Evening star., 1935-01-15
SPEEDING ARRESTS
CONTINUE IN DRIVE
Two Lawyers Are Defend
ants and Receive $40 Sus-
pended Sentences.

It was lawyers versus policemen in
Traffic Court today as the drive
against traffic violators continued,
with the bar members winning top
place.
George c. Vournas, 37O1 Massa-
chusetts avenue and Mary B. Linkins,
1913 M street, both members of the
District bar, were hailed into court for
speeding on Massachusetts, avenue.
The lawyers told one story and
Traffic Policeman B. T. Chew told
another. The bar members were
stopped at the same time for driving
over 40 miles an hour and asserted it
was necessary to do this to keep in
with the rest of the traffic on the
boulevard. Otherwise, the bar men,
bers testified, there might have been
an accident. Officer Chew, however,
said Yournas had passed several cars,
driving in the wrong lane of traffic to
do so.
Suspended Sentence Given.
Judge Isaac R. Hit. presiding, de-
cided the testimony was such as to
render doubt and gave both of the de-
PENDANTS $40 suspended sentence.
Traffic Court was crowded today
with 76 charges listed against "a per-
sons. Five of the defendants had been
locked up prior to appearance in court.
Thirty persons were to be arraigned
on speeding charges, 18 for parking
violations, 2 for passing stop signs
and l for passing red light. The
other arrests were on charges such
as failing to stop when leaving an
alley, making improper turns, driving
on the wrong side of the street and
failing to give hand signals when
turning.
More than $500 was collected yes
terday from traffic fines and forfeit
ures, the financial clerks Office an
nounced.
James J. Downey of Virginia de-
manded a jury trial on a charge of
driving while intoxicated and was re-
leased on $500 bond.
Case Is Continued.
The case of Peter Arvias of 300 I
street, charged with speeding and fail
ure to show drivers permit, was con-
tlnued until January 10. Judge Hit
took the personal bond of James Spart
and Eugene Liverette on charges of
violations of the hacking regulations
and that of Dorothy w. Mills when
she gave good excuse on a parking
charge. Suspended sentences of $40
Tor speeding were taken in the cases
OF Leon S. Elsberg and Wilbur E. Cum
nlngham OF Maryland.
Seven recommendations came from
the corporation counsels Office today.
only one of which was for personal
bond, in the parking case of Anthony
L. Montaguilla. The others were a
$40 recommendation for q second
offense speeding charge against Perez
H. Collins of Lanham, Md, instead of
the usual $25 fine for this offense. A
SIS suspended sentence in the case of
Myer Kushner for parking near a fire
hydrant, 81 forfeiture by Seth r.
Sprague for violation of the hacking
laws and a recommendation of a $40
fine for speeding in the cases of Jere-
miah j. O'Connor and Abe L. Walker.
Otner FmeS Imposed.
Edward L. Bringley and Henry J.
kaufman of Maryland were fined SIS
for speeding.
Because they offered good reasons
for speeding, Judge Hit imposed q IS
fine on Donald S. Nash, Fred Wymer,
Lawrence T. Owens, Ferdinand w.
Bond, Louis G. Cossette, jr.; Julia M.
Shea, Earl s. Gallagher and Mary
Offutt of Maryland. The regular $40
in first-offense speeding charges was
imposed on Robert w. Roeske of
Maryland, Richard c. Duvall, John
G. Barrows, Willis F. Raymond of vir-
ginfa, and william C. Gray, Ruth ].
Nicholson, both of Maryland; Harry
L. Carrico of Virginia, Nancy L.
Brehm, Ralph C. Smith, jr.; Arthur A.
Allen of Alexandria, Va, Willis E.
Addison, George P. Scott, william
Pierce, colored, who was also fined 81
on a no-permit charge. Carlisle Clay,
Phillip B. Peyton, jr., and Lewis p.
Allen, jr.
Daniel J. Donovan. tr., son of the
District auditor, was given a $40 sus-
pended sentence for speeding whe1
arraigned before Judge Hit.