Evening star., 1941-10-06
Five Are Killed
In DC. Area
Traffic Crashes
68th Fatality Listed
For Capital When
Woman Dies


in an accident at Minnesota avenue
and D street NV. on September
D. She died in Casualty Hospital
of complications resulting from a
fractured left thigh.
She was injured when the auto
mobile in which she was riding. said
by police to have been driven by her
son, James I. Raum. As, of Silesia,
collided with another vehicle.
The driver of the other car was
listed by police as Ralph o. Ecker,
80, of Hillside, Md. Fifty three
persons had died in traffic in the
District at this time last year.
Soldier Dies in Crash.
The traffic victims included
Fort Belvoir CVa) soldier, col
ored man killed on U. S. Highway
No. l in Fairfax County, Va, and
two colored men killed in accidents
in nearby Maryland.
The soldier was Michael Perry,
27, Of Elwood City, Pa, riding with
two companions from Fort Belvoir
when their car struck another ma
chine from the rear and careened
through the bridge over Dogue Run
early yesterday. He died a few min
utes after he was brought to Alex
andria Hospital.
His companions, C. S. Aportolo-
poutoS and Albin D. Brown, we're
taken to the station hospital at Fort
Belvoir with severe cuts and bruises.
driven by Perry D. Warren, 81,
another Fort Belvoir soldier, accord
ing to Fairfax County police, were
uninlured, but their machine was
badly damaged.
Pedestrian is Killed.
James Leroy Walker, 80, colored,
of 511 South Columbus street, Alex
andria, Va, was almost instantly
killed while walking across Highway
No. near the Beacon Airport early
yesterday Fairfax County police
listed Frank L. Osborn, 81, of the
41O0 block of Emery place NV, as
the driver of the car which struck
him
Herman Jones. 10, colored, of
l015 Second street NE, was fatally
injured on Defense highway near
Vista, Nd, early yesterday. He was
dead upon arrival at Casualty Hos
pital in the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad ambulance, according to
Prince Georges County police. Two
passengers lnthe car escaped With
minor cuts and bruises.
The fifth victim was Henry Green,
48, of Wilson, N c., who was killed
on the Baltimore boulevard just
north of Laurel early yesterday
while attempting to cross the high
way. Maryland State police said he
was struck by car operated by
Joseph Mattingly 25, of Leonard
town, Md, who was released on
bond on technical charge of man
slaughter pending hearing before
Trial Magistrate j. E Haslup today
at Savage, in Howard County.
Three Children Hit by Cars.
Three children were injured in
the District when struck by auto
mobiles. They are:
Matson Wells. 6, colored. of 9 K
street NE, released after treat
ment at Sibley Hospital for cuts
received when struck near his hom>
John j. Yates, jr., 5, of 5513 Third
street NV, also was struck near his
home, taken to Garfield Hospital for
a possible skull fracture.
Benjamin Cameron, 2, colored, of
2021 Eighth street NV, struck in
the first block of @ street NV. He
was admitted to Casualty Hospital
with fractured left collar bone.
Thelbert E. Stroud, 81, was injured
early today when his automobile
struck a traffic signal box at Fifth
and c streets NE. He was admitted
to Casualty Hospital with cuts on
the face
Bicyclist Is Hurt.
A 42-year-old man riding a
bicycle was hurt when he collided
with a taXicab at Fourth and M
streets NV. He is Roy Kelly, COL
ored. of Alb I street NV. He was
released after treatment at Freed
mems Hospital for cuts on the
ankles.
streets NV. sent Harry Root, A, of
1928 Fourteenth street NV. to
Emergency Hospital with a possible
dislocation of a shoulder.
Bladensburg road and Eastern
avenue NE. was the scene of a col
lsion that injured a Washington
girl and 3-year-old girl from Phil
RI
18, of 1912 Isherwood street NV.
and Jacqueline Creaven, both taker
to Casualty Hospital. Miss Adams
was said to have possible interna
injuries and the child only minor
injuries.
Two pedestrians struck by auto
mobiles were released after treat
ment at hospitals They are Geneva
Smith, colored, 81, of 4609 Sheriff
road NE. struck near her home
and Barbara Wingate, 1914 Twenty
sixth street NE, hit at Newton
street and Rhode Island avenue NE
Pvt. Darlington Profit, "a, o.
Camp Lee, Va, was injured in ar
accident on Lee boulevard and North
Columbus street, Arlington, last
night and taken to Walter Reec
Hospital with multiple cuts on the
head and a brain conclusion. Hi;
condition was reported as "satisfac-
tory" today. Three passengers ir
the machine received minor cuts anc
bruises, according to Arlington
County police, but were released
after first aid treatment at Emer-
gency Hospital.
A head-on collision on highway No
l at South Twenty eighth street ir
Arlington County injured five per-
sons last night, but none were seri-
ously hurt, according to police. Mrs
Helen Smerda, 27, of 1914 Duke
street, Alexandria, was admitted tt
Alexandria Hospital with a head in
jury. She was a passenger in cal
with her husband Arnold E. Smerda
27, of the same address, when it wa
in collision with another machin,
operated, police said, by Frank Bel.
etr