The Daily Intelligencer from Doylestown, Pennsylvania • Page 1

two Accident Study Blasts 2 By LOUS WASHLVGTON 'IPl A three Hdy of aisnsio biie accidents has blast to popular myths aoout ui safety. i Oat ts that rrmdem s' wrh'Sh wy are more daaserous ihan1 ordinary roadways The other is that hore poer can be blamed for mary The reverse true in hOh cases, according to the US. Bureau of Pobbe Roads. hsch just completed the most compre beosive research project on way safety eer undertaken. The bureau lounti that modern eontrofted occess hiihways are WAKE UP RARIN' TO GO Without Naning Backacho free uolw backaeb.

and Dtbealu uktf mod tmdnx thmt otitn two n'Jm oisbu urf BtlMnhl trrJ oat itV.s WWn dMt diMomTorts xen ea with ovtr fiprLka or ttru od nmo you "at relief wut it fait Another dticurbwc mar be mid bladder irritation folioa wroae food dHnk oftea M. tine up a mtleu UBBmbrtable feetias. Dam's Pill work fan La 3 separata wan: I. brod7ia rlUTts action caw torment of natn baekacb. bd aches.

niunibr ache and palm. 2. by effect oa bladder irritatioav S. by BVtd diuretic action teodine to increase nam of the IS mile of Udoer tubea. Enjoy a good Bloat' aleep and the mm happy relief aaiuioas hare foe or Gel ItoWI's tW, today fill 'at to and one half times Son of t.ne sections of as liiot found oa majvr turn IP'kes or io the in(erUa'e hnay j'vm.

hae accident rates va ont inth as greai as the naiiuoa! average fur ali high ways. Narrow Roads Uacmv At the other extreme, the bureau's study the ac cident rate, per etude mile of travel, is sharply msner man tne national average oa hiahasvs that' are less than feet tde This fxiins particularly ominous lit view of the fart that about 30 per cent of the state primary highway systems bo serving intercity Highway System Canada and the United States end tng in Pennsylvania. Pratt said the propostd Key stone Shortway. which will tra verse Pennsylvania in the upper part of the state from Xew Jersey to Ohio, would also be a narti of the giant Federal inese Highways must be limited; access hlehwavs. Pratt said.

showed maps indicating how these roads will tie in with New Jersey, uuducipuid aim ojaccni states io Pennsylvania. health and energy! LEHIGH VALLEY MILK It's so rofroshing aftor work or ploy, tastes so aood and is so aeod for vou rich In Grocery St. Fl 5383 food values for SUNDAY 30 A M. to 1 OWN DAILY 8.30 wwn anp COURT Opn Taylor's 13 S. Cottaao fVL 4 P.M.

to 7 F.M. A.M. to 3.30 P.M. SUITS WITH i 2beU Thursday Until 9 Jusf the noed tweeds, wool COATS, A ehoico Fleeces, Cashmere. $49" traffic hav.e surfaces only 30 feet Trie bureau's study cot ered I.Tvj uut ehici of aivj aj oy an 01 tars ati drivers oer jiffereirt sec i.uiu.

of open highway in all parU of the uotr One fidins. which the bureau itself described as some ha: surorisirut." was that lower horse powered cars had "significantly higher accident imonemeot rates than the higher borsepowered: can." I Hither At Matt power. Cars vnth less than 110 horse The bureau offered no interpre poaer had the highest accident in tation of these findings. Other volvement rate, both for day and safety authorities say that a cer night travel Their accident rate tain amount of reserve horsepow. was "exceptionally high" at er increases safety by enabling night 'driver to pull out of tight ipotsl State VFW Commander To Visit Area Posts John C.

Cavender. M.D.. Com mander. Department of Pennsyl I vania. Veterans of Foreign Var3 of the foiled States, will visit, V.F.W.

Posts in the organization's 8th District on Saturday and Sunday, April 4 and 5, Robert S. EXCLUSIVE John C. Cavondor eolers od sfy'es yu for Spring. Imported pur silks, silk and also silk and linen. 49" r.

139M TOO collection of Stroock Basket Weaves and r. 149" Stop, DOYLESTOWN p.m. There was no support in the tudy. boeier for any conum tioc that "the greater the horsepower, trse grea' your safety let cayitme accident involvement rate remained nearty constant at' ail horsepowers above 120. la other word, cat with 2ju or 300 itursepoer got into proportionate iy as many accidents as those with enly 120 to 150 horsepower.

And at night, the highest horsepower cars had an accident involvement rate somewhat higher tal AHhttanl kat an. nouncea. The 8th Disict is com posed of Lehigh and Bucks Counties. Commander Cavender will meet; with oost commanders and mem bers to outune me purposes ana obiectives of the V.F.W. and to discuss with members any mat ters pertaining to the organization i that would benefit it.

Adjutant Musser said. On Saturday. April 4. Command er Cavender will visit Post 9344, Schnecksville. 12 ISoon: Fost 7293.

EgJ'Pt, 1235 p.m.; Post 13, Allen rown. p.m.: rost vww, maus. 2.35 p.m.: Post 9264. Jtai uneie 3:10 o.m.: Post 8282. Brci nigsville.

3:45 p.m. He U1 be the principal speaker at the 23rd Annual omner. ot osi no. 3460. Media Delaware County On Sunday, April 5.

Command er Cavender will visit Fost 9I3H, Andalusia. 12 Noon: Post 7903, Cornwells Heights. 12:35 p.m.; Post 9220. Eddington. 1:10 p.m.

Post 1597, Croydon. 1:45 p.m.; Post 5542. Bristol. 2:20 a.m.: Post W95, Levittown, 3:50 p.m.; Postj 7296, rairiess tuns. p.m.: Post 6176 Morrisville.

5 p.m Post 6393, Yarcfiey, 5:30 p.m.: Post 6084. Penndel. 6:30 p.m Post 9765. OaUOTd, 7:05 p.m. Post 175.

Doylestown. 8:10 p.m. Past 55S8. Chalfont. 9:15 o.m.: and Post 245, Sellersville, p.m.

Commander Cavender, a doctor in the practice of general medi cine at Hon Bottom. Susquehanna I county, served tnree years wizn the Army Medical Corps during World War II. He is president the Pennsylvania Joint Veterans Mother Flies ToHurtGirl The home operated by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gray for chil dren whose parents are in the foreign mission new and cannot nave tnetr cmiaren witn mem.

Mrs. Gray said Ruth's head is in traction and that she is par tially paralyzed from injuries to tier spinal cora ant oacK. sirs. Gray said the cablegram from Formosa didn't indicate exactly; whether Ruth's father was flying to the United States from Asia: Kiwanians Hear Pastor Con! nued From Firt; building is now being constructed in ew lor city by The tionai council ot jnurcnes. Junior Krwanian Carl Harp's.

a senior at Central Bucks High School, outlined the activities of; tne school's rule team and thanked Kiwanis for the privilege of attending tne meeting tor a lontn: Visitors included Robert M. Hotchkiss. Howard Werner and (Tom Terrill. student minister of the Doylestown Presbyterian i Church, all oi uoyiestown. more quickly.

But if extra horsepower tempts a driver to excessive soeeds. particularly at flight, it can be a hazard. Car Age A Factor The bureau's analysis of thou sands of aciriJmu showed no sig relationsup between make of car and accident involve raent rate, other than the matter of low horsepower. But it demonstrated a close correlation between a car's age and iu probability of getting into an accident Cars less than three years old had much lower accident rates than older cars. Those more than 10 years old had an accident rate 2a0 per cent than new cars.

The bureau's report, more than GOP Lead Is Shaved Rep. majority. 23,494: No Party, 2493; all other parties, 407. 1957: 42.834; 6508: Rep. majority.

22.674; No Party. 2925; all other parties. 710. issb: Rep. majority.

19.605; No Party. 2942; ail other parties. 769. 1959: 49.865; 65. 305: Rep.

majority. 15.440: No rarry, zraz: au otner parties, 7. New Game Protector time he can be contacted through District Game Protector Lockett. Irfwfcett said District Game Pro tector will be an ex officio author lty of dog. forest and fish laws! of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in addition to his prescribed duties for game and wild life preservation and conservation.

i three "inch hick mime i i srapoea lorm. coouuns of other fuidings uax will doubt less be studied closely by hte planners, automobile maau taciurers ana state oMit ai. install nui use tnenx am an app Shaidiag Is Serioas public now seems unwilling to pay cense. whether the applicant has Here are a few examples: 'tor seat behs or iibtnh to in a license revolted or sus iddina is a "far more seri convenience of using them." in any otter State. out ractTi.

hishaai accidents Better windshield wipers and Safety education must ham Obituaries And Funeral Notices Mary Ellen (Kiu Moore Mrs. Mary Ellen Kulo Moore. 85. widow of Henry Moore. Rickerts road, Perkasie RD 1.

near Dublin, died Tuesday eve ning ac tne eastern Mennonite Convalescent Home. Hatfield RD. following an illness of six! months. Death was caused by pulmonary eaema. Last September she feQ and fractured her hip and was hos pitalized at Grand View Hospital for two months, going to the Dome irom mere.

She was a member of Bloom ing Glen Mennonite Church. She is survived by tbe follow ing children: Sallie. wife of Joseph Moyer. PipersvUle RD 1:1 Miss Mary Moore, at home: W. Harvey Moore.

Salem, Oregon; H. Franklin Moore, at home; Rhoda. wife of P. J. Celestizo.

Staten Island. N.Y.: 12 grandchildren and five great grandchil dren. Her husband died in March of 1952. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Blooming Glen Mennonite Church at 2 pjn. Bur ial win oe made in tne aijoia STAUFFEft, MartS 2f Clvde A 1 hutbo id of Mabel ft.

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10 A I ttUnaWarm Oy at nent St. Mcm i lajnaaa Cee Popular Myths than is generally realized Rou should be Led as a lowest way of applying non rkid surfaces to shJrebes of road. There is urgent need lor bet ier brakes on nearly all models Af enT owardmaU 2 SahJHStoS TSraSg surfaces at the very time when! theg growing weight ana norsepow. 2 Boroughs Holding Out CanrinueTFram FtrM ough Manager PearsaU gave thai treasurer's report and said the association has $792 on hand. Sellersville Borough Council Secretary Charles R.

Witmer and Quakertown Borough Manager Ralph L. Yanish gave reports on various activities and moves of the state and legislation, re spectively. Secretary Frederick T. Beb bington, YanDey. was authorized to write the Bucks county legis lators at Harrisburg concerning the stand the boroughs' organ ization took on certain bills; now pending at Harrisburg.

Two bills, one pertaining to police pensions, which means theyj will get half their pay after so many years of service, and an nexation voting, will be strongly opposed oy tne oorougns assocn uons nrougnom me state. ing cemetery. Friends may call at the Hunsicker Funeral Home, 130 W. Broad Souderton, Saturday from 7 9 p.m. Clyde A.

Stauffer Qyde Stauffer of 1099 Tyson av Roslyn died Sunday, March 29 in Jefferson Hospital. He was Stauffer had been a resident of Roslyn for 14 years and for merly fived in Willow Grove. Hi was employed ny Foremost ries. He was a member of the jentuntown Lodge of Artisans. Surviri ntr are hie wife Mabel B.

'Stauffer. one daughter Mrs. Virginia Barnett of Roslyn. three' sons, ciyce ot Kosiyn, nuuain of Willow Grove and Robert of; Horshan and seven grandchil dren. He also survived by a sister Mrs.

Florence McFaddun of Willow Grove and three bro thers, Elmer of Newtown. Hu bert of ivy land and Leon of willow Grove. Friends, relatives and employes of Foremost may call Thursday evening at the Evan E. Lightcap funeral Home. 732 Easton Horsham.

Services and Interment wiu be private. Kev. c. Faui foi ton of the WiHow Grove Metiw dist Church will officiate. EAST PATCHOGUE.

N. Y. (UPI Charles Wiley, 92. who developed one of the earliest toothpastes, died Monday. NEW YORK fUPD Mrs.

Luba Galanchikoff Phillips, 71. an early woman aviator, died Saturday. CRANFORD. N.J. UPI Mrs.

Amy G. Parsons Foot, died Sunday at the age of 101. She had spent 40 years of her life as a weather observer for the Canadian government at Parry Sound, Out. SANTIAGO. Chile fUPD Jose de Jesus Nunez Dominguez.

72. Mexican ambassador to Chile and a noted Mexican historian and author, died here yesterday. i FLOWERS Charles H. Reetf Kldg DOYUSTOWN, PA. Saeat St.

fima MWft WUMtftt 4543 John H. Fox 4 ICAVER Utmc 1 funeral Director Hom I rhon. CHerry MM "ZZZ? FrcmcMia I DUBUN, PA. $Pi. Cmptawe Creates Cnfilci fiY lM At nftlhbon, cofM em hur ne ad, par SatMnft htm torn tMvkM raquirwia cea yetanca tymmt I ih a If i laiiiliiit HOWARD'S I Jrwdry $.

AC HM AX 35 E. Stfita D.ylentewnl fftOAD 8RfJ MAIN $T5. DOYLESTOWN. PA. Offto Cwnry Thawtroj PtHmOfO 4Vt421 er of ears requires improved stop nine abiiiiv.

ii.c rMrlv re nJlmber ai mwrses and. automobile accidents Americans could be nersuacea defrosters including the rear improve auto safely at nodestj recent sunrry cost. dnrers out of rated themselves Better Sign. Help as above average driving Larger, more readable high Uhai. fj wav signs and better roadway cident.

This kino of complacency maVkin would help to reduce. keeps drivers from exercising the acclSrf toElsT maly roads. aert Considering the luMrj wwem mm Arouiil 4'cntral Ilurkn Watch the) day, April l. Glen George will give a classi fication talk tonight at the weekly dinner meeting of the Doyle town Rotary Club at the Doylw town Country Club and on Aprili the speaker will be Asmey Halsey, a magazine writer who will talk on Ramblings cf An Editor." A press conference is being held today by the Bucks County industrial Development corporation at the Warrington Golf and country uuo, at wnicn time ot itciais two new industries coming to Bucks county will be introduced. Numerous complaints have Deen made to ponce about oogs running at large in various sec tions of Doylestown.

with most of the complaints coming from residents of the Maple avenue section. Quite a number of the dogs are unlicensed and as a re sult of the complaints the con dition has been reported to trie state aog law enforcement oui Appraise Tax Set Up Canrii jed From Fifi Another facet of the millave and ratio program that 19 fourth class school boards of sucks County are now taxing to their state allowed limit of 45 mills. Bigger assessment on a property would bring more tax at the same millage. The revaluation is to be finished in October, under a state ordered program over two and one halt years. Its purpose is to set fair and equitable valuations on all properties in bucks county.

The meeting invitation, sent hy Commissioners John T. Welsh. Adolph Andrews and Thomas! Lewis, and Nealis said: "We! are very 'anxious to hear from I the elected local officials of the boroughs, townships and school ooaros as to ueir tnougs and ideas in setting the ratio of assessment for I960. Before the commissioners set the ratio. We would into to give the school boards, townships and boroughs every opportunity to present their views in this important matter." Commissioner Welsh Minted out yesterday in reply to questions! irom newsmen, mat ior iswj.

because of the new tax oroaram townships and boroughs will not be able to increase their tax re venues by more than five per cent, but school boards can col lect up lo 10 per cent more. The firm of Cole, Layer and. irumoie carrying out trie ra valuation, in which experts examine each of the county's 110. 000 pieces of pronerty at to con. traction, condition and location.

Because oi the chanee tax assessments will not be announced in August as is usual! done. The assessment notices' will probably go out in the late iu. rveisn saio. ioe revaluation will have no effect on 1939 tax es, tor wntcn cms ww go out ia May and June. As of March 1.

thi. liminary field work on the rev! uation program had covered approximately 68.000 out or an timated total number of 74.000 improved residential parcels in the' county. Also covered were improved commercial and ex empt properties and 2850 farms of total numbers estimated to ana srw respectively. Field work on industrial nm. pertffes is approximately 90 per cent complete.

Field work on commercial prj traues is currcnuy oemg conducted in Bristol Bornuah Field work on residential pro perties is virtually, complete in Buckingham and HOItowa town Wp and ha been started r. lowirjnip rieia WOrK in Bndgeton and Durham town Shin Will he atartMt mm Review of residential and fami properUe has been completed in Bedminster. East Rockhilt, Hulnv.1 ville. Uvittown, Milford. Penn 1 del.

Upper Southampton Warmm ster, and Wtst Roeithill. together with sections of Bentalm, Bris 'sUtea consider raisins the minimum aje for driving li censes. A central clearing house should be set up so that eat state tan coec. mer home to an orivers tne trotfl .1,, WillJam Chandler, of Doylestown. now of Mecoani; ville.

N.T.. wnere ne is tne guidance' counsellor in Mechanicvil! High School, has undergone an operation for tbe removal of bis gall blatter and appendix in St. Feters nospiiai, Albany. N.Y: Beniamin R. Brown Bucking ham, who reenlisted in the army, has left Fort Bliss.

Texas, for Ingrid. France. His wife, thz former Miss Manon Lankforrt, expects to join her husband about a month. Brown was graduated from Central Bucks Hic School in 1933 and was a carpen ter prior to entering tne armec forces. Mrs Alvin Mover.

140 Oak land Doylestown, and Mrs. Edmund a. Moyer, Landaie. have returned from a vacation trip. After enjoying a three day stay at the borne of Mrs.

Laura Scruggs, Valdosta. they motored to Atlanta. They saw Stone Mountain on which some carviag has been done. They report azaleas and camellias 'blooming everywhere on Southern lawns and in Valdosta Park and took color film pictures of the beautiful blooms Pass Tax Yourself Cec.Iinjed From Firtt Paje board of the Consolidation Coal Pittsburgh. Aid From Study Group "I asked them to do what they could to get some support for the tax program they helped to develop," Lawrence said.

"They said they would help and I think they That statement was made prior to the House Republican caucus at which the members held firm against the bill. The governor pointed out that the membership of the Tax Stutfy Committee which had recommended the tax program wss equally divided between Republicans and Democrats. think it was bipartisan ts that extent," Lawrence said. "Bui in case there were any doubt I said I would accept tbe responsibility personally and politically for the bill." House Majority Leader Stephen McCann iDGreene) predicted there would "not be a tax stalemate" after the administration bill was resurrected in the Hons "We are not going to sit her. Republicans or Democrats, and hassle over taxes for 17 months." McCarm said "We will Affinalr? determine our course of actio! regarding the tax program." McCann and Rep.

Robert Wheeler Favette chairman ef the Ways and Means Committee. orougnt the bill up for reconsideration despite a loud chorus of "No" from tbe Republican side of the aisle. The GOP delegation reaffirmed its intent'on to fight the btil in a bloc. And McCann said had liitle hope of persuading ths 17 rebel Democrats who voted against the bill in its initial test last March 16 to return to the fold. McCann said the "hard of holdout in the DeimeraiiC ranks does not exceed 10 in number, but indicated they were adamant in opposing extension of the sales tax to automobile trade iis and sales of beer and liquor over Ihe bar.

"I am no! rjpiimistic about getting those 10 additional Dem cratic votes." McCann said. Democrats hold a 107 loa majority in the Hoaoe, where 106" votes ore needed to pass a bill. The sale tax bill is the keystone of Lawrence program to raise an additional 440 nuTlion dollars ia revenue. Aeuoa mm Drii: The House pasted, 191 deaujAfd to aid police ia cracking down on narcotic pushers by rawing neroia ia any quanuiy a "drug." tel. Falls.

Middlefowir. LanghorM. Langi.o. ne Manor. Northampton, Warrington and Warwick.

Resident personnel currently.