Evening star., 1938-08-10
ACCIDENTS DROP
ASSAFETYDR|VE
BRINGS RESULTS
Three Children Are Slightly
Injured Here in Days
Traffic Mishaps.
1928 FAIRGROUNDS
NOW OPEN FOR USE
Additional Play Areas Are Being
Sought-Parents' Help Is
Needed Now.

Favorable results from Washington S
child safety drive program appeared
In traffic accident reports today while
children passed to and from 1913 play
grounds now open to them under the
watchful eyes of 365 boy and girl
traffic patralmen. Three children were
slightly hurt yesterday when hit by
cars. but none seriously enough to
remain in hospitals.
Officials dared to hope today that
improved conditions are resulting from
tightened police enforcement, in
creased penalties for traffic violators
In Polio Court. increased playground
facilities. city-wide publicity and the
cooperation of automobile clubs and
civic groups.
Tentative plans for roping off little
used streets in residential areas as
play spots for children will be submit
ted Friday by Police Chief Ernest W..
Brown to a safety meeting of District
officials and representatives OF civic
groups at 10 am. in the District
Building
Need Parents Help.
Miss Sibyl Baker director of Munic-
ipal Fairgrounds. said there now are
an adequate number of Fairgrounds to
care for the children. We lack only
the cooperation of the parents in
sending their children to the play
grounds instead of permitting them to
play in the streets" she added.
The American Automobile AsSocia-
ton, meanwhile, sought support for a
move to improve play facilities on the
grounds. many of which, it was said,
are poorly equipped and exposed to the
midsummer sun.
Thelma Roberts. 7, colored, 1916 w
street NV, suffered scalp cut last
night when hit as she ran from be-
tween two parked cars on Florida
avenue near Sixteenth street NV,
police reported. She was treated at
Children's Hospital.
Police charged the driver, Linwood
A. Bestpitch, %, of Laurel, Md, with
improper Use of dealers tags.
Driver Charged in Death.
Darnell Lawson, 4, colored, and his
brother, Elwood. 8, of 125 K street
NV, were slightly injured when they
walked into the side of car operated
by Frank Sherman, of 1916 Allison
street NE. They were treated at
Children's.
Rothus Henderson, 45, colored, 918
Desmond court SW suffered several
fractured ribs when knocked from his
bicycle by an automobile near First
and P streets NV. He was treated
at Fleedmen's Hospital.
Charley Wilson, 10, colored, 1903
Fifth street NV. was being held on
. murder charge today following his
surrender at police headquarters late
yesterday in connection with traffic
death.
A coroner's jury named Wilson as
the driver of a car which killed
George E. Slaughter, A, colored, 1902
Tenth street NV, at North Capitol
and o streets NV, Wednesday, Will
sons car, it was said. injured two
other colored men at the same time
Child Asks Playground.
The driver took the two injured
men to Freedmen's and left without
making known his identity. In leav-
Ing his machine struck three parked
automobiles and was abandoned in
the vicinity of the hospital
letter from a Washington child
yesterday prompted Commissioner
Hazen to order an investigation of
the possibilities of creating a play
ground in vacant lot near Four
teenth and Fifteenth, Varnum and
Webster streets NV.
Elinor Sokolove, l4l0 Webster street
NV. wrote Il think it would be a
good idea to turn this lot into a play-
ground to keep the children off the
streets in this neighborhood. This is
the wish of all the children"