Evening star., 1945-09-04
Holiday Traffic
Rises 50 Pei.
Over Last Year
Capacity Crowds Ride
Buses and Railroads;
Few Serious Mishups

LdDOT Lay weekend JTauC On Inc
city's streets and neighboring high
ways increased so per cent over
last year, District police reported
today, while buslines and railroads
also were carrying capacity crowds.
The Greyhound buslines set an
all-time record for any holiday Of
the year, L. G. Major, general man
ager of the lines, announced. Rail-
roads had seen nothing like it dur
ing the war.
Despite heavy highway traf1c,
there were only few serious acci-
dents. A motorcycle policeman was
seriously injured yesterday when
struck by an automobile here. Three
persons were injured in the COL
lision of a taxi and a streetcar.
Maryland State police reported no
serious accidents.
3-MiIe-Long Auto Line.
A line of automobiles 8 miles long
waited at Matapeake yesterday for
the Sandy Point ferry to bring them
back from Rehoboth Beach, Del,
and Ocean City, Md.
State troopers, patrolling the line,
estimated total of 500 cars by I
pm. The ferry dispensed with its
schedule and made continuous trips
to transport the holiday load.
Inspector Arthur E. Miller of the
District police traffic division. said
traffic was particularly heavy on
arterial highways. Despite the heavy
traffic, motorists were driving much
faster than usual, he reported.
Every one who had an automo.
bile was using it," he commented.
Hauls s,5s7 in Day.
The Greyhound lines carried 2e,.
SGT passengers on Saturday alone,
Mr.. Major said. The company op-
Grated 692 buses in and out of WASH
lngton over the week end. Having
recently added new buses to the
lines, the company had more buses
than ever before and was in better
shape to handle the crowds than at
any time during the war, he said.
Week-enders travelling by railroad
stood in the aisles, going and COM
ing. w. H. Marks, Union station
master, said citizens who left town
in mass exodus Saturday night re-
turned gradually yesterday and this
morning.
Police Corpl. Aubrey S. Yowaiski,
33, of 3l01 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc, was the policeman seriously
hurt. His motorcycle was struck
from behind by an automobile and
catapulted 40 feet into a Greyhound
bus.
Corpl, Yowaiski was taken to
Emergency Hospital suffering from
multiple compound fractures of the
upper and lower left leg and possible
chest and internal injuries.
Chases Accident Car.
The accident occurred as the DO
liceman was riding east on New
York avenue NE. about 60 feet from
the Ninth street bridge.
Policeman Ashley A. Aderholt, also
OF the traffic division, said he was
riding beside Corpl. Yowaiski on
another motorcycle and sped after
the car which struck the policeman.
Police said the driver, identified as
Fred J. Lilly, 80, colored, of the 600
block of L street S.W, broke away
after Policeman Aderholt took his
wallet to look for identification.
Lilly appeared at the 18th pre-
clnct and reported the theft of his
wallet and car, police said. The po-
lice accepted his report, but arrested
him later when he was entering his
home He is being held on charges
OF reckless driving, leaving the scene
of an accident and making a false
report to police.
Three in Taxicab Hurt.
Three taxicab passengers were in.
jured in collision with a streetcar
at Fourteenth and G streets NV,
Taken to Emergency Hospital were
Morgan Baer. 43, of 1915 Kalorama
road NV, who suffered cuts on the
right leg and nose; Martha Bayha.
10, and Beatrice Mullen, 2l, both of
BOT Allison street NV, cuts and
bruises. Police said the driver of
the cab was E. r. Likens, 40, of
Greenbelt, Md, and that the street.
car was operated by Arthur B. Fos-
ter. "a, of AT Lincoln avenue, Ia
koma Park, Md.
Harbor police continued to drag
the Potomac for the body of Pedro
Jose Moreno, %, of Caracas, Vene-
zuela, an international exchange
student at Georgetown University.
who drowned Sunday about 1000
feet above Chain Bridge wnen a
canoe upset. Antonio Lopez, 26, and
Italo Marsano, 81. two companions
in the canoe, clung to the craft
and later were rescued by Policeman
Frank A. Parr, harbor patrolman.
Art Brown Leaving VOL