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Show Saving- of 5,310 Lives P.om November cf last year until un-til August of this year there has been an unbroken decrease In motor vehicle fatalities for the country as compared with the corresponding imonths of the previous year. The National Safety Council reports the "saving" in lives has amounted In nine montns to 5,310. The improvement, according to the Council, has not been sectional, but has extended to all parts of the country. It has been made In the face of a one-percent increase in automobile mileage and probably higher speeds on the roads. Apparently, Appar-ently, the drivers of automobiles and pedestrians, as well, are beginning to realize that the automobile can be a deadly weapon. |