Evening star., 1942-04-13
Seven Injured
In Weekend
Area Traffic
Mother and Girl, Is,
Hurt in Arlington
Heud-On Collision
D. G. Traffic Toll

Seven persons were injured seri-
ously in Washington and nearby
Virginia traffic accidents yesterday.
One was apparently a hit-run victim
and two of the others were injured
by a man police claimed was driving
recklessly.
The latter two were Mrs. Okla
Yowell, Al, 2217 Minnesota avenue
Sc, who suffered a compound leg
fracture, broken arm, cuts and pos
sibly fractured skull, and her 13-
year-old daughter Helen who was
treated for conclusion.
Police said the car in which they
were riding was in a head-on COL
lision in the 1900 block of Lee
boulevard. Arlington. They arrested
the driver of the second machine,
Walter NJ White. Is, colored, of
Herndon, on charge of reckless
driving. Five other persons were
given first aid for minor injuries
in this accident, police said.
Three Car Accident.
A three-car accident at Rhode
Island avenue and North Capitol
street sent three men to the hos
pital, two seriously injured. These
were Donald Eugene Gamble, 18, of
the Aviation Ordnance School, Dahl
gren. Va, treated at Garfield for
skull fracture, and Jesse William
son, 38, Of Molehill, Va, a passenger,
treated at Emergency for skull frac-
ture and conclusion.
Mr.. CANDLES car was in collision
with two others, then turned over
several times" and hit tree SO
feet beyond, police said.
The apparent hit-run victim was
Clarence Nelson, 43, of Arlington,
who was brought to Emergency in
dazed condition. He said he was
struck by an auto as he walked
along Columbia pike near Queen
street, Washington police reported.
The hospital said he had a possible
spine fracture, conclusion and lacer-
ated forehead.
Auto Hits Trailer Truck.
Leslie Schaeffer, "a, and his wife,
Ruth, %, of the $500 block of Good
Hope road Sc, were admitted to
Alexandria Hospital with injuries
received when their car crashed into
trailer truck on United States
Route south of Alexandria yester-
day. He received internal injuries
and shock, while Mrs. Schaeffer was
treated for severe lacerations about
the head and face and shock.
Arthur Mcneil, 10. of 1909 Gull
ford road. College Park, Md, was
admitted to Garfield Hospital with
possible internal injuries, received,
when a motor cycle he was riding
crashed into parked car on the
University of Maryland campus.
David Lewis Richardson, 4, Of
Laurel, Md. received cuts on the
face and possible fractured skull
when he fell from an automobile
driven by his father, Ernest r.
Richardson, on Lee highway at Gen.
terville, Va. Fairfax County police
reported. Taken to Georgetown
Hospital by the Fairfax Fire De-
partment ambulance, his condition
was reported as favorable today.
Cigarette Causes Injuries.
When a cigarette was tossed out
of a car window and few back in
again there was SO much excite
ment that two girls and five SOL
diers were injured last night, police
said.
Miss Doris May Jones, 18, Alb
Fifth street NE, was driving when
the car hurdled a curb and hit a
tree at Constitution avenue and
Twenty-sixth street NV, police
said. She and Miss Madge Duncan,
%, 1885 Holbrook street NE, went
to Emergency with minor injuries.
Transferred to Walter Reed Hos
pital after preliminary treatment
were Corpl. Dennis Leite, %, and
Pvts. John Gerlack, %; Arthur
Hendricks, 81; Buck Brannen, %,
and Santino Farfarelli, 81. all Of
A. P. Hill Military Reservation, Va.