Evening star., 1948-07-19
Upper Marlboro Crash
Fatal 10 One; 5 Others
Injured d;Driyer Held

A Norfolk (Vs) man died yester-
day In Prince Georges General Hos
pital- of injuries received in an ac-
cident near Upper Marlboro in
which five others were hurt.
He was Julius Block, SO, according
to DR.. James H. Boyd. deputy county
medical examiner. County police,
however, listed him as Arnold II.
Block.
Also injured in the two-car crash
Saturday night were Mrs. Leonore
Block, 80, widow of the victim, their
5-year-old daughter, Judy. and the
occupants of the other car. They
were listed by police as Benjamin
Day. "a. colored, 1900 block of o
street NV, the driver, Mrs. Effie
Fields, n. colored. 1900 block Of
Vernon street NV, and Miss Evelyn
Montgomery, rs, colored, Madison,
N. J.
6 Hurt in Other Accidents
Mrs. Block was admitted to the
hospital suffering with a possible
shoulder fracture and the others
were treated and released. the child
going to the home of relatives.
Police said Day was charged with
,nanslaughter and hearing was
set, for July 80 in Upper Marlboro
Police Court. The accident occurred
on the Grain Highway about a mile
south of the Defense Highway in
tersection.
Six persons were hurt in other
Maryland accidents. yesterday. 80
Mrs. Robert A. Philipsen, A., of
5000 Cathedral avenue NV, was
admitted to Suburban Hospital, Be-
thesda. with chest injuries last night
after an accident on East-West
Highway. Police said a car in
which she was a passenger collided
With truck.
2 Hurt as Car Hits Truck.
A man and his wife were hurt
early yesterday when the pickup
truck which the husband was driv-
ing crashed into parked car in
Gaithersburg. After administering
first aid, the Gaithersburg- Wash
ington Grove Rescue Squad took
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bennee, both
29. to Suburban Hospital where
they vert treated and released. Mr..
Bennett was charged with reckless
driving by Montgomery County
police
Three Washington residents were
injured yesterday when the car in
which they were riding overturned
near Prince Frederick. They were
Mrs. Frances Reed. 1900 block of
Arkansas avenue NV; Albert ].
5auer, 700 block of Seventeenth
street NV. and Charles A. Will
hanson, 5000 block of Twelfth
street Sc. Mrs. Reed was admitted
% Calvert County Hospital at
Prince Frederick, with back in
Jury. Mr.. Sauer and Mr.. William
son were treated there and released
In the District two persons suf-
.ered broken ribs and other injuries
when a taxicab and an automobile
,ollided at Fifteenth and @ streets
NV. early yesterday.
Hacker Injured.
Bernard E. Pumphrey, A, of 2l35
Thirty street NV, the cab
iriver, was reported in good condi-
ion at Emergency Hospital, with
broken ribs and a broken collar
Done. A passenger, william A.
Jones. %. of 1924 @ street NV, was
a patient at Bethesda Naval Hos
pital with broken ribs and head cuts.
Police said the driver of the sec
ond car, Aye Cobb, "a. colored, 1109
New Hampshire avenue NV. was
treated at Emergency for neck and
leg injuries. The. vehicles suffered
totaling $4O0, police said.
A mother and her baby were
treated for scrapes at Gallinger
Hospital last night after they were
hit by an automobile on Firth Ster-
ling avenue near Sumner road Sc.
Mrs. Annie Banks, Is. colored
1881 Sumner road Sc. was wheel
ing her 1-year-old daughter Fred
erica along the side of the street
in a carriage when they were struck,
according to police The driver,
Sergt. Paul E.. Furr, 20. of 1910
Twenty-flfth street NV. stationed
at Boiling Field, was charged with
driving on the wrong side of the
street, travelling at an unreasonable
SDeed and failing IN give full time