The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-28
Storms Vanguard HowlS
Over Dakota Plains,
Bringing Snow.
LITTLE RELIEF In CITY
Virtually All Of Eastern
Half of U. S., Canada to
Gulf Is Frozen.

A new snowstorm, born in the
Arctic circle, rolled southeastward
across the Canadian border today
in the wake of temperatures that
reached 10 below at one spot in the
frozen middle and northwest, United
Press dispatches said today.
The vanguard of the storm
howled across the plains of North
Dakota and struck first today at
Bismarck with its los d of snow.
Then it pointed southeast across
the northwest, preliminary to pow
dering the middle west with snow
within the next tenty hours.
100 Persons Killed
The new storm found virtually all
the eastern half Of the United
States from Canada to the gulf
frozen in zero or lower temperatures
and approximately 100 persons dead
directly or indirectly, in the ten
day siege of cold weather.
Temperatures in Indianapolis and
Indiana continued near zero today,
with promise Of some relief tonight
and Saturday, with accompanying
snowfall.
After setting new Thanksgiving
record OF degree Thursday morn
ing, the cold wave gave way and
temperatures rose several degrees,
only to fall again early this morn
ing.
Fight Highway Drifts
At 6:15 thermometers of the
United States weather bureau
showed 2 degrees. At noon the tenn
perature had risen to IL degrees.
Forecast indicated temperatures
would not fall below 10 degrees to-
night and that they will continue
TO rise Saturday.
Snowdrifts in northern Indiana
called out the state highway de-
par6ment's big plows. which labored
Wednesday and Thursday nights to
open trunk highways for traffic
Thursday and today.
Heaviest snowfall was reported in
the La Porte, Valparaiso, and South
Bend regions, where many roads
were blocked with drifts several feet
deep.
Ft. Wayne was the coolest city in
the state Thursday night and this
morning, reporting zero weather
Many other cities in the state re-
ported temperatures within few
degrees of zero. Normal is about
IS degrees for this season.
Central Avenue Lines Halted
Locally, ice-coated streets pre-
sented many dangers to automobile
and pedestrian traffic, and street car
service on Central avenue lines was
tied up two hours this morning
when trolley wires snapped in sew
eral localities.
An emergency bus service was
thrown into action by the Indian
apolis Street Railway Company
while the wires we're being repaired,
but many workers arrived downtown.
late because of the rupture in Serv-
ice. Contraction of wires due to
extreme cold caused the breaks.
Air mail and regular passenger
air lines thwugh indianapolis were
operating without difficulty as skies
were clear today.
10 Below in Minnesota
The lowest temperature in the
country today was in Brainerd, on
the plains of northern Minnesota
where unofficial thermometers reg
istered 10 below.
1t was 10 below in Duluth and 6
below in st. Paul when early alarm
clocks rang this morning.
In Wisconsin, Lacrosse reported 8
below and Madison 4 below. The
sub-zero readings were rising, how
ever, as the new stowstorm ap-
preached.
Southwark the mercury ranged
higher, but still unseasonably low.
Municipal airport in Chicago re-
ported 2 below; central Illinois re-
ported from 10 above to zero; La
fayette, Ind, in the northwestern
part of the state, reported below.
Other Indiana towns shivered as
the mercury stayed around zero.
Nips Citrus Crops
1t was so cold in Joliet, Ill, that
convictS in the state prison were
excused from their tasks in the
stone quarries. The lowest reading
was below, new record for
Nov. %.
Frosts nipped the citrus crops
along the gulf coast and far into
Florida
Asheville, N. c., where nothern-
ers go to escape the cold, laid aside
white f1annels for overcoats when
the mercury registered 20 above.