Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1935, Page 4

SCHOOL SIFETY PEDGE FFERED James 0. Lucas Suggests Form to Guide 90,000 Children. A form of safety pledge for the use of more than 90,000 children attend- ing the District public schools is sug- gested in a letter received by The Star Safety Council from James O. Lucas, 1441 Q street. “Out of my experience in advising with school children on habits of safety,” Mr. Lucas sald, “1 have thought it possible that a pledge at this time would aid in inculcating good habits in some cases. Therefore, I have offered the accompanying for your consideration School Safety Pledge. In the interest of accident preven- tion and safer conditions on the streets and highways. and in co-operation with the Safety Council of The Eve- ning Star, I promise to: 1. Leave home early enough to reach school without running. 2. Never to try to cross the street without stopping to look for safety at crossings and at right or left turns. 3. Never to play in the street unless 1t is closed for the purpose of play. 4. Never to hang on to moving ve- hicles at any time. 5. Always to use double care on bicycles and skates. 6. Always to stop, look, listen before running out into the street for a ball, hat or anything out in the highway which we want to recover. 7. Never to impede the traffic by unnecessary delay in crossing. 8. Never to chase others out into the street in play or in alarm. 9. Always to be courteous and con- siderate to others. n The letter from Mr. Lucas is one of hundreds which have been received by The Star Safety Council dealing with various phases of the traffic problem in Washington. Excerpts from some of these letters follow: “As a driver for 20 years and o5 & member of practically every ‘Drive | THE WEATHER | I District of Columbia—Cloudy, fol- fowed by, rain beginning late tonight or tomorrow; colder tomorrow night; moderate south wins Marvland and Virginia—Rain late | tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer in west pertion tonight, colder tomorrow night and in extreme west portion tomorrow afternoon West Virginia—Rain tonight and tomorrow; warmer in extreme east portion tonignt, colder in central and west portions tomorrow. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, clear today. Report for Last 48 Hours. aturday— ol Temp. Baro. Temp. Baro. Deg. Deg. Ins. 8 Midnight. 58 30.02 a b 77 30.10 4 Bm--oaa Rots Midnight - 67 PINs me woqulsmmuo Noon ...-T74 30.21 33387385 33 22259 30, Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) est, 79. 3 pm. yesterday. Year , 57, 7 a.m. today. Year ago, ¢3. ecord Temperatures This Year. 8. on July 20. 3, on January 28, Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon t ;y.) Highest, 03 per cent. at 7 a.m. today. a0t 83 per cent, 4 pm. yester- oy Tide Tables. (Furnished by United Stites Coast and Geodetic gurver.) oday. LS ‘Tomorrow. 4:03a.m. 30.18 | | | | intendent, and T. T. Taylor, distri Safely Club’ in Washington and vi- cinity. T wish to voice my opinion concerning the handling and punish- always in a hurry with no place 0go *s* i “To my mind the present method of dealing with this class of drivers means nothing, for in the majority of cases they are let off with &' small fine only to repeat the same offense the next time they get on | the road. | “My suggestion is to treat this class !u Road Enemy No. 1, showing them no quarter, and to do this, let the authorities stop pussyfooting with | these drivers, and on the first offense | give them a stiff fine and a reason- able jail sentence. For the second offense they should be deprived of their license permanently, In this way the highways would be made safe for the sane driver. Until this is done we take our lives in our own hands. “Stop pussyfooting. “C. L. TAYLOR.” THE EVENING STAR ct agent. mett, superintendent of vehicle service, and Francis J. Goulan, chiet clerk. e ment of the fool drivers who sre ' “Last Fall the occurrence described in the following little poem actually ' happened to my boy. However, he was not hurt, just bruised. | “Who told you to holler You disheveled scholar? Why do you look so pale? Near school I tried to cross the strees, An auto knocked me off my feet. Judge, send that driver to jail.” “The above poem was inspired when the teacher sent the boy home be- cause his clothes were mussed as a result of the near-tragedy. His face actually was “white as a sheet. “CHARLES BROAD.” “To my mind the most important factor * * * is to try, if possible, to have our Washington public put & higher value on human life. Speed will have to be reduced, even if traffic is slowed, for speed is & dangerous weapon in incapable hands. “I have owned and driven a car for a number of years and have driven in nearly all of our large cities, but never have I seen such a lack of courtesy for the pedestrian and such an almost uncontrollable desire for speed as is displayed by our local drivers * * *. The Capital of our | country must be made a safe place for driver and pedestrian alike. “MRS. JANET M. KIDWELL" Safety (Continued From First Page.) mately 225 miles of this mileage being within the downtown area. WASHINGTO Heads of Express Agency Sign Pledges Operating 100 trucks and cars in Washington, the Rallway Express Agency has joined The Star Safety Council in the campaign for safe driving. Left to right, seated: C. W. Turner, agent; C. H. Frame, super- Standing, left to right: F. C. Thompson, cashier; B. T. Ham- ~—8tar Staft Photo. Officials of Lewis Hotel Training School sign Star safety pledge. Clifford Lewis, president, and his wife, Mrs, Mary Catherine Lewls, vice president., | again. Filled with actual, horrible de- tails gathered from ambulance men, | nurses, State police, the story was | printed against the advice of Pub- lisher Wallace's staff. The reaction was immediate. “Unable to go quite so far into ghastly detail as did the Reader’s Di- gest article, ‘March of Time' never- theless suggests pictorially some of the horrors that follow every day’s accl- dents. Actors take the parts of Editor Wallace (too shy to act) and his staf?, but Writer Furnas is on the screen in person.” The episode shows judges using “— And Sudden Death” in traffic courts to drive home a lesson to violators. It also has been used by traffic policemen In severa] States for the same purpose. Furnas' article was reprinted in The —Star Staff Photo. sick they would never take a chance Esur Sunday, September 15, in con- nection with the safety campaign of The Star Safety Council Twenty-five officials and employes of the National Radio Institute, Six- teenth and U streets, have joined the safety campaign as & unit under the direction of E. R. Haas, vice president and director. Robinson Back on Stage. NEW YORK, October 21 (#).—Ed- ward G. Robinson, who played hard- bitten roles for five years in Holly- wood’s cinema, returns to the stage in the leading role of “Tomorrow Is & Holiday,” which will be produced by John Golden. Joseph Schildkraut will head a supporting cast of 50. The opening is scheduled for mid-Decem- ber, it was sald yesterday. Safe Driving Pledge I tar, I promise to: 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 D. C. MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 195. VIEWS EXPRESSED ON TUBERGULOSIS Dr. Coulter Declares Cen- tralization of Effort Neces- sary in Prevention, Centralization of responsibility in the prevention, diagnosis and treat- ment of tuberculosis is the greatest need in combating the disease in the District, in the opinion of Dr. A. Barklle Coujter. Dr. Coulter, who has had extensive tuberculosis work dur- ing his medical career, discusses con- trol of the plague in the current issue of the Quarterly Review of the Grad- uate Nurses' Association. Co-operation Necessary. Referring to the present division of responsibility, in which diagnosis rests with the health office and hospitaliza- tion with the Board of Public Wel- 1 Dr. Coulter said: ‘Co-operation between these two de- partments of our civic government is not only to be looked for but is abso- lutely essential in the tuberculosis program {f it is to be effective. That there should be one director governing both these phases of the subject is unquestionable. If these departments cannot be co-ordinated under one au- thority so that the patients’ treatment may be continuously supervised, whether he be ambulant or hospital- ized, then the whole essence of effi- clency is lost and the patient often- times with it.” Commenting this morning on Dr. Coulter’s declarations, Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health officer, point- ed out that some communities have achieved this necessary degree of co- operation. Supervisor Is Needed. “I feel that Dr. Coulter and I are in complete agreement on one point at least, that being the need of a full- time, paid supervisor of tuberculosis work in the Health Department. Money recently has been made avail- able for such an appointment, but the Civil Service Commission has not yet submitted a list of eligible doctors. I think we will be able to establish a co-operative basis with the Pub- lic Welfare Board when this appoint- ment is made.” Subject to this centralized respon- sibility, Dr. Coulter declares, “remains the all-important problem of a com- petent stafl” to administer whatever | facilities are provided. “The treatment of tuberculosis pa- tients 15 a specialty. * * ¢ During the | prolonged treatment that tuberculosis | patients must undergo, various non-' tuberculosis conditions arise which re- quire treatment by specialists. Unless the hospitals have experienced con- sultants who attend at regular inter- vals, the physician in charge is faced with trying to give specialized medical care with which he is not trained. o Peace (Consinued From First Page) as the resuit of easing of tension in those capitals over the week end. These quarters emphasized, how- ever, that the move was in the earliest stage and it would be erroneous to say anything definite had yet developed or any great optimism prevailed. Informed circles, which showed the | greatest reluctance to discuss the de- velopment, said it was not impossible that some concrete gesture for relieving military measures in the Mediterranean | might be taken shortly, to be followed by definite peace talks. They said Europe might now be on the threshold of working out a settle- | ment of the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. | It was believed this reference was| Safety Stickers On Windshields Given Approval Public Utilities Group Rules Them No Law Violation. The Public Utilitles Commission, through its execu:tive secretary, James L. Martin, ruled:todsy that it was no violation of the. law to place safety campaign stickers on the windshields of taxis, busses or street cars. “Instead,” Mr Martin said, “we have been glad always to co-operate in every manner with any safety campaign to make the streets of the city less dan- us.” The ruling wes brought about by & misunderstanding of one of the police force, who told & taxi driver to take off his sticker as the law only allowed » rate card to be displayed on the windshield. The matter was referred to the Traffic Department, the hack inspector and finally to the Public Utilities Com- mission, where the definite answer was obtained. 2 —— made in connection with the conversa- tions going on between Rome and Paris, of which the British govern- ment was being kept informed. It was plainly stated that any plan broached must be satisfactory to Ethiopia, Italy and the League of Nations, and ultimately must be con- cluded within the framework of the League. Direct Negotiations ‘lmu i right, 1938 by the Associste X CBBIS ABABA, October 31-—A be- lief that Premier Mussolini may try to initiate direct peace negotiations with Emperor Haile Selassie, using Count Luigi Vinci-Gigliucei as an in- termediary, strengthened today as the Itslian Minister remained here—11 days after being handed his pass- ports. Count Vinci-Gigliucci's attitude in continued deflance of the ultimatum that he depart perplexed government officials. Three hundred Italian soldiers con- structing a road from Mount Mussa All to the Ethiopian border on the central front were reported blinded when they attempted to cut down the deadly duphobia cactus, the emana- tions of which are said to be capable | of causing total blindness. Apparently the Fascist forces had not been warned against this per- niclous fungus, which in South Amer- | ican countries is cut down only at a distance with long pole-like scythes. Although the tribal warriors were chafing at delay in hostilities, govern- ment officials expressed pleasure at the interlude which allowed them to rush in munitions. They hoped the League of Nations' ultimatum for setting a date to en- force an economic boycott against Italy, unless warfare is halted by October 31, would hold up the launch- ing of an Italian attack on the central plateau. Repcrts that savage Danakil {ribes- men cut off hundreds of Italians and killed or wounded 200 near Mount Mussa Ali went unconfirmed here, as | did reports that Italian native troops, supported by bombing planes, cap- tured two Ethiopian posts on the | southern, Ogaden Province front. There were growing indications of tension here between France and Ethiopia. Authorities said Haile Selassie’s con- fidence in Prance was shaken by that | masted at Amba Alagi, just south of | nation’s attitude toward Italy in the | face of the overwhelming vote of other Lesgue nations in favor of Ethiopia. Peace Petition Predicted. ASMARA, Eritrea, October 21 (#).— The Italian Army today received re- | ports that Emperor Haile Selassie is ready to sue for peace. WESTINGHOUSE WASHER SPECIAL BOARD NOTES DROP IN ITALIAN GOLD Federal Bank Officials Put Reserve Figure at 29 Per Cent. By the Associated Press. Italy’s falling gold reserve, the figure by which some experts measure that warring nation’s ultimate cash buying power on world markets, received spe- cial comment yesterday from the Fed- eral Reserve Board. As diplomats pondered Mussolini’s resources and gsked each other “how long can Italy go on?” against League of Nations’ sanctions, including & boy- cott of Fascist exports, the Reserve Board emphasized “the continual de- cline in gold reserves of the Bank of Ttaly.” Its monthly bulletin attributed the trend “less to capital transactions, which are now subject to Government control, than to the country's adverse balance of merchandise trade.” Reserve Down 11 Per Cent. The board also noted that the legal minimum of gold reserve behind the lire—40 per cent—had been abandoned last July and said that reserve now has dropped to only 29 per cent. Those seeking to evaluate Italy's strength in a drawnout conflict, espe- cially if an export embargo should prove effective in cutting off the estab- lishment of foreign balances through merchandise sales, gave attention to the board’s newest figures on Rome's gold supply. Battle (Continued From First Page) days, along the British Somaliland frontier. The Italian line on this northern front resembled a square wedge, jut- ting out of the center of the former border between Ethiopia and Italy's colony of Eritrea. Italian aviator-scouts reported that Ethiopian troops were digging in at Makale, about 60 miles southeast of Aduwa and the next logical objec- tive in the Italian campaign of occu- ‘pntln'n. forming a major concentra- | ticn for a desperate effort to frus- | trate the next attack. The troops of Ras Kassa, one of the most powerful of Ethiopia's chief- ains, were reported assembling at Makale, a caravan train center on the route to Dessye, Ethiopian troop concentration point, and to Addis Ababa itself. Ras Kassa's forces were joined there by a contingent of the crack imperial troops rushed to the nortn from the capital by Emperor Haile Selassie. Italian headquarters also received reports that other Ethiopian troops were marching daily from Addis Ababa to bolster the defenses of Makale. Italian authorities said they were | convinced that Ras Kassa intended to ! unite his forces with those of Ras Seyoum, Ethiopian commander in the | north and Gdvernor of Aduwa and Tigre Province, who was forced to | retreat to the mountains in the first Ifalian thrust against Aduwa. Still other Ethiopian warriors Makale, forsaking their most primi- tive methods of combat and adopting modern means of warf: talian off- The DUCE SEEKS FUNDS 10 FINANCE WAR Opens Subscription in All Banks for Conversion Loan. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, October 31.—Premier Mus- solini, pressing on with his war in Ethiopls, went out today after the money needed to finance his cam- paign. He opened public subscription for his big war conversion loan in every bank in Italy. Bankers estimated about 9,000,000, 000 lire in cash (about $720,000,000) would come over the counters if all holders of 3}, per cent bonds ex- change them for the new 5 per cent issue. In the exchange the government gets 15 lire in cash ($1.20) for each 100-lire bond. Financial experts estimated the cost of the Ethiopian campaign at 10,000,- 000,000 lire ($800,000,000) and, with the funds already available, Fascist | authorities believed the premiums for | conversion would enable II Duce easlly to pay for the war. The Bank of Italy still has well over 4,000,000,000 lire (8$320,000,000) |1n gold, and the goverament has for- eign exchange estimated as high as | 3,000,000,000 lire which Italians have been required to surrender. Purchases of munitions and other essentials abroad must be paid for with gold or foreign exchange. Fascist officials expected the loan conversion to answer effectively the League of Nations threat of a finan- cial curb through sanctions. cers said their aerial survey showed. This Ethiopian force was reported to be erecting a new defense of trenches and bulwarks. Italian military authorities took this as an indication that the Ethiopian warriors apparently were ignoring the | admonition of their imperial com- mander in chief o “be cunning” snd | to employ only tactics of Guerrilla warfare, surprising and harassing the invaders in small numbers. Others oelieved, however, that the Makale bivouac might indicate that | the Ethioplans were following their | previously announced plan of with- drawing before the Italians to the southeast, toward Dessye and Harar, deep in the Ethiopian hinterland, where the two climatic battles of the campaign have been expected. Midget tanks—Italy's motorized cavalry—played an important part in the plans for the new attack. Italian observers reported that these deadly “scooters” inspired Ethiopian troops with as much fear as did the batteries of giant cannon based on the high hills, | The tanks, speeding across the rough terrain at 45 miles an hour and spraying machine-gun bullets, were |used as an adjunct to the columns of Infantry on their original march out of Eritrea on Aduwa. “Sneakers” Popular. | A rubber shoe factory in Manila, P. I, will double its capacity to care for local buyers. SPORTS LIABILITY and all forms of Insurance | J. Blaise de Sibour & Co. INSURANCE BROKERS 1700 Eve St. N.W. 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We are glad to know that The Star is undertaking to reach all motorists and to impress upon all pedestrians the need for safe walking and we are happy to enroll our whole Washington organization in The Star campaign.” The “inside story” of one of the most extraordinary events in the his- tory of the motor safety movement— the writing of the Reader’s Digest article “—And Sudden Death”—will be shown on the screen at R-K-O Keith THeater during the week of October 24 in the new issue of the March of Time. The film shows how the article came to be written and indicates the amazing reception the article has re- ceived throughout the country. More than 3,000,000 reprints have been is- sued, in addition to republications in hundreds of newspapers and maga- zines. “Every 15 minutes some one is killed in motor crashes. Every minute some one is injured, mangled, maimed for life,” it was explained in an announce- ment of the film version of the article. “Ordinarily no crusader, Publisher De Witt Wallace of Reader's Digest, shocked by tales of accident snd sud- den death, commissioned freelance writer Joseph Furnas to L piece that would make wild drivers so 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 trafic lights, 5., Make turns from the proper lanes. 6. Signal before turning or stopping. 7. Give right of way in doubtful cases. 8. Heed pedestrians’ rights. 9. Never pass on curve or top of hill 10. Slow down at intersections and schools. 11. Keep my vehicle in safe condition. 12, Be courteous and considerate of others. December Weather in Various Citles. WTemperature.? Stations. Arz\me. ANV, 5 Atlants. Ga Atantic City Baltimore, Md. 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