Evening star., 1947-12-28
So Dead in Big East Coost Snow;
New York Calls 100000 to Aid;
Crippled transport Brings Food
New Storm Developing
Near Hudson Boy May
Hit Maine Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press

ANI" AoAs4A, DCS. Hi.-1NC"
York, calling men into emergency
service by the hundreds of
thousands, tonight was feverish-
ly engaged in the monumental
task of digging out of a record
snowfall plastered on the city
by storm which took So lives
In Northeastern States.
Mayor William O'Dwyer took over
leadership in the gigantic effort in
a matter of minutes after he re-
turned by plane in the midst of a
California vacation. His first action
was to summon an emergency con-
ference of top city officials.
Throughout the city thousands OF
men already were at work clearing
streets and restoring services of all
kinds, and 100000 city employees had
been ordered to report to work to
help wherever necessary.
At the same time, an appeal went
out to 350,O00 members of wartime
Civilian Defense workers to pitch
in on the job also.
258 Inches Fall.
The paralyzing snowstorm ragged
1924 hours yesterday and last night
dumping 258 inches of precipitation
on the city and eclipsing the 20.9-
inch record of the historic two-day
blizzard of 1888.
The Boston Weather Bureau re-
ported a new storm developing in
South Hudson Bay and said it
might hit Maine by tomorrow night.
Casualty figures were still growing
tonight as reports of additional
deaths attributable to the storm
continued to come in from several
States. The latest figures were: New
York, IA; New Jersey, 25: Connec-
ticut, 6; Pennsylvania, 2; Massa-
chusetts. 6; Rhode Island, 2; New
Hampshire, 2; Maine, l.
A great many of the deaths were
laid to heart attacks induced by
undue exertion in fighting snow
drifts and strong winds.
Mayor ODwyer. rushing home to
take charge, arrived on the hrst
commercial plane to land at La
Guardia Airport since early yester-
day.
Mayor Issues Appeal.
Shortly after summoning his key
officials, he appealed for all vehicle
owners except those engaged in
movement of essential goods to
stav off streets tomorrow so as not
to impede snow-removal operations.
Markets Commissioner Eugene G.
Schultz said the food situation was
good with milk and grocery truck
deliveries nearly normal.
The storm lashed the region from
Washington to Maine. One point,
Long Branch. N. j., reported 80
inches of snow
Railroads, buses and subways,
their burdens eased by the nor
mally lighter Saturday load, fought
back slowly to some semblance of
schedule.
Trunk Highways Open.
Trunk highways into the New
York City area were open tonight
from all directions, but not SO open
that travel was being advised by
the American Automobile Associa-
ton.
While some buslines were dis
patching buses from New York
City, private motorists got this ad-
vice from the AAA: Travel should
be limited to daylight for the next
u oh
necessity" and icy, slippery and
dangerous conditions prevail.
Vehicles abandoned during the
storm proved one of the principal
obstacles to snowploW crews at work
on the major highways.
On Long Island, lanes had been
opened on the main east-west
thoroughfares, but many north
south side roads, especially those
leading into hilly country, remained
blocked.
Police Commissioner Arthur w.
Wallander broadcast the order to
"all ablebodieo' city employees di-
recting them to report to the
nearest Department of Sanitation
section depot"
After two-hour tour which took
him through parts of Manhattan,
Queens and Brooklyn, the commits
sioner said:
II feel that we are making salts
factory progress in shoveling the
city out of the storm. There is a
great improvement since early this
morning. In the next "a hours I
expect the condition to be greatly
improved"
Meanwhile, the Board Of Educa-
(See STORM, Page A-4)