Evening star., 1933-12-28
SLIGHTLY WARMER
WEATHER IN SIGHT
Twenty Degrees Forecast
Tonight-No Sign of More
Snow or Rain.

A slight let-up in the cold wave was
promised by the Weather Bureau to-
day, after a night that saw the mer-
curry sag within one degree of the low
est Of the season.
The minimum temperature predicted
for the next "a hours was 20, expected
to be reached some time tonight. This,
it was pointed out, Is five degrees high
er than last nights lowest, recorded at
1:30 am, and six above the seasons
minimum, registered at 8 am. yes
terday.
As matter of fact, the lowest tenn
perature predicted by the forecasters
matches yesterdays maximum, record
ed at $50 pm. The mercury was two
degrees above that figure before 10
a m. today and was expected to go sew
eral degrees higher.
Cloudy Skies Predicted.
The forecast was for cloudy skies,
with moderate west to northwest winds.
There was no indication of more snow
or rain.
Because of the frigid weather, In
spector Lewis /. H Edwards, executive
officer of the Police Department, oi-
dered all foot and motor patrols to
work in sections last night, permitting
officers to spend part of the time III
precinct stations "thawing out
A colored man, identified only as
Lindsey" was found dead, apparently
frozen to death, on a porch In the 1900
block of Seventh street. and an inves-
tigation was ordered by Acting Co.
oner A. Magruder Macdonald.
Air service, temporarily disrupted BY
the snow and rain, was back to normal
today, and SO was street car and bus
service.
From Hagerstown, Md, came word
that the mercury had dropped to de-
grees below zero last night, and more
snow was expected.
Several roads blocked yesterday by
snowdrifts were open again today, dis
patches stated.
Deputy Sheriffs Edgar Brand and
Richard Renner, accompanied by In
vestigator Martin L. Ingram, reached
Hagerstown last night after having
been marooned in the mountains near
Milestone They said they abandoned
their automobile and hiked through ths
deep snow.
Other Sections Suffer.
The fury of Winters onslaught had
subsidized considerably over much Of the
United States, but intense cold still pre-
vailed in many sections, the Associated
Press reported.
More than 100 persons have died, ac-
cording to unofficial estimates as a re-
suit of billiards, ice, snow and cold.
In New York $4,000 men struggled
in far below freezing cold to complete
the task of removing 1o.7-inch snow
fall from the streets. Homeless men
and women struggled over ice-coated
sidewalks to municipal lodging houses
for food and shelter last night.
Today was the coldest New York
had experienced in three years, the
temperature dropping to above at
4:30 am.
Chicago counted 1s dead yesterday
as the mercury fell to 10 below. wis
consin had total of 21.
New England, cheered by predictions
of rising temperatures, was worried over
29 men, missing in fishing craft OF
Maine.
White River, Ont, was the coldest
in Minnesota were not far behind, with
Al below. Even in Atlanta, Ga. the
temperature fell to % above.
Coast Guardsmen were ordered out
from Chicago early today to seek three
fishermen missing with their craft, the
Seagul1. on Lake Michigan. Guards
men saved four men in a fuelless
launch off Essex. Md.
Deep drifts still hampered travel in
parts of New Jersey. Pennsylvania and
| Upstate New York. In the wide area
between the Rockies and the Missis-
| sippi, cold blasts had moderated.