Evening star., 1939-04-17
Two Are Killed
In Crashes on
Slippery Roads
Dozen Others Hurt
In Capital and
Nearby Accidents

Nearby Accidents
Two persons we're killed and q
dozen others were injured in traf-
f1c accidents over the week end as
streets and roads in Washington
and nearby areas were made Slip.
perry by rain.
George R. Bateman, 80. of Balti-
more was killed last night when an
auto in which he was passenger
overturned on the Jessups-Fort
Meade (Md) road. State police said
Mr.. Bateman's body was pinned be-
meath the car for three hours be-
fore 1t could be extricated. Police
said the car was driven by the VIC
tlm's brother, William Bateman.
Another Maryland man, Elwood
Hart, 25, of Piscataway, Md. died at
Providence Hospital Saturday night,
apparently the victim of hit-and-
run driver. Two men told police
they found him unconscious at a
store short distance from his home
A. Three-Car Smashup.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Kirk of
l'oo Ohle street, Arlington. Va, re-
celVed laceratlons and bruises when
their automobile was involved in
three-car smashup on Lee High.
way at Fort Myer drive in Arlington
TINS morning. They were treated
at Emergency Hospital and allowed
to return home.
Arlington County police said Mr.,
Kinks car was in collision with a
car coming in the opposite direction
ana driven by John E. Chives of
1919 TWenty-fifth street NV. A
tnlrd car, operated, according to
police, by James Owens. 2l9 U street
NV, crashed into the other two.
Neither Mr.. Chives nor Mr.. Owens
was injured.
A collision at $40 am. TODAY at
Thirteenth and Girard streets NV.
resulted in the injury of Isaac w.
Barnett, %, of 6l5 Fifteenth street
NE. and Robert l.. Ritenour, 25, of
AZ M street NV.
Drivers Leg Is Broken.
Police at No. 10 precinct station
said that Mr.. Barnett. driver of a
car proceeding east on Girard street,
and car driven by Clayton Pittig-
lilo, %, of 1888 Randolph street NV,
who was going south on Thirteenth
| street, colllded at the intersection,
| The impact of the collision threw
| Mr.. Barnett's car into a light post,
swapping it off. Mr.. Barnett was
treated at Emergency Hospital for a
broken right leg and lacerations, and
Mr.. Rltenour, passenger in the
same car, was treated for lacerations
OF the head. Mr.. Pittiglio and Fran
els Lechlider, passenger in his car,
were not injured.
Policeman Harold L. Walters, 81,
attached to No. precinct. was in
jured about $50 o'clock last night
when his motor cycle collided with
an automobile police said was driven
by Rhees E. Burket. 80. of Silver
Spring. Md. Mr.. Burket was charged
with speeding and failing to yield
the right of way to police vehicle,
as Mr.. Walters attempted to pass
the auto at Georgia avenue and
Piney Branch road NV. Mr.. Walters
received sprained ankle and brush
burns and was taken home.
Eugene OBrien, %, of the 900
block of Independence avenue S.W.,
was treated at Casualty Hospital
yesterday for lacerations of the
shoulder received when his car
skidded and hit a telegraph pole
on Naylor road, near the District
line.
Miss Thelma Green, %, Of 1945
Calvert street NV was treated at
| Casualty Hospital for contusions re-
ceived when the cab in which she
was passenger was in collision at
Thirty-ffth street and Benning
road NE. with car driven by
Frederick F. Vance OF Hyattsville,
Md. The cab was operated by Rem
bert F. Wilson, 80, of 3629 Thirteenth
street NV.
Edward Madison, colored, As, Of
the Mid-City Hotel received a bro
ken left shoulder and brush burns
when he was struck by a car yes
terday He was taken to Freedmen's
Hospital in serious condition.
Police said the car was operated by
Roy Carter, colored. 81, of 1924 w
street NV. who struck Madison as
he turned off r street into Rhode
Island avenue NV.
Pedestrian Is Injured.
Another pedestrian. Mrs. Alma
Daniels, 43. of Brooklyn. N. Y. was
car which. police said. was operated
by John G. Yevick, 25. as she
crossed New York avenue NV. in
the 1900 block yesterday. Mrs.
Daniels was treated at Emergency
Hospital for a broken left ankle.
Louis Lowry. 38. of Maine avenue
and l. street SW.. was treated at
Emergency Hospital Saturday night
for lacerations of the side received
when he was struck by a truck as
he crossed the street in front of his
home. Police said the truck was
operated by Bernard Brooks, COL
ored, 2l, of the 1900 block of North
Capitol street.
Robert Elms, colored, 26. of the
400 block of Third street SW., was
treated at Providence Hospital for
a back injury, received when the
car in which he was a passenger
skidded into steel support on the
Highway Bridge yesterday morning.
Richard Clark. colored 80, who police
said was the driver of the car, was
not injured.
Struck by car as he crossed the
street at Sixth and K streets NV,
Thomas Simms. colored 60, of n
Decatur place NE, refused assist
ance from the driver, and walked
to Emergency Hospital, where he was
treated for injuries to the knee and
hip
Knocked down by an automobile
as she crossed the street at Fifth
and E streets NV, Mrs Fanny
Terrell, so. of 521 Third street NV.