Evening star., 1948-01-27
4 10 ; Inch Snow Due
Today as Cold Eases;
Streets Still Slippery
Streetcor Bus Service
Close to Normal Again;
Several Injured Shedding

"A forecast OF 10 INCHES VI
snow on top of the still frozen
5-inch fall of last Saturday to-
day threatened further strain on
the Districts sanitation service,
fuel oil deliveries, transportation
facilities and traffic control.
The Weather Bureau promised
this area would be spared low read
ings that sent the mercury down to
S degrees yesterday morning but
predicted temperatures would stay
below freezing today. too low to
thaW the icy streets.
Snow began falling in some near
by areas soon after 7 am. Light
snow was expected throughout the
afternoon in Washington, with
heavier fall tonight that might add
as much as three inches by tomor.
row, the bureau ststerf
Garbage Tieup Possible.
William A. xanten, District sani.
tation superintendent, declared
heavy snow storm could interfere
seriously with garbage collections
here. If today's expected fall is NO
more than three inches the collec-
tors probably can keep up with their
work, he said.
The problem. he explained, is not
that collection trucks might be
stalled or delayed, but that many
of the men ordinarily assigned to
garbage collections would have to
be transferred to snow removal and
street clearing activities.
Streetcar and bus operations were
reported close to normal today.
The Capital Transit Co. estimated
a 16 per cent increase in the num-
Der of passengers yesterday. princi-
pally because many motorists ap-
parently decided not to drive to
work
The only delay in service, accord
ing to E. C. Giddings, vice president
of the Capital Transit Co., was on
the Benning line when a streetcar
lost its plow. Service was delayed
from 7:51 to 8:58 am. after the
plow, the electrical pickup device
which runs on the center track, fell
off. Buses were put on the line
from $3.50 to 1858.
Virginia, Maryland Have Snow.
Although snow had not fallen here
early this afternoon, Richmond
Fredericksburg, Norfolk and sew
eral other Virginia cities as we'll
as many sections of Maryland re-
ported snow or sleet storms.
Richmond had 2 inches of snow
before noon. Flakes started coming
down a little later in Fredericks-
burg.
Maryland State police reported all
main highways were passable de-
spite indications that fast-de-
veloping storm might leave to 4
inches of snow, mixed with sleet
throughout the eastern and south
ern part of the State and as far
west as Frederick
In Baltimore the weight of snow
which fell last Saturday collapsed a
wall and part of the roof of one
story building used by basket
factory. No one was hurt.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton, however, set record for the
winter thus far when it handled
921 calls for highway assistance yes
terday. This did not come up to the
record Of 1850 one day last winter
But AAA officials believed they set
a new record by giving emergency
service to 2,351 stalled or otherwise
disabled cars since Saturday morn
ing. The Saturday total was 754
Shedding and skiddine accidents
kept police and hospitals busy to-
day as we'll as yesterday.
Miss Kathleen Watts, %, of I'LL
Lamont street NV, suffered serious
body injuries last night when her
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