Evening star., 1941-11-17
Man Is Killed
In Virginia
1ruckCrash
Several Are Badly
Injured in District
And Nearby Area

And Nearby Area
One man was killed and several
persons were seriously injured in
traffic accidents in the District and
nearby Maryland and Virginia over
the week end.
John ]. Logan, q, of 949 North
Glebe road, Arlington, died in Alex
andria Hospital early today several
hours after he was injured in an
accident on the Lee Highway at
Willow Springs, about miles west
OF Fairfax. He was in a light truck
and suffered head injuries when it
turned over in a ditch. He was
taken to the hospital by a motorist,
according to Fairfax County police.
Ihey said witness told them there
was a second man in the truck who
disappeared after the crash.
A White House stenographer. Miss
Edith Rowley. 38, of 4722 Sixteenth
road north, Arlington, Va. suffered
fractured nose and other injuries
this morning in four-car collision
on Lee boulevard near Fort Myer
drive. She was taken to Emergency
Hospital. The automobiles tele-
scoped when Miss Rowley's car
crashed into the rear of a machine
driven by Edwin C. Austin of West
Falls Church, police said. and both
cars were damaged by fire starting
from a crushed gasoline tank.
Frances RAISER, 9, of Route 4
alexandria, received serious chest
injuries when she was hit by an
automobile early today on Beulah
-oad between Franconia and Potter's
Hill. She was admitted to Alexan-
dria Hospital.
Mrs. Mary Radcliffe "a. of Upper
Marlboro, Md, was suffering from
head injuries and a brain concus-
sion received in a collision on High
way 20l at Newberg, Md, about 7
miles south of La Plata, last night.
She was taken 10 Physicians Hos
pital at La Plata by her husband,
Eugene Radcliffe, who escaped with
out injury, police said. Her condi-
ton is not believed to be serious.
Child Falls From Car.
Half dozen persons suffered
serious head injuries and a seventh
was believed to have a broken spine.
Ruby Mock. 5, received a brain
conclusion and possible skull frac-
ture when she fell from the rear
door of moving auto near her
home. So K street NE. police said.
Partially unexplained were the
spine and leg injuries of Robert
Lassiter, 35, of 422 Sixth street NV.
An Army sergeant, Charles Nolan,
Fort Belvoir, Va, brought Mr.. Las
sitter to Emergency Hospital, saying
he had found the injured man living
in the road at Laurel, Nd. accord
ing to police. Mr. Lassiter was
quoted as saying later that he had
oeen riding in an auto involved in an
acc1dent-but remembered nothing
after that
Another injured on the road to
Baltimore was Thomas Sullivan. 80.
of Hyattsville. Md whose skull was
fractured in an accident near Mount
Rainier. police said. Casualty Hos
pltal reported his condition as Sc.
rious.
Two Couples Hurt.
Two married couples were hurt in
an accident at Berwyn, Md. Brought
to Casualty by the Branchville
rescue squad, they were listed as
William D. Mcknight, %. 1891
Fourth street NV, suffering a pos
sible skull fracture: his wife. Leona,
21. a bruised hip; Joseph w. Ward.
man. "a, 5515 Second street NV,
brain conclusion. scalp lacerations.
chest contusions. and his wife.
Elizabeth, %, who had face and leg
injuries.
Three colored men from Warren
ton. Va, were brought to Freed
mems Hospital from an accident two
miles south of that town. which,
police said. occurred when their
auto went out of control. All were
unconscious on arrival and were
treated for possible skull fractures
and internal injuries. They were
listed as Albert Penn, %; his
brother, Walter, So, and Theodore
Smith, %.
A brother and sister were injured
yesterday by an auto which police
say was going the wrong direction
in the 500 block of C street NE, a
one-Way street They are Genevieve
Langley, 10. and Leonard Langley,
7, of Alt D street NE. The girl
was admitted to Casualty with a
broken left leg; her brother was
treated for lacerations and abra.
sions and released
In this accident police arrested
Hazel Peterson Gump, 90, of TOT
Twentieth street NV.
A compound fracture of the right
leg was suffered by John F.
Schwartz, 46, of III B street Sc,
when a passenger auto hit him at
the west end of Union Station, po-
lice said. He was taken to Casualty
Hospital
An Arlington County policeman
suffered head and thigh injuries
when his motorcycle collided with
another vehicle at Lee boulevard
and George Mason drive, police said.
He was admitted to Emergency Hos.
pital
A tire blowout sent Murray Pace.
II. of 405 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. to Casualty Hospital with spine
contusions and leg abrasions, ac-
cording to police. The mishap oc-
CURED near Largo, Md
Another accident near Branch
vile, Md, sent Earl H. Brown. 48.
Of Laurel to Casualty Hospital with
fractured left leg, according to the
police reports.
Charles B. Haynes, 81, 1884 Blad-
ensburg road NE, was removed
from an accident in the 200 block
of Seventeenth street NE. by a
police scout car, it was reported.
His injuries were listed at Casualty
Hospital as contusions and abra-
| sions.
At the same hospital, Lewis E.