Evening star., 1938-01-20
WARMER WEATHER.,
RAIN TOMELT SNOW
Mercury Falls to 20 at 7 Am.
After II Continuous Hours
of Precipitation.

After II hours Of continuous but
light snowfall, accompanied by sub
freezing temperatures an ice-incrusted
Capital today was to be thawed some
what by rising mercury and rain.
AS the forecast-calling for increas-
ing cloudiness this afternoon. an over
night low of 80 and rain beginning
late tonight or tomorrow-was made,
however, the thermometer stood in the
very low 20s.
Despite the abnormal hazards Great
ed by frozen streets and sidewalks,
accidents were comparatively few yes
terday and last night, only six persons
being reported injured in traffic and
four in falls. This was largely due to
the fact all but foolhardy motorists
proceeded at snail's pace.
Mass transportation particularly
was slow. Although heavily Travelled
highways were sanded, heavy buses
slipped and street cars were running
behind schedule.
Mercury at Low Of 20.
Air travel. disrupted during the
last IL hours, was returning to nor
NAL as Washington Airport observers
reported more favorable flying condi-
tions.
The snow, which started in earnest
at ll:30 am. yesterday and ceased at
1910 last night, was measured Off
cially at an inch and a half.
The temperature remained in the
low 20s throughout yesterday and
dropped to an even 20 at 7 am. to-
day. Two hours later it had moved
up only two degrees.
Street Gangs at Work.
William A. Xanten. y: charge of
snow removal for the District, estimat-
ed $50 men, all regular employees,
would be on the job before the day
was over.
He said the city's 50-odd plows had
not been pressed into service because
OF the firmness of the snow They
would merely aggravate conditions, he
said. Instead seven sanders" were
sent out to roughen the surface of
the most dangerous thoroughfares.
More than 1000 tons of sand were ex-
pected to be used during the day.
The Capital Transit Co. also had
"a sanding machines in action. They
concentrated on bus routes and Sec
tions of car tracks where automobiles
had crushed snow into the rails,
Dance Director Hurt.
Miss Marian Chace, 1870 Sixteenth
street NV, dance studio director,
was one of the traffic victims. She
was cut on the forehead when her
machine collided with a truck at
Western avenue and River road NV.
After treatment by private physician
she returned home
One of those hurt in falls was j.
Marshall Stitchcomb. SO. of 422 Far
ragut street NV. who slipped in the
300 block of Kennedy street NV. and
crashed through liquor store window.
He was treated by private physician
for cuts to his face
No shedding casualties were reported
to police To make shedding safer,
more than a dozen streets suitable for
coasting were roped off or barricaded
to vehicular traffic during the night.
These hills. which are expected to be
opened to shedding again tonight, were:
Klingle street NV. (Shoreham
Hill: Talbert and Garfield streets
NV; Twentieth street NV, from
Kalorama to Belmont road; Seventh
street NV. from Ingraham to GAL
latin streets: Yuma street NV. from
Forty-second to Forty-fourth: Tilden
street NV, through Rock Creek
Park; Tenth street NE. from Mary
land avenue to H. street; Neal street
NE, from Trinidad to Bladensburg
road; Irving street NV, from Mount
Pleasant street to the Zoo: Eighth
street NV. from Shepherd to Up
shur; Bryant street NE from Lincoln
road to Fourth street; Newton street
NE. from Fourteenth to Eighteenth,
and Twenty-sixth street NE, from
Hamline to Franklin street.
With the exception of Tilden street,
park police said all roads through the
park system were open to traffic and
would remain open.