Evening star., 1934-12-24
TRAFFIC DEATHS
HERE RISE TO 128;
z MORE INJURED
Walter C. Williams Fatally
Injured-PoIice Seek
Safety Measures.
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS
TO BE TAKEN TONIGHT
Signals Will Be Kept in Operation
at Street intersections for
"a Hours.

E4 uOuTS.
Another death yesterday afternoon
raised to 1913 the number Of trafi1c
fatalities here this year, SURPRISING
the previous high record for a H.
month period by S, as traffic ofhcials
and police joined in precautionary
measures to prevent additional acci-
dents.
The latest victim. Walter c. VIII
liams, IS, died in Emergency Hospi-
tails from injuries received Saturday
night when struck by an automobile
operated by James H. Mcnamara Of
Mount Rainier, Md, at Thirteenth
and X streets. An inquest was to be
held at the District Morgue today.
Mcnamara had been held for appear
ance at the inquest, although freed
for the time being. Police said Will
liams lived at an address in the 500
block of Kennedy street.
Twelve other persons were injured
in traffic accidents here in the last
"a hours, several Of them seriously,
as members of the special flying
squadron" of motor cycle police from
the Traffic Bureau continued their
campaign against speeders. Only "a
arrests were made for speeding, how
ever, from am. yesterday to 8 am.
today, as motorists seemed to exercise
greater care.
Lights to Be On All Night.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer ordered the operation of traf-
fic lights throughout the city tonight,
Christmas night, New Year eve and
New Year night. as further precau-
tionary measure.
Irma Ladensky, II, 4433 Ninth
street, received head injuries today
when struck by an automobile at
Fourteenth and Harvard streets. She
was taken to Garfield Hospital by
John Strother, TOO block of Lamont
street, who police say was driving the
machine.
Edward w. Lewis, jr., 7, suffered
severe cuts and bruises yesterday when
the automobile being driven by his
father, Edward w. Lewis of Takoma
Park, Md, was struck by hit-ano-
run driver at Thirteenth and T
streets. The other automobile later
was abandoned nearby, and police be-
gan search for its driver The boy
was treated at Children's Hospital.
Woman, 60, Injured.
Miss Blanche L. Teel, 60, 220O
Nineteenth street, was injured when
struck at Connecticut avenue and
Calvert street by an automobile op-
Grated by Mrs. William F. Ham, $500
block Of Woodley place, wife of the
chairman of the board of the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. She was
treated at Emergency Hospital for an
ankle fracture and X-rays were to
be taken to determine whether she
received additional fractures to the
nose and legs. Mrs. Ham was not
held.
Donald w. Wooster, 10, of the 3700
block of Sixteenth street, was arrested
by police of No. precinct on a
charge of reckless driving and released
on collateral after the automobile he
was driving had collided with another
machine on Upper Sixteenth street,
injurying a couple riding with him.
The injured, w. j. Dixon, as, and
his wife, Mrs. Esther Dixon, 81, Of
Silver Spring, Nd, were treated at
Garfield Hospital for cuts and bruises.
bruises
Maryland Residents Hurt.
Margaret P. Hough, 80, Of Bethesda,
Md, and Louise T. Rogers Of Silver
Spring, Md, received cuts and
bruises when the automobile in which
they were riding collided with an
other machine at Delaware and Vir-
ginia avenues southwest. Neither
driver was held.
Three girls were slightly hurt last
night when the automobile in which
they were riding got out of control
on Blagden avenue in Rock Creek
Park, near Bach drive, and went over
q 10-foot embankment into the creek,
after striking a tree.
The injured were Melva Gladney,
1000 block Of Sixteenth street, who
park police say was driving; Beverly
Compstock, 16, Of 2138 California
street, and Mary Langley, is, Of 1873
California street. AL suffered bruises
and shock.
Others injured were:
Billy Butler, 10, sol e street
northeast, who received head in
juries late yesterday when struck by
an automobile near his home, and
Max Hellinger, &c, of 1916 N street,
who suffered bruises when struck by
an automobile near his home.
The boy was taken to Casualty Hos
pital, where his condition was. re-
ported undetermined John r. Lafoe,
80, Of the 140O block of Trinidad ave-
nue. northeast, driver of the car which
struck him, was not held.
Hellinger was treated at George
town Hospital. His condition Is not
believed to be serious.
lie Roy Mark, head Of Radio Sta
ton VOL, has offered to broadcast
Traffic Court proceedings, and judges
at Police Court were expected to con-
slider the proposal today. The pub
licity given, it was felt in some quar-
ters, might cause motorists to drive
more carefully.
Is in Traffic Court.
Eighteen persons were brought be-
fore Judge John P. Mcmahon in
Traffic Court this morning within an
hour after the court opened at $50
O'Clock. Fines imposed on the Of
tenders totaled SITS. Only one
pleaded not guilty.
John s. Wilder, jr., %, of 1894 Belt
road, demanded a jury trial after a
hearing on a charge of leaving the
scene Of an accident Saturday night
without giving his name. Alfredo
Galino, SO, and his wife Maye, 26, of
2643 Woodward place, were hurt in
the accident. police said.
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