Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-30
CAPITAL TO Be COOL,
BUT NO RAIN SEEN
Relief From Severe Drought
Soon Is Held Unlikely by
Weather Bureau.

Although Washington will enjoy fair
and cooler weather for the rest of this
week, Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell
of the United States Weather Bureau
said today there was no expectation of
rain during the next two or three days
to relieve the still serious drought Sit
ruation in nearby Maryland and Vir-
GINA.
Beyond wetting city streets and do
ing scarcely that to suburban lawns,
Mr.. Mitchell said that yesterdays rain
fall Of .06 inch did mo good at all. "
Maryland suburbs are drawing approx
mately 100000 gallons of water daily
from the District and the situation to-
day was described as still acute" by
officials of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission.
Heat Claims Three.
Although the heat wave in Washing
ton was broken definitely yesterday, 1t
claimed three victims. Besides former
Representative Charles r. Davis OF
Minnesota, who died earlier in the day,
two other victims succumbed during the
afternoon. Willard humphrey, SIS, OF
Scotland, Md, died at the Naval Hos
pital, where he was taken after being
Frustrated at his home last Monday
The other was Richard James, colored,
SO years old, of 437 New York avenue
He died after being taken to Emergency
Hospital in a PROSTATE condition.
With greatly reduced humidity to-
day, Mr.. Mitchell said the temperature
would hardly 60 over So degrees during
the afternoon. From a maximum OF "a
degrees at 2:45 o'clock yesterday after
noon the rainfall caused a general de-
cline until this morning at O'Clock the
mercury touched its lowest point at rs
degrees. BY IL o'clock it had risen co
80 degrees at the Weather Bureau sta
ton.
The encouraging factor today, how
ever, is the lessened humidity. It reg
iStered only a per cent at o'clock this
morning, compared with 80 per cent
at that time yesterday.
Less Water May Be Used.
Continued lack of rain will bring the
greatest discomfort during an other
wise comfortable period. it was explain
ed. The cooler weather, however, will
have a tendency to reduce water con-
sumption in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties, where regulations
against sprinkling are still effective aft
er 10 days of serious water shortage.
The Department of Agriculture in its
weekly weather and crop bulletin, today
said local showers brought only tenn
porary relief to few sections. Com.
menting on the worst drought the
country as a whole has experienced ir
years, the bulletin said: mo actua
benefit can be derived without genera
and generous rains over widespread
areas"
Farmers in the Virginia sections out.
side washington are particularly hare
hit, crops whitening in the fields, it wa.
said In some sections nearest Wash.
ington, Maryland fields are brown anc
seer, while other sections more distant
are said to be faring better.
Hall Describes Water Situation.
Describing water conditions through
the Maryland sanitary district as being
still acute" but adding there was no
fear for the normal household supply,
Deputy Chief Engineer Harry r. Hall
declared this morning the pressure was
a little lower than yesterday. but with
a break in the heat wave, he antici-
pated a further reduction in consump-
ton.
The Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission has received reports that
some residents are watering their lawns
at night, Mr.. Hall says, but so far has
confined its activities to cautioning
those who fiaunt the recently adopted
order prohibiting sprinkling More
drastic action for violators is contem-
plated, he said.
The completion of the Sanitary Com
missions third connection with the
District water system, anticipated by
tomorrow night or Friday morning,
will make it possible for the commits
sion, by shutting down several valves,
to cut off the supply of water now fur
nished Takoma Park and serve that
town directly with District water, 1t Is
revealed in q formal statement on wa
ter conditions, issued by II. Howard
Duckett, chairman of the Sanitary
Commission, today.
Duckett's Statement.
Mr.. Duckett's statement fully ex-
plains the present water situation in
Montgomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties. It follows;
"The supply of water for Prince
Georges County is coming through the
pumping station at Hyattsville and the
connection with the District at Rhode
Island avenue. On Monday the Hyatts-
Vile plant was only able to secure
100000 gallons from the Northwest
Branch, so that nearly 100000 gallons
were taken from the District of Column
bia at Rhode Island avenue. the total
consumption In the Prince Georges
area for that day being approximately
l,250, 900 gallons. The Burnt Mills plant
is devoted now entirely to pumping for
the Montgomery area, and Is using all
of the water coming down the North
west Branch, amounting to 1,500, 900
gallons per day, the supply being aug
mented by over 100000 gallons taken