Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1935, Page 8

“DEATH HIGHWAY" CLOSING FAVORED Attorney for Victim’s Estate Criticizes State for Neg- lecting Road. Tt would be better for the public if the Defense Highway were closed than kept open in its present condition, Joseph Rafferty, attorney for the es- tate of one of the victims of the high- way’s worst accident, said today. ‘While Rafferty was enunciating the gentiments of those who have had the highway's horrors brought home most keenly, the official heads of the towns at its termini urged its improvement “in the name of public safety.” Rafferty represents the estate of John T. McCarthy, Washington res- taurant proprietor, driver of the car whose five occupants were killed when 1t collided with a bus on the slippery Defense Highway near Collington Au- gust 20. Calls Road a Disgrace. Having made a personal inspection ©f the death trap where the bus-auto and numerous other fatal collisions occurred, he termed the conditions of the road “most disgraceful.” “It is difficult to believe,” he said, “that Maryland would so neglect its roads as to permit four-inch gullies to develop beside the shoulders on one of its main highways. It took five deaths to arouse the authorities to action, for it was only after the ac- cident that the shoulders were re- paired. “There still are many other places on the road where dangerous condi- tions obtain for the same reason and there will be similar tragedies unless they are corrected. The eurve near the poin of the collision is typical of many on the highway. Going toward Annapolis a | driver cannot see a car coming to- ward Washington until it has actually completed the turn. If the curves are eliminated and the highway widened 1t could be made reasonably safe. As it is, the public would be better off if the road were closed.” Beattie Points to Congestion. W. R. Beattie, chairman of the Bladensburg town commissioners, said that if the State roads authorities think the road is adequate they should epend a few hours in Bladensburg any Sunday evening. From his home on the Decatur Heights hill Commissioner Beattie has seen many accidents due to the slippery surface and watched the congestion grow from year to year. “Every day improvements are de- layed conditions grow worse,” he said. “More casualties are to be expected unless an improvement program is be- gun at once.” Louis N. Phipps, mayor of Annapo- lis, the only other town on the high- way, asserted most of the accidents on “Death Highway” were due to the con- | dition of the road, and predicted they could be reduced at least 50 per cent if | 1t were widened and straightened. Advocates Width of 30 Feet. “When the State Roads Commission declares the road is adequate it is merely expressing the opinion of the State Roads Commission. Experience has demonstrated that it is not ade- quate, that it is extremely dangerous even to the careful driver. It should be widened and straightened to a width of 30 feet. “The driver of the car in which five persons were killed did what any careful driver would do. He drove far to the side, on the shoulder, to give the bus, which his car eventually | hit, room to pass. | “I feel that I know how this | accident occurred because I have had | similar experiences on the road. I| feel that I am especially qualified to talk about the road because I am | in the automobile business and a very | large part of our trade comes from accidents on the Defense Highway. | We get them every week end. Few Reckless Driving Cases. “The belief that the accidents are due to the condition of the road is supported by the fact that there are | few convictions for reckless drlvlng‘ on it. Fewer, I should say, than on any other highway in the State. “Its improvement is, to my mind, one of the most urgently needed projects in the State. If it is not improved responsibility must be ac- cepted by the Roads Commission for the accidents which are certain to occur in the future. There is not the remotest doubt that in the name of public safety the road should be widened and straightened. It is not a minor thoroughfare that can be ig- nored. It is a major highway and ; should be given immediate attention.” STORE IN CLARENDON SWEPT BY $1,000 FIRE Lighted Cigarette in Trash Box Blamed for Blaze—Ballston Store Damaged. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., September 2.— Fire, starting in a trash box in the alley from a lighted cigarette, swept through the rear window of the H. H. Brooks 5-and-10 cent store in Claren- | don yesterday morning and caused damage estimated at $1,000 before the Clarendon and Ballston Fire Depart- ments were able to bring the flames under control. A fire in the A. & P. store in Ball- ston last night was extinguished with & loss of about $50. A short circuit in a refrigerator motor started the blaze, firemen said. First Montgage Money For CONSTRUCTION LOANS AND LOANS ON IM. PROVED RESIDEN.- TIAL PROPERTY in the District of Columbia and Nearby Maryland. 5% Prompt action B. F. SAUL CO. 925 15th St. Natl. 2100 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGT \ Danger Point on “Death Highway” Intersection of the Defense and Crain Highways at Priest Bridge, as seen from the air, shows the narrow- ness of the road and one of its many bad turns. The view also discloses how the trees screen one road from the other at the intersection, a point where heavy traffic congestion frequently occurs, Maryland and Washing- ton motorists are campaigning for the widening and straightening of the highway. —Star Staff Photo. SENATE'S LOBBY CHEK PERNANENT Committee May Keep Watch on Activities “From Now On.” | By the Assoctated Press. | The Senate Lobby Committee plans | to keep a permanent watch on the | activities of Washington's famous | army of lobbyists. | Wording of the resolution authoriz- | ing the Senate investigation makes the committee a permanent adjunct of the Senate, rather than a tempo- rary investigating committee. It will not end with the present Congress, unless the Senate votes to kill it. Chairman Black, who wrote the | resolution, intends to use the unusual power to keep tab on the activities of the lobbyists from now on. He be- lieves surveillance a more effective | weapon for control than his original | proposal to require lobbyists to reg- | ister, Under the utility holding company law, those lobbyists representing pub- | lic utilities here will have to register | anyway. There will be an added check on their identities and their activities. Most congressional investigating committees are set up for the life of | the Congress in which the are created. They are sometimes extended for a year or two, but they have never be- fore become permanent agencies. Wall Street Policeman. tices a year or two ago, committee members were talking of recommend- act as a Wall Street policeman, but nothing ever came of it. That is the plan that Black and other members of the Lobby Commit- tee now have. They do not intend that the committee should be contin- ually investigating and always active. 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Wilhelm said he was blinded by the lights of Gore’s parked automo- bile. Buchman was knocked Weight of Storm Waves. On the sea Coasts, storm waves come learned Clarence Rill, 30, of Hamp- stead, was walking with Buchman on & highway Saturday night, when Dell thundering against the cliffs with a NEW PUPILS ASKED TO ENROLL THURSDAY By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 2. —New students at the Hyattsville High School are requested by Principal J. Albert Miller to enroll there Thurs- day between 9 am. and 3 pm. The school, together with all others in Prince Georges, will open September 9. During the Summer the high school weight of 3 or 4 tons on a square has been painted throughout and the | beating plant improved. These Prices Prevail in Washington and Vicinity Until the Close of Business, Wednesday, September 4th. 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