Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1935, Page 3

v FEDERATION BACKS SAFETY: CAMPAIGN Resolution of Montgomery| Body Lauds Star’s Pledge Movement. Declaring that there is a need for *an awakening to a sense of individual respcnsibility by each and every au- tomobile driver to assist in reducing the number of preventable accidents by observance of traffic regulations and safe driving, and such a move- ment should be encouraged through | co-operative action,” the Montgomery County Civic Federation ai a meet- ing last night adopted a resoluticn ap- proving the campaign of The Star Council In the preamble to the resolution the federation pointed oit that The Star “has recently inaugurated a traf- fic safety campaign, seeking to piedge automobile drivers to observance of certain simple rules designed to lessen the mounting number of traffic acci- dents which are resulting in a start- ling toll of deaths, injuries and prop- erty damage.” The federation, in its resolution, “urgeatly recommends to 1ts con- stituent civic organizations that each such organization endeavor to pledge its individual members to observe the rules adopted by The Evening Star Safety Council The Federation’s Committee on Public Safety was authorized and in- structed to report to the federatica as soon as practicable what further measures may be instituted “to prc- mote safe driving, elimination of traf- fic hazards and reduction in traffic accidents in Montgomery County.” The resolution adopted by the fed- eration was ntroduced by Col. O. P. M. Brown of the Edgemoor CTitizens' Association_ The safety campaign also was in- dorsed last night by three Washing- ton citizens' associations—Hillcrest, Congress Heights and Stanton Park. Safety (Continued From 'Ftlrst facc) the Government departments and+in the District government, with a col- lective membership of approximately 100,000. Originally organized as a death benefit movement, the Federal benefi- | cial associations in 1927 were led by the Treasury Department benefi- cial group into the group life insur- ance field. The plan was found to be successful and was followed by existing associations in otner Gov- ernment departments and in the Dis- trict government or other new asso- ciations were created to secure group insurance. | The various associations since that time have adopted plans for obtaining other insurance, such as health and| accident. Recen as the resuit of a research by a special committee, & plan was submitted to the Government | Group Insurance Conference under | which automobile, public liability and property damage insurance now may | be obtained by the associations. The Treasury Department Beneficial Asso- ciation already has adopted this plan. | “In view of this development,” it was explained by Herbert G. Kaiser, ! president of the Treasury association, | “it is absolutely essential that the | United States Treasury Department Beneficial Association be interested in the prevention of automobile accidents which might injure or cause the death of any of its members. The asso-| ciation will, therefore, secure pledges from those of its members who drive automobiles to support the campaign | The Star is inaugurating for this pur- Right of Way Complex. The recent increase in the number of automobile accidents causing in- juries and death, Kaiser explained, “appears to be in 2 measure attrib- utable to the ‘streamline’ psychology which appears to have made many au- tomobile drivers, particularly when they are driving on so-called arterial highways, have a complex which gives them the impression that they have the right of way, such as the Capltal‘ Limited has. “A remedy to this situation might be effected if all stop signs were done away with and traffic lights substitut- ed. However, in the meantime, it ap- pears that if the following excerpts from the District traffic regulations were followed, the average collision | would be minimized to small car dam- | #ges and would result in fewer deaths: | “Except on one-way streets drive on right half of highway and as closely ®s practicable to right-hand edge or curb. “Right of way at intersection: At an intersection slow down and keep vehicle under control so as to avoid collision. Driver of vehicle approach- ing the intersection shall yield right of way to vehicles which have entered the | intersection—if two cars are entering the intersection at the same time, driver of vehicle on left shall yield right of way to driver on right. “At ‘stop’ signs: Upon approaching | stop’ sign come to complete stop be- | fore crossing the ‘cross-walk area,’ | then yield right of way to vehicles n the intersection or so close thereto “SPECIAL NOTICES. WILL ONLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ntracted by mysell. GEORGE J.| 200 E st. n.w “12¢ v RIVER_TRUCK. thing anywhere any time. gistance. $1_hour. _Columbia 3724. 1 " WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts except contracted by myself. R. G ER. 1241 1st_st. n.e. 1i _ NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ts except those ntracted by myself. | J_W. MANAHAN. 5722 3rd st. n.w._* MARGARET _ ROSE HOYT — PLEASE write home, We are very anxious to hear from you MAY A. HOYT. R. D. 4. Auburn. N. 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Chain Bridge-Fairfax rd, between Yocanion. o Fairfax Chilcott Orchards. “Telephone Vienna 5 is one of the largest CHAMBERS undertakers in the world, Complete funerals as low as $75 up. 8ix chapels. twelve pariors, séventeen T8, hrrw ambulances, twenty-five §irateg pud wsiile" 1400 Cponip Bw. s Atiantic 6700, | way to pedestrians crossing or those Herbert G. Kaiser, president of signing his safe driver's pledge as h paign. Standing, left to right, are of Loans and Currency, chairman of | R. P. Rebhorn, of The Evening Star Safety Council. messengers, from left to right. are: Willlam Clore, James Gray, Edeline Rhodes and James Flannery. horn praised The Star's campaign and stated that ne would have every boy sign the pledge. Ppledges. o as to constitute an immediate hnurdvf After having thus yielded, other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yvield right of way to the vehicle | entering or crossing the intersection from the street on which ‘stop’ sign has been erected.” (All of the aforesaid cover the situ- ations pertaining to collisions, par- ticularly at crossings.) “Speed limit: All motor vehicles, equipped with pneumatic tires, 22 miles per hour unless otherwise desig- nated; except that no vehicle shall be driven at a speed greater than is reasonable, taking into consideration the traffic, surface and width of high-) way, and hazard at intersections, or any other conditions existing on the particular street or highway.” “When and how may one pass a car proceeding in the same direction? When there is an unobstructed, clear course ahead, driver shall pass on left of overtaken vehicle, but not at intersection unless same is controlled by signal light or officer. “Overtaking on right: When vehi- cles are moving in two or more con- tinuous lines, vehicles in such lines may overtake or pass either on the right or left. Passing on right is also | permissible when vehicle on the left | is making or is about to make a left turn. (The above are now frequently vio- lated by motorists, causing greater dif- ficulty in the correct flow of traffic and in some instances collisions.) Pedestrians’ Rights. “What must driver do upon ap- proaching cross walk? He must yield the right of way to pedestrians cross- ing within any marked or unmarked cross walk.” “What rule must motorists observe with reference to pedestrians at in- tersections controlled by lights or an officer? Drivers shall yield right of who have started to cross on a green or ‘go’ signal.” (While the above covers rights of pedestrians, since the intent of this campaign is to secure a pledge from motorists, attention should be stressed toward the observation to the afore- said.) Officers of the Treasury Depart- ment Association serving with Kaiser are R. A. Roseberry, vice president; J. F. Moody, secretary; F. A. Birgfeld, treasurer, and O. W. Stratton, chair- man of the Board of Directors. Mem- bers of the Board of Directors are the officers and F. R. Steffens, Miss Annie N. Travis, Miss M. C. Robertson, Miss Grace Willlams, Frank T. Tracy, D. ‘W. Close and John E. Lynch. Growing interest in the safety cam- | paign throughout the city and in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs was revealed today in a flood of pledge cards signed by motorists representing every element in the city’s life. More Pledges Ordered. Among the pledges received were numbers from Government depart- ments and large business concerns, which have entered the safety drive as units. The individual pledges came from motorists who were so anxious to record themselves in support of the campaign that they did not await the 2 manager of the delivery department of Western | were received from points as far dis- Ty THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1935. Pledge Support to Safety Move the United States Treasury Department Beneficial Association, is shown is association, with a membership of 7,000, joined The Star safety cam= J. F. Moody, Division of Research and Statistics, secretary of the associa- tion; F. A. Birgfeld, chief clerk of the Treasury Department, association treasurer, and O. W. Stratton, Division the association’s Board of Directors. Union, is seen signing the pledge Seated with him is J. S. Schryver, messenger personnel manager. The Mr. Reb- He requested 2,000 —Star Staff Photos. Safe Driving Pledge N THE interest of accident prevention and safer conditions on the streets and highways and in co-operation with the Safety Council of The Evening I promise to: Never operate at reckless speed. Drive on right of highway. Stop at all S-T-O-P signs. Refrain from jumping traffic lights. Make turns from the proper lanes. Signal before turning or stopping. Give right of way in doubtful cases. Heed pedestrians’ rights. Never pass on curve or top of hill. Slow down at intersections and schools. Keep my vehicle in safe condition. Be courteous and considerate of others. Emgployer The Safety Council Of The Chening Star Washington, D. C. Sign and send above coupon 1o The Evening Star Safety Council, Room 600, Star Building action of their employers. The pledges GROUP PLANS CRUISE tant as Gaithersburg, Md., and Land- RE RO OLE T0BE WEGHED American Officials to Study Policy in Event of War in Ethiopia. By the Assoclated Press. What role the American Red Cross might take in event of war in Ethiopia will be canvassed at a meeting of the organization’s Central Committee Sep- tember 19. Announcing the meeting, Red Cross officials said an appeal for aid sent from the Ethiopian Red Cross to the American Red Cross had not arrived. However, Chairman Cary T. Gray- son and the 18 members of the com- mittee which determines the organiza- tion’s policies were ready to take up the subject, which is hedged about by treaty commitments. The Red Cross made clear that its services, if extended, would apply equally to Ethiopian and Italian wounded. The soclety is a strictly neutral organization. . No Notice of Ratification. American participation probably would be contingent on a request of the International Red Cross League at Geneva, which Ethiopla was re- cently the sixty-second nation to join. The American Red Cross has not yet received notification of the ratification of Ethiopia's application by the in- ternational league. ! Another point stressed by the Red | Cross was that no Red Cross society can go into any other nation to raise funds. Thus neither the Italian Red Cross nor the Ethiopian Red Cross could raise funds in this country. Bound by Treaties, If financial aid is extended, 1t | would have to be through the Ameri- can Red Cross. And it would have | to be done in strict accordance with | International Red Cross treaties, which | have always been in the hands of | the Swiss and which govern in defi- | nite detail neutrality, nurses. doctors, first-aid stations and ambulances, | conditions in hospitals and prison camps and exchange of prisoners. Since the American Red Cross is a quasi-official organization, with Presi- dent Roosevelt as its president, five governmental departments are repre- sented on its Central Committee and | will participate in the September 19 | meeting. as follows: William Phillips, | State Department; T. Jefferson Cool- idge, Treasury Department; Maj. Gen. | Charles R. Reynolds, War Depart- | ment; Stanley Reed. Justice Depart- | ment, and Rear Admiral Perceval S. Rossiter, Navy Department. Eth n(;grjnnued Prom First Page) iopia assembly. The other was that the| subcommittee of five would be ready to report before the week ends. BRITISH FLEET ON GUARD. London Worried by Rome's New Friendship With Germany. LONDON, September 10 (#)—Stra- | tegic massing of Great Britain's fleet in the vicinity of the Suez Canal to preserve its domination of the Medi- | terranean neared completion today. | Admiral Sir Ernle Chatfield, first sea lord of the admiralty and chief of | naval staff, directed the operations. | The admiralty ship movement list showed that the British aircraft car- | riers Glorius and Courageous, each carrying a heavy complement of air- planes, had anchored at Alexandria. Both were recently rushed from Eng- | land to reinforce the Mediterranean fleet. Italian men-of-war, at the same time, plowed the sea between Sicily | and Africa in maneuvers which were officially described by Rome as “not connected with the international sit- uation.” Rome’s new friendship with Berlin aroused concern in British circles. ITALY TO MOBILIZE MILLIONS. Mussolini Will Mass Forces to Test Nation’s Preparedness. ROME, September 10 () —Premier | Mussclini today ordered a nation-wide | one-day mobilization of all the Fascist forces of Italy. The mobilization will test the nation's ability to spring to| arms at a moment's notice The order involves 2,000,000 mem- bers of the Fascist party and 650,000 young Fascists between 18 and 21. They will be accompanied by 4,000,000 Fascist boys. The order set no date of the mobi- lization, but announced that it would :urnx:lamed by sirens and church Fascists living abroad are required to telegraph the secretary of the party. Mobilization also will be held in Italy's colonies. Adolf Hitler's assurance of collabo- ration with Italy on a basis of “re- | ciprocal comprehension of the vital necessities of the two peoples” was ac- cepted in informed circles today to mean support of Italy's Expmslomst\ plans in return for Italian sympathy with Germany's colonial ambitions. It was made clear that Italy would | Selassie Deni King at Wife’s Funeral Grief-stricken King Leopold, arm in sling and jaw bandaged from the accident in Switzerland that kil funeral procession as her body was borne from the royal palace in Brussels to the Cathedral of St. Gudule and thence to its last resting place in the The Queen was killed August 29 when the King royal vaults at Laeken. Jost control of their automobile and i | [ lled Queen Astrid, walking in the t crashed into a tree—A. P. Photo. publication here of the interchange of ’ speeches between Italy’s ambassador to Berlin, Bernardo D. Attolico, and | Hitler in the German capital Sunday | | LEGATION GUARD REFUSED. Italy Permission to Bring in Troops. ADDIS ABABA, September 101 (# —Emperor Haile Selassie today refused the Italian Legation permis- sicn o bring colonial Italian troops | into Ethiopia. | The Italian legation had asked permission to bring in a detachment of colonial soldiers as a special lega- | tion guard, just as the British hge brought in colonial troops from India assigned to duty in the legation com- pound. The British troops have erected bombproof shelters. Predictions were made here today that Italy would begin war within two weeks. | Provincial governors today ordered all foreigners in the interior, includ- ing Americans, to come to the capital province for safety. More Ethiopian troops and muni- tions were dispatched to the northern | frontier today when Emperor Haile | Selessie became alarmed by reported | movements of Italian troops along the border. MARVIN IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY, September 10 (#). —President Lazaro Cardenas made the opening address at the seventh American Scientific Congress yester- day, telling the 700 delegates from North and South America that some- time in the future “political science will be as exact as mathematical | science.” | President Cloyd Heck Marvin of George Washington University, Wash- | ington, D. C. head of the United States delegation, asserted American nations are the last stronghold of free- dom of thought. & SILVER | Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at— A.Kahn Jne. welcome Germany's sympathy for its East African venture with the Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 43 YEARS at 935 F STREET | Fifteen years of leadership—thousands of satisfied users, including MRS. ARTHUR PACK GRANTED DIVORCE! Editor of Nature Magazine to Pay Wife $1,000 Monthly Alimony. By the Associated Press SANTA FE, N. Mex., September 10. —Mrs. Eleanor B. Pack was granted | & divorce here yesterday from Arthur Newton Pack, naturalist and/ sportsman. The couple! married at Water- | bury, Conn. in 1919. An agree- ment was reached for the divided | POLICEMAN %% A—3 | and preventive measures to be made effective in the Manor Park district. A Nominating Committee of three was appointed to report at the next meeting on its choice of officers. CHASES MAN TO RETURN $90 CHANGE By the Associated Press. PALMER, Mass, September 10.—It isn't often that persons brought into District Court try to pay 10 times more than the fines imposed upon them, but it happened yesterday Charles J. Daggett of East Long- meadow, fined $10 on an auto viol tion charge, pulled a roll from pocket, peeled off a bill, tossed it on the clerk’s desk and dashed out of the door. Soon afterward a motor cycle police- | man raced after him and brought him back to the court house—to get $90 change. Daggett had given the clerk a $100 bill. Moulders and Designers of Millinery, styled to your individual taste. Hats Cleaned and Reblocked BACHRACH 733 11th St. N.W. Furnace Parts custody of two daughters and a son. In an out- of-court settle- ment Mrs. Pack was given $1,000 monthly for the mainder of life. Arthur Newton Pack is well known in Washington, being associate editor | of Nature Magazine, with offices at 1214 Sixteenth street. He is presi- dent of the American Nature Asso- ciation and secretary of the Ameri- | can Tree Association. A frequent visitor here, he usually flies his own plane from his Western ranch. He stays at the Racquet Club when in the Capital. Auxiliary to Lay Plans. | ARLINGTON, Va, September 10 (Special) —Fall and Winter activities will be outlined at a meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Arlington Volunteer Fire Department at the Fire House tonight. Arthur Immediate Repairs NA. 4370 Reasonable Prices Gichner 50 Years’ Enviable Reputation 418 6th Street N.W. NEW CLASSES in A ccountancy Leading toB.C.S. and M. C. S. Degrees. PACE COURSES Preparing for C. P. A. Examinations. DAY CLASS Opening Monday, September 30th. 7:30 EVENING CLASS [ Call or telephone for 29th Year Book. Registrations for Advanced Opening Monday, September 16th. 5:30 EVENING CLASS Opening Monday, September 23rd. Classes also being received. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY MEtropolitan 2518 Transportation Bldg., 17th & H Sts., N.W. | over, Md. The heightened interest in the drive also was revealed in orders for more pledge cards from company heads and groups which had exhausted the orig- inal supply. Woodward & Lothrop ordered 250 additional blanks after ex- hausting a supply of 500. The Key- stone Automobile Club followed up an original order of 50 for its office force by an order of 2,000 for its member- ship. The American Automobile As- sociation also ordered 2,000 for the same purpose in addition to an orig- inal lot of 200. RANSOM DECREE GIVEN ST. PAUL, September 10 (®.—A | default judgment for $219,010.95, cov- ering the $200,000 ransorh in the Ed: ward G. Bremer abduction, was| entered in District Court here yester- | day against Arthur (Doc) Barker, now serving a life term for the kidnaping. The judgment was sought as a pre- liminary to attaching Barker's share| of an estate of approximately $14,000 reported left by his mother, Kate| Barker, and brother, Fred Barker, slain by Federal agents ia Florida. Washington Chapter of Hadassah will hold its inaugural luncheon of the Fall tomorrow afternoon aboard the City of Washington and later will cruise down the Potomac. ‘The luncheon will be held at 12:30. The boat is scheduled to leave the Seventh street wharf at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Sidney Wiseman is general chairman of committees handling ar- rangements. Tickets may be pur- chased at the wharf, Before Selling Investigate the Prices We Pay for Jewelry of every description, bridge- work, silver No matter how old dilapidated any of foregoing ticles might be. you will be gre :urprls-d at the cash prices paid Yy us. (Licensed by U. 8. Govt.) SHAH & SHAH 921 F St. N.W. your neighbor. S QuoMATIC COLONIAL FUEL OIL, INC, 1709 De Sales St. MEtropolitan 1814. The Yellow Section of Your Phone Book Lists Dealers Colonial Fuel Oil. Learn More About the Wonderful Williams 0il-O-Matic Burner By Calling W. F. HUMMER & SON 802 B St. N.E. LIncoln 5800 Re-Shade with TONTINE.. ... Washable du Pont Tontine Win- dow Shades improve the appear- ance of any home. Every home maker can well afford these at- tractive window shades “made to order’—Every home becomes a better furnished home when they are installed. 830 13th St. N.W. Distriet 3324-3325 W. STOKES SAMMONS LINGOLN AVENUE - DEMOLITION URGED Trinity College Professor Speaks to Citizens of Manor Park. Addressing the Manor Park Citi- zens' Association in its first Fall meet« ing at Whittier School last night, Dr. William Deviny, Trinity College pro- fessor, defended the stand the college has taken in favor of the proposed demolition of Lincoln avenue between Franklin street and Michigan avenue. This question was before the asso- ciation in its last few meetings in the Spring and now rests with the Com- missioners. A public hearing is to be held some time in October. The road, though somewhat in dis- repair at the present, affords Manor Park citizens a more direct route into town than would the Fourth street route as proposed by Dr. Deviny. He said Trinity College was prepared to grant the city some 66,000 square feet of land to be used for small parks if the Fourth street route were accepted. John Smoot, secretary, read a letter from Commissioner Hazen in which the Commissioner acknowledged re- ceipt of the association's recent letter requesting some form of commenda- tion for Pvt. Richard Talbert in view of his heroic action in the Hisey mur- der case last month. Hazen, in his letter, said adequate commendation had been written into Talbert's record, ‘The assoclation approved an appro- priation for more street car motor men and bus drivers, = It was suggested that material be obtained from the Traffic Bureau by which the association could draw up & comprehensive survey of accidents