Evening star., 1939-08-21


Four fatalities and more than a
score injured was the traffic toll in
Washington and nearby Virginia
and Maryland over the week end,
while the death of Brig. Gen. Calvin
B. Matthews, 60, of the U. S. Marine
Corps, as the result of an automobile
accident July 80, brought the Dis
trict death list to S.
One of the dead, Buster Reeves,
30, of Bristow, Va, was struck by a
hit-and-run driver on the road be-.
tween Manassas and Bristow. State
Policemen Woody and Adams ar
rived on the scene shortly after the
accident and after chase of a mile
and half arrested Philip Deris, 81,
OF Manassas. He was held in the
Prince William County Jail at
Y Manassas on a charge of leaving
after colliding.
Joseph Monroe, 35, of Crewe, Va,
died in Emergency Hospital yester-
day morning shortly after being
brought there by ambulance from
the Fauquier County Hospital at
Warrenton with a head injury, pos
sibly a fractured skull.
Inquest Will Be Held.
Robert L. Moser, owner of the
ambulance, said Mr.. Monroe, who
was employed on farm near War
renton. was brought to the hospital
by Kingstone Larabee, 20. Larabee
said Mr.. Monroe was lying in the
road when he was struck. by Lara
bees car between Warrenton and the
Larabee home on a farm three miles
west of Warrenton. No charge has
been placed against young Larabee
pending an inquest planned for to-
day or tomorrow.
Thrown from the car in anlcn he
was riding with friend, James w.
Gorham, 20. of Franconia, Va, was
killed instantly yesterday morning
on Highway No. miles south OF
Alexandria. The driver of the car,
Joseph Pearson, 20, of Franconia,
was charged with manslaughter and
released from the Fairfax County
Jail on $1,000 bond.
Deputy Sheriff B. A. Poole, who
Investigated the accident, said Mr..
Pearson's car struck the rear of an
other car going south on the high
way and operated by Pvt. Roy King
Of Fort Belvoir, who suffered minor
injuries and was treated at the post
hospital. No charge was placed
against Pvt. King.
One Dead, Five Hurt.
Charles H. Smallwood, 81, of Ken
sington, was fatally injured and
five others were hurt, one seriously,
in an accident last night on the
Viers Mill road near Wheaton, Md.
Mr.. Smallwood was in car driven
by Carlton Smallwood, 40. of 1916
Rosedale street NE, and was taken
to Washington Sanitarium, in Ia
koma Park, Md, where he died last
night.
In the same car were Junior
Stevens, II, of Kensngton, who
suffered severe lacerations on the
throat. He was also taken to the
sanitarium with his mother, Mrs.
Iva Stevens, 38. of Kensington, and
Mrs. Virginia Smallwood, 38, wife
of the driver, both of whom re-
ceived internal injuries. Carlton
> raNRaad vas not injured.
The driver Of the other car, Louis
Sherman, 27, of tSa> Cavalier Hotel,
likewise escaped INJURY but his
brother, Scion Sherman, 25, was
treated at Walter Reed Hospital
for a leg injury and his mother,
Mrs. Rebecca Sherman, suffefed
from shock and cuts and bruiSes.
She was treated by a private physi-
clan.
When their car struck a culvert
on the River road near Bladensburg,
Nd, yesterday morning, four youths
we're injured, two of them seriously
according to attendants at Casualty
Hospital. The driver, Allen Hill, 2l,
of 919 Shepherd street NV, and
William Sharkey, 10, of 812 Van
Buren street NV, suffered severe
cuts on the head and body and were
admitted to the hospital. Their
companions, Kenneth McConkey, ID,
of 1873 Otis place NV, and Raymond
Gosweiler, 16, of 928 Quincy street
NV, were released after first-aid
treatment.
Emmett S. Mast, 3S, of the United
States park police, was treated in
Emergency Hospital yesterday for
leg injury suffered when his car
overturned on Highway No. 21l
about 10 miles south of Warrenton.
He swerved his car to avoid COL
lision with another, according to
police. His wife, Bernice, 38, and
three children, ranging from 2 to
IL years of age, received cuts and
bruises and were treated at Fau-
Quier County Hospital.
Three Women Injured.
. Three women injured in an acci-
dent on the Lee Highway near Fair
fax County Court House yester-
day were taken to Sibley Hospital.
Betty Dellinger, "a, of 1909 H street
NE, was later released, but Marga-
ret Essex, SO, of 1923 Benning road
NE, who suffered head and back
injuries, and Margaret M. Knight,
90, of the same address, who re-
ceived injuries to ner chest, were
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