Evening star., 1947-07-28
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Charged in Accident
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sistant to Secretary of State Mar
shall. was scheduled to appear in
traffic court Wednesday to answer
police charges that he passed a stop
sign last night which led to a col
lision in which three visiting Egyp-
tians. passengers in his car, were
injured.
Police. at the same time, reported
the deaths of two washington area
residents yesterday as result OF
accidents earlier in the month. They
we're Atlee A. Austin, 80, of 1918
Thirty-ffth street NV, and VIII
liam S. Odell, 40, of Deal, Md.
The collision involving the Eddy
tar occurred at the intersection OF
Rittenhouse street and Broad
Branch road NV. about 8 o'clock
last night, police said. The driver
Of the other automobile, who was
not injured, was listed by police as
Mrs. AIlene Mulvey, 113 East Wood
hine street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Passengers in the Eddy car were
shlovey Sarofin Bey, 46; his wife,
Mary, Al, and a son, Sayez, 18. The
parents were treated and released
but the boy was admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital with fractured hip.
Police said Col. Eddy posted $100
collateral at the traffic bureau.
Col. Eddy played an important
role with the Office of Strategic
Services in preparing for the inva-
sion of North Africa during the war
and later was appointed Minister
to Saudi Arabia. Last year he was
chief of special diplomatic mission
to the Yeman.
The Sarofns, from Nina, Egypt,
have been staying at the Hay
Adams House since July 20.
Mr.. Austin, who died at Mt. Alto
Hospital last night, was struck by
an automobile on July 13 as he was
crossing at Thirty-fifth and N streets
NV. Another pedestrian was struck
at the same time but suffered minor
injuries.
Virginia Man Charged.
The driver of the automobile, police
said, was Jack Otis Anderson, 20, of
Baileys Crossroads, Va. Anderson
was rushing another man, whom he
had struck a few minutes earlier, to-
the hospital, police said.
Police charged Anderson at that
time with leaving after q collision,
driving recklessly and operating
car with faulty brakes. He was re-
leased in $1,000 bond. A date for
the coroners inquest in the death
has not been set.
Mr.. Austin's death was the 43d
traffic fatality of the year in the Dis
trict. Last year on the same date "a
traffic deaths had been recorded.
Total traffic deaths last year were u.
Survivors Listed.
Mr.. Austin, an employe of Demp- |
sev's Canoe Club, is survived by
three sisters, Miss Dorothy G. Aus
tin, Miss Charlotte L. Austin and
Mrs Eleanor Mathers, and brother,
Russell L. Austin, all of Washing |
ton.
Mr.. Odell died at the Prince
Georges County General Hospital
yesterday morning His arm was cut |
off at the shoulder Thursday when
two cars sideswiped on the Prince |
Frederick highway near Upper Marl-
boro. The driver of the othr car
was Franklin Parran, colored, of
Huntington, Calvert County, accord |
I'M; to county police. He was charged
with reckless driving at that time.
A father and daughter were in
iured when two autos collided yes
,terday on the Rockville pike in front
of Congressional Airport.
Suffers Broken Leg.
Roy H. Flock, 81 of Boonsboro,
Md. is in Suburban Hospital, Beth
esda. with broken leg His daugh-
ter, Doris, 4, received miner bruises
The driver of the other Car, listed
by police as Catherine Elizabeth
Belts of Frederick, was uninjured.
Two motorcyclists, Robert Byram,
%, of Plyers Mill road, Kensington,
and William Harrison, 20, of Gil
Silver Spring avenue, Silver Spring, |
suffered broken right legs when their
motorcycle and an auto collided on
Plyers Mill road, near McComus
avenue, Kensington.
Both men were admitted to Wash
ington Sanitarium, Takoma Park.
The driver of the car, listed by police
as Ivan Smith, Maple avenue, Ken
sington, was uninjured.
Thre of Is persons who were
injured in a three-car accident on
Largo road early yesterday, re-
manned in Prince Georges General
Hospital today, the hospital re-
ported.
They are Burnett Newman. 80;
his wife, Mrs. Louise Newman, %,
and John Mohr, "a, all of Brooklyn,
N. Y. The hospital said Mr.. New
man has a fractured bone in his
face Mrs. Newman suffered frac-
tured ribs, and Mr.. Mohr a con-
cussion. Their condition was de-
Scrihnd &C pnod