Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1936, Page 8

TRAFFIC DEATHS AT NEW RECORD 37,450 Expected Toll of 1936—New York Average Lowest of Big Cities. 8) the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 30.—The Na- tional Safety Council said today 1936 will mark an all-time high for auto- mobile traffic deaths in the United Btates. By the stroke of midnight New Year eve, the council predicted, the toll will reach 37,450, or 450 more than last gear. A 5 per cent increase in traffic deaths 1ast month, as compared with Novem- ber, 1935, said W. H. Cameron, man- aging director, destroyed all hope of avoiding an increase over the 1935 slaughter. i The 11-month total for 1936 was $3,790. Last year it was 33,340. No- vember was the seventh consecutive month in which fatalities exceeded those of corresponding months last year. Gas Consumption Higher. Cameron said the only comfort offered by the statistics lay in the fact that the accident death rate as based on gasoline consumption was lower than last year. Gasoline consumption through No- vember, 1936, exceeded that of the same period in 1934 by approximately 10 per cent. ‘The predicted 37,450 deaths for 1936 eonirasts with the 1912 total of 3,082 and the 4,227 of 1913. ‘The council’s records showed pedes- trian traffic deaths continued to in- crease, the 1936 total exceeding that of last year by 2 per cent. Deaths in the 5 to 14 years age group jumped 10 per cent. New York paced 12 States in cut- ting the traffic death toll more than % per cent for the first 10 or 11 months of 1936. The Empire State registered a reduction of 19 per cent through November. Other States which reported reductions included: New Hampshire, 13 per cent; Connecti- cut and Nevada, 12; South Dakota and Maryland, 11; North Carolina, 1 Utah, Virginia and New Jersey, 9; Jowa and Wisconsin, 7. Eastern Seaboard States. ‘Twelve Eastern Seaboard States from New England to Virginia re- ported a 9 per cent reduction in the first 11 months of 1936. As con- trasted with a national increase of slightly more than 1 per cent, these States, the council said, have stand- ard drivers’ license laws. Among 13 cities of more than 500, 000 population, New York continued to have the lowest average death rate, the council said. Milwaukee, Buffalo, Detroit and Pittsburgh had higher 11-month totals than last year. November death totals were larger in Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago than in November, 1935. November traffic deaths reduced to 24 the number of cities in the 10,- 000 to 25,000 population group with perfect records. Cities in the 100,000 to 250,000 group reported a 35 per cent increase for November; those in the 250,000 to 500,000 group, 24 per cent. Wilming- ton, N. C, in the 25,000 to 50,000 group, was the largest city with a record of no fatalities to December 1. W. McD. LINDSEY DIES; FORMER P. 0. EMPLOYE Resgident of Lanham, Md., for 25 Years Had Been Il for Several Months. Wilson McDonald Lindsey, a resi- dent of Lanham, Md., for about 25 years and a retired Post Office De- partment employe, died at George- town University Hospital yesterday after an illness of several months. Mr. Lindsey was connected with the Railway Mail Service for more than 47 years, having been appointed in 1884. He retired in 1932. He was one of Prince Georges County’s leading Democrats and was teypresident of the Twentieth District Democratic Club from 1933 to 1935. For several years he served as jus- tice of the peace, having been ap- pointed by the late Gov. Ritchie. Mr. Lindsey was born in North Carolina on September 8, 1866, a son of the late Daniel McDonald and Elizabeth Wilson Lindsey. He is survived by his wife, Fannie | Davis Lindsey; three daughters, Marie L. Robertson, Frances L. Bal- lufl, Elizabeth Cody; & brother, Wil- loughby Lindsey; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funers] services will be held from Tabler’s funeral home on Thursday, December 31, at 3 p.m. with burial in Glenwood Cemetery. i THE EVENING STAR. \VVASHINGTON D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1936. Edna Maxzxine Jones, 6, of San Bernardino, Calif., with her nurse, Mrs. Blanche Evans, is able to speak only in her sleep. Dr. Charles A. Wylie of the county hospital, and Dr. C. B. Cour- bille, Los Angeles brain specialist, who examined her, said they were unable to explain her disadbility. Edna seems to understand perfectly when spoken to. —Copyright A. P. Wirephoto. LABOR THREATENS PARIS FOOD STRIKE 40-Hour Work Week De- mand Pushed With Menace to City’s Supply. BY the Associated Press. PARIS, December 30.—Organized Paris food workers threatened & gen- eral strike today unless the govern- ment establishes a 40-hour working week. A delegation headed by Leon Jou- haux, head of the General Confedera- tion of Labor, called on Premier Leon Blum to deliver the warning of the food industry workers. “We are ready to launch a general food strike, if necessary,” one member of the delegation said. Struggle for Centrol. Such a strike would tie up retail as well as wholesale plants, many of which already were paralyzed by in- dividual walkouts. Both Labor leaders and government authorities, meantime, struggled to gain control of new strike armies de- manding higher pay and shorter hours. One person was dead, at least six were wounded and protests were shouted of “rising revolution” after an outburst of violence. A thousand “sit-down” strikers re- mained in warehouses and packing houses of major Paris food stores after rejecting a proposed accord among the | {CIVIL WAR GUNS SOUGHT government, employers and the Gen- eral Confederation of Labor. Employes of some retail stores agreed to return to their counters, sources of supply were cut off and the capital still was menaced by the possibility of & food shortage. Wage Increases Demanded. ‘The strikes were called to back up labor's demands for wage increases to compensate for the devaluation of the franc and consequent higher living costs. Premier Blum summoned a delega- tion of food strikers to & conference and informed metal workers their de- mands would be considered when new indices of living costs become available, ‘The Metal Trades Union ordered its members to quit work five minutes early tonight in & “warning” strike. Public service workers defied a gov- | ernment ban on their demonstration in | front of the Municipal Building last | night and at least six policemen were injured in rioting and a Republican Guard thrown from his mount and fatally hurt. ‘The disorders ended after municipal authorities agreed to receive a dele- gation of the demonstrators. Many of the jeering, cat-calling em- ployes were subway employes, firemen, GANDHI CAMPAIGNS 10 LBERATE NI Negative Policy Forsaken, Associates Say, in In- dependence Drive. By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, December 30.—Mahatma Gandhi was described by close asso- cates today as ready to forsake his| negative policy of non-resistance and lead India’s masses in an active cam- | paign for independence from Great | Britain. | Amazement was expressed through- | out India at the astule comeback from | retirement the little Indian leader | staged at the Faizpur Nationalist Congress, regarded as a certain har- binger of a new era of activity. His impassioned assertions, “show me the way and I'm prepared to go back to jail,” and “I'm prepared to be hanged,” were interpreted as the be- ginning of new emancipation efforts. Close associates said his previous policy, which they described as barren and destructive, had been replaced by one of limitless potentialities. The congress at Faizpur has voted a | boycott of all celebrations in India connected with the coronation Durbar of King George VI and has refused support to any war in which the British Empire might become involved. ‘The National Park Service is search- ing for Civil War artillery pieces, whether used by Union or Confederate forces, officials announced today. The Army Ordnance Association is co-operating with the park authorities and the pieces are to be placed in the Petersburg, Va. National Military Park. The officials are anxious to se- cure those actually utilized during the famous battle, if possible, BONUS IS GIVEN 22 Joining an impressive list of Wash- ington firms, Whelan’s Women's Spe- cialty Shop, at 1105 F street, an- nounced & year end bonus for 22 em- Condition of Injured Workmen Is ‘| THE STENOTYPE COMPANY NAtional 8320 | TWO HURT IN CAVE-IN Reported “Good.” Charles Ward, 31, of 84 I street southwest; and Jesse Copeland, 36, of 486 K street southwest, both colored, were recovering today in Casualty Hos- pital from injuries received yesterday when the walls of an excavation caved in on them at 400 Seventh street southwest. Though badly bruised about the legs and hips, their condition was reported “good.” Fellow workmen extricated them from the cave-in, which occurred while they were digging an excavation into which an ofl burner tank is to be placed. W. H. Memler to Be Honored. Retiring after 49 years of service with the Potomac Electric Power Co., Willisam H. 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