Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-11
MIDWEST
REPORTS
50 DEAD
Second Severe Storm OF
Winter Claims Many AS
Its Victims.
SNOW IS GENERAL
Arctic To Gulf Covered
Between Rockies And
Appalachians. =

CHICAGO, Jan. II. U.H-Thc
cost of the winters second wide
ed in more than 80 lives, scores of
injured and many thousands of dol
lars property damage over the west
ern two-thirds of the nation today.
With deep blanket of white on
the ground, occasional flurries of
snow added to the burden. Traffic
moved at belated pace by rail, high
way and street, while air mail planes
bravcd snow foamy skylanes and
treacherous landing fields. Most
commercial flying was at stand
still.
Every section of the midwest,
west and southwest was included in
the scope of the storm. Snow fell in
the upper central staes for 4S hours,
attaining depth of 20 inches in
several places.
The worst cold wave of the sea-
son swept the Rocky Mountain re-
gion, hardening drifts that choked
mountain trails and roads over the
plains. Sub-zero temperatures pre-
vailed in Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, and 90 below at Havre,
Mont. Trains into Denver were
from one to 10 hours late.
A biting wind roared across the
Pacific Northwest. Central Oregon
was the coldest it has been this win
| ter, with the mercury at the 10 be-
low zero mark. snow drifted to a
/ depth of 20 feet at Crater Lake
lodge. State highways were blocked
to California. The Columbia river
between Umatilla and Arlington was
frozen over.
! Floods harrassed Southern Illinois
and Indiana and threatened in Ar
kansas and parts of adjoining
states. The cold caused death and
suffering in the shacks among the
Oklahoma oil fields.
| AT least Is deaths attributable
to the storm had been repOred in
the southwest and an equal number
in the central states.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. IL U.P-
Warning of high winds and gales
at sea from Santa Barbara to San
Diego was issued by the U. S. wea
ther bureau here this morning.
| The warning followed forecast for
continued rain today and tomorrow
! with depression moving in from
the Pacific ocean and centering
along the Southern California coast.
| Heavy snow fell in the Southern
California mountain ranges, ranging
from two to four feet. The observ-
atory ON Mount Wilson was unable
| to report weather conditions this
morning, as the observatory was
showed in.
At the Mt. Wilson hotel, "a incnes
Of snow on the ground was reported,
more than half of which fell during
the past "a hours.
Rainfall was general over South.
ern California, extending from a low
.{2 of an inch at San Diego to l.55
! inches at Santa Ana. The weather
bureau said the average was more
than three-quarters of an inch.
''This rain was one of the most
beneficial this season. Colonel ii.
B. Hersey, chief meterilogist said
Because while there was precipita-
ton in excessive quantities in a
short time the ground was able to
! absorb it without waste.''
In Los Angeles proper, .1S of an
inch of precipitation occurred,
bringing the total for this storm to
| 3.15 inches and the total for the
seasonal year to 3.47 inches, as com
pared with the normal of j.42 inches
for this time of year.
No damages from the 26-mile an
hour wind which howled through Los
Angeles and vicinity had been re-
ported to the weather bureau, it was
said.
Higher vclocities, ranging To 10
miles an hour and upward were pre-
dicted for the Southern California
| scaboard.
santa Paula reported that Fer the
first time in l3 years snow fell early
today on the outskirts of the city.
\ light fall of snow also was re-
corded in outlying districts of Piru.
Two motor parties were believed
to be stranded on the Ridge route
where Is inches of snow fell last
night
Report of the stranded motorists
was received by Captain w, =. Can
non of the county motor patrol,
from two of his patrol Officers,
themselves stranded by deep snow
at German ON the Ridge route.
The two ears believed stranded
slipped past patrol Officers who de-
toured all traffic before the storm
last night.
SAN FRANCISCO Jan IL dip