Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1935, Page 4

UPSHUR RESIDENTS ASK. TRAFFIC LIGHT 100 Living Near Scene of Auto Fatality Petition City Heads. More than 100 residents of the vi- einity of Sixteenth and Upshur streets, seene of the traffic killing of 16-year- old Muriel Weinberg on Ottober 14 mnd of the serious injury of 7-year- old Robert W. Thompson, have joined inp petitioning the District Commis- sioners for installation of a traffic light at that intersection, according to a letter received by The Star Safety Council from Edward A. Strauss, sponsor of one of the petitions. Sixty-seven persons signed the peti- tion circulated by Mr. Strauss and 35 others signed a similar petition circu- lated by Joseph D. Gatti, Mr. Strauss said. Both petitions were sent to the District Commissioners, copies being sent to the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Assoclation, The text of the Strauss petition follows: “We, as residents and citizens of the District of Clumbia, living within | the proximity of Sixteenth and Up- shur streets northwest, do hereby peti- tion the honorable Commissioners of the District of Columbia to install a | tyaffic light at the corner of Sixteenth | and Upshur streets northwest, for the Fostering a safe-driving campai, Howard University, in co-operation with The Star Safety Council. heads of the university are shown launching the movement E. S. Hope, superintendent of buildi Johnson, president of the university, si J. Scott, secretary to the university board. gn among teachers and students at Left to right, are: ngs and grounds; Dr. Mordecai W. gning a pledge card, and Dr. Emmett —Star Stafl Photo. following reasons: “(1) Because it is one of the most | dangerous intersections in the city of ‘Washington. Two serious accidents have occurred on this intersection within the last month, the death of ‘Muriel Weinberg on October 14, 1935, and serious injury to 7-year-old Rob- ert W. Thompson. “(2) Because of heavy and fast | traffic on Sixteenth street, it is prac- | tically impossible for a child or grown- up to safely cross at this intersection. “(3) Because {t is impossible to ad- vantageously station a policeman at this corner at all hours. , “We feel that the installation of a traffic light will, in the future, pre- ¥ent many unfortunate accidents, and & citizens of the District and resi- dents in the neighborhood, respect- lly petition and pray that said traf- ic light be instalied.” The letter from Mr. Strauss is one of hundreds received by The Star Safety Council, dealing with the traf- flc menace in Washington. Excerpts from some of these letters follow: . “I heartily indorse your safety drive. ® = = T also notice that your paper is yrinting the gruesome details of pres- ent accidents. While I am not the sort of person who enjoys reading such things, I believe it is the most forceful method of impressing upon people the dangers of present-day driving * * * I have a wholesome re- spect for traffic Jaws and those whose duty it is to enforce them, but they | alone cannot do the job of making driving safe. Public opinion is, as every one knows, the greatest force in our country, and I believe that newspapers such as yours can by such drives and by printing the horrible details of accidents, scare the general public into safer driving.” RUTH E. GREENMAN, ALL SET TO BE ONE HUNDRED. He was raised s health baby, Raised to manhood on strictly a health diet, Continued eating health food through lite, ‘Was strong, buoyant and healthy. He went to bed early. He was strictly a vegetarian, He ate rich nuts and fruits. He never allowed himself to become worried. emotional or angry. | He never rode in airships or any doubt- ful conveyances. He never smoked or drank. He never went to wild parties or late i night clubs. He consulted his doctor and dentist every six months. He never swore or used bad language. He was spiritually and mentelly per- fect. But—he will be buried next Wednes- day!— ©One day he failed to see one reckless driver! . MARY LOU WEST. ® “Your campaign in the interest of greater safety for all of us living in the Capital City is a long step in the right direction. Every one says, ‘More bower to you.' * * * Surely, the con- truction of a few underpasses would a fine manner of spending some of the huge sums that are being allocat- | ed to provide work relief, and would bring peace of mind and confidence to $0 many of us whose loved ones are daily subjected to a danger from Which at present there is no escape.” MRS. DAVID G. BISSET. “In behalf of the Committee on | Bafety in the Public Schools of Wash- ington, I am writing to commend you for the Safety Drive Campaign you are $ponsoring. ““We are certain that the result from such a drive will be safer streets for our school children.” . L. C. Albert, secretary; Selden M. Ely, Annie C. Kelther, Mildred Gre!n.‘ C. K. Finckel, R. E. Dick, H. M. | Knighton, J. R. McCardell, L. L.)| Perry, S. S. Crump, and M. T. lati- more, | “The Washington Star is to be| congratulated in its drive to make | the streets safer for the people of Washingion. I own and drive an automobile, and it has been my good | fortune to have driven three years in this city without an accident. “In connection with this safety cam- paign I presume suggestions from mo- | torists are in order. It is my con-| tention that subways for street cars | would make more room for automo- | biles, also tunnels for pedestrians at dangerous and crowded intersections would speed up traffic and avoid con- gestion. The cost for building street car subways is realized, but the ever- | increasing number of automobile own- ers will make it a necessity. “More traffic lights are needed and suggest that the amber light should be | left on longer and used as a signal for pedestrians to cross. and to cross at any other time should be a violation of law in the same manner as mo- torists passing through a red light. | In a couple of cities I noticed that a | bell rang or a whistle blew when the | lights changed. That system has many | good qualities. : “In conclusion, I wish to suggest ! that all motor vehicles should satis- | factorily pass a mechanical test be- fore the issuance of yearly tags. “(MISS) LILLIAN OINES.” Safety (Continued From First Page.) use of motor vehicles on the uni- versity property,” he explained. “We | do not tolerate reckless driving with- in our jurisdiction by any one con- nected with the university and we believe that through co-operation witla The Star Safety Council we may play a part in spreading the gospel of safe driving in the National Cap- ital.” Howard University has an average | 8 | L. A. Pawlowski, has returned signed year plan of education and physical development has been adopted dur- ing Dr. Johnson's administration. Normal enrollment of the univer- | sity has been 2,600, from 42 States and 17 foreign countries, 59 per cent are men and 41 per cent women. Conceived during a prayer meeting at the First Congregational Church, Howard University first was projected as a school for the training of a re- ligious leadership for the freedmen who flocked into Washington at the close of the Civil War. The charter was granted March 2, 1867, the plan at that time contemplating a univer- sity which would include elementary and secondary branches of learning, Wwith normal department and college courses. At a meeting tonight in the Ameri- can Legion Hall at 3330 Fourteenth street, members of the Associated Ra- dio Men are to join The Star Safety Council as a unit. The organization is composed of radio service men and is representative of most of the large | radio concerns in Washington. The association was organized for the ad- vancement of its members in the field of radio technology. Meetings are held once or twice a month for | the discussion of technical problems and advances in radio science, with authorities on the subject as speakers. The organization called upon The ar council to provide safe driving pledge cards for its members. Polish Club Members Sign. The Polish Club of Wshington, under the leadership of its president, safe driving pledge cards to The Star | council representing a 100 per cent| enrollment of its car-driving mem- | bership. “The Polish Club has 39 drivers and all have signed the pledges,” Pawlowski reported. “The members | of this club are therefore co-operating 100 per cent in the safety movement | sponsored by The Evening Star Safety | Council.” “I am glad to tell you that the faculty of the Temple School and| the entire student body heartily in- | dorse the efforts of the Safety Coun- | Marie H. Heath, secretary of the Kalorama Citizens’ Association, a copy of the following resolution, adopted by the association: ““Whereas, on account of the mount- ing death toll by automobile accidents in the City of Washington which has now reached 88; “Whereas repeated efforts have been made to stem the tide of death, in- Jury and loss without effect: There- fore be it “Resolved, That the Kalorama Citi- zens' Association hereby wishes to ex« tend to The Washington Star its hearty approval of its campaign to prevent further loss of life and to pledge ourselves to assist in this cam. paign in every way we can.” Upon a Personal Friend's Loss and In Safety's Interest. The following is part of a broad~ cast delivered today over Station WJSV by Rev. Robert H. Hiller, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Vienna, Va. It is en= titled “The Unassailed Assassin.” He is dead. Death has silenced his voice. He was my friend and I loved him. He was a fine young man, just turned 21. But the other day he drove down the main street of our | little Virginia village. Another man drove down that same street, in the opposite direction. Someone was care- less, perhaps reckless. There was a headon collision. And my friend did not live to see sunrise the next morn- ing. Yet he was only one of the 36,000 who each year are assassinated by these murderers who roam our high- | ways. He was only one of the 36,000 | who each year are offered as 2 bloody sacrifice to the twin gods—speed and reckless driving. How long shall these fiendish characters rove our streets? How long shall we bow down before the bloody altar erected to these un- holy deities?> You alone can answer, Here and across the land the voices of protest are being raised, a protest that is also a prophecy. In Washington The Evening Star is carrying on a praiseworthy safety campaign, aided by a host of groups | from all walks of life. I wish to avail | myself of this opportunity to m:nk‘ ‘WJSV for giving me this time in which | to speak on this subject of safety. The efforts which have been, and are be- ing made, are good, but not good enough. I say this because several of the worst assassins and murderers are as yet unattacked and unassailed. And it is concerning one of these major assassins that I wish to speak. This person is particularly well known. | The police have his finger prints, Ber- tillon measurements and photograph. | are guilty of on the.road. His method of operation is common- place knowledge. And yet no move is made to apprehend him. For years he terrorized the land, and his record is a atain upon the pages of our na- tional history. Finally he was cap- . tured, tried, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. For a time so- ciety breathed easier and life was hap- pier. But from the moment the doors clanged behind him he protested his innocence, promised to reform if re- | leased, and after 13 years of imprison- | ment and in spite of his former record | as a confirmed criminal, he was par- | doned and released on the promise of good behavior. I speak of “Andy Alcoh alias | “John Barleycorn.” But wa It is| not I that shall talk to you. In-| stead, responsible, clear-thinking. im-‘ partial observers like you shall oceupy | the center of the stage. They shall| speak—the National Safety Council, the Travelers' Insurance Co. and the police departments of this and other cil of The Evening Star to make of approximately 2,600 students a| year and now gives instruction in | nine schools and colleges of the uni- versity, including the Graduate School, | the College of Libera] Arts, the School | of Engineering and Architecture, the | School of Music, the School of Re- | ligion, the School of Law, the Col- | lege of Medicine, the College of Den- | tistry and the College of Pharmacy. The university, located near the| United States Soldiers’ Home grounds | and on the rim of the reservoir lake | which is a part of McMillan Park, is known for the beauty of its campus. Howard University has 9,205 grad- uates, among them members of leg- islatures in several States, judges and magistrates, Federal and State pro- secuting attorneys, surgeons in chief and superintendents of hospitals, lawyers, physicians, dentists and phar- macists, heads of schools and other scientific and professional workers. _Buildings Value $4,000,000. The university plant includes 26 buildings with a value of about $4,000,000, exclusive of equipment. Under the administration of Dr. John- | son there has been a construction | program which has provided three dormitories for women, costing $700,- 000; the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, a class room building costing $460,000, and heat, light and power tunnels and installations costing $425,- 000. There now is under construction & new chemistry building, which will cost $626,300, and a heat, light and power plant to cost $528,076. A 20- Safe Driving Pledge I Star, 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 Signal before turning or stopping. Give right of way Heed pedestrians’ 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. IName - uagroeeasies Address.__ Employer.....- e 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 The Safety Council Of The Coening Star ‘Washington, D. C. Sign and send above coupon to The Eveming Star Safety Council, Room 600, Star Building the proper lanes, in doubtful cases, rights, Washington an outstanding city for| safe driving,” Caroline B. Stephen,! president of the school, at 1420 K| street, said in a letter to the council. | “We have all taken the pledge and | indorse every section.” | The executive board of the Voteless | District of Columbia League of Women | Voters also has unanimously approved the safety campaign, the council is notified in a letter from Harriot T.| Cooke, chairman of the department of government and its operation. Drive Heartily Indorsed. “The executive board of the Dist- rict of Columbia League of Women Voters wishes to go on record as heartily indorsing The Evening Star's safety traffic drive, working in co- operation with the Washington trafic authorities, and its members pledge | themselves to observe the driving rules promulgated by Mrs. Cooke said. The council has received from Mrs. | the council,” | cities, * * * ‘The records of the Metropolitan police here in Washington show that in 1934 (the first year of repeal) the | number of accidents in which drunken | drivers were involved, increased more | than 48 per cent as compared with the | previous year. The most recent sur- | vey of the Travelers’ Insurance Co. covered four months of the present year and the corresponding period of | last year, and showed an increase this | year of more than 12 per cent in the number of drivers under the influence | “AS FINE AS HUMAN Good on T HOT MEATS ' as well as cold cuts .Mustaru‘ ‘ ‘ GULDENS| HAND TA Stylish Visiting Cards Keeping your visiting cards up-to-date is as im- portant as any other de- tail of your social life. Ask to see our new styles of engraving, using the Thin Parchment card. ‘BrewadD éfl'flw u{;}n{fnfl @1i-12th St.N.W. A Rendezvous with Health! 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AND signaling is the most di- rectly personal way to co- operate with another motorist on the street and highway. Yet, despite the ease with which hand signaling can be done and the added safety it gives to driving, there were 28,000 accidents caused by failure to signal or improper signaling in this country last year. These accidents killed more than 200 and injured more than 33.000 persons, according to sta- tistics compiled by a member company of the National Bureau of Casualty | and Surety Underwriters. Hand signaling is a law in some States, but it is a courtesy every- where. Too many of us who pride ourselves on good manners do not | seem to realize what bad manners we Indicating by a proper gesture whether you are stopping or turning to the left or right is only the ordinary consideration you owe the motorist behind you. And that simple gesture may save you and your car from a bad accident. of liquor involved in automobile acci- dents, ** ¢ But the drunken driver is not the | worst enemy on the highways today. The greatest menace is the dangerous undrunken driver—the man who has taken only one or two drinks—who seems perfectly sober and thinks him- self to be. In this disguise, criminal alcohol becomes an even more danger- ous character, for now he kills and is | not apprehended. He is a real es- sassin now, for an assassin is one who kills by surprise or secret assault. It is the undrunken driver who is re- sponsible for a great portion of our accidents. * ¢ * “Alcohol is all right in the radiator, but not in the operator.” says the ‘Travelers’ Insurance Co. They should know. They do know. And the only —— The Best GRAY HAIR toll reaches new peaks. In the thick A. HARTNETT, York. It is true that hand signaling laws and customs vary in different States However, you cannot go wrong by (1) extending your arm and making a forward rotary motion of the hand when you slow down to turn right; (2) extending your arm straight out and pointing with the index finger when you intend to turn left; (3) ex- tending your arm straight out with the palm open when you intend to stop or slow down. This will inform the driver behind you approximately what your next move will be and what | his next move should be. In Wintertime many drivers do not signal because their window is up. Courtesy is not a seasonal obligation, nd signaling is more important than ever on Winter's slippery roads. The slight effort of lowering the window enough to allow giving the proper | signal is more than worth the trouble. You will appreciate it when another | motorist does the same for you. Motorists, use proper hand signals! | way we can keep it out of the operator | 15 to quit shadow boxing, begin to at- | tack the real foe, assail the real as- sassin, outlaw liquor once more, and | | put this murderer in confinement | | where he belongs. You have the power to do that. And until you do .the blood of every person | killed or maimed by a drunken or “had | | been drinking” driver, is upon your head. I pray that you may discharge with dispatch the responsibility that | | is yours. | CITIZENS PROTEST LOW-COST HOUSING. West End Association Com- plains of Alley Dwelling Authority’s Action. ‘The Alley Dwelling Authority’s pro- posed low-cost housing projects in the | West End area were opposed last night in s formal statement by the West End Citizens’ Association. Basing its stand on a recent de-| cision by the District Supreme Court, which favored the claim of property holders in Southwest Washington | against condemnation of property by the P. W. A, the association ques- tioned the right of the Federal Gov- ernment to condemn private prop- erty for any use other than that directly related to the conduct of Gov- ernment business. Text of Resolution. Following is the text of the reso- lution as adopted by the association: “Whereas, certain real estate within the West End is being acquired by the Alley Dwelling Authority of the District of Columbia, namely portions | of the square bounded by Twenty- second, Twenty-fourth, G and H streets, and Twenty-fourth, Twenty- fifth, I and K streets; and “Whereas, it is the belief of this| association that such proiects are un- desirable and opposed to the best de- | velopment of said section for the fol- lowing reasons, namely: “1. Such projects place the United States Government in unfair compe- tition with private owners of real estate. 2. Such development is inconsist- ent with the plan of many years' standing to develop said section as an inatitutional, governmental and apart- ment residential section. “3. Such a project would put an end to private development of prop- erty surrounding such projects. “4. Such projects would remove from taxable assets of the District of Columbia & ge area of valuable property. “Therefore, the West End Citizens' Association, in regular meeting as- sembled this 21st day of October, 1935, does hereby record its opposition to the activities of the A. D. A. within the boundaries of the West End Citi- zens’ Association, if said activities are | in any way intended to lead to the | development of low-cost housing | projects.” Officers Re-elected. By s unanimous vote, officers for the past year were re-elected for the coming year. They are: President, Robert D. Lyons; first vice president, Charles L. Norris; sec- | ond vice president, J. H. Gerone; third vice president, F. W. 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