Show Appeal to Motorists During Holidays For a Merry Christmas Christmas Avoid Avoid Holl- Holl That Is the slogan of ot a nationwide campaign announced today by the tho Na Na- National National Safety Council to hold downs the huge annual Christmas holiday hollday accident toll One hundred and thirty other com corn community state and national organizations are cooperating with ith the Council in a united effort to prevent accidents that tha each year bring suffering and tragedy into many thousands of or American homes at the Christmas season Special effort Is needed to prevent holiday accidents this year the Council said because show the toll has increased alarmingly since V-J V Day In Inthe Inthe Inthe the first month of ot fill er up driving for tor example the traffic death toll for tor forthe forthe the nation went up 40 per cent Public officials and safety authorities throughout the country are cooperating actively in taking measures to hold bold the year-end year accident toll down to a mini mIni- This year of or all aU years the Council pointed out accidents a during the Christ Christ- Christmas Christmas mas season would be doubly tragic and Ironic This is the Christmas America has been waiting for ever since Pearl Har liar Harbor Harbor bor hoe said Ned H H. Dearborn president of or the Council Connell In millions of or homes G. G I. I Joe is back In millions of or others his arrival is only a matter of or days This is the Victory Christmas America has been dreaming of ot during me long hard years of ot the war Yet 11 if things run run true to form Christmas will be ruined in thousands of ot homes by an accident rit to someone in inthe Inthe inthe the fondly family Even when the fury of or the tho war was wasat wasat wasat at its Ita height accidents on the home front were taking a far tar heavier toll in dead and Injured than were all the tho battles And in the first month after anet gasoline gas Uno rationing was lifted almost three times as many Americans were killed in traffic accidents as died in the bloody battle battle of or Tarawa I Is America willing to pay a higher price in human life lite for tor enjoying peace than it paid to gain it Just JUt a little extra care will offset oset the extra hazards of 01 war post-war traffic and ando oer o er activities the Council said There Isn't anything hard or mysterious mysterIous ious about preventing accidents it said All you have ha to do Is 11 take It easy watch what youre you're doing and use cour courtesy tour tour- tesy caution common sense For a aMerry aMerry Merry Christmas avoid |