Evening star., 1949-11-25
Virginia,
5 in Maryland in
Holiday Mishaps
II Killed in Crashes;
Cumberland Mon Is
Burned to Death

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Violent deaths in Virginia and
Maryland on Thanksgiving num-
bered IL, a tabulation showed to-
day.
Figures compiled by the Asso-
ciated Press put the total for Vir-
ginia at seven and for Maryland
at five. All but one of the deaths
were due to traffic accidents. No
accidents were reported in the
District.
The non traffic victim was Hen
ry C. Simmons of Cumberland.
Md, who was burned to death
while trying to light fire with
gasoline. The burns covered most
of his body. His home was only
slightly damaged.
In Baltimore James T. Hall, Is.
was fatally injured when the car
in which he was passenger
crashed through a window of the
International Harvester Co. Build
ing.
Cars Kill Pedestrians.
Charles Tyles. 80, was struck
and killed by an automobile near
Middle River. Md.
James F. Bullen, 63, bridge
tender for the State Roads Com
mission, died a half hour after he
was struck by ,taxicab near his
home outside Annapolis.
Police said he was hit while
walking alone on a country road.
Richard E. Ennis of Parole, driver
Of the cab, was charged with reck-
less driving and manslaughter.
The other man to die in the
Maryland accidents was a resi-
dent of Washington. He was
Chevie Williams, jr.. %; colored.
327 Sixty-third street NE. He
was riding in an automobile that
struck guide rail on the George
Palmer highway, near Vista, Md.
about 2:40 am.
Virginia's 1949 traffic toll scared
to 701 deaths as a result of the
Thanksgiving record.
Three of the holiday victims
were killed on Route 220 near
Roanoke when the coupe in which
they were riding rammed into a
truck.
! 2 Die in Hospitals.
Virgil Homer Spence, 30, Of
Roanoke died instantly in the
crash. Roy Lester Joyce. 30, also
from Roanoke and identified by
police as the driver, of the coupe.
and 17-year-old Hilton Eugene
Wheeler of Vinton died later in
Roanoke hospitals.
The driver of the truck. Alden
E. Layman, Cloverdale. and two
occupants Of the vehicle escaped
with minor injuries.
Police said the coupe rounded q
curve just north of Roanoke on
the wrong side of the road.
Others killed were Joseph Scho-
field. about 81. colored, of Will
liamsburg; Sergt. Thomas David
Dixon. %, of Fort Bragg. N. c.;
Gordon r. Twyford, So. Newport
News. and Mrs. Colleen O'Neal, 20,
Newport News.
Mr.. Schofield was fatally injured
when he was struck down on Route
168 by police car driven by State
Trooper Nathan L. Ammons, jr.
Trooper Ammons. released on
manslaughter charges on $1,000
bond, said the man stepped in
front of his car and he could not
avoid hitting him.
Car Hits Tree.
Mr.. Twyford was fatally hurt
when the car in which he was
riding. crashed into q tree of U. S.
Route so. Newport News. Three
other persons were injured in the
accident.
Sergt. Dixon was killed outright
when his car crashed into bus
loaded with IS colored passengers
en- route to q Baltimore football
game. The accident occurred on
III 81 Route l. 31a miles north Of
Fredericksburg. Two occupants Of
the bus were hospitalized. Six
others were hurt slightly.
Mrs. O'Neal died when, a car coll
lided with q motorcycle on which
she was riding at a Newport News
intersection. Robert D. Johnson.
who was operating the motorcycle
was injured.
Police bonded the driver of the
/ car, DR.. Cervera Little, of WASH
ington. In $500 on charges of
manslaughter and reckless driving. !.
Demonstration Is Set
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