Evening star., 1936-01-20
FAIR AND WARMER
WEATHER IS SEEN
FOR CAPITAL AREA.
One Fatality and Many In
juries Reported After
Sleetstorm.
MANY LATE FOR WORK
DUE TO ICY STREETS
Telephone Service Disrupted by
Ice and Snow in Maryland
and Virginia.

xNE 6UO W0INlCA WCoVAAOA ""S AA'
prospect today In the wake OF the
sheet and snowstorm, which partly
crippled Washington's trafic and piled
up drifts and scattered damage In ad-
joining States. One traf{ic fatality and
many injuries were blamed on slip
perry streets.
The forecast is for continued fair
weather tonight and tomorrow, fol-
lowed by rising temperatures tomae
row. The low this morning was 81 de-
grees and the minimum tonight should
be 3 or 4 points under that figure.
Construction crews in Maryland and
Virginia worked to restore telephone
service interrupted when wind and ice
deposits leveled telephone poles in
many sections. Meanwhile, snow plows
cleared deep drifts from mountain
highways.
( One man was killed by a hit-and-
FUN driver near the District line In
Brentwood early yesterday and num-
ber of other accidents were reported
in Washington and nearby communi-
ties.
Hundreds Late for Work.
Hundreds of Washingtonians were
late getting to work this morning
when slippery hills slowed down bus
service and taxed the street railway
system. Seven sanding crews worked
all night to alleviate the slippery con-
dition.
The $40 inches of snow which fell
during the storm covered an icy de-
posit left by sleet.
Snow plows last night worked over
about so miles Of principal streets
which had been banned to night
parking. The snowfall, however, was
almost too light to be touched by the
plows.
Hundreds of Washington motorists
called on the American Automobile
Club today to clean of ice-coated
windshields and windows and to open
frozen locks.
Telephone communication was in
terrupted in many rural communities
Of Maryland and Virginia. and Sec
ondary roads in themountainous Sec
tions were piled high with drifts.
II, Victim Unidentified.
sbe victim of the it-and-run driver
T. partially identified by q letter
Ahd on the body as Charles Luther
Main Of Washington. The envelope
b1re an address in the 800 block of
FIFTH ftreet, but investigation dis
closed, There was no such number.
The man, about SO years old, was
found Ut 3 O'Clock yesterday morning
lying in Rhode Island avenue in
Brentwood, Md. He had suffered
broken neck and fractures of both
legs.
Passers-by found the hit-and-run
victim and police removed the body
to the Gasch funeral home in Hyatts-
vile, where efforts were being made
TO- complete the identification today.
Skidding Car Hurts Three.
Three persons were hurt, one seri-
ously, when . skidding automobile
struck them as they were pulling 4
sled along the highway between Falls
Church and Annandale in Fairfax
County yesterday.
John B. Founder. 20, of Clarendon
was; treated at Georgetown Hospital
for multiple fractures of the ribs.
The other two injured were Miss
Dorothy Payne and Mrs. Audrey
Scrale. also of Clarendon, who re-
ceived minor cuts and bruises.
The car, according to Fairfax County
police. was operated by william G. H.
Stump of Annandale. Stump was ar
rested pending the outcome of Pound
er's injuries.
A coasting accident In Rock Greek
Park near Taft Bridge yesterday sent
Miss Margaret Simpson, Is, of 1888
Connecticut avenue to Emergency
Hospital with q slight conclusion of
the brain. A companion, Mrs. El-
eanor Nolan. 26. Of ls43 Irving street,
was treated at the same hospital for
minor decorations.
Slippery Streets Blamed.
slippery streets were blamed for
IN automobile collision. at Sixth and
e streets yesterday in which Harry
D.. Baker, II, of wichita, Kans., was
seriously injured.
Baker, . passenger in q taxicab.
was treated at Casualty Hospital for
conclusion Of the brain and internal
hurts.
The cab was driven by Balls Kins-
low Of Silver Spring, Md. Police were
told that truck operated by Aubrey
cockrill Of Remington, Va. skidded
into the taxicab. The two drivers
escaped injury.
Several pedestrians were hurt in
falls on icy pavements. Jack Shay,
a., of l014 Eleventh street, received
z severe scalp wound when he fell at
Thirteenth end I streets. He was
treated at Emergency Hospital.
Edward r. Enoch, IS, Of COS Twen-
ty-second street was cut about the
head in . fall yesterday at Thirty
fourth and X streets. He was taken
to Georgetown Hospital.
A. week end Of sleet, snow and rain
attended by high winds caused many
injuries and considerable damage In
Maryland and Virginia. At least one
death from exposureswas reported from
the latter State andtwo ships came to
srief Oh the stMm-lashed Virginia
coast.
while snow plows labored through
heavy drifts In the mountains Of West
ern Maryland, rivers In Southern Viz
siniA were high following yesterdays
heavy rains.
The death from exposure occurred In
PAse County. The body Of Carl Good.
81, was found partially covered with
snow on 3 hank near Stanley. Snow
Ia nAountaincl,s sections Of Maryland
ana, Virginia ranged from 5 to is
inches, and intense cold sttll prevailed
ther0 this morning.
Throughout both States motorists
eopsd with ice-coated Highways.