Evening star., 1944-01-24
-Four Die, -Four Injured
In Week. Traffic
Accidents in DC. Area
Three Are Killed Near
Alexandra When Truck
Hits Auto Heud-On

-Four persons lost their lives and
four others were injured in week.
end traffic accidents in the District
and nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Three of the four killed were VIC
tins of truck-automobile crash
last night on Route south of Alex.
andria, where fourth person was
injured.
The fourth fatality was a sailor,
who died yesterday of injuries re-
ceived when he was struck by an
automobile Saturday night
Three persons were injured early
today when an automobile driven by
24-year-old sailor plowed through
a streetcar loading zone at Eastern
and Rhode Island avenues, Mount
Rainier.
The death of the sailor brought
to six the number of traffic fatalities
this year in the District, one less
than for the same period last year.
Killed in Crash on Route l.
Killed when their automobile
crashed head-on with trailer truck
4 miles south of Alexandria, were:
Mrs. Genevieve v. Rouse, %. Of
BOT Bryant street NE. and Chester
N. Peria and D. E. Walker, both Of
Baltimore.
Myrtle 1. Shech, %, of Baltimore
was injured seriously. Her condi-
tion was reported as fair today at
the Alexandria Hospital.
Mrs. Rouse was the wife of
Charles L. Rouse, operator of Rouse's
Grill, 9l2 Rhode Island avenue NE.
Seaman Layton r. Lowery, at
tached to the Naval Barracks here,
died early yesterday at Emergency
Hospital, nearly nine hours after
he was struck by a car at Twelfth
street and Massachusetts, avenue.
Police said the auto was driven
by Charles G. Tolson, 81, of 1928
M street NE. He will appear today
at a coroner's inquest.
Truck Hits Auto Head-On.
State Trooper E. c. Trice said tho
Virginia crash occurred in front
OF the Log Cabin Inn on Route l
when the automobile backed out Of
a driveway on the wrong side of the
road and collided head-on with the
truck, which was travelling toward
Washington.
| trooper Trlce said the car was
dragged 100 yards along the high
way and the Wreckage blocked traf-
flc for about 30 minutes before it
could be removed.
He said the truck was owned bv
the Miller Motor Express Co. OF
charlotte, N. c.. and was being oper-
ated by John T. Stewart, jr., "a, of
Charlotte.
DR.. John A. Sims, Alexandria cor
oner, said Mr. Stewart had been
released and would not be charged
and that there would be no INQUEST
The victims were taken to the
Alexandria Hospital, where Mrs.
Rouse and Mr. Peria and Mr.,
Walker were pronounced dead on
arrival.
Police said the injured woman was
unconscious and they had not been
, able to determine who was the
driver of the car.
i Three Hurt in Loading Zone.
The three other persons who were
J injured were standing in the street.
!, car loading zone They were:
Julian H. Lewis. 48, of l243 Oat,
|. street NE, head cuts; Mrs. Grace
Taylor, So, of s14 Twenty-second
: street NV, head and back injuries
. both of whom were taken to Leland
, Memorial Hospital in Riverdale, and
Chris H. Bradford, 46. of So New
York avenue NV He was taken to
. Casualty Hospital suffering from
i. head injuries.
The driver of the car. identified
, by Prince Georges County police as
, Earl P. Meyers, "a. attached at the
, Patuxent naval base. was charged
with reckless driving and turned
over to Navy authorities.