Evening star., 1940-04-13
Traffic Toll
Rises 10 II as
Woman Dies
Eight in Hospitals
After Accidents on
Slippery Streets


Washington recorded its 17tt
trafic fatality of the year last night
and eight persons were in hospitals
today as a result OF accidents or
slippery streets here and in nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
Fatally injured about 7 O'Clock
last night was Olive May Crawford
IS, colored, Of 1545 Fourth street
: NV, who was struck as she walked
across the street in front of 1911
Fifth street NV.
She died about two hours later In
Freedmen's Hospital of a spinal in.
jury. Robert Lee Miller, 20, Ber-
wyn. Md, said by police to have
been the driver of the striking We
hicle, was being held for action OF
the coroner's jury. The II deaths
this year compared with 27 at this
time last year.
Injured in an accident on the Lee
boulevard, Rex Briles, "a, of 704
: North Emerson street, Arlington
Va, was in Georgetown Hospital
with head injuries. lacerations of
the left leg and a compound frac-
ture of the nose. Hospital attaches
this morning said his condition was
"fair."
Mr.. Briles was injured when his
car dropped 20 feet to South Carlin
Spring road after leaving the road
at Glencarlyn.
Three-Car Crash.
Ernest Forester, "a, of 5000 South
Dakota avenue NE. was in Sibley
Hospital with head injury, suffered
when the car in which he was q
passenger became involved in an &C
cident with two other vehicles in the
1900 block of New York avenue NE.
Police said the drivers of the other
two cars were Harmon H. Hall, %,
of 4215 Hayes street NE. and Isaac
H. Gregory, Al, of Alexandria, Va,
both of whom, according to police,
were charged with reckless driving
A bicycle rider, Thomas r. Jack
son, 81, colored, of 2443 Shows court
NV, was in Emergency Hospital
with head injury after colliding
with taXicab at Columbia road
and California street NV. last
night. His condition was said to be
not serious.
Funeral arrangements were COM
pleted today for Maj. Hugh r..
Riley of Annapolis, Md, well-known
Maryland newspaper correspondent,
who died after an accident yesterday
on Grain highway, near Central
avenue.
Head-on Collision.
Maj. Riley, who lived at IA Frank
lin street, Annapolis, was fatally in
ured in an accident in which five
other men were hurt in the head-on
collision of two automobiles. Maj.
Riley, who was alone in one ma
chine, died in Casualty Hospital a
short time after the accident.
Services will be held at pm. to-
morrow at his late home, with
the Rev. E. Cranston Riggin, pastor
of Calvary Methodist Church, An
napolis, officiating. Burial will be
in st. Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis.
The second car in the Riley
crash, driven by Albert Ken
drick, Baltimore detective, con-
tained members Of grand jury on
their way to inspect the House OF
Reformation at Cheltenham, Md.
Those injured were Maj. Julian
de Court, u. S. A., retired, who is in
Walter Reed Hospital with head and
arm injuries; Mr.. Kendrick, in Cas-
ualty Hospital with head and knee
injuries; and George c. Hide, Will
liam Calvin Nolte and Edwin E.
Hooper, who were given first-aid
treatment.
The accident occurred at the crest
Of low hill, Maj Riley's car skid
ding on the wet pavement before
crashing into the other vehicle.
Maj. Riley had covered Navy ath-
letic contests for Eastern and Mid
western newspapers for more than
20 years. He also was active in city
and county politics, was a former
member of the Annapolis City
Council and once ran for the State
Legislature.
A graduate of st. Johns College
and the University of Maryland law
school, he began working as free
lance correspondent in his under
graduate days. He was a former
major of the Maryland National
Guard, commanding the 3rd Bat
talon, 1st Infantry, on the Mex
tcan border and also serving in the
World War.
A son of the late DR.. Elihu S.
Riley, writer and historian, he is
survived by his widow, a brother,
Don Riley, Baltimore radio COM
mentator; a daughter, Rebecca, and
two sons, Ridgely, a publicity man
at Penn State College, and the Rev.
Joseph Riley.
Three Students in Hospital.
Three Georgetown University stu
dents, none in serious condition,
were in Emergency Hospital today
after being injured when the car in
which they were riding was in a COL
lision with another at Thirty fourth
street and Woodley road NV. yes
terday.
Those being treated were Perry
H. Culley, 81, of 3117 N street NV,
injuries to face and head, and Dom
aid Leslie, 81, cut nose and face.
and Charles S. Kloman, II, both of
1439 Foxhall road NV, possible
Conclusion. Two other students in
ehe car were uninjured.
Col. Vundeorift Sworn In