th futility of ot siv sv- sv sving Ing thousands of children from dl dis- dis disease ess dis-ess ease only to have baTe their lives ground out beneath the tb wheels of motors V Dr Henry N Bundesen lundesen ChIcago commissIoner of ot health will uk ask boy scouts Camp FIre Fir girls and oth other r organizations of ot YOung pee peo- peole pi peo-pi pIe le to aid the Ur police department In la accIdent nt prevention on MI May 1 1 Every large lare city In the th country will be organized on similar lines Unell and at midnight on May day a telegraphIc of cities clUes will willbe willbe willbo be held by the American Child Health association to determine whIch city has bas been safest for chil chil- children chil- chil children children dren durIng the Ur day It Is a tine fine activity to not only care for the Ur health health of ot th the tir chIld but also to Insist that the tb reck reck- reckless reckless less killIng of ot children on the highways ho be b stopped nn n |