Evening star., 1942-12-21

oven in the kitchen of her home
285l Brentwood road NE A neigh.
Dor, Mrs Ollie Christ of 2847 Brent.
wood road NE, said she went tc
visit Mrs. Freeman about tbs pm
and received no response when she
knocked on the door, When she
heard groans, she called police. who
broke in a rear door and found Mrs
Freeman lying in the gas-filled
kitchen.
The woman was treated at the
| hospital also for cuts about the
head and face apparently suffered
when she fell to the floor. Her con-
dition was said by hospital attend
ents to be fair.
In an undetermined condition was
Mrs. Isabelle Meadows. Al, of 504
Seward square Sc. who was found
last night lying in the snow beside
her car in Prince Georges County
Md, suffering from exposure.
Other weather casualties" in
cluded two persons who slipped on
the ice and man who received an
icy dip when he fell from pier at
the Capital Yacht Club, HOO Maine
avenue S.W.
Transportation Holds Up.
Despite the heavy snowfall. the
Capital Transit Co. reported no ap-
preciable delay in transportation
yesterday Thirty-five streetcars
and Is buses were added to regular
routes to take care of emergencies.
Snow removal by District au-
thorities was confined to downtown
streets, where $50 laborers, 200 ref
use trucks and 40 sand wagons were
at work clearing snow from cross
walks, sidewalks and bridges.
None of the Districts 100 snow
plows was used because of the dry
ness of the snow and the high winds
that prevailed, resulting in an esti-
mated saving of $500 gallons of
gasoline.
James Edward Watson, so. of the
600 block of Tenth street S.W., vino
received the icy dip, was treated at
Casualty Hospital for exposure after
he was rescued by James S. Woods,
who lives aboard his boat. Sea King
II, and Edward ballard of the
Seqoyah.
Possible Conclusion.
James Peabody, 33, slipped on ice
on the back porch of his home,
1903 Gales street NV, and struck
his head on the frozen ground. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital with
possible conclusion.
Slipping on the ice at Twentieth
street and New Hampshire avenue
NV, Mrs. Sarah Oswald, 50, of
2019 N street NV. received a posi-
BILE wrist fracture and was taken to
Emergency Hospital
AS a precaution against traffic
injuries. park police closed all steep
inclines leading into Rock Creek
Park and the Traffic Bureau roped
off eight streets for sledders. The
areas roped off included: w street
between Hoidekoper place and
Thirty eighth street NV: Eighth
street between Shepherd and Tay-
lor streets NV; Bryant street be-
tween Lincoln road and Fourth
street NE: Twenty-sixth street be-
tween Franklin and Langdon streets
NE; Fourteenth street between
Quincy street and Michigan ave-
nue. NE; Brandywine street be-
tween Forty-fourth and Forty-f1fth
streets NV; Morrison street be-
tween Broad Branch road and
Chevy Chase parkway NV: and
Twentieth street between Kalorama
road and Ashmead place NV.
An electric wire, which contracted
and snapped during the night
caused a temporary power failure
in Fairfax County.
Officials of the Virginia Public
Service Co. said power failed mo-
mentarily at lao am. The break
was in a wire leading from AMMAN
dale to Falls Church. A second
feeder system was Immediately put
into service they said.