Evening star., 1939-09-05

-Four persons were killed in Labor
Day traffic in Washington and
nearby Maryland and Virginia, while
several were injured in accidents
resulting from the heavy holiday
traffic.
A 3-year-old colored boy was run
over and crushed to death by a
two-ton truck while playing in an
alley near his home at 2488 Phil
lips court NV today. The child,
Joseph Lewis Carter, was dead on
arrival at Emergency Hospital,
where he was taken by a passing
motorist.
The right rear wheel of the truck,
which was operated, police said, by
William S. Burley, SO, colored, 1l56
Nineteenth street NV, passed over
the child's body The driver told
police he was proceeding through
the alley at mot more than four or
five miles per hour" and the victim
apparently fell beneath the wheel
as the truck passed.
Louis Thompson, IA, and Louise
Swami, IA, both colored, of Pom
fret, Md, died early yesterday in
La Plata (MdD Hospital of injuries
sustained when the car in which
they were riding with James
Thompson, %, colored, Pomfret,
skidded and overturned near Chapel
Point, Md, a few hours earlier.
Thompson and two other passengers
escaped with cuts and bruises.
Head-On Collision.
A head-on collision 3 miles north
Of Rockville, Md, yesterday was
fatal to Charles Robinson, 27, COL
ored, of Poolesville, and resulted in
serious injuries to TWO others, ac-
cording to reports by Montgomery
County police.
Police said Robinson was in a car
operated by George Barnes, 21, COL
ored, also of Poolesville, which was
going south on the Darnestown road
when it struck another car operated
by Carl Carmony, 81, of Smiths Cor
ner. Robinson was killed instantly
and Barnes was taken to the Mont
gomery County General Hospital at
Sandy Spring with severe cuts and
bruises. Three other passengers In
Barnes car were uninjured.
Ellis Payne, 30, of Rockville was
taken to Georgetown Hospital with
a neck injury and cuts on the head
and body. His condition was un-
determined. He was passenger in
Carmony's machine. Barnes was
charged with manslaughter by
Montgomery County police.
Marco Mcconnell, 80, of IA G place
NE, was taken to Montgomery
County General Hospital yesterday
after he was struck on the Frederick
pike 3 miles north of Gaithersburg
by a car driven, police said, by
Charles D. Hill of Rockville. He re-
ceived broken leg and possibly a
fractured skull Hill was charged
with reckless driving by Montgomery
County police.
Auto Hits Viaduct.
Swerving to avoid a pedestrian, an
automobile crashed into a viaduct
at Rhode Island avenue and Seventh
street NE. last night, injuring two
persons.
Those hurt were Albert Christian
and his daughter, Thelma, of 244
G street NE. The driver, Dorothy
Brooke of 214 Charming street NE,
was not hurt.
Clarence S. Wallace, S, colored, of
72 I street NE, fell from taxicab
near his home last night. He was
taken to Garfield Hospital with a
fractured leg and severe decorations.
William Reed, IL, of East Mel
rose street, Chevy Chase, Md, re-
ceived severe cuts and bruises when
he was knocked from his bicycle on
Connecticut avenue near his home
today. Montgomery County police
listed : s. Katherine D. Thulman,
81, OF 65O5 Ridgewood avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md, as the driver of
the car, but no charges were filed.
Taken to Hospital.
Herbert Dunbar, a truck driver,
gave first aid to the boy and the
Bethesda Rescue Squad took him to
Garfield Hospital.
Three persons were injured, one
seriously, when the car in which
they were driving blew tire and
crashed into stone abutment south
of Alexandria, Va, on Route /, this
morning. They were taken to Alex
andria Hospital in an ambulance
from Occoquan.
John E. Banks, SIS, colored, of
1924 Eleventh street NV. was re-
ported ina serious condition with
q fractured leg and dislocated hip.
Joseph N. Banks, Al, and William
H. Craig, ga, both colored, of Detroit,