Evening star., 1945-06-25
Youths kiIIed, ,
Another Hurt in
Rockville Crash
Two Others Die
| In Auto Accidents
| Over Week End

Over Week End
Three Rockville youths were
killed and a fourth was injured
there early today when their car
went out of control and struck
a steel pole on Montgomery ave-
nue. near the Amoco service sta
ton, police reported.
The youths were among the five
persons killed and at least five in
jured In traffic accidents in the
Washington area over the week end.
In the Rockville crash Thomas
w. Taylor, 21, and Franklin G. Car
lin, 16, were killed instantly, and
Wade w. Yankey, 16, died enroute
to the hospital.
Pvt. Jack w. Thompson, 10, who
police said was the driver of the car,
was taken to the Naval Hospital at
Bethesda, where officials reported
his condition very satisfactory"
Thompson Served With Patton.
Pvt. Thompson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James M. Thompson, Rockville,
recently returned home on a 39-day
leave after fighting with Gen.
George Patton's Sd Army In Europe.
He has three brothers in the armed
forces.
ALI four youths were former stu
dents Of Richard Montgomery High
School, Rockville.
Young Carlin moved to Rockville
with his family about five years ago
from Clarksburg and was employed
at a Bethesda filling station. A dis
tant relative Of County Police Chief
H. Leslie Carlin, he is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Pearl Ward, Rock
vile, and three brothers, David, 10;
Bobby, Is, and Joseph, 6.
The Yankey youth, a native of
Montgomery County, is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. 10y A. Yankey of near
Rockville. In addition to his par
ents, he is survived by five brothers,
Allen, Is; Floyd, II; Stanley, 9;
woodrow, 8, and Merton, 2.
The Taylor youth, a native of
Gaithersburg, had lived in Rockville
for eight years where he was en-
ployed by the Fabricated Wood
Products Co.. He formerly had
worked for the Montgomery County
Board of Education. He is survived
by his parents, two brothers, John,
1S, and Joseph, 16, and a sister,
Mary, 8.
Car Swerved Suddenly.
Police said the accident occurred
near the edge of Rockville when the
car, said to have been driven at
high rate of speed, suddenly swerved
and struck the pole. Police said the
car belonged to a brother OF the
Thompson boy.
In an accident at the Indianhead
MD Naval Powder Plant, Sergt.
Leonard Bosdanoff, %, stationed at
the Marine Barracks there, was
killed last night when he was struck
by car while walking in the Po-
tomac Heights section of the res
1 ervation.
His companion, who police identi-
ned as Miss Hazel Lester, %, Of the
girls dormitory at Indianhead, was
also hit and suffered head injuries.
She was in serious condition today
IN Casualty Hospital here.
Ohicials at the Indianhead reser-
vation said the driver of the car was
Maurice Bowie, civilian employe
at the powder plant. They said no
charges have been placed pending
an investigation.
A coroner's inquest was to be held
here today in the death of Alter
Docier, colored, 81. of 16 E street
Sc, who died in Casualty Hospital
Of broken neck yesterday after a
collision at South Capitol and K
streets.
Alfred R. Minor, colored, 81, of
3l4 M street S.W., driver of the car
in which Mr.. Docier was riding, and
Joseph L. Thompson, colored, AZ,
las L street Sc, driver of the other
car, have been called to appear. It
was Washington 43d traffic fatality
of the year.
Others Injured.
Mrs. Catherine Mills, II, 532
Fifth street Sc, was treated yester-
day at Providence Hospital for a
possible jaw fracture and leg and
arm injuries suffered in a street
car accident. According to police
records, she was struck by a street
car in the 500 block of Pennsylvania
avenue S.E4 The car was operated
by Basile Ferro, n, 719 Taylor street.
Two 18-year-old girls suffered
body bruises when an automibile in
whichth were riding collided with
a Capital Transit bus Saturday
night at Seventh and M streets NE.
They were Marion L. Keith, and
Lois Montgomery, both of 9O2
Seventh street NE. They were adj
mitted to Casualty Hospital.
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