Evening star., 1941-01-11
! Deaths Raise
D. +. Traffic Toll
To7 in Il Days
Another Pedestrian
Killed as Al Record
Grows Blocker

Grows Blocker
Two deaths in Washington early
today brought the traffic fatality
toll of the new year to seven, and q
third death occurred in nearby Vir-
ginia. There had been only two
deaths in the District at this time
last year.
Walter E. Norman, 47, colored,
of 14O0 Twenty eighth street NV.
was killed by an automobile shortly
after midnight at Second and e
streets Sc. He was identified this
morning by his wife, Sarah, after
police found his name on a social
security card and notified her.
The driver of the car, Louis
Smith, colored, 30, of 1919 South
Carolina avenue Sc, took Mr..
Moorman to Providence Hospital,
where he was pronounced dead on
arrival.
Another C0lOred Man Dies.
The second death in Washington
was that of William Carpenter, sc,
colored, of 1709 Seventh street NV,
who was injured January at Logan
circle. Police said the driver of the
car was Maurice A. Peter, 10. of II
S street NV. The victim died at
Freedmen's Hospital this morning
of head injuries.
Mrs. Katie L. Morris. 54., en-
ploye of a laundry in Alexandria,
was killed by an automobile this
morning on Route No. l about 8
miles south of Alexandria near her
home at Snake Hill. The accident
occurred about $50 o'clock.
The driver, police said. was Robert
| Ingle Gudger, 18. of 1926 Seven
teenth street south, Arlington. who
| was ordered to appear at an in
quest TO be set later The woman
apparently had been killed instantly.
! The body was removed to Halls
/ funeral home at Occoquan.
Man, So. Is Injured.
Ferdinand Petite, SO. Of 2434
Thirty-ninth place NV, suffered
possible fractures of the ribs last
night when a car in which he was
a passenger was in collision at
Thirty-second street and Cathedral
avenue NV He was admitted to
Georgetown Hospital.
George Kendall, 48. of SO I street
NV, received a possible fracture of
the skull early today when the
automobile in which he was pas
senger ran over the sidewalk at
Third street and Pennsylvania ave.
nue. NV. and knocked down traffic
light stanchion.
He was treated at Providence
Hospital and tranferred to Gal
linger. where his condition was said
to be serious.
Police said the car was operated
| by Richard L. beavers. 40, Of 80
Rhode Island avenue NE. who was
treated for lacerations about the
nose and charged with driving while
drunk.
Youth Found on Street.
James Lynch. 18, of 400l Perry
street, Mount Rainier. Md. was
brought to Casualty Hospital last
night by the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad suffering from brain con-
cussion and a possible skull frac-
ture. He was found lying on Rhode
Island avenue near Melrose Bridge,
police said.
Severe head injuries we're suffered
| by Katherine Won Rosenberg, so,
of 2400 Sixteenth street NV, when
a taXicab in which she was riding
was in a collision with an auto
mobile near her home.
James Goldsmith, 81, of Bel Alton,
Md. was reported in fair condition
at Casualty Hospital where he was
taken last night after his automobile
| struck a culvert head on a road
near Port Tobacco.
Arraigned in Traffic Death.
Arraignment of Frank c. Bell,
SO. of 1906 w street NV. on a
charge of negligent homicide is
scheduled shortly following a cor
oners jury verdict yesterday hold
ing him for Police Court action
in connection with traffic fatality.
Mr.. Bell was held responsible In
connection with the fatal injury of
John Jordan, 70, of TOT Newton place
NV. on November 2, 1910. Mr..
Bells car struck Mr.. Jordan as he
walked across Newton place near
his home. Mr.. Jordan died Tuesday.
One of the main points in teSti-
mony by police was that Mr.. Bells
windshield was partially covered by
white cleaning powder. Mr.. Bell.
however, said he had cleaned the
windshield so that his vision was
not impaired The driver estimated
his speed at about 25 miles per hour.
In another inquest into the traf-
flc death of Boyd Unkle, 73, of 709
Tenth street Sc, the jury freed
Arthur P. Brown, 80, of 1873 Thir-
teenth street Sc, driver of a street.
car which fatally injured Mr.. Unkle
on January 2.
Mr. Unkle, who died Tuesday, ran
into the path of the streetcar in
the 900 block of Eighth street Sc,
it was testified. The streetcar was
going about 18 miles an hour, wit
neSSeS said.