Evening star., 1939-10-04

Miss Katherine Kreamer, %, Of
1923 Trinidad avenue NE, died this
morning in st. Agnes Hospital, Bal
timore, Md, of injuries received
about am. in a traffic accident on
the Baltimore Washington boule-
ward.
She was the second Washing
tonian to receive fatal injuries dur
ing the night in accidents outside
the city. Vernon L. Dansberger, 47-
year-old printer, was killed while
walking in the 900 block of Columbia
pike, Arlington County, Va.
Miss Kreamer, according to Balti-
more police, was a passenger in an
automobile driven by James j. Darr,
81, 1856 Fifth street NE, and was
accompanied by her sister Frances.
The three were returning to
Washington from Baltimore when
the car left the boulevard near
Rolling road, just outside of Bal
timore. 1t struck a culvert and
turned over several times.
Victim Lives But Few Hours.
Miss Kreamer lived only a few
hours, having suffered a fractured
skull and internal injuries. The
others were treated at the hos
pital for minor hurts.
Mr.. Dansberger was the ninth
traffic victim of the year in Arling-
ton County, Va.
Police said an automobile driven
by John B. ODonnell, jr., %, of
1923 Michigan avenue NE, hit the
man, who died soon after he was
taken to Emergency Hospital by the
Clarendon Fire Rescue Squad.
Mr.. O'Donnell was released in the
custody of an Alexandria resident
pending an investigation into the
death OF Mr.. Dansberger, who lived
at the Ell Casa Hotel, 302 E street
NV.
Was On Way to See Son.
MIR. Dansberger was walking along
Columbia pike on his way to visit
his son, Luther Dansberger, who
lives at 1915 Courthouse road, Ar
hngton, when the accident occurred.
Mr.. Dansberger, widower, is sur
vlved by his father, George Dams
berger, a merchant in Frederick.
Md, where he lived until coming to
washington nearly 10 years ago;
tour sons, Luther, Harold and Ver-
non Dansberger, all of Arlington.
and Paul Dansberger of Columbia.
Va, and two daughters, Miss Gloria
Dansberger of Arlington and Miss
Freida Dansberger of Columbia.
In another Arlington County ac-
cldent last night Howard F. Yantis.
10, OF IL East Custis avenue, Alex
andr1a, escaped with minor hurts
when an automobile he was driving
was IN collision at Pershing drive
and Lee boulevard with a car oper-
ated by Linus L. Strock. Sc. 800
block OF North Glebe road, Arline-
ton. The youth was treated by a
private physician.
Car Hits Culvert.
Two motorists were injured earlv
today when an automobile in which
they were riding ran off Conduit
road near Cabin John Bridge,
plunged into deep ditch and
struck culvert.
Raphael Vaughn, 81, of Port Ar
thur, Tex, suffered possible frac-
lures OF several ribs and cuts about
the face, and Stephen j. Lenart, 10,
OF Carteret, N. j., said by Mont
gomery County police to be the
driver, was cut about the arms and
hands. Both were treated at
Georgetown Hospital.
The owner OF the machine.
Charles Takacs, 20, of Carteret,
N. j., was uninjured.
Van Duzer Issues Warning.
Meanwhile, District Traffic Direc-
tor William A. Van Duzer warned
motorists it might be necessary to
deprive drivers of cars involved in
accidents of their driving privi-
leges until thorough police investi-
cations have been made.
Pointing out that more accidents
were reported in the District Sun
day than ever before in one day, Mr..
Van Duzer said drastic tightening
OF regulations might be necessary
to impress on motorists the serious
ness OF the accident problem.
He suggested that the police in
quiry into accidents include not
only the cause of the accident itself
but the past records of the drivers
involved. BY the permit suspension
method, he pointed out, authorities
would be able to weed out drivers
with bad accident records and bar
them indefinitely from the streets.
A coroner's jury yesterday held q
50-year-old unemployed carpenter
for the action of Police Court under
the Negligent Homicide Act in con-
nection with the traffic death of q
pedestrian Sunday.
The carpenter, John j. Niehenke
OF "a Carroll avenue, Takoma Park.
Nd, was the driver of the car
which fatally injured Herbert D.
Owen, 81. of 514 Quackenbos street
NV. The victim died at Emer.
gency Hospital shortly after he was
struck at Fifth and Quackenbos
streets NV.
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