Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-23
FAIR AND COLDER
NIGHT IS PROMISED
Ten Persons Injured Here as
Ice Coats StreetS-Ten
Degrees Forecast.

Fair and considerably colder weather
was forecast by Government meteorol-
ogists today after q night Of snow fur
ries which made treacherous going for
pedestrians and vehicular trafic and
resulted in several accidents.
The minimum tonight will be about
10 degrees and will be followed tomor-
row by rising temperatures and clear
skies, the bureau forecast.
Almost an inch of snow fell early to-
day and whitened . city already bur-
dened by the icy residue Of previous
storms. The morning press of trafic
moved slowly over streets CLASSY with
encrusted snow and ice.
Down TO New Extreme.
The temperature at o'clock This
morning got down to 81 degrees, follow
ing extremes yesterday of 50 and Is
degrees, and then showed q gradual rise
throughout the morning.
One Of the most serious accidents &C.
Cured at Eighteenth and u streets this
morning when Mrs. Ethel Goldblatt, 81
years old, was struck by an automobile
and knocked into the step Of . street
car she was about to board.
Mrs. Goldblatt was taken to Garfield
Hospital suffering from severe lacera-
tons of the left leg. The automobile
was owned by John j. Hamilton. at
torney, 26ll W0odley place, and driven
Dy his chauffeur, Herbert Savage. The
police OF eighth precinct reported that
The automobile skidded on tie ice when
the chauffeur attempted to swerve from
the path OF an ice truck emerging from
an alley.
Mother Of Three Children.
Mrs. Goldblatt Is an employee of the
Hecht Co. and resides with her sister,
Mrs.a Ann Levy, Of 1910 California
street She Is the mother Of three chill
dren.
Eleven-y ear-old Bertha Hubacher of
1853 w street southeast is in serious
condition at Casualty Hospital. follow
Ing q collision of her sled with an
electric light pole yesterday afternoon.
The child was coasting on w street
near Sixteenth when she lost control.
Her head was dashed against the pole.
A passing nnOtorist took her to the hos
pital, where DR.. Louis Jimal of the stan
treated her for q fractured skull
Two children and o 21-year-old youth
were hurt about O'Clock last night
coasting on Queen street near West
Virginia avenue northeast. The condi-
ton Of none is serious.
Tive Boys Bruised.
Arthur Noldy, 81 years old, of 1871
Staples street northeast and Ftemy
Plraki, II years old, Of 1922 Staples
street northeast were coasting on sled
which skidded against an automobile
operated by Lindell Smith. 28 years old,
OF 808 Fifth street northeast. Both boys
were taken to Casualty Hospital by
Smith and treated by DR.. Jimal for
slight bruises.
At almost the same time last night
13-year-old Thelma Jacobs Of l1l4
Owens place northeast suffered lacer-
ated finger when her sled collided with
another sled. She was treated at Cas-
ualty.
walking in the 1900 block Of Biltmore
street yesterday afternoon. Clarence
Wilson, colored. 2S years old, OF 1888
Eighth street slipped on the ice and fell.
At Emergency Hospital he was treated
for injuries to his left shoulder.
Mall Pilots Fly Through Snow.
Despite snow flurries which blinded
them during the entire trip, two air.
mail pilots of Eastern Air Transport,
formerly Pitcairn, Inc. came through
from New York with the shuttle"
service mail this morning. The volume
of mail was so great that two planes
were required to handle that brought
in from the. transcontinental mail line
for delivery in the National Capital.
C. G. Taliaferro, youngest mail pilot
in the country, came through with the
first section, landing at Boiling Field
when the snowfall was at its height.
Pilot Walter Shaffer, who new the
shuttle from this city north yesterday
evening, came down with the second
section this morning, landing here at
S:l5 o'clock.
Pilot ]. r. Armstrong came down
from New York last night on the regu-
lar run, but the weather in the vicinity
of Richmond was so bad the north
bound mail was put on the train at that
point.
Icy sidewalks yesterday afternoon
were blamed for injuries to two pedes-
TRANS. Elizabeth Jordan, 20 years old.
101 Twentieth street, was treated at
Emergency Hospital for Q sprained foot
from q fan at Fifth and " streets