Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1935, Page 6

A—6 *» : LONG UPHEAVAL SILENCES ALLEN Governor Refuses to Talk Following Sessions With Coup Principals. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, September 20.— Gov. O. K. Allen, on whose shoulders fell the mantle dropped by Huey P. Long. met silently today the uprising within his political ranks over selec- tion of candidates for the January election. He shut himself off from callers and refused to say a word about the | insurrection created by Lieut.-Gov. James A. Noe and Public Service Com- missioner Wade O. Martin, who de- fied his authority by announcing their candidacies for Governor and United States Senator without waiting for a caucus. He spent yesterday in con- ference with first one and then an- other. Two Apparently Satisfied. “Jimmy, T thought you and Wade Martin had agreed to do as I said.” said the Governor in agitation as they entered his office in the State House at Baton Rouge, after they had made their announcements in New « .leans. But Martin and Noe emerged smil- ing and apparently satisfied and the Governor went out of the State House through a rear exit and resumed his| conferences at the mansion. There | he met Seymour Weiss, one of Long’s closest friends, who was reported as Jcoking unfavorably on the No> candi- dacy. They engaged in a long con- | ference. Down in Houme, Speaker of the| House Allen Ellender roused himself | from a sick bed to express disbelief that Noe had made his announce- ment. Ellender also is a candidate | for Governor. Allen holds the whip hand by au- | thority of Huey Long's dictatorial | Jaws and is generally believeu to be in a position to make or break any candidate. Several Ask Re-election, Following the Noe-Martin announce- | ment, E. A. Conway, secretary of state; L. B. Baynard, State auditor; Lucille May Grace, registrar of the State Land Office, and T. H Harris, superintendent of education, declared their candidacies for re-election. Other candidates were expected to | &nnounce without delay. | Gerald L. K. Smith, robust or- | ganizer of the “Share-the-Wealth™ so- cieties, sat in the all-night conference | with Noe and Martin and wielded the | influence which resulted in the for- | mal announcements. This former Christian Church min- {ster, who has told his audiences that he feels the arms of Huey Long are | about him, is a supporter of Noe in the beilef that he would carry forward | the “share-the-wealth” movement. . SCHOOLBOY PATROL PLANS PERFECTED Ready to Give 100,000 District Students Protection Next Monday. Schoolboy patrol protection will be given 100,000 District students when | #chool opens Monday, under plans per- fected by the American Automobile | Association, it was announced today. ‘The threefold program provides: Pa- | trols for every public and parochial | school here and in nearby Maryland and Virginia; monthly distribution of 3.400 graded safety lessons and 3,200 safety posters, and extension of the safety education program from the primary grades to the high schools. The A. A A. issued the following | statement: “‘Co-operating with school and police | authorities, the A. A. A. will main- tain some 270 active patrol units in its Jocal territory. There will be a total of about 4,500 patrol members, and the | equipment needs, furnished without cost, are estimated at 1600 rain yonchos, 1,700 rain hats, 3,000 Sam Browne belts, 3,000 patrolman badges, 330 lieutenant badges and 230 cap- tain badges. “Of the 100,000 school children that will be protected by means of these patrols, some 8,000 will be entering school for the first time, requiring extra protective measures.” Cairngorms Highest. The Caimgorms of Scotland are the highest mountain mass in Britain. Safety (Continued From First Page.) his men to The Star for interviews over the broadcasting hook-up to ac- guaint the public at large where each Individual part lies in the interest of safety. Two members of the depart- ment were interviewed in this man- ner last Wednesday night over the Columbia system. The action of the Fire Department follows the course taken by the Met- ropolitan Police, under the command of Maj. E. W. Brown. All his men are to sign the pledge and complete co-operation of the police with The Star is promised. Lodges’ Committee Aids. Broadening the scope of its work in dealing with various types of prob- lems affecting public use of the Mall triangle area, the Public Relations Committee of the Commerce, Labor and Internal Revenue lodges of the American Federation of Government Employes has joined with The Star Council in furthering the cause of safety on the streets and highways of Washington. The committee, organized early Na's Vear, has been working on prob- ig§s of transportation, handling of c, policing and development of tlle Mall area section which affect Federal employes in the three large Government organizations represented in the committee membership. The committee now is seeking a street car rerouting tc serve the Mall triangle during morning and after- noon rush hours. At present cars are routed northbound on Fourteenth street past the Department of Com- merce building from the Water street terminal near the Bureau of En- graving and Printing. As a result the cars are already crowded in the eve- 3ing rush period before they reach the Department of Commerce. The committee is seeking to have a. cross- over built in the Fourteenth street car line near the Department of Com- merce so that empty cars may be turned back there to handle the home- going Mall triangle crowds. The committee has requested The A THE EVENING TAR, WASHINGTON, Fire Department Backs Safety Campaign Fire Chief Schrom, shown signing The Star safety pledge, as other members of the department look on. Left to right: Acting Sergt. C. S. Peterson, Fire Chief Charles E. Schrom and Pvt. W. E. Hartwell. Members of the District of Columbia fire alarm headquarters join the safety campaign. Left to right Daniel F. Harbison, fire alarm operator; Thomas Jones, acting wire chief; Willlam Porter, fire alarm phone operator, alarm headquarters, signing pledge. and Harold Reinsmith, electrical draftsman. Star Council to furnish 1,000 safe- driving pledges for its affiliated mem- | when operating vehicles upon public | highways. The thousands of deaths ! and employes in the Washington of- Watching, Herbert A. Friede, superintendent of fire —Star Staff Photo. fice. bership in the Department of Com-!|and injuries which represent our membership of more than 15,000. merce, Department of Labor and In- ternal Revenue Bureau. In Line With Efferts. Mrs. Irene K. Allen of the Com- merce Lodge, chairman of the com- mittee, in announcing that the group had voted to support The Star safety movement, pointed out that the cam- paign “is in direct line with our ef- forts of the past few months.” “The committee represents about 1,500 lodge members and will begin the signing up of members to help as careful drivers and also to be careful pedestrians. “You might be interested to know that such safeguards as now exist at the crossings of Fourteenth and Fif- teenth streets and E street and Con- stitution avenue are mainly the result of activities of this committee. This is mentioned merely to show that these lodges are, indeed, vitally interested in safety matters.” Heads of the three lodges from which the membership of the Public Relations Committee is drawn also are active in the work of the commit- tee. They are Leonard Kemp, presi- dent of the Commerce Lodge; Charles C. Hoffmann, president of the In- ternal Revenue Lodge, and Charles Sharkey, president of the Labor Lodge. Osteopaths Sign Up. ‘Washington osteopaths have been affiliated with the Star Council in its safety campaign through the action of the National Capital Osteopathic Society, which has approved the cam- paign and called for pledge cards for its members. Dr. Frank T. Shyne, National Press Building, is president of the society. Commerce Department, the first Federal Government branch to in- dorse the safety campaign, has already sent in 644 signed pledges. The Star’s campaign recently re- ceived the indorsement of the Citizens’ Forum of Columbia Heights. Harry S. Wender of the Southwest Citizens' Association comments as fol- lows in a letter just received by The Star’s Safety Council: “I take great pleasure in forwarding to you my Safe Driving Pledge. “On behalf of the Southwest Citi- zens' Association and myself, I wish to congratulategyou for the splendid work you are doing in awakening Washington motorists to the moral responsibilities they must assume | national yearly tribute to reckless and careless driving are fast being ac- cepted by the average citizen as com- monplace. It is only when stark tragedy is brought close to home that we fully realize the stupidity of view- | ing our traffic massacres as necessary evils. | Secretary Victim of Accident. | “The young lady whose nimble fingers transfer these thoughts into writing but yesterday returned to her | desk after an absence of more than four months. During this period she hovered at death’s door, the victim | of a drunken, reckless, hit-and-run driver, who was subsequently brought | to justice at North Beach, Md. and, upon conviction of three charges, fined $250, payable at his convenience. “Last night's Star contained an | editorial entitled ‘Keeping the Lights On,’ with which I heartily agree. I have become firmly convinced that the time has now arrived when the {operauon of traffic lights must be continued on a 24-hour basis. Sunday, after midnight, I witnessed two ac- cidents within a block of each other, which could be directly attributed to | the turning off of traffic lights at these intersections. The increased | electricity cost and possible incon- venience to drivers is no price at all where broken bodies and human lives are concerned.” Junior Board of Commerce Aids. | Among the recent local organiza- | tions to join the Safety Council in its drive for highway safety is the Junior | Board of Commerce, which prepared its own pledge cards and signed up every member. In notifying The Star Council of | the board's action, Jack Hayes, jr., chairman of the organization's Traf- fic Committee, said: “The Junior Board of Commerce, by vote of the board of directors in | an assembled meeting, requested me, as chairman of the Traffic Commit- tee, to write and commend you on your very active campaign against traffic accidents in Washington. “We would like to advise you that the Junior Board of Commerce stands whole-heartedly behind the campaign and that we are doing everything in our power to observe the pledge as taken.” The, American Road Builders’ As- sociation also has approved and has obtained pledge cards for all officers CARE AT INTERSECTIONS 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 theymaln 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. 10. SLOW DOWN AT INTER- SECTIONS AND SCHOOLS. Few people realize that their vehicle traveling at 20 miles an hour has a stopping dis- tance of 33 feet on a smooth, dry road. There are very few intersections where even 20 miles an hour is a safe speed. I think it is a good habit to ap- proach an intersection with your left foot on the clutch pedal, your right foot off the accelerator button and not cross intersections until you have looked in both directions and, if necessary, shift gears. BROADLOOM CARPETS ...RUGS ... LIFETIME FURNITURE . . . BEDDING‘ D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1935. DECLINE IS SHOWN INFOREIGN TRADE Commerce Figures for Au- gust Higher Than Last Year, However. By the Assoclated Press, United States exports and imports were shown by Commerce Department figures today to have declined in August from July, but to have gained over August of last year, The export decline in August from July was 1 per cent, while imports fell 4 per cent, contrasting to & usual increase in both exports and imports. As compared to August, 1934, ex- ports were up only fractionally, while imports gained 42 per cent. August exports amounted to $172,- 204,000, compared with $173,371,000 in July, 1935, end $171984,000 in Au- gust, 1934. Imports in August were | $170,139.000 against $177,698,000 in July, 1935, and $119,513,000 in August, 1934. | The favorable balance in August this year was thus $2.065.000, against a favorable balance in August, 1934, of $52.471.000. . For the first eight months of 1935, the favorable balance was $27,279,000, compared with $259,124,000 in the first eight months of 1934. Export decline was accounted for | by drops in shipments of cotton ex- | ports, non-metallic minerals and ma- | chinery and vehicles. The greatest and only substantial decline in im- ports, in August, compared with | July, were inedible vegetable products, | | such as flax seed and crude rubber. | August exports of gold were $102,- 000 compared with imports of $46,- 085,000, to give an excess of imports | of $45.983,000. Exports in July were | $59,000 against imports. of $16.287.- 000. August, 1934, exports of gold were $14 556,000, and August, 1934, imports of gold were $51,781,000. The excess of gold imports in the first eight months of 1935 was $866.375.000 | against $928.746,000 in the first eight menths of 1934, GRANTED DIVORCE Decree Is Awarded Mrs. Eustis. By the Associated Press BASIN, Wyo., September 20.—Mrs. Grace The association has a combined ' Home. Grace Eustis, identified by attorneys {as a Washington newspaper woman, today had an absolute decree of di vorce from George Eustis. The decree was granted Wednes- | day by Judge Percy E. Metz of the Afih judicial district. ESCAPES FROM HOME Arrested here Wednesday night as a fugitive from his parents, Harle D. Wiison, 16, Rochester, N. Y., stu- dent, escaped from the Receiving Home yesterday. The youth had expressed a desire to return home when taken into cus- tody and his father had sent money for his railroad fare. He apparently changed his mind when he thought | his father was coming here for him and slipped out of the Receiving Police are again looking for ! him. 4,207 Persons Employed | jobs have been provided here. Stick ’Em On Every recipient of the above sticker is urged to stick tHem on windshields of their cars im- mediately to further promote the safety campaign. D. C. WORK RELIEF LEADING COUNTRY Here in Drive to End Dole by November. With 4,207 persons employed in the | District on work relief jobs, Works | Progress Administration reports to- | day indicate that Commissioner George E. Allen, local works progress administrator, is outdistancing most other jurisdictions in the Nation-wide goal to end the dole, November 1. Despite the fact nearly $11,000,000 in District projects are being held up pending executive approval, Com- missioner Allen has succeeded in nearly cGoubling his work relief rolls in two weeks. Since September 5. the last official report rendered by W. P. A, a total of 2322 additional Two weeks ago, Allen could account for only 1885. 3,614 Persons Employed. | Local W. P. A. projects to date are giving employment to 3,614 persons, | while 683 jobs have been made avail- able through other agencies, the men being employed chiefly at the navy | yard and Bolling Field. | With Maryland’s W. P. 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