Evening star., 1951-01-02
Holiday Traffic
Costs Lives Of 6
From DC. Area
Crosh at Savage, Nd,
Kills Six, Including
3 Washington Men

Fatalities from New Year holi-
day traffic accidents today In.
cluded five Washington area resi-
dents following the death Of an
other man from injuries received
in head-on collision between two
cars on the Baltimore boulevard.
Three Washington men were
killed yesterday in the boulevard
crash at Savage. Md, about 2
miles north of Laurel, and three
other persons lost their lives in
the same collision.
A University of Maryland
student was killed and another
critically injured in Easton, Pa.
yesterday when their car collided
with a Greyhound bus.
A Washington resident sta
toned at Fort Myer, Va, died IN
Mount Pleasant, Pa, yesterday Of
injuries suffered Saturday on the
Pennsylvania turnpike
Since the New Year. Maryland
has recorded at least Is deaths
and Virginia has counted Z ac-
cording to the Associated Press.
Minister Among Victims.
The Baltimore boulevard ash
yestero Gay morning was the worst
accident reported.
One Of the victims was a widely
known Presbyterian minister. the
Rev. John H. Gross of Lansdowne,
Pa. Alsa killed were his wife.
Mrs. Kathryn Gross. and Miss
Marjorie B. Tobey, a teacher in
the Montclair N. j. public
schools. who was riding in the
Gross car.
The Washington men killed
were Vivian Short. 20, colored. 900
block Of Third street. N E.: Cleve-
land M Walker, 80, colcred, 600
block OF Callan street, N. E. and
John Y. Beale, 10, colored. 500
block o. L street N. E. The latter
died at University Hospital, Balti-
more. yesterday afternoon.
Teacher Critically Injured.
Miss Virginia T. Gross, also a
teacher and daughter of DR.. Gross.
waA critically injured in the crash.
She suffered a fractured skull,
two broken legs, broken arm and
possible internal injuries.
In the Eastorf crash, Morteza z.
Khaje Nouri, 3700 block of Mill
tary road NV, was killed in the
auto-bus collision. Injured was
Friedoun Vassei, 81, of the. $500
block of o street NV. He was SO
fseverely injured that the Penn
sylvania authorities who believe
he was the driver. delayed ques-
tioning him further.
Both young men, pre-medical
students at the University Of
Maryland are from Teheran, Iran.
Embassy officials said Mr.. Nouri
had been here about two years
and Mr.. Vassei, a graduate of the
Honeywell School. about five
years. Mr.. Nouri's father is en-
Eployed by the Iranian Finance
Ministry and Mr.. Vassei's father
is physician in Teheran.
Sergt. Joseph Kelley, Il, sta-
toned at Fort Myer. Va, who lives
in the 1000 block of Lamont street
NV. died yesterday of a frac-
tured skull suffered in an auto
truck collision on the Pennsyl.
vania turnpike near Doengal.
His wife. Minnie. is in fair con.
iition at Frick Memorial Hospi-
tai, Mount Pleasant, Pa. She is
suffering neck injury and shock.
Sher'tf's Deputy Arrested.
A Baltimore sheriff's deputy
vas arr estet' by State troopers
and charged with drunken driv-
ng after h's cal rar through the
scene Of yesCerday's Baltimore
boulevard crash.
He idcs ,titet himself at the
Waterloo State police barracks as
Samuel C>rte7 20 and was re-
leased after posting STAT coll
.eteral.
Police re,.oI'tee that Cortez sped
hrough he scene OF the collision
rear Savage and failed to halt
when State trooper hailed him.
he cal conCihued past a parked
ambulance FIJI cr,g persons at the
scene to scatter, police said.
trooper R'be''r Wolford pursued
e car and stoDpea Cortez after
hout a 1l,le and half.
Funeral arrangements for DR..
and Mrs. Gross were to be made
at Lansdowne. DR.. Gross was q
trustee of the Princeton Theolog-
ical Seminary, where he was
graduated; the Presbyterian Hos
pital at Philadelphia, Howard
University and the College of the
ozarks, in Arkansas.
DR.. Gross was ordained
minister in the Presbyterian
Church in 1912 and served
churches in Ohio and Kansas un-
til 1925 when he became treasurer
and investment officer of the
Board of Pensions of the Pres
oyterian Church in the United
States of America. He remained
in that position until he became
an investment counselor in 1896.
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