Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Aug 1939, p. 6

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6MATERIAL O. 1301 L,. Ave. WiIu,.*t. 4200 fl atalitie, £eav~iAng acier -uv i so far for 1939, and glving Wlmette Borninii Washingtonl D. C., Mr. a splendid chance of wining the orsely eaeinrstdn ntoa aeyaacdent a military career, and upon reach- The automobileaciet totaled lng his majority enlis ted in the 30. 0f these 23 resulted in property United States regular, army at Bal- damage only, while in.7 personal tmrM.H a sent t > Jeffer- injuries resulted, involving 9. people. son Barracks,ý Mo.,'and from th ere. 340 Traffic Arrests to Omnaha, Neb., where he'became Total traffic arrests-for the month. attached. to- Troop. B, 5th cavalry, were 340. This -large number is due U..S. Armny. to a sustained effort -on the part of Descrlbes 900-MIle1 Mari the police to enforceahl traffleregu-, Mr. Corrus relates la gripping ac- lations, especially that requiring count of the rnarch of his troop motorists ,to _corne to a cornplete from Valentine, Neb., to Fort, Riléy, stop at stop signs. The effort is not Kan. a march which consumed in- the natu re of "turning on the three months a n -d, covered a' dis- heat" for ,a time and then 'turning tance of 900ý miles. 0n some days,, it off. 14t is planned for a "continu- he states, heý and his comrades had ous performance" in the interest of breakfast at 3, o'clock,, and nothingà safety. .- '. 1 qmore tov eat until late e vening. The 0f the 340, arrests, 279 were for distance covered varied fromn 8 to driving violations, and 16 -for im- Mathew Francis Photo. 60 -miles per day, being determined proper parking. Among the 279 were Willim Corrus by the location of water. It was 185 for failure to observe stop sig- -necessary to cover -whatevér dis- nsad -31 fr,1er .d4igIan-addi- dor lud n cedatnI -um ance intervened ,between points of tion to the arrests, 110 drivers were bered 12. Five persons reported- water supply. warned for failure to corne to a missing wére îocated. From Fort Riley Mr. Corrus' troop full stop at stop signs, and 3 were rptyoth saedvlef was ordered to Fort SilI, in the warned against speeding. .P$,opearty ote sttedaue o! wild, frontier territory which is now Here's New Excuse the,239 wanrepoe tlendurhngOklahoma. There it was engaged in Much complaint w a s lodged thleont1,44 ad reoerytoth keepmng the Indians on their reser- against the police by drivers guilty vleo l48wsrcvrd vations, or subd.iing them when they of traffic violations, andl many were D src went on the warpath; in rounding the 'excuses advanced. One driver Mosquito D src up cattle rustiers, horse thieves andý asserted that she had corne t40-a other lawless characters of those "rolling stop," .which Chief McGuire Will Mo eOfi e days. stamps as the only simon pure, '"" '" Knew Buffalo Bill

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