Evening star., 1938-01-26
B. the Associated Press

B. the Associated Press.
Deaths attributed to flood waters ant
q severe cold wave mounted to min,
today while the Middle West dug ou
of the winters worst storm. Only New
England, the Far West and Florida
escaped subfreezing temperatures.
Snow blocked highways, STALLED
trains and disrupted communication
and power service in some areas. Wis.
consin. Minnesota, Iowa. upper Michi
gan and the Dakotas bore the brun
Of the storm. Some relief was Offered
when flood waters receded in Illinois
Wisconsin and Arkansas.
Continued freezing temperature!
were forecast for tonight as far Soutl
as the Gulf States, with heavy fros
predicted for Northern Florida. Gen.
orally fair weather was expected il
the South.
A temperature of II below zero
made Alexandria, Mimi one of tn,
coldest spots in the Midwestern ic,
box. Devils Lake, N. Oak, was clos,
behind at 10 below, while Bismarck
In the same State. had a negative Z
The low was at Kansas City, IL a
Chicago and 81 at Boston Winnipel
continued as the coldest spot on ths
weather map, reporting "a below zero
Sub-freezing in South.
Virtually all Southern sections hac
sub-freezing readings. They ranged
from Miami's low of so and New
Orleans 80 to 20 at Memphis and
10 at Bentonville, Ark. and below
At Mount Mitchell, N. c. Atlanta
had low of %.
High winds which hampered ship
ping and traffic had subsidized in most
places. A Coast Guard cutter went
to the aid of the Boston trawler Ripple
for the second time in IL hours
because of a leaking boiler. The
Ripple is off the New England coast.
The British freighter Pencarrow was
adrift off Halifax, Nova Scotia, and
salvage tug was en- route to it in
heavy seas.
New York City reported high of
IS Tuesday, a record for January 25,
but the mercury slid swiftly to 25
as the chill wave reached the metrop-
oils
Light snow flurries struck near
ing was Is. 1t ranged from 10 to 20
in Arkansas, where crest of 43
feet. II above flood level, was pre-
dicted by Friday in the Ouachita
River near Camden
Winter Wheat Damaged.
South, but the winter wheat crop in
the Middle West was expected to
suffer.
Calumet, Mich, had a snowstorm
described as the worst in 20 years.
One man was asphyxiated in the cab
of his truck while trying to open q
road for a doctor on an emergency
call. Five drownings had been report
ed in Illinois and Tennessee. Another
casualty included child frozen to
death at Crocker. s. Oak. Detroit
reported two deaths in Michigan due
to winter storm.
Forty automobiles we-s abandoned
near Garnea. 1--WE, 1rcause of snow
choked highways. Two passenger
trains were snowbound several hours
in deep drifts near Centuria, Wis.
Twenty-Five passengers took refuge in
a farmhouse near Manitowoc when
their bus stalled in snowdrifts during
q blizzard.
Many schools we're closed in Wis
eonsin and Michigan. twenty-five
men were marooned in an ore mine
near Ishpeming, Mich, and rescue
squads searched for crews of six snow
plows unreported near Escanaba.
Fair and Colder Nearby.
Except for a small area in the
mountains of Southwest Virginia,
where snow was falling, most of Mary
land and Virginia reported fair and
much colder weather today. Through
out Virginia there was 20 to 80
degree drop in temperatures in the last
"a hours.
A cold northwest wind swept a
spell of early spring weather out OF
Maryland, leaving high water, soaked
ground and considerable wind damage
In its wake.
The gale unroofed number ot
farm buildings near Hagerstown. and
toppled a construction tower against
4 new building in Baltimore. The
force Of the wind piled up high tide
in the Wicomico River and flooded q
few low streets In Salisbury.
The Potomac River rose feet al
Cumberland following an inch and q