Evening star., 1932-03-10
Coolest Weather of Year to
Be Moderated Slightly
in Few Days.
READING 28 POINTS
BELOW NORMAL LEVEL
Death Toll From Sundays Storm
Reaches 40, With Four Boats
Drifting Off Long Island.

| the tnern OmeteT lOuCIleu IA OesIeeS
Warning was issued in todays forecast
that it would be only slightly warmer
tonight. with low of about l8 degrees
IN prospect,
Clear weather will continue and
there will be but little rise in the mer-
curry before Saturday. There will be
no definite break in conditions then
the Weather Bureau added, and while
the temperatures will be higher, cold
! weather will still prevail
Homeless Get Shelter.
Though nearly a thousand homeless
men and women were sheltered and fed
by the city's charitable institutions last
night none was forced to spend the
night on the streets and no cases Of ex-
posure were handled by police. At all
of the lodging houses, however, pleas
were made for warm clothing
The Gospel Mission at 2l4 John
Marshall place cared for 316 men last
night, and dispensed 427 meals The
Central Union Mission, 613 C street,
gave beds to 302 men and food to 687
The Salvation Army's Emergency Home
at 479 C street cared for 207 men,
while IL women and children were
sheltered and fed at 622 Fifth street
The Municipal lodging house on Third
street between c street and Indiana
avenue cared for 55 men and was
forced to turn away others, while the
Nnl1Infnprc nf chalfaYnd
men and dispensed 585 meals yester-
day.
A drop Of nearly 100 in the regis
trants at the Salvation Army Emer-
gency Home as compared with previous
nights this week was accounted for by
the fact that highways to the north
are practically impossible and few
transients are filtering into the city
from that direction. On the other
hand, roads to the south are open, and
many men have moved from Washing
ton in that direction during the past
48 hours.
Phones Still Oat of Order.
The Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. still has approximately
5000 poles down in the Alexandria dis
trict and 4,060 telephones out of order,
but the work of giving emergency Serv-
ice to these customers was progressing
rapidly today and linemen reported the
end of the temporary repairs in sight.
Emergency service was given today
through Winchester to Orange, Warren
ton and Madison, while the same con-
dition prevailed with regard to Fairfax,
Leesburg, Culpeper and Charlottesville
Crews totaling $50 men were in the
field.
Rapid progress has been made in
clearing highways, according to the
American Automobile Association, and
in Virginia all roads, with the excep-
tion of short connecting stretches. were
reported open and passable. In Penn
sylvania all roads were open TO the
New York State line. The same con-
dition prevailed in Maryland on the
main highways, and the secondary
roads in that State were expected to be
open by nightfall U. S. Routes 40
and 80, both transcontinental routes
to the Midwest and both traversing
mountainous territory, were reported
open. A warning came from Cumber-
land, however, that the mountain trails
were icy and that night travel is dan
gerous. Tourists we're advised to pro-
ceed with caution on all highways,
both in the mountains and in level ter
ritory. U. S. Route $40 between Win
chester and Harpers Ferry was still
closed today, though the road from
Harpers Ferry to Fredericksburg is open.
Power Lines Down.
Between 300 and 400 customers of
the Virginia Public Service Co. were
still without electric light and power
today. according to officials of that
concern, though that figure represents
a reduction from 5000 who were with
out service when the transmission syS-
tenn went out of business Sunday
night. Nearly 900 poles were reported
down today, and the Shenandoah VAL
lev was still without service, though
100 men are restoring poles and wires
as rapidly as the work can be done.
Most of the customers still without
service would be cared for by night
fall officials said today.
That the unreasonable cold that has
gripped Washington for the past five
days is Nationwide is indicated by
low temperature of IA degrees was
general as far south as Atlanta, where
that temperature was reported during
the early morning hours today. South
ern Georgia reported a low of 20 de-
grees. Jacksonville, Fla, % degrees,
while freezing temperature was reported
as far south as the Orlando, Fla, re-
gion. The entire list of cities in the
Gulf and South Atlantic States re-
ported the lowest temperatures ever re-
corded for this time of year, according
| to the Weather Bureau.
Last nights reading of IA degrees
was the lowest for the present week
, in March in more than a half century
according to the Weather Bureau. A
low of 10 degrees was recorded on
March 18 during the late '70's, and that
record was not Appropriated until last
night
Normal Temperature az.
The normal temperature for Washing
ton for this se;-Son of the year is about
AZ degrees, according to the Weather
Bureau. The average for the week has
been from 20 to 25 degrees
Outlying towns in the Washington
area reported a clearing up of storm
damage and communication was being
J established with isolated communities.
Mail truck service was established
yesterday between Leesburg and Pur-
cellville, Va, which was the first COM
! munication the latter town had had
with the outside world since Sunday
In Montgomery County, Mo, the
residents of Poolesville, Dickerson
Bealsville, Barnesville, Buck Lodge and
Boyds were said to be still in difficulty
with electric service and to large ex-
tent telephone service still crippled.
Buses were reported running or
i schedule in every direction out OF
Staunton, Va, and electric and tele-
phone service practically restored.
Relief was in sight today for the
water famine that hit Mount Airy. Md.
as a result of the storm, when electric
J service failed. Steam power from the
local canning factory vas beinp har,