Evening star., 1947-02-10
Weather Moderafes;
Cold Contributes
To ; Deaths Here

10 ) Deaths Here
Slightly warmer weather was
on tap for the District today and
tomorrow, while snow drifts and
fuel shortages plagued sections
of the Middle West and East.
Icy streets that contributed to one
death and a score of injuries over
the week end were in better shape
today. Much of the slick surface
disappeared under the wheels OF
traffic and yesterdays sun, and
other danger points were sanded by
the District Refuse Department.
The cold was held partly respon-
sible for the deaths Of two men.
John De Bowie, colored, died yes
terday after being found uncon-
scious in a woodshed where he lived
at the rear of the 800 block of g
street S.W. Deputy Coroner Rich
ard Rosenberg said death was in
duced by old age and heart disease,
hastened by exposure.
Man Found Dead In Field.
Also attributed to exposure was
the death Of John Lynn Chestnut,
20, of Suitland, Md, whose body
was found in a field near Dupont
Heights, Md.
The traffic victim was Mrs. Eta
May Andre, 80, of 1874 E street Sc,
who died in Casualty Hospital yes
terday of injuries suffered Saturday
when she stepped from between
two parked automobiles into the
path of bus driven by Henry Will
lams, 36, of 1928 Owens place NE
Police said icy streets gave the driv-
er no opportunity to avoid the ac-
cident. The turned-up fur collar
of Mrs. Andres coat obstructed her
view.
Tomorrow should be clear and a
little warmer, but there is a chance
that cold air now piling up in North
west Canada and moving toward the
Hudson Bay may bring another cold
snap.
With temperatures predicted at
Is or 20 degrees tonight following
q rise to the middle 30s today, the
Park Police planned to open half
of the Lincoln Memorial Rejecting
Pool for skating this afternoon, but
it was not determined whether 1t
would be lighted for night skating.
Only the west section will be open
to skaters.
Skating also continued on the
Kenilworth lily ponds, where as
many as 400 persons have frolicked
at one time. The pools have been
lighted at night.
Police also reported some groups
skating on the c. & O. canal be-
tween Locks 6 and 7, and in parts
of Rock Greek Park. But these
places are not supervised or the ice
tested for skating and police dis
courage such activity.
The Potomac River was frozen
over above Hains Point The ice
caused postponement of the start of
ferry service at Whites Ferry in
upper Montgomery County. Only
link with the Virginia shore between
Chain Bridge and the span at Point
of Rocks, Md, the ferry will replace
a boat washed away by the 1941
flood.
Fuel Shortages Acute.
Fuel shortages added to the un-
pleasantness in Milwaukee, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, RocklapS CoaIIty, New
York and the Wheeling CIV. Va.)
AREA. In Rockland County, 20 miles
from New York City, gas was dis
continued yesterday to nonessential
users, including Offices and theaters.
Two thousand homes will be without
fuel II the shortage becomes more
acute.
In the Wheeling area, where 10000
industrial workers are idle because
of gas curtailments, housewives were
told to suspend washing, bakeries
were cut of entirely and restaurants
were ordered to serve only hot coffee
with cold meals.
Warnings were issued to 250,000
householders in Western Pennsyl-
varlia and Ohio to cut gas furnaces
and stoves to an absolute minimum,
and the same advice was heard in
Milwaukee, where storms have de-
layed shipments of fuel"
"a Boy Scouts MarOoned.
A rotary snow plow was dispatched
in an effort to rescue "a Boy Scouts
marooned in two farm houses near
Cleveland. The Scouts made their
way to the farm houses yesterday
after abandoning three quonset huts
at a nearby Scout camp.
All schools were closed in North
western Pennsylvania where 8-foot
snowdrifts stalled scores of auto
mobiles and curtailed food de-
liveries.
The severest cold wave in many
years made Jacksonville, Fla, shiver
Nnder 27-degree temperature, while
Orlando, where it sleeted yesterday
registered 80 degrees and Miami A
Car Knocks Down Pole.
sSkidding on ice, a car driven by
rohn r. Lally, %, Georgetown Uni
rersity student, bowled over light
',ole on Thirty-seventh street be-
5ween r street and Reservoir road
NV, stopping against tree. The
driver entered Georgetown Hospital
and was treated for scalp and fore
head lacerations.
A three-way accident also oc-
Cured in the 1900 block of M street
NV. An Army Motor Transport
truck, stopping at traffic signal
was rammed from the rear by an
other Army truck. Then an auto
mobile, driven by Kline B. Long, 43
of Camden, N. j., skidded into the
second truck. A passenger in his
car, Harry Myers, SO, of Oaklyn
N. j., was treated for a foot injury
at Emergency Hospital.
Shedding in the 1900 block o1
Third street NE, Calvin Hook, IL
Of 313 Douglas street NE. slic
into a car driven by Raymond S
Gicker, 46, of 2420 Third stree
NE. The boy received laceration'
on the scalp and right side OF hi
face and was treated by a physician