Evening star., 1948-09-05
District Woman,
Man Killed in
Auto Crashes
Accidents Roise Total
Of Victims Here
To 5 Since Friday

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Holiday weekend traffic claimed
the lives of two more WASHINGTON
residents yesterday, one of them IN
a crash near Upper Darby, Pa, and
the other between Luray and Front
Royal, Va.
The victims are:
Mrs. Matte johnson, II, or 23l4
Naylor I'd. Sc, who died in the
pennsylvania accident.
1vor Jones, %, of 2l5O Florida ave-
nue. NV, killed in an automobile
truck crash on Virginia Route II.
Five Killed Since Friday.
Their deaths brought to total OF
five the number of District residents
killed in traffic accidents since Fri
day morning.
Nationally, traffic mishaps took
the lives of at least 48 persons Fri
day and yesterday as millions jam
med the highways at the start of
the three-day Labor Day observance.
The National Safety Council has
predicted 260 persons will die in
traffic accidents over the weekend.
Three other persons drowned
and three more died violently of
miscellaneous causes attributed to
the holiday.
Mrs. johnson, en- route to Penn
sylvania to visit her brother, was
riding in the back seat of the car
driven by her husband, Aubrey C.
johnson, Government Printing
Office employe. Police said the
johnson automobile struck the rear
of another driven by John S. Nc
Fall, of Philadelphia.
Released in $1,000 Bail.
Mr.. johnson was released under
$1,000 bail on a technical charge of
manslaughter.
In the Virginia crash, State police
at Culpepper said Mr.. Jones was
driving an oil truck which was in
collision with an automobile one
mile north of Overall. He was an
employe of the Williams Waste Oil
Collection Service, 1919 New York
avenue NE.
He is survived by his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd G. Jones, two
brothers, George and William, and
sister, Janet, all of the Florida
avenue address.
Mrs. Josephine Hanson, 81, of
Conshohocken, Pa, was admitted to
Leland Memorial Hospital, River
dale, Md, with spine fracture re-
celVed In a collision involving a
Greyhound bus and two automobiles
on the Baltimore boulevard, near
Laurel.
Son Treated For Bruises.
Maryland State police said Mrs.
Hanson was riding in a car driven
by her husband, Norman Hanson,
which was struck from the rear by
another driven by DR.. Daniel Sond-
helmer, 660l Fourteenth street NV
The Hanson car then hit the rear
OF the bus which had stopped to
pick up passengers, police said.
Mrs. Hanson's son, Norman, jr.
II, was treated at the hospital for
bruises and released. DR.. Sond-
heimer suffered a cut knee.
Both drivers and the bus oper-
ator, Edward Harris, Falls Church,
Va, were charged with reckless
driving, police said.
Learning to drive was costly to
Mrs. Theresa Thompson, 30, of 120
Third street Sc. yesterday.
Goes Over Embankment.
Riding through nearby Maryland,
Mrs. Thompson ran off a road near
OXon Hill, and toppled over a 35-
foot embankment.
Her husband, Tilford w. Thomp-
son, an Army corporal stationed at
Boiling Air Force Base. was Slight
ly hurt. She was arrested by Prince
Georges County police on charges
of reckless driving and operating
without a permit. The cars front
was smashed in.
County Policemen Charles Nalley
and Vincent Free said Mr.. Thomp-
son was using a District of Colum-
bla learners permit, which was in
valid in MarVland