Evening star., 1946-03-11
Russian Officer
Charge Of
Drunken Driiviino
Held After Collision
In Chevy Chase, Nd;
Four Are Injured.

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Capt. Alexei S. Kirnosov, Russian
Navy officer attached to the Soviet
Purchasing Commission here, will
face charges of driving while drunk
at hearing tentatively set for
March % in Bethesda Police Court,
Montgomery County police said to-
day, after a head-on collision be-
tween the Russians car and another
automobile at Brookeville road and
Thornapple street, Chevy Chase,
last night.
-Four were injured in the crash.
Capt. KirnoSov and his wife both
suffered minor cuts and bruises;
Donald Crisp, 81, of 1924 Greenvale
road, Chevy Chase, operator of the
other car, has a possible brain con-
cussion, and Catherine Reutemann,
81. of 6601 Summit avenue, Chevy
Chase, a passenger in Mr.. Crisp's
car, suffered possible fractured ribs.
All were taken to Suburban Hos
pital. Capt. and Mrs. Kirnosov were
released later.
Montgomery County police re-
quired Capt. Kirnosov to post $10l As
collateral.
Car Swerved Suddenly.
Investigating officers said Mr..
Crisp told them the Soviet officers
car swerved suddenly as it ap-
preached his automobile from the
opposite direction on Brookeville
road
Capt. Kirnosov, who lives at 8005
Newell drive, Silver Spring, Md, told
a reporter this morning, "I do not
want to speak for publication"
A 20-foot-Wide gap was ripped
into the front of a house at 1867
Benning road NE. by a careening
automobile yesterday, but five sleep
ing occupants of the dwelling and
the driver of the car were unhurt,
District police reported.
Police said the car, driven by
Thaddeus j. Hansberry, %, colored,
1923 Minnesota avenue NE, crash
ed into the front of the house after
striking an embankment and sliding
lis feet off the road.
Lands In Dining Room.
Hansberry was charged with fall
ing to give full time and attention
to the operation of his vehicle. He
forfeited $50 collateral, police said.
Mrs. Sarah Fincham, a resident of
the house, said the car drove through
the brick front of the dwelling and
came to halt in the dining room.
In another freak accident, an
automobile driven by Robert C.
Power, Ala K street NE, went out
of control in the driveway at Hen
derson Castle, Sixteenth street and
Florida avenue NV, Saturday night
and came to a stop with both front
wheels hanging over a six-foot wall
on the Sixteenth street side. No one
was injured.
Four colored men were injured
when the taXicab in which they were
passengers crashed into light pole
on Kenilworth avenue NE. at the
Benning Viaduct early yesterday
The driver, Aubrey, Stevenson, 630C
block Of Clay street NE, was ar
rested later on charges Of leaving
the scene Of an accident.
Four Are Injured.
The injured are: Frank Case, 80
Of the 600 block of Acker place NE;
Thomas Talbert, 20, Of the 140C
block of First street S.W.; Henry
Powell, 36, of the TOO block OF
Eleventh street NV, and BerI
johnson, 81, of the 5000 block Of
Jay street NE All were treated al
Casualty Hospital
Three persons were injured in q
two-car crash at Nevada and Ne
braska avenues NV. early today
Herbert Hodge, %, of 6603 Brooke
vile road, Bethesda, Md, one Of the
drivers, and Miss Sarah Jane Ket-
chen, %, the Westchester Apart
ments, suffered head injuries and
were admitted to Emergency Hos
|pital for observation Tang 10y Lee
81, of 2110 Leroy place NV, the
other driver, was released from
Emergency Hospital after treatment
for head cuts.
Suffers Head Cuts.
Mrs. Dorothy Lindsay, 81, of 914
Garland avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
suffered severe decorations of the
head and shoulders when struck by
a car last night at Georgia and Sligo
avenues, Silver Spring.
Police said Mrs. Lindsay was on
her way to work at Giffords ice
cream store in Silver Spring when
the accident occurred. She was
taken to the Washington Santa
rum, Takoma Park, by the Silver
Spring Rescue Squad.
A technical charge of reckless
driving was placed against James
E. Fisher, 16, of 112 New York ave-
nue., Takoma Park, listed by police
as driver of the car.