Evening star., 1936-02-08

More snow or rain was in prospect
by tomorrow night as today's near
zero temperatures found Washington
digging out of its heaviest snow in
IA years
At 8 o'clock this morning the mer-
curry stood at degrees above zero, but
rose rapidly under bright sun. Yes
terday's 144-inch snow may be added
to by tomorrow night.
The current forecast said: Fair and
not so cold tonight. with low of
about IT degrees. Tomorrow SHOULD
bring increasing cloudineSs and
warmer temperatures followed by
snow or rain"
A Maryland State trooper. Sergt.
william " Hunter, lost his life yes
terday in a gallant attempt to deliver
food to ice-locked Tangier Island. He
was a member of party which pushed
supply sleds over the ice in the bliz-
zard, and died from exposure.
| Another death from exposure was
reported from nearby Maryland.
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Robert Cooper, AZ, cclored. who
lived near Rockville, Md. fell in the
snow on the Rockville Potomac road
and was frozen to death. Police say
Cooper was intoxicated and found
himself unable to rise when he stum-
bled into the drift.
Two persons were seriously hurt
and five others suffered lesser in
juries when they fell on snow-coated
pavemen-s yesterday. All were treated
at Emergency Hospital.
The seriously injured were Prentlss
Bozeman, 40, of 1901 Thirteenth street,
who suffered a broken hip, and Miss
Alma Anderson, 70. of 4218 Thirtieth
street, whose leg was broken.
Those slightly hurt in falls were
Ralph o. Rising, Racquet Club; Mrs.
June Grant, "a, of 1927 Ninth street
northeast; Henry Neal, 81. of 1893
| Thirty-fifth street; Miss Louise Moore.
81, of 1906 M street, and William Nor
gan, 46, colored, 920 Twenty-ffth
street.
Few Auto Accidents.
Comparatively few serious automo-
bile accidents were reported.
The Districts so snow plows were
withdrawn this morning after they
had cleared $50 miles of main streets
and highways, including arterial thor
oughfares and bus routes. Secondary
streets we're not plowed.
A District force of 800 men, includ-
ing several hundred extra employees
hired at $500 for an eight-hour day.
were shoveling snow from main inter-
sections and trucking it away Tor
dumping into the sewers.
The Parks Service had several hun
dred men clearing sidewalks and
highways in the parks and the Capt.
tai Transit Co. worked 300 men last
night sanding bus routes and clearing
the street car tracks.
River Is Frozen.
The worst ice and snow condition
on the Potomac in years was reported
by the Weather Bureaus flood divi-
sion. Snow from 10 to IS inches deer
covers almost the entire watershed oi
the Potomac, and the river and its
tributaries are frozen, except where
extremely swift currents have KEEP
small channels open.
Ice at Great Falls is heavier thar
at any time in the memory of old
timers, but Weather Bureau experts
said it would require unusual con-
ditions to precipitate a food here
Any gradual thaw would dispel the
ice and snow without material dam
age along the banks of the Potomac.
1t would take heavy rain of consider
able duration to cause food here.
observers said.
Although Washington's street car
system was badly crippled by snow
and ice conditions this morning, the
service was much better than yes.
terday. Ice forming in the UNDER
ground power slots cut of the cur'
rent in some instances.
Traffic Congestion AlIeviated.
Early closing hours for Federal de-
partments and big downtown stores
alleviated the congestion yesterday
afternoon. Schools closed at noon
and the Senate adjourned when only
few members showed up on Capitol
Hill.
Commendation for the efficient
manner in which the bus and trac-
ton companies and the District
agencies handled removal of the IA
inch snowfall came today from Traffic
Director William A. Van Duzer.
After a tour of inspection of Wis
consin, Connecticut and Massachu-
sets avenues and Twelfth and Thir'
teenth streets, between IL pm. yester.
day and l am. this morning. Var
Duzer described the snow removal jol
"the best I've ever seem"
"All the agencies worked together
and should be complimented upon the
way they got the snow of the main
traffic arteries so that street cars
buses passenger cars and trucks could
(see WEATHER, Page 12)