Evening star., 1947-11-30
Traffic Injuries Fatal
To Laurel Woman;
; Streetcafs Crash

Memorial Hospital last night from
injuries suffered when she was
struck by an automobile in Laurel
on November 8.
She was Miss Mary E. Mewshaw,
81, of Savage. Md. State police said
the driver of the automobile which
hit her as she was crossing the road
in front of the Laurel Sanitarium,
Frank T. Froio, so, of Philadelphia,
would appear in Hyattsville Police
Court on January 20 to answer a
manslaughter charge.
In the District. a triple-streetcar
collision caused injuries to one man
and shook up several other persons
yesterday. Traffic was tied up for
Is minutes and streetcars we're lined
up for several blocks at Seventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. before the mixup was un-
tangled.
One Sent to Hospital.
| Richard Dade, 35, colored, of 2024
Thirteenth street NV, was treat
ed at Casualty Hospital for possible
back injury and released. police said.
Several other persons told police
they had been hurt. but left the
scene without giving their names.
According to police, q streetcar
operated by Charles W.. Edwards,
49,, a., of 1915 Delafeld place NV,
struck a second streetcar* driven by
Royal A. Belts, Al, of 637 street
|SW. Mr.. Belts car then rammed
a third streetcar driven by George
G. Bowers, Sc, of 1882 A street Sc.
Byron Mcclure, IS, of 1901 Dent
place NV, a police private attached
to No. Precinct. was injured last
night while riding in an auto driven
by his son, Birthel E. Mcclure, 10,
of the same address.
According to police, the car in
which Mcclure was riding was going
east on @ street when it collided
with bus going south on Twentieth
street NV. The bus was driven by
James M. Schamel 35, of Boyds, Md
Four Not Seriously Hurt.
Four other passengers in the auto
and Pvt. Mcclure were taken to
Emergency Hospital, police reported.
Hospital officials said Pvt. Mcclure,
who received head injuries, was in
an undetermined condition. None
of the others, according to the hos
pital, was seriously hurt. Police
said no one in the bus was injured
Birthel Mcclure also escaped in
jury, police reported.
Bernardo Santibanez, 13, son of
Raul Santibanez, a chief petty off,
Ger attached to the Chilean Naval
Commission, received a fractured
collar-bone and cuts when the
bicycle he was riding collided with
the rear OF car at the corner Of
Bancroft place and third
street NV. Police said the boy,
who lives at 2128 Bancroft place
NV, was turning into Twenty third
street when he collided with
limousine owned by the Diamond
Motor Tours and driven by James
Farrell, SO, of 1919 Fourty-fourth
street NV.
Montgomery county police re-
ported Lester E. Mullinix, q, Ger
mantown, had been charged with
manslaughter and reckless driving
following a tWo-car accident yes
terday in which Walter H. Stewart,
33, colored, Gaithersburg, was fatally
injured. Three other persons were
injured in the crash at the intersec-
ton of Gaithersburg and Goshen
roads. police said. They reported
Mullinix was freed under $500 bond
pending police court hearing, the
date Of which has not been set.
Car Crashes Into Tree.
Funeral services for Horace F.
Baxter, 20. of Route 2, Fairfax. who
was killed when his car crashed into
a tree near Fairfax yesterday, will
be held at 2 pm. Tuesday at the
Church of God, Ida, Va, with burial
in Memorial Park Cemetery. Falls
Church.
Mr.. Baxter. an Army veteran, was
married and had three children
He was mechanic for the Skinker
Motor Co.. 1916 Twentieth street
NV. Police said he was alone in
his care when it struck a tree while
he was rounding a curve on Route
237, just outside Fairfax.
Doy G. Bowen, A, of l712 Penn
sylvania avenue NV, said by po-
lice to be carrying an identification
card for admission to the White
House when he was arrested early
today on a charge of driving while
drunk, was to appear tomorrow for
hearing In the Corporation Coun-
sells office.
Police said Bowen was booked at
the first precinct after his car and
taxi driven by william S. Stewart,
33, colored. of 5045 A street Sc, COL
ided at the corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and Madison place NV.
A security officer at the White
House said a man named Bowen was
employed there as a messenger, but
added, I'VE don't know If it is the
same man.