Evening star., 1941-08-08
Retired Realty Man
Fatally Hurt by Car;
D. {. Toll Reaches 50
Two Woshinetonions
Die From Accidents
Outside the City

Hit by an automobile as he was
walking across Massachusetts, ave-
nue. at Edmunds street NV, DR..
Benjamin E. Talbot, 60-year-old re-
tired real estate operator, was fatal
ly injured yesterday. He was the
5Oth person killed by Washington
traffic this year-eight more than at
this time in 1910.
Two other Washington men died
yesterday after auto accidents out
side the city.
Galen E. Miller, "a, of 5722 Fourth
street NV. and his mother, Mrs.
Nina Bellinger, 81, of Alma, Kans,
were killed near Plains, Mont, when
their car plunged of the highway,
the Associated Press reported. Mr..
Miller, a War Department clerk, had
learned to drive shortly before leav-
ing here on vacation.
Had Planned to Marry.
He planned to be married upon
his return. according to his land
here since October.
Charles Anderson, TO- of $50 I
street SW, died in Gallinger Hos
pital from injuries he received July
80 in an accident near Fredericks-
burg. Va. the coroner's Office re-
ported. He was brought to Wash
ington after two days treatment at
the Fredericksburg Hospital, it was
said.
DR.. Talbot was injured while
walking near his home, 3512 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV. Rushed to
Emergency Hospital by the volun-
teer ambulance service of the Chevy
Chase First Aid Corps, he died
soon after, having suffered frac-
tured skull, broken leg and internal
injuries.
Held for action of the coroner
was DR.. John P. Fitzgerald, AZ, a
dentist, of Westgate, Md, listed by
police as driver of the car.
Retired a Year Ago.
DR.. Talbot had been a Washing
ton real estate man for IS years be-
fore his retirement year ago. A
native of Calvert County, Nd he
was the son of the late Maryland
State Senator j. Frank Talbot. He
received the degree of doctor of
philosophy from the University OF
Freiberg, Germany, after education
at Randolph Macon Academy and
Maryland Agricultural College.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Hamilton Talbot; two sons,
Benjamin, jr., and Edward r. Tai
bott, of Washington; three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Isabelle T. Hagerty OF Bos-
ton, Mrs. Cecilia T. Glover and Miss
Henrietta Talbot, both of this
city; a brother, Frank Talbot. and
a sister, Mrs. E. o. Chaney, both liv-
ing near Upper Marlboro, Md.
A 75-year-old woman, Rose V.
Merrill, 1890 Newton street NV,
was in serious condition at Emer-
gency Hospital today after being
hit by an automobile at Sixteenth
street and Park road NV, police re-
ported. Her injuries included 2
broken right arm and right leg, pos
sible skull fracture and back in
jurieS, it was said.
Policeman Injured.
Policeman Melvin Wheeler of the
Montgomery County police, was re-
covering at his home in Kensington
today from injuries to his chest and
cuts on the neck sustained in a COL
hsion with an automobile on Georgia
avenue near Fair avenue yesterday.
Mr.. Wheeler was answering an
emergency call when his motorcycle
was squeezed between a machine
operated, police said, by Fred C.
Peterson of 1929 Lamont street NV,
and the parkway in the center of
the street. After treatment at Gar
field Hospital, he was removed to
his home. Mr.. Peterson was charged
with reckless driving and failure to
give right of way.
William B. Cullison, 27, of Laurel,
was taken to the Montgomery
County General Hospital last night
by the Sandy Spring rescue squad
after a head-on collision in front
of the Sandy Spring Post Office. He
sustained cuts and bruises but was
not believed in a serious condition.
The driver of the other machine
was listed by police as Howard
Thomas. Is, colored, of near Rock
vile. Two occupants of each car
escaped with minor cuts.