Evening star., 1939-07-05
Fireworks Hurt
70 and 2Die
In Traffic
Milk Truck Driver
And Motor CyeIist
Are Victims

traffic toll to 43, as compared with
40 at the same time last year Fire
works caused nearly score of acci-
dents here yesterday, but only one
serious injury
The local traffic victim was Leo B..
Hogan, %, of 925 Kennedy street
NV, driver of a Chestnut Farms
Dairy truck. He was hurled to the
street at Louisiana avenue and First
street NV. about 2:30 am. in a COL
lsion with an automobile
Mr.. Hogan was pronounced dead
on arrival at Casualty Hospital. The
automobile was operated by Howard
0. Dodson, colored, 20, of 934 o
street NV, who was held for action
of the coroner's jury.
The truck was going east on
Louisiana avenue and the automo-
bile south on First street.
The only known relative of the
victim. police reported. is his mother,
Mrs. Mollie Hogan, a postmistress
of Dublin, Ireland.
Motor Cyclist Is Killed.
A 25-year-old motor cyclist, par
TALLY identified as James Schroyer,
25, OF Washington. was killed almost
instantly early this morning few
miles west of Hagerstown. His ma
chine struck telegraph pole.
Ethel Repp, Is, of Clearspring,
Md, who was riding tandem on the
machine, suffered cuts and bruises.
She was taken to Washington
County Hospital
Officers said that Mr.. Schroyer
apparently started to turn into an
abandoned road and swerved sharp
ly back toward the highway, upon
discovering his mistake, without
seeing the telegraph pole
Four persons were slightly injured
yesterday Afternoon in collision be-
tween two automobiles under the
klingle Street Bridge.
They were Elizabeth Mcclellan of
Bradbury Heights, Md, possible
fracture of the right leg; Lillian
Ashley, 25, of Walter Reed Hospital,
bruises to leg; Frances Ashley, 30,
OF Richmond, Va, bruises to face:
May Mcclellan. 4, of Bradbury
Heights, bruises to face. All were
treated at Georgetown Hospital.
Their car was operated by Robert
M. Mcclellan of Bradbury Heights.
while the other machine was driven
by Gordon G. Hood, "a, of Colds
boro, N. c.
Truck Rolls Over Man.
John Irving Jackson, At, of Nor
1olK, Va. was seriously injured yes
terday afternoon when a truck,
which had been checked beneath
the wheels to hold it, broke free
and rolled over him. He is under
treatment at Emergency Hospital
Tor fractures of the ankle and foot,
a possible fracture Of the pelvis anG
lnterna. injuries. The accident oc-
Cured in the 1000 block of Seventh
street NV.
Kenneth D. Harrison, %, of Ed
monstOn Md, was treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital for head injuries re-
celved in an automobile accident at
Queens Chapel and Bladensburg
roads.
Florence M. Collins. 60, of 448
Irving street NV. suffered cuts and
bruises yesterday afternoon when
hit by car at Seventh street and
pennsylvania avenue NV.
Annie Marinoff, also go. of 4427
Ninth street NV, received similar
injuries in an automobile collision
on Madison drive at Twelfth street
NV, police reported.
Two policemen were under treat
ment at Casualty Hospital today for
multiple cuts and bruises received
when they were attacked by a gang
of 20 colored youths after one of the
officers sought to recover a Fourth of
July sparkler snatched from his
young son.
Three Youths Seized.
Policeman Edward G.. Commin-
gore, AZ, attached to the Traffic Bu-
reau, was called from his home while
OH duty by his son, who pointed out
the youth said to have taken his
sparkler. Commingore. he reported,
was attacked by several youths, and
Policeman E. j. Matney of No. 13
precinct, Who was visiting in his
home, came to his aid Both officers
were badly pummelled by a gang.
The crowd was dispersed by ar
rival of uniformed police and three
persons were arrested The trio, 26,
% and IA years old, were held today
Tor investigation.
Almost a score of persons were
treated at local hospitals yesterday
and last night for burns received
from fireworks. Some of them were
celebrants and others merely by
ISLANDERS.
Perhaps the most seriously injured
was Louis Briggs of Mount Rainier.
Md, whose abdomen was badly
lacerated when a firecracker he had
placed under tin can flew back
and hit him. He was brought to a
local hospital. Those treated in
cluded
List of Those Treated.
Kenneth Armstrong, 80, 1921 Por-
ter street NV, burned about both
legs, Emergency Hospital.
Isabelle Reiber, 8, of 903 M street
NV, burns to the left hand, Emer-
gency Hospital.
Jimmie Martin, IL, 225 R street
NE, burned right hand, Sibley Hos
pital.
Lillian Thompson, 60, of asa H
street S.W., burned on the neck,
Casualty Hospital.
John Hunt, 9, of 213 D street
NV, burned forehead, Casualty
Hospital
David John Taylor, jr., II, 826
Ninth street NV, burned right
hand, Emergency Hospital.
Kenneth Gentry, jr., 7, of 622
Tenth street SW., burned on both
legs, Emergency Hospital. y
Charles Koeber, Is, 903 Sixth
street S.W., a portion of the middle
finger of left hand blown off, Provi-
dence Hospital.
Marguerite Cabading, colored, 80,
L. IL