Evening star., 1945-09-03
Capital Marks ! J.
Quiet Holiday;
IhousandsAway
Few Major Auto
Accidents Mar
| Observance Here

Labor Day holiday since 1941 was
favored today with cooling
breezes and blue skies. The week
end Of play and relaxation was
marred by the drowning of a
canoeist in the rapids of the
Potomac above the Chain Bridge.
Otherwise, there were few serious
accidents on nearby highways, all
though thousands went motoring in
the country with the unlimited gaso-
line available after almost three
years of wartime rationing.
Quiet streets today indicated how
many persons had left the Capital in
the three-day release from the desk
allowed most Government workers
except those In the War and Navy
departments.
The return to the city of thou
sands who went to mountain or
shore was expected to break all rec
ords this evening at Union Station
and the bus terminals as did their
departure Saturday.
Jam on Highways.
Highways we're expected to be
jammed again this evening as those
who departed in automobiles re-
turn. District traffic police and the
accident squad were on the alert for
the thrush.
The temperature was not expected
to rise above 80 due to a cold air
mass from Arctic Canada. The
weather in Washington was far diff.
ferent from that in the Prairie
States, where, even on the Canadian
border, temperatures close to 100 de-
grees were reported
Pedro Jose Moreno, %, of Caracas,
Venezuela, an international ex-
change student at Georgetown Uni
versity, was drowned in the Potomac
River about 1000 feet above Chain
Bridge when, police said, canoe
carrying him and two companions
overturned in whirlpool.
River Dragged for Body.
Harbor police reported they were
still dragging for the body today.
The drowning occurred in waters
considered dangerous to small boat
men and through the efforts of The
Star, signs were recently placed on
the banks Of the area warning ca
noeists and small boatmen not to
proceed into that stretch of the
river.
According to police, when the
canoe overturned, Mr.. Moreno and
his companions, Italo Marsano, q,
and Antonio Lopez, 26, both Of the
$500 block South Dakota avenue
NE, were thrown in the swirling
current. Mr.. Moreno eventually
freed himself of the whirlpool, but
soon disappeared beneath the wa
ter, police said. The other two men
clung to the overturned canoe and
were rescued by Policeman Frank
A. Parr, harbor precinct, who was
patroling the river.
/ Mr.. Moreno, who lived at the uni
versity, came to this country about
a year ago and spent some months
at the University of Michigan be-
fore coming to Washington. He
had no relatives, fellow students
said.
Many Collisions.
Several persons were admitted to
hospitals here suffering from in
juries received in holiday traftc ac-
cidents, with police reporting an un.
usual number of collisions. A num-
ber Of other persons also received
minor injuries in accidents, but did
not require hospital treatment, and
there were several collisions reported
in which damage to cars was the
only result.
Four people in one car, including
an 8-month-old girl, were injured
last night when an automobile in
which they were riding collided with
an automobile driven, police said,
by 1t. Col. Charles L. Weathered,
46, of 8712 Colesville road, Silver
Spring, Md. The accident occurred
at Sixteenth street and Arkansas
avenue NV, police said.
AL the injured were in an auto
mobile driven by Carroll ]. Bow
man, l8, of Sandy Spring, Md, a
Navy seaman second class, who
escaped injury, police said. Those
hurt and their injuries were: Mrs.
Mary Alice Kuykendall, IS, Sandy
Spring, cuts to knees and right arm; !;
her daughter, Betty Jane, 8 months,
head cuts and possible conclusion !;
Clyde Bowman, II, Sandy Spring,
broken collar bone, and James Tyler,
16, Colesville, Md, head cuts. With
the exception of the infant, all re-
ceived treatment at Emergency Hos
pital, and were released. The child
was admitted to Children's Hospital.
Drunken Driving Charged.
Col. Weathered was charged at No.
10 precinct with driving while drunk
and colliding, and was turned over to
military police, according to local
traffic officers. He was unhurt.
Thelma King, 40, of 1888 Sixteenth
street NV, was taken to Emergency
Hospital with head laceration and
possibly fractured pelvis suffered
when she and a companion, Floyd
w. Sibert, SO, of 1106 H street NV,
were struck by a streetcar last night,
according to police, Pending X-rays,
her condition was said to be unde-
termined
The accident occurred while the
couple were walking at Twelfth and
F streets NV, police said. The OPP
orator of the streetcar was named
by police as James r. Troutman, 80,
of 742 Yuma street Sc. Mr.. Sibert
was treated for the loss of two
teeth, bruises and cuts and released.
Three Injured.
Three persons were injured when
their car skidded into a light pole
a short distance from the north
end of the Highway Bridge, polics
i said. They were 1t. Edward Daw-
son, "a, of 721 Erie avenue, Takoma
Park, Md; his wife, Mrs. Elsie
Dawson, and 1t. q. g. Severn Pro-
vuos, SO, whose address was given
as Washington Navy Yard. 1t. Daw-
son suffered fractured ribs; Mrs.
Dawson, bruises, and 1t. Provous, a