Evening star., 1936-08-19
AUTOCRASHFATAL
TO MRS. KAUF MAN
Mother of Chief of Emer-
gency Staff Dies in
Hospital.

Mrs. Hannah Kaufman, 10, m0tner
Of DR.. Harry Kaufman. chief Of the
Emergency Hospital medical staff, and
sister of D. j. Kaufman, retired mer-
chant, was fatally injured late yes
terday in a three-car collision on the
Baltimore boulevard near College
Park Md
Another Washingtonian to die in
a highway accident late yesterday was
Thomas L. Dyer, AZ, of 648 Newton
place, a street car conductor, who,
the Associated Press reported, was
killed near Dalton, Ga.
Mrs. kaufman died in Emergency
Hospital three hours after the Balti-
more Boulevard smash-up. DR.. Kauf-
man. who is in Europe, was notified
today.
Mrs. Kaufman's daughter, Mrs.
Sol W. Bloom of Charleston, w. Va,
and Mr.. Bloom were slightly injured
in the crash. They were taken to
in the Prince Georges County rescue
squad ambulance.
Mrs. Kaufman's party, driving to-
ward Baltimore with Samuel Porter,
colored chauffeur at the wheel, was
in collision with a car driven by
Stanley Woicekouski, Fort George G..
Meade soldier. The Kaufman car
was knocked into one driven by Rich
ard E. Thomas of East Riverdale, Md.
Woicekouski and Porter, the latter
of 1920 Oregon avenue, were released
under $1,000 bond pending hearing
on technical charges of reckless driv-
ing.
Was Native Of Germany.
Mrs. Kaufman, a native of Ger
many, came to Baltimore when she
was months old A Washington
resident for many years, she had been
i'll and was taking her first trip to
her former home city in several
months.
Mrs. kaufman was the widow Of
Marx kaufman, Washington mer-
chant. Besides her brother, Mrs.
Bloom and DR.. Kaufman, she is sur
vived by another son, Milton Kauf-
man. with whom she had been living
at PALS Twentieth street. Joseph D.
(Radio Joe) kaufman, civic leader
and head of the D. ]. kaufman firm
is her nephew.
The deceased was member Of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
at Gawler's establishment, and burial
will be in Washington Hebrew Gene
terry.
Son Is Also Injured.
The fatal accident to Dyer also in
jured his wife and 13-month- son
Acquaintances here said Dyer, q
World War veteran, had received hi
bonus recently. spent part of it for {
vacation.
Dyer and his family were driving
with his sister-in-law, Mrs. John Dye
of Dalton. and her three children. Mrs
Thomas Dyer received rib fractures
but the others were not seriously hurt
Members of the party said the Dye
car grazed the bumper Of another
machine in passing, swerved ant
turned over.
Young Women Injured.
Four young women were injured
last night in a collision of two street
cars on Fourteenth street. Police
said car operated by Clarence
Greenvell, 20, of 48o1 Forty-f fifth
street, crashed into the rear of an
other, stopped at a loading platform
between G street and New York ave-
nue..
The following passengers in the
standing car were injured: Jeanette
Combs, %, of 127 E street; May An
derson, 20, of Hyattsville. Md;
Phylle Peyton, %, of 2o8 Kentucky
avenue southeast, and Mrs. Fred
Wells, 2l, of 1907 N street.
Four -year-old James Rogers, 314 z
street, was hit by an automobile yes
terday while crossing First street be-
tween D and E streets. He was
treated at Casualty Hospital fol-
bruises and brush burns. Police said
Herman r. Hunt, 58, Of Hyattsyille
was the driver.