Evening star., 1943-12-16

were unable to heat apartment
buildings.
South Also Shivers.
The cold wave made unusual in
roads into the South. It was % at
Mobile, Ala, this morning Rich
mond, Va, was one degree colder
than Washington with a recording
Of l3. Pensacola, Fla. had its first
snow since 1898. Businessmen in
smaller Georgia cities disported
themselves making snowmen and
throwing snowballs.
1t was 13 below zero this morning
at Elkins, w. Va.
Subzero readings were common in
an icy belt extending from Nebraska
to Western New York, according to
the Associated Press. Bemidji,
Mimi, had low OF II below zero,
which was rise of degrees from
the previous day.
Temperatures we're up a few de-
grees from yesterday in most of the
cities in the country, according to
the Associated Press. Pittsburgh
was above today, up 5 degrees
from yesterday. Other readings
compared with yesterdays included
Cincinnati, 3, up 3; st. Louis, 0, up
4; Columbus, 5, up 4; Cleveland, H.
up II: Kansas City, 8, up IL; Denver
81, up 7; Los Angeles. ~, up /;
Seattle, 80, up
The Weather Bureaus map to-
day showed Greenville, Me, as the
coldest spot in the Northeast. The
recording was Is below there.
Minimum recordings this morn
ing were: Pensacola. Fla, Is; Key
West, So; Miami, So; Charleston,
S. c.. II; Savannah, %; Atlanta
Is; Nashville, Tenn, 12: Memphis
49, Front Royal, Va. 8: New York
IA; Boston. 9, and Albany, N. Y, O.
Is Fire Alarms.
The fire department answered Is
fire alarms since midnight. Sew
eral were for fires caused by over
heated stoves. All were small blazes.
The cold snap found fuel oil deal
ers we'll prepared to meet the re-
sulting rush of orders, in sharp con-
trast to the confusion that existed
last year soon after the inauguration
of the OPA fuel oil rationing pro-
gram, a check OF the dealers re-
vealed
The falling mercury brought a
food OF calls to the dealers, but it
appeared that the rationing pro-
gram, the oil supply and the distri-
button system were in much bette.
shape than year ago.
The public, too, apparently has
learned to spread out the limited
oil supply A spokesman for the
District OPA said only a few calls
from persons seeking additional
fuel oil rations had been received.
mot Much We Can Do"
There's not much we can do
about such cases." the Official said
only in few instances, and for
specific reasons, may we grant ex-
ira allotments." He said about the
only grounds on which householders
may procure additional oil are ILL.,
ness in the family, more people liv-
ing in a house with larger area to
be heated. and changes in the house
itself which alter the space to be
heated.
One of the largest coal dealer'
said that while anthracite stock!
are low and are being moved out a.
fast as they come in, there is plent,
of soft coal in the city.
Most people can use prepared
sizes of soft coal in their furnaces,
he said. Il see no reason for any
alarm"
Flu Hits Drivers.
The fuel dealers were experiencing
some shortage of drivers due to the
influenza epidemic, he said, but the
situation was not serious.
THE demand of the past two
days." he said, has been like thai
Of any normal prewar cold snap"
Robert F. Coggswell, District rent
control administrator, said his ONCE
has been getting relatively few com.
plants from apartment tenants or