Evening star., 1941-05-05

was charged WIN
m an 81 aughter Mr.. Cummins.
and released in custody of military
police at the post pending hear
ing Thursday in Hyattsville Police
Court.
Mr.. Cummins, an employe of the
had been called to the scene to re-
pair a line broken earlier in the
day in another traffic accident. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital by
two fellow workers, Joseph K. Drury,
1884 Tenth street NV, and B. j.
Goodwin of Hampton, Va, but was
dead on arrival.
Making U-Turn.
Gene L. Baker. %, of 1901 lingo
mar street NV, was fatally injured
last night when, police said. his
car was in collision with Grey
hound bus about 3 miles south of
Alexandria, Va, on highway No. l..
He and his companion. Miss Jane
Simon, IT, of 1926 Thirty-ninth
street NV, were thrown clear of
his car, according to Fairfax County
police, when he attempted to make
q U-turn. Mr.. Baker was taken to
Alexandria Hospital by the Alexan-
dria Rescue Squad, where he died
shortly after 10 pm. Miss Simon
was taken to Emergency Hospital by
q passing motorist. Her condition
was undetermined. She suffered a
broken right leg and severe cuts and
bruises.
The county police released Ralph
L. Axselle, 26, of Richmond, driver
of the bus, on $1,000 bond for an
inquest this afternoon A passenger
In the bus was not injured
Mr.. Baker was an employe of the
Bureau of Standards and a student
at George Washington University.
His home was at Springville, Utah.
The third fatality occurred on the
suitland-Silver Hill road, where a
car driven by Harry Leaberry, %,
OF Parkland, Md, crashed into a
tree. He was dead when he reached
Casualty Hospital in the Marlboro
rescue squad ambulance. His wife,
Mary Louise, 20, was taken to Provi-
dence Hospital with serious lacera-
tions on the head and body.
Pinned Under Auto.
Otis Crawfard, 25, colored. of ITO
p street NV. was killed instantly
early yesterday when his car struck
q pole and overturned on Route 40
3 miles east of Hancock, Md, ac-
cording to word received here. He
was pinned under his machine.
Three passengers suffered minor
cuts
In Jacksonville, Fla, Mrs. Mary
Dunn White, SO, of College Park,
Md, died yesterday of a heart at
tack which physicians said resulted
from an automobile accident near
there April 8. With her husband,
William White, a retired restaurant
operator, she was returning home
after spending the winter in Miami
when their car overturned 18 miles
south of Jacksonville. Mr.. White
was not injured.
Charles Boswell 40, and his wife
Marie, 80, of Baltimore, were in
jured at the scene of the accident
at Beltsville where Mr. Cummins
was killed. They escaped with
minor injuries. Paul Petit, %, of
635 Elliott street NE, driver of
the machine which struck the pole
which Mr.. Cummins was repairing,
sustained cuts and bruises and later
was charged with reckless driving
Prince Georges County police said.
Motor Cyclists Hurt.
James Battle, 80, and his wife,
Helen, %, of Lanham Park were
treated for minor cuts and bruises
received in an accident at Barney
street and Baltimore boulevard yes
terday.
-Four participants in motor cycle
show and race at Piney Grove
Md, three of them injured seri-
ously in a pile-up after spill, were
brought to Providence Hospital.
Robert Brigham, 27, of Mount
Rainier, Md, suffered a fractured
arm and head injuries and was be-
lieved to be the most seriously in
JuTeQ. george w. OdUlIle, q, VI
40 Sycamore street, Takoma Park
Md, received bruises on the chest
and possibly internal injuries, and
George Beacraft, %, of 1865 Thirty
first street NV, sustained a frac-
tured left leg Fred Bloom, %, of
1905 Ninth street NV. escaped
with cuts and bruises and was re-
leased after treatment.
Struck by machine while cross
ing Rhode Island avenue in Mount
Rainier, Robert Triplett, 43, colored
of Brentwood, Md, was brought tC
Casualty Hospital with fractured
right leg. Mount Rainier police were
investigating the accident.
The Branchville (Md0 rescue
squad brought George Pagan, 20
and his wife. Dorothy, 25, of Balti-
more, to Casualty Hospital early
today from an accident on the Balti.
more boulevard at Berwyn. She
received q compound fracture ol
the right leg and was suffering from
ahock.