Evening star., 1933-02-08
COOLEST WEATHER
FORECAST TONIGHT
WITH 10 DEGREES
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from Canada to Texas, the storm ruled
with unabated fury. BY nightfall. the
weather man said, the Eastern seaboard
would be feeling the full effects of the
disturbance.
In Chicago alone 1t was estimated
that IL, 900 homeless flooded charity
shelters and police stations. At least
six persons were dead from the effects
of the storm Schools were closed and
surface car transportation was badly
crippled. The mercury was near zero
with 10 below predicted. No immediate
relief was in sight.
Highways were lined with helpless
automobiles, caught in snowdrifts, and
air, rail and bus traffic was crippled
throughout Middle America"
Along the Canadian border tempera-
ture readings of 80 to 40 below zero
were common yesterday when the cold
snap began its eastward spread. Two
persons were reported dead in the wind
swept provinces of Csnada-one near
Teulon, Manitoba, and another at Leask,
in Saskatchewan.
Unofficially it was SIS below zero, at
Moran, Wyo. Bemidji, Mimi. had the
lowest temperature in three years, with
Al below. 1t was minus % at North
Platte, Neba., and 18 below at Sioux
City, Iowa. Two died from the cold .
Des Moines.
Reports from all sections of the
Sunny South told of indications of BE-
low freezing temp ratures. Nashville e
Tenn, was prepared for near-zero con-
ditions. New Orleans looked for
reading OF 49, Winter vacationists in
Florida were swimming as far north as
Jackscnville. but weather forecasters
predicted the Peninsula State would re-
ceive a share Of the cold today.
Girl Frozen to o,Death.
The ROCKY Mountain area, the Plains
States, and Midwest. however, were ap-
parently bearing the brunt of Winter:
latest onslaught. Zero and below pre-
vailed In Utah and Idaho, and although
no additional snow fell yesterday, MANY
roads were still blocked. Antonia Bar
rientos, a 9-year-old school girl, caught
by the blizzard at Savage, Mont, was
frozen to death. Two youthful com.
panions suffered from exposure. Pixies
Peak, in Colorado. regis 5ered 20 below
Near Gallup. N. Mex, snow drifts
feet deep blocked Navajo Indian Reser.
vation roads, and unofficial reports sale
the mercury dropped to so below al
Eagle Nest. N. Mex. Oklahoma had sub.
zero readings and snow with one mar
frozen to death. Similar conditions
ruled in Kansas. In the Ozarks the
farm experts said the peach crop hae
been ruined. Kansas City. Mo. how.
ever, resumed normal street car traffic
after long tie-up.
Texas shivered with temperatures
ranging from above at Fort Worth to
zero in the Panhandle.
Heavy frosts were forecast for Cali
fornia in the north section, with local
frosts in the southern section. The
Pacific Northwest - washington and
oregon-had sub-zso readings.
40-Degree Drop.
In the Midwest, Michigan had bitter
cold in the upper peninsula, while De-
troit was fighting a snow and sleet
storm, with 2700 jobless hard at work
digging the city out from under the
6eluge. Overexertion while wadinp
snowdrifts killed one man at Grand
Rapids.
Valparaiso, Ind, had IL inches OF
snow and a 40-degree drop in tempera-
ture. In Louisville, KY, the tempera
ture was sinking at the rate of de-
grees per hour Snow was in sight and
all airplanes were held to the ground.
Automobile mishaps. due to ice, snow
and screeching winds, caused thre.
deaths In Missouri and one In Southern
Illinois. In Northern Illinois the bliz.
zard was described as one of the worst
in many years. One man who left hi.
home in Chicago six days ago to roam
the streets in quest of employment, sud.
denly went blind shortly after the storm
struck. He was Duane Giesey, 20 ane
married. Police rescued him. Another
man, Mathew Pohl, trudged 10 hour.
| through snow drifts seeking Geraldine
his 3-yearold daughter, only to fine
her home upon his return. She hae
been visiting at neighbor's house.