Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1936, Page 14

‘A—14 *» ! SUIT ASKS $35,000 — WIDENING OF ROAD WASASKEDBY LS. Survey in 1932 Revealed Perils Found Along Old Georegtown Pike. By 8 Braf Correspondent ot The Star. BETHESDA, Md.,, December 10.— Improvement of the perilous stretches of Old Georgetown road, demanded now by an indignant citizenry, was recommended four years ago by engi- neers of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, it was learned today. Dangers held responsible for three motor fatalities on the narrow and tricky strip, which serves one of Mont- gomery County's most populus resi- dentfal sectors, were discovered during the Washington regional area traffic survey in 1932. Need was foreseen at that time, not only for converting the hazardous thoroughfare into a broad highway, but also for obtaining a 60-foot right of way to permit subsequent.road widening to meet the requirements of ever-increasing use. Made Exhaustive Research. The recommendations were based on exhaustive tabulations of traffic density made at various points along the maih motor routes leading into the National Capital from the subur- ban areas of Maryland and Virginia. Examination of statistics revealed the burden borne by Old Georgetown road at that time taxed its narrow eonfines and frequently surpassed the loads carried by several Montgomery County highways of greater width, in- eluding Bradley boulevard, Wilson Jane and even River road. No action was taken on the recom- @endations, however, while county residents’ frequent pleas for the im-| provements were likewise ignored, and | Bunday's bus-auto wreck, which left $wo motorists dead, brought a deluge of criticism upon the heads of State Woman Hurt in Accident Seeks Damages From Firm. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. sued for $35,000 damages in District Court today by Mrs. Mary Coleman, widow of Col. Sherard Coleman, who was & member of Col. Theodore Roosevelt'’s Rough Riders. She charged that she was struck last December 18 at Wisconsin and Fair- mont avenues, Bethesda, Md., by an agent for the Metropolitan. ’ Through Attorney Dorsey K. Offutt, Mrs. Coleman told the court she had been confined to Walter Reed Hospi- tal during the last year and will have to undergo numerous operations be- cause of her injuries. Strange Divorce Claim. CHICAGO (#)—Her husband fell in love with another woman merely because she resembled his mother, Mrs. Lorraine Bruce Scordato, 23, told Judge George W. Bristow. ‘The judge granted the divorce, and county officials. Stirred by Tragedies. Hundreds of residents in the com- munities flanking the road, stirred by the recent tragedy and another last ar in which one person was killed, ve launched a vigorous campaign for immediate widening and resurfac- ing of the dangerous thoroughfare. Proponents of the improvement plan found today that Federal figures dis- elose that on one occasion during the 1932 survey, which was made by United States engineers in co-opera- tion with Maryland and Virginia au- thorities, the traffic count was 1,394 wehicles on Old Georgetown road dur- #ng a 24-hour period. Within a similar period of time the Sargest number of vehicles traversing spacious Bradley boulevard just south of the Wilson lane intersection at & point where traffic was heaviest was 1,001, On one day the count there dropped as low as 608. Comparison in Tabulations. A tabulation made on Bradley boule- #ard north of Wilson Jane showed 856 ears passed on the busiest day, while the lowest count was 585, less than ' malf the peak load on Old Georgetown road. The heaviest flow of traffic recorded on Wilson lane was 1634 vehicles, with the low figure for a 24-hour count on that highway being 949. A real surprise in comparative den- aity of traffic was uncovered in the eount made on River road at Dorset svenue, one of the busiest intersec- Mons along the road used by many members traveling to and from Ken- wood and Congressional Country Clubs and Bradley Farms, headquarters of the Riding and Hunt Club at that time Lightest Count Was 1,366. The lightest count made over & 24- tour period was 1,366 immediately northwest of the intersection, 35 less than a daily tally made on Old George- town road, while the heaviest flow at the same point in one day was 2,089. Southeast of the Dorset avenue in- Rersection the highest tabulation was but 1,757, while the low count fell to 1,153. Supporters of the improvement drive declared the increase of traffic density mlong Old Georgetown road undoubt- edly has been far greater on that thoroughfare during the past four ears than it has been along Wilson ne, River road or Bradley boulevard. Busses Heighten Danger. This has been occasioned, they said, ®y unusually intensive real estate de- welopment, bringing in an excep- tlonally large number of families, the ppening of a school just off the road Bt Alta Vista and the substitution of busses for the Washington-Rockville @lectric line. Use of the narrow road has become particularly dangerous since the ad- went of the busses because the great width of those vehicles allows but Mttle clearance for other vehicles in passing. The Bethesda Chamber of Com- merce and the Old Georgetown Road (Citizens’ Association, scoring officials gor “laxity” and “negligence” by al- fowing the road to continue in its dangerous state, already have urged Immediate steps to correct those con- ditions. il Petitions also are being circulated 4hroughout the western suburban area of the county for improvement of the goad, while a mass meeting to protest sgainst any further delay in the work is. to be held within the next few days by residents along the road. A, U, Guild Entertained. The Woman's Guild of American Oniversity was entertained yesterday by the American University Glee Club im'a song program held on the cam- ALE! Rc.agular $2.250000 | NECKWEAR OF IMPORTED SILKS under leadership of James Mc- in, director of musie. Holiday Special Folding Indoor Tennis Tables or_the long Winter THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, '1936. " SLAYER OF FRIEND WAITS SANITY TEST Funeral Services Held for Bride-elect—Girl Who Shot Her in Jail. BY the Associated Press. EAST LANSING, Mich,, December 10.—A clergyman who was to have officiated at Miss Elizabeth Giltner's wedding conducted funeral services in- stead today for the pretty 25-year-old daughter of s college dean whose whirlwind romance was cut short by bullets from a pistol held by a lifelong woman friend. While Rev, N. A. McCune, pastor of People’s Church, read final rites in the little chapel on the edge of the Mich- igan State College campus, Miss Hope Morgan, 25, who confessed the strange slaying, sat in a cell at the county jail, 12 miles away, awaiting & mental ex- amination. Miss Giltner and Capt. David 8. “On Tuesday night,” Mulbar said, “I thought she was insane and was try- ing hard to act rational. The next day I was convinced that she was normal and tryin act insane. I can't figure her oul Miss Morgan stood mute at her court arraignment yesterday and Judge Leland W. Carr ordered a physiclan and a psychiatrist to give her a series of mental tests. The sanity report will be filed next week. ————— ‘The Ubangi River is the largest northern tributary of the Congo. 1.39 Every tie hand tailored! When he opens your gift on Christmas morning, why not make it something worthwhile. Something that he won't tegard as just another Christmas gift but a'tie that he would get himself. They're imported silks from Switzerland, Italy and Austria hand-tailored into well-made ties by two of the BRANDYWINE BANK CASHIER WOUNDED Trio Escape in Maryland After Vain Hold-up, Shooting McPherson in Leg. ‘Washington and Maryland State po- lice today were patrolling the highways for three bank bandits who shot the cashier of the Bank of Brandywine this morning after he thwarted their Maryland State police at Brandy- wine were informed that the cashier, William T. McPherson, was shot in the leg near the hip. The extent of McPherson’s injury could not be de- termined immediately. He was re- moved to Casualty Hospital. “Hands up!” the bandits said to Mc- Pherson, and then ordered Roland Sasscer, assistant cashier, to “open that cage!” As Sasscer was about to comply Mc= Pherson reached suddenly for the but- ton of an alarm bell on the wall by Fs 2 ' his side and pressed it, in spite of the fact that - the bandits’ trained on him. The shooting fole lowed. A single pistol bullet hit Me- Pherson in the right leg. * The bell sounded a loud alarm in the bank and on the street outside. As citizens ran toward the bank the ban- dits fled without getting any money. ‘They leaped into a black sedan at the curb and sped toward Washington. Police immediately broadcast look- tions of the bandits and the tag num- ber of their sutomobiie. said the three men wore red handkerchiefs over the lower part. of their faces. He said one of the bandits ‘was & youth of about ““16 of 17,” and the secand a man of about 25. Sasscer did not get & good look the the third man, he said. ‘The bandits entered the bank about 11:30 o'clock at a time when only the two employes were on the premises. The car bore tags listed to a resident of Silver Spring, Md. R ‘There are two towns in Alabama named Jackson. olution providing exgulsion for mem- bers who sign communistic literature. —— Abdication “Satigfies” French. 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