Evening star., 1933-12-24
RAIN IS FORECAST
IN CAPITAL AREA
Snow and Freezing Tempera-
lures Predicted in Other
Parts of Country.

When Santa rides his broad circuit
tonight, Christmas eve, he must come
prepared for every trick in the weather
mans repertoire, an Associated Press
survey shows.
Here in Washington he will need
poncho and boots to make his rounds,
as the Weather Bureau has forecast
rain, beginning tonight and continuing
on into Christmas morning. Christmas
day however, will see the end of the
warm temperatures that are expected
today to be even higher than yesterday,
and probably will mark the return of
Winter to his own domain. The nearest
snow to Washington, by the way, viii
be falling around the Great Lakes.
But a blizzard blew down from the
North Pole to the Montana gateway,
and zero temperatures put the appro-
pirate Christmas color on Santa's nose
like cherry.
Cold weather was on its way to the
Northern Pacific Coast where floods
and storms have made 5000 homeless
and taken IL lives this last week. Hip
boots must be in Santa's pack for his
travels in Idaho, Washington and
Oregon.
He'll find it fair, foggy and cold in
spots down the long stretch OF
California.
Mild Along Gulf Coast.
Down around the Gulf Coast the fur
coat will be checked, for it is mild, in
the pleasant 70S, down south of the Ma
son and Dixon line. A Slicker may come
in handy in some Southern spots.
BY the time the Donder and Bitten
tsam reaches the North Atlantic sea-
board, the sleigh runners will have to be
installed for the dash along the Cana
dian border.
The Middle and Eastern States gen.
orally will have colder weather, but lit
tie snow for the youngsters sledS. In
the Southeast and the lower Great
Lakes regions, Santa Claus will need
umbrella and rubbers.
Back along the border, however
Northern Michigan, Northern Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and the Dakotas, white
Christmas is in order. Snow fell yes
terday and more was anticipated today.
Train is MarOoned.
The sudden gale that came bowling
into Montana sent the mercury scurry-
ing down, the temperature dropping rs
degrees at Great Falls in 10 minutes.
The Olympian, transcontinental passen-
ger train of the Milwaukee road, was
marooned near Drexel in Western Mon
tana by a waShout in front and mud
slides behind, and food had to be
packed to the isolated passengers from
So miles away. Electric motors warmed
the 125 on board until later afternoon,
when they trekked miles through mud
and water to a highway at st. Regis.
There railroad officials provided motor
cars to speed them on their delayed
Christmas journeys"
Record-breaking rainfallS and floods
effectively stopped the movement Of
transcontinental trains out Of Seattle
or Tacoma, Wash, yesterday, and many
cities of Northern Idaho and neighbor-
ing Washington were isolated and in
undated by wind and cloudburst.
Stormy weather had abated in British
Columbia, but anxiety for the so resi-
dents of Wales Island, As miles north
of Prince Rupert, persisted. No word
had come from there since the first
storm racked the coast three weeks
ago, nor has the weekly supply boat
returned since early December.
From Santander, Spain, came word
yesterday Of an avalanche Of snow
descending on several houses and farms
from the mountains above the town of
Apiezo. There was no report of lives
lost.
A pre-Christmas blizzard smote Istan-
bul, Wrecking a Turkish mosque, di-
Vinity school and several houses. One
person was killed and several hurt
The storm ragged over a wide area and
1mperiled shipping on the Black Sea,
already lashed by severe storms week
ago.