Evening star., 1947-08-21
Temperature Of 80
During Cloudy Day
Forecast for District

A cloudy day with a high temper
ature around 80 degrees is in store
for the District today, the Weather
Bureau predicted, after yesterday
afternoons rainstorm brought the
mercury down from 95 degrees at
1:30 pm. to 78 three hours later.
Lightning during the storm
Q caused some damage to homes in
the area, set four barns afire and
brought power line breaks in Mont
gomery County.
The low temperature this morning
was 73 degrees at about O'Clock.
and a 70-degree low was expected
tonight. Tomorrow will be partly
cloudy and warmer, with a high of
about IS. the Weather Bureau said.
with chance of widely scattered
showers.
Two Overcome by Heat.
Two District residents required
treatment at Emergency Hospital
yesterday after being overcome by
the heat as the temperature rose to
one degree blow the record high for
the season.
Both were treated and released
They were listed as Walter Hutchin-
son, 43, of 1901 Columbia road
NV, and Alice Nelson, 79, of the
TOO block of H street NV
Mrs. Melba Miller, 80, of the 2l0O
block of Cascade road, Silver
Spring, was treated for wrist and
arm cuts at Washington Sanitarium
after a glass door, blown open by
a gust of wind, shattered and the
flying glass struck her.
The home of George Mason
Green, real estate operator. in the
1900 block of North Fillmore street,
Arlington. received slight damages
when bolt of lightning struck a
chimney.
Lee Barn DESTROYED.
Fire ignited by lightning de-
stroyed barn in Norwood, Md,
belonging to E. Brooke Lee, Mont
gomery County Democratic leader.
Lightning started fires which de-
stroyed two barns in Layhill Md,
and another barn fire in Kensington,
Md, cost the life of two-day-old
calf.
The Potomac Electric Power Co. s
service department answered more
than 500 calls. working until about
am. today to repair power diff
culties.
Most of the trouble was in Mont
gomery County. One power line
break occurred a mile from the
Bethesda Medical Center, on Old
Georgetown road. Service tempo
rarily was disrupted for the hospital
and emergency units were called in
after a tree crashed through some
power cables.
At several points in Montgomery
County power line breaks caused
detours of vehicular traffic and
slowed down motorists en- route
home from work.
Vests Heat Wave Continues.
The prolonged heat wave in the
Midwest was reported intensified
today as temperatures began climb
ing back to 100 degrees or higher.
A mass of cool air in Western Can
ada was said to have been detoured
from its usual southeastWard course
and to have begun moving eastward.
A forecaster said the only hope tor
immediate relief is a shift of cur
rents there
Except for scattered local thunder
showers of little consequence gener-
ally, the forecaster said, no moisture
was in sight for the whitening crops
now reported in some localities to
have been written off as failures.
Twenty -one persons were re-
ported to have died of heat induced
causes since midnight. Monday at
Chicago, where the temperature
was expected to rise to at least 95
degrees and esta blish new weather
bureau record.
1t would be the 18th day this
month the mercury has climbed TO
30 or higher. The present record
for the month is IL days. the rec
or6c Snou