Evening star., 1934-12-21
TRAFFIC INJURIES
CUT BY CAMPAIGN
Only Four Hurt in "a Hours.
"FIying Squad Busy
in Northeast.

Only 1Our persons nave Deen injured
in traffic accidents during the past "a
hours, the police reported at noon to-
day, as the campoign against viola
ton of traffic regulations continued
unabated The flying squadron" OF
the Traffic Bureau today again was
on speeding on Bladens-
burg road northeast.
Patrick H. Moran. 64, of 638 Sew
enth street northeast, suffered head
injuries and bruises early today when
the automobile in which he was rid
ing overturned at Forty-ninth street
and Central avenue northeast as the
driver, John j. Foreman, rs, Of the
500 block of r street northeast, lost
control in trying to negotiate turn.
Foreman was treated for cuts and
bruises and taken to No. II police
station. where he was being detained
pending the outcome of Moran's in
iuries.
Two Others Hurt.
Two other persons were injured
and two automobiles overturned In
a collision at Western avenue and
Forty-first street early this morning.
The injured persons were Mrs.
Nancy Sparks, %, of Bethesda, Md,
and Harry W. McClelland, 35, of
Burtonsville, Md. They were treated
at Georgetown University Hospital.
Mrs. Sparks was only slightly hurt
and left the hospital after being
given first-aid treatment and Nc
Clelland remained in the hospital,
suffering from cuts and bruises.
James Achey, 20, Of Burtonsville,
driver of the car in which McClel-
land was a passenger, and Mrs.
Sparks, were charged by police with
reckless driving and posted $500 bond
for appearance in Police Court at a
later date.
A total of 81 arrests for speeding
were made by Traffic Bureau police
from 8 am. yesterday to 9 am. today,
seven being made during this morn
ing's rush hours. OF this number
AZ were arrested by members Of the
motor cycle flying squadron" placed
on duty upon orders of Supt. of Police
Ernest w. Brown and Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen in line with trafic
safety efforts. Some 20 other arrests
were made for failure Of motorists to
give proper hand signals when max
ing turns.
Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, as
sistant superintendent Of police. today
issed orders to all police captains
to instruct their men to come to
"a correct and definite conclusion
as to cause" Of each accident they
report, making q careful check of
details to determine this.
VIII Confer With Judge.
Maj. Brown, who yesterday had
expected to confer with Judge Gus
A. Schuldt, presiding Judge Of Police
Court, regarding a proposal to es-
tablish a night court to speedily try
traffic offenders, today was expecting
to confer with the jurist on this
subject. The idea previously has
been discussed by Maj. Brown and
Commissioner Hazen.
Traffic officials said today the spe-
cial details Of motor cycle police prob
ably will result in q reduction in the
number of arrests, because Of mo-
torists exercising more care in driv-
ing. realizing they likely would be
arrested otherwise. ..
3S7 Cases Reported.
Up through yesterday, 3S7 cases
had been brought before Trafic Court
this week. More than 100 were for
speeding charges, with 13 cases of
passing a red light and 10 cases of
reckless driving. Seventeen cases
were for driving an automobile with
out having secured a permit. Thir-
teen cases were nolle pressed.
For the same period of days of the
week, beginning December 8, $40 cases
were brought before the court, which
dropped for the same period of the
week, beginning December 10, to 236.
Traffic Court recently has been
packed to overfiowing nearly every
morning. This morning more than
20 persons were standing In the aisle,
waiting for their cases to be called.
Up until noon today Judgment had
been passed on rs speeding cases,