Evening star., 1939-10-23
Two Are Killed,
Score Injured
In Traffic
Man Is Thrown From
Car and Run Over
By Second Machine

W. kNA oOAAS WClC hulCu dllu
than a score were injured in week
end traffic accidents in Washington
and nearby Maryland and Virginia
Both fatalities occurred in Virginia
Mrs. Helen Agnes Windsor, 81
chief telephone operator at Triangle
Va. was instantly killed early toda,
when the car in which she wa
driving alone swerved off the roae
on the Quantico Marine Reservation
and struck a tree. She was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at the post
hospital.
Mother of 10-year old girl, Mrs
Windsor is survived by her husband
Charles; her father, Joseph Ches-
lock, OF Independence Hill, Va, ano
sister, Mrs. Mary c. Westcott
OF 5766 Sherrier place NV. The
body was taken to Halls funeral
home at Occoquan Burial will be
IN st. Mary's Catholic Church Gene
tery in Alexandria.
Man Is Killed.
Elmer Thompson, %, of 10 Wes,
Peyton avenue. Alexandria, Va, was
run over by a second automobile
when he was thrown from the car
IN which he was a passenger. Police
said the driver of the first car was
attempting to avoid hitting the ma
chine which killed Mr.. Thompson
He died en- route to the Alexandria
Hospital.
Three others were injured in the
crash. which occurred on South
Patrick street near Hunting Greek
early yesterday Arthur j. Rebholtz
18, 3606 Mount Vernon avenue. Alex
andria. whom police said was driving
the car, suffered a broken right arm
cuts and bruises. Clifford Wood, 18
and Dorothy Schulz, 10, both of
Arlington. Va, were cut and bruised
They were treated at the Alexandria
Hospital.
Mervyn OFT, "a, of 1920 Upshur
street NE, described by police as
the driver of the other car, was held
by Alexandria police in default of
5000 bond on charges Of leaving
after colliding and manslaughter
Mr. Rebholtz was charged with reck-
less driving and colliding.
Four Washingtonians Hurt.
Four Washingtonians were treated
at the Alexandria Hospital for in
juries suffered when an automobile
crashed into the bridge over Hunt
ing Creek on U. S. highway No. l
south of Alexandria early yesterday.
Police said the car, driven by James
Harness, %, of 1918 Third street Ne,
turned over several times and came
to rest at the edge of the creek
after hitting concrete bridge
abutment.
Those admitted to the hospital
were Mr. Harnes, Frances Garrett,
10, of 453 Fifteenth street NE; June
Moore, 10. of 1l09 M street NV
and Angelo GRAHAM. %, of 324
Adams street NE. None was Sc
riously hurt.
Ernest Abrams of Upper Marl-
boro, Md, was admitted to Freed
mems Hospital with fractured leg,
suffered when his car and another,
said by police to have been driven
by Jerome Brooks, %, of 1884 Meade
street NE, collided on Sheriff road
near Cedar Heights, Md, last night.
Brooks was charged with reckless
driving by the Prince Georges
County police.
Suffers Broken Leg.
A. w. Felkner. 10, of 3407 Holmead
place NV, suffered a broken leg
when struck by an automobile as he
stepped from his car on Philadel-
phia avenue in Takoma Park, Md.
He was admitted to the Washington
Sanitarium.
Two soldiers stationed at Fort
Myer, Va, received minor injuries
last night when the car in which
they were driving with three COM
panions struck parked automobile
near Rippon, w. Va. Bernard Ed
wards and Harman Pierce were
treated at the Charles Town wv. Va
Hospital, according to police.
Edwards, the driver of the car was
charged with drunken driving and
paid fine this morning, police said
George HARRISON, 81, 739 Sllgo
avenue, Silver Spring, Md, received
lacerations of the arms and face and
chest injuries early yesterday when
the car he was driving crashed into
the front porch of the home of Will
liam Schrider, 713 Sligo avenue
Mr.. HARRISON was given first aid by
the Silver Spring Rescue Squad and
taken to the Washington Sanitari-
um in Takoma Park. He was
charged with reckless driving by Sill
yer Spring police.
Willie Jackson, colored, 10, oi
Germantown, Md, was treated al
Freedmen's Hospital for lacerations
of the right arm when the car ir
which he was riding collided with
another automobile at Linden lane
and Brookville road in Silver Spring
last night.
Hit by Automobile.
Robert Whitney, 80, of Ill B street
Sc, is in an undetermined con-
dition in Emergency Hospital, suf-
fering from rib and collarbone frac-
lures and cuts. He was hit by ar
automobile at Fourteenth street ano
Jefferson drive S.W.
Two Arlington, Va, brothers suf-
fered serious head injuries last night
when both were thrown from theil
automobile when it ran into a pole
in the 1900 block of Rhode Islanc
avenue NE. They are Wilson D
Goodrich, Is, and Richard. 81. Po
lice said that Wilson, the driver. hae
lost control of the car. Both are ir
Casualty Hospital.
William Bates, 38, colored, of the
900 block of o street NV, suffered
a possible skull fracture and cut!
when struck by an automobile ir
the 900 block of P street NV.
Policeman Joseph S. Davis, q, O.
1911 Franklin street NE suffered