Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
District Traffic
Toll Reaches
70 as Girl Dies
Discharged SeIectee,
Planning on Wedding
Killed in Crash

The death of Marie Coulter, 10
OF 941 New Hampshire avenue NV
in Columbia Hospital yesterday
sent Washington traffic fatalities to
a total Is higher than at the same
period last year. An automobile
hit the girl Friday as she was walk
Ing to school in the rain.
Another peprson was killed just
outside Washington-Arthur N. JAR
Doe, 81. of AS Grant avenue. To-
koma Park, Md, whose automobile
turned over when it failed to make
a curve at Metzerott and Riggs
roads. according to Prince Georges
County police.
Mr.. Jarboe was to have been
married at Christmas to Miss Lor-
raine White of Anacostia, D. C. g.
Their wedding had been post
poned when he was called into Army
service last February and the new
date was set after his honorable
discharge from Fort Meade a month
ago on a dependency clause involv-
Ing his mother, Mrs. Jane Jarboe
Mr.. Jarboe was a native of Ia
koma Park. He was an employee of
the Rudolph & West hardware
nrm. Besides his mother he is sur
vived by five sisters and three
brothers.
Companion Is Injured.
injured in the same accident was
a companion. Thomas Brown. %,
Of Spencerville, Md. police said
Casualty Hospital attaches. where
both victims were taken early this
morning, said they did not believe
Mr.. Browns condition was serious
He suffered severe face cuts, the
hospital said.
The Coulter girl. who became the
10th District traffic victim of 194l,
was struck at TWenty-sixth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV, &C
cording to police. Raymond Lane,
20, of Ridgefeld, N. j., was listed
as the driver and he is being held
Tor action of the coroner.
A freak accident severely injured
a Fort Belvoir soldier, Elmer j.
Lewis, 81, at 2:30 o'clock this morn
ing.
Police said his car door flew open
as he made turn from Bowen
road into Benning road Sc. and
the soldier reached out to close it.
Both arm and door were caught by
a sign post.
The door was torn of the auto,
according to police, and Lewis was
jerked out of the car, which went on
Several hundred feet" before it was
brought to halt by a passenger
in the machine
At Casualty Hospital, where the
injured soldier was taken by the
Bladensburg rescue squad, physi-
clans said his left arm was broken,
his chest injured, his tongue and
forehead lacerated and some of his
ribs possibly fractured.
Two Others Injured.
Two men were taken yesterday
from the scene Of an accident on
Defense highway to Casualty Hos
pital, where one is in serious con-
dition with possible fracture Of
the skull, possible internal injuries
and decorations, according to police.
He is William E. Cook, "a. of lO17
Maryland avenue NE. The other
man, Lewis S. Brock of 1926 Bla-
densburg road NE, was treated for
q knee injury.
A man and woman were injured
IN an accident at College Park, Md.
shortly before o'clock this morn
ing. They are Harry Creager. "a.
of 40l2 Tenth street NE, admitted
to Casualty Hospital for treatment
of a fractured jaw and decorations
to the face, and Mary P. Campbell.
36, Walter Reed Hospital, treated
for decorations of the face, chin and
chest injuries.
A 9-year-old boy suffered COM
pound fracture of his left leg yester-
day when he was struck by an auto
near his home. He is Wheeler D.
Green, jr, 1349 Emerson street NE,
police reported. The boy was taken
to Casualty Hospital.
George T. SeWall, %, a soldier sta
toned at Fort Meade, complained of
internal injuries after his car was in
collision at Benning road and Gen.
trail avenue NE, police said, but de-
clared he would await treatment at
the Ford Meade hospital.
Nine-Car Crash.
Fairfax County VA police had a
headache last night when accidents
on Route I'll near Centreville finally
involved nine cars. No one was SER
tously injured, according to police.
1t all began with a collision be-
tween two cars, driven, police said,
by Ruben Weatherholtz of Clifton
Station and D. F. Taylor of Alex
andria.
Each car then careened into an
other auto, bringing the total to
four. police said. The third and
fourth cars involved were those Of
Maurice Carey, 4237 Dix street NE,
and William Ostby, 1919 G street
NV.
While police were investigating,
q three-car collision involved cars
driven by John H Robinson of
Mclean, John G. Rhodes of Alex
andria and Max Neubert of Fort
Belvoir, it was reported.
Police lined flares along the high
day and motorists damned on their
brakes. Result: One car rammed
another. Drivers we're listed as
Russell R. Reid of Middle River,
Md, and Charles p Massey of 3511
Thirteenth street NV.
-Four Virnininns Killed