Evening star., 1934-06-30
Temperature Near 100
Again Today-But Relief
Is in Sight.
EMPLOYEES OF>U. S. AND
CITY BACK AT WORK
Five Deaths Here and As Else
where in Yesterdays CO.
Year Record.

The countrywide heat wave that
already has brought five deaths here
and As throughout the Nation will
break tomorrow night. according 10
the Weather Bureau.
But the temperature here probably
will hover close to the 100 degree
mark again today, though it will
not reach the high point of lol.5 of
yesterday, the bureau said.
Three heat prostrations had been
reported by noon. when the ther-
mometer scared over the 90-degree
mark. E. T. Kelsey, 80, of the Will
lard Hotel, was overcome on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and taken to Emergency
Hospital for treatment. An unidenti-
fed colored man was brought to the
same hospital, unconscious. He was
admitted for treatment.
o Street Market Call.
The Emergency ambulance answered
a call from the o Street Market where
they treated Ed Madison, colored. He
returned to work after first aid.
Scattered showers in this vicinity
this afternoon may bring some relief
for tonight, but the weather torecaster
would make no definite promise or
relief before tomorrow evening
Slightly overcast skies were expected
by the bureau to keep the o9lcial
thermometer from hitting 10G.
Employees Back at Work.
But the people will know its hot.
all right" Forecaster Dunn remarked.
There's a lot of moisture in the air"
However, the Government and
District employees, let of early yester-
day, were back at work today. They
were to go of at the usual 1 pm.
Saturday quitting time.
Humidity 4S Per Cent.
The forecaster said the humidity at
10 am. was 48 per cent and going
higher. Yesterday the maximum was
73 per cent.
One of the five deaths here oc-
CURED shortly after noon, when an
unidentified man died shortly after
being brought to Emergency Hospital.
Those whose deaths were attributed
to the heat yesterday were Allen jack
son, colored, 30, former Richmond
resident, who became dizzy and fell
in the water off the Thirteenth street
wharf and was drowned; an unidenti-
fled colored man, stricken in the 300
block Fifth street northeast, who died
in Casualty Hospital, and two colored
infants, Daniel M. Ford, IA months,
TOO block T street, and Taylor Frazier.
IT months, 220 block Eighteenth
street.
Hospitals were deluged with emer-
gency calls to attend heat proStration
cases, and the ambulances of Casualty,
Emergency and Freedmen's were kept
busy throughout the day. More than
score were treated in hospitals and
at their homes. according to police
reports, while many others were treat
ed by private physicians and no rec
ords made.
Parks Are Thronged.
The heat was so intense last night
that thousands were driven into the
parks and by midnight there was
hardly a bit of space left. Around
Hains Point automobiles were parked
almost bumper to bumper. and the
whole park was dotted with people
hoping to find some relief in the
breezes which usually blow off the
river.
The minimum temperature last night
was only 80 degrees, but the excess
sive humidity made it almost unbear-
able. During the afternoon threat
ened thundershowers drove the mer-
curry down from 101.5 at 2:30 pm, the
hottest June weather in so years, to
95 at o'clock.
Many Employees Let OF.
Among the Government depart
ments and agencies which excused
employees early yesterday were State.
War. Navy, Interior, Post Office,
Justice and Commerce, N. r. A.,
Federal Trade Commission and Relief
Administration. All District Building
employees were let of at 2 pm.
Breakdown of the new Post Office
Department air-coohng system re-
suited in dismissal of these employees
Working temperatures In some of
the temporary Government buildings
hit 110 degrees, it was reported.
Throughout the country, conditions
were the same or worse than they
were here. Temperatures ranged we'll
over 100 degrees and in one instance,
at Needles, Calf, a desert point, ITO
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