Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1935, Page 23

AUTOS IURE 3 HTHN 24 HOURS Girl of 5 Among Those Hurt. Driver Held for Jury in Fatality. Three persons were injured in traf- fic accidents in the past 24 hours, one, | a §-year-old girl, suffering a concus- sion when struck yesterday att,emoonl by an automobile near her home. ‘The little girl, Mary Ellen Thurber, daughter of Horace C. Thurber, N. R. A. attorney, 2633 Woodley place, was struck when she ran into the street after a ball. Robert C. Gray, 31, col- ored, 1700 block of U street, was driver of the automobile which struck her, police said. ! Mrs. Mary E. Stodder of 2140 Wis- consin avenue, wife of Carl Stodder, cashier of The Evening Star, sustained 8 collarbone fracture early today when the taxicab in which she was riding collided with another at Thirteenth street and Massachusetts avenue. She ‘was taken to Emergency Hospital. E. P. August Hurt. ‘The other person injured was E. P. August, 56, of 4326 Bowen road north- east, who was struck by an automobile after alighting from a bus on Bowen road southeast, near Burns street. He | ‘was treated by & private physician for | a leg injury, cuts and bruises, and returned home. In an inquest yesterday afternoon Glenn W. Fasnacht, 20, of 617 Eighth &treet northeast, was held for action of the grand jury by a coroner’s jury | which inquired into the traffic death of Earl T. Lewis, 44, early Sunday riorning. { Lewis, an income tax conferee for | the Internal Revenue Bureau, who lived at 5315 Thirteenth street, was fatally injured on Naylor road south- east. He had just thanked a motorist | for helping to get the Lewis machine | out of mud when he was struck by the third automobile. | Claims Youth Captured. | Fasnacht was taken to No, 11 po- | lice station by Joseph R. Brewer of | Waldorf, Md. former prohibition | &gent, who said on the stand that he | captured the driver some 300 yards | from the scene of the accident, and later again caught him when Fas- racht climbed out of the Brewer ma- | chine and started to run while en route to the precinct. Fasnacht denied he was planning to leave the scene of the accident and told the coroner’s jury he had driven down the road to turn around and come back. LEGISLATORS HONORED McCarran and Schrugham Made Honorary Members of V. F. W. Senator Pat McCarran and Repre- | sentative James G. Scrugham, both Nevada Democrats, last night were obligated as honorary members of the ‘Veterans of Foreign Wars by James E. Van Zandt, commander in chief of the organization. The ceremony took place in Im- maculate Conception auditorium be- fore members of the 16 posts of the District of Columbia Department, as | tures below freezing tonight; tomor- | Moon, | January .,..5.27 | February |THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Feir and con- tinued cold, with heavy frost and lowest temperature about 30 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair and not so cold; fresh northwest winds. Maryland—Fair and continued cold. heavy frost in east and killing frost in west portion tonight; tomorrow fair with slowly rising temperature. Virginia—Fair, slightly colder in southeast portion tonight; tomorrow fair with slowly rising temperature; | heavy to killing frost in west and | heavy frost in east portion tonight. | West Virginia—Fair and continued cold, with killing frost and tempera- row fair with slowly rising tempera- ture. Report for Last 24 Hours, ‘Temperature. Barometer. Degrees, Inches, . 52 29.43 29.60 29.65 Yesterday— 4 pm. 8 pm.. Midnight .. 29.70 29.76 (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 69, 1:45 pm. yesterday. Year ago, 66. Lowest, 30, 7:15 a.m. today. Year | ago, 49. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 80, on March 21. Lowest, —2, on January 28. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 79 per cent, at 3 p.m. yes- terday. Lowest, 42 per cent, at 5:45 p.m. yesterday, | Tide Tables. | (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. ves 6:24a.m. .12:43am. . 6:44pm, ... 1118pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, today.... 5:31 Sun, tomorrow 5:30 €:46 | today.. 4:55pm. 4:05am. | Automobile lights must be turned | on one-half hour after sunset. | Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month 1935. Average. Record. | 355 700 '82 3.27 6.84 375 884 227 913 3.70 10.69 413 1094 471 1063 401 1441 32¢ 1745 284 857 237 869 332 7.56 RAIL RECORD SET | Zephyrs Do Minneapolis-Chicago Tomorrow. 7:03a.m. 1:26am.| 7:25 p.m. 2:01pm. Sets. 6:45 | March . | September October .... | November . | December | Run in 6 Hours 10 Minutes. CHICAGO, April 16 (#).—Climaxing a “good will” junket to the Minnesota Twin Cities, the Burlington Railroad'’s | twin streamline trains dashed the | 441-mile return from Minneapolis yes- | terday in 6 hours and 10 minutes | without a stop. The silvery all-metal “zephyrs,” which go into regular service between THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, BAY PROJECT APPROVED Favorable Report Given Channel Plan at Hoopers Island. A favorable report on the Honga River-Tar Bay project at Hoopers Island on the Maryland Eastern Shore was made to the Rivers and Harbors Board yesterday by- the dis- trict engineer at the conclusion of a survey, ‘The project calls for a channel from 7 to 10 feet in depth and from 75 to 100 feet wide. Representative Goldsborough, Dem- ocrat, of Maryland, who was instru- [ mental in having the survey made, said he was hopeful the recommen- dation would be approved by the board and by the Secretary of War in time to have it included in the rivers and hatbors bill, which has passed the House and now is awaiting action’ in the Senate. D. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1935. MISS ADDAMS HONORED Her Portrait to Appear in New Se- ries of Turkish Stamps. Miss Jane Addams of Chicago has been granted philatelic honors by the Government of Turkey, it was nounced today. Her portrait will issued at Istambul a tribute to her work for human ress and peace. Mme. Curie, wise is honored in the series. to mark ‘Women's Congress there this month. At the Turkish Embassy it was said that the recognition was intended as brated for her radium research, The photograph of Miss Addams B—5 pear in one of a series of six stamps ‘ to be used on the stamp shows | her countenance in profile and re- sembles the portrait used in The Star the yesterday. . Speedy Engine Built. A streamlined steam prog- cele- like- rue PALAIS ROYAL Brings You risp New Cotton DRE Right on the DOT With Two Brand-new Sleeping Beauties ! Pajamas Flatteing NEW STYLES for Women GARDENIA With the Soft Drape and Good Detail So Essential to Chic . . . 9.75 And Air of Quiet Im- portance a Lady’s Easter Coat SHOULD Have! The model sketched looks perfectly simple, but deceives no one who knows how elaborately designers work to give you those lovely lines! 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For Virginia and Pennsylvania. | the first time in railroad history a | G' h | party of Chicago residents—120 mem- | inghams: 4 | bers of the Association of Commerce— | Wedd) Traffic REPON | left this city in the morning, lunched | —_— | in St. Paul, and returned home the | same day. Averaging 75.4 miles on the north- bound trip and better than 70 on the | return to Chicago, the two new trains | made the round-trip run of 871 miles | in 716 minutes. S 3 Sunrise Service Announced. Failed to yield right of way.. The ninth Walter Reed Hospital | Failed to obey stop sign | Easter sunrise service will feature the Failed to obey traflic signal | |Ars Musica Choir of Flushing, N. Y., | lights 33| land the United States Army Band, | Turned left from wrong lane.. 3 Turned right from wrong lane 6 Driving through safety zone.. 1 Drove or passed on the wrong side of the street Pulled from the curb without signaling 6 Passed street car in violation of regulations ......... PR Improper lights .. . 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