Evening star., 1935-01-23
SEVEREST COLD
CLOSES OFFICES
Thousands of Men Put to
Work Digging City Out
of Snow.
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Federal Emergency Reliaf Administra-
tor Hopkins.
Last Winter, when the civil works
program was in operation, Federal
rules barred the use of c. w. A. men
in snow removal. The new relief work
plan carries no such prohibition.
The deepest snow last year was the
8-inch fall here February /. More
than 2 feet of snow resulted in the
Knickerbocker disaster of 1922.
Ice and snow cruSted pavementS
worked considerable delay on motor
lists and straphangers alike during
this mornings rush hour. No serious
accidents were reported, although
broken tenders and ruffled tempers
were numerous.
Street car tie-ups were reported this
morning on the busy Mount Pleasant
line, above Dupont Circle, on the west
bound track on Pennsylvania avenue,
and at several other points. Many
of the Government departments, how
| ever, allowed a half-hour leaway on
| hardness.
Meanwhile, new cold waves were
reported sweeping down from the
North on the Midwest and parts of the
Rocky Mountain area, while the num-
ber of fatalities grew and other sec
tions we're beset by gales. fog and
| floods, according to the Associated
| Press.
Winchester. Va, reported 8 inches
/ of snow this morning, packed By rain
and Sleet. 1t was showing generally
| in Virginia and State highway scrap
erS were keeping thoroughfares Open
although scores of automobiles were
marooned in country districts. BuSses
were operating without accident, al
| though many were behind schedule
Maryland counties were being re-
ported in and out of communica-
ton by telephone and highway as
heavy snow swept the State. center
ing mostly in sections about Anne
Arundel, St. Marys and Calvert
Counties.
Sleet and rain, turning to snow.
hampered repair work on telephone
lines. A few secondary roads were
impossible, but the State roads office
announced all highways would be
kept open unless heavy snow con-
tinues and the wind becomes strong
enough to drift it,"
Storm Warnings Issued.
Storm warnings were issued from
the Virginia Capes to Maine. with a
disturbance central off the North
Carolina coast expected to move
northeastward, attended by winds of
gale force.
The current forecast for Washing
ton and vicinity said: Snow probably
heavy this afternoon, ending early to-
night. Tomorrow fair and colder with
minimum tonight of about IA de-
greeS." The lowest so far this Winter
was II experienced on December IL.
TodayS snow was packed on ar
icy crust deposited by last nights rain
and Sleet. The sleet changed to snow
about $50 am. and the temperatures
throughout the forenoon hovered well
under freezing.
, Five sanding crews we're turned out
last night to work the slippery hills
in the District. and early this morning
police closed all roads in Rock Creek
Park except Beach Drive and Military
road. when the steep curves grew
treacherous.
This was good news for the juvenile
contingent intent upon coasting. In
addition, Inspector L. I. H. Edwards,
assistant superintendent of police. or
dered all precinct captains this morn
ing to have emergency and no parking
signs placed on all streets set aside for
shedding
Mechanic Is Injured.
Emergency work on a tractor equip
ped with a snow loader resulted in a
possible broken neck and skull frac-
ture this morning for Henry Leroy
Dement,, 38, mechanic in the refuse
department of the District. The loader
fell. pinning Dement'S head against
some steel uprights. He was taken
to Providence Hospital
Motor traffic was delayed for a con-
siderable time this morning at the
Hyattsville (MdD overpass by a large
truck which had skidded and over
turned. blocking the bridge. No one
was injured.
The Arlington g. Fairfax Railway
said its trains were experiencing diff
ficulty with ice on trolley wires, but
that by running all night its trains
had cut this to a minimum
No roads in suburban Virginia
were blocked by the snow, which had
reached a depth of about inches
and more in some places by noon,
but a number of cars had skidded
into roadside bitches. No serious ac-
cidents were reported.
Arlington CountyS six new snow
plows had begun their work of clear
ing county roads before noon, and
county officials predicted roads would
be kept open. even if the plows are
forced to work on a 24-hour schedule
communications to the South and
West, as we'll as electric lines, were
holding up well under their load of
ice, it was reported.
AZ Below in Minnesota.
Temperatures had dropped as low
as AZ below zero at Hibbing. MINI.
At the same time, another cold wave
was advancing on Montana, where
three deaths were attributed to last
weeks storm.