Evening star., 1947-02-08
5-DegreeLow
Expected
1.4-Inch Snow
High Of 20 Forecast
Today; Cold ond Sunny
Due Tomorrow

The mercury will fall to five
degrees above zero in Washing
ton suburbs tonight, and to 10
degrees in the city, the United
States Weather Bureau predict
ed, in the wake of 1.4-inch snow
fall which caused several serious
accidents in the District area
early today.
'Its really going to be cold to-
night and everybody better get
prepared for it, said the District
weather forecaster.
For the remainder Of today, con-
siderable cloudiness and wind wers
forecast, with the highest tempera-
ture expected to be In the mid -20s
this afternoon. Tomorrow will b
mostly sunny and cold, with the
peak temperature about Is degrees
in the afternoon.
The mercury will plunge again
Sunday night, though probably not
quite so Tar as tonight, the weather
man said. AS for Monday, thers
may be slight moderation, but 1t
is not certainty.
Cloudiness and Wind Today.
The snow between 9:40 O'Clock
last night and GAS o'clock this
morning did not match the inches
which fell January ! and was tho
heaviest of the winter thus far, tho
Weather Bureau reported. The fore.
caster looked for considerable cloud
mess and wind, but no more snow
today. and sunshine with continued
cold tomorrow.
Ice skating was suspended when
the temperature went up to 81 de-
grees yesterday afternoon. The Of.
fetal reading had dropped to 81 at
noon today and ice skating was ex.
|pected to be resumed.
Buses Maintain Schedules.
Temperatures in the 20s created
traffic hazards because of icy patches
on highways. The Capital Transit
Co. and outside bus lines, however,
reported no unusual difficulty ir
maintaining schedules in this area.
The District shared in wintry
conditions which extended from
Wyoming to the Eastern seaboard
There was snow in Georgia today,
zero temperatures in Ohio and
near Zero in Kentucky. Lightning
flashes accompanied snow in New
York City.
The heaviest snow Of the winter
was reported in a large part of the
New York City metropolitan area.
After seven hours the snowfall in
the city measures nearly 5 inches.
Streetcar Hits Pedestrian.
A pedestrian was seriously in.
jured when, according to police
he walked in front of a street.
car .iIing the snowstorm early
Today, woman and q girl re-
ceived hospital treatment foe
slight ,tjuries when they slipped
on ice. T. Bethesda man suffered
critical injuries when his car skiddee
into bus at Halpine, Md, last
night. A Potomac Heights (Md.)
man was struck by an automobile
near Indian Head.
william r. Wolfe, 26, Of AT
Twelfth street Sc, is at Casualty
Hospital with a possible skull frac-
ture received when he was hit by an
east bound streetcar in the 900 BLOCK
of Pennsylvania avenue Sc, at 1:16
am. today.
Police said the accident occurred
during the height of the snowstornl.
They did not hold the streetcar op.
orator, Richard E. Hobbs, 260 Six.
teenth street Sc.
Girls Eye Is Injured.
Iris Mayhue, 16, of 2812 Forty.
third street Sc, was treated at
Emergency Hospital this morning
for an eye laceration after she slip.
ped and fell on the ice while get-
ting into a parked car at Fourth and
E streets S.W.
Clara Rollins, 40, colored, 460 I
street Sc, fractured small bone
in her right ankle when she fell IN
the sidewalk near her home. She
was released after treatment at
Emergency Hospital.
John Clark Bell, "a, of 1920 Gar
(See WEATHER, Page A-2)