Evening star., 1948-10-06

District forecaster said it would 20
to about 81 this afternoon, but drop
to about As tonight. The high yes
terday was SO at 1886 pm. and the
low was As at $40 pm.
Power Cut Off.
While no serious property dam
age was reported here, large Sec
tions of Alexandria and Arlington
were in darkness for periods of q
half hour to more than two hours
last night because of a power fall
ure. The Virginia Electric Power
Co. said two power lines at the
substation on South Eighteenth
street in Arlington were affected.
The exact cause has not been de.
termined but the trouble was at
tributed to the storm.
The Weather Bureau explained
that the storm had no connection
with the Florida hurricane. The
northeast coastal storm developed
Monday night off North Carolina
and spread over the Middle Atlantic
States area. 1t was moving toward
the sea off Maryland today but
storm warnings were still posted
along the coast. Parts of New York
City had winds of 26 miles an hour
and moderate gusts up to 38 miles
an hour early today
Woman Killed by Bus.
WaShington's SD traffic death Of
the year occurred during the heavy
rain at 6:l0 pm. Miss Mary Bar
bieri. "a, of 4400 Jenifer street NV,
Veterans Administration employe,
was fatally injured when struck by
Capital Transit Co. bus at Wis
consin avenue and Fessenden street
NV.
Police said she was carrying an
umbrella and crossing Wisconsin
avenue when the bus turned in
from Fessenden street. She was
pronounced dead on arrival at Sub
urban Hospital.
William H. Vending, "a, of 1898
G street NV, the bus driver was
held for the action of the coroner
and booked on a charge of failure
to yield the right of way to a Pc
destrian, police reported
Miss Barbieri was employed by
the Veterans Administration as
chief of the mail desk in the ONCE
of George H. Sweet. assistant ad-
ministrator for personnel.
Auto Injuries Boy.
Roger Titus, jr., 5, of 1916 Seven
teenth place Sc, Is in Providence
Hospital suffering from fractured
left shoulder and head injuries re-
ceived when he was struck by an
automobile at Minnesota avenue and
Sixteenth street Sc. late yesterday
afternoon. Robert L. Werth, 80, q
real estate broker of 3142 Monroe
street NE, driver of the car, told
police the boy was running across
Minnesota avenue when the accl-
dent occurred.
Hyman Prayer, 81. of 1854 Monroe
street, was hit by an automobile at
Park road and Fourteenth street
NV. as he was crossing Fourteenth
street yesterday. He was taken to
Garfield Hospital. Officials said he
was not seriously hurt but was re-
manning in the hospital for observa-
tion. Police said the automobile
driver was Miss Geneva Allen, 80,
of 2100 Massachusetts avenue NV.
Andrew Grant Chapman, SO, of
812 Sixth street NV, was struck
by a streetcar early last night at
Connecticut avenue and Leroy
place NV. He was admitted to
Gallinger Hospital for treatment Of
head injuries. Harold w. Lunsford,
"a, of 1920 F street NE. was the
streetcar operator, police said.
2 Hurt in Scar Crash.
Two persons were injured In .
three-car collision yesterday on the
Mount Vernon Memorial highway
just north of Skaters lane near the
National Airport.
DR.. Joseph L. De Levay, As, Sum-
NIT, Va, driver of one of the cars.
suffered possible fractured ribs and
his wife, Adeline, 40. received cuts
on the forehead. They we're ad-
mitted to Alexandria Hospital.
Their three children, also in the
car, escaped injury.
According to Park Police, a south
bound automobile driven by Robert
r. Lee, 20, of 5840 Macarthur boule-
ward, collided with DR.. De Levay's
car. The Lee car caroomed into a
car operated by Ray F. Bridges.
route l, Alexandra, police said.
Lee was charged with reckless
driving and released under 500
bond pending a hearing before
United States Commissioner STAN
ley King in Alexandria at 10 am.
Saturday.