THE MIC H IGAN DAILY High Accident Rate Is Observed Despite Protected Intersections By RICHARD HARMEL Officer Camp declared. The. police Ann Arbor police authorities are department is willing to oblige, but it confronted with a paradoxical situa- is unable to do so for two reasons: tion in regard to traffic lights, cau- First, the department is not so tion signals and stop signs for the sure that such action would be in city streets, according to Officer the interests of safety since pro- George Camp, head of the Division tected streets have by far the greater of Drivers' Licenses and Records. proportion of accidents. Second, they More automobile accidents occur at cannot install any safety device intersections protected by the afore-, without first being requested to do mentioned devices than at the inter- so by the Common Council. All sections without them, complaints, accordingly, must be sent Statistics gathered by his depart- to the Common Council. The police ment show that the corner of Main department merely executes the and Huron Streets which is protect- Common Council's decree. ed by a traffic light 18 hours a day The police department has not has had 16 accidents already this been inactive in attempting to cut year, involving property damage down on accidents, according to and individual injury. Officer Camp. It has been con- Too many accidents can be at- stantly campaigning for safer driv- tributed to the ignorance of many ing, and through its efforts, hopes drivers in regard to that particular to make the need for such safety light, and their subsequent unknow- devices unnecessary. ing disregard of it, Officer Camp ex- an plained. Other drivers, conscious a., that the light is with them and 13 '"l 74 t Ii "g ax that they have the right of way, do re not slacken their speed when they reach the intersection. The com- From Fam y bination of these two factors means Fa il trouble. Division and Huron Streets, Divi- O f slctans sion and Liberty Streets, Division and Washington Streets are all unprotec- John Barbirolli, noted conductor of nls ted by safety devices, Officer Camp the New York Philharmonic-Sym- pointed out.. Since Jan. 1 these in- phony Orchestra which comes to tersections have had a total of 15 Ann Arbor for its first appearance s in accidents because drivers, both sure here Monday, Nov. 27, in Hill Audi- shes, that the other would stop, failed torium, has a combination British, to: to slacken their speeds. rench and Italian background. 0. If Agitation has been going on some Brnn n lanBackround. orm, time for the installation of safety Born in England, Barbiroili's fath- l be devices at such corners, even if they er was Italian, his mother French. On nant are nothing else than stop signs, his father's side there had been mu- em in_ _sicians as far back as the family could remember, and both his father and rad- , 1 . grandfather had been members'of Student Senate the orchestra at the first performance Appoints"of Verdi's "Otelo." e to roA Aets He took up the cello as a child and, iton I',at the age of 11, made his first pub- icer- " lic appearance at the Queen's Hall, o .01'm m 1tes playing the Saint-Saens Concerto for- with orchestra. eo inAfter the war he turned to the OTC' Paul Robertson Announces baton and made several brilliant suc- New Organization Heads; cesses in Europe, until he left two azears ago to join the Philharmonic. Will Plan Peace Parley Barbirolli was married last sum- mer in England. His wife was, be- Working committees for the corn- fore her marriage, a well-known oboe ing year have been appointed by the player and, at one time, was a mem- Student Senate's Ways and Means ber of her conductor-husband's Co- Committee, Paul Robertson, '40E, vent Garden and Scottish Orchestras. president, announced yesterday. She is a descendant of Charles Reade, Eight committees were named, in- Cauthor of "The Cloister and the cluding: the Peace Committee, Rob- Hearth." ert Reed, '42, chairman; Elliott Mar- aniss, '40; Hugo Reichard, Grad.- ntS Ann Vicary, '40; and Daniel Robert -2 son, '40. The Peace Committee will D I 1820 0 ins work at present on a Fall Peace Par- ley. For Delivery of The Orientation Committe: Jack ;ist, Grady, '41, chairman; Roy Fair- BEER, ALES, WINES, lamb, '42, and Charles Hendricks, CHAMPAGNES 'ar- '41. The Bookstore Committee: Ava James Kehoe, '41E; Daniel Robert- it a son, '40; and Jack Callouette, '40E. Chips, Pop Corn, Pretzels aor- Education Commitee, Harold Oster- I weil, '41, chairman; Betty Shaw, '41, rder and Richard Steudel, '41. r The Financial Committee includes: iral Martin Dworkis, '40, chairman; Dan- ody iel Huyett, '42, Abraham Goodmau, 'B er V.l il Irles '41, and Clarence Sahlin, '41. Ther said Housing Committee: Roger Kelley, 303 North Fifth Ave. '42, chairman; Blaz Lucas, '41; Carl will Petersen, '40; Arnold White, '41, and DRIVE IN SERVICE ur- John Zubon, '40Ed. )1s," Rights and Welfare Committee: de Cas Soka, chairman; Ann Vicary, ug- '40; Annabell Hill, '41; and Sam he- grant, '40. Student Labor Commit- ra-tee: William Webb, '40, chairman Dist Charles Ross, '41; William Canfield' the and Fred Tyler, '40.f tr e an:rd Ty e , ' 0 " Student Fellowship d To Entertain Today Grouch trad are .ge- A large group is expected to meet and for the scavenger hunt which is be- ea ing given by the Congregational Stu- e1^ fun iei- dent Fellowship at 8:30 p.m. today ch's at the church., Tan After the hunt the crowd will re- ase- turn to the church, where they will be entertained with dancing, games, K and refreshments. ah, General Motors Convicted ion, SOUTH BEND, Nov. 17.- (AP) - et- General Motors Corporation and Ln- three affiliates convicted with it of eph violating the Anti-Trust Act were ah, fined $5,000 each today by Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley 1 A1 -- SAITARY ! s. ri 1 W, if. if .