Evening star., 1927-12-05
SUN TEMPERS COLD
SPELL IN CAPITAL
SluShy Streets Being Cleared.
30-Degree Mark Ex-
pected Tonight.

Clear skies today and probably to
morrow will bring tempering intlu
ences to bear on the first drastic cold
spell of the season. which blanketed
the city yesterday with a coating of
ice and snow.
The sun today transformed much
Of yesterdays frozen rain" as the
weather man designated it, into a dis
agreeable slush, but tonight the tenn
peratUre will drop again to about 30
degrees and CONCEAL the melting mass,
he said. Moderating temperatures will
! prevail tomorrow, with cloudy condi-
tions looming from the northeast.
The thermometer dropped to 26 de
| greeS Sunday morning, raising the
| tops of milk bottles, freezing unpro-
| tected automobile radiators and inter
| fering greatly with general traffic by
| highway and rail in view of the ac-
companying ice and snow.
Street Cleaners on Job.
Removal of the remnants of the
first snow was undertaken vigorously
by the Street Cleaning Department to-.
day, under the personal direction of
Morris II. Hacker, supervisor of city
refuse.
Aided by the rain, which followed in
the wake of the SnowStorm, and the
warm rays of the sun today, the de-
partment, Mr.. Hacker said, had
comparatively easy task in cleaning
the streets. In the downtown section
f1uShers were used to wash away the
SluSh.
Anticipating a heavy fall of snow
in view of advance information from
1on h u
his 2S snow plows at work at 2 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, but after clear.
ing the main downtown streets and
the arterial highways in the outlying
sections the equipment was returned
to storage and kept ready in case of
increased snow.
The rain. which came before dark.
made further use of the plows un-
necessary, however.
Mission Feeds 116.
The cold snap proved hardship to
the city's poor and resulted in numer-
Gus calls on local missions for food.
clothing and shelter.
The Gospel Mission, 214 John Mar
shall place, fed 116 homeless men and
boys at it's regular Sunday morning
Bible class breakfast" For some of
the men it was their first square meal
of the week, according to Harvey Prem
tice. superintendent of the mission. A
dozen of the men professed conversion
to Christianity at the breakfast, he
said.
Many urgent appeals for warm
clothing have been received by the
mission. Mr.. Prentice asks that per-
sons having old clothes available for
use in meeting these requests te1e-
phone him at Main 1871 and truck
will be sent for the donations.
The Salvation Army also marshaled
it's relief forces. Staff Capt. Ernest
r. Holz. divisional commander. said
that such storms as that of yesterday
always are followed by a deluge of
appeals for coal, clothing and food.
The Army's relief headquarters at GOT
E street gave immediate attention to
a number of worthy persons yester-
day, and this work will continue dur
ing the week, it was stated.
Salvation Army Appeal.
At the same time the Salvation
Army issued an appeal for financial
assistance in carrying out this years
Christmas relief program. About $780,
900 is needed for this work. The pro-
gram calls for distribution of more
than $50 baskets of food. 1000 toys,
food, clothing. coal and money. The
organization hopes to provide Christ
mas dinners for 5000 needy persons
and a Christmas tree and gifts for l..
600 persons.
Checks for this special fund should
be sent to Staff Capt. Holz at the E
street headquarters.