Evening star., 1932-03-08
COLD WAVE STAYS;
DEATHS TOTAL TEN
Washington Clears Away
Storm Debris--MaryIand
Towns Still Isolated.

of real Winter weather for at least the
remainder of the week. The lowest
tenperature tonight is predicted at 20
degreeA Clear weather will last until
nightfan. and increasing cloudiness is
due tonight and tomorrow
There will be snowfall generally in
all the country east of the Rockies,
though no snow has been predicted for
the Washington vicinity. Temperatures
will remain below normal ana lnoica-
tions aro that the present week VIII be
the coldest OF the Winter.
Ten Funerals Planned.
With a total of 10 persons dead and
pronerty damage estimated at more
man 81 1000 900 in Washington and
nearby Maryland and Virginia, crews OF
vorkmen continued the job OF clearing
swav wreckage and opening communl-
cations.
The task was started late Sunday
night when the worst Of the storm mad
abated. Telephone lines and highways
were reported open today and haraSseo
officials in charge of the work hoped 10
have a workable. if not normal, system
of communication set up WITHIN "a
hours.
Preparations went ahead for the fu-
nerals of those who met death. Four
of these were killed in and near Wash
inpton. Albert Kligmen, Is, $500 1
street. was crushed by falling tree
sunday night at Twenty-fifth and X
streets S. N. Spidas of Washington
was killed near Fredericksburg wher
his truck skidded and overturned.
Alexander Vaughn, colored. died OF
exposure near Clarendon, Va. Mrs.
Marie Reid was electrocuted at her
home, near Walkers Chapel, Fairfax
County. Va. while telephoning. John
TYLER and Catherine Over were frozen
to death in Frederick. after they had
fallen in a drift while trying to walk
through the storm from FREDERICK TO
Buckeystown. Carl Lebrich OF Phlla-
delphia was killed when tree fell on
his automobile near Baltimore and Jo-
sepl Traxler was frozen to death in
that city. An unidentified hitch -hiker
was frozen to death on Braddock
Mountain and a second unidentified
man was killed by an automobile as he
walked in the snowStorm along a
country highway.
Hundreds Put to Work.
Hundreds of men were at work on
the highways leading from Washing
ton. clearing away fallen telephone
poles. trees, rocks and other debris
that blocked automobile traffic in every
direction.
The road from Washington to Win
chester was reported open today by the
American Automobile Association,
though from Winchester down the
Shenandoah Valley it is still blocked by
poles and snowdrifts. The highway
from Newmarket to Luray also is closed.
That from Frederick to Hagerstown was
opened at pm. yesterday. The latter
stretch, however, was reported danger
olis and motorists were advised to reach
Frederick and points on route 40 be-
yond that town by way of Baltimore.
The dangerous highway conditions
were ascribed to fallen trees and poles
rather than to snow and ice, according
TO the A. A. A.
The Evening Star correspondent at
Hagerstown communicated with his Of
flee by radio that all wires and COM
municationS were down, and that there
was no hope that they would be opened
for days The message was relayed to
The Evening Star by Henry A. Farm
ham. 313 " street northeast, owner of
amateur station W3ASO. At Hagers-
town the message said, all main high
ways are blocked by hundreds of fallen
poles. and scores of marooned tourists
spent last night in farm houses along
the way. He painted general picture
of mountain highways blocked by a foot
and half of snow that drifted under
50-mile gale, and with many towns
In the valley in darkness as electric
wires went down.
Many Traffic Accidents.
There we're many automobile aeci-
dents and drivers and occupants Of
ears injured in collisions during the
heavy snowstorm, the message said.
In Washington, the Shaw Junior High
School. Seventh street and Rhode Is
land avenue, was still closed today as
workmen repaired the sfnokestack,
which had tilted under the force of the
gale. Two thousand colored pupils were
enjoying an unexpected Midwinter va
cation as result.
Nearly $50 laborers employed by the
Engineer Department Of the District
government were engaged in clearing
the city streets yesterday, $50 of them
in removing the snow and ice and the
remainder clearing away more than so
trees that had blocked traffic
The snow and ice was not without
its compensation, however, as hun
uACuo VI yOuAlS pCOp4S loSI night dilU
today enjoyed the sport of shedding on
streets that we're blocked off by the
police and fire departments for that
purpose.
The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co.'S crews were working to re-
store more than 1000 telephones put
out Of commission in the Hyattsville
Md, area. All telephone Offices ir
Southern Maryland, closed yesterday
were reopenod late last night
PooIesville Isolated.
Poolesville. Md, isolated all day yes
te:day, was h2ring It's service restored
today. Hundreds of poles were down
between Hyattsville and Poolesville
The highway between Falls Church
and Fairfax, impossible yesterday be-
cause of fallen poles and tangled wires
was cleared this morning, as was the
highway from Washington to Leesburg.
Damage in the Virginia area was esti-
mated by the. telephone company at
about $500 900 in poles and lines.
More than $500 telephones in the
Northern Virginia area were out of
commission yesterday with more than
5000 poles down, and about IT'S toll
lines IN the vicinity OF Warrenton, Cul-
peper and Winchester not working
Service on temporary basis was re-
stored late last night to Orange. Madi-
son and Culpeper, Va Emergency serv-
ice was expected to be established to-
iay TO Fairfax and Leesburg.
Extra crews were sent up from
Richmond yesterday to repair the dam
age in The Alexandria area and more
left Norfolk at daybreak today 70 assist
in the work. A force Of $50 working
in the Vicinitv was eXDertpd In hf
swelled TO more than 200 by the ar.
rival of the emergency crews. Condi.
tionS at Winchester were expected L
be restored to near normal late today.
Parts of Fairfax County. Va. re
ported electric service had been Gu
OIL since Sunday noon. interrupted
bus and automobile traffic was resumed
late yesterday
IeonardtoWn. Nd. was isolated from