Evening star., 1941-07-19
Three Killed
In Traffic in
Nearby Areas
Fourth Person Dies
Of Injuries Received
In Accident June !

Three persons, one of them
Marine Corps sergeant, and another
an Army Air Corps sergeant, were
killed in traffic accidents in nearby
Maryland and Virginia last night
and today, while a Maryland man
died in Washington hospital of in
juries suffered in an accident June l.
Sergt. Arnold c. Duff, 81, of Eagle
Rock, Va, attached to the Army
air base at Boiling Field, Washing
ton, was killed today when his auto
mobile failed to make a curve %
Route 460 near Suffolk, Va, and
struck power pole, according to
the Associated Press.
Frank Hambrick, ir.. OF Glen
Wilton. Va, was seriously hurt in
the crash.
Sergt. John S. Hale, 40. OF the
Marine Corps base at Quantico, died
instantly, police said, when his car
ran into the rear of a freight trailer
Quantico and Fredericksburg, Va,
shortly before midnight.
Virginia State police listed AL
bert T. Krichton, employe of a Bal
timore trucking firm. as the driver
of the truck. The front of Sergt.
Hale's machine ran under the over
hang of the trailer, according to
police, and his body was crushed.
He was alone in the car when the
accident occurred.
Had Retired From Marines.
Sergt. Hale had retired from the
Marine Corps after "a years in serv-
ice in many parts of the world and
was living in Triangle when he was
recalled to duty several months ago
in the paymaster'S department. He
was well known in amateur golf
circles in that section and was
member of the Mansfield Hall
Country Club golf team at Fred
ericksburg. He is survived by his
widow. Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon and burial will
be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Edmonia Lancaster, 10, colored, of
Sharpsville, Md, was fatally injured
early today when the truck in which
she was riding ran off Book road
at OXon Hill. She was pronounced
dead on arrival at Casualty Hospital.
Lawrence GWynn of Oxon Hill.
another passenger in the truck. was
admitted to the hospital where he
was being treated for p side injury.
The other passengers in The truck
were treated for minor cuts and
bruises and returned home.
The driver of the truck. Richard
! L. Roxx, 10, of Oxon Hill. was
/ charged with reckless driving and
manslaughter and released on $500
bond.
Injuries Prove Fatal.
Melton Elben. SO. of Drury, Nd,
died early today at Providence Hos
pital of injuries received in an au-
tomobile accident near his home
June /. Maryland police are in
vestigating the mishap.
n COIISlOIl DeINeeu al AIHlN
"jeep" and an automobile at Eighth
/ and N streets NV. resulted in
minor injuries to Peggy Server, 90,
of 1922 P street NV, who was
treated at Sibley Hospital. Police
reported that the ''jeep' was driven
by Willard NJ Mcbride. SO. of Com
pany E, 23d Corps, Camp Holabird,
Md, and the automobile by Dram E.
Swain, 402 Thayer avenue, Silver
/ Spring, Md.
In another accident involving an
Army vehicle, an automobile driven
by Henry P Zorn, SO, of the Am
basSador Hotel, according to police.
crashed into a half-ton gun carrier,
the 9th truck in military con-
voy passing through the city at
Fifteenth and L streets NV. at II
o'clock last night Mr.. Zorn was
treated by a physician for bruises.