Evening star., 1940-11-12

Two pedestrians. one 71-year-
old jeweler and the other a c. c.
C. enrollee, were dead today as a
result of automobile accidents last
night in and near Washington.
The jeweler. Frederick w. Du-
vail 2444 Thirty-seventh street
NV. died in Emergency Hospital
few hours after he was struck by an
automobile at Wisconsin and Mas
sachusetts avenues NV. He is sur
vived by his widow. Mrs. Alice J.
Duvall. and one son, William z.
Duvall.
Winston S. Goodloe. l8. of 38l9
Legation street NV. said by po-
lice to have been the driver OF
the car. was held for a coroners
jury. -.
Mr.. Duvall's death brought to 81
the District traffic fatality toll, II
less than had been recorded at the
same time last year.
Manslaughter Charged.
Jesse Heath. 25, colored, OF the
C. c. c. camp at Twenty eighth and
NJ streets NE. was fatally injured
while walking along Baltimore pike
near Muirkirk. Md. early today.
Prince George County police charged
John E. Mckinney, l0, of another
c. c. c. camp in the $500 block OF
Oregon avenue NV. with man.
slaughter in the case. which was
set for Thursday at 10 am, before
Trial Magistrate Allan Bowie at
HvattSvllle.
Physicians at Casualty Hospital
pronounced Mr.. Heath dead upon
his arrival in the Branchville Res
cue Squad ambulance. His home
was in Baltimore.
Hershel B. Benedict, 46, OF the
1900 block of Eighteenth street NV,
and George Morsell, 2l-year-old
Calvert County resident, we're
charged with manslaughter in con-
nection with an automobile collision
Sunday night that resulted in the
death of Mr.. Morsell's 20-year-old
wife.
Autos Crashed Head-on.
Maryland State police, who filed
the charges. said Mrs. Morsel was
killed instantly when the Benedict
and Morsell automobiles crashed
head-on near Sunderland, Md. Mr..
Benedict and his wife were treated
at Calvert County Hospital for Sc
we're cuts and bruises. and Mr. Nor
sell suffered a fractured skull.
Two policemen received cuts and
bruises when a patrol wagon IN
which they were riding and another
automobile collided at First and F
streets NV. last night. Riding with
a prisoner in the back, James E.
Kane and Benjamin F. Bean, both
of No l precinct. were thrown
through the door of the patrol
wagon as it crashed against the
curb. They were treated at Casualty
Hospital.
The driver of the other automo-
bile. Norman Fickling, 25, of 10l6
New Jersey avenue Sc, was arrested
on charges of failure to give the
right of way.
In another unsual mishap, Elwood
childs, 38-year-old cabdriver OF $50
M SlIttI oG, wac SAAoA SSN "ASAA
failure to have emergency con-
troll" His cab. with the right door
open after discharging passenger,
started forward suddenly and
pinned Casper H. Horn, 59-year-old
doorman at the Raleigh Hotel, be-
tween the door and a marquee sup
port at the Twelfth street entrance
of the hotel. The taxidriver said
his foot slipped off the clutch. The
doorman was treated at Emergency
Hospital for cuts and bruises.
Three persons were injured in a
seven-car tangle on the Mount Yer.
non Boulevard near the new Wash.
ington Airport late yesterday. Po-
lice said two automobiles crashed
head-on and five other machines
piled into the wreckage.
The injured were James Munson,
26, and his wife, Mrs. Shirley Mum
son, "a, both of New York City,
treated at Emergency Hospital for
cuts and bruises and released, and
Harrison Harriday, 81, of Rockville,
Md. treated at Providence Hospital
for head injuries and sprained
shoulder.
Ralph wilson, 13. of 1925 Klingle
road NV. received a fractured leg
when struck by an automobile late
yesterday as he walked across
Klingle road near his home. He
was treated by . private physician
and taken to the Naval Hospital