The Washington times., 1935-12-27
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international News Service

Cessation OF immature DIlZZardS
which had whirled over large
areas of the nation and gradual
rise of the mercury in most sec
tions today indicated at least tenn
porary relaxation Of the cold
spell generally.
Reports of deaths directly at
tributable to the cold snap con-
tinued to increase with more than
40 known fatalities. In New York
alone, where the mercury was ex.
pected to rise from II to Is de-
grees above zero, five deaths
were reported.
Abatement of snowStorms in
the East brought considerable re-
lief. Snowplows finally succeeded
in opening a road to Wildwood
Villa, N. j.. where so families
had been marooned by huge
drifts.
Temperatures were rising from
q low of 16 degrees above zero in
the New England States, while
transportation was rest or e d
throughout Pennsylvania after re-
moval of snowdrifts that blocked
highways for hours. Pittsburgh
reported a low of degrees. AT
Harrisburg. the mercury moved
slowly upward from a low of Is.
Contrary to this trend, however,
Philadelphia reported a compare
lively high temperature Of IT de-
grees was due to drop during the
: day.
Zero in Kentucky
Kentuckians buttoned overcoats
closely against Wintry blasts. An
{ even zero was reported from
, Louisville at a. m, but residents
were cheered by slightly warmer
predictions for the day.
: Rising temperatures also were
: expected to dispel the cold snap
. at St. Louis, where a low OF de-
, grees above zero was reported
this morning.
: Nine new deaths Ca total toll of
. ID were recorded in Chicago
where the temperature was due to
. rise from a low of six degrees be-
. low zero. 1t was even colder in
! the suburbs. with subzero readings
: of II degrees recorded. Disastrous
: effect of the cold snap was
. graphically illustrated by trans
formation of small tearoom
!: blaze into a roaring $4,000 fire
when the firefighters were forced
. to suspend efforts to quench the
blaze and thaw out frozen fire
hydrants. Illinois generally was in
winters grip, one degree below
. zero being recorded at Springfield.
At Alhambra. an aged man took
: only a few steps from his home
. to. feed his chickens before he
. was frozSa to death.
26 Die in Ohio
! The mercury was rising in Ohio
: where 26 deaths, directly at
tributable to the cold snap ushered
: in by a Christmas Day blizzard,
! have been recorded. Cincinnati
: reported an even-zero low, Colum-
bus three above and Cleveland
: seven above.
Two deaths occurred in Indiana,
: neither directly attributable to the
cold wave which brought a sub
&: zero temperature of six degrees to
, Indianapolis. A youthful hunter
slipped on the ice near VincenneS
: and suffered a fatal shotgun blast
: when he fell. At Connersville, an
.. 80year-old woman died of burns
. suffered while trying to light
fire.
A weather freak gave lower
. Michigan temperature of only
. II degrees above zero. Residents
of that section were given the
: boon of heavy cloud bank which
. averted severe cold.
. Westward, Des Moines awaited
rising temperatures with a ther-
: mometer reading of even zero at
8 a. m. and four deaths from
. freezing within 48 hours. The
. mercury was rising also in Kan
: sas. Oklahoma, Missouri and Neb-
: raska, Omaha reported a low of
. 2 above and Kansas City
above. Northwestern Wyoming
d. residents scanned cloudy skies
' and awaited snow. Denver tenn
: peratures ranged from 20 to 40
. above, Salt Lake 18 to 40 and
. Albuquerque, 16 to 46
. Rain In Los Angeles
: Southwark from Atlanta, where
the mercury dropped to Is and
: one death was reported, much
: higher thermometer readings were
: recorded. The mercury shot up
. ward to 49 at Miami, 80 at
: Tampa. 16 at Raleigh, Charlotte,
!: Memphis and Birmingham, "a at
: Jacksonville and 10 at Nashville.
: Texas enjoyed comparative
warmth, Dallas reporting a read
: ing of "a, San Antonio, 30, and
: Amarillo, 20.
4: Rain began falling this morn
. ing at Los Angeles, where the
: mercury ranged upward to SO
: from a low of so, and rainfall
, also was predicted for the North
. Pacific Coast. San Francisco en-
: joyed an enervating temperature
, of So degrees above.
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