Evening star., 1951-04-02
Baltimore Pike
Crash Injuries
Marine Fatally
z Are Hurt in Collision
At Muirkirk Oyerposs;
Two Buses in Accident


Hospital and the driver of tn,
auto, died at Leland Memoria
Hospital, Riverdale. where he wa
taken suffering from head in
juries.
Also admitted to Leland Memo.
rial were John Webb, IS, Of Route
2. Dunn, N. c.. and his brother
Robert Webb, 81, of Lexington
KY. driver of the trailer. Botf
suffered cuts.
Treated for Frostbite.
Pvt. Ford was being treated al
Bethesda for frostbite. incurred
in Korea while serving with tht
1st Marine Division, a hospita
spokesman said.
Pvt. Ford was not married. He
made his home with his mother
Mrs. Lillian Ford, in Baltimore.
At the time of the accident, the
Bethesda hospital said, Pvt. Fore
was on liberty.
Woman Hurt in Bus Crash.
Two loaded buses, one Of them
carrying school children, collidee
at Fourth and G streets Sc. about
$50 am. today, but only one per-
son was injured.
Police said Mrs. Mabel Dempsey
40, of GIL Sixty-fourth avenue
Seat Pleasant. passenger on 9
Capital Transit bus northbounc
on Fourth street, was taken tc
Providence Hospital with a minol
hip injury.
Occupants of the other bus, ar
Air Force vehicle westbound or
G street, were 18 children of fam.
lilies living at Boiling Air Force
Base. They were being driven tt
District schools by Sergt. Clark H
Warren, 26.
The Capital Transit bus, headed
for the Archives building with A
passengers, was driven by John s
Whitaker. 48, of 2237 Nichols ave-
nue. Sc. Police reported only
minor damage to both vehicles. ?
Boy Critically Injured.
A 2-year-old Washington Wis.
itor was in critical condition al
Casualty Hospital today with in
juries suffered yesterday when NJ
tried to cross Yuma street Sc. Il
join some new friends at play.
Michael Williams, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Caldwell Williams, o1
Minneapolis, received a fractured
skull when struck by a car police
said was driven by Sidney Pollack
Il, of 1241 Valley avenue Sc.
The Williams family arrived ir
Washington yesterday morning tt
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Otis R. Wilson
TAB Yuma street Sc.
More than $4,000 damage wa.
done to four cars in a pile-up yes.
terday at Rhode Island anc
Eastern avenue NE. Two person!
were treated for minor injuries.
Charged With Passing Light.
Police said a car driven by Les.
lie L. Taylor. 20. of 1343 Twenty
ninth street Sc, collided with ont
driven by David Chupnick, 80, O.
Baltimore. The Taylor car theI
struck one driven by Howard S
Held, AZ, of sos Thayer avenue
Silver Spring. The Held car wa
pushed into one driven by Gusta1
w. zoref. 90, of 8106 New Hamp
shire avenue, Silver Spring, polic'
said.
Mr.. Chupnick's son, Steven,
was treated at Leland Memoria
Hospital for chest injuries, ant
Mrs. Raymond Ward of th'
Thayer avenue address, wa
treated at Washington Sanitar
ium. Police charged Mr.. Taylo
with passing a red light.
A mother and 2-year-old sol
were slightly injured when tn,
door of the pickup truck in which
they were riding came open whel
the truck stopped at Indiana ave
nue. and Third street NV. Mrs
Myrtle Wright, 90, colored, ans
her son Aaron were treated at Gas
ualty Hospital. Police reported
Mrs. Wright leaned against thu
door handle of the truck, which
was driven by her husband James
A Washington man was injured
seriously yesterday when an anto
mobile in which he was a passen
ger ran off Lee highway and over
turned at fremont Gardens, &C
cording to Fairfax County police
Condition Listed as Poor.
Listed as in poor condition il
Arlington Hospital today was Isa
dore Samkofsky, "a, of the $50
block of Wheeler road Sc. TIL
hospital said he suffered multipl
fracture and other injuries.
Fairfax County police said tn
car in which Mr.. Samkofsky wa
riding was driven by Mary Line
burg, SLOT Forty-third avenue
Hyattsville, who was only shaker
up" according to the hospital.
A 6-year-old Arlington boy wa
admitted to Arlington Hospita
yesterday after he was struck b
a car near his home.
He Is Melvin Turner, colorec
5132 North Twenty-second street
He suffered head and hand cut
and his condition was said to b
good today.
Police said the child ran int,
the street from in front of
parked car, on North Edison street
No charges were placed agains
the driver, listed by police as Johl
Lee Adams. 80. of 1928 Nortl
Edison street.