Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-31
Holiday Travel Light;
Bright, Cool Weather
Forecast for City

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An anticipated Labor Day week.
end exodus from Washington haC
failed to materialize today, as resi-.
dents looked forward to cool ane
sunny weather for a holiday weel
end at home.
Though outgoing travel by train
plane and bus was above norma
yesterday and this morning, the vol.
ume of traffic by no means measured
up to previous Labor Days.
Among the carriers bus lines re.
ported the heaviest demands, but
Washingtonians leaving the city by
this means were bound for the most
part to nearby Chesapeake Bay
beaches.
Railroads operating out of Union
Station, including the PENNSYLVANIA
and Baltimore g. Ohio, added extra
sections to both north and south
bound trains yesterday and planned
to do so again today, although q
considerable number of seats were
empty yesterday.
The railroad station. washington
National Airport and the Grey
mound bus terminal all were han
ding a volume of traffic greater
than on normal week ends, as
Metropolitan Area residents took adj
vantage of the Monday holiday to
head for seashore resorts and other
out-of-town attractions.
Sightseers Flock In.
But the outgoing flow was almost
matched by an incoming tide of
sightseers. Hotels reported more
than the usual number of weekend
reservations.
Washington continued to present
an attraction to visitors as the cold
wave which descended on the city
from the northwest Thursday night
fingered on to push the thermome-
ter to low of SO degrees last night.
The Weather Bureau promised
bright, sunny weather throughout
today. with a high of about IS de-
grees and low around So degrees
tonight. Tomorrow will likewise be
fair and slightly warmer, the fore
caster said.
The long range forecast for Labor
Day itself called for continued fair
'predominantly sunny" weather,
somewhat cooler. A high of about
10 degrees during the day, followed
by low of about SO degrees at night
was predicted by the bureau.
Police in surrounding counties
said motor vehicle traffic was heavy
last night, but here again most of
the holiday seekers were headed for
the nearby beaches. Expecting
highway travel to build up to peak
today, the Maryland Traffic Safety |
Commission announced a weekend |
slogan, Death Takes No Holiday, |
But 1t Takes a Lot of Holiday
Drivers"
Attractions Are Varied.
Maryland offered tempting hol-
iday assortment of attractions, in
Guiding fairs, regattas, horse shows,
horse races and other events. In
Virginia IT, Attn annual Warren
ton Horse Show got under way this
morning and will continue through |
tomorrow and Monday.
Maryland's attractions included |
small boat sailing today and tomor-
row at the West River Yacht Club
near Galesville, the annual Timoni-
Inn State Fair, which opens official
ly Monday, but which will be pre-
ceded tomorrow by contest to Sc
lect the "prettiest farm girl in
Maryland"
The Maryland Foxhunters' Asso-
citation will hold the 14th annual
horse show and racing meet tomor-
row at -Four Corners.
Servicemen Dances Listed.
Servicemen and women spending
the week end in Washington will
find an assortment of dances and
picnics. The United Nations Service
Center. 500 North Capitol street,
and the National Catholic Com
munity Service Center, 919 Tenth
street NV, scheduled nightly
dances through Monday.
Groups to hold dances tonight for
service personnel include Banneker
Service Club $500 Georgia avenue
NV; the YWCA, Seventeenth and
X streets NV; colored YWCA, 901
Rhode Island avenue NV; Chinese
USO, 1875 G street NV; Foundry
Methodist Church, Sixteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV; COL
ored USO at POLL Georgia avenue
NV: Jewish USO, Sixteenth and
@ streets NV, and Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church, 900 Mass
achusetts avenue NV.
Picnic parties will leave the
United Nations Service Center at
1870 pm. tomorrow and the Sal
walton Army headquarters at Eighth
and Pennsylvania NV. at pm. to-
morrow.
Hospital ward shows for service
patients will be held at Boiling Field
at $3.50 pm. today, and through
out today at Walter Reed Hospital.
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