The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-24
COLD, WHITE
CHRISTMAS|S
ASSURED CITY
Mercury to Hit 9 Tonight;
Holiday Cheer to Be
Distributed.
MAIL DELIVERY SLOWED
Snowy YuIe Is First Here
Since 1929; Accidents
Are Few.

The mercury remained below 20
this afternoon, retaining the heavy
coating of ice and snow that to-
morrow will present indianapolis
with its first white" Christmas since
1929.
Weather Bureau forecaSters said
the temperature probably will slide
to 9 during the night.
And the blustery weather pre-
dicted for today and tonight will
make even more welcome than
usual the food baskets and gift
clothing hundreds of organizations
in the city will have delivered TO
the poor before noon tomorrow.
Snow f1urries today are expected
to add to the snow on the ground
q new fluffiness and whiteness that
will make a picture Of the land
soape tomorrow
Mail Deliveries Slowed
Meanwhile, package and mail de-
liveries were delayed today by the
hazardous condition of streets in
the city A coat of ice covers nearly
all of them.
Christmas holiday of st. Joseph
(Mich) family, en- route to st. Louis,
was marred this afternoon when
their car, out of control on icy Road
40, crashed into another, injuring
three persons.
Alfred Wessendorf, As, st. Joseph.
was the driver of the car which was
in collision with another operated
by Nitis Hall, field agent of the In
diana Boys School at Plainfeld.
The accident occurred in Bridgeport.
Mrs. Laura Wessendorf, 40, wife
Of the driver, incurred a shoulder
fracture; his sister, Miss Clara Wes-
sendorf, Al, pelvis and shoulder in
Juries and Mr.. Hall, knee injuries.
The injured were given first aid and
taken to Methodist Hospital.
Postmaster Adolph SeidenSticker
said that mails will be delayed con-
siderably and some packages may
come after Christmas that other
wise might have reached homes at
gift unWrapping time.
Three pedestrians were victims of
ice accidents yesterday and were in
jured seriously. Miss Stella Dali
rymple. 1908 Broadway, a veteran
member of International Typo
graphical Union, Local l, and a
proofreader at the Pauley Print
ing Co., fell at Park and Massa-
chusetts-avs and fractured a hip.
She is in City Hospital.
John Crawford, 90, of S54 N. New
Jersey-st, injured his right knee
when he slipped near his home yes
terday, and Mrs. Ella Spangler, SIS,
of 2166 Napoleon-st, got off a street
car at Raymond and Shelby-sts and
fell, injuring her side and back.
Slipping on a sidewalk in front
of his home, Benjamin Gerbracht,
SO, of lot S. Belmont-av, fell today,
mourning a fracture of the right
ankle. He was taken to City Hos
pital
The city's snow man population
grew by leaps and bounds today as
children, on vacation, amused
themselves in the abundance of
snow that packed we'll Practically
every block had at least one and
some had more.
No Coasting Accidents
Coasters played in restricted
streets, protected by police orders,
ard others coaSted in the parks out
of reach of traffic. There was not
a single coasting accident reported
to police.
The toboggan slide in Coffin Park
is ready for use and Lake Sullivan
will hold skaters, although the snow
is somewhat of a handicap.
More than three hundred work
men again were busy clearing in
terseUtions and keeping catch basins
clear.
-Four additional deaths of the
holiday season in Indiana were re-
corded today.
Mrs. Nancy Jane GoSs, 77-year-
old widow, was found suffocated in
her home near MartinSville. Much
of the womans clothing was burned,
apparently from sitting too close to
the stove
Holmes Hunsucker, 90 died in
Schneck Memorial Hospital at Sey-
mour from wounds suffered when he
was shot by 4-year-old child play
ing with a gun.
Lawrence Lynch, Jeffersonville,
died from wounds suffered when a
% caliber rifle he was unloading
discharged.