Evening star., 1948-09-03
Fair and Mild
.3-Day Holiday
Week End Due
Terminal Officials
Expect Travellers
To TotuI SOC, 900

To Total 500, 900
Washington today faced long
week end of rest and re-
axation.
No formal Labor Day program
vas scheduled here. Instead, a
number of separate programs are
CLAIMED for the holiday. which be-
Jan with parades by the knights OF
Labor in New York In 1882 and was
established legally by Congress II
7ears later.
Officials at Washington terminal
,stimated 100000 persons would be
in and out of the city dur
ng the three day week end. They
ooked for some 100000 persons to
pass through the station today.
Fine Weather Predicted.
The general weather outlook is for
4 weekend tailor-made for boating.
and picnics.
The Weather Bureaus five-day
forecast called for temperatures
slightly above average for this time
of year, which range from low OF
81 to high of 80.
Light showers are expected Mon
day or Tuesday, but the rest of the
period is expected to be sunny.
A high OF "a degrees was predicted
for today, five degrees over yester-
days top. Tomorrow may be a bit
warmer. the forecaster said. Today's
low was 58, registered at $40 am.
AS usual Government and District
Offices and most private business
establishments will be closed on
Monday. District Librarian Harry
N. Peters announced that the Gen.
tral building and all agencies of the
Public Library of the District also
will be closed.
Beginning to Fill Up.
The Washington Board of Trade
reported the city was beginning "to
fill up" with visitors. One conven-
lion with 500 is scheduled to open
Monday in the Hotel Statler.
Despite the growing influx of visi-
tors. hotels reported space still is
available.
Railroads, airlines and bus COM
panies are expecting heavy, If not
record, volume of travel both into
and out of the city.
Supt. Sidney Kerl of the Wash
ington Terminal said the railroads
are prepared to handle a heavy
volume of traffic. Extra sections
will be added as needed.
Airlines exulted over heavy reser-
which are taking up the
slack in business they have been
recently They are
planning to add numerous extra
flights to handle the holiday trav-
elefs.
Edward K Ratigan, reservations
of American Airlines here,
said he looks for quite an increase"
in travel. His company is adding
two extra flights to New York and
will putt oman extra one to Bos-
ton. but THE company does not ex-
pect the travel to exceed the record
breaker on Thanksgiving eve in
1916, when 1,041 passengers we're
moved out of Washington.
Clyde D. Doran, of United Air
Lines said his airline is looking for
ward to "the heaviest travel in its
history. In preparation, United has
added Al flights throughout its sys-
tenn, some of which will be operated
In and out of Washington if needed.
Capital Airlines plans to add 25
extra flights for today and Monday
to take care of business which looks
very, very good" for the Labor Day
week end.
Sell0ut for North Points.
w. J. Rogers, Eastern Airlines
reported Eastern sold out
with "a terrific volume" of business
for Northern points, especially At
lsntic City. Two extra flights were
added to the Atlantic City run and
two to New York, Mr.. Rogers said,
and all available equipment is in
use over the system.
Robert Minogue of Northwest Air.
lines reported this airline booked
to capacity" and TWAS district
John P. Brock, said TWAS
bookings are heavy" but space still
is open on afternoon and evening
flights.
w. C. Beard, Greyhound terminal
manager. and S. A. Wampler, Trail
ways terminal head here, reported
bus travel as very heavy" with
extra sections being added.
300 May Lose Lives.
Many persons are travelling to and
from the city by private automobiles,
the American Automobile Associa-
ton said. Routing requests in
cluded many for the beach resorts,
Shenandoah National Park and as
far away as the Great Smokes in
North Carolina.
The AAA reminded motorists that
300 persons are likely to lose their
lives in traffic accidents, as 25,000,-
600 passenger cars take to the road
over the Labor Day week end.
Getting back home instead of
winding up in a bed in an emergency
hospital or on a slab in morgue's
ice box" the AAA statement said,
can be managed by making an
early start each driving day, avoid
ing reckless speed, being careful and
courteous, obeying traffic laws and
regulations, keeping away from alco-
holic stimulants If behind the wheel
and making sure-in advance-that
the car is in safe and proper con-
dition before long trip is under
taken"
The Keystone Automobile Club
motorists that extra cau-
ton is needed along city streets
where two-thirds of the holiday
accidents have occurred in the past.
The club said 1t would be well to
remember the principal causes of
accidents: Following too closely,
the right-of-way, speeding,
irving on wrong side of road, failing
20 signal and improper turning.
William A. xanten, District sani-
alton superintendent, announced
that regular trash and garbage
collections will be made Monday.
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