Evening star., 1945-06-25
3Youths Killed, /,
Another Hurt in
Rockville Crash
Three Others Die
In Auto Accidents
Over Week End

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 six
persons killed and at least 10 injured
in trafic accidents in the WASH
ington area over the week end.
In the Rockville crash Thomas
w. Taylor, 81, and Franklin G. Car
lin, 16, were killed instantly, and
Wade w. Yankey, is, 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 39-day
leave after fighting with Gen.
George Patton's Sd Army in Europe.
He has three brothers in the armed
forces.
All 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, 18; Floyd, IL; Stanley, 8;
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,
18, and Joseph, Is, and a sister,
Mary, 9.
Car Swerved Suddenly.
Police said the accident occurred
near the edge of Rockville when the
car, said to have been driven at q
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
(MdJ Naval Powder Plant, Sergt
Leonard Bogdanoff, %, stationed at
the Marine Barracks there, wa
killed last night when he was struck
by a car while walking in the Pc.
tomac Heights section Of the res.
'4erration.
His companion, who police identi.
a9H as Miss Hazel Lester, %, of the
sttB' dormitory at Indianhead, was
1so hit and suffered head injuries
She was in serious condition today
in Casualty Hospital here.
mo Charges Preferred.
Of1cials 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.
Anna Elizabeth Fletcher, 16, of
Gaithersbrg, Md, was killed Satur-
day night when car in which she
was riding with four others was hit
by a train at Browns crossing near
Gaithersburg.
Estelle Stubbs, 16, of Gathers
burg, and Richard White, 20, of
Laytohsville, injured in the accident,
were reported in satisfactory condi-
ton this morning at the Suburban
Hospital at Bethesda. The driver,
James Brown, II, and Betty Small,
%, another occupant, were unin-
jured.
Two Inquests Set Today.
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 a broken neck yesterday after a
collision at South Capitol and X
streets.
Alfred r. Minor, colored, 81, of
314 M street S.W., driver of the car
in which Mr.. Docier was riding, and
Joseph L. Thompson, colored, a,
l45 L street Sc, driver of the other
car, have been called to appear. Il
was Washington 43d traffic fatality
Of the year.
An inquest also was scheduled
today in the death of Donald Raw
mond De Vol. 9, of 4423 Harrison
street NV, who was killed Satur-
day afertnoon when struck by an
automobile which jumped the curb
and struck him while he was sitting
on the grass folding newspapers at
Forty Fourth and Ellicott streets
N. w. The driver Of the car was
listed by police as James Torrance
Connell, I-year-old auditor Of 4437
Faraday place NV.
Six Others Injured.
| Mrs. Catherine Mills, II, $50
Fifth street Sc, was treated yester-
day at Providence Hospital for, a
possible jaw fracture and leg and
arm injuries suffered In q street
car accident. According to police
records, she was struck by q street
car in the 500 block of Pennsylvania
avenue Sc. The car was operated
by Basile Ferro. a, TIC Taylor street.
Two 1S-year-old girls suffered
body bruises when an automibile in
which they were riding collided with
q Capital Transit bus Saturday
night at Seventh and M streets NE.
They were Marion L. Keith, and
Lois Montgomery. both OF oo2
Seventh street NE. They were ad-
mitted to Casualty Hospital.
Three persons were injured In
Arlington yesterday when the truck
In which they were riding over
turned and caught IRE after max
Ing turn from Lee boulevard to
Nash street. They were listed by
police as Madeline Martin, 26, Of
2444 South Glebe road, Arlington:
Bessie Barner. "a 0f 2315 Virrinis