Evening star., 1937-03-05
THIRD DEATH MARS
SAFETY CAMPAIGN
.ON[Y 3 DAYS OLD
Employers Asked to "CaII on
Carpet" Drivers Held for
Traffic Offenses.
JUDGE MAKES ANOTHER
TALK AGAINST SPEEDING
Doles Out Stiff Fines to Offenders.
District Employees to Be Dis
ciplined if Arrested.

| George A. Neal, 64, of 3425 Eastern
avenue, Mount Rainier, Md. died early
today in Emergency Hospital, the
thirty-second victim of traffic acci-
dents in the District this year and the
third since Commissioners launched
their safety campaign three days ago.
The traffic toll on this date last year
was only II.
Meanwhile, Judge John P. Nc
Mahon continued to fine motorists on
f1rst-offenSe speeding charges having
assessed "a of them $40 each yester-
day, while the Commissioners sought
to stem the tide of fatalities BY ask
| ing employers to call on the carpet"
any workers arrested for speeding
| reckless driving or other serious traf-
! f1c offenses.
Judge Mcmahon delivered from the
bench his second denunciation of
/ Speeders in two days He let only SIX
first offenders escape with SIS fines
Three second-offense speeders were
fined SIS each and fourth driver was
assessed $40.
Speed, the magistrate declared, IS
one OF the greatest contributing fac
tors In the city's ever-increasing traf-
f1c death toll, and speeders will be
shown little leniency.
The Commissioners issued their re-
quest to employers as the latest effort
to force compliance with their cam
| paign for "a month without a traffic
killing"
ID. c. Officials TO Set Examples.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen said
the District government is going to
bear down on all municipal employees
/ who are found guilty of willful traffic
offenses, and We think it would be
helpful if private employers did like
wise" At the same time he warned
'jay-walkers" and pedestrians who
fail to cross intersections on the go
sign. He stressed the need for an
educational campaign and promised
employers of large numbers of work.
| erS to furnish speakers if they would
call meetings of their employees.
Neal walked into the side of an
at NAlIIl dIAd ~ oIACCls
Wednesday night. The driver-Wil-
liam A. Sperber of 333 N street south
west-who took Neal to the hospital,
was not held He will be summoned
to an inquest, however.
| The thirty-flrst fatality was record
ed last night when Rubin Stroman. II.
colored, 5536 Jay street northeast. died
in Casualty Hospital of fractured
skull suffered when he was struck by
an automobile near Ninth and K
streets northeast.
Police investigated Stroman's death
this morning and announced their
first impression that he was victim
of a hit-and-run driver apparently
was erroneous They issued an appeal
at noon for the driver TO report to
them in order to clear up the case.
Officers learned Stroman and an
other colored youth were playing on
Ninth street when the automobile ap-
preached. The driver, believing boy
had been struck, got out of the car
to look and left the scene after seeing
boy running up the street. Evi-
dence gathered from witnesses indi-
Gated the second boy-Stroman-had
been carried along on the bumper of
the car for short distance.
Witnesses said the driver apparently
didn't see Stroman in the street and
drove slowly away from the scene.
First Setback Yesterday.
The "month-without-a CAM
| l.
day with the death of Jesse Jones, AZ,
of 1901 N street from injuries received
when he was hit by street car. An
inquest into his death will be held at
the District morgue at IL: 80 am. to-
morrow.
A truck driver was treated for in
juries and later charged with reckless
driving after his vehicle collided with
street car at the corner of Sixty
first and Dix streets northeast early
today. He is Arthur Edward Bivens.
"a. of 1924 F street southeast. Floyd
Little. 203 C street, was motorman
of the street car.
Bivens was taken to Casualty in the
eleventh precinct patrol and. after
treatment for cuts on his head, was
transferred to the station, where he
was booked on reckless driving charges.
James Joseph Raum, %, of 2235 Prout
street, passenger on the truck. also
was treated for cuts on the head.
Barbara Shaffeir. 33, of R. F. D. No.
2, Anacostia Station. Md, was struck
by a hit-and-run driver at Eleventh
and M streets southeast yesterday.
She was taken to Providence Hos
pital, suffering from shock and pos
sible internal injuries.
Police, meanwhile, arrested a pas
senger In the car that hit her. William
Myers, 40. colored. 811 Third street
southeast, and sought the driver, who
ran from the scene.
Other mishap victims yesteday and
last night were Edward Rosenthall.
IS, of 1779 Lanier place, struck by an
automobile at Eighteenth street and
Columbia road; John Turner, 81. COL
ored, 118 G street southwest, hit by
a car at Delaware and Virginia ave-
nues southwest, and John j. McCarty.
20, of 638 D street. hit by a street
car at Thomas Circle. Their in
juries were not serious.