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Weather
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was explained this morning by thu
Weather Bureau as:
Rain from warmer air above
shortly after O'Clock Saturday
night fell on surfaces that were Al
freezing temperature. The result
was an almost instantaneous glazing
of the roads with ice"
The bureau also reported that thu
day-long rain Of yesterday which
washed away the thin slush coatinf
the sidewalks totaled more than ar
inch. This was more than foul
times the total previous precipita
ton during December, which hae
been only % inch.
No More Rain in Sixht.
The bureau also predicted ther,
will be no more precipitation for tn,
next SO hours.
1nterurban bus lines got back Il
regular schedules today with heaviel
loads than ever due to the tieuy
which kept thousands of servicemer
from getting to their homes on week.
end passes
The tie-up of buses Saturda,
night had the effect Sunday o.
throwing much greater load or
the railroads-already operating fal
above seat capacity-than the,
could possibly handle.
More than 1000 servicemen or
their way back to their camps from
holiday furloughs scrambled ane
pushed and fought their way
through five gates at Union Station
last night endeavoring to get on s
southbound train on which there
was room for only a few hundred
more in the cars added at Wash.
ington. The situation was similar
IN all the large cities of the North
east, railroad men said.
Taking All Soldiers Today.
This afternoon it was reported al
the station masters once that train,
for the South were taking away al
the soldiers who tried to board them
Five persons were injured today
when a taxicab In which they were
passengers skidded on the ice into
curbing at Brentwood road anc
Thirteenth street NE. and over.
turned. One of the injured, Mrs
Elaine Eddings, q, Of 1924 Rhode
Island avenue NE, an expectani
mother, was admitted to Sibley Hos
pital for observation.
Operator of the cab, according tc
police, was Merrill J. Holdings, jr.
48. Of 6134 First place NE, who wa!
uninjured.
Ann Alan. %, OF 3l06 Fifteenth
street NE, who received lacerations
on the head and arms, and Erma
Schaeffer, 10. of 1923 Irving street
NE, who suffered body confusion,
and abrasions, were treated at Sibley
and discharged.
Man Suffers Cut Forehead.
Alfred C. Muth, 40, Of 28O2 Rhode
Island avenue NE, was treated al
Casualty Hospital for a lacerateo
forehead, while Emma L. Gass, A.
Of 4519 Thirty seventh street, Brent.
wood, Md. was treated by a private
physician for an ankle injury.
A checkup of traffic accidents ovel
the weekend total by the Police
Departments Accident Investiga.
ton Unit showed 161 vehicular acci.
dents, with injury to TO persons. O1
those injured, 80 were pedestrians
l3 Of whom were admitted to hos.
pitals for treatment.
Eight street lamp-posts and twt
trafIic signal posts were snapped
of by automobiles.
Police also reported IS hit-and.
run cases, with two victims seriously
enough injured to require hospital.
ization.
Ascher Kahn, At, of 1922 I street
NV, was knocked down by ar
unidentified motorist early Christ.
mas Day at Twenty-third and
streets NV. He was removed t.
Emergency Hospital.
Hit-Run Victim.
William E. Carter, colored, so, oi
404 0 street NV, was struck by 6
hit-and-run driver in the 1900 block
Of Fourth street NV. early Satur-
day. He was treated at Sibley Hos
pital and later transferred to Gal
linger.
Ida Nicholson. 36, of 1873 @ street
NV, was struck by a machine ir
front of her home and was treated
by a private physician.
Damage to automobiles in the
Washington area totaled severa
hundred thousand dollars over the
week end J. D. Ryan, director Of
service for the American Automobile
Association, estimated today. Mem.
Der garages, he said, had 20 crane.
out today picking up and towing
in wrecks.
"Our total number of service call.
for the week end will go to more thar
700 today" he said. 1--WE are picking
up a lot of cars damaged by side.
swipes-a lot Of broken radiators
and bent tenders galore. The prob.
lem now Is to nnd garages to put
crippled cars in"
The TOO service calls. Mr.. Rvar