The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-19
Mountain Area and
Northwest Covered
With Thick Blanket

NAOIltllluCu kIVlII udSC OlICV
measured IL inches Dec. II. only 81
inches remained OH the ground as
1880 opened.
Temperature here today dropped to
Is degrees above zero, the high yes
terday being "a.
Calgary. Alta. and Qu'Appelle,
Sask.. both reported two degrees be-
low zeron this morning but all other
readings were above the zero mark.
Jamestown, Fargo, Vai.sy City, and
Grand Forks. all reported "a readings
this morning, the latter city reporting
that 1t was raining. 1t was Is at
Devils Lake and Williston, with 10
above, was the coolest point IN the
state.
At Least IL Killed
Striking during a heavy rain. a tor
nado today killed at least II persons
and injured 60 others in and near the
little town of Bethany. seven miles
west of Oklahoma City.
The d%ownpour of rain continued
several hours after the tornado
twisted past. handicapping the efforts
of relief workers. Over a foot Of
water stood in the town. in which 200
buildings were destroyed.
Before the wind struck Bethany, It
demolished a schoolhouse at Camel,
a short distance away. killing two
pupils and injuring the teacher and
other children in the building.
The wind virtually destroyed the
eastern section of Bethany. A survey
from the air showed the damage was
limited to the vicinity of the town.
Bethany is populated largely py
members of the Nazarenc church, and
q UNCONVENTIONAL school. Bethany
Peniel college. is located there. The
surrounding area is thickly settled.
Emergency quarters were estab-
lished at the b~roadcasting plant Of
Radio Station WKY, Q short distance
east of Bethany.
Before the storm struck Bethany it
demolished a school building near
Campbell Greek, killing Marguerite
curling. IA, Delbert Sharp, IL. and an
unidentified person:
Miss Mary Proctor, the teacher,
and several other pupils were Injured.
Farmers pulled the dead and injured
from the Wreckage. Jack Curing. a
brother of one of the girls killed,
brought all of the victims to an Okla
homa City hospital.
Adjutant General Charles Barrett
ordered three companies of National
Guardsmen into the storm area,
which aviators reported after an air
survey was confined to the immediate
vicinity of Bethany.
Stcckmen Are Jubilant
Stockmen and farmers were jubl-
liant in the Rocky Mountain section
since the %protracted period Of fair
weather threatened to deplete the
range lands and storage reservoirs
had little water impounded. Al
though air mail planes were ground
ed. other traffic a not seriously
hampered. Trains ran slightly behind
schedule in some sections.
High up in the Tehachapie range,
neal Lebec. Calf, an intensive search
was under way for a missing Pacific
Air trasport ship carrying three per-
sons. ,
Fear was expressed for the safety
of Robert Hamilton. Is, who set out
from Cu,ler d'Alene, Idaho. on q deer
hunt. Snow was heavy In that area
and temperatures cropping rapidly
as a search was started for the youth.
Montana reported falling tempcra-
lures with IL above zero At Helena.
Two feet of snow in the mountains
and more than six inches on the
range lands delayed traffic In Wyom-
ing, but all highways were reported
open today.
Denve, had three inches of snow
With the mercury lowering between
% and 80 degrees. Colorado was
blanketed, with mountain passes
closed. Cold weather under clear
skies held throughout California with
a heavy snowfall In the mountainous
country in the southern part of the
state.
Arizona WAS hcae. with Intermittent
sleet, rain and snow.
Zero weather vas repurtsd at VIII