Evening star., 1945-09-04
SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS
WASHINGTON, D. G.
Holiday Traffic
Rises So Pct.
Over Last Year
Capacity Crowds Ride
Buses and Railroads.;
Few Serious Mishups

Labor Day weekend traffic on the
citys streets and neighboring high.
ways increased so per cent ovel
last year, District police reported
today, while buslines and railroads
also were carrying capacity crowds
The Greyhound buslines set ar
all-time record for any holiday Of
the year, L. C. Major, general man.
ager of the lines, announced. Rail-
roads had seen nothing like it dur
ing the war.
Despite heavy highway traffic
there we're 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-Mile- Long Auto Line.
A line of automobiles 3 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 a total of 500 cars by 4
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 2s,5s7 in Day.
The Greyhound lines carried 2e,-
597 passengers on Saturday alone,
Mr.. Major said. The company op-
Grated 692 buses in and out of Wash
ington 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 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 po-
liceman was riding east on New
York avenue NE. about SO 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-
cinct station and reported the theft
of his wallet and car, police said.
The police accepted his report, but
arrested him later when he was en-
tering his home. He was held on
charges of colliding, leaving after
colliding, failing to give proper time
and attention to the operation of his
vehicle, speeding and make two false
reports to police.
Bond was set at $1,000 when he
appeared today before Judge
Thomas D. Quinn in Municipal
Court. Lilly was granted jury trial
on October 10. There was no test
imony at the preliminary hearing
Three in Taxicab Hurt.
Three taxicab passengers were in
tured in a 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, 81, 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 AIT 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 when a
canoe upset. Antonio Lopez, Is, and
Italo Marsano, 27, two companions
In the canoe, clung to the craft
and later were rescued by Policeman
Frank A. Parr harbor natrolman