Evening star., 1932-12-19
AID PLEAS SWAMP
CHARITY AGENCIES
Small Relief From Cold Is
Seen-3,000 Dig City
Out of Snow.
Continued From First Pege.)

Continued From First Pege)
doing unusually heavy business this
morning, many motorists discontinuing
driving over the treacherouS streets
Busses from nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia carried particularly heavy loads.
Delays In street car service this
morning were due mostly to crowded
ness and Icy trolley slots. Links broken
from automobile chains and caught in
trolley slots also caused delays.
The American Automobile Asocia-
tion continued to be kept busy by emer-
gency calls from motorists Approx
imately 200 were received this morning,
and emergency crews yesterday received
663 calls $50 emergency calls were
received Saturday, while the storm still
was In progress.
Man Found on Sidewalk.
The death attributed to the storm
was that Of Thomas Blackwell. SO. who
was found lying on the sidewalk in
front of his home, 5l09 Sherrier place,
with a broom clutched in his hand.
He was discovered by newspaper
boy about half an hour after he had
gone out to sweep the snow from the
front steps and sidewalk. The fire
Hospital. where he was pronounced
dead
Physicians said there was a cash on
his forehead, apparently received when
his head struck the sidewalk. An ALL
topsy performed at the District Morgue
this morning revealed a cerebral hem
orrhage was the cause OF death.
Mrs. Anna Thorn. 80. Of 4l3 Fourth
street. was critically injured when she
slipped and fell on the sidewalk in
front of her home After receiving
treatment at Emergency Hospital. she
was transferred to Gallinger Hospital,
where it was said she had possible
fracture of the right shoulder and arm
and severe cuts about the head
Others forced to apply for hospital
treatment as a result Of the storm in
cluded, Edward Daniels, 1928 Four
teenth street. and Alec Powell. 27. COL
ored, 1875 Francis street northeast.
Daniels received a fractured Jaw
when struck by a skidding taxicao
while cranking his automobile at EleV,
enth and Euclid streets. He was treated
at Garfield Hospital.
Powell suffered frostbite Of the hands
and feet while clearing snow from street
car tracks He, too, was treated at
Garfield.
Rose Tobin, IL. colored, 80 NJ street,
fell and broke her leg while playing IN
the snow at First and L streets After
being treated at Sibley Hospital she was
transferred to Chiidrens Hospital.
Falls in Front of Home.
Miss Lurine Maultsby, 10, Of 4l0 Sixth
street, injured her arm and leg when
she fell on the sidewalk in front of her
ho troc ErnarQpnrV
Slipping and falling from trestle at
First and streets northeast. Joseph
Ferrell. colored, zoos Sixth street north
east. broke his jaw and wrist He was
treated at Casualty Hospital
Mrs Mary Pearall. 1913 Tenth street
escaped with few scratches and bruises
when struck by skidding hit-and-run
car at Thirteenth and Clifton streets
She was treated at Garfield.
The Associated Charities. Catholic
Charities and other relief agencies re-
ported large increases in requests for
aid since the storm Most Of the re-
quests were for fuel. 1t was said
The Clothing Conservation Commit
tee also reported unusually heavy de-
mands for garments. Over the week
end 1t was said there were more re-
quests for clothing than at any other
time during the Winter A call for
donations was issued by the District
Federation Of Women's Clubs. which
conducts the committee in the Ford
Building, Fourth street and Pennsyl
Vania avenue.
Rural Routes Are Open.
All Of the main traffic arteries Of
nearby Maryland and Virginia were
i
ice again operating on normal
schedules.
Principal highways of both States
have been kept open continuously by
the almost incessant operation of snow
plows manned by crews Of the Virginia
and Maryland Highway Commissions
and employees Of the various county gov
ernments who we're pressed into serv-
ice early Saturday.
A sudden drop in the temperature
left many Of the roads covered with
thin surface OF ice. but only one traffic
casualty was reported in the nearby
communities, and that was of a minor
nature.
Theodore Kelly, colored, Of Burnt
Mills. Nd, suffered body bruises when
he was struck on the Seminary road
near Kensington late Saturday night by
an automobile operated by Herman
Rosin Of Montgomery Hills He was
treated at the Montgomery County Gen.
eral Hospital in Sandy Spring. RoSin
was not held by police.
100 Men Put to Work.
In Montgomery County a force of
100 unemployed men were put to work
yesterday clearing away snow in the
towns and villages and at important
county road intersections and will be
kept at work until the task is COM
pleted.
The unemployed laborers augmented
a force of $50 workers from the State
Roads Commission, who. with nine huge
plows, swung into action early Satur
day and worked continuously until
late Saturday night in a successful
effort to keep the principal highways
open to vehicular traf1c.
Nine county and two State snow
plows kept Arlington Countys roads In
passable condition. Sand was placed
on all unusually slippery spots on hills
and no serious accidents resulted.
A covering Of snow spoiled the pros
pect Of skating on the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commissions reSer-
voir at Burnt Mills. but there was much
coasting, several streets In the various
incorporated towns being roped of for
the youngsters.
Supplementing the work Of the State
Roads Commission, individuals with
snow plows In the rural sections opened
private lanes and cleared entrances to
churches and schools.
COSTS GOTHAM s1A1, soo