Statistics-of-the-Week

Motor Traffic Deaths. If all U. S. communities followed the Ohio custom of erecting a white wooden cross at the site of every motor traffic death, the U. S. last week would have had 32,500 more such crosses than a year ago, a 4% increase over the 31,200 motor deaths of 1929, according to the National Safety Council.

Blacks & Whites Prefer Blue. Psychology Professor Thomas Russell Garth of the University of Denver reported in a book* published last week that of all colors, whites and Negroes like blue best, green and orange, respectively, next best. Favorite color of Indians, Filipinos, Japanese and Mexicans is red; next blue, violet or green. Least popular in all groups is white. Conclusion: "Color preference in a race is positively influenced by racial tradition and custom."

*RACE PSYCHOLOGY, Whittlesey House ($2.50).

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