Evening star., 1939-12-29

Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., and
his wife were injured early today
when their sedan smashed into the
rear of a truck stalled on an ice
coated mountain highway near
Paris, Va.
The Presidents son and daughter
in-law were rushed to the VIM
chester (Va) Memorial Hospital,
where they were treated for minor
injuries and head lacerations.
They left the hospital early this
afternoon to return to Washington
in a White House car in which
young Roosevelt's mother had gone
to Winchester when she learned of
the accident.
State Trooper E. P. Landers, in
vestigating the accident. said Mrs.
Roosevelt, the former Ethel du Pont.
appeared the more seriously hurt,
but that both victims we're severely
cut by glass from the shattered
windshield of their car.
The officer said the crash oc-
Cured about 4:40 O'Clock near the
crest of a mountain approximately
three-fourths of a mile from the
Shenandoah River Bridge on U. S.
Route so.
Attended Benefit Party.
The Roosevelts were returning to
Washington after attending Fin
nish-Polish benefit party at Scaleby,
the estate near Boyce, Va. of Ken
meth N. Gilpin, member of the State
Highway Commission and well
known in Virginia society.
State Trooper Landers said the
truck was stalled on the highway,
on the right side, and young Roose-
welt apparently saw it too late to
stop on the slippery pavement or
to swerve to the left.
The motor of the Roosevelt car,
Trooper Landers said, was driven
by the force of the impact under
neatn the rear of the truck, a
large 10-wheel transport owned by
the National Fruit Products Co. of
Winchester. The hood of the Sc
dan smashed through the wind
shield, the officer reported, adding
that wrecker had to tug several
times" before the vehicles were un-
tangled.
Photographers who went to a
Winchester garage to take pictures
of the wrecked Roosevelt sedan
were denied the privilege by the
proprietor, Harry w. Ebert, who
explained that Secret Service agents
accompanying Mrs. Roosevelt to
Winchester had directed him not
to permit photographing of the car.
The driver of the truck, Lester
Franklin Seal, 80, of Winchester,
told Trooper Landers his lights were
on at the time of the crash. Dam
age to the truck was negligible.
Gets Motorist to Give Aid.
Seal, who was released in custody
of his employer pending completion
of the investigation of the crash,
stopped the driver of a small de-
livery truck which happened on the
scene before police arrived, and he
took the Roosevelts to the hospital
Il was told," Landers said, Mrs
Roosevelt lost consciousness for
few moments Immediately after the
crash"
Young Roosevelt called Rear Ad-
miral Ross T. McIntire, White House
physician, from the hospital and DR..
McIntire Immediately notified the
family. Mrs. Roosevelt left at once
and arrived shortly after o'clock.
The Roosevelts had gone to Boyce
yesterday for the Gilpin party after
spending Christmas at the White
House. They left their infant son,
Franklin Roosevelt, III, here with
the other Roosevelt grandchildren.
Make Home in Charlottesville.
Franklin, jr, Is, and his wife, "a,
make their home in Charlottesville,
Va, where he is law student at the
University of Virginia.
DR.. McIntire talked by telephone
with DIP. Robert F. Cline of the
hospital, and later recommended
that a Navy physician here-Dr.
Morton D. Willcutts-go to Win
chester. DR.. Willcutts performed
an appendectomy on the injured
Mrs. Roosevelt more than year ago.
DR.. Cline said Mrs. Roosevelt re-
ceived a lacerated forehead and
right ear, scratches and abrasions.
Franklin, jr, he said, received cuts
on his forehead and right arm, a
small laceration on his upper left
arm and scratches and bruises.
DR.. Cline said Franklin, jr., and
his wife each had the same front