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Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
RENNSYLVANIJOJE
LPITTsBURGH =
'A OAR VIENAS LIETUVIS
PAKHO

Stanley Maskell (Maskeliu-
nasy, Pittsburgho policijos ma
rvs, siomis dienomis tapo pa
aukstintas Policijos Leitenan-
tn. Stanley yra Juozo Maske-
liuno sunus. Jis tarnauja po-
licijoje detektivu nuo 1887 me-
tu.
Kilus karui, Stanley stojo
tarnyba MarinQ skyriuje, bet
sugryzo sveikas ir vel stojo
savo pirmesni darba. Dabal
jau uzsitarnavo ir paaukstini
mo. Stasys yra geras Lietu
Wis, dirba su Lietuviais ir da
lyvauja organizaciju veikime.
Linkiu jam pasisekimo ir to
liau. Ju0Zas Virbickas
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
Is Ca|ifornijos Padang6s

Kolorado upe, kuri teka tu kali
nu apacioje zemiau cia minimo
Boulder tvenkinio.
TU BAIsIu, juodu kalnu da-
lyle, inzinieriu parinktoje, ge-
ru apskaiciavimu, ilgu plana-
vimu ir numatytu naudingumu
isstatytas tas tvenkinys, ku-
ris sulaiko visa Xxi tol atplau-
kianti is rytu Kolorado upes
vandeni ir sudaro Mead Ezera,
kuris apina 146,500 akru plo-
ia ir vietomis yra net virs 500
pedu gylio.
Boulder Dam tvenkinio pro-
iektas buvo sugalvotas 1922
metals, bet baigtas statyti ir
pradejo veikti 1886 metals.
Nuo 1922 metu uzvesta agi-
tacija uz ta tvenkini, bet tik
1928 metals kongresas nusky-
re pinigus tam darbui; 1880
metals tik baigta uzgyrimai tu
valstiju kurias Kolorado upe
kerta, kad jos sutinka ia tven-
KIM leisti statyti. Darbas pra-
detas 1881 metals ir j penkls
metus Boulder Dam buvo balg'
tas.
(Bus daugiau)
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
POTVINlU KONTROLIAVI-
MO DARBAI

Nuo Kongreso priklausys al
bus tesiama darbas ant Pitts
burgho Conemaugh upes potvi-
MO kontroliaVimo.
PREF. Truman patieke pasiu-
lyma skirt 206 milijonus po-
tViniu kontroliavimo darbams
visoje Salyie.
Conemaugh tvenkinio kaStai
siekia 80 milijonu dolariu; Sis
tvenkinys apsaugos Pittsburgh
nuo potvinio kokis buvo uzklu-
pes miestq Kovo II, 1886 m.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
SEIMOS TRAGEDIJA

Sausio 10, Mckeesporte tu-
las Cyril Nemchick, darbinin-
kas 32 M. nuSoVe saVo buvusiq
zmona, 20 m. amziaus, su ku-
ria buvo pasimetes, ir paskui
pats nusiIude. JQ lavonai ras-
ii ant snieguoto kalno miesto
ribose. il tapo nuSauta kai
jos Vyras patyre kad il turf
pasimatyma su kitu.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
RHEUMATISM
ARTHRITIS
SkAUSMAI
Bandykit Sta Dykai

Jeiguaniekada nenauHoiot Crosse
Tabs nuo skausmu Sarthritis, neuri-
tbs, rheumatizmo, pabandykit musu
rizika. Mes pasiusim jums pilno dy-
dzia pakell is kurio jus galit sunau-
dot "a Tabs DKAI. Jei nenustebsit
$skausmos paliuosavimu kuri tuoj pa
just, graznkit .pakeli atgal If nebu-
sit mums skolinti Istikro taip! Me-
SIQSSK PlNIGQ. 1ik prisiusk savo
varda ir adresa ir mes paskubinsim
iums Tabs pastu.
ROSSE PRODUCTS co. Dept. Y-l
27oa Iaiwell Ave, Chicago IS. Iii.
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Detroit, Mich, Naujjien0s

pardave p. Matilda Maitiene !:
j pardave "a bilietus iSanksto.
Dovaneles aukojo: Mrs. Adele
Mase, rankom isdazyta cookie
jar; jos dukrele Adele Mase
vazona geliu; Mr. ir Mrs. Ker-
seviciai vyno bonka; Mr.. ir
Mrs. Guzauskai cigaretu kar-
tona; Mr.. ir Mrs. Rinkunai
degtines bonka; Juozas Tamo-
siunas saldainiu dezute; Mrs.
Helen Rauby siuvineta rank
sluosti; DR.. J. Sims vyno boil
ka. Komisija dekoja uz dova-
neles ir darbininkams uz pasi-
tarnavima, o publikai uz atsi-
lankyma.
Nj. Sims.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17

LIETUVIU PIKNIKAS

Miami Lietuviu Americas Pi
lieciu Klubas rengia dideli pix
nika Sausio 22 d., Vasa Hall
1902 N. E. End Ave., Miami.
sokiams bus gera orkestra
ir bus issigerimu ir uzkandziu
Pikniko rengejai uztikrina vi.
stems gera laika. Pradzia 7::3(
Xxi IL val. nakties, izanga 81.
Klubo raSt. J. Ratkus
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17

KUDIkIAMS maisto paruo-
simo industrial sio karo metu
pasoko TT nuos. Tas pagelbe-
jo motinoms kurios dirbo, ap-
rupinti kudikius maistu. Semi
serganti zmones taip pat nau,
dojo kudikiu maista, kuris ne
.buvo racionuotas tula laika.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
Pastaba Skaitytojans

Jeigu kada negaunate kurio
Dirvos numerio tai praSyda-
mi Administrators prisiusti
ta numeri, neraSykit: NE
gavau pereito numerio,' bet
pazymekit aiSkiai: Negavau
nr. 5, ar Is, ar "a, ar At.
Tas palengvins be jokiu su-
klydimu greit pasiusti iums
ta numeri kurio negavot.
DIRVOS Administraciia.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
Lietuvos Pasiuntinys
Dalyvavo Baltajanne
Name

WASHINGTON. - Sausio Z
sena tvarka ir paprociu, Bal
tuosiuose Namuose ivyko diplo.
mathis priemimas. Preziden.
tas Truman ir ponia Truman
sveikinosi su 63-ju diplomati
niu misiju nariais.
Shame priemime dalyvavo il
Lietuvos Pasiuntinybes perso
nalas.
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PELNAS Is DEGTINES

Pennsylvanijos degtines par
duotuves turejo gryno pelno is
degtines tarp Sausio /, 1913,
Xxi 1916 metu Geguzes 81 d.
net 76 milijonus dolariu.
Pennsylvanijoje yra II mie-
steliu kurie turf sugrazine pro-
hibicija.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
REUMATISkI
SkAUSMAI

Deksnio Galinga Mostis, sudaryta
IS daug skirtingu elementu. turf sa-
vyje galinga isilima, sildydama ga
lingai, istarpins Reumatiskus skaus-
mus, ranku. koju skaudejima ir tir-
pima, dieglius, salti. Daugeliui EMO
min pagelbejo ir tanlstai pagelbes.
N"'"'''r il"iau het t,,oiau isigyk -
DICKENS OINTMENT, arba rssv-
kite dirbtuve. kama 2-oz. $1.G0;
4-oz. $500 Ekstra didele deze -
16 OF. $500. 1861
DECK EMS OINTMENT
L. .. Box 666 Newark |, N. j.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17

DIRVAI issirasyti nercikia
laukti pradlios metu-pasiu-
skit prenumerata dabar ir
Dirva jus tuoj lankys.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17

Tanzerinu karaliene. Dorothy
Sparkman, % M, is Pasco Ci-
ty, Fla, isrinkta Tanzerinu is
kilmes karaliene, Cypress Gar
dens, Fla. Tanzerinai yra pa
nasus kaip oranziai, ir jie taip
pat auginami Floridoje.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
SEkRETAI DYkAI
(FREE)

ITEMS kurie uzsirasys 32-ju pusl.
Lietuviu Naujienas ant 2-jy me-
eu luz $500, duosim SEKRETUS
dovanai, kaipf ,.pasidaryti mamie
alu, vyna, ir saideri. (52)
LJETUVIQ NAUJIENOS
832 N. 9Th st. Philadelphia 6, Pa
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Wutchmukers Plea to Join AFL
Sturts Bitter Row in Council

There was heated scene in the
council room yesterday when Walter
w. Cenerazzo, Waltham, Mass,
head of the American Watch Work
ers Union, appeared to ask for an
international AFL charter for his
group. Mr.. Cenerazzo, representing
about 5000 watch makers of the in
dependent, became involved in argu-
ment, sometimes profane, with Will
liam Hutcheson, head of the car
penters; John L. Lewis, head of the
mine workers. and David Dubinsky,
head of the ladies garment workers.
Mr. Cenerazzo whose application
was summarily rejected by the
council, charged later that MIR
Hutcheson used profanity in urg-
ing the other council members to
throw me out of the room" A
council member said Mr.. Cenerazzo
became highly emotional and Mr.
Lewis offered to throw him out. "
1T think it is time that Hutche-
son, Lewis and Dubinsky realize
there is thing known as the public
interest and that even as labor
leaders they must, too, cater to 1t
{See AFL, Page A-49
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Perkins Directing
Hunt; Time of
Yeur Is Bod
DR.. MANN ELATED over capture
of Emperor penguins for Zoo.
Page Al
By Thomas R. Henry
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

NAVY ANTARCTIC BASE, Feb
"A roundup of Emperor pen
gums for the National Geological
Park in Washington started TO-
day under the direction of Jack
E. Perkins of the Fish and Wild
life Service.
Aided by a team of Navy under
water swimmers-whose wartime
task was the underwater demolition
of mines and beachhead obstacles
Mr.. Perkins plans to capture as
many Of the manlike birds as pos
sible.
Emperor penguins are 3 to 4 feet
high, weighing more than so pounds
with breasts like stuffed shirt
fronts and black-and-yellow heads
This is poor time of the year for
Emperors, now lethargic in their
moulting season, and Mr. Perkins
himself the chief penguin hunter, is
incapacitated for the chase by a
broken foot. Sailors swear his in
jury is the direct result of a Perkins
plan to catch a wandering albatross
for the Smithsonian Institution.
Today's hunt yielded two Emper-
ors, who formed part of a passing
delegation on the beach when the
ships docked. Since then, others
(See PENGUINS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-02-04

by force" Mrs. Myerson told an au-
dience at symphony concert last
night.
1--WE will continue our way after
the imposition of the imminent
measures as well. We will enter the
new situation with the spirit of self
confidence and quietness Palestine
Jews have always shown" Never
theless, she concluded with plea
for reconsideration.
In the Kin Rehavia district of
Jerusalem, however, $50 families
were ordered last night to evacuate
houses and apartments in an area
near the Office of the Jewish Agency.
They were given 48 hours to find
new living quarters.
Tel Aviv's Mayor, Isarael Rokach,
said last night the British had
warned the agency, official spokes-
man for some 100000 Jews, that it
would face military "countermeas-
ures" unless it co-operated in stamp
ing underground violence within a
week. Some sources took this as an
indication of further delay in the
execution of Gruner.
In any event, Irgun Vvai Leumi,
Evening star., 1947-02-04
1856 Are Killed in Fire
Aboard Chinese Ship
By the Associoted Press

HONG KONG, Feb. 4.-Fire swept
the 1,7OO-ton Chinese river steamer
Salon at her wharf here early to-
day, and officials announced that
at least 1856 persons were killed.
Many others of the 470 passengers
and crewmen were missing. Au-
thorities expressed fear that the
charred hulk of the ship would give
up even more bodies as the search
was pressed. Scores of passengers
most of them Chinese, leaped over
board to escape the flames and some
of them may have drowned.
The Salon, which had been ply
ing between Hong Kong and Canton
was carrying highly inflammable
cargo of cotton and paper, and the
fire swept through the vessel with
terrifying rapidity. Many of the
steerage passengers were trapped
below decks.
Unofficial reports circulated thai
sabotage was involved in the fire
Sources preferring not to be identi-
fed said they understood the owners
of the Salon had received a threat
ening letter. They speculated that
terrorists blamed for 10 bombings OF
cafes, theaterS and gold shops here
in the last three months might be
resorting to diversionary tactics
Company officials could not be
reached for comment.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
| Methodists Ask
u. S. Officials to
| Refuse Liquor
By the Asseeia.ed Press

The Board of Temperance of the
Methodist Church urged today that
American legislators and admins
traitors abstain from the use of alco-
helic beverages.
In an article in the Clipsheet,
its official publication, the board
also suggested that every national
representative admitted to the
Council Of the United Nations
should be asked, DO you promise.
God helping you, to abstain totally
from all alcoholic beverages, par
ticularly vodka, until you are re-
lieved of your duties and RESPONSE
bilities as a member of this body?'"
Certainly" the board, said,
theirs is not task for alcohol
picked brains"
Asserting that it is accusing mo
one Of drunkenness" the board
added:
ut is true that there is less
drinking among members of Con-
gress, for instance, than among
similar group Of the general popu-
lation.
The board asked: If 1t Is a crime
for man to drive an automobile
while under the influence Of alco-
hol, is 1T not a crime to direct a
nation while partially stupified by
an anesthetic drug -"
Evening star., 1947-02-04

There's a lot of jobs open to me
now that weren't before
That's the spirit of Robert E..
Jones, 18, of Rockville. Bob" lost
his hands January 20 in an explo-
sion in science laboratory at Rich
ard Montgomery High School, Rock
vile. He was attempting to make
flare, or smoke bomb.
Now he is recuperatlng in Subur-
ban Hospital, Bethesda, and looking
forward to going home in 10 days
or so.
His plans?
I'm sort of confused now," Bob
admitted today, but went on to show
he was not disheartened Il un-
derstand these companies that make
artificial hands and things like that
are looking for young fellows to
demonstrate them"
Bob was cheered recently by a
visit from a Veterans Administra-
ton specialist in prosthetic appli-
ances who came to the hospital on
his own time. This visitor, Earl
Daniels, himself an amputee. DEM
onstrated several late developments.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
E Emperor Penguins Rounded Up
BY Byrd Party for D. G. Zoo
Byrd Smokes His Old
Corncob Found in
'28 and '33 Base
By Alton L. BIokesIee
Assoeiuted Press stoff Correspondent


LITTLE AMERICA, Feb. 3 (De-
layed) Rear Admiral Richard
E. Byrd slid down a snowy chute
into the crystal caverns of his
first two Little America camps
today-and found a forgotten
and favorite corncob pipe.
He promptly lighted up some old
tobacco in the pipe and called it
good. Damned good"
It was a real Polar coming
for the veteran explorer who led
expeditions in 1928 and 1888 to this
site where moving glacier is slowly
crushing buildings of Little America
I and II out of existence.
On his rediscovery trip, Admiral
Byrd personally led a little group
which included his son. Richard
E. Byrd, jr., who had dreamed for
years for such a~day as this.
Admiral Byrd's first two Little
Americas sit one atop the other, 6
miles to the south of Little America
III, the site of his 1939-1941 expedi-
ton.
only the radio towers stand above
the snow to mark the 1928 camp and
the original buildings are buried
under crushing ice and snow. His
1933-1935 camp was built on top of
the old site and today we found
part of it still intact.
We slid through one snow-filled
tunnel into the library building. An
(See ANTARCTIC. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-02-04
By james Y. Newton
Stor SfoH Correspondent

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 4.-The AFI
Executive Council today pre-
pared attacks on other pieces OF
labor restricting legislation be-
fore Congress, including bills to
prohibit the closed shop and
industry-wide bargaining, after
blasting away at the Ball-Taft-
Smith bill.
The council went over the main
Senate labor control bill item by
item and concluded that the whole
of it was like IAN executioner's knife
held at the throat OF every worker
and every union in our country.
AFL President william Green said
again that when the council has
finished dissecting all the major
congressional proposals for handling
labor management problems it will
come up with recommendations o1
its own. However, it was obvious
that AFL will favor no move that II
believes takes away any of the gains
made by unions in the last IA years
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Sister of Gruner
Flying to Holy Land
For CIemency Plea
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Mrs.
Helen Friedman of Lancaster,
Pa, sister of Dov Bella Gruner,
the convicted terrorist under
sentence of death in Palestine,
arrived here today and said she
would leave this afternoon by
plane for Cairo, en- route to the
Holy Land to join in petitions
Of clemency for her brothers
life.
Mrs. Friedman said she in
tended to go Immediately to the
British Consulate and pick up
a visa and passport awaiting
her. She had a reservation on
a plane leaving La Guardia
Field at 4 pm. for Cairo.
Mrs. Friedman refused any
comment on the plight of her
brother, whose execution had
been set for today, but a fur
ther delay has been indicated.
Evening star., 1947-02-04

Offered 10 Aid
Smaller Farmers
Scale of Reductions
Proposed by Allen of
House Rules Group
BY the Assoeiofed Press

A tax cutting compromise
which would give small income
earners twice as big a percentage
slash as those in the upper
brackets was proposed to Repub-
lican leaders today by Chairman
Allen of the House Rules Com
mittee.
Under Mr.. Aliens scale, taxes on
incomes up to $4,000 would be pared
20 per cent; $2,50O to $1,000, II per
cent; $4,000 to $4,000, IS per cent;
above $4,000, 10 per cent.
The Illinois Republican estimated
his proposal would mean an overall
tax reduction Of about $2,750, ,000, 1000,
compared with the $3.50 900 900 loss
of revenue under the 20 per cent
across-the-b oard advocated by
Chairman Knutson of the Ways
and Means Committee.
Knutson Plan Opposed.
Mr.. Knutson's bill providing the
fat reduction has reused sharp op-
position even within his own party.
Speaker Martin told newsmen last
week the Republican leadership
favors cutting taxes 20 per cent,
but not necessarily by slashing
across-the-board
Mr.. Allen submitted his compro-
mise to both Speaker Martin and
Mr.. Knutson.
"We know the present cost of food
and other necessities is high" he
told reporters. I'VE know the high
est brackets get along under the
high prices. The small income per-
sons need the relief most"
Meanwhile, Chairman Taber of the
House Appropriations Committee
declared the 1947 budget-covering
the II months ending next June 30
can be balanced If the War Assets
Administration can sell ST ,000,000 900
of war surpluses in the next five
months.
He made this statement despite
requests by President Truman yes
terday for $2,169,114,500 more for
the Veterans Administration and
$781 1888 more for other agencies for
this fiscal year.
OPA Cutback Sought.
The bulk of the requests was
anticipated in Mr.. Truman's budget
message last month and the effect
of the new appropriations on the
1947 budget will depend on how
much is actually spent by June 80.
Treasury officials still estimate o
1947 deficit Of 1900 600, 900.
But. Mr.. Taber, insisting the deficit
can be wiped out said he will whittle
away at appropriations made by the
last Congress.
He launched his first cutback at
tempt at the OPA, saying he in
tends to block a $6,500,000 supple
mental appropriation request the
agency made yesterday and to trim
a Substantial amount" from its
$101 100000 previous appropriation
for the current fiscal period.
Mr.. Taber said OPA still had 49,
500 employees on January l, includ-
ing GIT drawing more than $4,000
q year.
Along with the Presidents new
request went a letter from Budget
Director James E. Webb explaining
that "the additional amount is re-
quired because of greatly increased
demands by veterans for the avail
able benefits over that contem-
plated" when the last appropria-
tion was made.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Boy Who Lost Hands in Blost
Is Sure Lot of Jobs Are Open
By Chris Mothisen

In three or four months, Bob ex-
poets to be fitted with artificfa
hands. He told interviewers he wa.
awaiting word OF how he Jared ir
a Navy examination for a college
scholarship which he took only two
days before the accident.
'I don't think I did too we'll" he
said. "It was a pretty hard exam
Anyway, I guess wouldn't be much
good to the Navy now
Asked about his interest in civil
engineering, and whether he had
dropped it, Bob said he guessed he
could continue IN that field.
Il liked math, and / got along
easy in that" he added.
What did he put in the mixture
which cost him his hands?
Magnesium, powdered charcoal
potassium chlorate, mercuric oxide
and red phosphorus, he said.
IT don't think that was red phos-
phorus,' interjected his father, Guy
L. Jones.
Mr.. Jones. a retired Montgomery
County police captain, said he had
(See JONES, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Assurance Of Action
To Plug Atom Leak
Sought by Senators
Security ToIks Planned
As Buruch Indicates
Reds Have Some Secrets
by the Associated Press

Startled by reports that Rus
sia has had some success probing
into Atomic bomb secrets, Sena-
tors sought assurance today that
any chinks in the security wall
are being patched up quickly.
Chairman Hickenlooper told re-
porter the whole security matter
will be discussed at length soon with
David E. Lilienthal and military ex-
perts at a closed meeting of the full
Senate-H House Atomic Committee.
Mr.. Lilienthal has been nominated
as chairman of this country's Atomic
Control Commission.
Senator Hickenlooper also an
nounced that the joint committee
has hired as its executive director
Fred B. Rhodes, former Army major
who directed intelligence work on
the Manhattan A-bomb project.
Russian Penetration Hinted.
The Iowa Senator would not COM
ment on reports that Bernard M.
Baruch told a locked-door meeting
yesterday that there is evidence of
Russian penetration into some of
this country's supposedly well-kept
secrets about the atomic project.
Senator Hickenlooper said that ir-
respective of any information Mr..
Baruch might have made available,
the committee had determined to
examine the general pattern of pre-
cautions being taken to keep all
nuclear secrets at home until a
workable scheme of international
control is effected.
Mr.. Baruch was described by one
committee member as having told
the Senators that the way the So
viets framed some of their questions
during United Nations discussion
on control plans indicated that they
knew more about the workings of
the American setup than they were
supposed to.
There were signs, Mr.. Baruch was
said to have told the committee
members, that the Russians did not
know what certain information in
their possession meant or how to
use it. This was reported to have
been disclosed through the misuse
by the Soviets of a code word the
Americans thought was known only
to atomic experts in this country.
DIR. Conant to Testify.
A committee member said Mr..
Baruch did not discuss spying ac-
tivities as such, although in his tes-
timony at previous public session
the former American delegate to
the U. N. Atomic Commission point
ed out that Canada had detected
Soviet espionage in that country.
| The committee called DR.. James
B. Conant, president of Harvard
University, for testimony at 2 o'clock
this afternoon, on nominations it
now has under consideration for
five members of the Atomic Com
mission and a general manager.
/ DR.. Conant, who heads the COM
missions General Advisory Commit
tee on Scientific and Technical Mat
tiers, also is expected to be asked
about security problems.
Thus far, questioning has indicat-
ed that any committee opposition tc
the nominations may be centered or
General Manager-designate Carroll
Wilson, 36-year-old former aide OF
DR.. Vannevar Bush. Senator Nc
Kellar, Democrat, of Tennessee con-
tinues to oppose Mr.. Lilienthal. but
he has enlisted little, if any, com.
mittee backing in this project.
When MIR. Wilson's name came ur
at yesterdays session, Mr.. BarucE
] LS,aa An10AKIGS pana A 4 \
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Brisk Snow Hits D. T..
After High Wind Sends
Mercury Tumb|ing
l5-Deeree Low Due
Tonight; Bitter Cold
Covers Most of U. S.

A cold rain turned into brisk
snowfall early this afternoon as
the temperature started a sharp
drop.
A wind of gale force blew cold
wave toward the District from the
west, with minimum temperature of
Is degrees forecast for tomorrow
morning.
The mercury started its dive at
11.30 am. after having risen slowly
during the forenoon to a 47-degree
reading at that time. At pm. the
temperature dropped to Al degrees.
Weather observers said wind of
As miles an hour or more would
blow this afternoon and tonight
intensifying the cold, but providing
no cause for alarm. Winds of that
velocity are not unusual here, they
explained.
No rain or snow is indicated fo1
tonight or tomorrow, observers said
The wind is expected to subside BY
tomorrow but the temperature prob
ably will stay in the 20s throughout
the day, they said
Temperature varied only 3 degrees
during the 18 hours to 9 am. today
from 40 at 3 pm. yesterday, to 81 at
12:45 am. and then back to 40 from
7 to 9 o'clock this morning.
1t rose to a. degrees at IL am,