Evening star., 1943-02-22
Generals Daughter
Among II Hurt in
Traffic Mishaps
Girls Injuries Critical;
Bus Crash Accounts
For 10 Casualties

Seventeen persons, including 10
bus passengers and the 8-year-old
daughter of Brig. Gen. Frank J. Nc
Sherry, were listed as injured today
in traffic accidents in the Wash
ington area.
Millicent McSherry, 1882 Garfield
street NV, was in a critical con-
dition in Children's Hospital. She
received a possible skull fracture
yesterday when the bicycle she was
riding collided with Capital
Transit Co. bus at Cleveland and
Cathedral avenues NV.
Police listed the operator of the
bus as Herschel Miller, 33, of 4O15
Chesapeake street NV.
Gen. McSherry recently was
shifted from the post of chief of
operations in the War Manpower
Commission to active duty with the
general staff at the War Depart
ment.
Bus and Truck Collide.
Ten passengers were injured early
last night in a collision between an
A, B. g. w. bus and truck at
Fourteenth and D streets S.W. Most
of them were released from Emer-
gency Hospital after treatment.
Listed by police as injured were:
Eleanor L. Mayo, %, of 231O Ash
mead place NV, neck injury; Dor
othy Miller, 26, same address; Olga
Zelenke, %, same address, Bessie M.
Sampson, 81, Alexandria, injuries to
the right wrist and thigh; Aubrey
Lee DoWdy, %, Arlington, cut left
leg; John Rasmussen, 70. .Alexan-
dria, face injuries; Della Joyce, 26,
of l40l Sixteenth street NV, neck
injuries; Julia Ratcliffe, "a, colored,
Alexandria; Clarence Mallory, "a.
colored, 81 Canal street S.W., and
Dollie Mallory, colored, same ad-
dress.
Beer and gasoline were spilled
when the truck overturned. Police
threw a Gordon about the scene to
prevent bystanders from smoking,
as flremen cleaned the street.
According to police, the bus was
operated by Willie Daniels. SO, of
Alexandria, and the truck by Will
liam H. Tate, 20, of Milford. Va.
In another accident yesterday an
elderly colored man was seriously
injured when struck by an automo-
bile which, police said, was operated
by President Harry C. Byrd of the
University of Maryland.
Victim Unidentified.
The accident occurred at Siy-
teenth street and Kalorama road
NV. shortly after midnight. The
victim, about 70 and unidentified
was crossing Kalorama road when
the car hit him, inflicting head and
internal INJURIES, police said. He
IS under treatment at Gallinge1
Hospital.
No charges were placed against
DR.. Byrd.
Two colored men and a woman
were injured in a collision be-
tween an automobile and a street
car at Nineteenth street and Ben
nlng road NE, police reported.
SNSA ~ OSdCs IlPtI Oh tne
automobile, and his wife. Binah
were treated at their home, 1926
Eleventh street NV, for possible
/ internal injuries and a back injury
/ respectively. Mrs. Lettie Ayers, so
colored, Of 232 P street NE, a pas
senger in the car, received an arm
| injury in the accident.
Roger Wagner, 43, Of 1889 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc, was the op-
orator of the streetcar, police said.
Two persons were injured today in
an automobile accident on route !
at Accotink, police reported. The
injured, who were admitted to Alex
andria Hospital. were listed as j. l.
Allen, 80, of Newport News, Va.
broken leg, and Gene P. Little, 20
same address, head cuts.