Evening star., 1936-02-14
BITTER WEATHER
SWEEPING WORLD
Duststorms, Snow, Rain and
Cold MingIe to Bring
Wide Suffering.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press,
Virtually every form of atmospheric
and climatic disturbance except a heat
wave plagued some part of the North
ern Hemisphere today.
The elements dealt body blows with
windstorms on land and sea, dust
storms in the Southwest, snow, hail,
sleet and transforms in various parts
of the United states and Europe.
Out of the Northwest headed fresh
wintry blasts which had driven the
mercury below zero all across Nebraska
and to such lows as 81 at Dickinson,
N. OAK; Ia at Alexandria, Mimi,
and 20 at Fargo, N. Oak.
General Snow Over East.
There was a general snow over the
East, with temperatures of Is to 20
above. A heavy sleetstorm fell in New
York City. where 81 were injured as
$4,000 fought to keep the streets open.
Three men were injured, one serious
ly. when the weight of snow collapsed
garage roof at Ogdensburg, N. ].
Of the New England coast there was
snow. accompanied by rough seas.
Rain and ice tied up traffic through
Western Pennsylvania and rivers were
rising. Residents welcomed the pre-
dicted cold wave because it would
abate the danger of floods.
Rivers Near Flood Levels.
Heavy rains drenched Ohio for more
than nine hours. sending ice-choked
rivers close to flood level Many South
western Ohio roads were flooded and
the speedy advent of the cold wave
was desired to halt further damage.
The wave had reached Des Moines
shortly after midnight, when the tenn
perature was 2 above, l4-point drop
in six hours
A fresh snowfall in Minnesota and
the Dakotas ranged up to four inches,
and Gov. Tom Berry of South Dakota
ordered State highway plows to clear
road from Bellefourche to Camp
Crook, 80 miles away, where C. C. C.
workers were short of food.
Near Idaho City Idaho, the frozen
body of Lawrence Harden, SIS, mail
carrier, was found wedged in a tree
where searchers believed he was
thrown when struck by snowslide.
Pacific Coast Pounded.
A violent Pacific Coast storm pound
ed California for the fourth day.
A snow plow pushed a one-way
path through the high Sierras tc
Brockway. where a Hollywood moving
picture company was virtually isolated
by the storm. Influenza. which beset
members of the troupe, was abating.
DR.. j. H. Bernard, rushed by boat
to the Snowbound company on loca-
ton, said Mary AStor, actress, was
sufficiently improved to work on in
terror scenes today. Director Elliott
Nugent remained in bed, but the doc
tor said he was recovering.
More snow was forecast for the
mountain regions. Lowland sections
awaited with apprehension fresh rains
to add to the floods that already have
washed out bridge. inundated farms
and roads and caused many landslides
Five States Hit by Dust Storms.
Dust storms struck parts of Okla
homa, Texas, New Mexico. Colorado
and Kansas Cold winds dropped tenn
peratures from so degrees to zero.
Visibility in places was limited to so
feet.
But dawn found winds subsiding,
with clearing skies
Soil experts throughout the vast
area saw definite hope that the de-
vastating black blizzards" of last
Spring would not be repeated this year.
Moisture conditions are improved in
much of the territory because of
abundant Fall rains and Winter SHOWS.
From abroad came news of height
ened blizzard raging across Turkey to-
day, killing IS persons and raising the
death roll of storms in Europe and Asia
Minor to approximately 275.
4S Freeze to Death.
From 1stanbul. it was reported that
the cold storm which has been under
way three days has. frozen 48 persons
10 oeatn, drowned Z2 ana killed IN
accidents. The property damage in
Turkey was estimated at no less than
$10,000,000.
Italian authorities. checking up on
the loss of life as storm over the
Adriatic. Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas
abated. expressed fear the total might
reach 40. One man died from the cold
In Britain, bringing the total here to
%.
Many remote districts, such as
southern Yugoslavia, were still with
out communications, however leading
to apprehension that the storm deaths
would mount still higher.
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