Evening star., 1947-12-27
Most Of Streets
To Be Cleared
Of Snow Today
Traffic Accidents
Occur in Storm Here,
Colder Tomorrow

/ Washington's 3.4-inch snowfall
the first measurable snow of the
Winter-Was little more than
memory today.
Streets generally were reported in
good condition, but Department of
Sanitation sanding crews faced an
other busy day on shady east-west
streets that remained icy and COW
cred with snow.
Sanitation Director William A.
Xanten called out hundreds Of
workers yesterday who-with the
help of warm sunshine-had most
main north-south streets cleared
by last night. Only seven sanding
trucks were on duty during the
night.
Most unhappy were thousands Of
vacationing school children, who
had to search today for snow run
ways that yesterday were available
nearly everywhere for new Christ
mas sleds.
Low of % Due Tonight.
Today will be mostly cloudy, the
Weather Bureau said, with sunshine
and temperatures in the lower 40s
that will melt more snow later this
afternoon. Tomorrow will be
colder, and the mercury tonight
will drop to about 28 degrees.
Yesterdays snow here was the
tail end of the coastal storm which
struck New York City with full
force and swept through the North
eastern States. No more snow is
in sight for Washington, the .bu-
reau said.
The American Automobile Associ-
alton reported that main highways
in Virginia are virtually cleared.
Ice also has been removed from
most roads in the eastern part of
Maryland, but crews still were busy
today in western sections, where
7 toto inches of snow had fallen.
Careful driving in Washington
held the number of automobile ac-
cidents reported by the police to
less than 20, all of a minor nature.
The fact that hundreds of workers
were on vacation also reduced the
traffic hazard on the streets.
Shedding Causes Nhshaps.
Slippery paving and shedding mis-
haps, however, accounted for sew
eral injuries in varying degrees of
seriousness.
Thomas Bissett, II, of 1884 Tun-
law road NV, suffered a bruised
shoulder while Shedding at the in
tersection of Forty-first and Ed
munds streets. Police said he was
struck by car driven by Walter A,
Mckee, 38, of 4O12 Calvert street
NV, who took the youth to George
town Hospital for treatment.
Robert Taylor, 16, of 1112 Green
wood avenue, Takoma Park, Md,
was struck by truck while Shedding
at Garland and Kennebec avenues
in Takoma Park. His condition to-
day at Washington Sanitarium was
listed as good.
In another case reported to po-
lice, Ruth Greenberg, II, of 447 At
lantic street Sc. was riding
streetcar at Fourteenth and Otis
streets NV when some one threw
a SNOWFALL which boke a streetcar
window, spraying the girls face
with glass. She was treated for
cuts at Garfield Hospital.
Man Slips on Curb.
Wesley Brown, 33, of 1885 First
street NV stepped from Capital
Transit bus and slipped from a curb
into the path of the bus as it started
up. He was treated for bruises to
the left ankle.
Police also listed these accidents,
attributed to slippery sidewalks:
Lloyd N. Turner, colored, 1917
First street Sc, suffered head in
juries when he fell near South Cap
itol and N streets.
Lucille Wells. colored, 40, of Al
Pierce court SW., suffered a frac-
tured left leg in a fall in the HOO
block of First street NV.
Ankle Injured in Fall.
Phil R. Seybert, 48, of Los Angeles,
fell in the 310O block of Albemarle
street NV, suffering a possible
fracture of the left ankle.
Three women were treated at AL
exandria Hospital for fractures in
Cured in other falls.
Mrs. Ella Latch of 210 South
Payne street and Mrs. Mamie
Thompson, colored, of 1914 Wythe
street, Alexandria, both suffered
fractured wrists. Mrs. Virginia Sui
livan of Woodbridge, Va, was treated
for a fractured ankle.