Evening star., 1934-02-12
Tonight and Tomorrow Ex-
pected to BE Fair, With
Lower Temperature.
NEW SHEDDING VICTIM
REPORTED YESTERDAY
Others Injured as Residents Con-
tinue to Skid and Slide
Over Streets.

hOI6 SHOW Will only DIlCI Lt-
spite from the cold, was predicted
by the Weather Bureau today, as
Washingtonians continued to skid
and slide over ice-coated streets and
sidewalks. after a frigid. semi-stormy
week end that brought one death and
sent more than a dozen other per-
sons to hospitals with injuries re-
ceived in typical Winter accidents.
The death was that of Jack Kelle-
her, "A, of 1929 Thirty-hfth street,
another of the seasons many sled
ding victims. He died in Georgetown
Hospital yesterday about two hours
after his sled had struck a stump on
a hill in the rear of the 1000 block
of Wisconsin avenue.
Other SIedderS Hurt.
Three other persons were hurt in
sledding mishaps. while the others
injured were victims of either auto
mobile accidents or falls on slippery
streets or sidewalks. Several of them
were reported in serious condition.
Weather Bureau observers reported
the mercury was rising slowly today,
after a night that saw it drop only
degrees below the freezing point,
despite light snowfall The mini
mum mperature-28-was recorded
at $50 a IN. The highest temperature
yesterday was 36, recorded at 3:l5
pm.
Cloudy weather. probably with
light snow" was the forecast for to-
day. Tonight was expected to be fair,
with a minimum temperature Of about
30 Tomorrow, the forecasters said,
will be fair. followed by colder weather
at night. Winds today, the added. will
be moderate to fresh southwest,
shifting to northwest last tonight or
tomorrow"
The District Refuse Department
had its regular force, consisting Of
about $50 men, at work in the streets,
sprinkling sand on steep. slippery
hills and clearing ice and snow away
from sewers and other drain openings.
No attempt was being made to clear
the streets of their curb-to-curb
coatings Of ice. however. the explana.
ton being that such task would be
impossible.
Alct VI hohu AhJuiNo
Those injured in automobile acci-
dents were:
Miss Martha Stoner. l8, of 2l5o
Pennsylvania avenue. badly cut about
the head and face last night, when
the car in which she was riding skid
ded into a telephone pole at Michigan
avenue and Hardwood road northeast.
Miss Elizabeth Turner, 16. of SIT
Webster street, hurt internally in the
same mishap.
Pvt. Samuel c. Settles, 80. No IA
Engine Co, who suffered a fractured
rib early Yesterday, when a fire engine
collided with a machine at Third and
E streets while en- route to a small
blaze.
Roy w. Gregory, 18. of the 400 block
of Maryland avenue southwest, driver
of the automobile in collision with the
fire engine. who' was cut and bruised.
His brother, Lewis Gregory, Staun-
ton, Va. also cut and bruised.
Gerald D. Bost. "a. Boonesboro, Md,
who received a severe chest injury in
a head-on crash on the Rockville pike
at Corby's Hill yesterday.
His wife, Mrs. Gale Bost, "a, whose
leg was broken in the same accident.
Bruce T Warning $500 block of L
street, driver of the other car. cut and
bruised.
Joseph Koff1er, 35, Of SAG Oronoco
street, Alexandria, Va, cut about the
head last night when his machine
skidded into an electric light pole and
then careened into a concrete wall on
Carroll avenue near Jefferson avenue,
Takoma Park. Md.
Other Mishaps.
Victims of other mishaps included;
George T. Land, %, of 622 Seventh
street northeast, a c. W. A worker,
whose leg was broken today. when
he slipped and fell while at work
in the 280o block of Mills avenue
northeast.
Detective Sergt. Arthur Fihelly, 80,
when he slipped and fell while re-
spending to a burglar alarm from
Anacostia.
Mrs. Emma Jackson, SO, of 7o2
Twentieth street, who suffered a
broken leg today, when she slipped
and fell while crossing Tenth street
near Rhode Island avenue northeast.
James Martz, 81. of the $500 block
Of o street. hurt yesterday when he
slipped and fell on the ice-covered
Potomac River, near old Aqueduct
Bridge.
Milton Chase. 90. of the 2300 block
of High street southeast. injured yes
terday when his sled crashed into a
tree on a hill near his home.
Perry Smith, %, of the 1400 block
of Ridge place southeast, hurt in the
same accident.
Pershing Christian, IS, colored.
Kenwood. Md, hurt in shedding
mishap on River road.
Child Loses Leg.
Another Shedding accident, which
occurred two weeks ago, later resulted
in one of the victims. a 4-year-old
girl. losing Ter leg, 1t was learned
yesterday.
Jean Marie Dorr and her sister
Betty Ann, were coasting in the 1900
block of Lawrence street northeast
when their sleigh struck a parked au-
tomobile Both were taken to Sibley
Hospital. where Jean Marie was
treated for a splintered right leg bone
and her sister for a fractured right
leg. About a week later surgeons
found it necessary to amputate Jean
Marie's leg. She was reported doing
very nicely" today, however. She
lives at 625 D street
The childrens' father, Henry j.
Dorr, is vice president of the Central
Armature Works, 625 D street The
Dorr home is at 1445 Lawrence street
northeast.