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by car while crossing the street
at Third and K streets S.W.
Two women who suffered frac-
tured wrists by falling on the streets
were admitted to Georgetown Hos
pital.
% Accidents in Arlington.
Arlington police reported % acci-
dents throughout the county. The
most serious case was Marie Rogers,
II, of $40 South Carlyn Spring road,
who was struck by car which COL
lided with another car as she was
walking along Lee boulevard near
Glen Carlyn. She was taken to
Emergency Hospital, suffering from
a possible conclusion of the brain.
Private cars spun around like
pinwheels on Sixteenth street, be-
tween Florida avenue and Euclid
street, and many minor accidents
were reported, including a triple
crash involving an automobile and
two Capital Transit buses.
People stranded on streets tried
to commander cabs, some pulling
open cab doors as the drivers stop
ped for trafflc lights and trying to
crowd inside. Most cabs left the
streets, however, rather than risk
smashups. One cab company re-
ported it was flooded with telephone
calls that could not be answered
because drivers would not respond
to call boxes. The spokesman for
this company said the situation was
the worst he could remember in
many years.
Bus Driver Solves Problem.
A Capital Transit bus driver sue
cessfully solved the dilemma of COM
pleting his run in democratic way
Operating an Ia bus north on
Twentieth street, he sized up the
situation and put it up to the pas
sengers. Without stopping, he asked
the riders to vote on whether to
stop and discharge passengers on
the way out to Chevy Chase Circle,
which automatically meant the end
of the ride because of impossibility
of getting traction for fresh start,
or continuing to the end of the line
nonstop. The vote was unanimous
to continue.
1 En- route the passengers sang
Christmas carols, cracked jokes and
took turns holding babies of other
passengers. The bus completed the
trip amid the passengers chers. Four
sailors with their girls gave a Yea
driver" and other passengers ex-
pressed their appreciation with pats
on the back and even dug down into
their pockets for tips"
Along Connecticut avenue long
lines of stranded bus riders stood
and waited their turns at telephone
booths to call their homes. A score
Of servicemen due back at their /
posts tomorrow morning and unable
to reach the Union Station or bus
depots. waited patiently to place
long distance calls. The demand for
nickels was heavy and the supply of
coins was exhausted at at least one
store.
Maryland Counties Prepared.
MARYLAND counties were prepared ,
for the bliA, but well-laid plans
went awry in Montgomery County
when a sanding truck dispatched
to Highstown shortly after pm.
got lost. The truck was missing
several hours with resulting delays
in traffic in Gaithersburg and at
other points. Bethesda police tele-
phoned for assistance as early as
8 o'clock but the missing truck was
dispatched to Highstown because of
a previous call.
The situation was much better in
Prince Georges County, where the
first complaints were received about
7 80 pm. Emergency crews were
on the roads within an hour. The
first call for aid came from the
Hyattsville Bridge and others fol-
lowed soon after from Tnirty-fourth
street and Rhode Island avenue in
Mount Rainier and River road near
Defense highway.
In both counties sand is stocked
along roads at danger points, but
trucks load from a supply MAIN
tained at Laurel before going into
service. The sand is mixed with CAL
cium chloride to prevent it from
freezing.
Traffic Snarled.
Montgomery County police re-
ported traffic tied up on the winding
highway west of Six
teenth street in Silver Spring and
west of Connecticut avenue in Beth
esda. A few minor accidents were