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bricklayer for so years. He
worked on many buildings IN
Washington, and was foreman in
charge of restoring the old brick
wall that surrounds Mount YER
non. A specialist In lining boilers
with fire brick. he had done that
work at a number of power plants.
Often. his family recalled, the
work had to be done while other
nearby boilers we're In use. and
Mr.. Sheaffer would emerge scared
by the heat that forced him to
lay only few bricks at a time.
Mr.. Sheaffer is survived by his
widow, Nellie Stephens Sheafter;
three sons, Harry. Warren and
Donald Sheaffer, all OF Washing
ton; three daughters, Mrs. Thel-
ma B. Balderson and Mrs. Muriel
j. Grigsby of Washington, and
Mrs. Catherine B. StraWdermar
of Lacey Springs, Va.
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Robert Spencer, 81, Dies;
Retired Rail Conductor

Robert N. Spencer, 80, retired
Southern Railway conductor. died
yesterday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. r. L. Stultz, in
Morgantown, w. Va.
Mr.. Spencer. who had lived in
the Washington area for more
than 40 years. had been visiting
his daughter there.
Born and educated IN Nelson
County, Va. he joined the South
ern Railway about 1894. He re-
tired in 1914. For the last year he
made his home with his son. Har-
mon L. Spencer, 1O118 Greeley
avenue, Silver Spring.
A life member of the Masons. he
was last affiliated with Hiram
Lodge No. 10 here.
In addition to his son and
daughter, he is survived by four
other sons, Donald G.. Marshall
L. and Edgar M, all of Washing
ton, and Robert N. Spencer, jr.. of
Atlanta. His wife, Mrs. Lucy Din
widdie Spencer died IS years ago.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at the Humphrey
funeral home, 8434 Georgia ave-
nue.. Silver Spring. Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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Dratha

WATTS. ARTHUR C. There will be a
~ Pressmens Union. No. l. on
Thursday, July os, 1919, at
&: e.; +: !;
ARTHUR C. WATTS.
JAMES S. JUDGE, President.
EDWARD P. BEST. Secretary.
WEST. MARY JANE. On Monday. July
rs, 1949. at Providence Hospital. MARY
JANE WEST, beloved wife of the late Jo-
seph West and mother of Charles 2; West
Of Rockville, Nd, and the late william !;
Rockville, Md. Services Thursday, July
%. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock
vile. Md. where requiem mass VIII be
offered at am. Interment Potomac, Nd.
WICKER. cLoRA MAE. On Monday.
4 34th p. n ns4s' cIoRA NAE WiLcHER'
daughter of Dolphus and Clara Wilcher.
mother of Allen and Jonathan Jackson,
Clarence Clare es Vic Wiieher. After pm. Friday
dence Funeral Saturday, July 30. at l
pm, from the Bethlehem Baptist Church
Nichols ave; and Howard I'd. Sc, Rev
Woodlawn Cemetery. ARRANGEMENTS, by
Frasler's Funeral Home. 29
WRIGHT. EDITH LOTTIE. On We'd
nesday. July 81, 1919, at the WASHINGTON
Sanitarium, EDITH LOTTIE WRIGHT.
beloved wife of Bert Arthur Wright and
mother of lone Paully and Phyllis Wright:
Friends may call at the Tako oIa,, Pu psrs
D. C., where services will be held on Fri
day. July 80. at $50 pm. 1nterment
George washington Memorial Cemetery. IS
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had been in the hospital since
July Is.
Mr.. Smith came to The Star in
October. 1913. With his inseparable
cane, which he used to point out
the papers operations, and
cigar, he became a familiar figure
in The Star Building. as he took
groups on tours through the news
paper.
Familiar Figure at Job.
Later he became even a more
familiar figure at his job behind
the business counter, where he
always had a smile, a wave of the
hand and a good word for those
who walked countless times
through the lobby of The Star.
Mr.. Smith left The Star for q
short time in 1914 to work for the
Army Times Publishing Co. as as
sociate editor of the Civilian
Front. a weekly publication for
the Office of Civilian Defense
Later he was with the company s
Vet-Letter Department. a Wash
ington letter service for veterans
Mr.. Smith was born In Rich
mond. the SON of the late Irving
and Louella Beazley Smith. He
attended the University of Vir-
ginia for four years and. in 1901
he was graduated from New York
University. He had bachelor OF
arts, bachelor of laws and master
of laws degrees.
Attorney and Broker.
From 1902 to 1920. Mr.. Smith
was an attorney in New York City
Afterward he was in the invest
ment business for himself. For
four years he was president Of the
Collateral Trust Co. in New York
until it was liquidated in 1881 and
he became an investment and
sales counsel in New York, In
dianapolis and Kansas City, Mo
He also had directed the Source
Records Division of the American
Legion.
Mr.. Smith is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Inez Yates Smith
whom he married in 1882.
Funeral services will be held at
q pm. tomorrow in the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial services will be
private.
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Virginia Woman Once
Presented al Court
Found Dead in Hotel
by the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, July 27-The
daughter of a prominent Virginia
family, who once was presented to
British royalty at court. was found
dead yesterday in a little Balti-
more hotel.
She was Jean McLaurin Watts,
81 of Lynchburg. An autopsy was
ordered to determine the cause of
death.
Northeastern district police.
meanwhile. held 50year-old
ships radio operator pending the
post mortem examination. He
was not charged.
He was identified as Mecom
Morris, a native of Columbia, La.
City Detective James Boyle said
he and Miss Watts had been regis
tered at the hotel as man and
wife.
Mr.. Boyle said the couple first
registered at downtown hotel
July 18 but were asked to leave
two days later. They registered
last Thursday at the smaller place.
| Mr.. Morris told police Miss
Watts became III Monday and he
called a doctor. The physician re-
turned for another call yesterday.
She seemed better. Mr.. Morris
spent most of the afternoon away
from the room and could not
rouse Miss Watts when he re-
turned about 4 pm. She was pro-
nounced dead at Johns Hopkins
Hospital.
Miss Watts was born in Lynch
burg and attended Randolph
Macon College and Smith College.
She travelled much abroad. and
was presented formally at the
Court of st. James's several years
ago during one of her trips to
Europe. Her father, Robert C.
Watts. is a Lynchburg financier.
Her mother was the daughter Of
Senator Anselm McLaurin of Mis-
sissippi and, until a few years be-
fore her death was Democratic
national committeeman for
Virginia.
She was married in 1914 to Will
liam Weber of Baltimore They
were divorced in 1916 and Miss
Watts resumed her maiden name.
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Mrs. Lucy Jane Hines
Rites Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy
Jane Dunston Hines, Sc, widow OF
Stephen Henry Hines, founder and
head of the S. H. Hines Co. fu-
neral home here, were to be held
at $3.50 pm. today in the funeral
home. 2901 Fourteenth street NV
Entombment was to be in Fort
Lincoln Mausoleum.,
Mrs. Hines, who had been a
Washington resident for more
than so years. died Monday in the
Washington Sanitarium after a
long illness.
Born in Norfolk, Va, she was a
member of an old family there.
She received her education in pri-
vate schools of that city.
After her marriage to Mr.. Hines,
he organized the S. H. Hines Co.
in Norfolk in 1873. Fifteen years
later. they came to Washington
and her husband founded the
present funeral company in 1888
Mr.. Hines died in 1921. Before
her illness more than three year.
ago, she had lived with her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Marion Hines Taylor
a partner in the concern, at 200l
Plymouth street NV.
Active in church work, Mrs
Hines was a charter member o
the National Baptist Memoria
Church, Sixteenth and Columbi'
road NV. She also belonged t.
Columbia Chapter, No. Is, Orde
of the Eastern Star. and tn
Treasury Department Unit. Nc
IS, American Legion Auxiliary.
! In. addition to her daughter, sh,
is survived by another daughter
Mrs. Louise H. Brown, 2445 Fiji
tenth street NV; a son, w. r
Frank Hines, also a partner O.
the company, who lives at 100!
Kalmia road NV, and two grand
daughters. Miss Lucy Jane Hine.
of the Kalmia road address ane
Mrs. frankie Lou Carroll, 1914
August drive, Silver Spring, Md.
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Rockville Rites Tomorrow
For Mrs. Mary Jane West

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Jane Harrison West, 86. life
long resident of the Washington
area, will be held at 9 am. to-
morrow at St. Mary's Catholic
Church in Rockville. Burial will
be in Potomac. Md.
Mrs. West died Monday at Prov
idence Hospital after an illness
of three months.
Born in Georgetown, she was
educated in Montgomery County
schools. She lived in Potomac for
nearly 40 years after her marriage
to Joseph West, a retired farmer
who died in 1896. After her hus-
bands death, she was in Rock
vile for several years and since
1887 had lived in the Sacred Heart
Home, Hyattsville.
Surviving are son, Charles E.
West, 215 South Washington
street. Rockville; one grandchild,
and two great-grandchildren.
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HIT Mrtttnriattt

BROWN. ETHEL MAY. In sad but low
ing memory of our daughter and sister
/ life seventeen years ago today. July 81
MRS. LUCINDA G. BROWN AND FAMILY
| CARROLL, ISABELLA, GEORGE AMI
ERNEST DUCK. To the precious mem
DRY of our beloved ones. wife. mother ano
d IsAH hTdtbsr cA Az.
ana uncle SI ERNEST Duck CARROLL
who left us so suddenly July %, 1874.
Gone are the faces we loved SO dear.
Silent are the voices we loved to hear;
Too far away for sight or speech
But not too far for thoughts to reach.
No one knows how we miss you,
Some times we feel your presence near
Well meet again some day
Over in that glorious land.
CARTER, REV. W. A. In sad but Low.
ing remembrance of our dear 1atnsr, Key icy,
fifteen years ago today. July ~, 1884.
Memory keeps you always near US;
l'I JULIA NARY. A
COOPER, LUCY S. In loving memory
who left us nine years ago today, July u
! 1910.
Her life is a beautiful memory,
Her absence our silent grief;
she is asleep III SOO Dcdutliul
In the sa her Lonely 81 Reg'e cH1IpREN
HEMBRY. HELEN c.. In sad but lovins
memory of HELEN c.. HEMBRY. wno
passed away so suddenly one year ago
God only knows how much we have missed
The Year yea you have been gone,
But to live in the hearts of those who love
Is not TT to die HUSBAND AND SONS.
KLINEHANsE. MARGUERITE J. 1r
SAD but loyins memory 1 81 ny yN gear WIRE he
pass, I'd. away four years ago today july
" WILLIAM H, KLINEHANsE.
KYLE. LULAH v. In SAD. but lovins
remembrance of our dear mother. LULAH
two - years ago today, July -. 1927,
Somewhere back of the. sunset,
Away from this world of strife.
Our loved one is sweetly resting
In that land where there is no night
whose passing has brought sad tears
Will cherish bel. memory always
HER LOVING CHILDREN. ANNIE AND
RICH. WILLIAM G.,<sR. In loving re-
Their. WILLIAM G.. RICH. sr., who en-
tered into eternal rest four years ago to-
day, July 81, 1915.
Just loving thought,
just a silent tear;
Just a beautiful memory
OF our w, 1oEed aS Sne, c e deaTi
SCOTT, GETA. In loving memory Of
| my dear father, GETA SCOTT. who passed
away seven years ago today, July 81
1919.
! Loved in life and remembered in death.
/ HIS LOVING DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-
Law, ANNA AND ARTHUR CLYBURN
WHITTINGHAM, JAMES G. In sad bur
loving remembrance of our loved enc
this life, three years ago, July 81, 1916.
HIS DEVOTED WIFE HESTER. ANE
! CHILDREN, JAMES, ADDIE AND LII
LIAM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27
Capt. Robert Conrad
Promoter Of Cancer
Research, Dies
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 27.-Capt
Robert D. Conrad. U. S. N. Gre
tired. assistant director of the
Brookhaven National Laboratory
for the last two years, died at
Memorial Hospital yesterday.
Capt. Conrad, who suffered
leukemia during the last three
years of his life, used that time
to interest cancer researchers in
development of a new microscope
Learning that his life might be
cut short by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
called a sort of cancer of the
white blood cells-he worked to
interest scientists and industrial
lists in the campaign against
cancer.
Meanwhile, the captain, resi-
dent of Bellport, Long Island,
continued his work at the labora-
tory at Upton. N. Y. center
for research in nuclear sciences.
One of those whom Capt Con-
rad interested in the fight on
cancer is DR.. Edwin H. Land,
president of the Polaroid Corp. of
Boston. He joined in developing
a color transition microscope, used
in cancer Research.
Capt. Conrad co-operated with
the General Electric Co, and the
Radio Corp. of America Research
Department. Out of this there
developed a council of engineering
societies to advance medical re-
search.
Capt. Conrad, a graduate of the
Naval Academy in 1927, retired
from the Navy in 1947. During the
war he was director of the plan
ming division of the Nays Office
of Research and Invention.
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Siam Woman Legislator
Overcome by Welcome
BY the Associated Press

BANGKOK. Siam - The first
woman ever elected to the Thai
land (Siamese) Parliament ar
rived at Bangkok's railroad sta
ton only to be carried out on a
stretcher.
Nang Oraphin Chayakarn was
to receive triumphal welcome
from her husband, family and
friends, but she was so overcome
by the rigors of her campaign
that she had to be taken in an
ambulance to a hospital.
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held at y a m.
Friday in the
Hines funeral
h ON e 2 9 0 l
Four t e e n t h
S t r e e t NV.
Burial will be
IN Arlington
Cemetery.
Mr.. CoWen.
who lived at
6 2 l 6 Fiji t h
S t re e t NV,
died Sunday in
Houston, Tex,
of a heart at
fack He wa G
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Youth Back From Vacation
Found Shot, Rifle Nearby

A 17-year-old youth who had
just returned from his vacation
was found seriously wounded this
morning with a .22-caliber rifle
bullet in his right side In ROOM
ing house in the 800 block of
street NV.
The youth. Clarence E. Stogner
messenger for the Radio Corp
of America, was taken to Fmer-
gency Hospital.
His mother, Mrs. Lottie C.ogrer
told detectives she is positive her
son was wounded accidentally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27

NlnLu 5 Y 1 t Z \
S.W. B u r / a |
will be in Con-
gressional Gem
etery.
Mr.. Sheafer ,
a lifelong resi-
dent of South
west Washing
ton, died at his
home Monday.
He had not
been in good
health for the
last II years.
Mr.. Sheafer
boi hopn q
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business COun-
ter, died early
We S terd ay in
P ov i d e n c e
Hospital.
Mr.. S m ! t h
had been on
vacation since
June 26 at
Ocean Grove,
N. j., but he
had returned
to his home at
1872 North Pied
mont street, Ar
lington. because
of illness. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27
Two Cardinals Leave
For Visit to Vatican
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. July 27.-Samuel
Cardinal Stritch of Chicago and
Edward Cardinal Mooney of De-
troit departed yesterday for a visit
to the Vatican.
They were among Ill passen-
gers on the American Export liner
EXcalibur.
The cardinals-required to visit
the Pope at least once every five
years-will spend 10 days in Italy.
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Page R. |. Smith, 81,
0ne-Time New York
Attorney, Dies Here

Page r. L. Smith, ST, time
New York attorney and invest
ment broker, who for the last few
years had worked at The Stars
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Rites for 7. D. Cowen
Accountant for CAB,
To Be Held Friday

Funeral services for Thomas
David Cowen, IS. auditor and &C
countant for the Civil Aeronautics
Board for the last II years, will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27
Harry 5heaffer Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Harry c..
Sheaffer, g.. will be held at pm.
tomorrow from his home at 622
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-27

Primitive manufacture Of iron
from ore is believed to have begun
in some nations well before 1900
r. c.
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DrathH


DOUGHERTY. FRANK A. On Tuesday,
July 26, 1919, at his residence. 1877 v St;
ne, FRANK A. DOUGHERTY, beloved
| from the T. F. Costello Funeral Home,
1922 North Capitol St, on Friday, July 90,
sat $50 am. REQUIEM mass at st. Mar,
| tins Church al am. Relatives and
friends invited Interment Glenwood Gem
etery. Holy Name men of St. Martin
Church will meet at the above funeral
home on Thursday July IS at 1:30 pm.
%
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WHITTINGHAM, JAMES G. In sad but
loving remembrance of our loved enc
JAMES G.. WHITTINGHAM, who deps rteo
this life three years ago, July q, 1896;
CHILDREN, JAMES, ADDIE AND LII
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~ bers of Auxiliary to Patti. No. Is
IN G. u o. of Odd Fellows, are re-
w ouested to assemble at the Noun
IN Carmel Baptist Church. Bird ane
Eyes SITS. NV. at l pm. THURSDAY
Nv July IS. 1949, for the purpose O
III the funeral of Comrade MARY M
W CAPT. IRENE MARIE, President.
COMRAQE LENA Jones. Sec.
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BROWN. ETHEL MAY. In sad but low
ing memory of our daughter and sister.
ETHEL MAY BROWN. who departed this
life seventeen years ago today. July 81,
1852.
Evening star., 1949-09-22

tuT o u B II o u =
E n 6 l an d has
got its propel-
lers tan g e d
with q lot Of
people like the
B ritish Bird
Watchers So
ciety. The bird
watchers are
very suspicious
Of the airplane
people, in spite
of the latter
9 o ! n 6 around
sa in 6 that
Evening star., 1949-09-22
AustroIio Growind

Australia's population increased
by 100000 between June, 1948, and
June. 1949, 1t is estimated, COM
pared with gain of 100000 in IA
years up to 1947.
Evening star., 1949-09-22
Oracle Aliens S
Comments:

Well, I see that the attempt of
important British airpane inter-
ests to cut down some trees
and erect safety-tower systems
Evening star., 1949-09-22
II Income Tax Liens
Filed Here, s Of Them
For More Than $1,000

Eleven Federal tax lien notices
from the Bureau Of Internal Rev.
enue were filed yesterday at
District Court, six of them for
more than $1,000.
Several notices of discharge of
liens as having been satisfied also
were filed.
The largest lien notice filed to-
day listed James Y. Pennebaker,
$500 @ street N. w.. as owing
$6,362 in income taxes for 1948.
He said he had not received any
notice and knew nothing about it..
Others were:
Leonard De Lucia, 1890 Wis
consin avenue N. w., listed as
owing $3,60l income taxes for the
years 194l through 1916. He de-
Evening star., 1949-09-22
Ecclesiastical Review Plans
60th Anniversary Issue

The American Ecclesiastical Re-
view. founded in 1889, will observe
its Goth anniversary with q special
issue in October, DR.. Joseph c.
Fenton, editor Of the Catholic
University publication, announced
today.
Congratulatory messages have
been received by the publishers
from Pope Plus XII. Cardinals
D oug terry of Philadelphia,
Mooney of Detroit, Spellman of
New York. and the Most Rev.
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. Apos-
tolic Delegate to the United
States.
Also from the Most Rev. John
Evening star., 1949-09-22

clined to comment on the case.
Phil M. Milestone. s010 Thir-
teenth place NV, listed as owing
$1.36s for Withholding tax and
Federal insurance contributions
for a period Of this year. Mr.. Mill
stone explained the oversight in
payment occurred through an of
flee error and that arrangements
have been made to pay the money
Immediately.
Mrs. Josephine M. Hydrick. 1000
Cathedral avenue NV, listed as
owing 81, ,519 income taxes for l948
Mrs. Hydrick said she never has
received any notice on the matter
She said she had been behind and
was just making arrangements to
pay the back taxes.
Charles P. Muldoon, 1886 Gar
field street NV, listed as owing
$2,199 income taxes for 1946 and
1947. He said he had no comment
John P. Bond. jr., 1919 Jay
street NE. listed as owing in
come taxes of $2,658 for 1943,
1914, 1916 and 1947: MIR. Bond ex-
planned he was out of the country
for six years working for inter-
national groups and was surprised
at the lien. because he said he was
paying each month on the taxes.
Among those listed as having
tax liens against them dropped
was Mrs. Rosie Lee Arsenault,
Stafford, Va. formerly of Chevy
Chase, Md. The notice said that q
tax lien for $5.314 for income in
1943 and 1914 has been satisfied
in full"
Another discharge notice stated
that lien against Carl B. and w
M. Ramsey. 500 c street NV. fo,
$1,478 for 1948 income tax has
heen dropped.
Evening star., 1949-09-22

tion and repair work for which
the Potomac River Naval Com
mand Is now receiving sealed bids,
it was announced.
The work, including mechanical
and electrical repairs, will be done
in a fire-damaged portion of one
Of the buildings at the laboratory.
Other work for which sealed bids
are being received is installation
Of 268 wood window screens at
Henderson Hall.
Also, five concrete bombing
Evening star., 1949-09-22

T. McNicholas, Archbishop of Gin
cinnati; the Most Rev. Richard
j. Gushing. Archbishop of Boston;
the Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle
Archbishop Of Washington. and
the Most Rev. Thomas M. OLeary
Bishop of Springfield.
The Review is edited by mem
bers Of the faculty of Sacred
Theology.
Evening star., 1949-09-22


towers will make q lot Of rocks
and sparrows happy by providing
them with good homes.
Goodness knows, believe in
safety for airplanes and every
thing else, but I can't help being
little sympathetic toward the
British people for being concerned
about their birds and trees. In
America. they keep cutting down
trees to make room for new filling
stations. and all our birds are
getting sway-backed from trying
to build nests on top Of gasoline
pumps.
Anyway. II 1t comes right down
to q choice between airplanes and
bird life. I'll take the birds. No
bird ever dropped . bomb on a
city.
| Released By Consolidated News Fea atures.)
Evening star., 1949-09-22
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER a. l94o

targets are to be constructed at
the Patuxent River Naval Air Sta
tion. Bids for al work will be
publicly opened at 3 pm. next
Wednesday at the Public Works
Office, Naval Gun Factory.
Nine per cent of the pedestrians
killed in cities have been crossing
intersections diagonally or against
traffic signals.
Evening star., 1949-09-22
Bellevue Laboratory
Repair Bids Received

Replacement of structural steel
work. glass, roofing and wood walls
at the Naval Research Laboratory,
Bellevue, are among the construc-
Evening star., 1949-03-06
-Four Marines Hurt as Car
Hits 7 Buildings in Triangle

Four Marines were injured, two
of them critically, when their car
struck another automobile, ca
reened into two buildings and
overturned at Triangle, Va, on No.
l highway yesterday afternoon.
Virginia State police said the
Marines car went through a red
light and crashed into a second
car that was crossing the highway.
The Marines car then glanced of
a post Office building at one side
of the highway, careened across
the road into the home of Mar
garet johnson, colored, and over
turned. All four were taken to
the Naval Hospital at Quantico.
Critically injured were Pfc. Da-
vid La Prarie, 10, and Corpl. Marty
Campbell, 20, both of the Naval
Mine Depot at Yorktown, Va.
The conditions of Pfc. Gordon B.
Pierce 20, driver of the car, also
of Yorktown, and Pfc. William B.
Southard. 18, Norfolk, were not
believed serious.
Police said the driver of the
other car. Pfc. Doyle Andrew Fox
of Quantico, was uninjured.