Evening star., 1946-02-19
Boy,.11, Who Rescued
Girl From Cars Path
Given AAA Medal

Eleven-year- -old James Wise OF
1909 North Capitol street is the
proud possessor today of the Amer
lean Automobile Associations Dis
tinguished Service Medal, awarded
him yesterday for saving a girl from
serious accident while serving as a
schoolboy patrolman last month.
Jimmy" received the medal from
Walter B. Guy, vice chairman OF
the District Advisory Board of the
AAA, together with a citation re-
lating how with no thought of his
own safety" he dashed into the
street and pulled Beverly Heflin, 5,
of 1728 North Capitol street from
the path of an onrushing automo-
bile.
. The ceremony, held at the May
flower Hotel, also saw the board
vote unanimous Endorsement of a
bill to provide chemical tests for
persons arrested in the District for
drunken driving.
The rescue which resulted in the
award of the medal occurred Janu-
airy 16 at North Capitol and Ran
dolph streets, near the Emery
School, where Jimmy" and Beverly
were schoolmates.
Second Boy Recommended.
Another schoolboy patrolman who
has been recommended for a medal
is John Barnhard, IL, of 1909 War
rem street NV, a student at the
Janney School. He pulled a young
schoolmate, Ernest Lee Rhodes, jr.,
of 1855 Butterworth place NV
from beneath a bus, where he had
fallen as he stepped from the We
hicle.
Eighth precinct police are investi-
eating the circumstances of the
Barnhard boys act, which occurred
at Forty-second and Yuma streets
NV, with the idea of making a re-
port to the AAA upon which the
reward would be based.
Action on the measure to provide
for chemical tests was taken after
the group voted recommendation of
the following proposed amendment
to the bill-H. r. 5406-now before
the House:
'The result of the analysis by
the employe of the Health De-
partment shall, upon request, be
furnished the person from whom
the specimen was taken, or his
attorney"
A prediction that such chemical
tests as are embodied in the bill
will soon be in very common use"
throughout the country was made
by DR.. Oscar B. Hunter, member
of the boards legislative commit
tee and pioneer in the field of scien-
tific testing for alcohol in the
human system.
Cites Benefit to Innocent.
In advocating passage of the bill
DR.. Hunter emphasized that one of
its most beneficial effects would be
"exonerating of the innocent as
well as accusing the guilty"
Under Interpretation of a United
States Court of Appeals decision
handed down last July 2, the Dis
trict has been making chemical tests
in cases involving alleged intoxica-
ton. However, this Interpretation
which permits admission of evidence
based on chemical tests, has been
the subject of considerable debate.
The board also adopted resolu-
ton calling for construction of a
transfer station in the vicinity of
Barney Circle as means of reliev-
ing the serious congestion" in the
area almost entirely due to the
presence of the streetcar and bus
terminals in the center of the
circle.
The resolution recommended that
such station would be either above
or beloY ground, but all on one
level, entirely off the street, and
capable of accommodating both
Capital Transit Co. and Washing
ton, Marlboro and Annapolis We
hicles. 1t further stipulated that
the major part of the cost should
be borne by the transit companies
involved.
Washington I. Cleveland, man.
ager of the District of Columbia
Motor Club of the AAA, reported
money was available for the pur-
chase of two automobiles to be used
in the program of driver education