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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 May 1932, p. 43

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Report Indicates' With several big league d rivers "Moor ehile ataltie inthestaging comiebacks froni near-fatal Motr vhice ftaltie intheaccidents s%-Iicli befeil thèmn last year, United States continued to rise dur- Itesabtosfr htlcyfrt ingthefirt wo onts f tis ca race-of .-the-season victory, and still with . an estimated total of 4,800 ohrsgtin hir frsP"rek»i' ggainst 4,300, during -the sanie period the miajor racing circuit. one o f the in 1931, the National Safety couincîl ms îriln ut ae n u is- bas .annoulnccd. tort'of the- Rohy-Chiicago Seda .The risc was general, inchluingi rdcclfrteoee 'x u ciies competing in the National day, M.\av 8. Traffic Safety contest as well as nonr-ac-oilispae( il contestants. Splendid records* madeArodCicoheofterarn by many cities in: preventing ac- -oa n mfarnous Barney Oldfied cidents failed to.offset the tremend- cails ,*thie greatest driver of al ously advanced'(leathi rates inotelie" as favorite to win the laurels. localities. B.i stage a conmehaàclk fromn the Prohablv the outstanding record niea-r-fatal wreck %vhich ýsnatched vic- during the first two iîontlis %vas tr frmli atninaois last made hy lowcll. NMass. It ,.vas thei year. Arniold lias made every prep- only city ini the country -of more than aion o1oa 1aros the finýish*. lnie 100,0M) poputlationi t( go through tthe ahead of the pack. period witliout a single trafic fatal- N'.hile Arniold is the favorite. bis ity. Especially fine records w~ere also geisigtfothmamuna, miadle I)v St. Paul. Boston and* St. I)eacon Litz, knowii as "'Primo Car- Louis. iera of the Racing Fraterniitv" be- Wîde Ran~ge iRates ' cauici of- bis size, 'wili go to the start-~ leliî of the 25 ci1tics in tIhe coiiu n mg uEle to see tlîat the 1930 chani- try hiaving more tliani 250,000 popila-- oiou i s lield i check.. Also, "Wiid t ion inîproved tlicir recor-ds over the 111i1h' Cunîmmngifs. %vinnier of the' 100 sanie period haàst ear. Thrieecities iîlerace at Roby last year and*. it ti showed nieither loss nor gain, whii!eý at Iindlianiapohis, -WiIl make his bid for 15 hiad Worse records this year îb' oor ihFrank, Brisko, Ira Hall, ast. Deaîlî ratés throughîout the J 'mnySawyer, Bennv Benefiel. Jack cotintrv, hascd on the two months' -_________________ records, ranged f romi zero. in Lowell. 40 per 100,000 population ini Los Ani- Mass., and several snialher cities t! geles. Fil it Up a. Please! the mile spe.edway, announced that it will be necessary to mn offqualify,- ing trials to choose the fastest cars. The trials mwill begin at 10 o'clock in th~e morning, furnishing plenty of thrfis for the several tbousand fanIs expected:to mieet the gate-opçner ini thie early morning. A new speedway will greet Roby fanls Sun-day. The track bas been comnpletehy. resurfaced, promising, faster speeds and' paving the way for new records. New -grandstands have also 'been erected to acconimodate the recordl crôwds., Better Stay in Your Car When It Rains When the lightning is flasbirng1 aIl about- youi and the. raî is> fail- ing in torrents, and you are just about ready to jump from your car and seek- shelter at somne farm house-why just stay wbere you are. .The National Safety council says that automobile tires are excellent protection from light- ning despite the fact that >there is water all about. Persons driving within a con- ducting enclosure are fairhy safe against this bazard. In fact you are. just about as safe' as if you were sitting at home. MOrORtS.SERiCE.. Incorperated NE VER CLOSE» balf million dollars toward completion in the April 27 letting, according to state highway eftgineers. 0 f the projects listed in the series, estimated in excess of $3,000,000 worth of work, apparently satisfactory proposais, were received on 40 separate. projects, ,welI scattered. over Illinois. 'The bids re- çerived in this Iétting cal! for 86.68 miles of paving, 50.3 miles of grading anid 16 bridge sectios -41W-LOW 1932 PrcesI GOOQDYE AR PATHFINDÎR Supertwist Cord Tir.. Lifotime Guamsnted CASH PRICES Bach m: i. .?JT1 Bob 'Wi'Mac Main St. at Linden, Ave. Phone Wimmtte 3334 Membe*' IVilmette Cham ber 91 Commerce J. C. slow 721 MAIN ST. WILMETTE A.B. Vn Deusen Phone Wni. 2600-2601 Mcmbr WimctcÇChntnbcirofCommerce' Phone WILMETTE 091-6% Mcm ber Wiimette Chamber of Commerce lit t ;îK2

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