Evening star., 1942-11-24
"a New Policemen
Assigned in Drive
10 Halt Traffic Toll
Deaths Reoeh 100 Mork;
Kelly Orders New Report
On Transit Operators

ready ahead of the total of l94l.
Maj. Edward j. Kelly. superintend-
ent of police, announced this morn
ing that he had ordered a. uni
formed policemen into the down.
town area.
These men, he said, were all new
comers with seven weeks training
behind them. He added that "a
more police will be assigned in the
next few days.
1 The police head said that before
ehe holiday rush season gets under
way the department will have rs to
100 policemen stationed in the
aowntown area. Men will be pulled
n from outlying precincts, it was
Indicated.
Auxiliary Force Used.
During rush hours in other busi-
hess sections of the city, Maj. Kelly
said auxiliary police already have
been used and that more will be
used In the future. A few have
been used downtown on Thursday
evenings, he disclosed.
Maj. Kelly, who some time ago
ordered report on traffic violations
Of Capital Transit operators while
operating streetcars and buses, or
pered yesterday another report for
comparative purposes, he said.
THE Commissioners yesterday called
. conference for 10 am. tomorrow
to discuss the city's traffic toll which
has already reached the 100 mark,
and directed Maj. Kelly to assign
additional police to control trafiic
h the downtown area.
Those scheduled to attend the
conference tomorrow include Mai.
Kelly, representatives of Capital
Transit. Co., the Public Utilities
Commission and the Traffic Advis-
Cry Council, Traffic Director Will
Eam A. Van Duzer and Arthur E.
Miller, police inspector in charge Of
traffic.
According to Inspector Miller
street car operators are not required
to have District permits.
Robert Dougan, executive assist
ant Of the Capital Transit Co., said
yesterday, however, that safe oper-
alton Is emphasized" in the training
Of operators of street cars and buses.
mo man is given a position either
as a motorman or bus driver who
has not had IL months of driving
experience, in all seasons, before he
starts driving for U.s." Mr.. Dougan
said. "Our training course takes
from three to four weeks and dur
ing this period motormen as well as
bus drivers get driving training"
Mr.. Dougan added that rigid
physical examinations and vision
tests are required and that men
must be Of good character.
Inquests Today.
Inquests by a coroner's jury into
two trafic deaths were scheduled to
begin today at the morgue. Yes
teroay the coroner's jury held two
Capital Transit motormen for
Municipal Court under the Negli-
gent Homicide Act in connection
with two recent traffc deaths in
volving streetcars.
One Of today,s cases involves the
death of Miss Josephine T. Burger
of Arlington, who was killed Sunday
when struck by a streetcar at Con-
necticut avenue and R street NV.
Operator Of the streetcar was Ker-
init Wood, 80, Of 2o8 Tenth street
Sc.
The second inquest will be into
the death of Russell Phillips, At,
who died in Emergency Hospital
Sunday of head injuries. sustained
Saturday in an accident at Four
teenth and K streets NV. between
I farm truck and an ambulance.
The operators held yesterday
Gere Paul B. Wise. 25, of the 700
block of Kentucky avenue Sc, who
was held in the death of William
"a Wooden, 70, of 121 Twelfth street
Sc, and Fred J. Crenshaw, so, of
1929 B street NE, held in the death
Of Milton Ackman, Sc, of 904 K
street NE.
Mr.. Wooden died Saturday Of in
luries received two days before when
he was struck by a streetcar near
Ninth and D streets NE.
Mr.. Ackman was passenger in
An automobile which was in COL
lision with streetcar at Ninth and
East Capitol streets September 49,
The inquest was postponed until to-
day to await recovery of the driver
of the automobile, Bernard P.
Shields, So, Hyattsville, Md.
Both Wise and Crenshaw entered
plea of not guilty when arraigned
this morning in Municipal Court
before Judge John P. Mcmahon.
The court ordered jury trial at
a date to be set later,
Meanwhile, last night James C.
Hampton, "a, another Transit oper-
stor, was booked at No. II precinct
ON charges Of failing to report an
accident and failing to give pedes-
trian the right of way. Police gave
the name of the injured pedestrian
rs Mrs. Hazel Osbourne, "A, of 1925
Bvarts street NE, a waitress, who
suffered possible skull fracture.
The accident, police said, took
place at Bladensburg road and
South Dakota avenue NE The
woman was taken to Casualty Hos
pltal in a private car.
College Park Collision.
L. w. Thompson of 9 Elm avenue
Takoma Park, Md, escaped with
minor injuries this morning when
his automobile was in collision with
a streetcar at College avenue in
College Park, Md. The streetcar
was derailed.
Mr.. Thompson was taken by a
passing motorist to the Leland
Memorial Hospital, Riverdale, where
he was treated for cuts on the face
and released.
According to c. T. Allen. 80. of
406 E street NE, motorman of the
greetcar, the automobile was hurled
about so feet by the impact, striking
an electric light pole and swapping
off the top.
There were no passengers in the
1treetcar.