Evening star., 1941-07-02
Weather
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uere dismissed for the day. followed
by 2000 Civil Service Commission
workers. In some of the G.. A. 0.
buildings scattered in a dozen places
over the city number of women
employees tainted as the ther-
mometer reached 100 degrees in the
Offices
Other employees we're released
from Work Projects Administration
headquarters for the District at 1924
r street NV. and from the third
floor of the Munitions Building.
The Navy Department let some OF
its employees go As minutes early.
Between 5000 and 5000 Agricul-
ture Department workers housed in
buildings that are not air condl-
toned were released at l:30 pm.
The staff of the Federal w. P. A.
that could be spared, numbering
about 1.l00 persons. likewise was
permitted to go home from Offices
at 1874 New York avenue NV.
About $50 Interior Department
employees were ordered released
shortly after noon. They included
workers in the Bituminous Coal Di-
vision at 734 Fifteenth street NV,
the National Park Service Travel
Bureau at 1902 F street NV. and
the Fish and Wildlife Service in the
Agriculture Department Building.
The Social Security Board also dis
missed its employees.
Previous high this season was the
97-degree mark recorded May %.
The 98-degree temperature this
afternoon was accompanied by
humidity reading of 40 per cent,
Tomorrow should be fair and
cooler.
Autopsy Scheduled.
Yesterday the high temperature
and humidity accounted for at least
one death and dozen prostrations.
The heat fatality was Mason Hunt, |
81, a colored, of the 140O block of
Florida avenue NV. who was taken
to Freedmens Hospital after he was
overcome on the street.
Physicians said high blood
JltSSulc IOllli4buICu ~ Iiic
death. An autopsy was TO be per-
formed on the body today.
Among those overcome was Mrs,
Pauline Vanagas. 80 She was given
first aid at Emergency Hospital
Others treated yesterday were
Mrs. Dorothy Moussouris. 80, of 1925
Tenth street NV, Emergency Hos
x,it,1. ATrr c1odv-c Cy,oitn an of am
F street NV, Freedmen's Hospital;
Julius E. Wilson. IS. of 925 West
minister street NV, Georgetown
Hospital.
William Freedman. 63 of 804 Van
Buren street NV. Emergency Hos
pital; Emmet H. Hidey. So, of SOB
University drive, University Park.
Md, Walter Reed Hospital, and
Carlo lombard, IS, OF 1888 Thirty
first street NV. Georgetown Hos
pital.
Four Overcome in Laundry.
The heat felled four women yes
teerday in a laundry at Fort Bel
voir, Va. They we're Evelyn Lo-
vett, %, and Helen Wright, 30, both
of Alexandria. Va; Grace Fairfax, |
21, of Lorton, Va, and Myrtle Sey-
more, q, also of Lorton, All were
treated at Providence Hospital.
William Hawkins, 81, of AIS Q |
street NV. was treated at Casualty |
Hospital after he collapsed on the
street.
Thousands of Washingtonians
slept in public parks last night, bed
ding down on covers spread on the
grass. Park police. in roundup of
suspicious characters, arrested 50
persons and booked them for investl-
CATION. All had been sleeping in the
parks.
Bottle of Liquor Blows Up.
The heat caused a freak fire in
q LIQUOR store at 1929 Georgia ave-
nue. NV. Joseph Weiner, the owner,
reported that shortly after 5 o'clock
a bottle heated by the rays of the
sun exploded in his show window.
A fragment of glass short-circuited
the neon lighting system in the win
dow and the resulting fire did about
$1,000 damage.
The unusual heat intense enough
to soften asphalt pavements, gener-
ated sewer gas which blew of a
manhole cover at Eighteenth street
and Massachusetts, avenue NV. and
another near the Navy Yard.
The heat wave was reflected in
police reports of thefts. Two electric
fans were stolen during the after
noon from an automobile belong
ing to Cecil Harp of Green Mead
ows, Md, and parked in the l400
block of Park road NV.