Evening star., 1951-09-04
Two More Die
Over Holiday in
District Area
II Killed in Virginia
And l3 in Maryland;
National Toll Is 637

Washing bOIl . SuINIVOIS Oh III,
bloodiest Labor Day holiday il
the Nations history returned tC
work today while police added
names of two Washington area
residents to the national deatt
toll of more than 600.
Robert j. BarSock, %, musician
and gas station operator. of 2001
Newton street NE, became the
areas last holiday fatality wher
his car crashed into a wooder
light pole at Rhode Island avenue
and Bryant street NE. He wa!
killed instantly at 1915 am. to.
day.
A drowning victim was Elmel
B. Burnett, 80. of the 400 blocl
of Fairfax street, Landover Hills
He had taken his wife Martha
and their three children, Donny s
Doris. 4, and Carol Ann, 3, to tht
cottage of his brother -in-law, Viii.
liam C. Fleming, at Woodland
Beach, Anne Arundel County, fol
. holiday week end.
Sank While Cruising.
Sunday evening the two fami.
GeSwent for a cruise in Mr.. Flem-
ing's cabin cruiser. Off Turkey
Point at the junction of the South
River and the bay Mr.. Burnett
decided to go swimming. He
swan near the boat for a short
time and then sank. Mr.. Fleming
went overheard, but could not
reach Mr.. Burnett in time. His
body was recovered five hours
later by Anne Arundel County
police.
Funeral services for Mr.. Burnett
will be held Thursday at the
Chambers funeral home in River
dale. Landover Hills volunteer
f1remen will serve as paIlbearers
Mr.. Barsock, who was co-ownel
of gasoline station at Groveton
Va. was, on his way home with g
cash box containing $1,000 wher
he was killed. Police said his cal
sWerved into the light pole wher
he applied his brakes sharply tt
avoid another speeding car.
Cash Box Recovered.
The cash box was thrown tc
the street. 1t was picked up BY
witnesses and turned over to DO.
lice.
Mr.. Barsock, a graduate of Nc
Kinley High School, served a year
and half as a trumpeter in the
Army Band after enliSting in 1947
He had played with the Capitol
Theater and Soldiers Home Or
chestras. He is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Anne K. Barsock,
and a sister, Mrs. Florence B.
Book.
Earlier yesterday. two persons
were killed ina head-on crash
two miles west of La Plata, Md.
The District chalked up two
fatalities over the long week end
while Maryland added 13 deaths
and Virginia IL to the Nations
holiday toll.
Victims Of the La Plata crash
were James L. Miles, Is, of La
Plata, and Mary Catherine Bur-
roughs, 19, of Issue, Md. Both
are eolored. Police reported that
Mr.. Miles car swerved across the
road to crash head-on into the
ear in which Miss Burroughs was
riding with five companions.
At Waldorf, Md, the State po-
lice said a mistake had been made
yesterday in Identifying one of the
victims Of the collision. At first
Mr.. Miles was identified as Clar-
ence E. Cox.
Others Seriously Injured.
All of those riding with Miss
Burroughs were seriously injured
They were John e. Jennings oi
Crownviile, Md; Joseph o. Done
ly, %, of Issue, head cuts; Lu-
venia Mary Holton, IT, of Issue;
William A. Thomas, y, Of Rom
kinsville, Nd, a broken leg, and
Joseph A. Holton. II, Of Issue
driver Of the car. The injured
all colored, were treated at La
Plata Hospital.
Eight men-four sailors and
four soldiers-Were injured at
1:20 am this morning when the
automobiles in which they were
riding collided at Sixth and G
streets NV.
The injured are: Seamen Daniel
T. Williams, 81; William S. Gray,
%; Douglas D. Kashner. II, and
Donald E. Corsell, %. all at
tached to the U. S. S. Atakapa at
Norfolk, Va, and Pvts. Otto
Langerer, jr., %; Philip j. Vio-
,lano, 81; Manuel J. Vega, %. and
Mario M. Madici, %, all of Fort
Eustis, Va.
Seaman Hurt Critically.
The automobiles were driven by
Seaman Williams and Pvt. Lam
gerer. Seaman Gray is in a criti-
cal condition at Bethesda Hospi-
tai with a ruptured spleen and
fractured ribs. Conditions of the
other injured are not believed to
be serious.
Mr.. Barsocks death raised the
Districts traffic toll for the year
to 38 as compared with 43 on the
same date a year ago.
Throughout the Nation, a sur.
vey covering the period from
pm. Friday to midnight last night
showed 637 accidental deaths as
compared to the old record high
of $50 for the 1850 Labor Day
week end.
There were 447 traffic fatalities
as compared to the old record high
of 40 for a 78-hour Labor DAY
holiday in 1949.
Secretary Tobin Speaks.
Although most Americans de.
voted the holiday to trips tx
beaches and woods and ball park.
or just rested-a long list O.
speakers across the Nation re-
called the holidays traditiona
background and spoke seriously o.
the problems of workers.