Evening star., 1944-03-20
Thousands Late,
Many Injured,
due 10 Storm
Snow and SIeet Hit
Most Of Nation; At
leost Is Killed
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Wltl SIiOW, SlCct ana SluSIl, VIII.
ter made the most OF It's last
hours before the beginning Of
spring at l:49 pm. today.
Thousands of employees in Gov
ernment agencies and business es-
Establishments were late for work as
crowded buses passed them by. So
many persons left their automobiles
In their garages and used buses
that these vehicles were unable to
pick up all people waiting at stops
along the way.
Many injuries from falls and
automobile collisions were reported.
Streetcars on Connecticut avenue
were tied up for 81 minutes during
the rush hour.
All National Airport air trafie
was halted. 49,
At Least Is Die in Nation.
Snowstorms swept the Middle
West and East and caused at least
Is deaths, according to the Asso-
ciated Press. An intercity bus skid
ded into the Passaic IN. j. River and
from 8 to 30 persons were reported
drowned.
No fatalities due to the storm
were reported locally.
Montgomery County schools were
closed today because icy roads pre-
vented arrival Of enough teachers
and Janitors to staff them. -
Relief was promised to come this
afternoon at about the time the sun
crosses the equator on its way
north, and spring ofncially begins
"a day earlier on the calendar this
year because of the extra Leap
Year day Of February 29).
Hundreds Of persons living In
nearby Virginia found it difncult, If
not impossible, to get home last
night when the Arnold line sus-
pended operations about midnight.
Bus Service Interrupted.
Greyhound lines resumed opera
tions shortly before noon after sus.
pending trips early this morning.
The last bus on the A. B. 6z w.
line for the Beverly Hills section
of Alexandria left the old Post
Once Building at 1l:45 last night
and did not get to the garage until
5:45 am. 1t got stuck on the hill
l'above the Old Dominican line tracks.
The tow car sent to rescue 1t also
got stuck. Passengers walked the
rest Of the way home.
Worst road conditions occurred
just after midnight when the ther-
mometer hit 3 low Of Is de-
grees. Fortunately, according to
the Weather Bureau forecaster, tho
ground was still warm from the re-
cent weather, which hit 4 high Of
80 degrees on Thursday. Despite
the low temperature last night, the
roads were slow to freeze and today
trafiic broke up most Of the icy sur
face in short order.
Washington hospitals reported
treating number of persons for
falls in the street and automobile
accidents.
Many Auto Accidents.
Thomas David, IS, lawyer Of
2505 Park place Sc, skidded OF the
road and struck bank near Fort
Meade. Md, last night. He was un-
injured but his sister, Miss Margaret
David, 50, is at Casualty Hospital
with broken collar bone. His wife,
Mrs. Catherine David, 80, suffered
scalp wounds. She went home after
receiving first-aid treatment at the
hospital.
Miss Sadie G. Cavender, 80, s6
Brandywine place Sc, suffered
decorations on her right knee when
the automobile she was driving col
lided with a w., M. & A, bus at
Third street and Pennsylvania ave-
rue Sc.
Wallace Ewing, 40, of Columbus,
Ohio, suffered broken arm and leg
when taxicab In which he was a
passenger skidded on the ice at
Soldiers Home. He is at Garfield
Hospital.
Three Hurt in Falls.
Three other persons were taken
to hospitals as result of injuries
received in falls.
Mrs Sarah Gatewood, 48, of 1862
Second street NV. was admitted to
Providence Hospital with a frac-
tured leg received when she slipped
on the steps of the Congressional
Library.
Mrs. Maude Taylor, colored, 80,
of l143 Forty second street NE. was
taken to Freedmen's Hospital suf-
fering from a mild" conclusion a.
result of fall on Patterson street
at Chevy Chase parkway.
Lillian Jackson, colored, %, of 3lx
Fifty-ninth street NE. was taken
to Freedmens with fractured left
leg.
Six Hurt Near Alexandria.
Six persons, including three WASH
ingtonians, suffered minor injuries
in two-car collision near the Penn
Daw Hotel, about 2 miles from
Alexandria. They we're:
Mrs. Grace Goodings. Is, and
Mrs. Hazel limerick, 81, both Of the
1900 block of North Carolina avenue
NE; James Simpson, n. Of the
1900 block of West Virginia avenue
NE; Mrs. Austin Rigney, 20, Nor
folk; Mrs. Charles Henry, "a, Tena-
fly, N. j., and Mrs. Mamie Nolan,
80, Penfield, Pa. All were treated
at Alexandria Hospital for cuts and
bruises and released.
Mrs. Norma Burrhus, 81, Hyatts-
vile, suffered lacerations and
broken leg when the car in which
(See WEATHER, Page A-6.)