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The Watchman And Southron
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
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In Los Angeles, an automobile driven by Miss Betty Peck crashed into a real estate office after swerving to avoid another car, killing three men including Reuben Dietrich and Vedor Humes, and seriously injuring four others including Peck and 15-year-old Buster Meyers.
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Los Angeles, July 13.-(A)-Three men were killed and four other persons, three women and one man were injured, two seriously, when an automobile driven by Miss Betty Peck of Los Angeles, crashed into a real estate office on the outskirts of the city early today.
Police reports said the car was traveling about 35 miles an hour when another car turned in suddenly from a side street forcing Miss Peck to turn sharply aside. She evidently lost control of the machine and it crashed.
Two of the three dead were identified as Reuben Dietrich and Vedor Humes. Buster Meyers, 15, and Miss Peck received fractured skulls, while Normal Brill and Wilma Schelfor were severely bruised. All were residents of Los Angeles.
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July 13
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Miss Betty Peck's automobile, traveling at 35 mph, swerved to avoid another car turning from a side street, lost control, and crashed into a real estate office on the outskirts of Los Angeles, killing three men (two identified as Reuben Dietrich and Vedor Humes) and injuring four others, including Peck and Buster Meyers with fractured skulls, and Normal Brill and Wilma Schelfor with severe bruises.