Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
New Storm Moving In
As Plains States Try
To Dig Out Of Snow
BY the Associated Press

A new storm moved down from
Canada toward the snow-covered
West today, but forecasters said ii
will not be particularly severe.
New snow was predicted for late
today in Eastern and Southern
Wyoming and for tomorrow in
Colorado, but nothing was forecast
even family like the big blow that
took II lives, stranded thousands
and cost untold millions of dollars
in property damage and crop losses
Today dawned fair with rising tenn
peratures in the area as relief work
got well under way Similarly favor
able weather aided relief workers in
the flooded regions of four Southern
States.
Fair Weather General.
There wasn't much inclement
weather across the entire country
Federal forecasters said. Some snow
fell near Lakes Ontario and Huron
and there was rain along the Wash
ington coast. The only subzerC
mark reported was A at Green
River, Utah
But the damage from the blizzard
In the Western States and the
earlier freezing weather in Califor-
MIA took heavy toll, both in lives
and crops. Flood waters in Missis-
sippi, Alabama. Tennessee and
Georgia left more than 5000 tenn
porarily homeless.
AS the job of rescuing the thou
sands stranded in the Western
blizzard continued. rescue workers
counted 9 dead in Wyoming, includ-
ing family of four. six in Colorado
and two in Western Nebraska.
Crop Lost Put at Is Million.
AS Southern CALIFORNIA; coolest
weather in IS years appeared ended,
early estimates placed crop losses
at more than $25 100000. The losses
included 100000 in citrus crops:
100000 in vegetables, and more
than s10.O00,0O0 in cut flowers
Except for a few areas. the mer-
curry was we'll above the freezing
mark in the California Arizona
citrus be- today. 1t was in the SOS
in Los ngeles early today as
against a ecord low to 279 earlier
this week.
In the Colorado Wyoming
Nebraska ST. m area, train service
was being res ored. but not all lines
were cleared. Several of the pas
senger trains allied in the Plains
arrived in Chicago today, nearly
four days late. The Chicago g.
North Westerns Northwestern Uni
versity Band Special. carrying $50
bandsmen and other students re-
turning from the Rose Bowl football
game in Pasadena, Calf. arrived
today.
Nebraska Roads Blocked.
Nearly all highways in Colorado
and Wyoming were open, but huge
drifts blocked many roads through
out Western Nebraska. Planes were
being used to rescue stranded mo-
florists, and to drop food and sup
plies to isolated farm homes. Tenn
peratures were we'll above freezing
The area hardest hit by floods in
the Southern States was along the
Tombigbee River in extreme North
east Mississippi. The Red Cross es-
tf1nated about 5000 persons were
formed from their homes, mostly in
the lowlands, in the Aberdeen
Columbus stretch of the Tombigbee
Valley. Backwater overflow in the
North Mississippi Delta added to the
food. menace along the Tombigbee
River.
Columbus, Miss, was nearly sur
rounded by food waters and only
one railroad, the Gulf, Mobile &
Ohio, was operating Only one main
highway remained open.
Streams were falling in Tennessee
and North Georgia, but many resi-
dents of the lowlands still were
homeless. One person was reported
drowned near Benton, Tenn.
Gen. Georhort to Speak
Brig. Gen. John K. Gearhart will
speak on The Air Force in the
Light Of Current Evens" at meet
ing sponsored by the American Le-
gion Auxiliary at 8 O'Clock tonight
in the Commerce auditorium. j.
Fred johnson, past national vice
commander of the Legion, also will
speak.