Evening star., 1941-03-24

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home.
Apparently there were no eye
witnesses, State Trooper L. F. Payne
of Amherst said. c. N. Young Of
Boone Mill driver Of a transfer
truck, found the youth in a 3-foot
ditch on the right-hand side of the
highway. Resting on its side, the
motorcycle came to stop a short
distance away on the hard surface.
Mr. Tucker was carried to Lynch
burg General Hospital, but was dead
on arrival.
Crash Kills BelvOir LabOrer.
Elwood Minor, 33, colored, of Rec
tory, Va, was instantly killed early
Yesterday when his car careened off
L. 5. Route at ChopaWamSiC Greek
near the Stratford-Prince William
County line He was a laborer at
Fort Belvoir The body was removed
to the R. S. Hall Funeral Home at
OcCoouan, Va.
The undertaken said Mr. Minors
car was found crashed against tree
In a swamp.
George Dorsey, colored, of Simp-
sonville, Md, was fatally injured
Saturday night while walking along
the road near Simpsonville. He
was taken to the office Of DR.. J. W..
Bird at Sandy Spring where he was
pronounced deal on arrival.
Maryland State police said the
driver Of the automobile that struck
Dorsey was Leslie j. Dawson, Der
wood. Md He was charged with
manSlaughter. Police said the driver
told them he was blinded by the
lights of an approaching car.
Susie Wilmington, %, colored, 300
Ninth street NE, died at Casualty
Hospital last night of injuries re-
Ceived in an accident in which five
persons were hurt March 16 Prince
Georges County police said the acci-
cent occurred miles north of Marl-
boro, Md, on the road to Largo
They said they had charged Joseph
Earl Smith, %, of Marlboro, with
reckless driving and driving under
the influence of liquor, in connection
with the accident Smith has been
free under $1,000 bond
Two Nurses Injured.
Two Doctors Hospital nurses were
injured early yesterday morning on
the Washington-B Baltimore boule-
ward near Ammendale, when their
car struck a culvert.
They are Miss Eleanor Stuart and
Miss Jean Noll, both % They were
taken to Casualty Hospital, where
their condition today was reported
undetermined, but their injuries are
believed to be not serious.
Maryland State police reported
Otis Wilson, AZ. of R. F.. D. No. 5,
Anacostia, D. c., received a frac-
tlIred leg and lacerationS when
struck by an automobile yesterday
at Silver Hill on Route 5 The driver
of the car was not charged. police
said. Mr.. Wilson was taken to
Providence Hospital.
Michael Lisko 26, 912 North Co.
lumbus street. Alexandra. Va, was
admitted to Alexandria Hospital last
night suffering fractured ribs and
chest injuries from an accident on
U. S. Route l at Snake Hill, south
Of Alexandria. Hospital attendants
were told Mr.. LiSko drove into the
rear of a lumber truck and that
a piece Of timber crashed through
his windshield and struck him in
the chest.
Edwin Marques, 122 Willow ave-
nue., Takoma Park, Md. was treated
at Washington Sanitarium for knee
injuries when his car Collided with
another operated by James j. Perry
30, Colored. 900 block Westminster
street NV, Takoma Park town
police reported.
Driver Held in Jail.
Perry was held at the town Jail
on a charge of reckless driving and
driving under the influence of liquor
when he failed to meet $1,000 bond
police said.
Robert T. Huston, 7, colored, of
1920 Reeds court NV, was in a
serious condition at Emergency Hos
pital today as a result of severe
head injuries received when he was
struck by an automobile in the
2300 block of M street NV. yester-
DAY.