Evening star., 1941-09-02
District Holiday
IsUnnlarred by
Traffic Deaths
II Persons Injured;
Nations Week End
Auto Toll Is 4l6

Residents of the Washington area
returned to work today after cele-
brating the Labor Day holiday with
out traffic fatality despite the
travel of record crowds.
Although the area passed without
q traffic death due to an accident
yesterday, Mrs. Myrtle Jordan, SO,
of Huntington, w. Va, died here
from injuries received in an accident
August 90 Eleven persons were
injured in accidents here and in
nearby areas.
Holiday weekend fatalities
throughout the rest of the Nation
resulted in 4l6 fatalities, according
to an Associated Press survey. An
other 73 persons drowned and 1875
died in shooting. stabbings, falls,
fires, airplane accidents and by
other violent means.
District Woman Killed.
From Petersburg. Va, however,
came word that Mrs Annie Pauline
Lee of Washington was killed in
an automobile accident on Route
469. about ? miles east of Waverly,
yesterday.
The Associated Press reported she
was fatally injured when a car in
which she and her daughter, Mrs.
Robert T. HutchinS of Washington,
and Mr.. Hutchins turned over after
q tire blew out while the car was
moving toward Petersburg. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hutchins were slightly injured.
None of the three was listed III
Washington directories.
Fifteen other accidental deaths
we're reported in Virginia for the
three-day holiday period ended
Monday night. Eleven were caused
by automobile accidents.
Visitors Flock to District.
Washington was reported as one
Of the Nations most popular cities
for tourists, and officials at travel
agencies reported record throngs.
Union Station reported a 80 per cent
increase over last year Labor Day;
the Greyhound Bus Terminal re-
ported nearly doubled" last years
passenger traffic, and the National
TrailWays Bus firm said it had the
Largest week end in history"
The temperature scared to ga here
at 2:30 pm. but a shower broke the
heat somewhat a little later The
humidity, however, went to II per
cent at 4,30 pm, Cooler weather
was in prospect today, with high
II Iy-t lNn I2rt-
reau- After low of "a tonight, to-
morrow will see occasional showers,
it was predicted.
Mrs. Jordan. police reported, re-
ceiVed a brain conclusion when the
taxiCab in which she was riding
Collided with another cab at Fourth
street and Washington drive NV.
Her husband. Frank Jordan, At, and
daughter. Ruth, IA. were slightly
injured in the accident. Mrs. Jor-
dan, who died at Casualty Hospital,
was the SD traffic fatality of the
year, compared with 48 at this time
last year.
Woman, 80, Injured.
Mrs. Martha Taylor, 90, of 3937
Livingston street NV, was reported
in a serious condition at Emergency
Hospital with fractures OF both legs,
face cuts and several broken teeth.
She was injured when the automo-
bile in which she was riding colllded
with another operated, police said,
by John KirkWood. 80. of 1905 Six
teenth street NV. who was about
TO turn into the driveway of the
British Embassy on Massachusetts,
avenue. Police reported Mr.. Kirk
woods s automobile was owned by the
British Purchasing Mission. A pas
senger with Mr.. Kirkwood, John
Sullivan. al, 103 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NV, received a slight arm
injury.
Also seriously hurt were Mr.. and
Mrs Leonard M. Smith of HyattS-
vile, Md, whose motorcycle COL
1ided with an automobile near -Four
Corners, Md. Mrs. Smith received a
possible skull fracture and severe
face and head cuts. and her huS-
band, a 28-year-old dairy employe,
a broken left arm and face cuts.
Both were taken to the Washington
Sanitarium.
Driver Charged.
Police charged the driver of the
automobile, listed as Charles H.
Beall, 20, Washington Navy Yard
employe, with reckless driving Mr..
BeaH, police said, was making a left
turn into a driveway when the acci-
dent occurred.
Others reported injured and ad-
mitted TO hospitals in this area were:
Leroy Jackson. 39, colored, 76 Fen
lon street NE struck by an automo-
bile at Fifth and K streets NV. He
was taken to Gallinger Hospital with
a fractured left knee.
William Clark. 3, colored, Balti-
more, who received a fractured right
leg in an accident at College Park,
Md. He was taken TO Casualty.
Mrs. Margaret Brown, %, Barry,
Ill. taken to Emergency Hospital
with possible fracture of the right
leg, received when the car in which
she was riding collided with another
near GaitherSburg. Md.