The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1951 Page: 2 of 12
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THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1951
The PADUCAH POST
Serving Cottle-King Counties For 44 Years
Published Every Thursday by
The Post Publishing Co.
Corner of Eighth and Richards Streets
JETTY CLARE and ALFRED HINDS..........................................Owners
ALFRED HINDS.................................................................Editor, Manager
JERRIE HILL....................................................................Advertising, News
PATRICK BENNETT ................................................................Sports, News
RUSSELL ROBERTS..................Mechanical Dept., Linotype Operator
GEORGE CARTER................................................Mechanical Department
JIMMY CRIBBS ............................................................................Apprentice
Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Paducah,
Texas, under the Act of March 30, 1879.
Subscription Rates:
Cottle and adjoining counties, $2.00; elsewhere, $2.75.
The Paducah Post is an independent Democratic Newspaper,
publishing the news impartially and supporting what it
believes to be right regardless of party poliliQS.
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"ACCIDENT X"
“Accident X” will kill the mil-
lionth American in traffic dur-
ing 1951 or early in 1952, the
Association . of Casualty and
Surety Companies predicted.
Nearly 964,000 men, women
and children have died in traf-
fic accidents since 1900, the
Association declared. The 1950
toll of more than 35,000 deaths,
which reflects a strong upward
trend in fatal accidents during
the past year, indicates that the
millionth motor fatality will oc-
cur next December or early in
January, 1952.
“Accident X” will not be re-
ported las such, it was pointed
out by Julien H. Harvey, man-
ager of the Association’s acci-
dent prevention department.
Its victim, like the Unknown
Soldier—just one of the month’s
statistics—will be “known but
to God” he said. The new un-
known American, typifying a
million lives lost in traffic in
50 years, may be a speeding or
drinking driver, a woman shop-
per who tries jaywalking, or a
child at play in the street.
Like the Unknown Soldier,
“Victim X” will be a national
symbol of sacrifice, Mr. Harvey
said, because nearly ail persons
killed in traffic accidents lose
their lives needlessly. If “Victim
X” should become a lasting
symbol of the constant need
for greater highway safety and
thus spurs the entire nation into
action that decreases traffic
deaths and injuries, he declar-
ed, this new unknown Ameri-
can will save countless lives
by losing his own and also
will rest “in honored glory.”
. Whether the impending death
of “Victim X” is postponed a
month or six months, depends
on how seriously every Ameri-
can who drives and walks ac-
cepts a personal responsibility in
the 1951 homefront war to re-
duce highway accidents, Mr.
Harvey observed. Every month’s
respite for the victim of “Ac-
cident X” will mean a saving
of about 3,000 lives, he pointed
out.
“Accident X is just around the
corner,” Mr. Harvey continued.
“Its nearness should remind all
of us, every day this year, that
automobiles will kill another
million people in the next 30
years instead of 50 years, unless
Americans become quickly and
firmly safety-conscious and each
one does his part in preventing
traffic accidents. Every person
who doesn’t is nominating him-
self to become Victim X, or
the statistic of some other ac-
cident that is just around the
corner.
“The rapidly mounting acci-
dent rate shows that we are
fast becoming a nation of ha-
bitual traffic gamblers. Mil-
lions of drivers and pedestrians
need a real session of soul-
searching to tell themselves how
often they are breaking the
traffic rules that mean safety
to all. When millions of Ameri-
cans stop this gambling 'in
traffic, the accident toll will
drop rapidly.”
Mr. Harvey pointed out that
nearly 7,000 lives were saved
in 1938, after highway acci-
dents had killed 39,643 persons
in 1937—the second worst year
in history for traffic deaths.
An all-out national highway
safety crusade could save 10,-
000 lives this year, postponing
the death of “Victim X” well
into 1952, the veteran safety ex-
pert observed.
“L earnestly hope that the ac-
cidents happening every day
this year will constantly re-
mind every person who drives
or walks that Accident X is on
its way,” Mr. Harvey concluded,
“and by learning the simple
ways of safety—and practicing
them at all times—will escape
becoming its ‘unknown’ victim.”
band.
“Well, they found Plymouth
Rock, and I dunno that the com-
mies ever found that,” George
chuckled.
“They found out that even
good people won’t work without
the hope of reward,” Mrs. R.
announced. “Their governor,
William Bradford, tells about it
in his diary.”
Rationing System Failure
“How come?” George demand-
ed.
“Well, when the Pilgrams first
landed, in the fall of 1620, they
naturally rationed out the sup-
plies they brought in the May-
flower,” the Mrs. continued. “All
the game they killed, and all
the fish they caught, went into
the common stores. The men
built houses and prepared land
for planting. The women cooked,
sewed, and mended, and every-
one got what he needed, if sup-
plies were available. During the
next summer and the second
summer all the crops they har-
vested likewise went into the
common store.”
“Seems sensible,” George com-
mented.
“But by the next summer
nearly everyone was dissatis-
fied,” the little woman went
on. “Wives complained about
working for men outside their
families, and husbands didn’t
like that either. Men who raised
good crops, caught a lot of fish,
or killed several deer, complain-
ed because people who never
worked much got- a full share.
“So the leaders of the colony
gave each colonist a plot of
land, saying each could keep
all he raised, but that there
would be no more rations. That
plan worked so well that in-
stead of being hungry all the
time, the colonists had more
than enough. And the governor
wrote that this experience should
convince everyone that it is a
mistake to deprive people of
private property on the theory
that public ownership will make
them happy and healthful.”
“And how right he was!” said
George.
There are 12 silver buttons on
the front of a policeman’s coat.
The chief executive of all fed-
eral prisons is the Attorney Gen-
eral.
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judged by the ever-increasing death
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the average heart sufferer, therefore,
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But make note of this:
That gleaming new push-bar forefront, which
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mounted to "give” and come back unharmed.
Combined with a massive, wrap-around bumper,
fortressed by two stalwart "bumper bombs” and
two added uprights, it gives unsurpassed
protection.
Springs of stout spiraled steel on all four wheels
let your wheels curtsey over bumps, while you ride
level as a lance. But they also need no servicing,
and breakage is virtually unknown.
Buick’s great-powered engine is a Fireball, won-
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toe —but it also wrings extra power froth every
drop of fuel, and has the mechanical perfection
that comes only from years of experience with this
basic design.
Dynaflow Drive gives you effortless smoothness of
control—but it also eliminates clutch repair bills,
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The road-steady gait of a Buick assures relaxed
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things that make you yearn for a Buick on first
acquaintance, are the very same things that make
Buick such a smart long-time buy.
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Hinds, Alfred. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1951, newspaper, February 1, 1951; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017583/m1/2/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.