Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-18
Coolest Weather of Winter
Forecast for Capital After
3-Inch Snow.
WIDESPREAD TERRITORY
is BLANKETED BY COLD
Lower Temperatures Hampers Aid
to Families Marooned in
Flooded Areas.

AS small army of workmen swept
the heaviest snow of the Winter from
Washington streets today the tempera-
ture went into a nose dive, Weather
Bureau officials predicting the coolest
weather in more than a decade for to-
night.
The prediction for tonight was: Fair
with cold wave and lowest tenpera-
ture near zero; Sunday fair and con-
tinued cold"
The last time the Capital had a taste
OF zero weather was February 5, 1918,
when the mercury registered 2 degrees
below. The thermometer reached its
lowest mark last year on January IA,
when 1t was 8 above. The most fririd
mark recorded in 1928 was Z above on
January 80.
ForecaSters said it was practically a
certainty that the temperature would
tumble to within degrees of zero
tonight and distinct possibility OF zero
before morning.
Cold Elsewhere.
Meanwhile Geographic reports showed
that King Winter today ruled the North,
Middle Western and several of the
Southern States and had made his
half of Dixie.
In Arkansas and Tennessee he ham
pered levee workers battling high water
OF the Mississippi Valleys interior
streams, while in Indiana his cold blasts
brought added misery to marooned
families in flood districts.
Chicago reported that subzero
weather had gripped the North and
Middle Western States. The lowest
for I'm.
Mimi, and Des Moines, Iowa, which
recorded 26 below. In Chicago the
temperature was Is below and still
lower in the surrounding suburbs.
A blizzard slowly making its exit
from the northern Rocky Mountains
caused temperature records of dozen
States to fall in the Southwest and
took toll Of IA lives. Texas, Okla
| homa and Kansas were in the grip. of
one of the most severe cold waves
| OF their history.
| Zero weather penetrated Arkansas
and snow covered the western half of
Dixie. The snowfall ranged from S
to inches deep in Arkansas and
Memphis and Nashville, Tenn, reported
a steady fall. Sleet peited Atlanta and
North Georgia as the temperature slip
ped through the low twenties.
Flooded Families Suffer.
AhC COlQ uQQcu SuHeElnR TO
marooned families in flood districts of
the Wabash and White Rivers in
Indiana.
The storm out of the West brought
snow and rain to New York The tenn
perature,. however, was well above the
zero mark.
From San Francisco came reports
that cold weather had begun to retreat
slowly from some parts of the Far
West.
In the Capital more than 500 men
were engaged all day long in keeping
the streets open. They had the situa-
| ton we'll in hand when snow and sleet
ceased falling shortly before 1890
o'clock this morning. Numerous snow
plows sweepers and scrapers were
brought into play
sleet fell internationally until Weather
Bureau instruments revealed a total
snowfall for the day Of more than 8
inches. This was three-fourths sleet.
There had been less than inches of
snow previously this season, including
IL inches November % and is inches
December %.
Observers announced there would
have been at least inches of snow
from 1925 am. until the hour when
conditions began to approach normal
had the snow been light" instead of
wet" Motorists were warned to
| guard against slippery streets tonight.
Workmen Called Out.
The temperature was several degrees
! below freezing when crews of workmen
| were distributed over wide areas to keep
the streets open at 2 o'clock am. The
District street cleaning division called
more than $50 men to duty. A battery
! of % snow plows combed downtown
I,kw g. -
leading into the business section.
Special crews cleared the snow from
street car stops in the business district
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