Evening star., 1935-12-30

Lilly was I'LL ny lIuCh ODtIdlSQ
by H C. Bleuthgen of Richmond, Va.
as he and companion were working
on their automobile stalled beside the
highway. Bleuthgen was held under
81 900 bond for a hearing at Savage,
January IA
The storm originated in the South,
reached blizzard proportions in the
Carolinas, where 13 inches Of snow
was reported and swept the New
England coast, causing at least 16
deaths and millions of dollars dam
age, the Associated Press said.
Transportation Delayed.
Street cars and buses were delayed
in many instances during the rush
hours, but no general trsfic tie-ups
I were reported A dozen plows were
pulled out by ice or by links from tire
! chains wedged in the underground
slots.
The Districts snow removal force
was augmented by $50 laborers put
/ on by the Capital Transit Co. to clear
tracks and switches. The company
had in action SO power sweepers and
| aDOuL 00zen motor plOWS.
All Sirline schedules through Wash
J ington were resumed today after
heavy SHOWS yesterday caused tempo
rary cancellations. Operation was re-
sumed at $50 am, when a Pennsyl-
vania Airlines plane took of from
Washington Airport through drifts
and falling snow for Pittsburgh and
Detroit. Soon afterward an Eastern
Airlines plane arrived from New York.
The storm in the South yesterday
swept Atlanta with a freezing rain
which collected on trees and tele-
graph poles, tearing them down and
causing s2O0o,OOO damage
Schooner in Distress.
Meanwhile. boats on Chesapeake
Bay coped with ice, snow and wind.
Coast Guard cutter was reported
en- route to the rescue of the four
masted schooner Doris Palmer Ham
lin, said to be fast in the ice several
miles from Tangier Island of the
Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Some alarm was felt for the safety
of the fishing colonies on Tangier
and nearby Smiths Islands, ice
locked for a week 1t was believed
that the residents. who had a SINH
lar experience last year when ice cut
off their supply boats from the main
land, were provisioned adequately for
some time yet.
At Crisf1eld on the Eastern Shore
ice was reported thickening to a Sc
rious degree. Coast Guard cutters
have been breaking the ice in that
region and along the Virginia shore.
Police and fire department boats
today were freeing Georgetown Chan
mel, Washington Channel and the
Eastern Branch of ice which formed
during the night.
In New York City $4,000 workers
we're clearing the streets of three
inch snowfall. Snow was reported
generally throughout the Northeast.
Coldest Since 1917.
AS December drew to close weather
men said today. the month was the
coldest since December 1917, when
the mercury averaged degrees below
normal. The month thus far Is 4
degrees under normal, although it has
averaged IA points subnormal since
December 20.
The road around Hams Point was
parricaded last night because of snow
drifts. but probably will be reopened
this afternoon as soon as it can be
plowed.
Many roads were closed through
Rock Greek Park today, both to per-
nit coasting and because the hills
were too steep and slippery for safety
to motor cars. Roads closed included
Calvert street hill, sections of Rock
Creek parkway. Ridge road, Ross road
and Sheriff. drive.
Shovel and truck crews replaced
the Districts Al snow plows at day.