Evening star., 1933-02-11
new COLD MOVING
EAST AFTER SNOW
BLANKETS CAPITAL
Wave Expected by Tomorrow
Night-Streets Cleared
of 4.Inch Fall.
J0BLESS ARE ENLISTED
FOR CLEANUP WORK
Traffic in District and Nearby Area
Unimpeded, but Western Mary
land Roads Blockaded.

bureau reported new cold wave was
moving on the Middle West and In
likely to end by tomorrow night the re-
spite from extremely low temperatures
along the Eastern coast line.
The mercury will touch as low as 18
degrees tonight, but there are no in
dications of another snow. Tomorrow
also VIII be colder and fair.
The snow which descended upon
Washington early last night penetrated
to the regions around. Baltimore and
New York, but it caused none of the
hardships which followed in the wake
of the record 11-inch snowfall of tbs
season last December. Weather con-
ditions in Washington and other cities
in the East were something OF q hodge,
podge. Concurrently with the snow in
Washington and other sections, the
temperature rose gradually. Striking
minimum Of rs degrees at o o'clock
last night. the official thermometer at
the Naval Observatory remained practi-
cally stationary from 4:30 am. to
am, ranging from Is to ~ degrees.
Given Ample Warning.
Given ample warning, the District
had out all its regular snow-removal
equipment hours before the morning
fow of traffic began. As result there
were few If any blockades caused by
snow drifts. In their zeal the street
cleaners swept the snow clear from the
at f1fn fnvnc 1aatf tffva0 a
treacherouS film Of ice. This caused
one serious accident to truck at Flor
Ida and Connecticut avenues.
Unemployed persons on the rolls Of
the District Committee on Employment,
who are being paid of today, viii be
given an opportunity for work with the
snow-removal gangs. Any man who ap-
plies for work will be given a work card
and told to report at the Street Clean
ing Departments garage at Ninth and
o streets. This work will be paid for
at the rate Of 35 cents per hour out
of the current appropriation of $625, 900
for unemployment relief.
The men win be given work as long
as the snow lasts.
It could not be determined definitely
whether the pay Of these men would be
subject to deduction under the econ
omy act, but it was unofhcially under
stood that there would be no deduction.
The last time unemployed persons were
hired to remove snow they were paid
out Of the regular appropriation Of the
Street Cleaning Department and were
all subjected to cut of one-eleventh
Of their hourly rates of pay.
Eight Flows Busy.
Eight snow plows made their appear
ance on the street 1t about midnight
and scraped lanes for traffic in all Of
the principally travelled thoroughfares.
They were all back to the garage by
9 o'clock this morning.
After the sun rose the street clean
ing department turned its attention to
shoveling croSswalks In the congested
section.
A force OF approximately $50 to 400
msn was at work shoveling snow into
trucks and hauling it to sewer man
holes. where it was dumped. It was
net necessary to call for help from
any other department except that a
crew Of sewer department employees was
occupied in opening manholes and
supervising the dumping.
The street cleaning department nor
mally employees 300 to 325 men per day
and about 100 extra men were re-
garage at Ninth and o streets All who
applied were given work this morning.
but only slim" crowd was on hand.
The department did not use its auto
matte snow leaders as the piles Of snow
which had to be loaded were not high
enough.
A sanding truck was busy this morn
ing laying sand on heavy grades where
thin film of ice had formed after the
yCv rf hod nrn naI
sent the truck to the Connecticut ave-
coaf truck had skidded and turned
turtle.
Nearby Roads Cleared.
In the Maryland suburbs, where the
snow was deeper than in the District,
and also across the river in Virginia,
the highway engineers put their plows
the main arteries of traffic were clear
by the time most workers awoke, A
treacherous sheet of ice, however. made
driving a trif1e dangerous.
On hills and curves, chemicals, sand
or salt were applied to provide proper
traction.
The snowfall was somewhat heavier
in Western Maryland, with danger Of
the rural reads being closed by drifts.
The cold, too, was more intense, 20
degrees being registered at Hagerstown.
Because OF the dryness of the snow
telephone and telegraph wires were not
affected.
All of the plows Of the Maryland
State Roads Commission stationed in
Montgomery County were pressed into
service last night and the main arteries
In the highway of that system were
clear OF snow today. The plows swung
into operation in the more rural Sec
tons this morning after completing
their task on the main thoroughfares
and were engaged in cleaning away the
snow on the back roads.
Although many Of the roadways
offered treacherous surface to motor
lists before they were cleared of sncw,
there were no accidents reported to
police, while garages in the county
received but few calls from stranded
drivers.
80 Reported Dead.
Rising temperatures were breaking
the colds grip to some extent in the
higher areas of the Far West, heralding
the approach ef another storm, which
was expected to bring snow and rain
10 the Pacific Northwest.
A survey of the effects Of the weeks
biting cold showed that about 80 per-
sons lost their lives. Ohio, which en-
joyed mcderating weather yesterday,
added 3 fatalities to a previous report
Of deaths, bringing its total to II.
Michigan had IL deaths In all, adding
, to former report. The deaths Of
IN unidentified man, found frozen to
ieath in shack at Kansas City, and OF
/ woman. found dead from the cold
n her home In Iowa, added to the
,otal
Other reports told of suffering caused
" the storm. A l6-year-old Michigan
,irl, Katherine Needham, was taken 10
hospital at Vicksburg, Mich. suffer-
ng from the effects Of 4-mils walk
o school. Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Garrison
Il Artesia, NJ Mex, drove an automo-
'ile from their home to El Paso In
l5- 5-degree-below-zero weather to save
he life Of their year-old son, who was
lmost choked to death by q lump AZ