Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1935, Page 4

CITIZENS DEBATE - ONWRECK SCENE Neighbors Rally Regularly - - at Danger Corner to View Damages. _ Neighborhood meetings, summoned Py the crashing of automobiles at jrty-fourth and Garfield streets, are described in a letter received by The Star Safety Council from Alex- ander H. Bell. “It may be of interest to you to know,” Mr. Bell said, “that the resi- dents in the neighborhood of Thirty- fourth and Garfield streets held their regular daily meeting October 29 at 11:05 p.m. for the purpose of viewing the damage done to two automobiles that had come together at that inter- section. “After a careful . inspection, the gathering freely and fully discussed | the often propounded questions: *1. Would loss of life, injury to limb Interfederation Pledges Aid THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, RESUMED BY FIRNS | Two Wall Street Houses to Give Extra Salary to Employes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 2.—Two Wall Street brokerage houses an- nounced officially yesterday the pay- | ment of a bonus to employes, the re- vival of a custom in vogue until 1933. Redmond & Co. will pay an extra | week's salary to employes this week, the end of the firm's fiscal year, and Hirsch, Lilienthal & Co. will pay a | week’s salary as bonus covering work | of the last six months. H Several other Wall Street houses are said to have paid extra compen- sation to clerical workers as a result of increased trading on the New York exchanges, but the first official an- nouncements were made today. | Meanwhile, Gold Dust Corp. re- vealed a plan for permitting execu- D. C, SATURDAY, PROGRAM NOV. 11 Dramatic Incidents to Show Work Done as New Drive Opens. | FPPORTB of the American Red ~ Cross to save life and assuage human suffering in the face of dis- aster will be described dramatically in a special broadcast over an N. B. C. network November 11. The program opens with a dramatization of the signing of the Red Cross treaty by President Chester A. Arthur in 1882. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the American Red Cross, will speak. ‘The broadcast will mark the opening of the new Red Cross campaign. It will be a dramatic review of the major disasters, floods, conflagrations and wars which the country has ex- perienced in a half-century. It de- picts the first work of the organiza- tion when Clara Barton arrived at N and damage to property be minimized by the installation of traffic lights, or “2. Would the same result be at- tained if the ‘Stop’ signs were shifted from Garfield street to :rmny—rourlh street? “The majority sentiment favored the first proposition, although at the same time it was recognized that the authorities would probably do | nothing to relieve the dangerous sit- | uation. { “Thereupon the meeting was ad- journed to October 30, when the next too familiar crash will be heard.” Other Views on Safetys ! The letter from Mr. Bell, with its | sad tale of daily post mortems on deceased automobiles, is one of hun- | dreds received by The Star Safety | Council dealing with the local traffic problem. Excerpts from some of these other letters follow: i “When the green light turns for us | to cross the street, messenger boys | and other bicyclists dart out from the mass of waiting automobiles, right suto our path and do not regard the | ved light, which is meant for them as well as for the motorists. People | can be injured very severely by | bicycles as well as by automobiles. “Motorists disregard the line fixed for pedestrian crossing and edge up; pledged their support to the drive. Executives of the board of the Star Safety Council in its campaign Gove G. Johnson, tives and employes to share in profits | the scene of the historic Johnstown in excess of dividend requirements. | f100d to be greeted by a State militia Under the plan, approved by vot- | cOmmander who had never heard of the Red Cross. OVEMBER 2, 1935. “LIFE OF ABIDING” * BONUS PAYMENTS |RED CROSS RADID 1,.", 5 ... Topics for Tomorrow. Holy Communion will be observed tomorrow morning at Brightwood Park M. E. Church. The minister, Rev. 8. Carroll Coale, will deliver a com- munion meditation on “The Life of Abiding.” The children’s story will be “Things That Destroy.” The sermon topic at night will be “What Can the Church Do to Help a Troubled Age?” ‘The Friendly Circle will meet Mon- day evening at the home of Mrs. William D. Wilson, 809 Jefferson street. Mrs. C, A. Wickham, 914 Long- fellow street, will entertain the Loyalty Circle Tuesday evening. The Board of Church Officials will hold a busi- ness meeting at the church Tuesday at 8 pm. The Swartzell and Ladies’ Guilds wili meet in the social hall Wednesday evening. The minister will conduct the Thursday evening Bible study. There will be a Children's Mis- slonary party, under the auspices of the Woman's Foreign Missionary So- 'cmy, in the social hall at 2 o'clock Saturday. _— Mine Air Conditioned. The first air-conditioning plant in the Rand mining district of South | Atrica, which was installed by an | American company in the Robinson ' Deep mine, is proving a success. CarrraL’s -Rapio PrRoGRaMs Saturday. November 2. WRC 950k P.M. WMAL 630k (Copyright, 1935) AFTERNOON PROGRAMS WOL 1310k Eastern Standard Tims. WISV 1,460k P.M. 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 Navy vs. Princeton Pimlico Races Rice vs. G. W. “ “ 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 Ohio vs. Notre Dame 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45 |Navy vs. Princeton Chasin’ the Blues - Our Barn Pimlico Races Rice vs. G. W, “ “ 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45 Ohio vs. Notre Dame Music—News *|Prank Datley’s Orch. 5:00 5:15 | 5:30 5:45 Sundown Revue Kindergarten Evening Star Flashes Tea Time Jackie Heller Gabriel Heatter Officers of the Interfederation Conference, which joined The Star Safety Council early in the safe-driving campaign, are shown as they Left to right: W. C. Hull, chairman; E. L. Bennett, secretary, and Col. A. J. Gilbreth, vice chairman, feature of the fifty-first annual meeting of the board ing pledge cards are. left to right, John S. Bennett, superintendent of the mission; E. H. De Groot, president of the board of directors, and Rev. |ing trustees for common stock, there | will be set aside each year from June | 30, 1936, to June 30, 1940, inclusive, | from consolidated net profits, in e cess of dividend requirements on the preferred and $1 a share on common, 20 per cent up to $1,000,000 and 10 | per cent of the excess from 31.000,000‘; | to $2,000,000 as extra compensation to | | officials. | { The president, with approval of the | board chairman, will designate the | | officers who will participate and the | |amount of the bonus. For the year | | ended June 30, 1935, the company’s earnings were equivalent to 97 cents | & common share. | MILL GIVES BONUS. | | —Star Staff Photo. New Hampshire Emploves to Get Checks for §30. By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, N. H., November 2.— | Bonuses to 230 employes, amoynting to approximately $7,000, were given yes- | | terday at the Ware Woolen Co., at| | Ware, Mass., William Morrill, agent | and director of the Gonic and Cocheco Woolen Co.'s announced here. Morrill, who is president of the Central Union Mission joined The for street and highway safety as a Those shown sign- Continuing, the action switches | through the War with Spain, Col. | Theodore Roosevelt'’s ride at San | Juan Hill, the Galveston flood, the | San Prancisco fire and several floods along the Mississippi. Frank Black's Orchestra will pro- vide a musical background for the dramatic presentation. | * x % % HE twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy, famous Russian author, will | be observed during a special broadcast | | from Moecow over an N. B. C. net-| 9 work November 20. During the broadcast Vassily Ivanovitch Katchalov, one of Russia’s foremost actors, who was recently decorated by the U. S. S. R. for dis- tinguished services, will read an ex- cerpt from Tolstoy's “Resurrection.” Katchalov will spesk in Russian, but his reading will be translated. Alexander Goldenweizer, favorite pianist of the great author, also will play several of Tolstoy's favorite songs. LR | ~—Star Staff Photo. Ware Co., sald that irrespective of | PM. 5:00 6:15 5:30 5:45 Dance Music Buffalo Presents News—Music Dance Music Labor News Review 'Evening Rhythms EVENING PROGRAMS 6:00 \Dick Fidler’s Orch. 6:15 |Sports—Music 6:30 |News—Music 6:45 (Musical Interlude News—Music | |Sunday School Lesson |Bill Coyle |Jamboree Today in Sports Dance Music News Bulletins | Reg Newton, Songs Frederic William Wile Arch McDonald Foot Ball Scores Gogo DeLys "7:00 |Sports Page 1 7:15 |Popeye the Sailor 7:30 |Message of Israel 7:45 | A s Jamboree The Master Builder Country Silver String Revelers News Spotlight | Dance Music |Ed McConnell | Nordica Orch Mrs. Henry G. Doyle |Godfrey's Magic Eve | Hi-Jinks "8:00 (Hit Parade 9:30 The Chateau 9:45 = = Club Habana Orch. | |Boston Smphony ;Boslon Symphony Phil Lampkin's Orch. Nordica Orch. We Americans Central Union Mission | * o o i Automobile Show = e Concert Favorites | P. A. Sugrue | Budapest Gypsies | Songs of the World | Don and Jean |Nino Martini al Barn Dance (P WWL Salute 10:00 | The Chateau 10:15 | i 10:30 |Rogers Memorial 1045 | “ Natiorial Barn Dance | News Bulletins John Slaughter's Orch. Foot Ball Roundup .‘".‘.'?.‘?'?!'?!.' WWL Salute Rumanian Gypsies Rogers Memorial | Wanda Goll L - 11:00 |Rogers Memorial 11:15 = £ 11:30 'Ray Noble's Orch. 11:45 5 s <« Slumber Hour Lioyd Smool's Orch. Dance Music Abe Lyman's Orch. | | ’Isham Jones’ Orch. 12:00 |John Slaughter's Orch. 12:15 | 12:30 Al Lyons' Orch. Sign off | over it, sometimes a car length. “Motorists also park their cars far over the pedestrian line for crossing, and leave their cars standing there for hours, causing the pedestriansto incur another hazard in having to walk around into the line of traffic. “Motorists crash the lights in anut- cipation of the change of light, nd do not give the pedestrian the full time allotted. “The sidewalks in many sections are being taken over for the use of ga- rages, and the pedestrian has no right-of-way if a motorist desires o wuse the sidewa (This morning—Saturday—1I counted 4 q , Safety { ___(Continued From First Page.) | placing of young men and women in positions of gainful employment, “that promotions be judged by the vardstick of character and ability. rather than by any other standard of measurement, and employment and advancement be made available for the youth of our country. It is our { desire to keep the college youth from turning radical and urge them to | wage rates or types of work, each em- | plove received a bonus check for $30 pledge cards have been turned in to|along with a letter saying the com- The Star council by Ira C. Whitacre, | pany's business had been successful clerk to the Board of County Com- | during the past year and that the fu- missioners for Montgomery County. at | ture was bright. s ' SAFETY DRIVE URGED TO BURROUGHS UNIT tributed among all county employes, | will be turned in to the council later, Police Officer Explains Traffic Progress to Citizens' Mr. Whitacre said. Association. very successful safety campaigns within their organizations in co-oper- iROY DURSTINE, vice president of | Batten, Barton, Durstine & | Osburn, Inc., will discuss “The Place | of Advertising in Business Recovery” | | over an N. B. C. network Monday from 1:30 to 2 pm. | Durstine will speak from the Ameri- can Federation of Advertisers’ Con- vention in Boston. * x ok ok STRICKLAND GILLILAN, nation- ally known humorist and ex- ponent of “home-spun philosoph; will begin a series of twice-weekly | broadcasts over WJSV Tuesday. His programs will be called “The Humor- ous Side of the News.” five large automobiles parked on the | yniteq” efforts for constructive work. ation with The Star Safety Council, [ER 1:00 |Sign Off Sign Off News Bulletins Jack Little’s Orch. Sterling Young's Orch. | | |Sign of MAJOR A special program designed as a memorial to the late Will Rogers will be broadcast by both WRC and WJSV at 10:30. Originating in various parts of the country, it will be participated in by celebrated friends and admirers of the famous cowboy humorist George M. Cohan will act as master of ceremonies. Others taking part include former President Hoover, Gene Buck, president of the American So- | ciety of Composers, Authors and Pub- FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES. lishers; Arthur Brisbane, Ray Noble's Orchestra, Fred Waring's Pennsyl- vanians, Charles Chaplin, Fred Stone, Amos 'n’ Andy, Billie Burke, Capt Frank Hawks and Irvin S. Cobb Sophie Tucker, Joe Penner, Mary Carr and Nola Day will contribute to Wallace Beery's Chateau program on WRC at 9:30. be opened by Secretary of Commerce Roper. A program made up entirely of the works of Saint-Seens will be played by the Boston Symphony Or- chestra on WMAL at 8:15. P. A. Sugrue, vice commander of | the Costello Post of the Americin A broadcast from the National Au- | Legion, will discuss the teaching cf tomobile Show in New York is sched- | communism in the public achool: uled by WJSV at 8:30. The show will over WOL at 9. sidewalk on L street near the corner | of Sixteenth street, not just standing momentarily in the driveway across the sidewalk, but parked just as if in a garage, up and down on the side- walk.) (Who owns the sidewalks in Washe ington, D. C., anyway—and do the garage owners pay for the use of the eidewalks for parking purposes?) “The sidewalks are being ruined where used by garage owners, and are frequently dirty and neglected beyond description. “Come to our aid! “MRS. MARY MONTAGUE.” “Being extremely interested, as we ell are, in the effort of The Star to render our streets safer, I have been waiting for a thirteenth promise to the pledge: The proper physical condition to drive an auto. I once had heard, by an expert, the effect of the smallest amount of alcohol in slowing up men- | tal reactions. it not taken safety pledge? If this is true, why is into account in the “ALICE I. TYLER.” “It is quite evident that the entire populace is interested in the most effective way in which the automo- bilists and pedestrians are reacting to your safety drive, and with the result also that each of us is safety con- &cious, “It occurs to me that it would be of interest to the sponsors of such {We ask the city, State and Federal governments to open careers in government for college-trained men and women, with chance for advance- i ment. “The educated people should de- mand a voice in planning the Nation's educational systems. They should de- | mand a secretary of education in the President’s cabinet. We advocate the inclusion of vocational guidance in the school systems throughout the | United States. Also, for the colleges and universities to teach subjects pertaining to the conditions and time in which we are now living.” | Many Pledges Returned. | | The organization advocates a na- | | tional system of adult education and | subsidies to encourage professions in | the creative arts and sciences. —_— | several cars before succeeding in re- | entering the line of traffic. It seemed a | miracle that a serious accident, in- volving at least half a dozen cars, was avoided, which I attribute mainly to | the skillful driving of several motor- | ists approaching the erring driver and whose cars were on the rim of a precipice. “Later during our drive and on the | other side of the mountains this same | ! car, whose license tag number I had made note of, again loomed up di- | I rectly in front of us. It was quite conspicuous how many times he | Large stacks of signed pledge cards | also have been received by the Safety | Council today from the Washington | Gas Light Co. and the Capital Tran- sit Co,, both of which are putting on Support of the Washington High- Campaign to make drivers and pe- lands Citizens’ Association is prom- | destrians alike safety-conscious was ised the council in its safety drive | seen as the only solution to Washing- | mn a letter received from Bessie B.|ton's traffic problem by Lieut. McGm- | Warren, secretary of the association. | ness of the metropolitan policé at the | police “At the last meeting of the Wash- | meeting last night of the Burroughs mngton Highlands Citizens' Associa- tion I was directed to address a let- | ter to you informing you that this as- sociation is unanimously back of your very wonderful safety campaign,” she said. “This association believes that this is a most worthwhile enterprise and | aopes that every resident of Wash- | “ogton will indorse this venture.” Warning has been issued to all Maryland motorists that those who have not had their automobiles in- pected by Thursday. last day of the annual automobile inspection period, will be required to appear in person before Walter R. Rudy, commissioner | of motor vehicles of the State. The annual period has been ex- tended 10 days, to November 1, but | personal checks are to be made of each motorist who has net complied. Beginning November 1, State and city throughout Maryland were given instructions to stop at sight all automobiles not bearing the official laspection sticker on their wind- shields, according to a report to The | Star Safety Council. Each motorist stopped for failure to have record of inspection of his | car will be given a warning to have Tnoble effort to learn of any violations | darted in and out of the steady traffic by one who has signed the safety | line, without any apparent oppor- drive pledge, in order that the vio- | tunity to re-enter without causing dator's attention may be directed to, Other autoists to slow up to make his hazardous driving. With this jn|room for him. Many of these stunts mind, I respectfully request permis- Were performed on curves and several sion to cite an occurrence of last|times in the face of approaching cars, Sunday. not only jeopardizing the safety of “I was one of a party who joined | the approaching cars but of those | the throng of many thousand auto- | Who were passing and driving sanely. mobiles set out to enjoy the splendors ‘ of nature as seen on the Skyline Drive. ‘There was a continuous stream of autos going both directions and as we were rounding the curve of the hair- pin bend approaching Panorama View a sedan, on the windows of which were stickers of ‘the safety driving pledge, darted without warning from “In my opinlon this selfish driver, who has no regard for the safety or rights of others, should be denied the privilege of driving a car on our high- | ways until such time as he has been sufficiently aroused to the seriousness of his reckless driving and learned to | consider the rights of others. “R. F. RIDGEWAY."” the inspection made and have it re- ported in person to the commissioner's office within 24 hours of the warning. | “The automobile must also be brought to the headquarters of the commissioner of motor vehicles,” it was announced, “in order that the staff examiners may ascertain that | has been complied with. | the law Otherwise license tags for 1936 will be refused all those who do not comply.” FARM PROGRAM CERTAIN Chairman Jones Declares It Is | Citizens’ Association. | Greater care on the part of each| would result in a decrease in the| mounting toll of dead and injured, | McGinness said. , Each has his owa rights and it is only through the observance of these that any sort of | progress can be made. | Lieut. McGinness lauded the school- | boy patrols as a step in the right di- | | rection by educating the pupils when | they are young in the constant neces- | sity for care in crossing intersections. | ‘He predicted eventual pedestrian con- trol. i A resolution of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Association propos- | ing token rates on busses to Hyatts- ville and Burleith was endorsed by | the group The question of improvement of un- paved sidewalks and streets was re- ferred to the committee of highways | for future action, as was the questiun | of the proposed rerouting of the busses on Monroe street. After heated debate a motion sup- | porting the Board of Education on its stand in the teaching of com- munism in the schools was referred to a committee for further study and action later fEiivRoTy = TONIGHT Chevrolet Presents RUBINOFF behind our car, recklessly passing A number of signed safe driving ¢ e Safe Driving Pledge 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 Star, g 1 promise to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Never operate at reckless speed. Drive on right of highway. Stop at all S-T-O-P signs. Refrain from jumping traffic lights. Make turns from the proper lanes. Signal before turning or stopping. Give right of way in doubtful cases. Heed pedestrians’ rights. 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. The Safety Council Of The Cvening Star ‘Washington, D. C. Sign and send above coupom to The Evening Star, Safety Council, Room 600, Star Building AND HIS VIOLIN with his Orchestra VIRGINIA REA JAN PEERCE GRAHAM McNAMEE WRC 9:00 r.u. NBC RED NETWORK COAST TO COAST Essential to Country. Assurance that a general farm pro- gram is in prospect regardless of the Supreme Court verdict on A. A. A. was given today by ChairmangJones of the House Agriculture Committee. “So long as we have tariffs and trade barriers a balanced farm pro- gram is essential to the country,” he said. “But until the matter is determined one way or the other, there is no need for discussion of what might be done.” RENOV'ZE s oo ya;:r home Renovizing Eishty-six Years EBERLY’S SONS 1108 K N.W. DISTRICT 6557 Dignify _vour home. Phone “Ederiy's” FREE ADMISSION Nov. 2nd—9th MAYFLOWER HOTEL 9AM.to 11PM. ENTERTAINME SEE THE NEW 1936 MODELS One of the Finer Coffees, Yet Moderate in Price OUR FAMOUS GREEN BAG COFFEE On Sale Only At All SANITARY & PIGGLY WIGGLY FOOD STORES