The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-24
WEST IS COLD BUT
CENTRAL AREA HAS
HIGH TEMPERATURES
Snow Blankets North Dakota
While Flowers Bloom at
Cleveland, o.
new LOW MARK SET HERE
Mercury Goes to Seven Degrees
Above Zero, Coolest Re-
corded This Season

With conflict between the ele.
ments In progress throughout the
United States, some new high points
! OF weather history are in the making.
according to Associated Press dis
patches.
New high November temperatures
in the East, abnormal rainfall in the
MlddleWest. and snow and freezing
temperatures in much of the West
were aspects of the approach of
Thanksgiving Day.
| Flowers bloomed at Cleveland and
second crop of fruit was being har-
vested IN that section. Smudge pots
burned in the citrus belt Of California
as orchardists met tho hazard OF
! freezing temperatures.
North Dakota Blanketed
North Dakota Tuesday morning
was blanketed with snow and a new
low temperature for the season in
Bismarck-seven degrees above zero
was established at a. m. Tuesday,
The snowfall was particularly heavy
in the Red River Valley section. Far
go and Grand Forks getting six or
seven inches In the last few days. Bis
marck has had but little more than
one inch Of snow 50 far.
A blizzard was raging in eastern
North Dakota and western Minne-
sofa and roads and city streets were
blocked with snow at Fargo, Grand
Forks and other cities in the area.
Business was practically at a stand
still
North Dakota weather will be fair
Tuesday night and Wednesday, ac-
lcording to forecast made by the fed
eral weather bureau. It will be colder
IN the eastern part Of the state Tues
day night, with little change In tenn.
Iperature at Bismarck.
A northwest wind throughout the
state during the night drtfted the,
isnop' IN many sections. Grand Forks
had its second snowstorm Of the sea-
son Monday night and city and high
J way crews were at work keeping
streets and roads open Tuesday. Tenn
perature there dropped to 81 above.
Mercury hovered around % at Fargo.
l South Dakota Hit
South Dakota was struck bv a
heavy snowfall In the Black Hills
while the eastern part OF the state
had rain and sleet storms which made
highway traffic hazardous and
threatened to disrupt some communi-
cation lines.
Six children were recovering at a
Brainerd, Mimi. hospital from ef-
fects OF carbon monoxide poisoning
suffered while being transported in a
school bus The driver had remodeled
the 'bus. piping the exhaust through
the passenger department, in which
there were but two small windows
for ventilation.
county. Mont, student, perished in
blizzard while riding her horse from
school. Children played under the
rays of a warm sun at the municipal
beach Of Rochester, N. Y, Monday.
The middlewest still was disputed
ground. Rainfall at Kansas City, al
ready above the normal annual aver
age. has definitely ended the effects
of two-year drought. Several rivers
in Kansas, Oklahoma. Missouri and
Iowa were raised to flood stage. Cold
er weather was in prospect
Snow In Many States
, From two to eight inches of snow
fell Monday in the Black Hills OF
. South Dakota, while parts of Wyom-
, ing and Montana were blanketed by
. a fresh fall. Western Kansas re-
, ceived snow. The Texas and Okla
homa Panhandle region was recover
| ing from the effects of snow and
sleet storm. Calfornians scampered
for overcoats as the mercury fitted
! from below zero In the mountainous
sections to a few degrees above freez-
ing in others It was 8 degrees be-
, low at Bucks station, in the Feather
! river canyon. The thermometer went
> to 1873 in San Francisco, the lowest
! there since 1919.
? In the Imperial valley. where 40
, deaths were attributed to the heat
in a four-day period last summer.
freezing temperatures arrived from 10
days to two weeks earlier than usual
Icicles formed along desert washes.
A rotary snow plow Of the Denver.
Rio Grande Western railroad late
! Monday opened the track for a train
! from Chama, stalled in blizzard IN
Cumber's Pass, 10000 feet above sea
level, at p. m, Sunday. The crew
of five men and II passengers were
, given food. Cattlemen reported heavy
5 losses of livestock In the great drifts
of southeastern Colorado.
Ohio Has Heat Wave
:, November,s cheat wave" had nature
= doing tricks In Ohio.
Rose bushes in Columbus stuck
; out tentative shoots. At jefferson.
: L. w. Osborne picked second crop
, Of sweetcorn, enough for a meal.
!. Strawberries were sold on roadsides
: near Todelo. Seconds" OF peaches
: and raspberries were reported at sew
e eral places, and dandelions bloomed
: again.
e A plague Of black worms swarmed
over College Hill, Cincinnati suburb.
1 Temperatures generally were In tho
t 70's Monday, and forecasters said they
would stay there until Tuesday night.
Sturgis, s. D., during the strong
i wind and snow had 10000 fire ear
r ly Tuesday. It destroyed three struc-
f lures, including the American Legion
! building. Equipment belonging to
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