Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1935, Page 4

TA—4 = WOULD REQURE SIFETY PLEDGE Indorser of Star Drive Sug- gests Drivers Be Made to Sign to Get Tags. Hundreds of letters dealing with various phases of the safety campaign have been received by The Star Safety Council. Excerpts from some of these letters follow: “It occurs to me that it might be a good idea if every driver were required to sign a pledge, similar to the one you are sponsoring, when they get their tags and were required to paste it on the lower left-hand corner of the windshield. This would always be & warning to tpe driver to obey the traffic rules.” W. WOODWARD COOK, ‘The Shoreham. “Am glad to sign this pledge, al- though I have always lived up to these 12 promises. I was one of the first women in the country to own and drive a car.” 5 DR. ELLA LEONARD BARTON, 2817 Monroe street northeast. “It seems to me the pedestrians should have a 50-50 chance with mo- tor traffic. It is very difficult cross- ing streets against cars turning cor- ners—if they all went straight ahead the pedestrian could obey the traffic lights at the same time. But this is not convenient on a large scale, al- though it could be enforced in some places. Another suggestion is that the pedestrian be given a chance to cross before the traffic starts. Let the yellow signal stay on ioger in -_ll directions and pedestrians do their crossing at that time independent of motor traffic. * « * And there should be no jaywalking. This leaves the streets free of pedestrians for motor- “ists and free of cars at crossings for | Star has instituted a Safety Campaign | pedestrians.” . MRS. PATRICIA M. LINDT. 3015 Porter street. “We are inclosing herewith the pledges signed by ourselves and our . employes and wish to thank you for the opportunity given us to join in this safety movement in cutting down ac- cidents in Washington. We believe this is a great work and want to wish you all the success, and we pledge ourselves and our employes to work with you in this special drive.” M. D. DUBB, Vice President, Kogod-Dubb Store Fixture Co. “I am inclosing my safe driving pledge and take this opportunity to congratulate The Evening Star for the splendid work you are doing to en- courage safe driving. It has been my privilege to operate my own automo- biles in the city of Washington since November, 1906, and up to the pres- ent writing my slate is clean.” CY J. WARWICK, 1427 Whittier street. “A little mistake or misunderstand- ing in hand signals, especially by night, has caused many an accident. ® * = I propose there should be en- acted a law that all busses, trucks and other large vehicles of similar type carry large red arrows at each ‘side of the rear of said vehicle. In some cities and States such equip- ment is already compulsory. * * * The arrows must be of the moveable, not fixed type, as the sudden appearance of the red arrow on either side of the vehicle to signal & turn is bound to attract & ‘blind man’s’ attention. WALTER F. ROTHE, 1744 K street. Saf;:tv (Contirued From First Page.) wear stores, furniture dealers, shoe dealers, jewelers, coal and fuel oil | merchants, ice and ice cream manu- facturers, bakeries, restaurants, sta- tioner, laundries, transportation and | delivery agencies, awning manufactur- ers, dairfes, furriers, printers and | other groups. “The association feels that this eampaign is most timely, coming at & period when school children are re- . turning to school, and at the begin- ning of the busy Fall business season.” In the interest of The Evening Star safety drive, Dr. S. Geriah Lamkins, pastor of the McKinley Memorial Baptist Church, has arranged for a special demonstration Sunday at 7:30 o’'clock. ! Dr. J. M. Jones, president of the National Association for God and Hu- manity, will be marshal for a parade, which will start from the church, at ‘Fourth and L streets. Members will sing hymns as they march around the block. A plea for more adequate police protection for school children at ‘Chevy Chase Circle has been received by The Star Safety Council from the wife of a Navy efficer living in the vicinity. She urges that stop signs be placed at the main arterial ap- proaches to the circle, especially on Western avenue, both east and west, and on Connecticut avenue, and that Safe Drivi co-operation with the 8a: Star, I promise to: N THE interest of accident prevention and safer l conditions on the streets and highways and in Never operate at reckless speed. Drive on right of highway. Stop at all 8-T-O-P signs. Refrain from jumping traffic lights. Merchants an accidents. In this picture, made as E. Russell. ~ police protection be provided when | school children are in the streets. “Children are very inadequately protected there,” she explained, “and | if the present situation continues there is certain to be trouble. Heavy traffic | flows into the circle from several di- rections, and it is imperatiye that some form of control be provided.” Second Knights Unit Joins. The second large Knights of Colum- | bus organization to join The Star Council in its safety drive has for- warded to the Safety Council a reso- lution of commendation and a promise of support in the drive. Meeting in | the Knights of Columbus Hall, 918 Tenth street, Washington Council, No. 224, has adopted the following reso- lution: “Whereas: The Washington Evening for the improvement of the conduct of traffic on the streets of the District of Columbia, and “Whereas: The Knights of Colum- | bus of Washington Council are among those many citizens of Washington who are enthusiastically in sympathy, with this campaign to reduce the ap- palling number of traffic accidents. “Therefore, be it resolved, that this meeting record its indorsement of the | Safety Campaign; that this resolution be spread upon the minutes of its meeting, and that a copy thereof be forwarded to the Safety Campaign edi- tor of The Washington Evening Star.” The resolution was signed by John G. Bowen, John J. Halloran, John F. Hillyard, Stephen A. McCarthy and Richard F. Field. Loan Firm Backs Drive. ‘The Washington Loan & Trust Co. also has indorsed the Safety Campaign and has requested that safe-driving pledge cards be furnished for all offi- cials and employes who own and drive | cars. The safety work within the or- ganization is being handled under di- rection of Eliot H. Thomson. | The Maloney Concrete Co., 3112 K street, also has joined forces with the Star Council to curb the accident rate here and has called for 50 pledg cards for the use of all company | drivers and employes. ! If every maid was as thoughtful as Lora Reed, colored, employed by Dr. H. D. Shapiro of 4218 Sixteenth | street, the streets of . Washington would become much safer for children. Every day, during the rush to and from the schools, this colored maid not only escorts the doctor’s young son | across the street, but many other chil- | dren as well. | Her journeys take place at Sixteenth, | Varnum and Upshur streets, greatly aiding a traffic policeman from the | tenth precinct. Her charges num-| ber 20 to 30. | The kindly acts were reported by neighbors who have watched her since the opening of the schools. Many Ask to Afiliate, | Requests to afliate with The Star's safe driving campaign continue in | great numbers. Every kind of busi- | ness house is represented. | Among recent ones are the Shell | Oil Company, 4136 Georgia avenue; | Charles Schwartz & Son, jewelers, | 708 Seventh street; George’s Radio Co., 816 F street; Carlin’s Creamery, 11 E street southwest, and Shivers Insurance Agency, 1010 Vermont avenue. The United States Government em- ployes are particularly active in the | drive and showing great interest. One request recently received was from a branch of the General Accounting | Office. Coupons clipped from The Star have been sent in from every Government department, including the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The Capitol Cadillac Co. of 1222 Twenty-second street, through its president, F. D. Akers, plans reaching all Cadillac, La Salle and Oldsmobile owners by mail, asking them if they have signed The Star safety pledge. He also will advise them to have their cars checked to see if they are in safe condition. Mr. Akers has re- quested 3,600 stickers from The Star to accompany his letters. ng Pledge fety Council of The Evening HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, d Manufacturers Join Drive Bringing into the safety campaign more than 400 of the leading business houses of Washington, the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association has joined with the Star Council to curb traffic deaths and the association joined, are, left to right, seated: Franklin Harper, O. T. Wright, Louis Levay, Ford Young, vice president, and Edward D. Shaw, secretary. Standing: Charles Bock, Mark Lansburgh, Ed M. Graham, jr.; J. J. Hasley, Ringold Hart, Peter Dorsch, J. W. Lainhart and Willlam < —Star Staft Photo, Col. Linn C. Major, Eastern regional manager for the Greyhound Lines, is shown recelving a safety trophy won by his division during the past year. The presentation was made last night at the Willard Hotel in the presence of District and State police and traffic officials, judges and heads of the bus lines. In the group, left to right, are Marcus Dow, commissioner of safety of New York, presenting the trophy; Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police; William A. Van Duzer, director of motor vehicles and traffic, and Col. Major. —Star Staft Photo. WOQDYARD & LoTEROP Return Engagement Next Wednesday and each Wednesday in October (the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th) Mr. E. Hall Downes will lecture on CoNTRACT BRIDGE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1935. n—Fashion 1 with you: The fabric makers Botticelli, da Vinc, for magnificent yellow- dy—and Fashion has mixed them with a ly different colored costume can almost son, we say, try something new. And try of new clothes garnered on the Third Floor. 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