Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-07
SEVERE COLD
GRIPS ENTIRE
CENTRAL AREA
Intense Suffering Caused In
Cities And Eural Sections By
Low Temperatures
TRANSPORTATION HALTED
Snow Of Blizzard Proportions
Handicaps Railroads, High
ways And Air Lines.
BY United Press

A binding blizzard howled across
mid-America today as the major
storm OF the winter struck with the
full fury of ice-barbed wind and
freezing cold.
The howl of the wind spelled
death to many a jobless unfortu-
nate. 1t meant suffering to millions.
the wintry ordeal, dreaded in
homes all over America, came all
at once.
From the rockies to the Allie
ghenies, snow rode roaring gales,
mounted in street and highway
trapped automobiles, grounded
aircraft, slowed trains. Beyond the
margins OF todays storm map,
rain chilled the mid-south and the
Ohio valley.
Cities awoke to an Arctic scene.
Hundreds of workers with shovels
and plows got temporary employ
ment.
In Chicago, while a "a mile an
hour wind whipped the snow
through the streets, 100 snow plows
chugged through a six inch fall
of whitenesS. Work was slowed in
the Loop because the city could af-
ford to hire only 100 workers
Temperatures sank to the low-
est levels Of the year. 1t was 36 de-
greeS below zero at Miles City,
Mont, equally cold at Bismark, N.
D., and 40 below in a few spots in
between.
Forecaster G. A. Donnell of the
Chicago weather bureau offered no
hope of relief before Thursday He
said the snow would keep falling
over the mid-continent until then
and probably would spread to other
sections.
Death accompanied the storm in
the usual tragic manner.
Automobiles Skidded in glass
slick streets. Fires broke out in ho-
vels, homes and apartments, peo-
!. pie died from exposure and over
eXertion.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 7. W.pj
"A shrieking blizzard lashed the
midwest today, plunging mercury
to new lows for the winter in an
area from the Rocky Mountains to
Chicago.
Sleet, snow and sub-zero temper
atures, driven before bowling
gale, wrought huge damage to
crops and livestock, slowed COM
munication, and endangered hu-
man life.
Sweeping. down from the Cam
adam northwest, the storm sent
temperatures down 40 SO even go
degrees within a few hours, par
alyzed air travel completely, SLOW
ed railroad schedules, and created
a terrible highway traffic hazard.
In Kansas City, where the mer-
curry touched SO degrees at p. m.
yesterday, the weather bureau ther-
mometer recorded zero weather
soon after l a. m. today, and was
dropping hourly.
Through Kansas, Nebraska, Mis-
souri,, South Dakota, Illinois, In
diana, Wyoming, Montana, Utah,
Iowa and Colorado, observers
chalked up marks ranging down.
ward from zero to about 20 below.
Throughout the southwest, cat
tlemen fought desperately to save
their stock. AS far south as Texas
zero temperatures were reported,
accompanied by snow.
Terrific damage was believed
done to the wheat crop, which was
unprotected by snow as the bliz-
zard struck. In some sections the
grain was reported almost blown
from the earth by the gale before
snow fell.
Striking after period of COM
paratively mild weather, the storm
brought hardship and suffering to
the poor of the entire storm area.
Scattered reports told of many
families without sufficient food,
fuel, or clothing.
Hundreds of men, however,
found employment on work gangs
clearing streets and highways or
operating snow plows.
Montana, Utah and wyoming re-
ported temperatures well below ze-
70. 1t was 80 below at Sherman
Hill, Wyo.
other representative temperature
readings included:
Amarillo, Tex, zero; Denver, 10
below; Omaha, II below; Pine
Bluff, Neb., 16 below; North Platte,
Neb., IA below; Cheyenne, Wyo., ID
below.