Evening star. [volume], October 21, 1939, Page A-6, Image 6

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School Pupils Learn
From Knee-Hi How
Not to Cross Street
Children at Brent-Dent
And St. Peter's Watch
Safety Dog Perform
A young boy fell yesterday in front
of a car at Third and E streets SB.
as he rushed across the intersection
to avoid being late for school.
As he fell a little fox terrier
dashed from the curb and tenderly
pawed the prostrate lad. A crowd
witnessed the incident and cheered
loudly. The boy wasn’t hurt be
cause the car wasn't moving and
the whole thing was just staged as
Knee-Hi s warning to children how
not to cross a street.
The little dog, sponsored by The
Sta with the co-operation of the
Board of Education, the Police De
partment and the Department of
Vehicles and Traffic, yesterday ap
peared before the children of the
Brent-Dent and St. Peter’s Schools
with her demonstration of safe
traffic conduct.
Her appearance was the last of
the week during which she taught
her safety lesson at the Phillips
Wormley, the Keene, the John F.
Cook and Slater-Langston and
Takoma schools.
Dr. George E. Brunson, her
teacher, as usual conducted the pro
grams. with announcers Jack Dalton
and Bill Tobin and the police co
ordinators.
Yesterday's demonstration was ar
ranged with the co-operation of
Principal M. S. Conway of the Brent
Dent and Sister Elaine, principal
of the St. Peter's School.
Sergt. T. T. Heffernan of the po
lice department requested the chil
dren of both schools to co-operate
with the police in apprehension of
hit and run drivers by noting the
license tag number, on paper, in
a tree box or even scraped on the
sidewalk with a stone.
Scarcity of White-Collar
Jobs for Collegians Seen
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Oct. 21.—Prof. William
F. Ogbum, University of Chicago
sociologist, said last night there
might not be enough ‘'white-collar”
jobs open to college graduates if
collegiate enrollment continues to
Increase.
But. he said in a talk prepared for
delivery at the 19th annual Illinois
Home Economics Association con
vention, the lack of jobs didn't worry
him.
"Why,” he asked, “shouldn't a
plumber enjoy the pleasure of dis
cussing Aristotle as well as a pro
fessor of philosophy?"
Saved—By a Whisker
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (/P).—Pre
Christmas good will led Magistrate
Joseph De Andrea to spare Robert
Evans, 54. who has long white hair
and a white beard, from a jail
6entence. ,
Magistrate De Andrea said he
freed Evans, accused of panhandling,
because he looked like Santa Claus
and thought it a shame for him to
6pend the Yuletide in jail.
HOW NOT TO RIDE A BICYCLE—Knee-Hi protests to Thomas Hurney of 613 South Carolina
avenue S.E. against carrying hitch-hikers on bicycles yesterday In her demonstration at Third
and E streets S.E. —Star Staff Photo.
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Low-Flying Planes
Over Takoma Park
To Be Protested
Citizens' Association
To Ask Action by
Federal Officials
Federal officials will be requested
to take action against aviators who
insist on flying at low altitudes over
the residential areas in the vicinity
of Takoma Park, the Takoma Park
Citizens’ Association decided at a
meeting last night in the Takoma
Park Branch of the Washington
Public Library.
The matter was brought to the
attention of the meeting by Arthur
Gordon, chairman of the Police, Fire
and Public Safety Committee, who
stated that he had received several
complaints that this practice was
indulged in almost daily, creating
fears of danger to property.
Ask Wilson College Funds.
Mrs. Mary Lamond White intro
duced a resolution favoring reten
tion in the 1041 school budget of
funds for starting the construction
of the Wilson Teachers’ College at
Fourteenth and Upshur streets, NW.
Following a report of Miss Grace B.
Holmes, chairman of the School
Committee, on the advantages now
being open to girls 16 and over de
siring to take the vocational courses
at the Dennison school, the associa
tion adopted a resolution expressing
appreciation to the Board of Edu
cation for opening this school and
making available the intensive
course at this time.
Claiming that the supporting walls
of the underpasses at Aspen and
Van Buren streets obstruct the
sight of motorists,* L. R. Grabill.
vice chairman of the Streets and
Lights Committee, urged that the
matter be taken up with District
officials. Approval also was given
for the construction of a cement
sidewalk on the west side of Fifth
street between Tuckerman and Van
Buren streets N.W. in connection
with the completion of the new
Calvin Coolidge High -School at
Fifth and Sheridan streets. He re
ported that condemnation proceed
ings would be filed in the District
courts shortly for the widening of
Eastern avenue between Whittier
street and Sligo Mill road.
John Walker of the association’s
Public Utilities Committee urged
members to attend the public hear
ing on October 30 at the District
Building, when the Public Utilities
Commission is to consider the
petition of the Capital Transit Co.
to abandon the trolley service on
Butternut street between Georgia
avenue and the terminus at Fourth
and Cedar streets in Takoma Park.
Opposition was expressed to a re
turn of any type of “shuttle” serv
ice on this branch of the system.
A “loop” with the new streamline
type cars will be advocated at the
hearing.
Elected members of the association
were: Honorary, Maj. C. Leonard
Boyer, Hardin C. Waters; active,
L. R. Cannon, Franklin J. Caulk,
George W. Chase, Frank A. Coffin,
Leslie W. Liddy, C. H. Glasson, G.
Albert Scott, John B. Simpson, L. F.
Slabaugh and Egbert H. Walker.
President Reed F. Martin an
nounced the following committee
chairman appointments: Health
and sanitation, Dr. William A.
Hooker; hospitality, Mrs. William
A. Hooker; laws and legislation,
Walter Irey; membership, Mrs.
White; schools. Miss Holmes; streets
and lights, Burt W. Andrews; police,
fire and public safety, Arthur F.
Gordon; publicity, John W. Coff
man, sr.; public utilities, Dr. Guy
Clinton; public welfare, Miss Mary
Belle Nicol; taxation, David T.
Blose; zoning, John T. Walker; his
torical and memorial, Dr. Hooker;
development of Eastern avenue,
Mr. Grabill.
4 Destroyers Launched
Without Champagne
By the Associated Presi.
BOSTON, Oct. 21—Pour new de
stroyers were launched at the Boston
Navy Yard yesterday without the
traditional smashing of bottled
champagne across their prows—a
lack of ceremony regarded by some
observers as reflecting the tense
international situation.
Only naval officers and civilian
employes of the yard witnessed the
launching, which consisted simply of
admitting water to the huge dry
dock where the vessels were built.
The destroyers bore the names of
men who proved themselves heroes
or otherwise brought renown to the
Navy—O’Brien, Walke, Lansdale and
Madison.
The O’Brien honors five men,
Capt. Jeremiah O’Brien and his four
brothers, credited with the first cap
ture of an enemy ship by the Amer
ican Nation.
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