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Evening star., 1941-10-05
Ace of Death Drivers

man, about 12:45 am. August I.
fatally injured when his motorcycle
collided with an automobile on
Beach drive, east of Military road,
in Rock Creek Park Died August 6.
Weather cloudy Driver of automo-
bile, 80. with % years driving ex-
perience, eXonerated by coroner5
jury.
so. Dr.. BENJAMIN E. Talbot, 81,
of 1912 Massachusetts avenue NV,
about 1915 pm. August 7. fatally
injured when struck by automobile
while crossing Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV, at Edmunds street.
Weather clear. Driver, 48, with 25
years driving experience, held by
coroner's jury for Police Court ac-
tion under Negligent Homicide Act.
Case still pending,
81 Francis Buddy Armitage 7,
| of 9O5 Fifth street NV. about $50
pm. August %. fatally injured when
! struck by eaStbound automobile
while crossing from south TO north
curb in front of ASS l street NV.
Weather cloudy. Driver. %, with
five years driving experience. held
for Police Court action under Negli-
gent Homicide Act. Case still pend
ing.
80. James Edward Johnson, SO,
colored, 1923 South Capitol street,
| about los pm. August 10, fatally
/ injured when he walked into side OF
eastbound automobile on D street
NV, IA feet east of Third street.
Died August %. Weather clear.
Driver. "a, with eight years driving
experience, eXonerated by coroner )
| jury.
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ing experience, exonerated by cor
oner's jury.
| 33 Max Cohen, II, of 1424 Ninth
street NV, about 5:45 pm. May 26,
struck by truck while crossing Ninth
( street just below P street NV. not
in the crosswalk Weather clear.
Driver. 81. colored, with four years
experience, released by coroner's
jury.
"a. Edward Carmichael, colored
/ 33, of 329 Virginia avenue SW..
/ about $50 pm. May 20. was run
| over by automobile while lying on
| his back at right angle to curb in
Virginia avenue about so feet from
the intersection with Fourth street
S.W. Weather raining. Autopsy
showed victim had been drinking
prior to accident. Driver, 27. with
10 years driving experience, re-
leased by coroner's jury.
June
35. Gordon D. Drummer, rs, of
New York. who had been visiting
his parents at 1419 E street Sc,
about sos am. May 81 was fatally
/ injured when the car he was driv-
ing in Soldiers Home Grounds
failed to make a turn and crashed
into a tree. Died June 5. Weather
clear. Victim had four years driv-
ing experience, according to police.
No inquest was held. and the cor
oner issued a certificate of acci-
dental death
36. Benjamin woodward, 46, Of
3285 M street NV, about sos pm.
June was struck by a southbound
streetcar while crossing in the 1000
block of Wisconsin avenue NV. not
in the crosswalk, about 215 feet
north of Whitehaven Parkway.
Weather clear. Motorman. AZ, with
21 years experience in operating
streetcars, released by coroner's
jury.
81. Vernon Pheifer, 13, of 433 @
street NV, about 10 am. June /,
struck by automobile as he was
crossing Third street at N street
NV. in the crosswalk. Died June
II. Weather clear. Driver, %, with
five years driving experience, held
by coroner's jury for grand jury
action. Ignored by grand jury.
38. Robert Carter, colored, So, of
19 M street S.W., about GAS am.
June II, struck by automobile while
crossing M street at Carrollburg
street S.W. In an unmarked cross
walk. Weather raining. Driver, %.
with IL years driving experience,
held by coroner's jury for Police
Court action under the Negligent
Homicide Act. Case still pending.
80. Mrs. Wilhelmina c. Wetzel, II.
of 1343 Monroe street NV, about
10:45 am. June 10, struck by taxi
cab while standing on a streetcar
loading platform at Fourteenth
street and Park road NV. Weather
clear. Driver, 81, with 25 years
driving experience, held by coro-
ners jury for grand jury action.
Indicted, case still pending.
20. Floyd Carmichael colored, -,
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Age Of Victim

25. while operating q street car,
killed in a collision with another
streetcar at New York avenue and
Seventh street NV. Weather clear.
Motorman of other car, 38, with
13 years experience, released by
coroner's jury.
April
%. John w Curtis, colored, 18, of
1872 Gainesville street Sc, about
6:15 pm, April 3, while riding in a
truck going west on Morris road Sc,
was fatally injured when the driver
lost control of the vehicle. smashing
into a fire plug and then into light
pole and tree at the corner Of
Hunter place Sc. Weather clear.
Driver, 81, colored, with eight wears
driving experience, held by coroner's
jury for grand jury action. Indicted
by grand jury. Convicted.
23 Robert Phillips, jr., colored, 6,
of 1431 Corcoran street N W., at 4:30
pm, April 8, ran into Thirteenth
SUIttG dI SOl COl oil StlCCU INV. II OLll
between parked cars and hit right
front fender of northbodnd automo-
bile. Weather clear. Driver, 40, with
20 years driving experience, re-
leased by coroner's jury.
"a. Thomas Minor, 68, of 80 L
street NV, about 4::30 pm, April
10, while pushing q two-whneled
junk cart inside the east entrance
of the K street underpess between
First and Second streets NE, struck
from the rear by automobile.
Weather clear. Driver, 36, with II
years driving experience, held by
coroner's jury for Police Court &C
ton under the Negligent Homicide
Act. Case still pending.
25 Wong Shee Duck, IS, of 910
New York avenue NV, about 9:45
pm, April Is, struck by automobile
in the 800 block of Upshur street
NV. after he had stepped irto the
street from bstwssn parked cars.
Died April 10. Weather clear. Driver,
Evening star., 1941-10-05

donal 10000 that flow daily District surrounding
States. OF the 65 deaths
pedestrians Thyour official
violated simple like
from between parked
1910 and January killed
the figure the same-10 pedestrians
If facts fatalities be taken
pedestrian
o
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Thirteen killed Washington traffic September
of this
for concentrated effort the number Of fatalities
Action the hue and Thirteen killed month
pared three
nine months of l9 compared to 81 for the period 1910
drawing staff Artist Sudduth
key No the traffic death toll the proportions
proper study page pedestrian
potentially
Evening star., 1941-10-05
August

48. Frank F. Hill, 80, colored, 625
Florida avenue NV. about $50 pm
August 6, fatally injured when he
collided with side of moving south
bound streetcar on Fourteenth
street NV, few feet south of south
crosswalk of street. Weather clear.
Motorman, 25, with two weeks ex-
perience, exonerated by coroner's
jury.
70. Thomas P. Fogarty, q, Of 325
FRANKLIN street NE, park police
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of 2512 I street NV. about tbs
am June 16. while riding bi-
cycle in front of 1923 NJ street
NV, run over by rear wheel of a
trailer truck when he swerved into
the front part of the trailer in pass
ing another truck that had pulled
to curb. Weather clear. Driver, 80
colored, released by coroners jury
July
Al. Ernest E. Haycock, 80, no fixed
address, at TAO pm. July 8, struck
by truck while in center of Ninth
street NV, in south crossWalk of
K street. Died almost Immediately
Weather raining. Truck proceeding
north on Ninth on green light. Po-
lice could not learn whether victim
had started crossing on proper sig
nal. Driver, colored, 20, with six
years driving experience, but had
never had drivers license, eXonerat-
ed by Coroner's jury.
AZ. Franklin Eugene lincoln, 81
of 1927 Fairmont street NV, about
l0:45 pm. July 5. while driving
midget roadster, collided with sedan
at Seventh and P streets NV, i'm
pact causing smaller car to turn
complete somersault, throwing VIC
tim and companion into street. Died
July g. Weather clear. Driver, police
man. 33, with II years driving eX-
perience, was responding to rob-
berry call. EXonerated by coroner S
jury.
43. Mrs. Anna Minor, about 10, OF
922 Sheridan street NV, about HOS
a m. July 9, struck by automobile
while crossing Georgia avenue in the
Aspen street croSSwalk. Weather
clear. Driver. 35, with Is years driv-
ing experience. held by coroner's
jury for grand jury action. Indicted
by grand jury August 10. Case still
pending.
"A. Elsie Malloy, g. of 1903 Sixth
street NV, about 8:45 pm. July
II. fatally injured when struck by
northbound automobile while cross
ing Sixth street, about las feet
north of S street NV, from be-
tween parked cars and behind car
parked double. Weather clear. Driv-
er, 81, with two years driving ex-
perience, released by coroners jury
As. Mrs. Althea Seebode, 81, of
1927 North Carolina avenue NE,
about 8:45 pm. July II. struck by
northbound automobile while cross
ing Bladensburg road NE, between
Twenty-flfth place and Twenty
sixth street, not in crosswalk. Died
July 13. Weather clear. Driver, col
ored, 35, with Is years driving ex-
perience. held by coroner's jury for
grand jury action. Indicted, case still
pending.
46. Abraham Bargad. IS, of 1901
Lamont street NV, about 10 am.
April 10, struck by northbound au-
tomobile while crossing Sherman
avenue NV, in the Lamont street
crosswalk. Died July "a. Weather
clear. Driver, colored, IS, with Is
years driving experience. No inquest
was held and coroner issued certifi-
cate of accidental death.
At. Walter Turner, 38, colored,
26l7 Siegel road Sc, about 9 pm.
July 27, while riding a bicycle went
on Pomeroy road Sc, failed to make
a right turn into Sheridan road
and crashed into truck which was
stopped at the time. Died July %.
Weather clear. Truck driver, COL
ored, %. with four years driving ex-
perience. No inquest was held and
coroner issued certificate of acci-
dental death.
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%, with IL years driving expe-
rience, eXonerated by coroner's Jury.
26. Leon Thomas, colored, 7, of
1866 Thirty third street NV, about
7:25 pm, April 90 struck by deliv-
cry truck while attempting to cross
in the 5000 block of NJ street NV,
not on a crossWalk. Weather clear.
Driver, 18, with II years driving
experience, according to police. held
by coroner's jury for Police Court
action under the Negligent Homicide
Act. The defendant was found not
guilty in Police Court.
81. Robert Cleveland Wayland, 81
of 2424 Pennsylvania avenue. NV.
about 7:03 am, April %, killed in
stantly when struck by concrete
mixer truck while attempting to cross
M street at New Hampshire avenue
NV. in the crosswalk. Weather
cloudy. Driver. %, with five years
| driving experience, held by coroner S
jury for Police Court action under
the Negligent Homicide Act. Case
still pending.
28 William E. Broderick, IT. of 81
7 street NV, Western Union mes
senger boy, about 1913 am, April
90, while riding his bicycle, crashed
| into the side of an automobile at
Orren and Oates street NE, when
| his attention was distracted by q
dog that ran Into the street. Wealth
er clear. Driver, %, colored, with
three years driving experience, re-
leased by coroner's jury.
May
90. Phyllis Crabbe, colored, 5, of
14l6 Carrolburg street S.W., about
lis pm. May 2, fell beneath the
rear wheels of sand truck in front
of 1409 South Capitol street after
darting cut into the street from
between parked cars. Weather clear
Driver, Al, colored, had 18 years
driving experience. No inquest was
held and the coroner issued a certifi-
cate of accidental death.
30. Francina Coaxum, 5, colored.
of 2l3 Seventeenth street Sc, about
4:50 pm. May 16, struck by auto
mobile in front of 1914 B street S.E.
after running out into the street
from between parked cars. Weather
clear. Driver, 68, with Is years driv-
ing experience, released by coroner's
jury.
81. Miss Maria Herndon, 10, col
ored, of 14l4 Twenty-seventh street
NV, about 7:30 pm. May Is, struck
by automobile as she was crossing
Pennsylvania avenue at Twenty
sixth street N. w. in the crosswalk
Weather clear. Driver, 18, with three
years driving experience, held by
coroner's jury for grand jury action.
Ignored by grand jury.
32 Mary Nancy Tear, 21a years
old, of 465 H street NV, about 10 80
am. May 10, ran from between
parked cars into the middle of
Fourth street just east of H street
NV. and was crushed under the
rear wheels Of Q truck Weathe.
clear. Driver, 81, With ~ years' drtv-
Evening star., 1941-10-05
Official Action in Fatalities

action in 19 traffic deaths up to Sepem
80 follows:
death driver exonerated OF blame
q coronerS jury S
United States attorney began nvesu-
cation after said he dissatisfied with coroners
verdict of accidental death)
which inquest held and certificate OF accl-
dental death issued
which held driver for Police Court action
Negligent Homicide Act ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS L
defendant convicted In another the
defendant found guilty by Police Court jury
while the other IL still pendngO
which held driver for action by the
grand jury
defendants indicted by the grand jury
convicted ignored, and the other three
defendants under indictmen)
Gases still awaiting action by coroner
Evening star., 1941-10-05
Traffic Killers

road at the intersection OF L street
NE. The entire island lay within
an unmarked crosswalk. Died jan
uary 18. Weather. clear. Driver, 81,
colored. with IS years experience,
who was said to have been drinking
prior to the accident, held by cor
oners Jury for Police Court action
under the Negligent Homicide Act.
Case still pending.
10. Fernand Petit, So. of 2434
Thirty-ninth place NV, at $40
pm, January II, while a passenger
in an automobile was injured in a
collision with another automobile at
Thirty second street and Cathedral
avenue NV. Died January 10.
Weather clear, Driver, l8, with three
years driving experience, released
by coroner's jury.
IL. Spencer w. Sahlberg, As. of
1740 Riggs street NV, about 9:55
pm, January 10, struck by bus
while crossing K street at Eigh-
teenth street NV. against a red
light. Weather clear Driver. 80,
with II years driving experience,
exonerated by coroner's jury.
II. John S. Snyder %, of 2635
Otis street Ne at 1880 am, Janu-
airy 20, struck by automobile while
crossing Rhode Island avenue near
Central avenue NE, not in the
crossWalk. Died January 81. Weather
clear. Driver, 30, with seven years
driving experience, released by
coroner's jury.
13. Miss Octavia Martin, %. of the
Valley Vista Apartments, Belmont
road and Ashmead place NV, about
pm, January "a. struck by auto
mobile while crossing Constitution
avenue just outside of Sixteenth
street croSswalk. Weather raining
Driver, 26, with eight years driving
experience, held by coroner's jury
for Police Court action under Negli-
gent Homicide Act. Case still pend
ing.
February
IA. Harold P Johnson, 81, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, about $50 pm,
February 7, while standing in a
button safety zone on Pennsylvania
avenue at Twenty sixth street NV,
struck by an automobile which
passed through the zone. Died
February 6. Weather clear. Driver,
IS, with 20 years driving experience,
held by coroner's jury for grand
jury action. Indicted by grand jury.
Convicted.
Is. John H. Fritter, rs, of ALSO
Wisconsin avenue NV, about $50
pm, February 8, struck by auto
mobile while crossing Wisconsin
avenue NV, Immediately south of
Ellicott street. but not in the cross
walk. Died February II. Weather
clear. Driver, 30, with II years
driving experience, released by coro-
ner's jury.
16 Mrs. Mamie Cutridge, IS, of
1926 Potomac avenue Sc, at 9:2O
am, February %, while riding in
an automobile driven by her hus-
band, fatally injured by a collision
with a trailer truck at Third and D
streets S.W. Weather clear. Truck
driver 80, with 18 years driving ex-
perience, exonerated by coroner's
jury.
March
~. Louis =. sehsllhorn, e2, Of 2soa
1 ~ II
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Traffic Toll Jumps to 65
For Nine-Month Period;
so Pedestrians Killed
House-to-House Safety Canvass
Proposed by Van Duzer

All statistics sac accidents used by The Star
are gathered by reporters queS
pare the series, why Must They Die?"
Evening star., 1941-10-05
March

~. Louis =. sohsllhorn, e2, Of 2soa
Fourteenkh street NV, at SIS pm
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
Baptist Revival
Begins Sunday
Rev. Day VIII
Do Preochino:
Street Sunday

The Durant Baptist Church Begin
a series Of revival services Sunday
The Pastor, Rev. J. H. Street, will
preach in both services on Sunday.
Reverend W. L. Day, who has only
recently moved to Louisville, Miss,
will arrive in time for the morning
services Monday and preach until
the revival closes. Mr.. Day has been
Pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Pascagoula prior to his coming to
Louisville, where he succeeds the DR..
J. N. McMilin, as Pastor of the Louis
vile Baptist Church. Previously he
was also Educational Director in the
First Baptist Church, Jackson, and
Pastor of the Collins Baptist Church,
Collins. Mr.. Day is a man of warm
personal attractiveness and excellent
pulpit ability.
Sunday Services will be held on
daylight saving time, with hours as
usual, Beginning Monday, services
will be on Standard time, with hours
for services at 1000 am. and 1880
pm. This announcement is made
with the understanding that the city
Continued ON page Sixl
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
Ihermo Cleaner
Installed By ''''::
Duranf Gin
Finer Quality Sample
Con Now Be
Turned Out

A new Lummus Thermo-C Cleaner,
designed to produce a finer quality
sample by cleaning, drying and hum.
idifying the cotton before it is gin.
ned, has been installed by the Durant
Gin Company.
The Lummus Thermo Cleaner has
been installed in line with our policy
of giving our customers the very
best service available, said Mr.. Claud
Wilkes, owner of the gin.
Throughout the cotton states, this
piece of equipment has proved its "a
bility to produce cleaner, better cot
ton for the market. 1t is not Just
a drier, but a humidifier which puts
moisture into dry cotton or takes it
out of wet cotton. Yet it operates
so that the fibre is never damaged.
A large double-screen section at
the bottom of the equipment pro-
vides for cleaning the cotton, re-
moving sand and heavy trash
Growers are invited to visit the
Durant Gin Company's plant and sec
the Thermo-Cleaner in operation, Mr..
Wilkes said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
New Drivers License
Period On Hand

Miss Lena Brock, Director of the
Drivers License Bureau. announced
today the beginning of the next re-
newal period for drivers licenses.
Those drivers having drivers licenses
marked mot GOOD AFTER SEPT.
80" should go Immediately to the
nearest sheriff and make applica-
ton for renewal. Although this re-
newal period will last the entire
month of September, it is we'll to
profit by experience in periods Of the
past and make your application ear
ly to prevent the last minute rush
and confusion" stated Miss Brock.
Those drivers who have lost their
drivers licenses, or the renewal stub
from that license will have to make
application for both the duplicate
and renewal. The cost of the re-
newal license is 25 cents plus fee
of Is cents for the issuing sheriff.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
Community Health
For Defense To
Be Stressed it,
T. B. Made Worse
By Wor Conditions,
Says Authority

Community health as a vital fac.
tor in national defense will be stres-
sed at the annual meeting of Missis-
sippi tuberculosis Association to be
held at the Robert E. Lee Hotel in
Jackson, Friday. September S. Judge
], H. Price, of Magnolia, is president
Of the association. Arrangements are
in charge of Logan H. Mclean, of
Sanatorium, executive secretary.
Addresses will be delivered by Col
Lea B. Robinson, chairman of Mis-
sissippi Civilian Defense Council,
Maj. r. M. Allott, surgeon of the
Jackson Air Base and Maj. Lawrence
Long. chief medical officer of the
Selective Service System in Mis;ssip-
pi. Comments on the tuberculosis
situation in Mississippi will be made
by DR.. Felix J. Underwood, State
Health Officer and DR.. Henry Bos-
well, superintendent of the State
Sanatorium.
Already rated worse than war as
destroyer of human life, tubercu-
losjs is made still worse by war con-
ditions, it was pointed out by Judge
Price, who added:
'More than half a million cases
of this disease in the country today
seriously weaken fitness for defense.
Many tuberculous military recruits
are being returned to civilian life,
and more cases will be found in
their families. The situation calls for
intensified control efforts by all Of
ficial and volunteer health agencies"
The meeting will be attended by
state and county health department
workers and county tuberculosis as
ISOLATION officers from all parts of
the state.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
County Schools
Open Sept. 1st
Ebenezer And
Bethesda 18th:
Others 18th

Ho I'm es county's consolidated
schools will open on Monday, Sep
TENDER /, according to an announce
ment of Miss Dorothy McBee, coun-
ty superintendent of education.
With the exception or Bethesda and
Ebenezer, who will open on Septem-
Der II, the consolidated schools will
begin their new year at this time.
Ebenezer and Bethesda will open on
September u.
The schools of Lexington are set
to open on September Is.
The date for the opening Of the
Durant schools has been set in
definitely for September Is. Fur
Their announcement will be made
later.
A pre-school meeting of superin-
tendents and principals will be held
this morning in Miss McBee's office
to make arrangements for the lsoohc
to make arrangements for the school
year. A complete list of county
teachers will be released by next
week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
$4,000 In Cotton
Stamps Earned
In County
800 Holmes Families
Will Obtain Stomps;
So, 900 Received

About $4,000 in cotton stamps
has already been received by farm
families in Holmes county out of a
total Of about $4,000 to be re-
ceived eventually, E. R. Trotman OF
the county agents office stated to-
day.
There were 1850 families signed
intention sheets to voluntarily reduce
their cotton acreage from the 1910
crop in order to earn the stamps. A
maximum of $500 can be earned
by each tenant family. A landlord
with two or more tenants, if he
reduces his acreage enough, may
earn a maximum of $4,000 in cotton
stamps. Intention sheets had to be
signed to June Is in order to get the
stamps, however.
The stamps can be spent in any
store in the United States for one
hundred percent American cotton
goods. Merchants have to sign cards
which they can get from the county
agents office in order to conform
with regulations and be able to ac-
cept the stamps 1t does not cost
the merchant anything to get these
cards He only has to make the re-
quest for them.
Any Holmes county merchant who
wishes to be able to accept the cot
ton stamps for trade may contact the
comply.
The stamps may be deposited in
the bank as cash or they can be sent
to the office of the Surplus Market
ing Administration in New Orleans
for the cash money.
The stamps come in % cents de-
nominations and as each merchant
sell the goods he pastes the stamps
on cards he is given.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
Cotton Order Stamps
Cont Be Replaced

JACKSON Mississippi farmers
Tuesday were warned by T. M.
Patterson, state AAA administrator
that cotton order stamps which are
lost, destroyed or stolen cannot be
replaced"
Mutilated stamps may be replaced
if they can be identified, Admins
TRAITOR Patterson said. Producers who
have mutilated cotton order stamps
were given instructions for obtaining
new stamps from the Surplus Market
ing Administration.
Administrator Patterson asked the
county administrative officers to eau
tion producers to handle their stamps
carefully since those lost, destroyed
or stolen cannot be replaced and
those which are mutilated are sub
ject to considerable handling and de-
lay.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
1853 Men from Mississippi
To Be Indicted in Sept.

According to information recent
y released by Brigadier General
Thomas J. Grayson, State Director
of Selective Service, 968 men from
Mississippi are scheduled for Undue
ton under the first two calls for
September. Of this total, AGO white
selectees viii report at camp Shelby
September 9-12 with the sos coiored
selectees covered by requisition No
Is following on Septemb6 1919.
The State Director today advised
that the distribution by local boards
Of the men covered by these calls
is as follows:
Alfalfa, No. 1, 9 and 5; Carroll
II and z; Holmes No. /, 8 and IL,
Holmes No. 2, and Z; Madison No.
|, 2 and -; Madison No. 2, 7 and
7; Montgomery, s and 4; Yazoo No.
l, and 8; Pazoo No. 2, 5 and 10