Evening star., 1938-11-25
D. {. Records
Both Traffic
Death Of Year
Several Persons Are
Hurt in Crashes
On Icy Streets

Washington's 80th traffic fatality
of the year was recorded last night
while icy streets and poor visibility
accounted for dozens of minor ac-
cidents and a few serious injuries.
Oden A. Carrick, II, of 148 Twelfth
street Sc, the traffic victim, died in
Providence Hospital from injuries
received Saturday when an automo-
bile driven by Louis Brookes, ID, OF
Z Toledo, Ohio, struck him at Twelfth
and B streets Sc.
Ninety-two traffic deaths were
recorded for this time last year.
= Capt. Chester Wells of North
Chevy Chase, Md, Montgomery
1 County civic leader and president
!. of the District of Columbia Council,
Boy Scouts of America, was hurt
slightly when his automobile was in
collision with another machine on
the Lee Highway at Centerville, Va,
!. last night.
Woman and Husband Hurt.
Mrs. o. Glenn Stackhouse, 49, Of
Pittman, N. j., who was riding in
the other car, and her husband, So,
also suffered minor injuries and were
taken to Alexandria Hospital for
treatment.
Capt. Wells suffered cuts and
bruises and went home after receiv-
ing first aid treatment. His wife
and a daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Wells, were not hurt. They were
returning from vicit with another
daughter, Miss Christian Wells, a
student at Warrenton School, at
Warrenton, Va, when the crash
occurred.
Mrs. Faith Urdahl of the 1900
block of Forty-fourth street NV,
suffered slight neck injuries when
an automobile in which she was
riding struck from behind by another
car on Goldsborough road near
River road, in Montgomery County,
Md
The mishap occurred when Mr..
Urdahl alighted from his machine.
Clarence Gibbs, colored, of Cabin
John, Md, driver of the second car,
was charged with reckless driving
and driving without a permit.
Gibbs aunt, Emma kinSloW, was
cut about the face.
Auto and Trolley Collide.
Leonard Jameson, %, of 727 Thir-
teenth street Sc, suffered skull
injuries and John w. Jameson, 81,
of Suitland, Md, suffered conclusion
and lacerations to the head and
face when an auto driven by the
younger man collided with street
car at Seventeenth and Pennsylvania
Avenue Sc, last night. Both men
were admitted to Gallinger Hospital.
Injured in the right hip early
today when the taxicab in which she
was riding collided with Capital
Transit Co. snow plow, at Seventh
and H streets NV, Evelyn Rowe,
%, of TOO Massachusetts, avenue,
refused hospital treatment.
Maude White, IS, of 1925 Nine
teenth street NV, was in serious
condition at Emergency Hospital
from injuries received when she was
struck by an automobile while cross
ing the street in the 1700 block OF
Connecticut avenue yesterday after
noon. She suffered fractures OF
both legs, conclusion and scalp lacer-
ations
Woman Is Treated.
Ada Peacock, 46, of Alb Grant
street NE, was treated at Provi-
dencesHospital for injuries of the left
knee and decorations of the left ell
bow after she slipped on the ice at
Gault street near Minnesota ave-
nue. NE, and fell in the path of an
auto operated by John F. Cullaty
81, of 4054 Grant street NE.
An auto accident at Thirty-first
and M streets NV, sent Mrs. Car
oline Thompson, 35, of BIT M street
NV, and her son, Wesley, 7, to
Emergency Hospital, the mother
suffering multiple bruises to the left
hip and chest and the child suffer
ing broken collar bone.
Treated at Georgetown Hospital
last night for minor injuries were
Mabel Webley, 35. of Arlington, Va.
and Bill Young, colored, "a, of Balti-
more, Md.