Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1935, Page 5

“ICGDENT HOUR DANGER ITE Drivers and Pedestrians Warned to Be Alert From 5 to 6 P.M. 1If it is true that to be forewarned is 1 to be forearmed, the motorist has it within his power to reduce accidents | during the most hazardous single hour of the day, that between 5 and 6 p.m. ‘This point is made by Edward Curran, safety director of the Keystone Auto- mobile Club, in commenting upon the results of a survey of accidents show- ing this hour to be the day’s most | dangerous. | “It must be granted,” says the Key- stone official, “that there is not much that the individual can do to revolu- tlonize the conditions which leave him both physically and mentally tired at the end of the day. He canot arbi- trarily reduce the number of hours he works nor suddenly develop a phys- ical condition that makes him less sus- ceptible to the effects of working. Nor | is there much he can do to remedy the situation which finds traffic most congested at the hour between 5 and 6 p.m. “If he can do none of these things, however, he can meet this period with | & greater degree of alertness to its dangers. He can realize that traffic | is more congested and that the human | elements which compose it, including himself, are less alert than normally because of their mental and physical Zfatigue. | “True awareness of danger is thel first step always in overcoming it. That fact is fairly obvious, but that mo- torists and pedestrians are aware of the danger during this evening hour certainly cannot be classed as obvious. Accident figures do not show it. | “If each individual pedestrian and | motirist were to recognize the greater danger at this hour of the day, traffic | as a whole would be characterized by a higher order of caution. The greater | the degree of caution, the fewer acci- | dents there will be during this period | of especial hazar Safety (Continued From First Page.) Safety Council before the end of the | week. “It is very gratifying to me to pre- sent medals to these drivers who have operated busses, a large part of the time in the midst of heavy rush-hour traffic, without accident of any kind,” Commissioner Hazen said. “This is evidence of care and judgment in driving which should serve as a lesson to every motorist in Washington. I congratulate the company and this splendid body of drivers on a record | of which the District government and the people of Washington can be proud. “I want to compliment The Evening Btar on its campaign to reduce acci- dents in Washington and I am glad to see, Mr, Merrill, that you and your drivers are co-operating so splendidly in The Star's safety drive.” Commissioner Hazen pointed out that one of the “most effective ways of preventing accidents is to lock up peo- ple who violate the laws.” Thorough Training Urged. He indicated, however, that since it 1s impossible for police to catch every violation, thorough training of bus | drivers, coupled with the awakening of individual responsibility among motorists, is an effective means of | curbing the accident toll. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. began operations here in March, 1921, it was pointed out by President Mer- rill, who presided at the presentation ceremony. Today the company has in operation 129 busses of 13 different types. | From the opening of its operations | here up to July 1 last, a period of 14 years, the company rolled up its record | of more than 24,000,000 miles of driv- ing without a single fatal accident and during the same period carried a to- tal of 64,127,662 pay pasesngers, a number equal to half the population of the United States. This total does not Include thousands of other pas- sengers on special excursions or sight- seeing trips. In announcing the names of the ‘winners of safety medals, Mr. Merrill said: “It is always a pleasure to recog- nize work well done. It is particu- larly s0 when the work involves the safety and comfort of our friends and neighbors—our fellow citizens here in the great city of Washington. Awards Made for Council. “The awards which are to be given today are evidence of a Nation-wide interest in safe operation of motor vehicles. They are made on behalf of the National Safety Council. But we here are more intimately concerned ‘with safe operation in Washington be- ;n::e 1t affects our friends and neigh- The 25 Washington Rapid Transit drivers who received awards today drove approximately 500,000 miles dur- THE EVENING Slow Driving May Be Reckless BY WILLIAM A. VAN DUZER, Director of Vehicles and Traffic. In the Safe Driving Pledge of the Safety Council of The Evening Star the 12 points taken are the main causes of 90 per cent of the motor vehicle accidents and fatalities. Each day I am going to state briefly the reasons for one of these regulations and why it should be observed. 1. NEVER OPERATE AT RECKLESS SPEED. Reckless speed may be 15 miles an hour in a congested street where there is consider- able vehicular movement as well as pedestrians, or where the cars are parked in such a manner as to obstruct the view of the driver and the pedes- trian. At other iocations, where the law permits, 45 miles an hour would not be a reckless speed. In other words, drive your car according to traffic conditions. ing the 12 months ending May 15 without accident of any kind. It was pointed out that even if a passenger slipped and fell while getting on or off a bus, though the driver was in no way at fault, such an accident was sufficient to bar him from a medal. One driver lost his medal because a group of boys, playing base ball, batted a ball through the windshield of his bus. Medals awarded today went to men who not only avoided driving accidents, but also mishaps | of any sort. The men who received their awards today are O. C. Beadles, R. T. Bean, B. B. Blankenbakers, L. B. Cox, T. E. Devlin, R. L. Finks, R. W. Garner, B.E. Glaze, F. M. Harris, E. B. Hayden, B. N. Herbert, O. Hurlebaus, R. M. Kinsey, F. T. Marlow, A. McDonald, R. A. Milburn, J. F. Raney, N, M. Smallwood, L. 8. Teefs, L. J. Thew, P. Throckmorton, H. E. Wallich, F. B. Ward, G. M. West and B. F. Wood. Teets, Throckmorton, West and Wood received awards for two years of operation without a mishap and Finks received a three-year award. In two years Teets operated 117,000 | Safe Driving Pledge N THE interest of accident prevention and safer I conditions on the streets and highways and in _ta;:o-operntion with the Safety Council of The Evening I promise to: Never operate at reckless speed. Drive on right of highway. Stop at all 8-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. Addrwss: oo o s SR Ewfloyer .- - Ll e AL AL PR The Safety Council Of The Chening Star ‘Washington, D. C. Sign and send above coupon 10 The Evening Star Safety Council, Room 600, Star Building P ington and Baltimore. The safety awards consist of a medal to be worn by each man. They were furnished by the National Safety Council, of which the Washington Rapid Transit Co. has been a member for four years. Group Backs Campaign. Full co-operation in The Star safety campaign was voted by the Executive Committee of the Trinidad Citizens’ Association at a meeting this week, it was announced today by Ignatius Jawney, secretary of the association. “George J. Cleary, president, and T Lot Angeles AND DOUGLAS LUXURY ALL THE WAY TWA s only airline equij EN- TIRELY with Douglas yliners. reater speed—greater luxury on TWA's famous Central Transcoptinental Route. Overnight or by day to Los Angeles. Mar- velous scenic s 3 views of both Grand Canyon Boulder Dam on daylight flights. 4 hrs. 45 min. to Chica, 16 hrs. 50 min. to Los les (Connecting Line to Pittsburgh.) miles without mishap between Wash- | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. No. 1—Some of the 200 or more workers of the District Motor Club of the American Automobile As- sociation who have signed The Star safety pledge. No. 2—Ernest N. Smith, execu- tive vice president of the American Automobile Association, is seen signing pledge for safe driving. Other officials waiting to sign (left to right) are: B. W. Marsh, J. A. Brown, C. B. Bishop, M. L. Smith, R. E. Singer, F. M. Blum, A. J. Montgomery, J. D. Hess, jr.; C. T. Matthews. No. 3—The first laundry and bottling works to join The Star’s campaign were pledged when the Sterling Laundry, Inc, and the Arlington Bottling Co., Inc., jointly owned, formed its Safety Council. Charles Jacobsen, Jr., is seen sign- | ing the safety pledge. Left: Henry | R. Hendley, manager of the bot- tling company. Right: Eugene Jacobsen, treasurer. —Star Staff Photos. | Martin Stecker, treasurer, expremd? their willingness to co-operate also,” | ‘anney said in a letter to the safety | | council announcing the action of the | committee. “The members of the | Trinidad Citizens’ Association are be- | ing notified by telephone and per- sonally to aid - in your worthy cam- paign.” ) The Washington Gas Light Co, | starting with an original order for | 2,000 safe drivers’ pledge cards last | week, immediately after the annual | meeting of their safe drivers’ honor corps, at which medals were presented to 378 drivers who have had perfect | records for one or more years, has called for a total of 4,000 pledge cards. ‘The cards, together with a company | | memorandum indorsing the campaign | |and calling attention to the need for | co-operation in an effort to reduce the accident toll on Washington streets and highways, will go into the next pay envelopes of all gas company employes in the District and its suburbs. 100 Per Cent Signs Up. Gale E. Pugh & Co., 1147 E street southwest, & dairy products company, which was the first Washington busi- ness firm to join the Star safety | campaign, also was the first to report 100 per cent returns. every one of the | company’s truck drivers having signed | pledge cards. Numerous queries have been made | as to why the pledges did not include a promise against driving while under | the influence of liquor. The main reason given by those framing the pledges is that it was unnecessary. The pledge against operating reck- lessly would naturally include intoxi- | cation. No one can drive a carl READ Keep in touch with Washington You need not miss either the fun of your Summer vacation or the exciting things that are happening at “home.” Read The Star and keep posted on all local and national events. Mail or leave your address or itinerary at The Star Business Office, and The Star will be mailed to you with the same dispatch as if you were in your own home in Washington, (if he or she desires. |a much higher plane. | can be laid at the door of owners of | far too numerous | fractors dumb, education would be an | | indicated remedy, but they are defiant | dle Highlands Community Citizens® C., WEDNESDAY, First of Class to Join Star Safety Drive under the influence of liquor without being reckless. No one intoxicated could obey the 12 promises contained in the safety pledge. Driving while intoxicated is a crime everywhere and any one who drives knows that to be true. The pledges had to be condensed as far as possible and so the framers assumed that reckless operation would inciude | drunken driving. Drunken driving, all will admit, is driving at a reckless speed, regardless of how fast or how | slow one goes. Some Write In. Some signers of the pledges have written in part number 13, which is a promise against driving while in- toxicated. This is perfectly all right and any one may do the same thing Edwin S. Hege, president of The Citizens' Association of Chevy Chase, D. C, in a letter to The Star Safety Council has the following comments to make on the safety campaign: “Traffic planning in the District of Columbia has been fundamentally sound for a number of years, follow- ing closely the best standards as as- certained by the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety and commended for adoption in the vari- ous jurisdictions. Enforcement has moved up from a mediocre level to Meanwhile, | public co-operation has lagged. “Not all the fault for such lagging commercial vehicles and taxicabs, but the instances of infractions by the | drivers of these classes of vehicles are Were these in- | in too many instances—highway thieves boldly appropriating the rights that belong to others. Reform or Dismissal. “The Star campaign will have been | of immense value if it does nothmfl beyond awakening owners of com- | mercial vehicles and taxicabs to a realization that it is unwise from a |J. purely selfish viewpoint to neglect to reform or dismiss drivers whose motoring habits cause public resent- ment. On this point sentiment in our neighborhood association is be- coming aroused. “As a long-time member of the Traffic Advisory Council and as the head of a large group of citizens, I| commend vour splendid paper for the fine task jt has undertaken.” More Groups Give Approval. The safety campaign was indorsed! last night by two more Washington citizens' associations. Monday night three associations had met and in- dorsed the campaign and the Execu- tive Committee of another approved | the drive. Every association which has met since the drive started has approved the .campaign without a dissenting voice. The Montgomery County Civic Federation also ap- proved the drive and called on all its member groups to take up the fight. ‘The groups which approved the drive last night are the North Ran- Association and the East Washing- ton Heights Citizens’ Association. +++and thousands suifering from Neuritis have found relief in Mountaia Valley Mineral Wi t from famous Hot 8, Mountain aniq Mineral Water Phone: MEtrphtn 1062 1405 “K” St. N. W. on your vacation THE STAR Postage Paid Payable in Advance Maryland and Virginia Evening Sunday Evening Sunday pl R R Other States and Canada Evening o & Sunday Evening Sunday nth. T80 Boe FETTE L SEPTEMBER 11, 1935. F.H.A APPOINTEE DIES AFTER FALL Charles R. Macbeth, 27, Is| Victim of Accident at His Home. Charles R. Macbeth, 27, who came | here about two months ago from | Rhinebeck, N. Y., to obtain an ap-| pointment with the Federal Housing | A d m inistration, y ot early today of in- Juries suffered ‘when he fell over 3 a banister from the second or third floor at 1627 K street yester- day afternoon. Macheth lived at 1620 K street, part of a double house with hall- ways leading to 1627 K street. He was the son of E. A. Macbeth, Charles Macbeth. Taunting Husband’s Cooking Gets Wife Black Eye, Divorce By the Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass., Septem- ber 11.—Mrs. Gabrielle Guilmette asked separale support from her husbead, Eomeo P., in Probate Court yesterday on the basis of his French toast. She testified that he dipped the bread too long in the egg mixture so that when he picked it up it broke. When it broke he gut mad, she said, and threw it on top of the stove. She feit com- pelled to tell him his cookirg was amateurish and he blacked her eye, she added. Judge Frederick H. Chamber- lain said she could live apart and was entitled to $25 a week sup- port payments. Farley (Continued From First Page.) where the Republicans recently carried & hitherto Democratic congressional district in Rhode Island. “You must remember,” Farley said, | president of the Rhinebeck Water Works, who came to Washington on learning of his son’s injuries. ‘The injured man was found uncon- scious on the floor by Austin G. Roe, 1629 K street. Macbeth was a grad- uate of Culver Military Academy and a former student at Northwestern University. He had been a Boy Scout leader, and attended the World Jam- boree at Copenhagen, Denmark. native city of Lima, Ohio, for burial. EARLY TRIAL FOR MAN HELD IN ATTACK ON BOY Boros Garabedian, 40-year-old Ar- menian charged with attacking a 9-year-old boy in Potomac Park last Sunday, will be given a jury trial September 16, it was decided in Police Court yesterday by Judge Robert E. Mattingly. Attempts to have the man’s trial de- layed until after he had been sent to Gallinger Hospital for mental observa- tion failed when Judge Mattingly re- fused the examination and insisted upon a trial at the “earliest possible moment.” Garabedian, an alien who does not speak English, was arrested Sunday on the charge of the boy, James Dye, and bruised by his assailant. Births Reported. Robert and Jean Richter. boy Charles and Mary Gildon. boy. Ira and Ruby Waters. boy Ralph and Dorothy_Fairbanks. bofs Graham and Ruth Powers. boy. ar and Esther Dodek. R | Marshall and Tda Bledsoe. boy Clarence and Lillian_Small, girl. Pauline Colbert. girl. mer_and Ruth Wells, girl John W. and Helen ley. girl. Arthur and Rose Symons. girl Hugh and Nellie Join and Anna Hi Eugene and Al v Malcolm and Mam| boy Carl and Lililan Beatty. boy. Barney and Ruby Krucofl, ba‘o Willilam and Frances Owens, boy. a; d Marierne Connor. boy. George and Ruth Jones, boy Eugene and Paul Stevens. boy. Bradiey and Hope Smith, boy. Joseph and Loura Lemmo. boy. Josenh and Mary Bow: w Steven and Floren Marion and Claris: William and Allie Cun: Elisworth and Lula A Reese and Rena Caisan. bov. Arthur and Gladys Hall. boy Arthur and Martha Burrell. boy. Edward and Ellen Briscos John and Aleen Dav. girl William and Irene Wright. girl ames and Annabelle Burt. girl. d Moore. girl. Peyton. girl ah Brown. boy. a Flood. girl s Deianev. boy. Anderson. girl. Robert and Ella Devine, girl Permen and Edgerinia Herron. girl. Albert and Ethel Garner. girl Stepton and Pauline Da Har Charlotte N N S N S NN = = NN The body will be taken to Macbeth's | “that four New England States wemt | | for Hoover in 1932—four of the six | | in the country.” He added that he| | was confident that Roosevelt would | carry both Massachusetts and Rhode | | Island next year, as he did in 1932. He insisted, too, that Pennsylvania, so ( | many years a banner Republican | State, would also cast its electoral vote for the President Guffey Bill Held Aid. “You don't think the Guffey Coal bill will do us any harm in Pennsylvania, | do you?” the national chairman asked with a smile. Farley said that Roosevelt could de- | feat easily any nominee the Repub- !licans put up. He included in the | list of possible Republican nominees Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas and Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. “President Roosevelt would defeat | Borah in the same substantial manner that he would defeat any other Re- | ! publican that might be nominated,” | Farley said emphatically. With reference directly to the death of Senator Long, Farley insisted that ! he saw no prospect of a substantial | third-party movement in this country | | next year. “I have held that conviction for| a long time,” he added. “The fight | will be between the two old major| political parties.” | Two-Thirds Rule Is Issue. A5 excited. The administration will put forward its record when the time arrives. The people will study it and decide for Roosevelt.” Talking of his visit to California, Farley expressed the opinion that Senator Hiram Johnson, who sup- ported Roosevelt in 1932, would “be with us” in 1936, FARLEY DENIES EEPORT. Says His Resignation Has Not Been Discussed Seriously. By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 11, —Postmaster General Farley tele- phoned a denial here today of pub- lished reports that he was resigning in January to devote full time to chairmanship of the Democratic Na- tional Committee, but the best minds hereabouts seemed to think he would eventually do that. Fellow cabinet members and others in the high command have the belief that President Roosevelt will call upon Farley to direct the re-election cam- paign. They have the further belief that in this event Farley will relin- quish his cabinet post. Secretary Roper was an overnight caller. Frank C. Walker of New York, the chairman of the National Emer- gency Council, comes today. Both have been mentioned as possible suc- cessors as Postmaster General. ‘Talking over the telephone to news- paper men here, Farley said “Like Mark Twain said about re- ports of his death, the story of my resignation is slightly exaggerated. ‘There is nothing to it. My resigna- tion has never been seriously dis- | cusssed. The time has not arrived for me even to discuss it. That is up to the President.” JRE— Mamage Llcen Prancis R Herbert. 24 st and Helen F. Andre Georgia ave; Rev Henry L. Bastien. 5 and Margaret T, Althoff. 23, 3620 Porter st: Rev. J_T. Kennedy Willlam J. "Beall. 3. 13 Rhode Island ne. and Catherine L. Flynn. 34 Rittenhouse st.; Rev. B. J. Hanne- mann Stanley R. Earnest, Norma_'L. Reynold. Judge Robert E. A Howard M. Grimm and Mary Hampton, st Rev. E. 8 Duniap Stemund_Rosenholtz. 31 Newman. Raioh ttington. 25. 1607 H st. s.e and Mildred M. Robey, 18, Clinton. Ma. Rev. J. V. Buckley. Gee M. Cohen. ®: Dena Rosenstadt 4 and 20. both of Baltimore. Md.; Rev. Abram Simon. Prank E Crint!. 24, and Sylvia J. Winkle- man. 23. both of 475 C st. 8.w.; Rev. H.V_Porter. Lewis J._Gray. 45. 1224 2%4th st. and A08 10th st.; Judge 3300,14th st anc anor E. Gra . Pulton, N. Y. Beverly P, Warren. 27. and Katharine C. Persons: 19. both of Quantico, Va.; Rev P G. Murray. | Farley was asked if the two-thirds 718 Sixth street, who was scratched | rule of nominating candidates for President, which has maintained in| Democratic national conventions, would be changed. He said that was | & matter which the next convention would have to deal with. The pro-| posal to change the rules and bring about nomination by majority rule, | as in the Republican National Con- | ventions, was put forward when the ' | Democrats met in 1932 in Chicago. | | With Roosevelt clearly assured of renomination. it is believed that the chance of bringing about & change in the two-thirds Tule is better than | it has been for a number of years. Farley saild he did not think it made the slightest difference politi- cally where the Democrats held their next national convention nor whether | they held it before or after the Re- publican convention. Since 1892 the Democrats have invariably met a| week or two after the Republicans had nominated their national candi- | dates and adopted their platform. | “We have our candidate,” said Far- ley, laughing. He said there was no doubt whatever about the nomination of Vice President Garner to succeed himself in that office, too. Platform Made Easy. All Roosevelt-instructed delega- tions to the national convention, in- stead of having some uninstructed | delegations, may make it easier for the Roosevelt New Dealers when it comes to platform writing. | “You may expect any kind of charges from the Republicans,” Far- ley said, “and no one will be much Herbert E. Poe 25. both of &t K G Newell Eddie F. Peavy. 38, 409 Florida ave., and Willie Inge. 16. 453 Florida ave.; Judse obert E. Mattingly. Harry R. Payne 26 Andover, Mass. and Pnnente‘ZA Kirkland, 2 vV st I john Upshaw, 1236 2d st. s.w., and Doris Hender: 18, 1109 3rd st.’ s.w.; Rev. Edward Ginyard. Thomas X. Banks. 30, and Gwendolyn G. Wi Fla_: Rev. Edward and Marie Stevens ¥s County. Md.; Rev a" new styles of ngraving executed in true Brewood manner are moderate h in cost to meet present-day demands ... BrewWD Engravers and Fine Printers 61l TWELFTH STREET Puons DiSTRICT 4868 I'll bet lots o' fellows are itching fo Iay hands on some new Fall clothes/