Evening star., 1939-02-13
10 Injured
lin Auto Mishaps
In D. {. Area
Three-Woy Collision
PoroIyzes Highway
Bridge Traffic

Ten persons were injured and
Highway Bridge traffic was para
lyzed yesterday afternoon in acci-
dents over the week end in the
Washington area.
Margaret Stanton, II, and Norman
Sandbower, IS, of Bladensburg
Nd, were in Casualty Hos
pital today, their condition not
fully determined, from injuries re-
ceived last night in collision of an
automobile in which they were rid
ing and street car on Deane ave-
nue. at Fifty-seventh street NE.
Godfrey E. Aebersold, II, of Land
over, Md, reported by police as
driver of the automobile, was not
injured. Police said the street car
was operated by Albert Steely, so,
of the 14O0 block of Ames place NE.
Pvt. Leonard c. Norton, Sc, at
tached to the second precinct sta
ton, received scalp wound last
night in collision with an auto
mobile driven, police reported, by
Howard w. Parker, 80, colored, of
Boyds, Md. The accident occurred
on New Hampshire avenue, the
policeman was treated at Sibley
Hospital.
Two policemen were slightly hurt
early today when scout car crashed
into a tree at Connecticut avenue
and Kanawha street in swerving to
avoid striking another automobile.
The officers, Pvts. L. H. Gentry
and v. V. Holcomb of the eighth
precinct, were chasing a speeding
car. At the intersection another
automobile swung into their path,
causing the accident.
BY the time the officers pulled
themselves from the wreck, the car
they were chasing and the other
car had disappeared. Policeman
Gentry, who was driving, received
first-aid treatment for cut lip, and
Policeman Holcomb for injuries to
his knees.
Crash Jams Bridge Traffic.
Traffic on the Highway Bridge was
tied up yesterday afternoon in a
three-way collision, but none was
injured. The accident occurred
when northbound automobile COL
lided with a southbound car and
then careened into another ma
chine. One man was held for in
vestigation in connection with the
crash. Traffic had to be detoured
over Key and Memorial Bridges
while the wrecked cars were being
removed.
Five Washington residents were
injured today when their car
crashed into pole at Perry Hall,
Md. They were Julius Friedman,
IS, injured left shoulder; his wife,
Marie, A., shoulder; their daughter
Alberta, Z, decorations of the scalp;
another daughter, Bessie, 10, shock,
and Oscar L. Grabner, %, lacerations
of the head.
They were returning from New
York at the time. Mr.. Friedman
told police he went to sleep at the
wheel and the car ran off the road,
according to the Associated Press.
Others Hurt.
ItOUclb II. BTU, 4-yedr-OlQ son
OF Joseph P. Britt of Rockville, Md,
was injured in a three-way acci-
dent at Wilson lane and Bradley
boulevard in Bethesda, Md, yes
terday.
Charles j. Dickinson, 81, colored,
OF Scotland, Md, was charged with
reckless driving after his car, ac-
cording to Montgomery County
police, struck Mr.. Britt's car, knock
ing it into a third machine oper-
ated by Richard Pew of Chevy
Chase. The Britt boy sustained a
cut on the head and possibly a frac-
tured left arm.
Nelson Moravitz. II, of 203 La
Verne avenue, Alexandria, was in
1ured yesterday when knocked from
his bicycle on Alexandria avenue,
between Peyton and Cayton ave-
nues, by a car driven, police said,
by B. c. Brown of Guilford, Va.
The driver carried the boy to the
Alexandria Hospital, where he was
treated and released.