Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-17
Il Persons Injured
In Traffic Crashes
Here Over Week End
Two WAVES and Two
Naval Officers Hurt as
Cor Hits Steam Roller s.

Twelve persons, four of them Navy
personnel, were injured in week.
end trafdc accidents here and In
nearby Virginia, according to police.
Two enlisted WAVES and two ON
GERS suffered injuries when the
automobile in which they were rid
ing last night crashed into q steam
roller parked near New Jersey and
Louisiana avenues NV.
Most seriously injured was Helen
Dickerman, IS, seaman first class,
Of WAVES Barracks "a" 1909 q
street NV. She is in. Naval Hos
pital, Bethesda, suffering from q
possible brain conclusion and rib
fracture, police said.
Three Others Treated.
Her escort, It.. q. g.. George E..
Stone, attached to the Navy Yard,
was treated for minor injuries at
Casualty Hospital and released, ac-
cording to police,
Mary Brazzill, a.. seaman first
class, q barracks mate of Miss
Dickerman. and 1t. q. g. Adam
Wozniak. a. also of the Navy Yard,
were given first-aid treatment at
Emergency Hospital and sent home,
police said.
Earlier yesterday David E. Estes,
~, soldier stationed at Fort Meade,
Md, was injured when a taxicab
in which he was a passenger col
hded with another car at Fourth
and F streets NE. He was taken
to Casualty Hospital and later
transferred to Walter Reed Hospital,
police said, suffering from internal
injuries and possible hip fracture.
Drivers Involved.
Police listed the driver Of the taxi
as Orlando Thompson, II. coiored,
Al New Jersey avenue Sc. The
other car, police said, was driven
by George 8. Blaine, II, Of 1911
Good Hope road Sc.
Mrs. Virginia Potter, 30, colored,
50lo Nash place NE, suffered minor
injuries yesterday when the car IN
which she was riding with her hus-
band and q taxicab crashed headon
In the first block OF Sheriff road
Sc. She was treated for bruises
at Casualty Hospital and later sent
home.
The driver Of the cab, police said,
was Garford N. Smith, -, colored,
SOLO Lee street NE.
Six Injured in Virginia.
Five persons were injured, none
seriously, in a two-car collision yes
terday at the intersection OF East
Howell and Clyde avenues, Alexan-
dria.
Police listed the injured, all Of
whom suffered bruises and shock,
as Mrs. Florence Solomon, -, Of
2o02 Mount Vernon avenue. Alexan-
dria: Mrs. r. w. Frame, 50, Of 62S
Lexington place NE, and Robert
w. Patterson, 50, and his two chill
dren, Helen, 5, and Betty, Z. all Of
8 Windsor avenue, Alexandria. An
Of the injured were passengers in
the car driven by Mrs. Solomon,
police said.
Police said William ]. Duval, II,
Of 27l5 Sycamore street, Alexandra.
driver OF the second car was
charged with reckless driving ne
was released in custody of his ia
Their.
Vincent Lanasa, IS, of Richmond,
Va, was injured yesterday when he
lost control Of his car and struck
tree on Route /, near the open
air theater south Of Alexandria,
State police reported. He was treat
ed for broken ankle at the Alex
andria Hospital.
Meanwhile, DR.. John "A. Sims,
Alexandra coroner, announced that
Park Policeman Joseph Z. Shaw
han, who was killed Saturday when
his car struck q tree on Mount
Vernon Memorial highway, 4 miles
south Of Alexandria. died OF a frac-
tured skull. DR.. Sims said there
was no evidence to indicate that
the patrolman had suffered a heart
attack or stroke.