Evening star., 1938-08-13
TRAFFIC VICTIM,
I, NEAR DEATH;
CRUSADE PUSHED
Boy Said to Have Walked
Into Autos Path-Three
Other Children Hurt.
PLAN TO SPEED CASES
IN COURT PROPOSED
Corporation Counsel's Office May
Make Pre- Trial Probe Of
All Accidents.

Another child was near death today
from . trafic injury as Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Cox. commander Of the
District National Guard, called
meeting Of the Commissioners new
Traffic Safety Committee to discuss
plans Monday afternoon for q city,
wide crusade to cut down child ia
talities.
Charles Morgan, Z. colored, 336
Clark street s.W. was in q critical
condition at Emergency Hospital
from head injuries suffered yesterday
afternoon when, police reported, he
walked into the side of q moving
automobile at Sixth street and In
diana avenue NV.
The child has been Unconscious
since the accident. An X-ray exam
ination was to be made to determine
II he has a fractured skull.
AAhCC otAACl were INluIS0
yesterday afternoon, one severely,
while District officials and civic lead
ers were organizing a safety drive on
two fronts. impelled by the deaths
OF nine children in trafic since schools
closed.
Safety Committee Named.
Eollourip0 q rnaaf3oo 1o ~or.r.t.
sioner Melvin c. Hazen's ONCE yes
terday morning at which q safety
committee was appointed under the
Craftsmanship of Gen. COX, Police
Court judges met with Police Chief
Ernest w. Brown and Corporation
Counsel Elwood Seal to discuss
faster, fairer and more effective"
handling Of trafic cases in court.
1t was proposed that all trafiic cases
! be investigated by the corporation
counsers ONCE before they are
brought into court, thus relieving the
judges Of the necessity Of hearing
many irrelevant details.
Under the proposed system, q rep
resentative of the corporation coun-
sells of1ce would be authorized to
pass on the less controversial points
Judge John p. Mcmahon presided at
the Police Court conference.
After the session, Maj. Brown said
the Commissioners had approved his
recommendation that IA street areas
In residential sections be roped Oh as
Fairgrounds for children. The list
will be checked over BY Miss 6ibyl
Baker, supervisor Of District play
grounds.
The other child severely injured In
trafdc yesterday afternoon wss Frank
Gillen, 8, colored, 500 block Of Elm
street NV, who suffered Q broken
leg when hit by . car as he ran across
the street from his home. He was
treated at Freedmen's Hospital.
sh-Year-Old Girl Hurt.
Six-year-old Claire Rimes, 1861
Girard street NV, was cut and
bruised when struck by an automobile
as she was crossing Fourteenth street
at Girard street NV. She was treated
at Garfield Hospital and sent home.
Richard E. Price. 10, Of l743 Thir-
teenth street s. E., was cut on the left
elbow, left side and knees last night
when knocked down by taxcab in
the 1900 block Of Good Hope road Sc
He was treated at Providence Hospital
and sent home.
In an effort to keep children Of the
neighborhood OF the streets, the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church has opened
a recreation center and playground at
Tenth and N streets NV, with the CO.
operation Of the Washington Fedora
ton Of Churches.
An analysis Of statistics kept by the
Police Department showed that 247
children and youths between the ages
of / and 20 were injured by automo-
biles during 1897. June was the most
dangerous month. with April . close
second, and the greatest number OF
accidents occurred on Saturdays.
The most dangerous time Of day was
between 4 and O'Clock in the after
noon and children between s and
years Of age suffered the largest num-
Der of accidents.
Accident figures during the school
months showed q large number OF
children were injured between the
school closing hour and pm.