Evening star., 1936-07-10
No Relief i'm Sight
as Mark of 100 Is
Threatened.
Temperatures.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
When the temperature reached
i02 degrees at o'clock this after
noon, many branches of the Gov
ernment closed and sent their en-
ployes home Among them were
practically the entire Treasury
Department, the Works Progress
Administration, many bureaus Of
the Navy Department and all P.
w. A. workers employed outside
on the new Interior Department
Building.
At 2:30 pm, the mercury had
risen to 103 degrees, l higher than
at the same time yesterday.
While the mercury exceeded 100 de-
grees for the second straight day and
spurted toward another near-record
assault on all-time high temperature
marks, District Building employees were
ordered released from work this after
noon by the Commissioners and Fed
eral Government department heads
were considering turning their work.
ers loose.
With the temperature around 100
and another peak of l04 forecast,
President Roosevelt let it be known
at noon that he would permit per-
sonnel chiefs of the various Govern
ment agencies to use their own dis
cretion about letting their employees
off early.
Census Bureau employees and those
in several divisions of the Treasury
anticipated dismissal about 2 O'Clock.
as was the case yesterday. Three
heat prostrations were reported at the
Census Bureau Building at 1924 F
street yesterday.
The Commissioners issued their or
der releasing all workers at o'clock
after working conditions had become
almost unbearable.
No Relief in Sight.
AS the Capital looked in vain for a
let-up, Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell
issued a prediction of generally fair
and continued warm today, tomorrow
and probably Sunday"
The maximum this afternoon, the
Weather Bureau meteorologist said,
probably will be the same as that of
yesterday, but comparative tempera-
lures with the previous "a hours indi-
Gated his estimate might be conserva-
tive.
At am. the reading was 82-eight
degrees above yesterdays mark at the
same hour-and by 9 am. it had
jumped to 80, against SO for the cor
responding period yesterday
At noon it was SO, as against 95
yesterday and at l pm. it was 10l,
more than yesterday.
No cool breezes-only light westerly
winds-were in sight to temper the
rays of relentless sun that so far has
taken three lives in this area and
Frustrated at least a dozen persons.
The third heat death occurred late
yesterday, when Boyd w. Burke. So,
of SIT South Columbus street, Alex
andria, died at work in an undertaking
establishment before a rescue squad
ambulance arrived on the scene. A
retired Post Office auditor and Con-
gresSional Library dishwasher had
Yesterdays 104-degree mark, reached
at $40 pm, was 2 points shy of
equaling the record of 106 set on Au-
gust 6, 1918, and matched on July 20,
1890
Two Days Over 100 Not Record.
Two consecutive days of 100-degree
temperatures or better would not be
any sort of record for the Capital,
which has seen as many as four
straight days of such readings
On July l9, 20, 81 and %, in 1890.
temperatures of 102, l06, l03 and 100
were registered In August of the
same year, there were five days of 100
Temperatures or higher in a single
week
With the temperature around 120 in
hi sown Office, Police Supt. Ernest w.
Brown ordered traffic officers relieved
at frequent intervals in a move to
break up long shifts at scorching in
tersections.
Another incident in which the heat
may or may not have been a contrib
uting factor was an explosion at the
foot of Twenty-ninth street which oc-
Cured while Olive Thompson, 26, of
Alexandria, Va, was mixing asphalt.
He was burned about the eyes and
forehead and cut on the face.
Elmer Ridgeway, 422 Third street, a
taxi driver, was treated at Emergency
Hospital just before being prostrated.
He told physicians he drove to the
hospital himself when he thought he
was about to be overcome.
In addition to the list of known pros
trations, many others were treated
by private physicians or taken home,
while hundreds on the verge of col
lapsing sought shady spots for relief.
Among those requiring hospital
treatment were Brent Fulcher, 80, Ar
lington, Va; David M. Via, Al, Alex
andria, Va; Mrs. Margaret Sutton, So,
of 3001 Garrison street; Helen Maleto,
20. of 1912 M street; Lila Hicks, 80,
of 623 e street; Henry Spears, SO, of
1911 Morse street northeast; Levy
(see WEATHER. Page 81