The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-26
Seuenty Liues Lost
 In Fierce Blizzard
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lures expected to slide to five oI more below during the day. Rising temperatures, however, were fore cast in the middle west for the weekend.
 Planes where grounded in Chicago and trains were from 20 minutes tc two hours late. A 38-mile an houl wind whined over Indiana. Drifts made driving miserable for motorist: and resulted in innumerable col lisions on icy highways.
 Killed As Auto Skidded
 Carlton F. Kidwell and Frank s Day, both of Washington, D. c. were killed and three others in jured when their automobile skiddec on icy pavement and crashed into telephone pole near Baltimore, Md. early today.
 At Indianapolis Theodore Hager' man, 46, died in his milk truck. Day Moutscha, Al, a city fireman, wal killed at Evansville, Ind, when fire truck answering a call skiddet on the pavement and overturned At Dunreith, Ind, Mrs. Grace $ Ovenden, St. Louis, Mo-, and F E. Ovenden, Shelby, O., were killed when their auto slid into Penn sylvania railroad train. At New. castle, Ind, Joan Cummins, 6, wal killed when 8 car driven by hel stepfather crashed into an inter- urban car.
 Four Die in Iowa X
 Four persons were killed in auto- mobile accidents on slippery Iowa roads. A farmer was found frozen to death when he was caught ir barbed wire fence at Joice, Ia A negro woman died of the colo in Omaha, Neb., and a 65-year ole newsboy was frozen to death in the heart of Chicago's loop.
 At Louisville, Ky, the body oi J. c. Crowthers, 60, Franklin, Tenn. was found in his parked automobile
 The cold wave brought snow flurries into Tennessee, and Flor ida had a touch of frost in its northern sections. Snow was expect ed today in northern Alabama and Georgia.
 The cold wave was expected tc reach its greatest intensity in the east tonight and exhaust itself over the Atlantic tomorrow as balmiel breezes moved in from the south and southwest.
 Four Die in St. Louis
 Five persons died of injuries suf- fered in traffic accidents in a binding snowstorm which struck the St. Louis metropolitan area.
 Two women and three men were killed in automobile traffic acci- dents in Michigan where Christmas brought heavy snowfall and near zero temperatures. A 17-year old youth was killed near Flint when he slipped from 8 freight car and fell under the wheels of a moving train
 At least II persons died in north ern Ohio in holiday accidents. The Youngstown district counted six dead, five in traffic mishaps and one from fumes from a gas stove Three automobile deaths were re- corded in and near Toledo. Cleve- land had two fatalities, one the result ofb an explosion. Mrs. Elena Gooden, 70, was burned when she poured oil on coal stove to get the fire started for Christmas dinner.
 Escaped Blizzard
 Boston, Dec. 26.-(UP)-Althougt escaping a predicted blizzard, New England today faced continued cold weather.
 The minimum temperature to- night probably will be slightly below 10 degrees the weather bureau an nounced. Fair weather was fore- seen.
 A blizzard sweeping eastward from the midwest left only @ guar. ter-inch of snow in Metropolitan Boston last night before passing oui to sea.
 Yesterday was the coldest Christ mas day since 1920. Maximum wal 29 degrees at 3 p. m. and minimum 12 at 2 a. m. The coldest Christmas was in 1872, when the temperature dropp to below zero.