Evening star., 1943-11-22
Raj Commander
Among Three Killed
In Traffic Accidents
D. 6. Traffic Toll
Killed in l943- 63
Killed in same period In 1912 100
Toll for all of 1912 i09

Toll for all of ls42------.i i09
Washington's November tram,
death toll rose to 13 with the death o
two persons yesterday. Early Sun
day morning an Raj ofiicer wa
killed in an accident in nearb,
Maryland.
Dead were:
DR.. George S. Bullock, 80, colored
40S T street NV. and a passenge
In his car, Mrs. Virginia L. Muse
colored, 80, of 1919 Thirteenth stree
NV. Their car crashed into al
embankment at Sheriff road ant
Minnesota avenue NE.
Raj Wing Comdr. Harry Jane
Maxted, II, was killed when his ca,
overturned on Old Bladensburg roae
south Of Seek Corner.
Several other persons were re.
ported injured badly in accidents
The 13 traffic deaths for this month
exceed the deaths for November OF
last year by two.
Cars Believed Racing.
Police said DR.. Bullock and Mrs
Muse were killed when their car
failed to make a turn and went into
a ditch, smashing into a dirt en-
bankment. They were pronounced
dead by an Emergency Hospital
physician.
Another car, believed to have
been racing with the doctors auto
is sought by police. The other car,
police said, struck tree near the
scene Of the accident, but drove OF
leaving some wreckage.
DR.. Bullock is the son of the Rev
G.. o. Bullock, pastor OF the Third
Baptist Church. A graduate OF
Shaw University and Meharry Medi-
cal College, he was on the staff OF
Freedmen's Hospital and also as
sisted at Howard University medical
school.
Wing Comdr. Maxted was killed
about 2:45 am. Sunday, according
to Montgomery County police, who
said indications were that he
swerved to avoid hitting a pedes
trian or was crowded off the road
by another motorist. He was taken
70 Washington Sanitarium, where
he was pronounced dead.
Third Raj Death In Week.
His death marked the third Royal
Air Force of1lcer to be killed in a
trafic accident in the Washington
area within a week. Two Women'S
Auxiliary Air Force section officers
died last Tuesday.
Wing Comdr. Maxted, who lived
with his wife and two children at
304 Normandy drive, Silver Spring,
Md. had been stationed in Wash
ington for two years. A communica-
tions officer, he had been in the Raj
for 10 years.
Two MP's injured.
In another accident yesterday
Pvt. Clair Burger, 10, and another
military policeman from Fort Myer,
Va, were injured in an Army truck
auto crash at Third street and
Massachusetts, avenue NV, Pvt
Burger is said to be in serious con-
dition at the Fort Myer hospital
He suffered head injuries and pos
sible broken ribs. The other MP
Pvt. Leonard r. Kretage, 26, is ir
the Fort Myer hospital for treat
ment of severe cuts and bruises.
Police said the two men first were
taken to Casualty Hospital follow
ing a collision with car driven by
Archie Ferguson, 81, of 3742 Twelfth
street NE.
Mr.. Ferguson was charged with
leaving after colliding. He pleaded
not guilty today before Municipa
Court Judge George Nelson anc
was granted a jury trial. He was re-
leased under 81 900 bond.
Three men from Camp Dietrich
near Frederick, Md, and their three
feminine companions. two of them
students at Hood College, Frederick
were injured, none seriously, when
the auto in which they were riding
left the road miles this side OF
Rockville. Md.
Those injured were Harriet Smith
Al, Meyersville, Md, operator OF
the car; Ethel Libby. 20, and Doro-
thy Sweetser, 20. both of Hood Col
lege; Corpl. James E. Folle, %;
sergt. Gale v. Highsmith, %, and
Corpl. Thomas Doyle, %, of Camp
Dietrich. All were removed to
Georgetown Hospital. The Army
men later we're transferred to Wal
ter Reed Hospital.
Police said the accident occurred
when a tire blew out as the car was
rounding curve, causing the cal
to leave the road and strike a pole
Another soldier, Master Sergt
Paul McMahan, 48, stationed with
the medical detachment at Walter
Reed Hospital, suffered severe in
juries, police reported, when he was
struck by a hit-and-run driver or
Georgia avenue near Van Burer
street NV. about midnight Satur.
day.
Despite being injured badly, polio,
said, sergt. McMahan walked t,
Walter Reed Hospital from tn
scene of the accident. The sergean
Is reported to be suffering from /,
fractured right ankle, a possible
skull fracture and an injured righ
eye.
Falls From Auto.
Mrs. Lucille Wesson, 26, of 1O1
Seventeenth street NE, is in Emer
eency Hospital suffering from a pos
sible skull fracture and other hea,
injuries received last night whel
she fell from a moving AUTOMOBILE
at Bladensburg road and Easter
avenue NE.
Her husband, Herbert T. Wessor
q passenger in the car, also fell bu
apparently was not injured
The car was operated by a Coas
Guard ofYicer attached to the Ports
mouth Wa), base. identified b
police only as Mr.. Hill. After takin
Mrs. Wesson to the hospital, Nj
Hill and Mr.. Wesson. also a Coas