Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1935, Page 8

FIRST IN SAFETY RATING IS URGED Rev. W. S. Abernethy Hits| One-Drink Drivers in Op- timists” Speech. Washington, the most beautiful city | in the world, should be made the safest city and the strongest city morally, Rev. Willlam S. Abernethy, | pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, told the Washington Optimists’ Club st a luncheon meeting yesterday in the Hamilton Hotel. | At this meeting the club indorsed | the automobile safe-driving campaign of The Star Safety Council and en- rolled its entire membership in the drive. Street and highway safety is the business of every member of soclety, Dr. Abernethy told the club. There must be a universal co-operation on | the part of every motorist and every pedestrian, he reminded his listeners. ~As we look at this appalling record of road disasters—36,000 killed in the United States last year, 135 Kkilled last year in the District of Columbia, | more than 80 killed here so far this | year—it is disgraceful,” Dr. Aber- nethy said. Hits Drunk Driving. The speaker stressed the menace of drunken driving, and especially of | the “one or two drink driver.” | “You can't mix alcohol and gasoline successfully,” he said. “That is a somewhat trite saying, but one which | is tragically true. Conditions today are worse than before prohibition came in and they are infinitely worse | than during prohibition at its worst. | “It 15 not the fellow who is drunk | who constitutes the worst menace on the highway;: it is the chap who has | had just a little to drink and who thinks that he is all right. He| would indignantly deny, if you taxed him, that he is in an unsafe condi- tion to drive. But very often you will find that his muscular co-ordina- | tion is not just right and that his| mental reactions are slowed up. He| is a menace to every one on the| road—the more so because he thinks Two Hospitals B. B. Sandidge, superintendent of Emergency Hospital officials signing The Star safety pledge. G. S. Dalton, assistant superintendent, THE EVENING Pledge Safety Seated: the Emergency Hospital. Standing: ~Star Sbufl’ Photo, he is normal and makes no sllowance for his condition.” Would Bolster Morals. Dr. Abernethy declared that, apart | from the prohibition question, there 45 a “moral sag apparent today.” “Something,” he said, done to bolster up the moral founda- tion of the country.” Commenting on the now famous letter of President Roosevelt to the clergy, he said that he had written & reply, in which he called to the attention of the President the biblical passage, “When they were at their wits' end then they called upon Jehovah.” He commented that the appeal to the clergy for its support | had come “about 2!. years too late.” Under the leadership of President Joseph H. Rice, members of the club, 150 strong, signed safe-driving pledges, which were presented formally to a representative of The Star Safety Council, with the promise that the club would co-operate in any way possible in furthering the cause of gafety on the streets and highways ©of Washington. o Safety (Continued From First cases, according to Dr. J. R. Young, assistant superintendent. Ten thou- sand emergeney cases are handled, 10 per cent of which involve traffic vic- tims. The two ambulances there cover about 50,000 miles a year. No collision has occurred since last No- vember and only one person has been injured in the last 10 years. Safety principles have been already outlined to the drivers. While the law allows 30 miles an hour for ambu- lances, the drivers at Casualty are in- tructed not to go over 25 miles. Hurry Carefully. ‘The above records of the two hos- pitals are praiseworthy. Considering the fact that, as a rule, whenever the ambulances are on the streets they are in a hurry, it must go to show that the drivers have driven care-| fully. Ambulances should have the right of way over regular traffic, but it is| doubtful that any patient’s life has | been lost by a few delayed seconds of | careful driving. | Many phases of the traffic situa- tion in Washington are discussed in hundreds of letters which have been | received by The Star Safety Council. | Excerpts from some of these letters follow: “Being particularly interested in your safety campaign I took particu- lar notice this morning of the relative | number of cars bearing the “pledged safe-driver” seal. Walking from near | the Lincoln Memorial to the Interstate | Commerce Commission Building I | counted 130 parked cars, of which only 10 had the seal. That is about 8 per cent. Isn't that much too low a | percentage to reasonably expect even | 8t this time? “This is not written in any spirit of criticism, but it seems incompre- hensible. Reading your safety news every day, I note that you are gain- ing the co-operation of all large or- ganizations, numbering many thou- 6and individuals surely, which I un- derstand are distributing the stickers. Are they going into the waste basket? Sticker Is Reminder. “I agree with the sentiment often expressed in your paper that it is| the sticker (and not the pledge) which makes the pledger traffic and safety conscious. One is led to wonder| whether, after all, there are many in Washington who sincerely desire to| co-operate. I personally wonder whether the prevailing sentiment is ALL NEW YORK s jost @ shep from the HOTEL MONTCLAIR Lexington Avenve et 49th Street, N. Y. C. outside room with end radio. $3.50 for a double room. Dine and Dance in Cistvo MonrcLam A “must be | STAR, WASHINGTON, VICTIM, ON RADID, DESCRIBES CRASH Girl Broadcasts From Hos- pital Bed Her Story of Traffic Accident. A hospital bedside radio broadcast of a traffic victim’'s own story was put o the air last night from Emergency Hospital, the first time in the history of the institution a patient has spoken over the radio, ‘Through the co-operation of Dr. James F. Mitchell, surgeon in chief of the hospital, Miss Mary Steere, 25, of Charlotte, N. C., granted an in- terview on the accident which caused her to suffer a 4-inch head laceration, concussion and general contusions of the body. The broadcast was arranged by The Star as a feature of its campaign to “drive death from Washington streets.” The program was sent out over Station WJSV. Doctor Sees Danger Growing. Before Miss Steere was interviewed by Star reporter, Dr. Mitchell, offi- cial of the hospital since shortly arter the World War, told the radio audi- ence some of his reactions as a medi- cal man to automobile accidents. “The situation is becoming steadily worse,” he said. “In the last five years it has become terrible. This is brought about by the ever-increasing desire for speed. ‘Go faster, faster’ is the cry on every side.” Miss Steere lay in her bed in Ward B-3 during the broadcast. Dr. Jacques H. Mitrani, resident surgeon, held the microphone for her. Dr. Mitzhell watched from the foot of her bed. | The other two patients in the ward were blocked from view by screens. | The whole hospital became quiet for the unusual event. Hit Just After Finding Job. ‘The girl was struck Saturday after- noon by a car at Connecticut avenue and M street as she started from the sidewalk toward the street car load- | ing platform. Four days before she had obtained a job in a hat shop after searching for employment for almost two months. She lived with an uncle on Thirteenth street “I had a real job for the first time,” she said over the radio. “All my life I wanted to do something, and finally . | Casualty Hospital officials sign The Star safety pledge. Left to right: | Dr. J. Rogers Young, sssistant superintendent: S. H. Rogers, president of the Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, and Dr. George G. Ramivez, resident physician. —Star Staff Photo. ) not ‘Well, I'm a good driver; let|safety drive, though the two main George do it causes of motor mortality are still un- I surely wish you all success in| touched: your campaign. Drivers should be “1. The high speed capability of the willing to 50 co-operate that the very | car, which should be corrected at the | absence of a sticker from a far win- factory. dow would, in itself, indxrlu & mem-| 2 The fact that the drink evil has ber of the ‘lunatic fringe’ A SUR- been loosed by this administration. grr;‘tmn Those who work daily in po safety drive will have any perma- gle;:: -‘fhg:fd‘::rfir‘;m clip ‘;;" ”’; nent effect against two such factors. | T v aper, sign it, an “I have driven for 14 years, care- grnftrl}; S;‘w;‘3e “'afl‘mm' where they fy)y and conservatively, :na will be quently see the same—as' &, giad to join in with you and sign your | reminder. careful driving pledge. I wish you “I am not writing this for publicity. but solely in the desire to focus your :;\:;s: e 10 iyourSmoet worthy attention on the imperative need of | | getting pledgers to affix the seals. MISS GRACE E. CHURCH., | “L. B. DUNN Cueriydale, y “East Falls Church, Vi “The Evening Star has been a won- derful newspaper to the people of | regulations prescribes certain hand| Washington. The safety drive of signals. Having watched them fn| YOU'S is commendable, timely and operation, I have noted several near|n¢eded. The only trouble is—these | collisions, due, I believe, to their be. 9UMb, Teckless, dangerous speeders ing misunderstood. never read a paper, a magazine, or “The following are simple and more USe their brains to analyze the results complete, and, since they have worked ©f their bad habits. I am both a| satisfactorily elsewhere, are submit- Pedestrian and a driver, and I hereby | | ted for such consideration as’you care Pledge myself to each and all of the | to give them: | precepts as enumerated on your card.” | “Left turn, pull out from curb or GEORGE P. HULER, “Section 27 of the District traffic | pull out of line to left—Ileft arm ex- Bureau of Public Roads, fended horizontally. 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A few minutes later I came to out near the car tracks. “My stockings were ripped half off My yellow blouse was torn to pieces and dripping with blood. My hat was knocked off. My pocketbook had | flown halfway across the street. | | “I came to Washington to do any- thing I could. I was getting some- where. And now it has all stopped for the time being. I have to lie | here day after day.” | . 'D. C. TAX COMMITTEE TO MAKE ANALYSIS Expenses as Between Mainte- | nance and Capital Expendi- tures Are Studied. ‘The Municipal Tax Committee will make an analysis of District expendi- tures as between maintenance and capital expenditures for the past 15 years, it was announced yesterday. This is expected to be one of the major factors used by the group in recommending proposed revision of the District tax system. | Decision to make the analysis was reached after the committee found operating expenses of the District have been increasing at the rate of $1,000,000 or more a year and that total revenues have not been rising aj the same rate. [ Members of the committee are Cor- | poration Counsel E. Barrett Pretty- man, chairman; Auditor Danfel J. Donovan, Assessor Willlam P. Rich- | ards, Public Utilities Commissioner | Richmond B. Keech, People’s Counsel | William A. Roberts and Director of | Highways H. C. Whitehurst. Restaurant The New NAT | CHANNEL FUNDS TOPIC OLNEY it Clean Glassware at No Cost! General Electric D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1935, Safe Driving Pledge N THE interest of accidemt prevention and safer l conditions on the streets and highways and in o co-operation with the S8afety Council of The Evening ar, I promise to: 1. Never operate at reckless speed. 2. Drive on right of highway. 3. Stop at all 8-T-O-P signs. 4. Refrain from jumping traffic lights, 5. Make turns from the proper lanes, Signal before turning or stopping. Give right of way in doubtful cases. Heed pedestrians’ rights, Never pass on cirve or top of hill. Slow down at intersections and schools. Keep my vehicle in safe condition. Be courteous and considerate of others. Employer e oo e e The Safety Council Of The Coening Star Washington, D. C. Sign and send above coupon to The Evening Star Safety Council, Room 600, Star Building | AN ALCOHOL IN CREAM FORM No more rough, dry skin! A stimulating aleohol rub with Spg the new “creamed” rubbing al- eohol—leaves the skin smooth and satiny. Liquefies at body tem; ature. Easier to use—ean't spill. Use Spry for tired feet, cuts, bruises, irritations. Full strength—707%, absolute aleo- hol, the Government standard for rubbing alcohol compounds. 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