Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26

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a surprise gift radio: Mrs. vita Huston.
81, Of Eldorado, Tex, returning from
Christmas shopping; M. 3. Morrison
and =. O. Rowden Of Dallas, Thomas
Davenport, retired farmer Of Wichita
Falls, Tex, who died after being struck
by q hit-and-run driver.
Bedford Thrasher Of Honey Grove,
Tex, was killed and his brother, Ernest,
injured in an automobile accident near
Ozwakie, KanS., died before he reached
q hospital after his car left the road
on q curve north Of Topeka, Kans.
Kramer was the son Of Ray Kramer,
packing house executive, found MUIR
dered on q highway last Spring. Robert
Westbrook, SIS, died in the crash Of his
car against q tree IN Oklahoma City.
James E. Haine, 80, of Savannah, Ca,
suffered two broken legs and fractured
skull when struck by an automobile at
Laredo, Tex.
Three Killed by Train.
Rev. Lee HILL 80; Shelby Willis. %,
and Polk Smith, all of Ada, Okla, were
killed when their autonobtle was ssruck
by a Frisco train.
Poison liquor killed 10 persons, inelud-
ing a woman, and sent othefs 10 hos
pitfalls in serious condition IN New York.
Among those gravely III Is Q 16-year-old
boy.
all sections Of the city. Ambulance calls
came in rapid succession. The woman,
Mrs. Lene German, IS. and homeless,
was found dead In . vacant lot. The
boy, Thomas Tracy Of the Bronx, was
found helpless In downtown subway
station. Mrs. Mary Brennan, 30, was
found downtown suffering from Acuts
alcoholism.
Some died In the Bronx, some n
Brooklyn and some ON Long Island.
The lower East Side, as usual, bore the
brunt of the casualties. Five victims
were unidentified.
Unof6cially. it was reported that
streams of poorest grade gin and whisky
flooded the city to be consumed as drink
offerings 10 the spirit Of Christmas.
-Four children died in Massachusetts
on Christmas eve and an automobile
driver was fatally injured In Maine.
Children Burn to Death.
In New Bedford Justina Solomon, 5,
and her little sistefs-Mary, /, and NIL
dred, months-were burned to death
in their home while their unemployed
father and mother were out searching
for money to build . happy Christ
mas on.
Two boy coasters were involved In
accidents in Boston. Charles Hawkes., q.
drowned In the Charles River after his
sled went through the Ice, and Max
Weiss, also. ., out with his new sled
for Christmas coast, eollided with an
automobile and received critical internal
injuries He may recover.
Ernest j. Eagen. 81, Of Westbrook,
Me. died in an automobile accident at
Gorham Me, in which eight others were
injured. two of them seriously.
Twenty-fot1r Dixie families replaced
holly wreaths with crepe. Untold other
families had their hope Of a joyful
Christmas dashed by fireworks accidents
and under the wheels of automobiles.
Autos took q toll Of 81 Of the "a per-
sons killed. Fire was responsible for
one death and accidental discharge Of
shotgunS the two other fatalities.
Tennessee with sever automobile &c
cidentS led the other Southern States.
Kentucky and Mississippi each reported
three fatalities, with North Carolina
Arkansas and Florida running close with
two each and one each from Louisiana
and South Carolina.
Boy Is Shotgun victim.
Raymond Gideon, 16, was accidental
~ killed at Pensacola, Fla, when q
shotgun was discharged as he unloaded
q wagon filed with holiday decoration
greenery. Glover Braswell, young man
Of Monticello, Fla, was accidentally
killed when his shotgun discharged as
he picked 1t up to start on Q hunting
trip.
Mrs. Antonio Rodriguez died at Birni-
ingham from injuries received when her
dress caught fire.
Holiday motoring accidents accounted
for IL deaths In California. A poison
liquor fatality and another death by
suffocation from a motor car exhaust
brought the toll Of lives lost to -.
The victims:
Navor villa, eS, Beividere, poison
liquor; John H. Myers, 81, OF Los
Angeles, suffocation from car exhaust:
M. Newhard, 10, Cotton, automobile
collision; @. H. Dunlop, 25, Burbank,
automobile collision; susan Moots, rs,
Los Angeles, run down by automibile;
Benjamin r. wilkinson, 65, colored, LoS
Angeles, hit by automobile; Sarah Olaf
tenberg, 19, Los Angeles, struck by auto-
mobile; Charles s. Frank, rs, Los
Angeles, hit by automobile; Celia Binder,
IL, Los Angeles, run down by autonio=
bile; w. s. Marsh, Pomona, hit by auto
mobile; Julian Mesa, IS, Glendale, AriS.,
automobile collision; Antonio Cardillo,
40, Scottsda1e, Ariz., automobile col
lision; Alfred Smith, 81, Oakland, hit